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[Draugoth]

Our deepest thanks to everyone who joined us in supporting humanitarian relief efforts for people affected by the war in Ukraine. Together with the Fortnite community and @Xbox, we raised $144 million USD for @DirectRelief @UNICEF, @WFP, @Refugees and @WCKitchen.

 

[BennyBlanco]

That’s a juicy chunk of change.

 

[gradient]

Good on them. That's a large sum to help people in Ukraine and it's great to see a coupleof big companies who can help actually using their positions to help in such a meaningful way.

 

[Banjo64]

How many javelin missiles can that buy?

 

[BlvckFox]

Wow, Awesome.

 

[nordique]

That’s amazing

 

[M1chl]

How many javelin missiles can that buy?

900 complete sets or double of that in replacement rockets.

 

[Banjo64]

900 complete sets or double of that in replacement rockets.

They should paint half of them rat green and the other half should have picture of Fortnite banana man dabbing.

 

[Kenpachii]

Dam that's some money right there.

 

[Skifi28]

These amounts always sound great and everybody's happy, but I've always wonder if and how this is actually being used to help those that need it the most. Same with all those charity streamers everywhere, the discussion usually stops at "we've gathered X amount".

 

[elliot5]

These amounts always sound great and everybody's happy, but I've always wonder if and how this is actually being used to help those that need it the most. Same with all those charity streamers everywhere, the discussion usually stops at "we've gathered X amount".

That’s something you’d have to look at UNICEF, WFP, etc for.

 

[Three]

Can we then equate this as the fortnightly income of Fortnite from mtx? The 30% cut will skew things a bit but this is a good upper bound.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Based

 

[IFireflyl]

Spoiler

Epic is a garbage-tier company run by a rat-faced turd, and it deserves no praise.

 

[reksveks]

Can we then equate this as the fortnightly income of Fortnite from mtx? The 30% cut will skew things a bit but this is a good upper bound.

Kinda. This in theory would have been a peak though.

I am stuck between using this number and the annual revenue number

 

[adamsapple]

Good shit. Fuck pooteeen.

 

[intbal]

Unless Nadella and Sweeney are on the streets of Kiev handing out bags of cash in person, the majority of this money will end up dispersing throughout the upper levels of charitable bureaucracy, just like all "relief funds". Everybody always gets their cut before it reaches its final location.

 

[Darsxx82]

Bravo for both

Now I just hope that amount arrives as soon as possible and in its entirety.

 

[M1chl]

Unless Nadella and Sweeney are on the streets of Kiev handing out bags of cash in person, the majority of this money will end up dispersing throughout the upper levels of charitable bureaucracy, just like all "relief funds". Everybody always gets their cut before it reaches its final location.

Yeah they should have done it as a payment to that UA bank account, but then I am not sure if they could write it off taxes and so on...

 

[The_Mike]

They should paint half of them rat green and the other half should have picture of Fortnite banana man dabbing.

They should get a million katjusja and paint them with Craig and the fortnite dance.

 

[mckmas8808]

900 complete sets or double of that in replacement rockets.

You for real? Or this a joke post?

 

[M1chl]

You for real? Or this a joke post?

Did I fuck it up?

 

[CuNi]

Crazy amount of money considering this game is already close to 5 years old.

This is a genuine question and I hope it will not be spun into console warring.
But how come Epic and MS only did this? I would have thought Sony would be willing to jump onto the good PR wagon too?

 

[kraspkibble]

well done epic + microsoft.

 

[Tripolygon]

Nice.

 

[mckmas8808]

Did I fuck it up?

I just suspected those missiles to be more expensive than that for some reason.

 

[IntentionalPun]

So Fortnite makes like ~$10 million a day... wild..

Granted it was the start of a season, but still.

 

[reksveks]

Post in thread 'Epic and Microsoft donating all Fortnite proceeds for two weeks to Ukraine' https://www.neogaf.com/threads/epic...r-two-weeks-to-ukraine.1632944/post-265847840

Hmm, was very close to just dividing the annual revenue equally

 

[M1chl]

I just suspected those missiles to be more expensive than that for some reason.

I think it's still really expensive in my eyes. I mean the NLAW cost like 7x less. Yes not that convenient to shoot, but still

 

[Mr Hyde]

Great initiativ and good amount of money. Hopefully it will help those in needs. I pray for the war to end soon so the Ukrainians can rebuild their country and mend their wounds.

 

[SoloKingRobert]

I've already donated some through the Ukrainian Bank. After all the War Crimes the Russians committed I don't have any sympathy for them and the Russian citizens.

 

[Kagey K]

I contributed $6.00 even though I already have 10,000 Vbucks from save the world logins and dailies.

 

[VN1X]

Fantastic! Hope none of it makes its way to those nazis though...

 

[mckmas8808]

I've already donated some through the Ukrainian Bank. After all the War Crime the Russians committed I don't have any sympathy for them and the Russian citizens.

It's crazy to me that Putin's approval rating is over 70% in Russia right now. WILD!

 

[kingfey]

It's crazy to me that Putin's approval rating is over 70% in Russia right now. WILD!

You should see turkey. They don't even believe the Armenian genocide.

Decades of brainwashing, can lead to these results.

 

[mckmas8808]

You should see turkey. They don't even believe the Armenian genocide.

Decades of brainwashing, can lead to these results.

How is this possible in the day in age of the internet?

 

[kingfey]

How is this possible in the day in age of the internet?

Controlled media.
You let people hear what you want, and suppress anyone that tries to defy you.

That is how dictators stay in power.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

That's fantastic.

 

[akimbo009]

Amazing. People can still be awesome.

Ps. Fuck Putin

 

[Craig of War]

Epic are the good guys now

 

[akimbo009]

Epic are the good guys now

Bad people can occasionally do good things. We can feel comfortable not liking Epic still

 

[Spukc]

anyone knows some good tik tok dances i can perform to fight russia?