CCP only helps rich countries like Japan.

At a certain point CCP opened to direct ISK charity transters. In that case they'd do very good for the game, because the charity drive would not stress PLEXes but would act as much needed ISK sink.

Hilmar is famous for letting dust settle before addressing issues... we need another 40something page threadnought to reassure CCP that the problem hasn't gone away by itself.

Hilmar is famous for letting dust settle before addressing issues... we need another 40something page threadnought to reassure CCP that the problem hasn't gone away by itself.

Anyway if I have to be honest, I'd have appreciated a reply.

If I created a troll thread talking of boobs I'd have 2-3 dev replies by now.

Why not for an humanitarian initiative?

If anyone has actually seen the Philipphines up close they know no amount of money could help that country. Before this tragedy happened this country was already wrecked. This money will be a wasted endeavor just to make 1st world folks feel good about themselves thinking they will solve problems. Face facts, your money will be waisted. Your temporary feeling of moral superiority will only make you feel good. It terms of pragmatic practicality it does nothing...

If anyone has actually seen the Philipphines up close they know no amount of money could help that country. Before this tragedy happened this country was already wrecked. This money will be a wasted endeavor just to make 1st world folks feel good about themselves thinking they will solve problems. Face facts, your money will be waisted. Your temporary feeling of moral superiority will only make you feel good. It terms of pragmatic practicality it does nothing.

Enjoy your 1st world problems, and not solving issues in the real world. Mother nature is a nasty *****, your dollars mean **** to nature.

Thx,

Really? People from that country who live elsewhere are sending money back to provide clean water, shelter for people there, and when the earthquake hit, money was sent directly.

You seem to be confusing "getting emergency aid to people who are freezing and starving and without clean water" with "Turning a place into a first world country".

Also, you seem to be under the impression that the Philippines is some backwater country. That is nice, and for sure, parts of it are off the beaten track, but to think it is some place stuck 200 years in the past developmentally is....quaint.

In terms of pragmatic practicality, providing emergency shelter, clean water, and other basic human needs to people is about as helpful as can be.

Can we stop nature pooping on the Philippines? Nope, but then, we couldn't stop Katrina, or the Earthquakes in Japan, Haiti, or Mount St Helens, or any other disaster. Fortunately however, we have an ability to try to prevent people dying from a lack of basic human needs.

If anyone has actually seen the Philipphines up close they know no amount of money could help that country. Before this tragedy happened this country was already wrecked. This money will be a wasted endeavor just to make 1st world folks feel good about themselves thinking they will solve problems. Face facts, your money will be waisted. Your temporary feeling of moral superiority will only make you feel good. In terms of pragmatic practicality it does nothing.

Enjoy your 1st world problems, and not solving issues in the real world. You want to make a difference you actually do, there is no other solution. Mother nature is a nasty *****, your dollars mean **** to nature.

Thx,

If anyone has actually seen the Philipphines up close they know no amount of money could help that country. Before this tragedy happened this country was already wrecked. This money will be a wasted endeavor just to make 1st world folks feel good about themselves thinking they will solve problems. Face facts, your money will be waisted. Your temporary feeling of moral superiority will only make you feel good. In terms of pragmatic practicality it does nothing.

Enjoy your 1st world problems, and not solving issues in the real world. You want to make a difference you actually do, there is no other solution. Mother nature is a nasty *****, your dollars mean **** to nature.

Anyway if I have to be honest, I'd have appreciated a reply.

If I created a troll thread talking of boobs I'd have 2-3 dev replies by now.

Wow! You're so tough and worldly. Help the rest of us be cynical defeatists like you, please! I'm sure it's for the best.

On a side note, your arguments are ****.

You can throw your money at the problem as you wish, it wont solve a thing. People here in the West dont care about the Philippines, what they do care about is to make themselves feel good that they are making a difference with the money they send over. I'm looking at what good was done since the 2004 Tsunami relief or the Haiti earthquake. All that was done was temporary feelings of self gratification that good deeds were done. But its a frugal exercise to donate 10$ to give someone food or water for a day. Same thing with when you have aid organizations giving food to nations in Africa. You give people the tools to become independent, not reliant consistently on the outside world. You want food for your people, here are the tools we will give you to grow, not consecutive hand outs that solve nothing. You want problems to not persist during emergencies, then fund the neccessary government organizations to do the hardwork through the national tax process & not pass it over to NGO's that'll be eager to waste a good chunk of the money on administrative costs. Let it be a government venture not a NGO venture.

Some of us know people who are directly affected by the typhoon, and they certainly do not see money being sent to provide basic stuff as wasted, or useless. They also do not think the money raised that they sent directly after the earthquake is wasted, and neither is the money they themselves are taking over.

To compare food aid to a country or development aid, to aid after one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall is....a bizarre comparison. Problems "persisting" during this emergency include, but are not limited to "Holy crap, my house doesnt exist" "our water is full of sewage". Now, I am not sure what you suggest is best for preventing these problems, as even one of the richest cities in the world suffered with a lack of utilities after a wind several orders of magnitude smaller last year.

Bearing in mind that alleged 1st world countries need assistance after disasters....and almost 10 years down the road are still not functioning as before....

You want problems to not persist during emergencies, then fund the neccessary government organizations to do the hardwork through the national tax process & not pass it over to NGO's that'll be eager to waste a good chunk of the money on administrative costs. Let it be a government venture not a NGO venture.

...You want problems to not persist during emergencies, then fund the neccessary government organizations to do the hardwork through the national tax process & not pass it over to NGO's that'll be eager to waste a good chunk of the money on administrative costs. Let it be a government venture not a NGO venture.

Please take your politics into a separate thread....

Thanks for injecting a little comic relief into the conversation. I didn't realize you were joking in your first couple posts because of the serious nature of the topic. But adding the "government = low administrative costs" line, even I get it now.

A newborn player has just sent 10M to the charity: probably all he had. He also opted to remain anonymous.

I am going to send him 100M off my personal wallet for the gesture!

/bows