Beyond the typical accolades for those who do, I rarely bother you guys about becoming Supporting Members (SMs), but now is one of those times. Please, take a moment to read this, at the very least.

Originally Posted by [url=http://www.tacticalgamer.com/general-discussion/63585-worth.html#post375890]TG_Mateo[/url]

Member contributions fund the site, the services that the site provides, and the servers. It's not a for profit. Apophis funnels the money back into the community at every turn.

Membership gives you priority access to [the servers], access to TG hosted blogs, webspace, mail, galleries, etc., and helps keep the lights on.

Is it worth it?

I think so.

Originally Posted by [url=http://www.tacticalwiki.com/index.php/Tactical_Gamer_History]Apophis[/url]

A year ago Tactical Gamer and I were back on our own. I felt obligated to keep the community together and sought out a datacenter to use for our web site and gaming servers. Since that point, the community has been operating completely under its own steam. All of the resources of the community are paid for by the supporting members. As our supporting membership base grows, we are able to provide more services to the community.

I figured I'd mention it now in the hopes that some of you who usually can't manage it might be able to manage it as a gift from someone to whom you can convey the therapeutic (no, I'm not kidding) and/or relaxing/entertaining properties of playing here regularly, with friends.

To be blunt: this community costs a hell of a lot of money to run. If you've got cash to spare, and you play here every night, and you're not helping out with a Supporting Membership, I'm saddened.

Each of our servers is leased solely to us... one of the many cost-incurring requirements we operate under to give our players the highest-quality connections any server operator can offer. We have to pay license fees for stuff like the forums. There are fees associated with launching new services. There's squeak's insanely-high admin salary (lol. no.. no.. all admins are purely volunteer and purchase their memberships like everyone else, including Apophis). And there's other stuff, too. Hell, I'm one of the most behind-the-scenes folks around these parts, and even I don't know all of the expenses involved. None of this is possible without SMs.

If you just don't play here that often, I'm not pleading to you. If you play here every night, and you honest to God would be financially irresponsible to spend six to eight dollars per month on something you do all the time, I'm not looking for you to act.

But if you play here regularly, and you can manage, by hook or by crook (read: with your own cash or asking for it as a gift), to become a Tactical Gamer Supporting Member, and, in doing so, generally do even more to help your community grow, please do.

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Overlooking the self-serving perks that come with forum membership, it's just a good thing (some would say "the right thing") to do.

This thread comes out of the gates locked. I don't want a discussion about why each of us can or can't (or, worse, won't) manage a supporting membership. If you can, do it, and thank you. If you can't, you're no less welcome here than you've always been.