MetalLobster
TD Admin
IMO, none of this nonsense has a place on the server. One of the reasons why I like this server so much is that it's devoid of extraneous addons, but that's just me.
This might come across as flaming, and I sincerely don't mean to flame, but the best way to increase the donation rate is to resolve the lag/choking issues completely. Low Budget has gone out of his way time and time again to try to fix these issues, and I see that very clearly. Initially, the server was performing much better, but the lag/choking is back. It must be an ISP issue with the server provider like what was discussed before, but I'm no expert.
CSGO isn't going anywhere. There's a ton of potential for growth for TD, but the server performance issues need to be hammered out, IMO. There's a lot of good things happening with this server at the moment (all of the new maps that have been added to the server, for example), but lag/choking is going to be a huge turn off for many people.
I disagree, there are many good performing servers out there, so we need a way to differentiate ourselves and mods like special knife and skins are a way to go. I've seen my previous affiliation, HG, use very creative mods to attract donations and it works. I've made a donation to HG once just so I can turn MetalLobster to MetalLobster in-game and many players have either done the same or donated more on custom hats, skins and abilities. There is no doubt that it was a lot of work, but I saw their donation page just shit entries out.
We already have a solid community and if the performance issues can be ironed out, mods and donation perks should be the next consideration for the servers.