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Posted: Jan 27th 2010 12:33PM aurickle said

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And in the process, they pocketed over $100,000 for themselves. Some charity!

I greatly preferred SoE's approach with Haiti. They sold the item and gave 100% of that money to the relief efforts. In addition, they matched up to $25,000 with their own money. In other words, they donated up to $25K, and also gave every penny that players donated. http://www.massively.com/2010/01/17/buy-special-station-items-and-soe-will-donate-to-haitian-relief/

Frogster turned a tidy profit off player charity, while SoE didn't make a dime for themselves. Which company should be getting praised here?

Posted: Jan 27th 2010 10:29PM (Unverified) said

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They all should be. How much or little they donated, how big or little the company, how they went about it, in the end they donated.

I don't like SOE anymore or less than Blizzard for the money they donated to charities over the holidays.

People who give what they can, give. I think it all helps in the end.
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Posted: Jan 27th 2010 12:49PM (Unverified) said

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WoW did the same thing with their... was it the panda? I don't recall. Anyway, yes, this type of profiteering is despicable, especially since these mounts cost nothing in terms of production, like a tee-shirt or a pen or some useless desk bauble.

Posted: Jan 27th 2010 4:35PM ir0nw0lf said

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To all you whiners complaining that unless 100% goes to the charity, the company is the evil: do you think the people on the receiving end of the charity give a flying darn if 100%, 80%, or even 50% of the money get through to them? They are happy and thankful to be getting *any* help right now, and *that* is what matters. I'm honestly ashamed that grown people would complain about this. This was 40,000 Euros that would not have been raised had Frogster not done this event.

Posted: Jan 27th 2010 6:23PM dudes said

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Mounts don't write their own code, dev's are allowed to make money from their work, but some went to charity. Win win all around.

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