So I rarely like to ask people for money, let alone putting up a fundraiser on my website, but this time I’ve broken down.  To make a long story short, I believe that I have expanded beyond the capabilities of my Virtual Private Server – let alone the fact that I’m not entirely satisfied with the performance of it.  As a result, I’m pushing to move this website, the entire RicePaddy Network, as well as Vault Head Games’ (my company) many websites to a new entirely dedicated server – Gentoo-powered, of course!  By doing this, I will be able to do significantly more with my hosting and I’ll be able to offer all the accomidations that I wanted the RicePaddy Network to give the public.  Also, I am starting some development on a web browser-based, persistend, turn-based space strategy and conquest game.  If we end up getting the funds required for a full quarter, I will switch to a dedicated server and the game, from Vault Head Games, will go public.  So, without further delay – here are the details!  For a full quarter of the dedicated server, the cost is approximately $149.  The setup fees and fees for the additional IP addresses that I require are not included in this figure, and I plan on covering them.  Here’s the deal – if I can get at least half of this figure donated, so approximately $75, I will cover the rest and we will go live with our first game!  So, use the Chip-In module below, and help make the network better and bring forth a new browser-based strategy game!  Also, as an added bonus, for everybody who donates – you will receive some classified perks in the game, one of which includes it being able to play the game with no advertisements (since it will be ad-sponsored)!