Madam Harlot
The Iron Magus
Hm, like a Kickstarter? Didn't they do one for the Frontier Skies board game? (A real one, I mean, not a gold sink)
I guess it all depends on how much it would actually cost.
Yes, exactly like that. I am almost certain that it would work.
Honestly, I could actually see it working if they gave really good incentives for donations. Like you could do zOMG-specific things (special rings, maybe?), or just like... donate x amount and receive a CI, donate y amount and receive an EI, etc. Even more so if the items were exclusive to the kickstarter... then you'd get people donating just to get the items, as well as those who are actually donating to save the game.
Again, though, it all comes down to how much time and money this fix would actually cost... something we don't know, and Gaia probably doesn't even know.