The Ultima 6 Online development blog has been updated with a request for donations, money from which will go toward keeping the game’s website online:

Once a year around September and October we ask for donations to keep the website running.

Donations help the website stay up, message boards running, and client downloads and updates easily accessible.
Donations are greatly appreciated and help keep things running smoothly but are not required at all.

If donations are met: Nothing changes. Things go on as they are now. Donation link is removed the moment hosting / domain are paid for.

If donations are not met: The game remains available!!! But the website and support will go down until I can raise the money myself. Working as a teaching aid at my university, I would ball park that for around 3-4 months if I acquire no more debt.

If you find you have anything to give it would be tremendously appreciated.

Per the above, please note: Ultima 6 Online itself won’t be taken offline should the donations not come rolling in; only the website will be affected.

So…if you’re not too tapped out from supporting Shroud of the Avatar, Moustache of the Avatar, Extra Life, and Lord British knows what else this year, and if you’re something of a fan of Ultima 6 Online, why not head on over to the U6O blog? Thereat, thou canst find a PayPal link via which thou mayest donate funds.