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Cloud Lionheart · Dec 11, 2006, 04:42 AM // 04:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antheus

Maybe we could hold a benefit concert for them.

We are the Guild Wars, we are the devs
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So lets start playing
Theres a nerf we're making
We're saving Rurik's life
its true we'll make a better Chapter
Just you and me

omg that made me laugh out loud

brokenmonkey · Dec 11, 2006, 05:56 AM // 05:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curse You

I you really want to "donate" money to them, go out and buy 10 copies of Nightfall. Don't play them, just buy them because the money from the sales goes to ArenaNet.

No!!

Don't do that, buy them from the online store, so they money=all anets

-.- · Dec 11, 2006, 06:11 AM // 06:11

Easy way to donate to Anet, buy from their Official Store in game.

_Anubis_ · Dec 11, 2006, 08:40 AM // 08:40

Donation?
Would a donation change the issue of the Support? Neither think so.
Your mails are not read, You get stupid notification back and subject closes in 24hrs.
If I'd like to donate, I would definitely do it for charity organisation.
Or maybe ANET has changed from the business company into the church?

Terra Xin · Dec 11, 2006, 08:50 AM // 08:50

Just do what people have already suggested, and do a deuce donation. Buy 10 copies, and donate the 10 copies to some charity or something.

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Anubis_

Donation?
Would a donation change the issue of the Support? Neither think so.
Your mails are not read, You get stupid notification back and subject closes in 24hrs.
If I'd like to donate, I would definitely do it for charity organisation.
Or maybe ANET has changed from the business company into the church?

Neither think so? I'm not as think as you stupid I am^^.

Sorry... just on more, you're not your.

OK^^. Anet do their best to reply to e-mails. If you're on this list, then you should stop sending them e-mails:

People who write them SPAM
People who do not read the guidelines for sending a support ticket, and give incomplete information
People who send fanmail
People who suggest something that has been mentioned dozens of times
People who think that Anet only read support tickets as their means of game improvement
People who came from WoW (that's a give in, you don't need to take this seriously if you actually did come from WoW... everyone else who reads this, take this seriously please :P)

freekedoutfish · Dec 11, 2006, 09:05 AM // 09:05

Which monthly fee thread was this?

As much as I love the work Anet does, Im not willing to donate money to them to be honest.

The simple reason being that I dont like it when companies or individuals put "donate funds" one their software.

The game is free (aside from buying) and I love that aspect about it.

If donations were introduced and Anet thought people were willing to pay them, I think it might cause a downward slope to monthly fees.

Gorebrex · Dec 11, 2006, 11:03 AM // 11:03

The donations wouldnt be forced, as a montly fee would be, the would be mostly(my opinion) to show ANet we REALLY want the them to have better servers/bandwidth, so we CAN get higher connection quality/less disconnects/more storage. The previous is MY idea, nothing at all to do with previous mentioned monthly fees and I sure as hell am not saying that Anet "needs the money"(again). As to buying multiple copies, and not playing them, thatd actually be a waste of your money, as it does you no good to have things you wont use. Itd be like a guy with no legs buying himself a bike, pretty usesless. If people dont like the idea of actually giving ANet 1-2 dollars specifically for server/bandwidth improvements, showing them we want something done bad enough that we'll pool our money to pay for it(we put up the money, ANet buys better equipment/bandwidth)then stop complaining about lag/disconnects/lack of storage, as you apparently dont really care that much.

Terra Xin · Dec 11, 2006, 11:15 AM // 11:15

I person with no legs can buy a bike and ride it if he wanted to. There are leg attatchments and you can get bikes specially made for a person in that predicament.

If the donations were specifically used to increase server/bandwidth improvements, then people will be even more expectant to have top running servers for the 1 or 2 dollars that they donate - quite possibly, once, ever. Guaruntee that you'll see someone who will make a big complaint about donating money (without specifying how much they donated) and going off the rockets because they are still getting err7ed.

Some of us do care about lag/disconnects/lack of storage. Donating them money is not the right way. Out of goodwill? fFne, do that on your own.

Thalion Galad · Dec 11, 2006, 11:51 AM // 11:51

hi all

Donate to UNICEF ... they realy need it....

Zinger314 · Dec 11, 2006, 11:55 AM // 11:55

ArenaNet is a business, not a charity!

generik · Dec 11, 2006, 11:57 AM // 11:57

How can Anet, a publicly held company, accept donations like this?

It makes no sense.

sir lockt · Dec 11, 2006, 12:00 PM // 12:00

I donate every 6 months about $50 dollar to anet...$60 if I want something special. They deliver me a good product for that...so its worth it and they get filled bankaccounts... or at least I hope for them

Gorebrex · Dec 11, 2006, 12:13 PM // 12:13

Ok thats it, I give up. Cant seem to get my point through, so Im done with this thread.

_Anubis_ · Dec 11, 2006, 01:19 PM // 13:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terra Xin

Just do what people have already suggested, and do a deuce donation. Buy 10 copies, and donate the 10 copies to some charity or something.

Neither think so? I'm not as think as you stupid I am^^.

Sorry... just on more, you're not your.

OK^^. Anet do their best to reply to e-mails. If you're on this list, then you should stop sending them e-mails:

People who write them SPAM
People who do not read the guidelines for sending a support ticket, and give incomplete information
People who send fanmail
People who suggest something that has been mentioned dozens of times
People who think that Anet only read support tickets as their means of game improvement
People who came from WoW (that's a give in, you don't need to take this seriously if you actually did come from WoW... everyone else who reads this, take this seriously please :P)

Well, neither was I on the list You described.
And I contained all the details. Also get brave ticket.
No real-response at all. Just an automatic one, saying, that they thank me for the message, appreciate it and bla bla bla. And that I should contact one of the forums.

SO I DID.

This is what I'm taking about.

Antheus · Dec 11, 2006, 01:34 PM // 13:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gorebrex

Ok thats it, I give up. Cant seem to get my point through, so Im done with this thread.

So, you want to put a "donate" button on GW's home page, where people will donate $1-$10.

To help with bandwidth and such.

I'd suggest you look into data center hosting, business expenses and salaries.

Then look at sites and organizations supported by donations.

You might notice that several zeroes will be missing in the process. The costs we're talking here are millions, and players donate thousands. Unfortunately, whatever your background for suggestion was, it lacks real world perspective on how money works on such scale. If you're running a donation supported website of a $49.99 per year host, and you actually make more money than that, then it may seem like this is the way to go. Think again.

If they raised $50,000 over the course of one year (and that's an insanely optimistic ammount), that wouldn't cover even the replacement costs for hardware.

They have donation box. The online store. It's the core of how business works. It's the whole concept behind capitalism, the western world, the world as a whole for that matter.

Data centers don't charge by byte transferred, so have a few dimes over in piggy bank won't buy you a thing. Contracts are signed for long periods of time with given resource limits. Developers need to be paid on monthly basis. Your money wouldn't even pay a month's salary for an intern. And yes, they work for "free". Any full-time developer costs the company upwards of $100k a year (salary, benefits, insurance, taxes, equipment, renting the building they work in, travel expenses, ...).

aron searle · Dec 11, 2006, 01:57 PM // 13:57

I like my local tesco store, hmmm i like this idea, ill donate money to tesco.

/retarded

Clord · Dec 11, 2006, 02:02 PM // 14:02

Anet made online store for extra income and it is game's "donation system".

c_ras · Dec 11, 2006, 09:24 PM // 21:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antheus

Maybe we could hold a benefit concert for them.

We are the Guild Wars, we are the devs
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So lets start playing
Theres a nerf we're making
We're saving Rurik's life
its true we'll make a better Chapter
Just you and me

Wow!! Purely WOW!!! What a great idea!!! but only if we can get a celebrity cast. I was thinking:

- Michael "Please Don't Touch Me Again" Jackson
- Stevie "Why do I always look up and shake my head" Wonder
- Paul "Where did Garfunkel Go" Simon
- Kenny "No I'm not the Detroit Tigers pitcher" Rogers
- Billy "I like to occasionaly tour with Elton John and I always have a FUN time" Joel
- Willie "somebody buy me a new guitar" Nelson
- Huey "I successfully sued Ray Parker Jr. over similarities between his Ghostbuster Theme song and my I Want a New Drug song" Lewis
- Cindy "I'm going to make a 2007 comeback....really I am" Lauper
- Diana "Where is the Duct Tape" Ross

Anything less is unacceptable!!

Pull out the lighters. The money will be flowing in in no time!

Kelsey Cain · Dec 11, 2006, 09:33 PM // 21:33

Have I wandered in to some otherworld reality here? or is this a comedy thread?

This has to be the most bizarre suggestion I have ever heard.

Bobbbo Ob · Dec 12, 2006, 12:58 AM // 00:58

Anet makes something like 20 million dollars atleast with every new game they release. They don't need any extra money. But most of this money goes to NCsoft and they whip Anet's backs into another really hard devellopment schedule. Has anyone ever thought that the company that Owns Anet wont let Anet put extra content into the older campaigns because the Buisness executives don't think that it will yield any more money, or won't encourage anyone new to buy the old campaigns at all?

Donations is a stupid idea, because Anet and Ncsoft have more than enough money to fund more content for the games, they just dont want to because they are happy with the amount of money they are making right now.

I see people also talking of Bandwith problems, If There is too many people on a server and Anet sees 'profit' is in order, they will put up a new server and more bandwith.