Guild Wars 2

I was thinking about this last night and thought that it would be a pretty cool idea to create some sort of dynamic event to help in the hurricane relief.

Heres what i’m thinking:

Across all of Tyria every monster has a potential to drop what would be called a “Relief Token” for a particular amount of time (i was thinking approx. 1 month). These tokens can be turned in to certain representatives in major cities such as LA. When you accrue a particular amount of tokens, you will get something in exchange (some sort of gift. perhaps a BL key, boosters, and rare chances to get skins for something, etc.).

The relief comes in here: ArenaNet promises to donate a set amount per token that is gathered. Perhaps 1 cent, maybe half a penny, or 1/10th of a penny. It all depends on how it breaks down to how much would actually be gathered in total. You wouldnt want to break the bank on this, but you would also want to have it be a substantial amount to actually help in the relief.

You could also create the possibility to purchase said tokens from the gem store, where a particular percentage of that purchase would go to relief. I say that mainly because you would have to try to still stay above ground on this, but also that the tokens being purchased are going to create a certain amount of donation as well. The purchase of the tokens would have to be made upon the actual purchase of gems, however, with real money. Not with gold. This is in order to maintain the greater potential of donation for the event.

There are still a lot of kinks that i’m trying to seek and figure out, but I think that if you guys were to endeavor on this you could definitely think-tank those out.

I think its worth considering! This could also bring greater publicity to ArenaNet and Guild Wars 2 seeing as no other MMO has done something like this, and it shows AN as having a humanitarian side!

Thanks for giving my suggestion the time!

ArtanisKain.8579:

55 people have already died from this. I know in the grand scheme of things that doesn’t seem like much, but if you were one of those 55 families you would understand.

69 people died before it even hit America. I am not saying it is not an awful event. It is just that perhaps other areas of the world could use that money more, because they do not just have a deficit they have money at all.

I do not think that in game events are really the best way to work towards a money raising goal. They make people think they have helped when in fact they have done nothing. People need to actually give money themselves to causes they believe in rather than hoping for companies to do it for them.

I also believe Arenanet have shown responsibility for charity events. Even in small events I have heard of some of their employees taking part in a charity cycle ride. I am sure if they feel this is something they want to support they will do so with no need for in-game involvement, as after all does that not set a precident? Every horrific disaster being represented in game, a place people go to escape the world. Or should it just the ones that effect the USA?

Even if my first comment was harsh I still no not think this sort of thing is actually beneficial.

The japan earthquake/tsunami had 230 times more casualties than the hurricane, if there’s ever a donation it should go to them.

You definitely have a point there. And i was actually not aware that there were others affected by this outside of the US. I thought it was a hurricane that started in the ocean and made its way to us. The difficulty of living in America is that our media often has a narrow scope of things and only focuses on itself.

The only reason that i brought this up now is because this is the first disaster to happen while GW2 has been around. (i didnt play GW1, so i dont know its dynamics).

And in response to it making people think they have done something, when they have done nothing. That is precisely why people can make donations through the gem store. Its honestly no different than McDonalds saying “for every purchase of a big mac, 5 cents will go towards such and such a fund”. Do people actually think they’re making a difference? No. Its McDonalds that is making that difference. They were going to buy that big mac anyways.

And i would also like to point out that America is not some stingy country that doens’t help out other countries when they need it. There are SO many humanitarian efforts out there that stem from America that are always helping out. Also, dont forget about the 950 billion dollars that were sent to help in the relief of the Tsunami in India of 2005. And that was just from our government alone. That isn’t considering all the other American based companies and humanitarian efforts that made substantial donations.

However. The response to this topic is definitely turning more in to a political one than a simple idea to help people in need. If you think its a bad idea, then consider it as such. If not, do the same. But no argument needs to continue because its counter-productive. Neither of our opinions will sway the ultimate decision of Anet.