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EllesmereUI is looking for a sponsor! If anyone has connections with a brand that might be interested, I'd really appreciate an introduction. Here's some more info: Since launching just a few months ago, EllesmereUI.com has grown to over 150,000 monthly unique visitors and 620,000+ monthly pageviews, with traffic continuing to grow, especially with the new Bug Tracker and Feature Hub being integrated directly into the website. Combine that with EUI's extremely targeted audience of WoW players, and I think there's a great opportunity here for the right sponsor. Why am I looking for a sponsor? The goal is to offset development and website costs of EUI so I can continue working on it full time without completely lighting my personal finances on fire. In exchange, I'd offer one exclusive, prominently placed banner on the website (see image below, it would replace the support banner). I want to emphasize that I'm only looking for ONE sponsor. I put a huge amount of work into the website's design and user experience, and I'm not interested in cluttering it with advertisements or compromising its aesthetic. The idea is to have one dedicated sponsor with exclusive visibility, rather than filling the site with ads. If you know anyone who might be interested, please reach out! I have plenty more data to share. Even just pointing me in the right direction would mean a lot as I am fairly light in the connection department lol

Mental is struggling rn, stress is at an all time high, EUI feature requests are pouring in at an unfathomable rate (avg 1000+ per month), then tonight I find out someone yelled at an EUI support team member cuz they felt their feature request wasn’t being prioritized enough. I REALLY need people to get some perspective here or I will lose it lol. Bringing any kind of entitlement attitude to a FREE WoW addon is absolute insanity. EllesmereUI has no paywalls, no sponsors, no website ads, no partnerships, and no funding beyond one time donations. CurseForge payouts barely reach $200 a month LOL. I’ve poured every waking moment of mine into this project for 9 months, to the point where I barely have time to stream anymore, which is literally supposed to be my job. Many support team members have taken days off of work just to help with support during intense times. So when someone comes in feeling entitled to a feature they want (usually something super niche that they try to say everyone needs) and gets pissed at a support team member over it, it’s incredibly fucked. EUI will always remain completely free and unpaywalled, but in return I need patience and understanding for both myself and my support staff. With thousands of requests and reports coming in every month, some things are inevitably going to get missed, and many feature requests won’t be implemented. That’s just the reality of maintaining a project of this size with the time and resources available. Finally, just remember that every single person helping with support is a volunteer giving up their own free time to help this community. They don’t get paid, they don’t owe anyone anything, and they absolutely do not deserve to be yelled at because someone’s feature request hasn’t been addressed. It’s honestly ridiculous that this even needs to be said. TLDR: Don’t ever yell at EUI staff members, and don’t act entitled over a FREE WoW addon. Just basic human decency please, be kind