They're plenty of way to go about getting money for the server through forums ads, patreon, go funds me, Youtube-monetization etc but I'm pretty sure money is never going to be the issues in this case since this is an private server and it seem daneos and supposedly one other guy is working on it
This by far the worst argument I've ever read on the forum. Do you expect $1k+ gains with some ads or youtube videos lol? Do you even know how much money you get for 1k views xD?
No one would ever fund or become a patron if they won't get anything back.
Stop that nonsense, and get over it that the cashshop is essential, as in every game, to keep to game alive. Why do people flame anyways about some brown boxes? Back in TW there was not a single way besides cashing to get brown boxes. Although it is hard to acquire one through the Boss event it is possible.