AH "Vet" Charity System

[guncrasher]

there's so many kids that play the game that they would claim "poverty" right along with some adults that would love to get a "free" account.  I go with the others if somebody needs help in your squad, squads will take care of you for a month or two of course assuming the other members arent in bad shape themselves.

here I have seen members give/donate parts, computers, monthly dues, you name it.  there's no need for a ah administrated donation fund.  if anybody needs help all they have to do is ask.



semp

[clerick]

if anybody needs help all they have to do is ask.



semp

In my experience it is usually those most deserving who won't ask. Which makes it all that much better when they get the help they weren't expecting from people they didn't know cared enough to notice.

[morfiend]

 I think it's a reasonable idea,however I dont think it should involve HTC directly.
   

   If the players wanted to start an "account" to hold funds to fund players in need then I would contribute.

  Sure it would need to be setup so that a single person could access the account to avoid conflicts but why put the burden on HTC?

    Then there's the issue of qualifying,deserving and of course the prerequist background checks...

  I mean did I really get stung or did I just spend it on illegal goods!



   

[Torquila]

Well, there are certain personalities which feel they owe it to you back, this way those sort of people don't have that need and make things really awkward

Maybe HTC at the end of the month, gives away 3 months free to an old AH player and donates the rest to a real Veteran charity, like Rich52 points out?

I dunno this is just an idea add to and mold it some more?

[Bruv119]

FA used to hand out 1 months free sub to a randomly selected player attending a special event and the same for a winner.  More people played the events and the winner would normally give away their token to some deserving folk.   

I never gave mine away but I was young and selfish. 

[Butcher]

In another game I play, War in the Pacific - you don't actually even get to chat with the other members of the community, we talk via forums only. However after years of talking to a certain player in australia whose devoted so much time to helping upgrade the game, his laptop crashed.
We pooled over $500 from around the world to buy him a new laptop, and he had no idea.

I donated one or two accounts of players who felt to frustrated to continue after a two week trial, so far one has stayed in game. My reason? pass on the game, the more who can come to appreciate the game and the history behind what it stands for, the better community we can have.

Before asking why - $15 is a far cry what I spend in bar's when the ol lady is busy doing karaoke, I rather give to someone who might appreciate it, and maybe one day THEY can forward to another player long after I am gone.

I have a short list of people, without question I would help out, without reason.