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I believe doing another fundraiser might not really work if it cannot be shown that previous funds have been put to good use. So far, very little has been spent towards the development of 0 A.D., and it does not logically follow that more money will be effective. I expect people to be skeptic, especially as communication around and wrap-up of the previous campaign was less than ideal. I understand that the funds gained last year were not sufficient to have a developer (or two) work on the game for a serious amount of time (if I recall correctly the aim was $160K, something to the tune of $33K was donated), although that was the proposed plan. The two people most visible in the fundraiser have since left without much clarity around their departure, at least not via the channels available to those who donated (I wouldn't count the forums in general and IRC logs among that). I personally viewed my contribution as a donation, so I'm not too fuzzed about perks (not even sure if I opted for anything). While I'm convinced the team has and will handle the funds with care, a clearer picture of how the team intends to use the funds for development would help. Maybe something is in the works, it's just not that clear to a casual follower. As for the paid expansion idea, selling stuff that's open source is not going to work without any additional services or perks (licensing issues not considered). People would just download the source files, as that may be just as easy. The very small mobile operating system webOS suffered a similar issue, as its apps were very easy to copy and distribute illegally. webOS apps were built with open webtech, such as html, css, javascript. 0 A.D. mods are XML, javascript, and image files, making it similarly easy to copy a paid-for mod. It's very likely the limited gains do not warrant the costs.

Also happened to me. ..will upload logs the next time/create ticket.

Another Indiegogo could work (having money and not spending it is not a big issue), but my problem actually lies on contributors not receiving the perks. It has been a year now, and I haven't received my perk. It would be hard having another go if the last one's promises have not been fulfilled.