Its getting pretty bad and I think we need to start branching out in our tactics. I think if we had something we wanted to do and an estimate on what it would cost the playerbase would come together and pitch in the money. Obviously we're not going to run commercials on Fox, but at the very least maybe try to fully explore the free options that aren't TMS.

When I've discussed budget with other people the thought is basically that any money we come into would go towards:

1) Pay the bills. PBFs roughly cover this, but there may be a small shortfall. I can't crunch the numbers from here.

2) Marketing.

Our hardware gets the job done. (Yay, text format.) We're not interested in trying to provide salaries for staff or other means of pocketing the money-- it would take a ridiculous amount of cash to offer a remotely fair wage to our 20+ staff, and it's against our license anyway. If people buy more PBFs (and books through our Amazon link, and Cafepress stuff, etc.) and Ye Olde CF Accounte accumulates money, I can't think of a damn thing to do with it besides marketing, and even a small budget would likely go a long way. (Plus, it can be viewed as an investment rather than an expenditure.)

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