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This happened on June 28th - 29th

When we released Jump Tactics Spoof Episode 3: Turf  I had the movie hosted on our server because no one had seen the movie.  I could have submitted the movie to HBO and waited about 5 days for it to pass and be hosted... but we had a great number of people anxiously waiting for the movie to release.  So I uploaded the movie to our server.  Now when JT3 hit front page of HIH, our mirror got thousands of downloads that I did not anticipate (seeing as the previous 2 versions weren't too popular).  The night I got home from work and checked our bandwidth usage, we were at about 400gb over our limit.  By the end of the month we were about 530gb over our limit.  Prior to this happening, it was my and Arabian Camel's understanding that the overage fee was 50 cents per extra gigabyte used.  We just RECENTLY came to find that they changed their overage fee from 50 cents per gigabyte, to $6.00 per gigabyte used.  Arabian Camel received and email with our overage fee balance due which totaled at $3,438.00.  (See below)

Of course Arabian Came to me telling me the news and we both began thinking of ways to deal with the situation.  The first notion that came to mind was the fact that they changed their fee's without email or otherwise notice.  After he talked to them on the phone for over an hour he told me that in their TOC, they reserve the right to change their fees without prior notice.  Basically meaning they were not at fault.  Mike W Caizza (Clan Member - Lead Role) said if we couldn't come up with the money he would donate $100, and blackouTT (Clan Member - Lead Role) also offered to start working full-time to send us some money.  Seeing as I barely make it from paycheck to paycheck as it is... it's nearly impossible for me to set aside any more money.  In short... none of us have this kind of money in any way, shape, or form.

I came to the conclusion that our only way out is for Arabian to get his mom to co-sign on a low-interest loan from his bank, pay the fee and then I would send him money monthly to pay for the monthly bills.  This is where you come in.

I am setting up a Paypal Donation where, if you wish... you may Donate some spare change or more to help us get out of this hole.  Rest assured every cent that is donated will go straight toward the overage fee.  If we can't get this bill paid, this may be the end of HollywoodHalo and Halogrid.com.  I really don't want us to go out like this, but if we cant pull off a mirracle... it will all be over.

If we can somehow pay off this debt, we have some backup plans to get the site and forums back on their feet, but its going to take effort from everyone to help us reach that goal.  On behalf of Clan HollywoodHalo, Halogrid.com and those who support us through thick and thin, please help us survive.

-Bryan
  (imSuck)