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Help Upgrade The Web Cave !!!

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Project Breakdown: Here is our outline of where the funds will be spent:
50% Computer Hardware (video cameras, cloud server, wide range  access points, peripherals, and cabling)
33% Photo/Video Editing Software  and Licensing (Xara, Adobe, Corel)
10% for additional bandwith, development platforms, and hosting for groups that require a web presence.
5% shipping costs that are required to send hardware to events for streaming
2% food and energy drinks (yes, energy drinks are essential) for the Web Cave during the four day IMCF  World Championship.

Greetings,

If you're on this site then we hope you are a fan of the Armored Combat League: USAKnights. If not, then you should check them out at http://usaknights.org.  There are links for Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter on the site as well.

We are starting this campaign in an effort to upgrade the Web Cave. The three primary Web Cave members have approximately 3,000 friends just on Facebook alone. If we could convince each of you to donate $1 to $5 dollars. we could have our funding goal met in a very short  amount of time.  Additionally, we have added three reward levels as a means of giving back to those who donate to our cause.  With these funds, we can   better serve all of you by streaming medieval live combat events home to you all!

Here  is a brief history  for our group.  The members of the Web Cave have been volunteering  their time and talents since the beginning of 2011.  Our hope is  to promote steel combat alongside the Armored Combat League (or ACL). This entails hours of web coding, in addition to constant code modification and maintenance.  Through this process we have learned photo manipulation, 2-D animation, and various graphic design approaches. By 2012, as a core group formed, this largely one man show was finally dubbed with the moniker "Web Cave."

In the beginning, when it was just me, if I didn't know a skill, I went out and learned it.  Or I found an "Open Source" approach as a means to reduce cost. At first, I covered the cost for all items that were related to the Web Cave.  Then as the ACL formed, they took over internet related costs such as hosting, bandwidth, URL Domains, etc.   But I still volunteer my talents related to development, updates, and project management for the technology side of things.  When I can find people willing to help, I try to make sure they know how much I appreciate their hard earned time and resources.

Technology is constantly changing and improving.  All too often,  this means that hardware/equipment upgrades are essential to keep up with the demands of the field.  As the Web Cave is a small volunteer group (1-3 members on average), it is up to us to provide funding for all equipment and software, in additiona to donated time to ensure that each event runs smoothly.  Our goal is to ensure that every fan feels as though they were physically in attendance, even if they are watching  from the comfort of their own home.   

Even though we primarily help the ACL, the Web Cave will support and help any steel/rattan combat fighting group  who requests assistance.  This includes event   streaming (we hope to add filming on site soon as well), post video production, and saving  footage via a chosen online medium (YouTube, Dropbox, Vimeo, etc.). We can also assist with obtaining license free music content to add for promotional clips.   We also make flyers, presentation materials, power points, and entire websites. We handle the equipment and software for all of this, so that you don't have to.

So, steel combat fighters, rattan combat fighters, and fans, help us help you. We will post updates here, and if we can find more rewards that can be delivered, regardless of where the donation may come from (such as overseas), we will do so.
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  • Lehel Hideg
    • $20 
    • 9 yrs
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Brian Fields
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Avondale, AZ

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