TEH EVIL TWO WEEK WAIT

aura20 · Post by **aura20** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 6:29 pm

i think it was a really bad idea to hav to wait two weeks before u can download locally. some people might be turned away from the site b/c of this. besides, what if i want to show some friends (outside the site) my AMV? they will hav to join and wait two whole weeks just to see it! i dont think their gonna do that...... and a-m-v.org is like the only place on the net u can upload vids for free! i dont think that they should complicate it by doing this, maybe they should take away the two week wait and see what will happen? i think it will go alot better

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 6:41 pm

There's an easy way to get rid of that 2-week wait: donate a few bucks and help Phade with the extraordinary costs of running this site. Do you realize how EXPENSIVE the Golden Donut is? How many TB of transfer it gets each month? How much storage it requires? How much it's abused by newbies who post "remakes" and "tests" and live action vids and heavily-pixellated, unoriginal crap?

Phade is doing the biggest service to the community that could possibly be done by creating the Donut and by maintaining the 'Org.

The 2-week wait is to ensure that people don't create an account just to download one video and never touch it again. It gives you an incentive to donate (thus getting access to GD vids faster and supporting the site at the same time. If you can't donate, it gives you something to look forward to. Maybe while you're waiting, you'll join the forums, and eventually become a contributer to the community instead of just a leech.

The two-week wait ain't going away anytime soon. Donate or STFU and wait.

-DOKool

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 6:53 pm

To make it simple, STOP COMPLAINING AND WAIT DAMMIT!

If it weren't for the Donut, many AMVs wouldn't even be there.

aura20 · Post by **aura20** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 6:56 pm

it really sux tho. the site should be able to afford their own thingy, w/o asking help from us. and this n00b is not quitting ne time soon! im working on my 2nd AMV....... as soon as i get the audio straightened out.........

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:07 pm

it doesn't suck. get over it.

SQ · Post by SQ » Fri Oct 24, 2003 7:22 pm

You've obviously never heard of Tripod or Angelfire.
Until you realise how easy you have things at this site, I highly suggest you stfu and learn how to use IM transfer.

Or better yet, burn your AMVs to a CD and bring it to their house
Or even better, bring your friends to your house and show them the AMV you made that should still be on your computer.

Until you realise that it's just over a THOUSAND dollars a month to host this site, and how much that money is-- you shouldn't be complaining.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 8:15 pm

aura20 wrote:it really sux tho. the site should be able to afford their own thingy, w/o asking help from us. and this n00b is not quitting ne time soon! im working on my 2nd AMV....... as soon as i get the audio straightened out.........

You are wrong. STFU.

Eek-1 · Post by **Eek-1** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 9:05 pm

Maybe while you're waiting, you'll join the forums, and eventually become a spammer / bandwidth waster to the community instead of just a leech.

Riiight.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:14 pm

ek1 wrote:
Maybe while you're waiting, you'll join the forums, and eventually become a spammer / bandwidth waster to the community instead of just a leech.
Riiight.

Okay, I guess that was going off of the assumption that his AMVs won't suck. Judging from his typing, I suppose this was a wrong assumption, and I apologize for making such an optomistic judgement =P

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 12:11 am

aura20 wrote:it really sux tho. the site should be able to afford their own thingy, w/o asking help from us.

Phade wrote:The Golden Donut:
<ul> <li>Dedicated servers for use by AnimeMusicVideos.org</li>
<ul> <li>Database server</li>
<ul> <li>1U case</li>
<li>Dual Athlon XP MP</li>
<li>1G RAM</li>
<li>Mirrored hard drives</li> </ul>
<li>Web/file server</li>
<ul> <li>2U case</li>
<li>Dual Athlon XP MP</li>
<li>512M – 1G RAM</li>
<li>6 x 120G WD1200JB in RAID 5</li>
<li>Promise SuperTrak SX6000 w/128M</li> </ul> </ul>
<li>Exact details of server configuration to be determined at time if purchase</li>
<li>Dedicated 100Mbit bandwidth located in a collocation center for use by AnimeMusicVideos.org</li>
<li>Cost of above items shared by all members of AnimeMusicVideos.org</li>
<li>Approximate cost: $5000 per month</li>
<li>More details are in the <a href="../legacy/survey.php">Hosting Survey</a></li>
</ul>

you should be grateful this site doesn't even have ads or popups. few sites can pull off such service and presentation running solely on voluntary donations.