Idea To Help Ukraine

[Padudu]

God please stop

[Shibi]

Like all #IStandWith_____ empty causes and all the way back to #Kony and beyond... can we stop with the meaningless in game slacktivision please?

If you really want to help, donate to the Red Cross / Red Crescent / whoever, but please for the love of baby kittens, please stop bringing this stuff into the game.

There is enough media saturation and even outright propaganda right now outside it.

[Fyrebrand]

I remember back when Japan had that big earthquake in 2011, World of Warcraft had a minion you could buy and 100% of the proceeds went to the Red Cross's Japanese relief efforts. So, this type of thing is not unheard of.

The in-game item or reward doesn't need to have anything to do with Ukraine however; in fact, it's probably better if it doesn't and makes sense to show up in the game's world. It can be anything that players will likely want to purchase anyway, but this way they are further incentivized knowing that their money will go to a good cause.

if SE was keen on doing this, they could donate a portion of their overall cash shop proceeds

I really don't like this idea, because as long as it's only "a portion" and not 100% of the income then Square Enix would basically be profiting off of death and destruction. Alternatively, I would suggest maybe they temporarily highlight a selection of items from the MogStation and say "for this month, all proceeds from these items go to Ukraine relief." Or -- and I don't know if it's possible -- they could do something like "for this month, the next MogStation item you buy, whatever it is, 100% of the cost goes to charity." There are probably other good ways of doing it as well, but just not anything that involves them skimming off the top of the purchases to make it a profit deal.

Like all #IStandWith_____ empty causes and all the way back to #Kony and beyond... can we stop with the meaningless in game slacktivision please?

If you really want to help, donate to the Red Cross / Red Crescent / whoever, but please for the love of baby kittens, please stop bringing this stuff into the game.

I mean, it's not "slacktivism" if it actually results in donating money to a real charity. The idea behind in-game rewards being tied to a charitable donation is it incentivizes more people to give, where perhaps they might not have. I'm sure there are a ton of players who would see a cool glam or a cute minion, and say "OMG I WANT IT" and buy the thing, even if they don't care enough about Ukraine to donate otherwise. Or there's probably people who are thinking "Hmm, maybe I could donate some money to help, maybe I'll do it later, not sure how much, or how to do it... meh, I'll figure it out later," and then never do. But you show them a fancy minion that tells them directly "Here, this is the way. Pay for this thing, we will donate the money for you and you get a fun prize as well as pat yourself on the back for doing the thing. Easy peasy." Call it cynical, call it selfish, I don't care. It works.

[AlyaNimfa]

Won’t help all that much, not until governments get some backbone and stop offering “strong words” and actually do something. There is no point to being in NATO, it’s proven they’re all inept.

[Conundrum]

Won’t help all that much, not until governments get some backbone and stop offering “strong words” and actually do something. There is no point to being in NATO, it’s proven they’re all inept.

A tiny problem with that Rambo.



Anyway, this is another virtue signaling thread that needs deleted.

[AlyaNimfa]

A tiny problem with that Rambo.



Anyway, this is another virtue signaling thread that needs deleted.

Yeah, but it's fine for countries to invade though. Also, wtf is a rambo?

[Vahlnir]

Also, wtf is a rambo?

[Fellgon]

If you really want to help, donate to the Red Cross / Red Crescent.

I just made a donation to Red Cross

[Theodric]

I remember back when Japan had that big earthquake in 2011, World of Warcraft had a minion you could buy and 100% of the proceeds went to the Red Cross's Japanese relief efforts. So, this type of thing is not unheard of.

Natural disasters are very different to complex regional conflicts, however. Especially if a business chooses to weigh in on some and not others.

[Divinemights]

S/E is not going to be involve with politics, especially when Japan still having dispute with all of its neighbors, including Russia.