As some of you have noticed, we put up some ads into the forums. Some of those who noticed even came up with some ideas as to why we put them up.

Is FirstStrike up to something sinister?
Definitely.

Do the Advertisements slow down the forums and page?
Definitely not.

Why are the forums slow then?
Because they had to be moved to be hosted on another server.

Why? The old server was fine!
Yes, but our previous sponsor felt we are not beneficial for them.

So why are there ads now? They slow everything down!
No they don't. As I said they are in place to speed everything up again. We plan on getting money to get a completely own dedicated box which we can use for hosting the page and development of the mod.

Why are you not putting up donation buttons then? Somebody surely will donate. No need for ads!
Because ads kind of guarantee a steady stream of money. With donation buttons people usually do not donate. Especially gamers do only rarely donate if at all.

So people, please please bear with us. Things can only change for the better now. We might eventually be able to get a dedicated server. Please see the ads as a way to keep FS alive. Please don't click them if you are not actually interested in them or we might get banned (or just do it sometimes )

But for the other way: Who would actually and seriously donate money to us? A dedicated box would come in at around 70-80 USD a month plus 140 USD for set up. If we could pay that box on the basis of donations then we will remove the ads asap.