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[WildcardCharlie]

80,000...that is a crapload of money.

[JeeWeeJ]

Wow, poor Stanley.. I'd hate to be one of the forum mods right now.. 
Personally, I don't really understand the people we suddenly want their money back, but that's just my opinion. As many people before me said: we should be PROUD of what we've done. We've raised a ton of money, we've made international press. Not many people can claim such things!

And yes, even though it's pretty easy to ignore these things with all the hate going on right now, we should focus on what we've been doing all this time. Be civil, be polite, and let Bioware know our opinion on things in such a way!

Stanley said he was proud of us, let´s try to keep it that way!


(and yes, I know this has been said like... ten gezillion times before me...but I didn't feel like reading back the 30 pages of comments I missed the last few hours.. )

[maki0129]

Nyila wrote...

Lurchibald wrote...

Am I the only one who thinks that this http://www.brittlebo...ut-the-bbs.html would be the perfect charity?

No I like the idea too. But I think pros and cons must be carefully considered before starting a new fundraiser.

I think we should definitely start a new fund raiser, we should just be careful not to fall in the same errors as last time.

We should also contact the charity ahead of time, and get their permission.

[SamFlagg]

maki0129 wrote...

Nyila wrote...

Lurchibald wrote...

Am I the only one who thinks that this http://www.brittlebo...ut-the-bbs.html would be the perfect charity?

No I like the idea too. But I think pros and cons must be carefully considered before starting a new fundraiser.

I think we should definitely start a new fund raiser, we should just be careful not to fall in the same errors as last time.

We should also contact the charity ahead of time, and get their permission.

I mentioned this elsewhere, but perhaps it wouldn't be a bad call to set $5000 goals and rotate through a variety of charities.  That way we don't accidently rehash what just happened.  We hit $5000 then move on to the next one, and keep going.

[Dhraconus]

I really really really think what needs to happen is:

Stop talking about it.

Unless it's to look back and say "A good thing happened" just don't discuss it. Nothing good (for anyone) can come from talking about the end of the charity drive and the circumstances surrounding it.

[-Skorpious-]

The money still went to the Child's Play fund correct? The money isn't frozen in some account or being reimbursed?

[2484Stryker]

I can't believe people were ignorant enough to believe that they were donating money that would be directly used to change to ending. That's just...pathetic.

What part of "charity" didn't these people understand?

[leondes1]

JeeWeeJ wrote...

Wow, poor Stanley.. I'd hate to be one of the forum mods right now.. 
Personally, I don't really understand the people we suddenly want their money back, but that's just my opinion. As many people before me said: we should be PROUD of what we've done. We've raised a ton of money, we've made international press. Not many people can claim such things!

And yes, even though it's pretty easy to ignore these things with all the hate going on right now, we should focus on what we've been doing all this time. Be civil, be polite, and let Bioware know our opinion on things in such a way!

Stanley said he was proud of us, let´s try to keep it that way!


(and yes, I know this has been said like... ten gezillion times before me...but I didn't feel like reading back the 30 pages of comments I missed the last few hours.. )

There will always be those who will ..... see this as a means to attack bioware and see it as giving to a charity second. Its sad but I know humanity. Very very said.

What we need to really do right now is get people to calm down, refocus, and be civil. 

Our next charity thing, IF we have one should NOT be rushed. This has been too emotional a day. 

[Spectre-00N7]

-Skorpious- wrote...

The money still went to the Child's Play fund correct? The money isn't frozen in some account or being reimbursed?

Yes, the children are still getting these funds.

[Nyila]

SamFlagg wrote...

maki0129 wrote...

Nyila wrote...

Lurchibald wrote...

Am I the only one who thinks that this http://www.brittlebo...ut-the-bbs.html would be the perfect charity?

No I like the idea too. But I think pros and cons must be carefully considered before starting a new fundraiser.

I think we should definitely start a new fund raiser, we should just be careful not to fall in the same errors as last time.

We should also contact the charity ahead of time, and get their permission.

I mentioned this elsewhere, but perhaps it wouldn't be a bad call to set $5000 goals and rotate through a variety of charities.  That way we don't accidently rehash what just happened.  We hit $5000 then move on to the next one, and keep going.

Yeah I agree with you guys. Communication is key. And rotating sounds nice too.

[wicked_being]

Can we stick with ChipIn so everyone from all over the world can donate? I read the thread in reddit and they were discussing a different donation tool (with credit card fee and stuff).

[Dhraconus]

-Skorpious- wrote...

The money still went to the Child's Play fund correct? The money isn't frozen in some account or being reimbursed?

Unless the person who made a donation expressly asks for the money back (GAH...) that they donated themselves, the money is all going to Child's Play.  In fact they have it already.

Modifié par Dhraconus, 23 mars 2012 - 08:01 .

[leondes1]

-Skorpious- wrote...

The money still went to the Child's Play fund correct? The money isn't frozen in some account or being reimbursed?

http://www.forbes.co...ke-mass-effect/ 

Yes its fine.

[solo77]

after reading a lot of pages that have been added since i got home from work i feel the need to add my 2 cents.

1. the charity drive clearly stated what it was, a drive to donate money for charity, not a funding for the endings to get changed. those who want their money back after figuring out that it is not a funding for a new ending (IE pay attention to what your doing with your money, read everything) or are unhappy with the end of the drive (Child's Play is not at fault here) need to take a day or two to calm down.

2. anyone going around half cocked and engaging in any flamewars/flaming/general not nice things really needs to calm the hell down and stop immediately. it. does. not. help. anything.

yes what happened sucks, but that is no reason to take actions that undo the good things that have happened. engaging in such actions is literally shooting the Retake effort in the foot. multiple times.

seriously just give it a day or two and sleep on it, let cooler heads prevail.

as for a new charity drive, based on above points i would say no because a second one very well and probably will not end well. not to say that people cannot continue to donate to any charity on their own, by all means if you can do so go for it.

and once again i cannot stress this enough give it a day or two and cool off, we will collectively think of something.

[Nyila]

wicked_being wrote...

Can we stick with ChipIn so everyone from all over the world can donate? I read the thread in reddit and they were discussing a different donation tool (with credit card fee and stuff).

That sucks, the last thing you want is your money to go to banks and fees..

[AxisEvolve]

Well there are only two logical choices from this point.

We give up, or we start our own charity. 

[-Skorpious-]

Dhraconus wrote...

-Skorpious- wrote...

The money still went to the Child's Play fund correct? The money isn't frozen in some account or being reimbursed?

Unless the person who made a donation expressly asks for the money back (GAH...) the money is all going to Child's Play.  In fact they have it already.

Good. I just caught wind of this whole scenario, so am a bit unclear of some of the specifics. 

[dcal31]

-Skorpious- wrote...

The money still went to the Child's Play fund correct? The money isn't frozen in some account or being reimbursed?

The moment someone hit the donate button, it went straight to the charity. No middleman or separate account, just a counter showing how much was donated.

[FemmeShep]

I know this has already been mentioned, but I think it would be neat if most of us donated again, despite the charity being over. Of course, only if you have the money to spare.

[leondes1]

solo77 wrote...

after reading a lot of pages that have been added since i got home from work i feel the need to add my 2 cents.

1. the charity drive clearly stated what it was, a drive to donate money for charity, not a funding for the endings to get changed. those who want their money back after figuring out that it is not a funding for a new ending (IE pay attention to what your doing with your money, read everything) or are unhappy with the end of the drive (Child's Play is not at fault here) need to take a day or two to calm down.

2. anyone going around half cocked and engaging in any flamewars/flaming/general not nice things really needs to calm the hell down and stop immediately. it. does. not. help. anything.

yes what happened sucks, but that is no reason to take actions that undo the good things that have happened. engaging in such actions is literally shooting the Retake effort in the foot. multiple times.

seriously just give it a day or two and sleep on it, let cooler heads prevail.

as for a new charity drive, based on above points i would say no because a second one very well and probably will not end well. not to say that people cannot continue to donate to any charity on their own, by all means if you can do so go for it.

and once again i cannot stress this enough give it a day or two and cool off, we will collectively think of something.

THIS +100

[maki0129]

-Skorpious- wrote...

The money still went to the Child's Play fund correct? The money isn't frozen in some account or being reimbursed?

The money still went to child's play, and it won't be reimbursed unless you ask for your money yourself and claim you were misled.

That money is already a toy in a child's hand.

It already was long before this shut down happened.

People who are asking for their money back, are taking away toys from children's hands!

[/hyperbole]

No, but really, it already went to the charity, you can call them and ask them if you'd like.

[DrowVampyre]

Melicamp wrote...

snajones wrote...

Aznable Char wrote...

With all you graphics talented people , I can propose that someone make a MORDIN MEDAL OF HONOUR for the organizers of this charity ? I feel like a small token of thanks for organizing such a feat would be a fun way to show them our gratitude and our continued hope that we will get more leaders and organizers to get us to 100,000+ in the next charity

Why Mordin? Because he is and always will be a model of sacrifice for our movement . Marauder shields represents our collective will to fight . Mordin represents our collective will to help and heal

I support this.

I recommend one for :

UniqueName001, Rosery99, SoHARDCORE, txmn1016, MackenzieShepard, OneRabidAnt, SgtGlory, Eirileth, OniRogue and DrowVampyre. 

And - everyone else who donated!!!

Hold the line! 

So, it turns out medals are much harder to do than I predicted... unfortunately right now I need to sleep, but I'm working on one. If someone else wants to gve this a go feel free though, not sure I can pull it off anything worthwhile anyway, hehe. 

I'm working on one right now, just not sure how big it's wanted to be.

[AxisEvolve]

FemmeShep wrote...

I know this has already been mentioned, but I think it would be neat if most of us donated again, despite the charity being over. Of course, only if you have the money to spare.

I would rather donate to a different charity at this point. 

[Mbednar]

So how much money was actually raised in the end? They didn't have to refund like thousands of dollars did they?

All of this seems to be getting out of hand. But at least some good came of it, even if only the negative aspects will be remembered.

[FemmeShep]

solo77 wrote...

after reading a lot of pages that have been added since i got home from work i feel the need to add my 2 cents.

1. the charity drive clearly stated what it was, a drive to donate money for charity, not a funding for the endings to get changed. those who want their money back after figuring out that it is not a funding for a new ending (IE pay attention to what your doing with your money, read everything) or are unhappy with the end of the drive (Child's Play is not at fault here) need to take a day or two to calm down.

2. anyone going around half cocked and engaging in any flamewars/flaming/general not nice things really needs to calm the hell down and stop immediately. it. does. not. help. anything.

yes what happened sucks, but that is no reason to take actions that undo the good things that have happened. engaging in such actions is literally shooting the Retake effort in the foot. multiple times.

seriously just give it a day or two and sleep on it, let cooler heads prevail.

as for a new charity drive, based on above points i would say no because a second one very well and probably will not end well. not to say that people cannot continue to donate to any charity on their own, by all means if you can do so go for it.

and once again i cannot stress this enough give it a day or two and cool off, we will collectively think of something.

I personally think it's of really poor character of people to criticize others on how they spend their money, or what their motivation is when donating money to organizations. Donating is still donating. It's a good deed regardless. 

I didn't know a single person that donated to that charity, and said: Oh I'm paying money to this charity, and this will buy me a new ending. The charity and donating your money had nothing to do with getting a new ending, outside of just raising awareness to the situation. I get that some think that situation (people wanting a new ending) isn't a good one. But what does that have to do with people donating money...

I wonder if these same people criticizing others donating, also think it's terrible for someone to participate in a charity auction. Because the person is getting something for donating. Or what about someone donating just to make themsevles feel good? What about seasonal/holiday charitys, where people donate only because it's the holiday.

Yes, in an ideal world people would donate all the time, whenever they have the money and circumstances to do so. But I just find it baffling that anyone would condemn people for donating to a charity. And to be frank, I find it disgusting. 

Modifié par FemmeShep, 23 mars 2012 - 08:10 .