Donations! What are they for? What do I get? How does it all work?! All very good questions, and we thank you for even considering donating money to us, it helps more than you know!
Where does my money go?
RoleplayUK is (and has always been) funded by donations, we rely on your generosity to continue to fund our extensive infrastructure. With several dedicated servers to power the voice server, game server and the forums - not to mention all of our backend monitoring services and our staff panel. None of it is cheap, but we take pride in offering only the best of experiences and having reliable, stable infrastructure is key to this. On occasion, donations are also used to help bring you additional "MLO's" and other content to keep the experience fresh and engaging.
So what do I get?
A warm fuzzy feeling inside... As well as!
- A coloured username on the forum (Donator, Legendary, Elite)
- A forum badge (Donator, Legendary or Elite)
- Ability to set a custom forum profile soundtrack
- Set your own custom forum signature
- A discord Role (Donator, Legendary or Elite)
- A Teamspeak tag (Donator, Legendary or Elite) More perks, coming soon!
Legendary? Elite? Huh?!
Any donation (£10 or more!) will grant you the Donator tags and groups as described above. As you continue to donate, if your total donated total ever reaches £160 or more, you'll be upgraded to Legendary Donator status! How cool! And for those who total a massive combined total of £320 of donations to our community, they'll unlock the Elite donator status. Wooo!
Q & A We may not have all the answers to your questions here... If not, open up a ticket on Discord, we'd be happy to help!
Q: Who is your payment processor?
A: Stripe! We do not see any full card details, only your name, e-mail and postal address. Details provided at checkout are not stored on RoleplayUK infrastructure.
Q: Do you accept PayPal?
A: Unfortunately not, we were forced to stop accepting PayPal due to issues with chargebacks.
Q: How long does it take for me to get my donator perks?
A: Our systems should process this almost instantly, if you've not received what you had expected after 1 hour, please get in touch.
Q: I think the community should look to gain funds by running adverts or sponsorships!
A: We hate ads... Don't you? We are already partnered with both Teamspeak & Discord as both form key parts of our communities communication network.
Q: I've got something a little more private to ask
A: No problem! pop us an e-mail at email@roleplay.co.uk - This inbox is monitored only by Management.
What happened to Lifetime, and Investor donations?
A simple change in nomenclature to reflect the extraordinary contributions you make to our cause. Thank you for your continued support!
Lifetime donator -> Legendary Donator
Investor -> Elite Donator