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[Quietness]

DrowVampyre wrote...

Here's the rest of the characters I have done modified to an 80k version - if anyone has others they want let me know.

=image snip=

Thank you, they are amazing ^^

[Diablos2525]

makenzieshepard wrote...

Guys really need to snip pictures, don't need to see it three times on one page!

We'll never see Mordin again . Just think of it as a parting goodbye!

[snajones]

Would have loved to have tested the seashells...

*sniff*

Hold the line!

[Yalision]

Congratulations to everyone involved. We did a good thing.

[Maugrim]

Quietness wrote...

makenzieshepard wrote...

I really like reddit idea of donating to the Kids Need to Read charity in this thread. Geek related, good cause and they already got the go ahead from the charity!

yea i saw that , hopefully they'll expand it out onto BSN.

I'm new to reddit but I posted there and floated the idea of them posting to the BSN coordinating with other etc.

Just gonna repost this once more since if got a little buried on the last page. I know a rest might be wanted but I say strike while the momentum is still rolling and the iron is hot!

[Bendok]

It's disappointing the drive had to stop. I wish I could fully understand why but whatever, we did some good. I still think we should have gone for 100k though.

I think the chipin site shoulda stayed up too without the donate link. There's so many places on the internet linking to it, at least they could have been forwarded directly to Child's Play from there.

[Ender99]

snajones wrote...

Would have loved to have tested the seashells...

*sniff*

Hold the line!

Mordin's death was the saddest part of the whole game to me. I about started crying.

Hold the line.

[Diablos2525]

snajones wrote...

Would have loved to have tested the seashells...

*sniff*

Hold the line!

Right beside you, in the trenches, had to be us somebody else like IGN might have gotten it wrong. I doubt they even know about the seashells.

[msp]

At the end of the day, every charity is a business. If they think there is a chance they could lose more in donations than the RetakeME3 movement can possibly raise for them, they are only right to cut the ties. Whether the movement has become too controversial to associate with or whether they have actually received word from their sponsors is irrelevant. It's their duty to put the kids first and I'm glad that's what they are doing.

Needless to say, my donation is staying put. Hell, I just might start throwing some change into a jar every time I see the mainstream gaming press call us gamers entitled and whiny (while they're eating off of game publishers' plates) and donate the results to Child's Play at the end of the year. I've always been cynical, but boy.. did I have to drop a lot of gaming sites from my list in the last few days. It's certainly been an eye-opening experience.

Edit: Hold. The. Line.

Modifié par msp, 23 mars 2012 - 03:50 .

[mpgeist]

 Considering selling my ME1 Saren Lithograph (numbered 4/100 ) on ebay and donating that to charity. Suppose I should wait until we see these "content initiatives" but I'm almost ready to wash my hands clean of this franchise.

[snajones]

About? I cried a bunch - happy tears mind you.

And... I think I have a really good idea for the drive's next step.
It doesn't involve charity drives or PAX, but I think it is good.
I am going to discuss with SoHardcore offline - but stay tuned!

Hold the line!

[LyletheBloody]

What a stupid move by Child's Play. Yes... lets stop taking donations for our cause because people misunderstand the connection between the movement and the donations.

Take the freaking money; if you're using it to help people, and people are giving it freely, to cut it off early for this reason is a huge injustice to those you are trying to serve. What a terrible decision. I guess that donation will be my last to Child's Play. There are plenty of other worthy charities who haven't made this mistake. I hope everyone finds one.

[catgirl789]

LyletheBloody wrote...

What a stupid move by Child's Play. Yes... lets stop taking donations for our cause because people misunderstand the connection between the movement and the donations.

Take the freaking money; if you're using it to help people, and people are giving it freely, to cut it off early for this reason is a huge injustice to those you are trying to serve. What a terrible decision. I guess that donation will be my last to Child's Play. There are plenty of other worthy charities who haven't made this mistake. I hope everyone finds one.

To this I reply with this comment.

msp wrote...

At the end of the day, every charity is a business. If they think there is a chance they could lose more in donations than the RetakeME3 movement can possibly raise for them, they are only right to cut the ties. Whether the movement has become too controversial to associate with or whether they have actually received word from their sponsors is irrelevant. It's their duty to put the kids first and I'm glad that's what they are doing.

Needless to say, my donation is staying put. Hell, I just might start throwing some
change into a jar every time I see the mainstream gaming press call us gamers entitled and whiny (while they're eating off of game publishers' plates) and donate the results to Child's Play at the end of the year.
I've always been cynical, but boy.. did I have to drop a lot of gaming sites from my list in the last few days. It's certainly been an eye-opening experience.

Edit: Hold. The. Line. [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/grin.png[/smilie]

Though I support the sentiment of everyone finding a charity they can call their own and donating to it, even if it's not Child's Play.

Edited because  BSN screwed up the formatting.<_<

Modifié par catgirl789, 23 mars 2012 - 03:57 .

[HenchxNarf]

LyletheBloody wrote...

What a stupid move by Child's Play. Yes... lets stop taking donations for our cause because people misunderstand the connection between the movement and the donations.

Take the freaking money; if you're using it to help people, and people are giving it freely, to cut it off early for this reason is a huge injustice to those you are trying to serve. What a terrible decision. I guess that donation will be my last to Child's Play. There are plenty of other worthy charities who haven't made this mistake. I hope everyone finds one.

You do realize that they can't bite the hand that feeds them. Big gaming companies make substantial donations to CP, and I can't blame them. Because if not for them, CP wouldn't exist, really.

You can't say its a stupid move when you have no idea what the situation for them is like.

Modifié par HenchxNarf, 23 mars 2012 - 03:56 .

[Diablos2525]

snajones wrote...

About? I cried a bunch - happy tears mind you.

And... I think I have a really good idea for the drive's next step.
It doesn't involve charity drives or PAX, but I think it is good.
I am going to discuss with SoHardcore offline - but stay tuned!

Hold the line!

Three times I've cried while playing a video game.
1) Final Fantasy VII when Aeris died when I was like 7.
2) Final Fantasy VIII when squall was alone in the rain calling for his sister when i was 8 or 9.
3) When Mordin hummed scientist salarian as he died, and you can bet I knew about the seashells. After every mission he was the first guy I talked to. I laughed when he had his conversation with Eve about retiring and when he originally sang scientist salarian in Mass Effect 2. Amazing writing. I am now 23.

[seventh_sorrow]

Some people on reddit want to restart the charity drive again. This time with kids need to read

looks like the poster is waiting for a response from the charity before he starts up the drive/chip in site first.  Smart move, needs to be a bit more clarity. 


edit:  woops, looks like people beat me to the punch

Modifié par seventh_sorrow, 23 mars 2012 - 04:00 .

[DaosX]

Stanley Woo wrote...

catgirl789 wrote...
Thirded. Thanks for dropping by Mr. Woo

Oh, I've been keeping my eye on you guys for some time.

Confirmed. Stanley is a stalker. Keep your children away.

[Mbednar]

LyletheBloody wrote...

What a stupid move by Child's Play. Yes... lets stop taking donations for our cause because people misunderstand the connection between the movement and the donations.

Take the freaking money; if you're using it to help people, and people are giving it freely, to cut it off early for this reason is a huge injustice to those you are trying to serve. What a terrible decision. I guess that donation will be my last to Child's Play. There are plenty of other worthy charities who haven't made this mistake. I hope everyone finds one.

Dude chill.  They have to obviously do what they believe is right.  They recieve donations from a lot of sources.  Perhaps some sources didn't like the fact that the movement supported them and were pressured to refuse the donations.

The charity has to do what they think is right.

[Melicamp]

Ender99 wrote...

snajones wrote...

Would have loved to have tested the seashells...

*sniff*

Hold the line!

Mordin's death was the saddest part of the whole game to me. I about started crying.

Hold the line.

I actually cried. Big, salty man-tears. 

[Rob_Nix]

I was proud to be a part of something positive. This sucks.

[Diablos2525]

Melicamp wrote...

Ender99 wrote...

snajones wrote...

Would have loved to have tested the seashells...

*sniff*

Hold the line!

Mordin's death was the saddest part of the whole game to me. I about started crying.

Hold the line.

I actually cried. Big, salty man-tears. 

It was the humming that did it for me, i think that scene would of been less powerful if you didn't get that reference. Such good writing, WHAT HAPPPENED WITH THE ENDING. How could you go from amazing to just ugh....

[snajones]

Diablos2525 wrote...

Three times I've cried while playing a video game.
1) Final Fantasy VII when Aeris died when I was like 7.
2) Final Fantasy VIII when squall was alone in the rain calling for his sister when i was 8 or 9.
3) When Mordin hummed scientist salarian as he died, and you can bet I knew about the seashells. After every mission he was the first guy I talked to. I laughed when he had his conversation with Eve about retiring and when he originally sang scientist salarian in Mass Effect 2. Amazing writing. I am now 23.

Haha... if I listed all the times I shed a tear over this video game.. or others BioWare and other companies made... everyone here would probably think I was pretty pathetic.

The best tho... is when we are leaving the house to go somewhere... and my kids insist on me leaving the side door open of the minivan so they can run and jump into the van like Commander Shepard jumping to the Normandy at the end of ME2.

Hold the line!

[Cucobr]

Melicamp wrote...

I posted this a few days ago, but it's now in picture format. This is my way of congratulating and thanking everyone who's been involved in this charity drive:



You're all lovely people. Keep on holding the line!

congratz... awesome!

[Rafe34]

Do we know what companies put pressure on CP to not accept the fundings?

[TheOptimist]

Wow. Seems a shame it's ending, but 80,000 is a crapton of money. Well done, fleet. Now I know some of you are feeling hurt by this, but you shouldn't. So I'm going to share a secret with you. Back when this first opened up and I donated WAAAAAAAY back on page 10, I was privately convinced we'd never hit 10,000, and we'd be lucky if we hit 5K. Alot of people never saw it, but UN001 originally set the goal for the drive at $1,000. Yes, really. We accomplished so much more than I or anyone else in those first 10 pages could EVER have imagined. And no matter what, they can't take that victory from us. From you.

So be proud of yourselves and look to the future. This isn't the end, it's a new chapter. We'll figure out where to go from here, and ultimately we'll get Mass Efffect 3 to where it should always have been, the triumphant conclusion to one of the best video game trilogies of all time. So take a breath, stay positive, and above all...

Hold the line.