Why not just buy a plex and donate the money yourself?

Why not just buy a plex and donate the money yourself?

Would you pay a bit more for a PLEX if you knew CCP would donate the extra amount to space exploration research?

I was lucky enough to get one of CCP's four free tickets to the Starship Congress, currently going on in Dallas, TX. Being here has made me wish there was a more concrete way for me to actively contribute to the research going on in space propulsion, closed-loop habitats, and other related topics.

So I was thinking: if CCP introduced a sort of 'premium' PLEX, which would cost $25 instead of $20, with $5 for each one bought going to an organization such as Icarus Intersteller (or some other group dedicated to space exploration research), would you buy one? They would likely sell for more isk in-game, but I, for one, would gladly pay 650 mil isk or more to PLEX my account if I knew some money was going to research. Hell, if that were the case I'd gladly PLEX all my friends accounts too.

Exactly, why force other people to donate to research they may care nothing about just to buy PLEX?

No one is going to start buying PLEX simply because now NASA gets some extra money when they could just donate without needing to buy PLEX.

The only effect this would have is lowering the amount of PLEX sold, thus less money for CCP for no reason.

I think OP wants to donate ISK to fund space exploration research

OP pays 200m more for a PLEX+ ingame

Somone pays -ú5 more for PLEX+ from CCP

CCP gives -ú5 to X

they trade and OP has indirectly donated -ú5.



This is essentially the same mechanic as PLEX For Good in principle.

Exactly, why force other people to donate to research they may care nothing about just to buy PLEX?

No one is going to start buying PLEX simply because now NASA gets some extra money when they could just donate without needing to buy PLEX.

The only effect this would have is lowering the amount of PLEX sold, thus less money for CCP for no reason.

The idea wouldn't be to replace PLEX, but to offer another option for players wanting to make advanced space exploration a reality. After all, CCP is all about advancing this kind of research.

For those only concerned with the cheapest PLEX (the vast majority of players, I am sure - and there is nothing wrong with that), they can buy a normal PLEX. But for people like me, with a bit more isk than we need, which we'd love to use for a good cause, the new PLEX would be an option.

That's odd though... why use plex at all? Just make a donation with your name on it directly.

If you think you're going to buy 4 plex in the next 6 months, just give the foundation $20.

(using isk would come straight out of ccp's coffers which I'm sure they have already earmarked for specific donations etc).

Again, this would be for people who don't have much money but have enough isk to pay for the game using PLEX. And it wouldn't take any money out of CCP's coffers since for every PLEX bought on the market by me, someone somewhere paid CCP real money for it.

This is essentially the same mechanic as PLEX For Good in principle.

Edit: It really doesn't matter how you spin it.
CCP loses money

If the cash was going to a private company and not Nasa, then yes I would.

So, how much would you pay (Proceeds going to NASA) for that? $5.00 (U.S.) for one item of your choice, $10.00 (U.S.), for two items of your choice, $15.00 (U.S.) for all three items in the package?

I like the rest of the idea though... Since (in this case) NASA would be advertising this way,

That'd be a great idea. NASA is also researching a warp drive. Seeing if one is possible, that is.

Plex for Good is the easiest way to handle the support of external projects. It might be relabelled as "PLEX For Space" so Vaerah's fund doesn't end up sending charity money off to rich Americans ;)

NASA this NASA that....
Why NASA? Why not the Chinese guys who seem very very very interested in space exploration already and are progressing rapidly with no budget cuts? Ever think of that?
Your money would be better spent overseas where it would do more good with communists launching **** into space.

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The chinese have none of these, which are requirement to do space business, so do not troll us.

Mmm... Yes... Lets send Justin Beiber into space but without a spacesuit. Also lets put some holes into the craft itself. That should solve that problem.

Why not just buy a plex and donate the money yourself?

Genius!

But I think the op meant for the rest of us to blindly give our isk or cash to others who are smarter and can steward the proceeds in the intended direction better than the rest of us can.

Honestly, I am quite surprised to see such intelligence come from someone in a renter alliance.

Now back to the topic at hand. I too have a friend who is researching a warp drive. His name is Neonovus. Next time you pay 550m isk for a plex, consider sending him 50m isk to continue his research.

I must ask though, has anyone asked Chribba what he thinks of this idea?

Honestly, I am quite surprised to see such intelligence come from someone in a renter alliance.

Space travel is grossly irresponsible when multiple continents are poverty stricken. We should choose who we donate to. If you have more time than money then start a fundraiser for what you want to donate money to and get at it.

Is The Orion Project still on ??

Seriously, when was it ever ? Constellation/Orion/some unnamed manned capsule that looks just like Apollo... the boys from "Top Gear" have got a better chance of getting a new spacecraft into orbit than NASA does.

They tried, you knowGǪ

Were you referring to me there? I'm not in any alliance, much less a renter alliance...



I am all for shoveling money towards people here that could use it, but frankly, there will always be poverty. Should we never try to do anything in space just because there are things we could do here too? What about the huge advancements in daily life (e.g. medical science) that have already come directly from NASA research?

This thread has strayed a bit from my original idea, but I don't see how it would affect anyone that didn't want to participate.

Mostly because I have a decent amount of isk but very little disposable cash.