08-09-2014, 09:30 PM
Based on the situation, I think that moving the downloads elsewhere would probably be the best course of action. I understand why people would like using the Download Section, even though I've rarely used it, but if it is causing problems with the forums and making it impossible for ads/donations to happen for the site, then it unfortunately should be removed and put on a different site. Besides that, I also come here more for the community rather than the downloads, so I think it's important to help the site and community first while the downloads should be secondary. A free server would definitely not be a good idea. That would probably result in the forums being much slower and places offering free servers are a rip-off anyway.