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... which means Levels4you is now 3 years old 
On one hand it seems like an age while on the other the time has flown by.
November 27th 2000 saw L4Y first open its doors to 2 games. 6 months later we had 65,000 page views and 4 games. Now we have 13.7 million page views and just short of 5000 downloads across 15 games with a few more in the pipeline.
From a few downloads a day we've now risen to a steady 2000 downloads per day usually transfering somewhere between 10 and 15Gb of custom files for you all to enjoy.
As usual the thanks go out from myself and Blue_Fish to everyone here, especially the staff who help to keep things running without whom we'd have never have made it past our 2nd birthday let alone the 3rd  and you all, the users - obviously without you we wouldn't be as successfull as we have been! 
-Garner |
| MasterBETA |
  Posted 27th Nov 2003 12:13am |
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Yay! Happy Birthday! |
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(>< )..... ....Got Milk?.... Great Game ---->RED FACTION for Dirt Cheap! |
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| D2k |
Posted 27th Nov 2003 12:15am |
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BRAVO!
*wipes tear from eye*
way to go L4y!
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| L4Y |
Posted 27th Nov 2003 12:21am |
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Congrats. Fairly impressive really - another statistic I would be interested in, how much has L4Y cost Garner in the time you've run it? |
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Posted 27th Nov 2003 12:39am |  |
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Good question. So I sat down, remembered what has happened over the last 3 years and worked it out..
It doesn't seem so bad when you space it out over 3 years but you can see the reason why I ask for donations
Domain Costs
levels4you.com
2 Years @ 32 = $64
2 Years @ 16 = $32
levels4you.net
2 Years @ 16 = $32 (about to expire)
l4you.net
2 Years @ 16 = £32 (about to expire)
Total for the Domain Name = $160
Hosting Costs
First 6 Months $25/month = $150
Tricord 6 Months = $64 (cost of RedFactionPlanet.com Domain for 2 years )
Korksoft = 18 months @ $200/month = $3600
ServerBeach = 6 months @ $120/month = $720
Total Hosting Costs = $4534
Total Cost = $4694
Donations Received (from various people) = $1630
Total Spent = $3064
Ouch. |
"Science is this extraordinary transnational, transcultural, trans-everything language which is the only way to discover Truth and its regrettable that billions are still stuck in the Middle Ages believing the crap propagated by Popes and priests..."
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| L4Y |
Posted 27th Nov 2003 12:41am |
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My God. |
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Posted 27th Nov 2003 12:48am | |
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Exactly... if you factor in how much time I've spent working on the code and so on I dont even want to know... 
Forgot... $200 on licenses for software we use on the server (FTP and Mail) |
"Science is this extraordinary transnational, transcultural, trans-everything language which is the only way to discover Truth and its regrettable that billions are still stuck in the Middle Ages believing the crap propagated by Popes and priests..."
- Peter Atkins |
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| L4Y |
Posted 27th Nov 2003 12:50am |
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I still say you should go with my plan and make money by attaching spyware to all downloads..... Wait..... Move this post into the staff forum please.  |
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| Splitter |
Posted 27th Nov 2003 12:55am |
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Happy B-Day to L4Y and congrat's on an excellent job G-Dawg!
Man I love this place! |
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Posted 27th Nov 2003 1:04am |
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Thank you Garner & Blue_Fish! Congrats on a job well done! |
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Posted 27th Nov 2003 1:19am |
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holy shyit!u payed that much in 3 years???jeez
i'm broke so i cant help oh well hey i only 12 so u expect me to have a job??? |
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| Kiliad |
Posted 27th Nov 2003 1:42am |
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Well done!
Hope the place sees out another 3 years and many more after that.
Any site can have maps and other files for download but L4Y's layout is excellent and it has a community which IMO is better than other sites I've visited.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Levels4you
Garner glad you made this web site and I appreciate all the hard work you do here. If it wasn't for this site being here, I've would probably be playing another game, another games, probably something as bad as Halo. So from me, I am very grateful.
P.S. Thanks for inviting me into the staff quarters.
P.S.S. Look DH  , I'm not staff any more so I can talk trash about Halo
* Runs away looking for the thread about what I like about Halo to post his reply that got deleted.*
I almost forgot about Blue_Fish, thanks for whatever you do or did.
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| Tech_N9ne |
Posted 27th Nov 2003 3:03am |
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wOOt Happy Birthday to L4Y
Garner, you truly have created someting great and it has grow significantly into a great community.
LONG LIVE L4Y
Thx again to Garner, Blue Fish, and everyone else who makes this site great 
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Posted 27th Nov 2003 4:48am |
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Happy Birthday L4Y!!!!!
Garner, I'm sure you'll make it all back once you start selling Unified |
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| NoClanFrank |
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| Quoting DemonHunter | | Garner, I'm sure you'll make it all back once you start selling Unified |
You mean this is about money and not the love for the games that are hosted here. I am appalled.
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