Petition To Have S/E Add a Donation "Add-On" to PoL

[Ziyyigo-Tipyigo]

No.

First off, you're losing sight of the fact that Square-Enix is a for-profit company, not a charity. On top of that, they are an entertainment company, about as far as producing an essential as you can get. Your money would be better spent directly on an actual charitable organization.

Second, the servers are down because their employees and their communities have more pressing needs than this. And you want them to take the time to do the research on reputable charitable organizations (and the legal research for navigating the liabilities and obligations for making such a link), all because you're too lazy to go out and do it yourself?

You all could have made donations to the ICRC or the Salvation Army or so forth in the time it took you to browse and post on this forum.

Call me cold-hearted, but I'm disgusted by this. If you actually cared, you'd do it yourself.

[deathgod]

i agree and hope that will read this thread sometime in the next couple weeks. which they may not get around to due to the current crisis but i think that taking the april monthly fee and donating to the relief fund is an amazing way for the community to help out. SE has been pretty good to us over the yrs. and this would be a great way for us to help them out in this time of need. if it wasnt for them this community of players wouldnt exist so lets give back to them. they gave us a game and a way to make friends worldwide. lets repay them and help out the nation

[Chiibi]

If you actually cared, you'd do it yourself.

as opposed to complaining about the fact people petitioned for something that could be approved by se to help? i helped out at one of the aide shelters today with "save the children" and have only just got home. screw you for being so cold about someone offering an idea to help.

[CrystalWeapon]

donate you bill amount to the Red Cross directly, they are the relief fund of choice;
http://www.redcross.org/

^ Didn't think of that first thnx, done and done. If SE does this I'll help through that as well. Japan you have our love and support!

[UltraBlackone]

Blackone - Valefor

[Dmaul]

Call me cold-hearted, but I'm disgusted by this. If you actually cared, you'd do it yourself.

No, I'll call you more than just cold-hearted you little douche. Anything and everything will be needed to help out Japan. This is just another option. Don't try and bring people down for caring and wanting to help.

Dmaul / Bismarck

[slakyak]

Don't turn this in to another thread moaning about stuff. Either you agree and you stick your name on the list or you disagree and check the next thread!

If SE can do anything that might encourage someone to donate then it's a bonus, if not they probably weren't going to give anyway but that's entirely up to them and they shouldn't be criticised either way.

[Nakir]

An option to do such a thing is a great idea to offer

Nakir - Valefor

(Angelous -- Kujata)

[Randwolf]

No.

First off, you're losing sight of the fact that Square-Enix is a for-profit company, not a charity. On top of that, they are an entertainment company, about as far as producing an essential as you can get. Your money would be better spent directly on an actual charitable organization.

Second, the servers are down because their employees and their communities have more pressing needs than this. And you want them to take the time to do the research on reputable charitable organizations (and the legal research for navigating the liabilities and obligations for making such a link), all because you're too lazy to go out and do it yourself?

You all could have made donations to the ICRC or the Salvation Army or so forth in the time it took you to browse and post on this forum.

Call me cold-hearted, but I'm disgusted by this. If you actually cared, you'd do it yourself.

I wouldn't call you cold-hearted. I'd say you were unrealistic and ill-informed about fund-raising.

If you want people to give to a cause, you don't wait for them to decide to do so on their own. You make the opportunity to give as convenient as possible.

You also give them a personal connection to the 'cause.' If you want an example, the United Way has campaigns that reach into business where people sign-up to have deductions made one-time or from each pay check. Talk about convenient. Charitable causes also use celebrities because people feel a connection, real or not, to them. Why do you think you see all those stars on television soliciting donations?

You think that S/E has no interest, even as a for-profit company, in helping its country? That one has me baffled.

So, yes, if people ran out and gave of their own volition, it would be marvelous. But, S/E allowing the opportunity to give both makes it easy and provides a real connection (be it a real, virtual connection) to the people of Japan. On top of that, when the servers come up, people who already gave may determine it is within their means to give again.

[Anapingofness]

^_^ I'd totally support this idea! Please let us know how we can help SE!