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CCP, please let us, the players help the Philipphines!

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Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#1 - 2013-11-10 13:27:10 UTC
Hello,

As manager of the VAERT, Vahrokh's Emergencies Relief Trust I am asking CCP to please start a charity drive to aid the victims of the terrible event in the Philippines (10,000 alredy reported dead).

We are ready, we got the money, the last time (Japan earthquake) VAERT delivered through CCP a real cash amount of $4,286!

I am being pressured by players about this (not that I needed their input about this), even historic famous ones like Amarr Citizen 155.

Please CCP let us help them, even few thousands dollars may help!

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#2 - 2013-11-10 13:31:20 UTC
+1, I'd chip in the stuff I myself hold from players for the next PLEX for Relief drives CCP hold.

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Roxie Glitz
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-11-10 13:53:27 UTC
As i am not familiar with the mechanic behind your idea, i assume we donate isk? If so, i don't have much to give but i'd be happy to donate, even if i can just afford a low million sum.
Obunagawe
#4 - 2013-11-10 13:57:31 UTC
Please don't CCP. Don't kill EVE to save the phillipines. And you WILL kill EVE by increasing PLEX price much more.
Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
#5 - 2013-11-10 14:00:30 UTC
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#6 - 2013-11-10 14:02:25 UTC
Obunagawe wrote:
Please don't CCP. Don't kill EVE to save the phillipines. And you WILL kill EVE by increasing PLEX price much more.

How selfish. People are dying and all you care about is how much you have to mine to keep your account active.

Oh god.
Rykker Bow
Center for Advanced Studies
#7 - 2013-11-10 14:12:17 UTC
I am completely on board with this.

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Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#8 - 2013-11-10 14:22:36 UTC
Roxie Glitz wrote:
As i am not familiar with the mechanic behind your idea, i assume we donate isk? If so, i don't have much to give but i'd be happy to donate, even if i can just afford a low million sum.


The mechanic works as follows: during "nothing is going on" times (years) I slowly gather donations from players.

When an emergency happens, CCP makes a special character available where to send PLEXes and they convert those PLEXes back into money and donate them to Red Cross or other appointed charities.


Therefore, players ISK donations usually happen outside of emergencies.
Of course if an emergency happens I do a "call for arms" and a lot of people send donations at the last minute, but I don't care if I have to do 90 jumps again (finding low priced PLEXes to donate more of those), what matters is that in those poor countries, 10 dollars can EASILY save a life and 4,000 dollars are a lot of lives that may be saved!

Imagine this: you play the ONE game where you can save REAL lives just by playing!

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Obunagawe
#9 - 2013-11-10 14:25:26 UTC
Riot Girl wrote:
Obunagawe wrote:
Please don't CCP. Don't kill EVE to save the phillipines. And you WILL kill EVE by increasing PLEX price much more.

How selfish. People are dying and all you care about is how much you have to mine to keep your account active.


Confirming EVE is a game of kind and selfless people.
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
#10 - 2013-11-10 14:28:42 UTC
Obunagawe wrote:
Riot Girl wrote:
Obunagawe wrote:
Please don't CCP. Don't kill EVE to save the phillipines. And you WILL kill EVE by increasing PLEX price much more.

How selfish. People are dying and all you care about is how much you have to mine to keep your account active.


Confirming EVE is a game of kind and selfless people.


Please don't start some flame war or troll on this thread.

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Roxie Glitz
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#11 - 2013-11-10 14:28:45 UTC
Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:
Roxie Glitz wrote:
As i am not familiar with the mechanic behind your idea, i assume we donate isk? If so, i don't have much to give but i'd be happy to donate, even if i can just afford a low million sum.


The mechanic works as follows: during "nothing is going on" times (years) I slowly gather donations from players.

When an emergency happens, CCP makes a special character available where to send PLEXes and they convert those PLEXes back into money and donate them to Red Cross or other appointed charities.


Therefore, players ISK donations usually happen outside of emergencies.
Of course if an emergency happens I do a "call for arms" and a lot of people send donations at the last minute, but I don't care if I have to do 90 jumps again (finding low priced PLEXes to donate more of those), what matters is that in those poor countries, 10 dollars can EASILY save a life and 4,000 dollars are a lot of lives that may be saved!

Imagine this: you play the ONE game where you can save REAL lives just by playing!



Thank you very much for your explanation.
Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
#12 - 2013-11-10 14:29:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Rhivre
Deleted to not derail the thread

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First Star Wolf
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2013-11-10 14:36:48 UTC
+1 to this
RAW23
#14 - 2013-11-10 14:52:06 UTC
Fully behind this. I have been donating to VAERT for years and this seems to be a situation where CCP could do some genuine good with the money.

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Rykker Bow
Center for Advanced Studies
#15 - 2013-11-10 15:13:37 UTC
RAW23 wrote:
Fully behind this. I have been donating to VAERT for years and this seems to be a situation where CCP could do some genuine good with the money.


Quite right! This is an opportunity to bring genuine help and relief to those who are in desperate need. Get the word out mates. The quicker we can bandwagon this, the quicker we can get the funds to where they can be used.

Lets keep posting here, ignore the trolls, give likes, get the word out to your friends, anything and everything my friends!

Everyone here gets a +1 and a most sincere thank you.

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Tavi Baldocchi
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2013-11-10 15:31:50 UTC
If ccp decides to be kinda and start this up again I'll gladly donate a Plex.. And have no problem doing those 90 jumps to get cheap Plex for you. Contact me in game for a helping hand.
Lipbite
Express Hauler
#17 - 2013-11-10 15:55:27 UTC
Nicor Syke'Nexen
#18 - 2013-11-10 17:16:42 UTC
You could just send a check to the Red Cross... just a suggestion
Rhivre
TarNec
Invisible Exchequer
#19 - 2013-11-10 17:20:37 UTC
Nicor Syke'Nexen wrote:
You could just send a check to the Red Cross... just a suggestion



This is true, but I suspect the amount of ISK I could buy plex with would be larger than any RL donation I could give.

I also suspect I am not alone in this.

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Beekeeper Bob
Beekeepers Anonymous
#20 - 2013-11-10 17:29:45 UTC
Why not actually send them money, rather than use in game isk to cover your donations?
Giving money out of your pocket means something, giving meaningless money from within a game is just weak.

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