I hope a game developer reads this

[Ezikiel]

Or.... now bear with me with this one, you could just go out (or even online) to a charity and donate the money?

indeed i could but since im in "FFXI" forum where they constantly add new thingsa in the menu and are directly affected by this which would bring more light to us as a community where people think we are self absorbed burn outs wo play the game all day and never leave the house or care about others i thought it might be nice to recognized as something else

[Aramyth]

this would work too where u can just click a button "Donate April's monthly subscription"

Don't see why it has to be April's monthly subscription fee. Just make an option to donate, that way players can donate whatever they wish.

[Gunit]

Go out and donate.
I am sure a lot of people could use April's fee for other stuff.

[Ezikiel]

Don't see why it has to be April's monthly subscription fee. Just make an option to donate, that way players can donate whatever they wish.

If you read all my post you may understand why. i'll say again Square has said they will not charge us for April hence they won't miss it i don't mind the charge i say take it and donate it make a banner

"From us here at Square enix and our player base we have decided to Donate April's monthly payment in the relief effort"
but i have aready donated in other ways and some peole who are a little stingier have already accounted for their monthly payment being taken will be better on board with being charged and donated over 1 million account and $13.00 dollars per account would be a big help and to come from us again as a community would be nice. did that help?

[Jalserba_Darkwood]

i think the idear is great but there is one downfall if u force people to donate instead of given them a choise then some players may leave due to lack of money to play any more i myself can only just afford to pay every month sometimes i cant.

[Gunit]

Think of the players in Japan.

[Ezikiel]

i think the idear is great but there is one downfall if u force people to donate instead of given them a choise then some players may leave due to lack of money to play any more i myself can only just afford to pay every month sometimes i cant.

Not to force them to do it just have the button option there for those of us who are generous and like you said and i hinted you can do with pril's payment to be donated may as well donte it in the name of a game and company you like but you dont have to do it hence the button with them saying they wont charge us for april i though if we volunteered to be charged for april and have it donated would be great

[cordi]

i am donating my fee for april and donating to the red cross...my choice...so easy

[Jalserba_Darkwood]

Not to force them to do it just have the button option there for those of us who are generous and like you said and i hinted you can do with pril's payment to be donated may as well donte it in the name of a game and company you like but you dont have to do it hence the button with them saying they wont charge us for april i though if we volunteered to be charged for april and have it donated would be great

im up for volunteering to b charged for april to have the money sent to charity

[RabidSquirrel]

I know iTune's has a direct link that you can donate money to helping out people in Japan and there recorvery

This. I'm sure there are plenty of other spots you can donate money to the relief effort. SE isn't a charity. And if the tsunami and earthquakes hit them personally, the servers would be down for a helluva lot longer than a week. So yeah. Give your money to a relief effort so that they can get the money to those who really need it.