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[VettoRyouzou]

Ug, as I feared this is getting ugly fast, VERY fast.

[SamFlagg]

I've posted part of this elsewhere, but I think it is very important that everyone who is having a visceral reation to this sees it.  COOLER HEADS NEED TO PREVAIL ON THIS ISSUE.

Asking for charity donations back? What the hell is wrong with you?

And we also have to understand that this Charity is bigger than all of us, if the long term goals of the charity are harmed by the publicity from this, then don't we accidently destroy the thing we tried to do good with?

I understand the decision from the Charity, I also respect it.  You still have the ability to donate money, just not with the
'cause' tied to the fund raiser.  And that's not a bad thing.

Child's play is going to be around a hell of a lot longer than this ending controversy is going to be.  And everyone who turned their rage into something positive should understand at the end of the day, this was always about making sure something good happens for some one no matter what happens to us.

*I'm going to start a damn fundraising drive for this copy paste autoformatting *&#*&#*$*

Modifié par SamFlagg, 23 mars 2012 - 06:03 .

[VettoRyouzou]

@ SamFlagg I agree with you, thou people fueling the rage aren't helping to be fair.

[snajones]

Not in this thread.

This is a thread where we take the negative things associated with the ending and convert them into positive. We did it once with the charity drive. We will do it again with.... the next great idea someone comes up with for the "next step" of our movement.

Then again with the next step... soon, the things we have done as part of the ReTake movement will be the lines in Captain Kirrahe's famous speech.

Our influence donated lots of toys to children in hospitals! But before that... we HELD THE LINE!
Our influence... and so on!!

Be civil, be positive and be PROUD of all the money we raised for those kids.

Hold the line!

[leondes1]

Ya know sometimes it hard to hold the line when people are clearly as clueless as this guy. But I did.

http://social.biowar...ndex/10495667/1

[nhcre8tv1]

FierceReaper wrote...

Reth Shepherd wrote...

FierceReaper wrote...

Osteogenesis imperfecta(ETA: Brittle Bone Disease)? It's an orphan disease, probably doesn't get much in the way of mainstream support.

Oooh, I like that. Quite appropriate. Is there actually anything we could donate to, however? Just did a quick Google and the top two results on the page were The Brittle Bone Society and Strongbones Children's Charitable Trust. I don't know anything about them other than that search, nor do I know how to research a charity, but those two look like possibilities.

There's probably something. And I like the way it fits. We all know Joker really wouldn't run/back down, and that's been one of the core bits of Retake.

I had that growing up and have it now. OI FTW

[VettoRyouzou]

Really wish a mod was on to lock that "gabe" thread, this is making the whole RT3 look bad do to the few getting sucked into it.

[clipped_wolf]

 In memory of Thane Krios I suggest :The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 
Guys and gals.  This disease is real and lethal.  I suggest we donate individually in honor (not in rememberce, which is, I feel inappropriatly over-dramatic) of an awsome ME character.
Screw it.  I just donated $100 because I believe in this charity.
As a movement a unified charity would be more productive, but there are few as worthy.

Modifié par clipped_wolf, 23 mars 2012 - 06:17 .

[rocketboy90]

snajones wrote...

sammysoso wrote...

Here's where it gets hard folks, now with the charity thing shut down (for now) we are going to be expected to turn into an angry mob. We have to continue to choose the Paragon option, being civil reasonable people will get us results.

This

Stay tuned everyone... ideas are being worked on and an "official" direction will be presented to BSN as soon as we either A) agree on a charity that won't say "no thanks" or come up with a better, equally awesome idea.

Hold the line!

maybe we should help a charity that helps the homeless or something? Like "help the homeless, feel better about earth being destroyed" lol. Not connected to gaming in any way.

[Mavaras]

Edited for redundancy

Modifié par Mavaras, 23 mars 2012 - 06:28 .

[leondes1]

VettoRyouzou wrote...

Really wish a mod was on to lock that "gabe" thread, this is making the whole RT3 look bad do to the few getting sucked into it.

Yep, its getting bad. Reminds me of yesterday with the troll pro-ender trend. Not good at all.

[VettoRyouzou]

leondes1 wrote...

VettoRyouzou wrote...

Really wish a mod was on to lock that "gabe" thread, this is making the whole RT3 look bad do to the few getting sucked into it.

Yep, its getting bad. Reminds me of yesterday with the troll pro-ender trend. Not good at all.

And it's really hard to make both side realize there both being well uncivil jerks.

Modifié par VettoRyouzou, 23 mars 2012 - 06:17 .

[CheeseEnchilada]

clipped_wolf wrote...

 In memory of Thane Krios I suggest :The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 
Guys and gals.  This disease is real and lethal.  I suggest we donate individually in honor (not in rememberce, which is, I feel inappropriatly over-dramatic) of an awsome ME character.
Screw it.  I just donated $100 because I believe in this charity.
As a movement a unified charity would be more productive, but there are few as worthy.

I actually donated earlier!  It's a great cause, and at the risk of sounding obvious, we don't necessarily have to do it under the Retake banner.  

And yes, the Gabe thread needs to be closed. Things are getting heated on the forums, and it seems everyone's taking their frustrations out at once. I think I'll retreat back here, where it's civil and welcoming.

[Aurelia4]

Reth Shepherd wrote...

FierceReaper wrote...

Osteogenesis imperfecta(ETA: Brittle Bone Disease)? It's an orphan disease, probably doesn't get much in the way of mainstream support.

Oooh, I like that. Quite appropriate. Is there actually anything we could donate to, however? Just did a quick Google and the top two results on the page were The Brittle Bone Society and Strongbones Children's Charitable Trust. I don't know anything about them other than that search, nor do I know how to research a charity, but those two look like possibilities.

I like that too! I think I'll have to research into those you listed there.  I have to wonder how much they receive in the way of donations.  I doubt it's all that well-known.  Wouldn't it be great if the group could make a difference?

[leondes1]

VettoRyouzou wrote...

leondes1 wrote...

VettoRyouzou wrote...

Really wish a mod was on to lock that "gabe" thread, this is making the whole RT3 look bad do to the few getting sucked into it.

Yep, its getting bad. Reminds me of yesterday with the troll pro-ender trend. Not good at all.

And it's really hard to make both side realize there both being well uncivil jerks.

I know, I tried to be as civilized as I could yesterday, even tried to pull people the heck out of the trend. Finally got a mod in to shut it down.

You can only do so much to try and get other people to understand. If it gets that bad, I'll have to just report people again. I hate doing it, but it has to stop. It only hurts us.

[jess05]

 http://www.reddit.co...onse_to_childs/

Everyone see this already?

Apparently theyve worked something out for Nathan Fillion's charity, Kids Need to Read.

Modifié par jess05, 23 mars 2012 - 06:24 .

[Aetika]

I can understand CP worries. It´s sad that good cause can be stopped that way, but I guess it really is better to just move on. Anyway I´m in for any other charity that may come

[Ultra Prism]

I think page server is down most likely

[SamFlagg]

CheeseEnchilada wrote...

clipped_wolf wrote...

 In memory of Thane Krios I suggest :The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 
Guys and gals.  This disease is real and lethal.  I suggest we donate individually in honor (not in rememberce, which is, I feel inappropriatly over-dramatic) of an awsome ME character.
Screw it.  I just donated $100 because I believe in this charity.
As a movement a unified charity would be more productive, but there are few as worthy.

I actually donated earlier!  It's a great cause, and at the risk of sounding obvious, we don't necessarily have to do it under the Retake banner.  

And yes, the Gabe thread needs to be closed. Things are getting heated on the forums, and it seems everyone's taking their frustrations out at once. I think I'll retreat back here, where it's civil and welcoming.

Trying to turn that thread back into something civil!

[VettoRyouzou]

leondes1 wrote...

VettoRyouzou wrote...

leondes1 wrote...

VettoRyouzou wrote...

Really wish a mod was on to lock that "gabe" thread, this is making the whole RT3 look bad do to the few getting sucked into it.

Yep, its getting bad. Reminds me of yesterday with the troll pro-ender trend. Not good at all.

And it's really hard to make both side realize there both being well uncivil jerks.

I know, I tried to be as civilized as I could yesterday, even tried to pull people the heck out of the trend. Finally got a mod in to shut it down.

You can only do so much to try and get other people to understand. If it gets that bad, I'll have to just report people again. I hate doing it, but it has to stop. It only hurts us.

Looks like the tied slowly turning, allot of the "heated" ones are leaving.

[Nyila]

VettoRyouzou wrote...

Really wish a mod was on to lock that "gabe" thread, this is making the whole RT3 look bad do to the few getting sucked into it.

The atmosphere here is way more civil than in the "Gabe" thread..

[TurambarEA]

Just thought I'd stop by and say a big thanks to UniqueName001. I've agreed with pretty much everything you've said and thanks for putting a lot of time and effort into this whole thing. $80,000 for sick kids isn't a bad result by any estimation.

[rockman0]

According to the post on Penny Arcade, part of the reason that the drive was taken down was because people were confused and thought that reaching a certain amount guaranteed a new ending. Then, after finding out that it didn't guarantee a new ending, they asked Paypal for their money back.

If you do start another charity drive, please make sure to let them know that donating does not guarantee a new ending.

[Nyila]

Aurelia4 wrote...

Reth Shepherd wrote...

FierceReaper wrote...

Osteogenesis imperfecta(ETA: Brittle Bone Disease)? It's an orphan disease, probably doesn't get much in the way of mainstream support.

Oooh, I like that. Quite appropriate. Is there actually anything we could donate to, however? Just did a quick Google and the top two results on the page were The Brittle Bone Society and Strongbones Children's Charitable Trust. I don't know anything about them other than that search, nor do I know how to research a charity, but those two look like possibilities.

I like that too! I think I'll have to research into those you listed there.  I have to wonder how much they receive in the way of donations.  I doubt it's all that well-known.  Wouldn't it be great if the group could make a difference?

That's a really good idea! But I think everybody needs to cool down first and we need to weigh the pros and cons to make sure it's a good move to jump into another fundraiser right away.

[DarkSpider88]

Hey guys while it is cool you guys still want to donate to charity, don't you think the same problems will arise if you start another one. While I believe most understood that we were not raising money for a new ending, apparently enough didn't to the point where PA had to ask us to shut it down.

I am just saying maybe it is not the best move for the campaign to try another charity because not everybody is going to understand the reason behind it. Donating to charity is good but apparently not everybody attached to the campaign has the reading comprehension to understand the goals of the drive.

Just my opinion take it or leave it. So you know I am proud to be part of this campaign because of what you have done so far.