The in real life help isn't going to happen, but Harald told me that he is a freelance worker (aka a contractor), and that if we set up a fund, he would "work on strategus" like we were a paying client. Example, we fund a day or a week's worth of cost and he would work exclusively on Strategus like we were a paying customer.
He said it would be about 500 Euro a day normally for a paying client (about $650 dollars), but he said he could do a full week of working on strategus for a few hundred Euro's. I'm thinking a full "normal" days pay from a client should be what we aim to fund for him to work on strat for a week. He said as long as this doesn't become a "regular" thing, he would be able to work on this.
I have no clue how to get a fundraiser going, or how to make sure the money actually gets to Harald...anyone familiar with this kind of thing? I think we could easily raise $650 considering that the amount of people who play c-rpg on a regular basis is at least 300-500 (all it would take is $10 from 65 people).