Dedicated, not wealthy. I don't think very many of the donators are "rich", but i think they like this system and community so much, that they're willing to actually spend the few dollars they have in spare on it.
Of course some people are gonna have more money than others, and i agree with you, that there should be another option under 10 dollars, but if you have a spare 10 dollars, just figure out to yourself; are you actually gonna play for more than a few days? Do you actually really like this whole thing? Are you gonna find entertainment enough for your 10 dollars? If yes, i think the 10 dollars are worth it. If not, please make some room for those of us who are here to stay and have actually helped keeping this thing alive.
On that note, i could suggest having 1-2 servers where nobody had reserved slots at all. It's not like the donators are gonna have trouble joining the other ones anyway.
Yes, I had to think for a long time about giving money to the server, because I needed to know if these servers would be up for a while, or if they would just crash; I needed to know if this would be for a bad cause - if it was something completely unfair for those who didn't donate, I didn't want to be a part of it; but it is fair, completely fair.
Basically, I asked myself a bunch of questions, answered them, and slept on it for a while. Are the moderators corrupt? Is the system fair? Am I going to play this for a long time, or just abandon it after a couple of weeks? Is the community good, healthy to be around? Is this going to hurt my wallet a lot?
Then, I decided, these servers are cool, I want to help out, and heck, if I do help keep the servers up, it would be
unfair for them not to give donors and myself an advantage. Listen, Chad isn't the first one to come up with this donate and we give you a perk or advantage over regular members. In fact, he's come up with an advantage that doesn't affect members in the game. That's a great accomplishment.
Consider this, Dean, and try to form your opinion again,
with this, and all the other output users have given you. Put yourself in the donors' shoes, Chad's shoes, and your shoes,
then form an opinion.