▸ COST · NO PROFIT · NO MARKETING

NOT A SAAS.
A POWER BILL.

SlurpNet is a homelab in Portland and a small VPS in Seattle, run by one person with a day job. There are no tiers because there is no margin. Friends chip in for hardware. Family rides free. Strangers are welcome — DM me first.

Monthly burn · 04 / 26

$184

Power · Colo · Upstream · Domains

● Covered $152 / $184

01 · Power

$58

PDX homelab · 24/7

02 · Colo/VPS

$72

SEA · 1 GB upstream

03 · Bandwidth

$24

Median · never capped

04 · Domains

$18

slurp.gg + aliases

05 · Software

$12

Backups · monitoring

Section · 01

What the rack costs

Approximate monthly outlay across hardware amortization, network, and storage. Numbers are for transparency, not invoicing.

Line item Monthly Notes

Server hardware (amortized) ~$60 Unraid box · 32-core · 128 GB · NVMe cache pool

Residential uplink (gig fiber) ~$90 Symmetric 1 Gbps · static IP · UDM Pro

Power draw (~180 W idle) ~$22 Mixed game-server idle + bursts

Off-site backup (Backblaze B2) ~$8 Game saves + pack archives · weekly

CDN egress (mods.slurpgg.net) ~$0 Cloudflare cached · negligible at this volume

Approx total ~$184 / mo As of 2026-Q2

Honest framing: the operator covers this month-to-month out of pocket. Cost-share contributions reduce that burden but do not go to anyone's salary, no one is "running a business" here, and there is no lane that gets you a different pack or admin access.

▸ Three lanes · pick one

How to chip in

No public donation links right now. SlurpNet's cost share is settled directly between the operator and the people who play here — ask the operator on Discord and they'll route you to whatever payment method works for both of you that month.

Direct only — for now. A future revision of this page may add a public Stripe / Patreon / Ko-fi link block once the operator decides which channel to use, but until then the recognition wall below is updated by hand from direct receipts.

HOW YOU
JOIN.

All lanes get the same pack quality, the same launcher, the same backups. Lane one means I host your stuff too.

Lane · 01

FREE RIDE

For ▸ Friends · Family · Anyone

$ 0 —

Most people. Show up, play, be cool in voice chat. That's it.

Join any public pack
Launcher · auto-updates
Discord status feed · webhooks
Backups · 30d retention
Voice chat · co-located
Save state portable on request

▶ START PLAYING

★ MOST PICKED

Lane · 02

COST SHARE

For ▸ Regulars · Weeklies

$ 8 / mo · opt-in

If SlurpNet is a Tuesday-night fixture for you and you can spare it. Keeps the lights on.

Everything in FREE RIDE
Name on the rack panel
Vote on next pack
Custom server config requests
Priority slot when full
Quarterly merch drop

▶ CHIP IN

Lane · 03 2 / 3 seats left

INTERNAL PRO

For ▸ Operators · By invite

LET'S TALK

You want to run your own pack on my hardware. We'll work out a number. Probably power-cost + a six pack.

Dedicated slot · your config
SSH / shell access on request
Custom subdomain on slurp.gg
Audit log · 365d
On-call · pager goes to me
Capped at 3 operators total

▶ DM ZACHY

▸ Who's chipped in · 04 / 26

The receipt.

Names hashed. Months tallied. Operators who covered part of the rack this period. Public credit is opt-in; if you contributed and don't see your handle, it's because you asked to stay off-wall — that's normal and appreciated.

# Who · SHA-8 Lane Month Since Note

01 a4f9c6e1 ● COST SHARE $8 24M og rack-mate · weeklies

02 7b22d810 ● INTERNAL PRO $30 11M runs the rdr2 dust-rp pack

03 e8a4f6c2 ● COST SHARE $8 14M voice-chat referee

04 1c5f0d3b ● COST SHARE $8 06M paid quarterly · in advance

05 9a3e7720 ● COST SHARE $8 04M —

06 0fb1ac49 ● INTERNAL PRO $45 08M palworld pack maintainer

07 3d2807ee ● COST SHARE $8 02M new · welcome

08 6c884fa0 ● COST SHARE $8 12M —

09 4e119b13 ● COST SHARE $8 03M —

10 b71fc6d8 ● COST SHARE $8 16M ops backup · co-admin

11 5a90fe24 ● INTERNAL PRO $25 05M fivem valley-rp seat

Σ 11 operators — $152 — covers 82% of monthly burn

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How the wall stays current: the recognition wall hydrates from /api/contributors.json at page load, so the operator updates the feed (one-line PR against content/api/contributors.json) and the live site picks it up at the next CDN sync — no full HTML redeploy needed. Public credit is opt-in; absence here means a contributor asked to stay off-wall.

▸ Things people ask

FAQ.

What if I can't pay?

Don't. Lane one is free. Pay if it makes you happier; don't if it doesn't. The rack runs either way.

Can I cancel?

There's nothing to cancel. Stop sending money and you're back on free ride. Save data is yours.

What about non-friends?

DM on Discord first. I want to know who's on the rack. Strangers welcome with a vouch.

Why no card on file?

I don't want recurring charge logic. Venmo / Stripe Link / Cash App / wire if you're old. Quarterly is fine.

What if you get hit by a bus?

Save data and pack repos are on the private GitLab. Co-admin (operator #10) has hardware keys.

NOT A SAAS.A POWER BILL.