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count_4 wrote...
Sounds like you'd love a current initiative in Germany called "Round up please" that has the cashier at the store round up your bill to even numbers if you tell him so and the extra pennies for the store going to charity.OneRabidAnt wrote...
I can indulge my war against the pennies again in full force. Fark.
OneRabidAnt wrote...
count_4 wrote...
Sounds like you'd love a current initiative in Germany called "Round up please" that has the cashier at the store round up your bill to even numbers if you tell him so and the extra pennies for the store going to charity.OneRabidAnt wrote...
I can indulge my war against the pennies again in full force. Fark.
Gah yes please!
OniRogue wrote...
OneRabidAnt wrote...
count_4 wrote...
Sounds like you'd love a current initiative in Germany called "Round up please" that has the cashier at the store round up your bill to even numbers if you tell him so and the extra pennies for the store going to charity.OneRabidAnt wrote...
I can indulge my war against the pennies again in full force. Fark.
Gah yes please!
This initiative does wonders for me, never was I able to rid myself of so much pocketchange while saving some time and doing something good... Everyone Wins^^
Quite like our Initiative here actually
Hold the Line fellow Paragons of Protest!
(love that line)
Modifié par coloradosarge, 15 mars 2012 - 05:26 .
Goroxx wrote...
What I find interesting is that the Jim Sterlings and all the trolls in the professional gaming press who have mocked this charity effort - Why don't they start a "Stop the Whiny Crybabies - Leave Mass Effect 3 Alone" counter-charity drive? No matter what happens in the future to Mass Effect 3, only good can come out of such an effort.
Lets race, shall we, hmmmm?
coloradosarge wrote...
So, looking through the Child's Play website and found out that they give toys to the Children's Hospital in Omaha, NE. This year my son had to have surgery and was there for over 2 days. During that time I was thinking how awesome it was that he had such nice kids movies and toys. Didn't even know that I would find out how they got those awesome toys and that it would be related to ME or BSN. They had video games there two if I remember right but he is still a little young yet. Working on indoctrinating him though. Just wanted to say thanks and that I will be donating as soon as I get paid for all my pay days until the drive ends!
Hold the Line!
txmn1016 wrote...
Goroxx wrote...
What I find interesting is that the Jim Sterlings and all the trolls in the professional gaming press who have mocked this charity effort - Why don't they start a "Stop the Whiny Crybabies - Leave Mass Effect 3 Alone" counter-charity drive? No matter what happens in the future to Mass Effect 3, only good can come out of such an effort.
Lets race, shall we, hmmmm?
Part of their argument is that it shouldn't have taken the ending of a video game (and the resulting "protest") to get us to donate. And that, because of our initial motivations, our good deeds are ultimately bad ones. I can't tell you how many times I've read the word "reprehensible" over the past 2 days.
I want to ask (but can't be bothered to make a username for a site that I abhor) how they think charities start in the first place. They start because a community feels passionate about something. Many people involved in the Retake charity project have stated that the endings no longer matter, but that the act of giving has been a cathartic process that has been in the spirit of Shepard. Many of the people donating have echoed the sentiment. I'm rambling, but I guess what I'm trying to say is, I really don't get their objection to charity coming out of bad feelings about a game. I don't understand how it's "reprehensible". And I don't think they would either if they bothered to come talk to the people actually involved in the project.
txmn1016 wrote...
I'm definitely thinking that som talented person should make a banner.
Modifié par Metathron80, 15 mars 2012 - 05:29 .
txmn1016 wrote...
Part of their argument is that it shouldn't have taken the ending of a video game (and the resulting "protest") to get us to donate. And that, because of our initial motivations, our good deeds are ultimately bad ones. I can't tell you how many times I've read the word "reprehensible" over the past 2 days.
I want to ask (but can't be bothered to make a username for a site that I abhor) how they think charities start in the first place. They start because a community feels passionate about something. Many people involved in the Retake charity project have stated that the endings no longer matter, but that the act of giving has been a cathartic process that has been in the spirit of Shepard. Many of the people donating have echoed the sentiment. I'm rambling, but I guess what I'm trying to say is, I really don't get their objection to charity coming out of bad feelings about a game. I don't understand how it's "reprehensible". And I don't think they would either if they bothered to come talk to the people actually involved in the project.
Nice vid mate, and don´t forget yourself! You´re just as much a hero as everyone else here.Opalanie wrote...
just woke up, at the time of this post 46, 408 raised for the kids.
Making a bank run, gotta deposit some tip money from work last night so i can donate a little more.
this is everyone here, heroes...single tear
snajones wrote...
Hey everyone! I'm awake and back to the war effort.
I'd like to help with some of the questions that came up.
1) All the money we raise up to April 11th automatically goes to the charity, regardless of BioWare doing anything or not.
2) The drive does not end until April 11th. We have plenty of time! Pace yourselves, don't get discouraged by trolls, or gaming websites mocking us. Hold the line!
3) A lot of people could not donate right away, they had to wait for their next paycheck (I'm waiting for my next one to donate moar!) so this is going to keep on building.
There have been a couple of themes repeated over and over in these threads - and for the people who don't have the time to read all 127 pages, I thought I would try to summarize them.
First and foremost - a good percentage of the people posting here - felt just like I did. After finishing the game, they felt depressed and at a total loss as to why BioWare would do this to the franchise, the characters in it - and to us. BioWare's total silences, or hinted shock that the fans would not like the ending - has not helped matters. But, after starting this up and helping - whether through a $0.03 cent donation to get on "OneRabidAnt"s nerves (hahaha!) or a $10,000 dollar donation, or simply spreading the word...
Those feelings of frustration evolved into wonderful feelings of happiness and possibly, hope!
Regardless of what happens, a lot of children stuck in hospitals are going to be happier!
Another "theme" floating around is that a lot of us feel this is what Admiral Anderson or Commander Shepard (or even Captain Kirrahe) would want us to do. Turn something massively negative into a positive. To not give up on our desire to see not the ending we feel WE deserve, but to see the ending we feel Shepard and the franchise deserves!
Finally, all of the money goes directly to Child's Play. When you donate, you can have a receipt printed or emailed to you for tax purposes. As many have stated before me, if you are uncomfortable donating to this particular charity, donate to any charity you like - trust us - it will start to heal the hurt you have over the ending of the game and help you feel better about humanity in general.
I think that is everything, anyone feel free to correct me!
and
Hold the line!
snajones wrote...
txmn1016 wrote...
Part of their argument is that it shouldn't have taken the ending of a video game (and the resulting "protest") to get us to donate. And that, because of our initial motivations, our good deeds are ultimately bad ones. I can't tell you how many times I've read the word "reprehensible" over the past 2 days.
I want to ask (but can't be bothered to make a username for a site that I abhor) how they think charities start in the first place. They start because a community feels passionate about something. Many people involved in the Retake charity project have stated that the endings no longer matter, but that the act of giving has been a cathartic process that has been in the spirit of Shepard. Many of the people donating have echoed the sentiment. I'm rambling, but I guess what I'm trying to say is, I really don't get their objection to charity coming out of bad feelings about a game. I don't understand how it's "reprehensible". And I don't think they would either if they bothered to come talk to the people actually involved in the project.
Agreed!
But, don't let *anyone* get you/us down over this. We are doing something good! We are turning something very negative into something awesome!
We are doing what Shepard does - just "in real life".
Paragons of Protest.
Hold the line!
catgirl789 wrote...
snajones wrote...
Hey everyone! I'm awake and back to the war effort.
I'd like to help with some of the questions that came up.
1) All the money we raise up to April 11th automatically goes to the charity, regardless of BioWare doing anything or not.
2) The drive does not end until April 11th. We have plenty of time! Pace yourselves, don't get discouraged by trolls, or gaming websites mocking us. Hold the line!
3) A lot of people could not donate right away, they had to wait for their next paycheck (I'm waiting for my next one to donate moar!) so this is going to keep on building.
There have been a couple of themes repeated over and over in these threads - and for the people who don't have the time to read all 127 pages, I thought I would try to summarize them.
First and foremost - a good percentage of the people posting here - felt just like I did. After finishing the game, they felt depressed and at a total loss as to why BioWare would do this to the franchise, the characters in it - and to us. BioWare's total silences, or hinted shock that the fans would not like the ending - has not helped matters. But, after starting this up and helping - whether through a $0.03 cent donation to get on "OneRabidAnt"s nerves (hahaha!) or a $10,000 dollar donation, or simply spreading the word...
Those feelings of frustration evolved into wonderful feelings of happiness and possibly, hope!
Regardless of what happens, a lot of children stuck in hospitals are going to be happier!
Another "theme" floating around is that a lot of us feel this is what Admiral Anderson or Commander Shepard (or even Captain Kirrahe
Finally, all of the money goes directly to Child's Play. When you donate, you can have a receipt printed or emailed to you for tax purposes. As many have stated before me, if you are uncomfortable donating to this particular charity, donate to any charity you like - trust us - it will start to heal the hurt you have over the ending of the game and help you feel better about humanity in general.
I think that is everything, anyone feel free to correct me!
and
Hold the line!
Catching up on the thread and just thought I should let others who might've missed this see it. It's a great summary of things thus far.
txmn1016 wrote...
Part of their argument is that it shouldn't have taken the ending of a video game (and the resulting "protest") to get us to donate. And that, because of our initial motivations, our good deeds are ultimately bad ones. I can't tell you how many times I've read the word "reprehensible" over the past 2 days.
I want to ask (but can't be bothered to make a username for a site that I abhor) how they think charities start in the first place. They start because a community feels passionate about something. Many people involved in the Retake charity project have stated that the endings no longer matter, but that the act of giving has been a cathartic process that has been in the spirit of Shepard. Many of the people donating have echoed the sentiment. I'm rambling, but I guess what I'm trying to say is, I really don't get their objection to charity coming out of bad feelings about a game. I don't understand how it's "reprehensible". And I don't think they would either if they bothered to come talk to the people actually involved in the project.
rianna wrote...
txmn1016 wrote...
Part of their argument is that it shouldn't have taken the ending of a video game (and the resulting "protest") to get us to donate. And that, because of our initial motivations, our good deeds are ultimately bad ones. I can't tell you how many times I've read the word "reprehensible" over the past 2 days.
I want to ask (but can't be bothered to make a username for a site that I abhor) how they think charities start in the first place. They start because a community feels passionate about something. Many people involved in the Retake charity project have stated that the endings no longer matter, but that the act of giving has been a cathartic process that has been in the spirit of Shepard. Many of the people donating have echoed the sentiment. I'm rambling, but I guess what I'm trying to say is, I really don't get their objection to charity coming out of bad feelings about a game. I don't understand how it's "reprehensible". And I don't think they would either if they bothered to come talk to the people actually involved in the project.
How quickly they forget. Child's Play was started because some journo wrote an op-ed that video games are murder training simulators. So Penny Arcade decided to do a little charity drive and made a quarter million the first year and the journalist apologized. How "reprehensible" of Gabe & Tycho, using charity to strongarm an apology over an article they didn't like. No, they were showing the world that a maligned group is actually a powerful force for the public good.
If people are so offended, they're welcome to start a counter drive. I'm not being sarcastic. I really think they should. More money for a good cause is always welcome, no matter why people are giving.
46k was...2,5 hours ago or something like it?
JeeWeeJ wrote...
Wow, already halfway to 47k
Modifié par tay2208, 15 mars 2012 - 05:44 .
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