How Donations and Patreon Support Work for TSPG: Painkiller

TSPG: Painkiller is a free Zandronum hosting service based in St. Louis, MO, USA, and donations are optional contributions rather than a requirement to host. According to the site, donations "will go toward payment on TSPG clusters," and becoming a Patreon patron can come with Discord and hosting benefits. If you just want to host a server, you can sign up without donating; if you want to support the infrastructure or the people who run it, there are several separate channels.

What Your Donation Supports

The homepage describes TSPG: Painkiller as a free hosting solution for the North American community, offering "high quality and lag-free multiplayer servers." The stated purpose of donations is to cover the cost of the clusters that run those servers. In practice, that means your contribution helps keep the hosting available for everyone rather than unlocking a specific server feature for you.

Patreon: Cluster Support With Benefits

The Patreon page (linked as https://www.patreon.com/tspg_eb) is the channel tied to the hosting service itself. The site says donations there go toward payment on TSPG clusters, and that patrons can receive Discord and hosting benefits. The exact benefit tiers are not described on the homepage, so check the Patreon page directly before assuming what a given tier includes.

Ko-fi and PayPal: Supporting the Maintainers

The site also lists ways to support individuals behind the project, which are separate from cluster funding:

• Lynstra's Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tspg_eb): described as a way to donate to Lynstra personally to help with "rising predicaments in their life."
• Dark-Assassin: the creator and primary maintainer of the website, with PayPal, Ko-fi, and Patreon options listed for appreciating their work.

If your goal is to keep servers running, the Patreon is the option the site frames that way. If your goal is to thank a specific maintainer, the personal Ko-fi and PayPal links are the relevant ones.

Choosing Where to Give

Practical Notes Before You Donate

• Donating is not required to host. The service is described as free, and sign-up is the path to hosting your own servers.
• Benefits are not itemized on the homepage. The mention of "Discord and hosting benefits" for patrons is the only detail given; confirm specifics on Patreon.
• The Discord is the support channel. The site directs users to https://allfearthesentinel.com/discord for hosting support, updates, and community interaction, and asks that you read the Discord rules first.
• Donation links are external. Patreon, Ko-fi, and PayPal are third-party platforms, so payment and account handling happen there rather than on the TSPG site.

If you are deciding between channels, start with what you want the money to do: keep the clusters online (Patreon) or thank an individual maintainer (their personal Ko-fi or PayPal).