So. Got an email about our forum software. Apparently they're not doing any more "leased licenses" which is what we've been running vBulletin with for the past 4 years or so. This service was $89 a year (along with our standard hosting renewal of an additional $90)
Instead, the guys at VB have decided that they're now only selling the software, no longer leasing versions of it. Good part? No more renewal dates.
Bad part? It's $195. See more here:
http://www.vbulletin.com/order/index.php
This means our total renewal costs for this year will be $285. Yikes.
Originally, a full license of VB cost around $300, which is why I did the lease - didn't know how how lnog this site would be kicking. Problem is, our license expired yesterday (oops) so we need to decide what to do asap. I can set up the paypal donate link again, but keep in mind that the miniboss is on the way soon and that will have a rather large effect on how things go with AC and FFXI in the coming months.
If you want to donate to keep AC kicking online,
here's the link.
As always, thanks guys.