Phrack wrote:
MarsNova wrote:
Starving kids in Africa
People loosing their houses in America
The whole world hurting in an economic downfall
Polution Filling the air
No cure for AIDs or Cancer
Middle east about to explode
New Orleans still not fixed from the Aftermath of Katrina
The list goes on
I dont see how arguing over a game is relavant in the world. Empires rise and fall. Video games come and go.
Noble effort to try and keep this game afloat but some times you got to know when to fold them and know when to walk away.
Pride can be blinding
You're not wrong.
But then sometimes it's also an issue of picking the battles you stand a better chance of winning.
Do I think this will work? No, not necessarily... but it's better than us sitting here flaming each other every day on the forums, until we're all so disgusted with each other that we'd rather just walk away entirely. But I think we have a better chance of creating change here than with the economy, or curing cancer.
Sure, there's better things we could be doing with our time... but there's a hell of a lot worse things, too.
I see what your saying. I respect the fact that you want to keep this game up and running because its something you and others enjoy. From what I've seen from others post this franchise has changed their personal outlook on life so for some it can be more than a game so to say.
Ghandi was one man and he changed the world
MLK jr was one man and he changed the world.
Its not impossible to change whats happening in the world for good. Thats just being as pessimistic as saying the game this game is dead.
Here something thats both beneficial to the game and to the cause of curing cancer.
This cause you rallied for support of the game which you seem to be unofficail leading (by that I mean you are the one he started orginazing and posting first)
Get them and all their friends to send letters to SOE and American Cancer Society for the following
During a set week MxO or all SOE games have an ingame fundraiser.
How it works?
Everyone knows folks who play MMOs are willing to spend real $ for in game items
So MxO or SOE (preferably if it was not SOE because they would probably shut out MxO from the advertising) makes ingame items with the ACS label for said items be it a upgraded Coat Jacket or a box mission which you fight "Cancer" a giant crab. Which is a program that went rogue trying to destory the matrix. In order to get said Item or box you must donate real $ for said items.At the same time SOE offers Free 1 month trails to MxO to spur intrest and generate more revanue.
If said event does go threw and SOE and ACS agree then push that story to every median you can I.E. news outlets News Programs and the now most powerful form of media The Internet.
Idea gets spread people hear of MxO and its noble cause SOE can not stamp out that the game has nothing to provide.
It would be a win win ACS gets much needed $ for a noble cause SOE looks good in the public eye and MxO gets much needed advertising and its name heard.
The faction I am in on Syntax S.O.C.A. all of us pitched this idea to Viraggo (i think) many moons ago but nothing forumed up and We kinda did it halfassed by just sending him a PM.
Now that you have a small rally here get the task certain folks with skills in set areas. I.E. who is good at writing and can summerize it in a nice neat package for both SOE and ACS. Call CALL CALL. Have everyone and their grandma call SOE and ACS
I know for fact that to do fundraising events for ACS they would like to know
1 Cost of said event
2 Whos is involved
3 How is it going to be paid for
Thats just a thought and to say this will not work is the same as saying MxO can not be saved. In my eyes it can work with hard effort.
1 person can change the world
Rally and fight
