EVE Online Raises 100k for Charity

As you no doubt remember, on April 25th of this year, Nepal was rocked by two lethal earthquakes, killing 8,800 people, injuring 23,000, and leaving uncountable numbers homeless and destitute. It was two months ago, but with disasters of this scale, it can take years to recover—if recovery is even possible. In that respect, as they often do, the fine folks at CCP Games decided to run another PLEX for Good drive—an event where the EVE online community gathers together and donates game time, which is then converted into cash and given to the Icelandic Red Cross to help those in need.

And now, the drive is over, and the results are nothing short of heartwarming.

After a full 24-day drive, the EVE Online community has raised a gigantic 103,650 dollar sum to send over to the needy people over in Nepal. To put into context, that means the community donated 6910 PLEX, which adds up to Roughly 575 years and 303 days of game time… which, if sold for in-game money, would have been over six trillion ISK.

Such a high mark makes this the second-highest PLEX for Good Drive yet, beaten only by the 2013 drive to help the Philippines after that lethal hurricane, which raised 190,890 dollars. Still, when you combine the seven different drives, you get a whooping 170,616 total… which means the money raised now makes up a little less than a fourth of all the money they’d ever raised combined.

"This is an astonishing feat for a community the size of ours, and really shows that while EVE players may explore the in game limits of morality while they play, our amazing community has once again demonstrated its immense collective strength and capability as a force for good. There have been some amazing stories that came out of PLEX for GOOD this time around, including an unfortunate player who was scammed out of a number of PLEX which were then directly donated to the PLEX for GOOD fund less than 10 minutes later by an individual who can only be described as the interstellar equivalent of Robin Hood.

From everyone here at CCP Games, we offer our most sincere thanks and profound gratitude for the astonishing level of support you all show for PLEX for good."

Really amazing stuff. Remember, even though the news might be “old hat”, there are still countless people in need over in Nepal, and every cent counts. So congratulations to the EVE Online community: you deserve a pat on the back and some serious Karma for making this happen!