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Spilling blood for a cause! (CCP Promotion: Support charitable blood donations)

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MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#1 - 2012-05-29 18:24:23 UTC  |  Edited by: MailDeadDrop
The following idea was something that sprang out of a Twitter conversation between me (MailDeadDrop), Thorvik, and CCP_Punkturis. I am only claiming about 1/3rd credit. Big smile

CCP could promote real-world blood donation (a charitable, if not easily monetizable, goal) by having a "Ships for blood" drive. Players would qualify by presenting evidence that they donated (or attempted to donate) a unit of blood. The evidence would be evaluated by CCP (at their discretion), but might include photos, etc. Reward would be some kind of collectable Blood Raider ship (not a balance-upsetting kind, just something to have like the Quafe Iteron IV).

MDD
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#2 - 2012-05-29 18:25:25 UTC
Why? Why does CCP care if you donated blood?
MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#3 - 2012-05-29 18:27:14 UTC
mxzf wrote:
Why? Why does CCP care if you donated blood?

Only to promote a worthy real-world goal (like PLEX for charity drives), plus a little in-game tie-in (Blood Raiders).

MDD
Thorvik
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-05-29 18:47:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Thorvik
I absolutely support this. Blood is needed every day by people all over the world. It doesn't cost the person donating anything but time (and a little fluid).

Quote:

Facts about blood needs

  • Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.
  • More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
  • A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S. (2006).
  • The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.
  • The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
  • The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs.
  • Sickle cell disease affects more than 80,000 people in the U.S., 98 percent of whom are African American.
  • Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.
  • More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
  • A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood.


Source: http://www.redcrossblood.org/learn-about-blood/blood-facts-and-statistics


An Auto Accident takes up to of 100 pints of blood. In Canada, there were over 125,000 car accidents in 2009 resulting in 172,000 injured persons. 10,000 of those were children 0-14.

You can give every 56 days. I automatically set up an appointment each time I donate. I'm up to 69 pints (8.6 gal / 32.5 liters). (I missed a few years where I can't find my donor cards anymore so it should be more.) :( I've been donating since I was 17 and I'm much older now.Smile

It's an easy give and it, quite literally, will save someone's life.

Imagine the headline: "Thousands spill real blood from virtual game!"
Jack Carrigan
Order of the Shadow
#5 - 2012-05-29 18:50:12 UTC
This is a fantastic idea! As long as the promotion started later on in the year, and went for a good stretch of time. As I just returned from an overseas duty location last December, I won't be able to donate until this coming December.

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Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-05-29 18:54:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Nariya Kentaya
MailDeadDrop wrote:
mxzf wrote:
Why? Why does CCP care if you donated blood?

Only to promote a worthy real-world goal (like PLEX for charity drives), plus a little in-game tie-in (Blood Raiders).

MDD

but this would be a blatant mocking of eve's anemic players, as they cannot give blood. were already mocking the colorblind, armless, and the illiterates, lets not add anemics to that list please.


also i ahve a severe phobia of needles, so much so that when i was achild, i tried to stab my doctor with his pen when he wanted to put a needle in my arm. dont like the finger prickings either.
MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#7 - 2012-05-29 18:58:09 UTC  |  Edited by: MailDeadDrop
Jack Carrigan wrote:
This is a fantastic idea! As long as the promotion started later on in the year, and went for a good stretch of time. As I just returned from an overseas duty location last December, I won't be able to donate until this coming December.

Yes, I'm not imagining a one-month drive or anything that short. As Thorvik indicated, blood is one of those things we always need and never have enough of -- cripes I sound like a mouthpiece for the Blood Raiders themselves; maybe I need to roll a character Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (a/k/a "Comical Ali").

So a six-month or one-year low-intensity drive would be completely acceptable (to me).

Also, should players be rewarded with a ship for *each* donation made during the time frame?

MDD
MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#8 - 2012-05-29 18:59:05 UTC
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
MailDeadDrop wrote:
mxzf wrote:
Why? Why does CCP care if you donated blood?

Only to promote a worthy real-world goal (like PLEX for charity drives), plus a little in-game tie-in (Blood Raiders).

MDD

but this would be a blatant mocking of eve's anemic players, as they cannot give blood. were already mocking the colorblind, armless, and the illiterates, lets not add anemics to that list please.


also i ahve a severe phobia of needles, so much so that when i was achild, i tried to stab my doctor with his pen when he wanted to put a needle in my arm. dont like the finger prickings either.


Ba-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Thank you Nariya; that was quite funny. Have a cookie.

MDD
Thorvik
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-05-29 19:11:21 UTC
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
MailDeadDrop wrote:
mxzf wrote:
Why? Why does CCP care if you donated blood?

Only to promote a worthy real-world goal (like PLEX for charity drives), plus a little in-game tie-in (Blood Raiders).

MDD

but this would be a blatant mocking of eve's anemic players, as they cannot give blood. were already mocking the colorblind, armless, and the illiterates, lets not add anemics to that list please.


also i ahve a severe phobia of needles, so much so that when i was achild, i tried to stab my doctor with his pen when he wanted to put a needle in my arm. dont like the finger prickings either.


It's better to prick your finger than fing.... oh, never mind... Shocked
MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#10 - 2012-05-29 20:24:41 UTC
OK, sorry; I can't help myself. More idea:

CCP holds a blood drive in Reyk (for employees obviously). CCP video team uses it to make kick-off video for the "Ships for blood" contest.

MDD
HARD STEEL
Caldari Capital Construction Company
#11 - 2012-05-29 20:45:01 UTC
I think it would be more of a win/win for world of darkness to take this on

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MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#12 - 2012-05-29 20:48:52 UTC
HARD STEEL wrote:
I think it would be more of a win/win for world of darkness to take this on

Possibly, but I don't play WoD and really know little about it. But maybe someone at CCP will agree with you.

MDD
Dezolf
DAX Action Stance
#13 - 2012-05-29 20:58:08 UTC
This is a bloody awesome idea.

From the twitter conversation, I also love the idea of a NOS implant - you need to get that energy back somehow! :P

It would be great for marketing (I assume... :P).
I also agree that it would be a great promotion for WoD, but seeing as that isn't getting released soon(tm), why not do it with EVE?

I, for one, will start spreading the word! Pirate
MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#14 - 2012-05-29 21:02:54 UTC  |  Edited by: MailDeadDrop
Dezolf wrote:
From the twitter conversation, I also love the idea of a NOS implant - you need to get that energy back somehow! :P

Yes, I had intentionally left the NOS implant out (which was Thorvik's idea). I am trying to stay away from asking for in-game content that affects the balance of anything, since that would (I assume) just further complicate matters for CCP.

In that vein (heh), I've thought maybe the ISD folks would be useful in vetting the evidence, so that CCP doesn't have any more work to do besides creating the reward ship and seeing that it is appropriately awarded.

MDD

Edit: ISD is a volunteer organization, right?
Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#15 - 2012-05-29 21:05:15 UTC
Nariya Kentaya wrote:
but this would be a blatant mocking of eve's anemic players, as they cannot give blood. were already mocking the colorblind, armless, and the illiterates, lets not add anemics to that list please.


also i ahve a severe phobia of needles, so much so that when i was achild, i tried to stab my doctor with his pen when he wanted to put a needle in my arm. dont like the finger prickings either.

To heck with the illiterates... they never write back when I send them letters, they ignore all my emails...

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CCP Punkturis
C C P
C C P Alliance
#16 - 2012-05-30 00:24:49 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Punkturis
you guys are so weird

over half of the posts in here made me laugh Smile (pretty good ratio!)

Edit: okay I re-read it, it wasn't over half, it was a little less than half Blink

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Shandir
EVE University
Ivy League
#17 - 2012-05-30 01:00:56 UTC
I don't support bleed-to-win (b2w for future use) or microtransfusion-based gameplay. Keep Red Ammo out of the game!

(Actually this would be a neat idea, if a little crazy. Frankly I'd be okay with a little imbalance for a genuinely good cause)
JamesCLK
#18 - 2012-05-30 01:13:04 UTC
Did you think the decals on blood raider ships were just paint? Twisted
Seriously cool idea though. Cool

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MailDeadDrop
Archon Industries
#19 - 2012-05-30 01:16:12 UTC  |  Edited by: MailDeadDrop
Shandir wrote:
I don't support bleed-to-win (b2w for future use) or microtransfusion-based gameplay. Keep Red Ammo out of the game!

(Actually this would be a neat idea, if a little crazy. Frankly I'd be okay with a little imbalance for a genuinely good cause)

Shandir, it may be low-blood lightheadedness, but your post literally had me laughing loudly. "Bleed-to-win" has to be the funniest turn-of-phrase I've seen all year. Microtransfusion is a hysterical close second. You, Sir or Madam, should consider comedy writing as a vocation.

MDD
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#20 - 2012-05-30 02:37:49 UTC
MailDeadDrop wrote:
Possibly, but I don't play WoD

Nor does anybody else for that matter.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
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