[Outspark Event] Support Earth Day

[Villi]

how does the pot work, it'll make u have +150k hp or wtf? xD

[Ralath]

I think the potion is like an HP Potion that can be used to heal you for 150,000 HP. And you can use it until you run out.

So say you have 1000 health and are down to 700 and use the HP Pot. Then the HP Pot would have 149,700 HP left in it.

[Lady-Loki]

how does the pot work, it'll make u have +150k hp or wtf? xD

It gives you a bottle of potion and if you only need 645 hp points to have a full hp bar then it only takes 645 points from the amount in the bottle so the next time if you only need 132 hp points to have a full hp bar then it only takes 132 points from the amount in the bottle. It also does not have a cool-down timer so you can spam the bottle if you get trained and you actually have a chance at surviving it.

As for the trees, my guess is they don't intend to go outside a dig a hole and drop a sapling or seed. They will give a monetary amount to an organization that works toward replenishing trees on earth. And, they could give us the name of the selected organization, but whatcha wanna bet we'd see a thread about "Why X Org? Why not Y Org? I like Y better!" etc etc etc.

Hmmm . . . here are some potential candidates so everyone here can feel free to help additionally and guess what - you wont actually have to dig a hole and drop a sapling in:

Arbor Day Foundation

plant-a-tree-today.org

Trees for the Future

The Billion Tree Campaign through UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

I'm sure y'all can find more.

(Oh, and for Christmas you can give a cow or some chickens - just go to Heifer.org. Not only have I given chickens and half a cow but I have received half a cow a rabbits as gifts (and no, I did not receive a physical half a cow. i got a gift card and a poor family in a third world country got a cow that was half paid for as my Christmas gift).)





Edit: LOL, Ralath answered quicker since I was composing a wall of text.

[Hyper]

Um, well, if they're actually planting trees, who'll keep Fiesta going for that day? o-o Won't people just be complaining if on tree planting day no events and PMs being checked?

It's not like the game stops working without them doing something every 5 seconds though. The game runs fine (better, since there are hardly and downages at night here! xD) when they're all at home sleeping for a few (8-ish?) hours. But it Fiesta went down, everyone would be kinda screwed. 8D

[Spirit]

The thing is, companies get a HUGE tax break for making donations to non-profit organizations. A HUGE tax break. It is in Outspark's best interest to collect the money and donate it to a foundation that supports planting trees. I do not think that they will go out and plant trees themselves, but they can give the money to a foubdation that will and does. It benefits everyone. I do not think Outspark is doing it JUST to help their profits. A lot of companies support Earth Day. The company I work for does. We pay a donation and then they send the money to a foundation set up for planting trees.
This promotion gives the players new items, gives them several different choices, and the items all benefit the player in-game if they chose to buy them. I personally did not want the outfit, or the tree, but stocked up on the Green potions, because if you look at the price of the regular HP potions, the green ones are half that price and give you the same thing. <---- benefits to the players. Outsparks does make a profit off of the sales, Outspark gets a tax break (which EVERY company wants and needs), and Outspark's get the publicity that comes with helping non-profit organizations. <------benefits to the company. Non-profit foundations get money to further their cause, the earth gets more trees, they can produce more oxygen for us to breath, and help the environment out by providing homes and shelter to wildlife. <----- EVERYone benefits.
It is actually called Fraud to collect money for something and NOT give the moeny to whatever organization they are collecting for. Outspark cannot make money if they get shutdown or have a lawsuit filed against them for fraud. So, why would they scam??


Sorry for the long post, just my two cents worth. Support the earth, do not think about it as supporting Outspark. Most companies that collect money and other items for charity actually hire people to collect the stuff and pass it out. Not all of the donations go straight towards the charity. This is no different.

[Hessah]

@Loki - Oh i was actually looking up similar sites too, i found earthday.net, and my family has bought a sheep from oxfam.org for my dad's bday pressie~