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Who will be the director, and who will decide how the money will be divided? And how much will the director get?)) This guy registered a month ago and immediately started talking about creating a fundraising campaign. It reminds me of Ilf and Petrov.

There is permission from Ubi for the NCF and NHF projects! It was obtained for the nickname Psatkha, so wherever I participate, there is permission from Ubi! And note that the NCF and NHF projects, which use Ubi content, are absolutely free!

Who will be the director, and who will decide how the money is distributed? And how much will the director get?)) This guy registered a month ago and immediately started talking about creating a fundraising foundation. It reminds me of Ilf and Petrov.

So, what's the point of all this? In the end, it will turn out that we will just be sending donations to each other, a kind of cycle of donations in nature. External consumers of our content will not donate, as they didn't before.

I know how it will end. They will accuse us of financing terrorism, as soon as we donate to someone, say, from Ukraine, the site will be declared a foreign agent and shut down. Good try, comrade major. But no. If I like a map, I will send money to the author myself. Why all these complications? What's the catch? I don't see the point in this yet. It looks like financial fraud, no matter what! What kind of fund?

psatkha, yes, I read something about it in the thread about your permission. Let me clarify: did you request permission to create specifically these mods, or in principle, to create content for Heroes 5 under your name?

Perhaps it's necessary to shift the focus a bit towards a "general fund," and then use simple algorithms and weighting to distribute these funds among mapmakers and modders?

Moreover, many questions arise regarding long-term projects.

In one academic project, in order to motivate classmates, I practiced distributing funds from a bank where everyone contributed a certain amount, depending on their contribution to achieving a particular stage of development.

However, in such a case, a third party is required, and it turns into a competition, which usually leads to mass production.

I'm not considering Remix's contests because there was a good prize pool and the deadlines were reasonable. But if the fund also has a six-month deadline, it will be dead.

Money doesn't belong here unless the project itself requires material investment (like films that require huge funds for sets, costumes, etc.). Yes, sometimes modding can be difficult (finding and fixing bugs, for example), and you can even burn out from working on the same game for too long until you get tired of it. But in such cases, the best solution is simply to quit and do something else, rather than torturing yourself while begging for money, trying to artificially motivate yourself.