[Request] Please Suspend Housing Demolition for NA

[DeaconMoore]

Hmm

While I'm sure some may appreciate the timer stopping on the house demos while they get their lives put back together, getting their lives put back together isn't helped by pausing the housing demos.

It's a nice thought I suppose in a round about way.

However, wouldn't a fundraiser with the proceeds going to the victims better achieve a compassionate display?

[Welsper59]

Hmm

While I'm sure some may appreciate the timer stopping on the house demos while they get their lives put back together, getting their lives put back together isn't helped by pausing the housing demos.

It's a nice thought I suppose in a round about way.

However, wouldn't a fundraiser with the proceeds going to the victims better achieve a compassionate display?

Yes and no.

Yes: Fundraising is always a nice gesture, as per what Blizzard usually does (and currently is doing). In-game item goes up as a microtransaction, all profits go to charities they list for whatever period of time stated. A way to get the in-game community to intentionally... or unintentionally, help victims within not just the community but all of them in general, but also gaining some in-game novelty item. Kinda like how donating blood works, where some people show off whatever badge of honor is given or they do it for some monetary compensation

No: It becomes a question of who to donate to, who's going to fund it, is there time to enact plans regarding it (like in Blizzards act of charity), etc. I mean the main thing to remember on that is how SE is not based in the US. Scrutiny comes into play as per how they'd respond to foreign matters over local. Not saying these are things that should prevent them from fundraising, but just that they are generally factors to the decision. In fact, I find all of that to just be bullshit to even bother thinking about when it comes to the idea of just helping people in general (if time/funds allow).

Either way, it's always about the thought. Think of it like when people say "Thoughts and prayers" to accompany a statement. It doesn't actually do anything, but it's an act of kindness. Yoshi-P's comment stated they'll consider looking into ways to further aid the community affected by it when they learn more about it, so I wouldn't really put it past them to do things as Blizzard does.