Not to be disrespectful, but a pile of money is not going to bring him back.

Money is collected to help people in situations where property has been damaged, in order to get their life back on track.
This proposal is way off

I totally agree, its the least we could do, to help as much as we can. In fact I will sell myself and donate all the plex to said fund. That should be 80 plex to start the ball rolling

No.
But that's why it would be a meaningful gesture: because it's not some automatic repayment of dues owed, but done out of respect for him and as a statement in his memory.

While OP's idea comes from a nice feeling I have to agree with Atedar.
It would be a better mark of respect from our community if that isk/money could be used for a special mark of respect for Sean.
I'm still in such disgust of this horrible news I can't think of anything meaningful enough representing the values of this great man.

I think this is an odd tone to set for a donation only because there are other EVE players that pass away every year I am sure. Although this stands out in many ways, I think that it's an odd tone for CCP to do this for one person.

I am sure that a real fund will be created to help with this and I'm sure that it will go to the right people that they can get real money into their hands to help that family without the need for CCP/PLEX to get involved.

I'm saying that when you have a national disaster in a country such as Haiti, Japan, and so forth where millions of lives are affected and completely disrupted, that something like PLEX4HAITI feels a lot more provocative.

I don't know that much about how the US Government takes care of employees lost in the line of fire like this, but I am sure he will also be well taken care of by them.

Also, CCP getting directly involved in something like this becomes political with religious undertones as well, which I think is absolutely stupid; but inevitably stupidity begets stupidity. Although courage is the more valorous value.

Please don't twist my words, thanks.

Wait a sec.. Plex for someone who sanctioned scamming, supercap ship theft through a fake Goonswarm 3rd party middle hand, The Mittani himself was the 3rd party I believe. Also Goonswarm recruitment fee scams and various other types of scams plus grief play?


No man.. no. Not a penny for a guy like that.

No. We owe them nothing. We owe him nothing. May be perceived as harsh, but it's true. If people want to donate to make themselves feel better then that's an individual choice, but don't play the debt/guilt card.

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EDIT: Sorry to remove your post but I have moderated the post you quoted and so in turn, I had to moderate yours. Please feel free to put something else in this space that isn't related to a moderated post - ISD Type40.

I don't quite care if you believe in this cause or not. At the end of the day thats your decision. Just show me where i can help, because i knew him and because i can. Enough said.

To be honest, I suspect whatever life insurance he had would far surpass anything we might give.

I think a better application of money from the community would be to donate to a scholarship fund or some charity that meant something to the man. Honor his memory by making a difference in his name, rather than simply handing his family a check that they (hopefully) don't need.

edit: Perhaps someone who knows the family could determine whether they were in need of the small bit of financial assistance we could provide.

US Foreign Service diplomats and their families are covered in a variety of ways beyond traditional insurance.

Perhaps Goonswarm and/or Something Awful (of which VR was a moderator) can organize something on their side of the fence, rather than the EVE community at large. While we can all agree to step back and recognize this RL event for what it was and respect and honor a man who gave more than his full share of devotion to his country, this doesn't fit the intent or purpose of previous PLEX drives. It should be noted that he was working directly for the U.S. gov't, and it would be an imposition on non-US players to participate in something so fraught with political and religious overtones.

I don't understand why you think the only way to contribute is by way of a PLEX drive. Head over to something awful and/or the goon forums, if there isn't already a collection being taken, start one.

they're already on it. here's the link: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3506424

Only CCP can convert PLEX to $$$ MONEY. That's how the donations work. When you're giving away your PLEX to CCP for causes the people aren't getting free game time, they're getting $$$ that other players bought the PLEX with then they're giving it to those causes.

Only CCP can run a PLEX drive. Anyone else you see running a PLEX drive in the name of the death another player should probably be reported immediately.

I think it should be emphasized then if Mittani/GS were to REALLY scam you in real life for money (especially on something like this) they would be VERY legally responsible for their actions and get severely screwed. So, although I'm sure they're going to do the job as legitimately as possible for fund-raising real money, the reality is they're not going to scam you because they're real people with real lives that they don't want ruined.