debianuser Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Hmm... according to the forum (little thing down the page ) We have 1474 registered users so... if each of us would give one dollar per month.... means.... (hold on.. lemme do the math)... so we have 1 and I take that one and I multiply by 1474.. *bip..bip..bip*... yup that's 1474 dollars... ok... Darren, I am not sure about how much money you guys invest in that show.. but i am pretty that this would help... right? maybe you could tell us how much it cost in money and time. so please leave an intelligent comment... reaction... ideas.. this is just an idea and if you think it's stupid... it's still an idea... bring better... maybe half a dollar/month... ehehe thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Congrats, you can do simple math! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 You can donate on the frontpage if you want. Other than that let people decide by themselves if they want to donate. Have you donated anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debianuser Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 Other than that let people decide by themselves if they want to donate. that's why it was a suggestion Have you donated anything? no.... not yet! thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debianuser Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 Congrats, you can do simple math! you're not done playing with your toys?! aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 hak5 season one cost roughly eight thousand dollars. Season two so far has cost about three thousand five hundred dollars. our income last season was less than five hundred dollars. we're traveling to toronto every other month for call for help which is not paid so thats always a big expense. we recently invested in new equipment and set and i truly believe that the production quality of season two will really shine because of it. we're also planning to cover more events this season, starting with the hope conference in new york this weekend. time wise the show takes about a month to produce between development, research, production, editing, oh and those pesky things like having a life and keeping our jobs. hak5 is a job to each of us, but it's the best job ever. we hope to break even this year but doing so will require that we bring in a short ad or two per episode. doing the show has been amazing and we're having the time of our lives. i hope everyone enjoys what's to come and understands that we have big dreams that everyone can help us realize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrytone Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Damn that's a lot :shock: It's so nice to see people putting their time and money into entertaining others for free, though. /me donates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armadaender Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I'm hoping to make a donation as soon as I figure out my expenses for the summer and factor in my next two paychecks. Won't be anything to go nuts about but it's something. And Debainuser is right in his attempt to rally a few people into donating even a dollar or two. His simple math, as pointless as it was, just shows that a buck from each person can do a lot. Maybe not enough to cover everything the Hak.5 crew spends for their show, but I'm sure Darren would agree, it would take some pressure off of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 The only real problem with the thought is that a good amount of people registered here are minors in most countries and therefore do not have credit cards or other direct means to dontate on a monthly basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armadaender Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 The only real problem with the thought is that a good amount of people registered here are minors in most countries and therefore do not have credit cards or other direct means to dontate on a monthly basis. Very true and you're right, they can't.But, I'm sure you know that some kids can get their parents to do just about anything for them these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debianuser Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 Damn that's a lot :shock: It's so nice to see people putting their time and money into entertaining others for free, though. /me donates it's a lot... i mean I could imagine it was quite expansive but not that much... i hope you guys would be able to continuate the show with all those sacrifices... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 The only real problem with the thought is that a good amount of people registered here are minors in most countries and therefore do not have credit cards or other direct means to dontate on a monthly basis. you're right, and that's something we've considered. thats why advertisers that pay per thousand eyeballs (or pair of eyeballs i guess) are better than cost per acquisition ads. and thank you so much to everyone that has donated today based on this thread. your paypal comments are heartwarming (however the money will go to dv tapes and bandwidth rather than beer, that comes out of pocket) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Don't we have 1 pages of members who have never posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I wish I had the money to donate to you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omega_ion Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I'll legally be able to donate via paypal in 4 months, 10 days, 1 hour, and 44 minutes. :) Otherwise.. unless you accept money in the mail, I can't donate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Well I'm not in the greatest position to donate *but* I will say that based on that fact I don't have a problem with using adverts on the show to bump up the cash flow... I do object to having more adverts that content but I trust the guys know what they're doing and wouldn't let the adverts literally take over... I do get why shows use these ads and unless we accept them, some of these shows might not be here... so I say go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haplo Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Yeah.. at 8k costs last season and probably double that for this season, they're gonna need all the help they can get. An ad or two won't kill the show, I mean they do spoofs of them now and it's not like they're restricted for time. With that said, I'll probably donate a bit later. I know personally how hard it is to actually get a fan base and how hard it is to support any given project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 yeah dont worry the ads wont take over the show and we'll continue the spoofs. cant wait for you guys to see what microshaft has in the works. so hopefully if we do it right it'll be like SNL when you don't know which it is until half way through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 The Pepsi Cola hak.5 haliburtion half hour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insidiea Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 The Pepsi Cola hak.5 haliburtion half hour? lmao.. thats it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatItPunkFace Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Don't we have 1 pages of members who have never posted. Its actually 15 and 2/3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 The Pepsi Cola hak.5 haliburtion half hour? It will be a beer company that will sponsor hak.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 The Pepsi Cola hak.5 haliburtion half hour? It will be a beer company that will sponsor hak.5 Since they are trying to become more ready for rebroadcasting, it'll probably be sponsored by MicroShaft and Evolans. ;) Edit: and of course more beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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