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[Clayless]

Greylycantrope wrote...

I take it you've never heard of charity drives which give people stuff if they donate money to charity.

Raise money for charity and get given something by the drive hosts.

Or

Demand that something changes and try to use a charity as leverage to the extent where people don't realise that they're raising money for a charity, and a high number of them ask for their money back when they find out it's going to sick kids and not to Retake Mass Effect, so that the charity has to stop donations and introduce a new policy so they're never used for leverage like that again.

Quite, dramatically, different I'd say.

Modifié par Robosexual, 20 janvier 2014 - 08:20 .

[Zinoviy]

Argentoid wrote...

dreamgazer wrote...

http://kotaku.com/fa...ct-3-1504996588

Gotta love the comments under the article.

Some comments are so dumb that I actually wanna cry, like the ones from CORRBentOrgy.

But some are just pure gold.

I saw a post from CORRBentOrgy. Not sure if you're referring to this post or another, but in one of his posts he writes about finding the Crucible data:

Shallow story with several leaps of logic that only enhanced what I felt was lazy story-telling. Like this gem:

"We've known about the Martian Archives for decades.
Why did we only find the Crucible now?"
"Some inspiration, mixed with a little desperation."

That's. It. The End. And its utter rubbish. They put the Archives on Mars to make humanity more important, because Mars is human territory, plain and simple. But rather than at least try to explain this oddity, with something even as shaky as "The Crucible files were encoded to only appear when the Archives across the galaxy detected the Reaper's IFFs; signaling their return." they just let it die.

What he is saying is essentially correct and something that I agree with. However, I do think it's time to get over this ending crap. I just wanted to see why exactly he is making you cry, because that particular post that I viewed he made a lot of cogent points.

Edit: clean up for readability.

Modifié par Zinoviy, 20 janvier 2014 - 08:27 .

[dreamgazer]

It'd probably be best if the Retake movement just forgot about the Child's Play donation thing.  Better to keep stuff like this under the radar. 

"Apparently some of the people giving to the cause seemed to think that they were paying for a new ending to Mass Effect. She's been asked what the goal is, and how much they need to raise in order to get the ending produced," Holkins wrote. "We've also been contacted by PayPal due to a high number of people asking for their donations back. This is in addition to readers who simply couldn't understand how this was connected to Child's Play's mission. We were dealing with a lot of very confused people, more every day, and that told us we had a problem."

That doesn't mean, however, that all of those folks were demanding refunds. "Essentially, there were a handful of people who requested their donation returned, which we did. The large majority of the funds were not returned and will be distributed to the hospitals as normal. If anyone feels that they would like their donation back, we are happy to do so," Dillion told us in a recent email.

http://www.joystiq.c...-with-childs-p/

Modifié par dreamgazer, 20 janvier 2014 - 08:24 .

[themikefest]

I will give him a pat on the back for putting in the effort.

I do like the concept art for each character

[Clayless]

dreamgazer wrote...

It'd probably be best if the Retake movement just forgot about the Child's Play donation thing.  Better to keep stuff like this under the radar.

The actual statement the co-founder released is even worse.

I actually support this cause, but I am a pessimist, and I’m thinking about the next time something like this happens - when someone attaches Child’s Play to something we can’t get behind, or leverages your history of generosity and fellow feeling for their own weird bull****.  So, we need to have something like a policy on this.  This is the best way I can think to say it:

Child’s Play cannot be a tool to draw attention to a cause.  Child’s Play must be the Cause.

Nothing like this has ever happened in the almost ten years the charity has been running, so it kind of threw me for a loop.  Thanks for listening.

Reading things like this blueprint where he doesn't even mention the charity, and seeing signatures (which, to be fair, are much rarer these days) where it says things like "Retake Mass Effect. 80k Raised" just shows the warped mindset behind that cause.

[Dominus]

Of course, Pugliese didn't just do this for fun. "Hellooooo, game companies!" he writes. "And miscellaneous people who might want to hire me. If you like what you're about to read, I'd love to discuss any opportunities you might have... So yes, part of why I wrote ME3V is because I think it'd be really cool to work in the video game industry, and I know I can do it."

If he succeeds, that'll be the first time I've heard of where a Fanfiction got you into the VG Industry, though fanfics have ocassionally gotten major notice from Gaming Website i.e. GameInformer.

Looks better than the real Allers

Seconded. The facial features are less jarring in reaper form.

What a colossal waste of time.

No more than any other fanfiction, but I hope he has no intention of "fixing" the endings, as they've made it clear Extended Cut is the closest they'll get. I definitely wouldn't have written that much, though.

Modifié par DominusVita, 20 janvier 2014 - 08:33 .

[Mr.House]

Again, implying EVERY SINGLE PERSON had that mindset is disgusting.

[MegaSovereign]

This is crazy....

[GreyLycanTrope]

Yes a few people in a group who gave to charity had their priorities confused about why they were giving the kids money, truly they are the worst human beings ever.

Modifié par Greylycantrope, 20 janvier 2014 - 08:38 .

[Abraham_uk]

xSTONEYx187x wrote...

Almost two years now. Let it go.

To be honest, a fan fiction with an alternate plot for any game is an interesting engagement from the get go.
It's infinitely more enteraining than the usual tired "How dare you Bioware! Fix it now!" type threads.

[Chala]

That's... Surprising.

[SNascimento]

I just checked Miranda part and it didn't fix anything.

[Seboist]

That guy needs to get a life. Writing a 400 page book on how to "fix" the story of a dopey TPS is ridiculous.

[ruggly]

I'll give the guy props for his dedication.

[Argentoid]

Zinoviy wrote...

Argentoid wrote...

dreamgazer wrote...

http://kotaku.com/fa...ct-3-1504996588

Gotta love the comments under the article.

Some comments are so dumb that I actually wanna cry, like the ones from CORRBentOrgy.

But some are just pure gold.

I saw a post from CORRBentOrgy. Not sure if you're referring to this post or another, but in one of his posts he writes about finding the Crucible data:

Shallow story with several leaps of logic that only enhanced what I felt was lazy story-telling. Like this gem:

"We've known about the Martian Archives for decades.
Why did we only find the Crucible now?"
"Some inspiration, mixed with a little desperation."

That's. It. The End. And its utter rubbish. They put the Archives on Mars to make humanity more important, because Mars is human territory, plain and simple. But rather than at least try to explain this oddity, with something even as shaky as "The Crucible files were encoded to only appear when the Archives across the galaxy detected the Reaper's IFFs; signaling their return." they just let it die.

What he is saying is essentially correct and something that I agree with. However, I do think it's time to get over this ending crap. I just wanted to see why exactly he is making you cry, because that particular post that I viewed he made a lot of cogent points.

Edit: clean up for readability.

Yes! Exactly that one.

"The Crucible files were encoded to only appear when the Archives across the galaxy detected the Reaper's IFFs; signaling their return."

That would be the stupidest idea for finding the Crucible I've ever heard. It would be mediocre, and possibly the worst back-up plan made by any sentient creature ever.

So, the only way to find the Crucible would be thanks to "HERP DERP A NEARBY REAPERS SIGNAL MADE US FIND THE CRUCIBLE DERP"... Ok, first, someone needs to find it BEFORE the Reaper invasion, not DURING.

Sorry, it's really stupid. How the hell would someone stick a Reaper IFF signal detector when actually no one came close to a Reaper before (as we know for now) enough to gain such piece of technology. And presuming they did, it would still be stupid. The Reapers would find out about it anyway, nevertheless.

This guy is stupid.

Not to mention what he said about the Catalyst and how it makes ME1's plot irrelevant.

He states that the Catalyst is irrelevant. No, actually thanks to the Keepers and Sovereign's primer task, he was able to keep its identity secret, and no one suspected the Reaper Master was hiding in the Citadel. But hey, the Catalyst cannot self-modify, because he was created for something specific and he can't make new additions like open the relay by himself. Not to mention you can headcanon that it was dormant during the previous events of ME3.

Modifié par Argentoid, 20 janvier 2014 - 09:24 .

[Tyrannosaurus Rex]

ruggly wrote...

I'll give the guy props for his dedication.

Despite my previous comment, I can applaud the dedication required to seeing such a grand project through.

[SporkFu]

Zinoviy wrote...

Argentoid wrote...

dreamgazer wrote...

http://kotaku.com/fa...ct-3-1504996588

Gotta love the comments under the article.

Some comments are so dumb that I actually wanna cry, like the ones from CORRBentOrgy.

But some are just pure gold.

I saw a post from CORRBentOrgy. Not sure if you're referring to this post or another, but in one of his posts he writes about finding the Crucible data:

Shallow story with several leaps of logic that only enhanced what I felt was lazy story-telling. Like this gem:

"We've known about the Martian Archives for decades.
Why did we only find the Crucible now?"
"Some inspiration, mixed with a little desperation."

That's. It. The End. And its utter rubbish. They put the Archives on Mars to make humanity more important, because Mars is human territory, plain and simple. But rather than at least try to explain this oddity, with something even as shaky as "The Crucible files were encoded to only appear when the Archives across the galaxy detected the Reaper's IFFs; signaling their return." they just let it die.

What he is saying is essentially correct and something that I agree with. However, I do think it's time to get over this ending crap. I just wanted to see why exactly he is making you cry, because that particular post that I viewed he made a lot of cogent points.

Edit: clean up for readability.

Can't say I agree with what he's saying. Humans only found the beacon a relatively short time ago. The asari were benefitting from the beacon on Thessia for thousands of years, and they never found the prothean VI with the crucible data.

[AlanC9]

SporkFu wrote...

Can't say I agree with what he's saying. Humans only found the beacon a relatively short time ago. The asari were benefitting from the beacon on Thessia for thousands of years, and they never found the prothean VI with the crucible data.

Or if they found it, they couldn't talk to it.

[MassivelyEffective0730]

I admire the guy's dedication, though I think he's being a bit preachy and self-serving. And I don't necessarily agree with all of his ideas.

That's why I'm writing my own 400 page ME3 essay. Only this time, I'm writing it for me.

[SporkFu]

AlanC9 wrote...

SporkFu wrote...

Can't say I agree with what he's saying. Humans only found the beacon a relatively short time ago. The asari were benefitting from the beacon on Thessia for thousands of years, and they never found the prothean VI with the crucible data.

Or if they found it, they couldn't talk to it.

Both Vigil and Vendetta made sure their discoverers could talk to them. Gotta think Vendetta would have at least said, "Reaper presence not detected. This cycle hasn't reached it termination point. Systems shutting down."

I dunno about you, but I'd have been trying real hard to figure out what that meant. I'm sure the matriarchs would have been all over it.

[Astartes Marine]

Heh, Zeta Ending. Nice.

Still liking most of the changes, from the addition of all the background in-mission squadmate chatter to the changes in uniforms like Miranda's it mostly seems pretty good.

[AlanC9]

SporkFu wrote...

AlanC9 wrote...

SporkFu wrote...
Can't say I agree with what he's saying. Humans only found the beacon a relatively short time ago. The asari were benefitting from the beacon on Thessia for thousands of years, and they never found the prothean VI with the crucible data.

Or if they found it, they couldn't talk to it.

Both Vigil and Vendetta made sure their discoverers could talk to them. Gotta think Vendetta would have at least said, "Reaper presence not detected. This cycle hasn't reached it termination point. Systems shutting down."

I dunno about you, but I'd have been trying real hard to figure out what that meant. I'm sure the matriarchs would have been all over it.

Whoops! You're right. Vigil had no problem learning English, or whatever it is they're speaking.

[AlanC9]

Just a cursory look at this shows that he wants a boatload more content than the existing game. Anyone see any cuts anyplace, or is this just another one of those wishful-thinking plans?

[Killdren88]

The things people do when exposed to a bad ending. Least it was more productive than what I did during the fallout of the endings. Angry irrational rage emails towards Bioware.

[TheMyron]

Much of what made me fall in love with ME is missing by ME3;

I think the opinions of those who started ME3 as their first MET game shouldn't count.