{"id":77914,"date":"2013-08-29T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=77914"},"modified":"2013-08-29T13:30:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T18:30:45","slug":"support-theonering-net-and-help-your-tolkien-community-keep-growing-and-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/08\/29\/77914-support-theonering-net-and-help-your-tolkien-community-keep-growing-and-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Support TheOneRing.net and help your Tolkien community keep growing and growing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everything about TheOneRing.net is big.<\/h3>\n

Just look at some of these numbers.<\/p>\n

\"\"33,467.<\/strong>\u00a0News articles, spy reports and features published on the TORn front page since 2007 alone.<\/p>\n

\"\"22,300.<\/strong>\u00a0Spy photos, movie screencaps and fan images in the old TORN scrapbook, and the new one.<\/p>\n

\"\"616,739.<\/strong>\u00a0Posts from 9,981 TORnsibs on the “new” TORn gossamer forums since 2007.<\/p>\n

\"\"700.<\/strong>\u00a0Megabytes of plain text people have written in our Barliman’s chat since 1999. That’s several million lines of type from thousands of visitors.<\/p>\n

These numbers are constantly growing. And it’s all from the passion and enthusiasm of the TORn community.<\/p>\n

Your community is an enormous patchwork of brilliant, clever and Tolkien-literate people from all around the world who are passionate about Tolkien and love the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies.<\/p>\n

And they love sharing that passion with each other — through stories, anecdotes, events, videos, music and fan art.<\/p>\n

The TORn community is you<\/h4>\n

We don’t simply mean TORn staff. The community is you, the message board posters from the USA, Canada or France. It’s you, the chatroom regulars from Finland, the Netherlands or New Zealand. It’s you, the folks from Australia, Singapore and Brazil who participate in\u00a0Hall of Fire<\/a>\u00a0and watch\u00a0TORn Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0each week.<\/p>\n

If you’ve ever\u00a0sent in an article, submitted a photo or report<\/a>, posted on our\u00a0messageboards<\/a>, visited our\u00a0chat<\/a>, or commented on our\u00a0twitter<\/a>,\u00a0facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0g+<\/a>, you’re the reason TheOneRing.net is among the largest and most-respected pillars of the Tolkien community on the web.<\/p>\n

Keeping all this afloat, though, takes as much money as it does love and passion.<\/p>\n

For new servers. For software upgrades and social media integration apps. For web hosting bills.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to make a Pledge to help TORn cover bills to help your community continue to grow, we’d be grateful and appreciative.<\/p>\n

Just use the links below.<\/p>\n

If you can’t, that’s ok! Keep on contributing to your community whichever way you can — through your thoughts, comments and recommending TheOneRing.net to your friends!<\/p>\n

Make a Pledge today<\/h4>\n

\"\"General Pledge<\/a>\u00a0Pledge anywhere from $5 to $20!<\/p>\n

\"\"Bronze Pledge<\/a>\u00a0Pledge $25. All Bronze Pledges are listed for one year on TheOneRing.net’s ‘The Tale of Honour’ web page.<\/p>\n

\"\"Silver Pledge<\/a>\u00a0Pledge $50. All Silver Pledges are listed for one year on TheOneRing.net’s ‘The Tale of Honour’ web page and receive a TORn supporter t-shirt!<\/p>\n

\"\"Gold Pledge<\/a>\u00a0Pledge $75. All Gold Pledges are listed for one year on TheOneRing.net’s ‘The Tale of Honour’ web page and receive a TORn supporter t-shirt and a commemorative pin!<\/p>\n

\"\"Platinum Pledge<\/a>\u00a0Pledge $150. All Platinum Pledges are listed for one year on TheOneRing.net’s ‘The Tale of Honour’ web page and receive a TORn supporter t-shirt and a commemorative pin + MORE COOL STUFF!<\/p>\n

\"\"Mithril Pledge<\/a>\u00a0Pledge $400. All Platinum Pledges are listed for one year on TheOneRing.net’s ‘The Tale of Honour’ web page and receive a TORn supporter t-shirt and a commemorative pin + SUPER COOL STUFF!<\/p>\n

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Or make a custom pledge<\/a><\/h4>\n

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