Dear fellow CoasterCrazy.com members,
Over the years we have enjoyed your company, your roller coaster designs, your forum posts, your comments and ratings. Let?????????s face it, each one of you has contributed to this website one way or another. Although some of you have been naughty and been bad! *looks at coasterkidmwm* Nevertheless it has given the lives of many people to do something where there is nothing else to do. We have, over the course of many years, provided this website free of charge, and will continue to do so. I, Oscar, have spent countless amount of money paying for hosting, paying for expert coding, paying for maintenance. I am fortunate to have had people help me financially and keep the website open in our hardest times. Many thanks to all. Many thanks to Bockzilla for being the biggest contributor. Over the course of the years we have done many updates and upgrades. Unfortunately due to our base coding which started with some flimsy free forum software, we are rather limited as to where we can evolve to. Basically we have reached the breaking point and can no longer continue to develop this website and as you can see from the past couple of months, this site is slowly dying. Rather than for us to continue beating this dead horse over and over we would rather get us a new horse. I mean we could keep on adding make up to the site but that still doesn't cover the fact that this website has reached its max point. It just can't be developed further due to the limitations that have been reached, pushed up and broken over. This website has become a handicapped small wonder and has the potential to be so much more. However, for us to continue, we have to develop the site from the ground up again. For this, we are required to spend at least $2,500 in software, server upgrades and expert custom programming. This is just a rough estimate and can cost more. However, with this new fresh start, we can rest assured that with the input you provide, we can finally make CoasterCrazy.com what you really want it to be????????? your home away from home. |
Once the goal has been reached, we will start work. We will start taking input on all the features that should be implemented. You will have a voice of what should get built and what is not needed. You get to say what should be have a bigger focus and what doesn't need that much focus. After all, you are the ones using this website.
Thank you for reading this long message and thank you for your input and gracious donations. Donations can be made through PayPal.com, simply click the large PayPal logo at the bottom of any page of this website. We can also receive, checks, money orders and cash through snail mail. Please send me a private message if you would like to use snail mail. We will update the fund meter each day until we reach that goal.
Thank you, we appreciate your generosity and may you have a great holiday season,
Sincerely,
The CoasterCrazy.com Staff