I'm not saying to call it a charity. I'm just saying make a site that says "I'm raising funds for a marketing effort for cf" How is that different from the imms saying "hey we're raising funds for a marketing effort for cf that we'll be giving to this guy"? How is that borderline illegal? Are you worried about being sued if people think you did the wrong with with the money?

Anyhow, where do you think the money you want is going to come from? Do you think pbfs are generating revenue in excess of the costs of keeping the game up? Are you saying the staff should pay out of their own pockets? Seriously, where are you picturing this money coming from if not from player donations? And if it is coming from player donations, why should they do the fund-raiser and not us?

This is like any "save the XYZ" project. People do grassroots fundraising to help preserve stuff they like. How is this any different? Okay, maybe you personally don't like fundraising and don't want to do it. Fair enough. But why is it the staff's responsibility and not ours? What advantage do they have in getting the money together?