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WOW Players can now adopt Dottie and support charity - MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited December 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageWOW Players can now adopt Dottie and support charity - MMORPG.com

You can now adopt a cute baby alpaca in World of Warcraft for a good cause.

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  • DawnhagenDawnhagen Member UncommonPosts: 9
    MMORPG.COM, you really need to include the rest of the information about the "donation" from the worldofwarcraft.com site. The maximum donation Blizzard will make is only $3 million. Any sales that over the first $3 million will be Blizzard profit. While I understand that Blizzard is a for profit company, they should not be generating profit on the backs of charities.

    From the WoW site using the above link (bottom of the page) :
    "**Donation amount for in-game pet excludes chargebacks, refunds, and value added taxes (VAT) or other similar taxes paid with a maximum donation amount of USD $3 million from all sales of the Dottie in-game pet and plushie for charity."
    XantaviusBeezerbeez
  • sayuusayuu Member RarePosts: 766
    edited December 2019

    Dawnhagen said:

    MMORPG.COM, you really need to include the rest of the information about the "donation" from the worldofwarcraft.com site. The maximum donation Blizzard will make is only $3 million. Any sales that over the first $3 million will be Blizzard profit. While I understand that Blizzard is a for profit company, they should not be generating profit on the backs of charities.



    From the WoW site using the above link (bottom of the page) :

    "**Donation amount for in-game pet excludes chargebacks, refunds, and value added taxes (VAT) or other similar taxes paid with a maximum donation amount of USD $3 million from all sales of the Dottie in-game pet and plushie for charity."



    yes how dare blizzard host charity fundraisers. . .

    EDIT: also "only 3 million". . .lets see the size of your charitable contributions
    WhiteLanternXantavius
  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
    Blizzard thinking too small.

    Put Dottie in a Legatus Pack and sell her for $27,000. You could feed an orphanage for a year on one Dottie.

    Or you could buy one orphan a grilled cheese sandwich, pay greens fees for a certain Dev, and then have a certain 4 mmorpg.com posters bang on in chorus about how great the sandwich is.

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  • Riqqy82Riqqy82 Member UncommonPosts: 91
    Blizzard making money on the backs of underprivileged orphans and their clientele portraying an image of a company that is in touch with humanity to get a tax break at the end of the year makes me sick, if they were really feeling charitable they would donate based on being a company that is in touch with humanity, donate extra for events people took part in that they created in game. Company is just as evil as the rest of the big companies out there. Open your eyes - free your mind people....
    XantaviusBeezerbeezCoolit

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  • XiaokiXiaoki Member EpicPosts: 4,045
    Only on MMORPG.com LOL

    I mean, seriously, only on MMORPG.com will you find people bashing Blizzard for donating millions to charity.

    When this kind of idiocy happened before they would get yelled at by Suzie Ford, but she's gone now along with all of the moderators.
    XantaviusIceAgeSailorMom
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    edited December 2019
    And lets see what SE is doing for charity since they like to update FFXIV's cash shop on a monthly basis.....oh wait nothing since like a few months ago(?) when they donated like 100k or something to veterans. Come down on Blizzard all you want, at least they are the most consistent company that donates on a yearly basis publicly. SE can update their cash shop on a monthly basis and get their cult creating threads on their forum begging for more cash shop stuff, but Blizz puts in a mount to the cash every quarter and people act like they are the true semblance of evil.
    Xantavius
  • DawnhagenDawnhagen Member UncommonPosts: 9

    sayuu said:



    Dawnhagen said:


    MMORPG.COM, you really need to include the rest of the information about the "donation" from the worldofwarcraft.com site. The maximum donation Blizzard will make is only $3 million. Any sales that over the first $3 million will be Blizzard profit. While I understand that Blizzard is a for profit company, they should not be generating profit on the backs of charities.





    From the WoW site using the above link (bottom of the page) :


    "**Donation amount for in-game pet excludes chargebacks, refunds, and value added taxes (VAT) or other similar taxes paid with a maximum donation amount of USD $3 million from all sales of the Dottie in-game pet and plushie for charity."






    yes how dare blizzard host charity fundraisers. . .




    EDIT: also "only 3 million". . .lets see the size of your charitable contributions



    The issue is not that Blizzard is making a charitable donation, it is the way they worded their press release that most of the media is using. The biggest problem is the line about the donation itself.

    "In fact, 100% of your purchase price will be donated to those charities."

    This is NOT true! If Blizzard and the media were being honest it should have read:

    "In fact, 100% of your purchase price, up to a maximum of USD $3 million, will be donated to those charities."

    I am all for companies and individuals making charitable donation, just please be honest if you decide to tell the world about it.
    supx2
  • Riqqy82Riqqy82 Member UncommonPosts: 91
    Albatroes said:
    And lets see what SE is doing for charity since they like to update FFXIV's cash shop on a monthly basis.....oh wait nothing since like a few months ago(?) when they donated like 100k or something to veterans. Come down on Blizzard all you want, at least they are the most consistent company that donates on a yearly basis publicly. SE can update their cash shop on a monthly basis and get their cult creating threads on their forum begging for more cash shop stuff, but Blizz puts in a mount to the cash every quarter and people act like they are the true semblance of evil.
    they arent donating, their player base is they even come flat out and say it, not only do they say it, they also say they are taking all the money exceeding 3 mill......
    Xantavius

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  • WhiteLanternWhiteLantern Member RarePosts: 3,319

    Riqqy82 said:


    Albatroes said:

    And lets see what SE is doing for charity since they like to update FFXIV's cash shop on a monthly basis.....oh wait nothing since like a few months ago(?) when they donated like 100k or something to veterans.

    Come down on Blizzard all you want, at least they are the most consistent company that donates on a yearly basis publicly.

    SE can update their cash shop on a monthly basis and get their cult creating threads on their forum begging for more cash shop stuff, but Blizz puts in a mount to the cash every quarter and people act like they are the true semblance of evil.


    they arent donating, their player base is they even come flat out and say it, not only do they say it, they also say they are taking all the money exceeding 3 mill......



    No, the player base is buying pixels. Blizzard is making the donation.
    Riqqy82

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  • Riqqy82Riqqy82 Member UncommonPosts: 91
    I wish I could figure out what a good chunk of the population is consuming that I am not that is so loaded with sedatives.

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  • HorusraHorusra Member EpicPosts: 4,411
    Good work Blizzard.  Nevermind the haters...that is all they know.
    XantaviusCoolit
  • peewee78368peewee78368 Member UncommonPosts: 55
    MORE INFO ABOUT HOW SHITTY BLIZZARD IS
  • XiaokiXiaoki Member EpicPosts: 4,045
    edited December 2019
    MORE INFO ABOUT HOW SHITTY BLIZZARD IS
    Oh my God, someone actually posting a Quartering video!? Thats just too hilarious, and unfortunately, fitting for MMORPG.com

    Trying to use a from a known hate monger is just indicative of the lows some people will sink to bash Blizzard.
  • supx2supx2 Member UncommonPosts: 26

    Xiaoki said:



    MORE INFO ABOUT HOW SHITTY BLIZZARD IS


    Oh my God, someone actually posting a Quartering video!? Thats just too hilarious, and unfortunately, fitting for MMORPG.com

    Trying to use a from a known hate monger is just indicative of the lows some people will sink to bash Blizzard.



    Like Dawnhagen already said the problem is not the charity in itself but the fact that they're using it to make some profit and "concealing" it with vague wording and good press. If Blizzard really wanted to make a charity they would use the subs $$$ and not ask players to buy w/e micro-transaction they come up with.
    Coolit
  • XiaokiXiaoki Member EpicPosts: 4,045
    supx2 said:

    Xiaoki said:



    MORE INFO ABOUT HOW SHITTY BLIZZARD IS


    Oh my God, someone actually posting a Quartering video!? Thats just too hilarious, and unfortunately, fitting for MMORPG.com

    Trying to use a from a known hate monger is just indicative of the lows some people will sink to bash Blizzard.



    Like Dawnhagen already said the problem is not the charity in itself but the fact that they're using it to make some profit and "concealing" it with vague wording and good press. If Blizzard really wanted to make a charity they would use the subs $$$ and not ask players to buy w/e micro-transaction they come up with.
    What Dawnhagen didnt point out is the most Blizzard has made from one of these charity pets/mounts is $2.5 million which was Mischief in 2016. And if your math is good, that is below $3 million.

    Also, I really love this "why dont they just donate to charity with their own money" nonsense. Well, I dont see any other company doing that either. So, why arent you bashing them for not taking money out their revenues and donating to charity?
    No, its only Blizzard. Why arent you bashing Square Enix and NCsoft and EA too? Square Enix is making plenty of money from FF14 subscriptions so why not bash them too? No? Just Blizzard? Yeah, I thought so.
  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
    edited December 2019
    Xiaoki said:



    No, its only Blizzard. Why arent you bashing Square Enix and NCsoft and EA too? Square Enix is making plenty of money from FF14 subscriptions so why not bash them too? No? Just Blizzard? Yeah, I thought so.
    Hey, I did my part and bashed Star Citizen. Though it was as a joke that evidently no one found funny. Tough crowd. But of course, hungry orphan humor is kind of dicey. 

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  • supx2supx2 Member UncommonPosts: 26



    Xiaoki said:


    supx2 said:



    Xiaoki said:






    MORE INFO ABOUT HOW SHITTY BLIZZARD IS




    Oh my God, someone actually posting a Quartering video!? Thats just too hilarious, and unfortunately, fitting for MMORPG.com

    Trying to use a from a known hate monger is just indicative of the lows some people will sink to bash Blizzard.






    Like Dawnhagen already said the problem is not the charity in itself but the fact that they're using it to make some profit and "concealing" it with vague wording and good press. If Blizzard really wanted to make a charity they would use the subs $$$ and not ask players to buy w/e micro-transaction they come up with.


    What Dawnhagen didnt point out is the most Blizzard has made from one of these charity pets/mounts is $2.5 million which was Mischief in 2016. And if your math is good, that is below $3 million.

    Also, I really love this "why dont they just donate to charity with their own money" nonsense. Well, I dont see any other company doing that either. So, why arent you bashing them for not taking money out their revenues and donating to charity?
    No, its only Blizzard. Why arent you bashing Square Enix and NCsoft and EA too? Square Enix is making plenty of money from FF14 subscriptions so why not bash them too? No? Just Blizzard? Yeah, I thought so.



    Sure but why put a 3 million limit in the first place it makes no sense at all, besides, the main topic is about Blizzard so yeah we're talking about them.
    drkmgic
  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    edited December 2019
    sayuu said:

    Dawnhagen said:

    MMORPG.COM, you really need to include the rest of the information about the "donation" from the worldofwarcraft.com site. The maximum donation Blizzard will make is only $3 million. Any sales that over the first $3 million will be Blizzard profit. While I understand that Blizzard is a for profit company, they should not be generating profit on the backs of charities.



    From the WoW site using the above link (bottom of the page) :

    "**Donation amount for in-game pet excludes chargebacks, refunds, and value added taxes (VAT) or other similar taxes paid with a maximum donation amount of USD $3 million from all sales of the Dottie in-game pet and plushie for charity."



    yes how dare blizzard host charity fundraisers. . .

    EDIT: also "only 3 million". . .lets see the size of your charitable contributions
    you are missing the point.

    Let me sell a pet with the promise that it's for charity so more people buy it, but i'll keep most of the revenue for myself.
    That's not charity, that's bs.

    Don't get me wrong, charity is appreciated. However, using charity to line your own pockets is awful.
    drkmgicCoolit




  • PalebanePalebane Member RarePosts: 4,011
    Something unethical about using charity to farm profits. Oh who am I kidding? Thats what makes the world go round.

    Vault-Tec analysts have concluded that the odds of worldwide nuclear armaggeddon this decade are 17,143,762... to 1.

  • LukzfreshLukzfresh Member UncommonPosts: 125
    I think it’s great that we’re helping charity! BUT part of me can’t help to think this is just a way for them to make money off uninformed people (after Dec 31 thinking they’re still supporting charity). Blizzard has just been very tricky as of late and rubbing me the wrong way.
    Coolit
  • drkmgicdrkmgic Member UncommonPosts: 18
    Jesus I cant understand why people are defending this shitty behavior. If blizzard really wanted to donate then just effing donate that 3 million not try to make a profit of charity. This is disgusting period.
    Coolit
  • CoolitCoolit Member UncommonPosts: 661

    Lukzfresh said:

    I think it’s great that we’re helping charity! BUT part of me can’t help to think this is just a way for them to make money off uninformed people (after Dec 31 thinking they’re still supporting charity). Blizzard has just been very tricky as of late and rubbing me the wrong way.



    Exactly how I feel about this situation too, if you’re going to support a charity and market an item as doing so, then you should not have hidden surprises in the small print that "sneakily" change the items purpose down the line. This is beyond misleading.
    drkmgic
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