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Avlis is a free roleplaying game that runs through [[Neverwinter Nights]] (NWN). Every year, thousands of players enjoy our servers for countless hours. Behind the scenes, however, there is a lot of work needed to keep everything running.  Servers require computers.  Computers require electricity.  Online games require internet connections.  Communities require webhosting.
Avlis is a free roleplaying world that runs over Neverwinter Nights. Every year, thousands of players enjoy the servers for countless hours. To ensure longevity of this wonderful community and the game environment that many, many players enjoy, a non-profit organization (Foig, Inc) was formed, forged out of several dedicated community members. Their goal was to essentially "save" Avlis for the long-term.  


All of these things require funding.
Though Avlis is a free rp world for the community, there is a behind-the-scenes cost to keeping the world itself running. The forums consume bandwidth and require hosting, the servers consume electricity and require internet charges, the cost of the license... All of these things require funding. For this, we look to the community and donations. Without the generosity of this amazing community, we cannot keep Avlis alive.  
 
Back when Avlis first started needing "large" amounts of money to keep running, Orleron and Silk incorporated Blackparadox Enterprises, LLC for the purpose of keeping the records on funding Avlis straight. All the money required to run Avlis comes from Blackparadox's bank account.  None of that money mixes personally with Silk or Orleron unless the mixing takes place through proper channels for transferring money from a corporation to an individual.
 
But where does Blackparadox get the money needed to keep Avlis running?  From YOU, the dedicated players. If you are reading this page, you are likely interested in donating to Avlis, so see below!  As you may hear me say often, playing on Avlis is free, even if it costs us money to let you play.  However, we ask that you realize we cannot do this without you, and that you drop a couple coins into the tray every so often. If you go out to a movie or dinner, chances are you'll pay $30 for every evening you do that and you will only get about 3 hours of enjoyment tops.  In that light, it is not all that bad to send about $5 our way once per month if it will not affect your personal finances.  Just a thought!


Please consider a donation to FOIG, Inc. We're dedicated to full transparency, and will never spend your money on anything except Avlis. Each month, all our bills and all our income will be available for anyone to see so that you, the community, can see where your donations are going. There are several ways that you can donate to keep this awesome community alive!


== How to Support Avlis ==
== How to Support Avlis ==

Revision as of 15:39, 31 March 2009

Why Support Avlis?

Avlis is a free roleplaying world that runs over Neverwinter Nights. Every year, thousands of players enjoy the servers for countless hours. To ensure longevity of this wonderful community and the game environment that many, many players enjoy, a non-profit organization (Foig, Inc) was formed, forged out of several dedicated community members. Their goal was to essentially "save" Avlis for the long-term.

Though Avlis is a free rp world for the community, there is a behind-the-scenes cost to keeping the world itself running. The forums consume bandwidth and require hosting, the servers consume electricity and require internet charges, the cost of the license... All of these things require funding. For this, we look to the community and donations. Without the generosity of this amazing community, we cannot keep Avlis alive.

Please consider a donation to FOIG, Inc. We're dedicated to full transparency, and will never spend your money on anything except Avlis. Each month, all our bills and all our income will be available for anyone to see so that you, the community, can see where your donations are going. There are several ways that you can donate to keep this awesome community alive!

How to Support Avlis

I want to list here all the many possible ways to donate to Avlis. Some will cost you nothing.


PayPal

A straight out donation through PayPal is easy. From the front page of Avlis' website, you can click on "Donation Info" and look under PayPal, or just click here:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick

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