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Stickly Man!:
Haha, I wasn't intending to solicit donations with my post, but thanks! ;D

I would argue that our drive is still very much the engineering/completion aspect of it- it's a cool feeling knowing that people are using what you've spent a lot of time working on. But, our days of copious amounts of free time are over- so we have to spend our time a lot more wisely (plus I do full-time software development for my job- usually my brain is too fried to spend my free time doing more software development :P ).

But, I can't argue that a little side income from donations would garner a little more approval from the missus on spending more time on such things. :)

Megiddo:
Thanks for the donation! It used to be on our FP release post at the very top, but we don't bother with FP now, so I guess it is a small wonder no one donates anymore. ;)

It's pretty much everything Stickly Man! said. The first releases of ULX took a span of a few days. I based it off of AMXX initially, so I knew how it needed to function and how the configuration would work, I was an "okay" programmer going through high school at the time (not starting from zero programming knowledge), and I was already familiar with the Source Engine from working on UGM (which was created using console scripts only). If it had taken me much longer than a few days to develop the initial version, I probably would have lost interest. But, once it was released and people seemed to like it, I had the motivation to keep working on it and improving it.

Fast forward to today where I am married and expecting my first child any minute now. I am still motivated by the fact that people are using ULX, the desire to create a great product, and by our awesome team members here, but time is a commodity in short supply. ;)

iViscosity:
That's nice to hear Megiddo. Funny, I worked with the original developers of the AMX Super plugin a few months back, but we had a falling out. I've always wanted to make a big add-on like ulx, but I never get good ideas, and when I do someone's already done it. I often feel I'm in over my head and get overwhelmed and stop because I can't figure things out. Oh well, though.

Also, don't worry about taking my money Stickly.

MrPresident:
Off topic a bit, but maybe we should put the donation link on the workshop page or downloads page here. Wouldn't hurt and maybe you'll get a few more pizzas or whatever you use that money on. :D

Megiddo:
Good idea on the links! I'll look into it. I wish I could claim the donations went to something as fun as pizza. Instead, they just go towards paying the hosting costs of the site and forums. Not a sound business plan, I know. ;)

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