Motivating people to make mod a better thing

[DaveUKR]

We are all playing this lovely mod and I was wondering if there is something we can motivate players to help devs to do something. There are millions of things to be done, but they're not in the first lines of to-do lists of devs or they don't have people for something of that. So what I suggest: We create a faction and donate gold to its bank. After that we pick some things which need to be done (like making sounds for voices, making LODs for armours/weapons to increase game performance, making new collision meshes, new models of weapons/armours etc.) and we decide how much gold it's worth of.
I want to make it open and clear so not a single gold will go to someone's hands without earning it. I would also like all gold there to be given by players exclusively and not by devs. The log of the faction will show who put money and when money were taken out. I'll also add that I'll proceed with my work on the mod without any gold taken from this faction, because I simply don't need it. There are a lot of talented guys among us and with some gold rewards it will be much more motivating for them to do something.

The faction is just called "cRPG" and I would be happy to see all players taking part in it. Lets make this mod a better thing to play... because we can

http://c-rpg.net/index.php?page=ladderoverviewclans#!?page=ladderinfoclandetail&id=1512

You can transfer gold to your alt and join the faction with your alt to donate. No need to leave the faction with your main!

Current balance: 361,666 gold
List of donations:
01/09/2012 14:00:22   NyanNyanNyanNyan   Deposited 10000 in the bank
01/09/2012 14:14:50   Thrower1   Deposited 5000 in the bank
01/09/2012 14:18:31   Elio   Deposited 10000 in the bank
01/09/2012 15:03:10   Thrower1   Deposited 5000 in the bank
01/09/2012 17:17:11   Elefipsant_HRE    Deposited 50000 in the bank
01/09/2012 22:44:23   Auphilia   Deposited 10000 in the bank
02/09/2012 00:45:07   A_Leecher   Deposited 100000 in the bank
02/09/2012 03:02:46   Eldest   Deposited 20000 in the bank
02/09/2012 17:24:10   Thrower1   Deposited 5000 in the bank
02/09/2012 20:42:47   JeorWhiteDeer   Deposited 10000 in the bank
02/09/2012 21:04:54   LtCdrWilliamTPiker   Deposited 100000 in the bank
02/09/2012 22:18:45   Saracen_Captive_Beutelsuppe   Deposited 1 in the bank (Money Returned)
02/09/2012 22:18:53   Saracen_Captive_Beutelsuppe   Deposited 129999 in the bank (Money Returned)
03/09/2012 16:53:09   Commoner   Deposited 10000 in the bank
03/09/2012 19:10:28   Patoson   Deposited 10000 in the bank
04/09/2012 08:29:03   Cirilla   Deposited 66666 in the bank
04/09/2012 14:45:51   Elefipsant_HRE    Received 47619 from the bank via DaveUKR (returned his 50k)
08/09/2012 20:32:09   UtherPendragon   Deposited 33000 in the bank returned
08/09/2012 22:53:59   UtherPendragon   Deposited 40000 in the bank returned

[Toodles]

Wow, this is a great idea. +1!

[[ptx]]

VadeUKR is Jesus.

NyanNyanNyan reporting!

[Kafein]

UK_Vader

[[ptx]]

Do we get a banner? Do we participate in strategus? Are we cool now?

[DaveUKR]

I've also added a list of donators and the current balance in the first post.

[Leshma]

Cool idea but like Steve Jobs, I don't believe in charity

[Shpritza]

Cool idea but like Steve Jobs, I don't believe in charity

*random facepalm*

[Skurwiwij]

Cool idea but like Steve Jobs, I don't believe in charity

I want to make it open and clear so not a single gold will go to someone's hands without earning it.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/charity

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[Leshma]

Sorry, didn't understand OP first time.

Not a bad idea but I think that people who want to help devs are more likely to do it for free like they are doing it now than for imaginary gold.

I also want to give something back, in a form of a gamemode or model. Gold won't make this happen faster.

[Riddaren]

Why the communist banner?
No way I'll support that.

[DaveUKR]

I also want to give something back, in a form of a gamemode or model. Gold won't make this happen faster.

Maybe not for you.

Why the communist banner?
No way I'll support that.

I have changed it just for you.

[Smoothrich]

excellent scam, +1

[Kajia]

if i ever get rid of my mighty great long axe for cash, i'd gladly donate some money!

and of course i want to offer my skills to help with the development too, but i'm really busy with my own stuff, that's why i never really put my hand up.
i could do texturing, and i'll even try to do some modelling when it's needed. i'm also thinking about completely new animations (not just for cRPG), but do NOT quote me on that, as it's a huge pile of work and really difficult. i want to make them seem less casual, and in such a way that they offer some more realistic choices to weapon usage, like, for example hooking and dragging an opponent to the ground with a polearm. i really want to see this emphasized in a game, be it cRPG or any other mod/game.

in general, i have my head full of ideas on how to improve all this 'mess' (sorry for that, it's ofc exaggerated).
if anything, i'm more into game design (designing things to work, concepts) than game development (creating beautiful textures/models/loading screens/...).

and i want to add just a note about motivation:
real intrinsic motivation comes from yourself, BUT appreciation needs to come from others. and that's why a pool of gold is helpful.
while that's my understanding, i also know that gold will corrupt, so it should be made clear that any reward is not a reward, but an appreciation!
an honest gift in the opposite direction, kind of. does anybody see my point?

thank you for reading.

[Auphilia]

I'll apply.