Weve also been contacted by PayPal due to a high number of people asking for their donations back.
Fuck every single one of these assholes.
No wonder they got tired of this bullshit.
Weve also been contacted by PayPal due to a high number of people asking for their donations back.
But you're also missing or forgetting the other part of what he said in that post. People were literally thinking this was a Child's Play backed thing. They thought it was official. They were bombarding them with emails asking how much was needed to change the ending and all that. That is a huge fucking problem when you're running a charity or any business at all. You have strict rules in place so that your customers know what is official and what is not, and all kinds of businesses have to squash a lot of things, even things that might otherwise be beneficial because those rules need to hold steady. You can't have people believing you are literally behind some sort of cause that you have nothing to do with. If people are literally believing that Child's Play itself wants to change the ending to Mass Effect that's a big red flag, and that could change people's perspective on the charity and its actual mission.
The ending to KZ3 was 1000x worse than this.
The deal is that they don't want unregulated activities to be able to hide behind the shield of charity, basically.
The ending to KZ3 was 1000x worse than this.
Agreed, 120% agreed. Though I feel other steps should of been taken to remedy the situation first, before just pulling the plug on it all together, and if he had just wrote that, I would have a less negative view. It's just the fact that he wrote what he wrote about "Child's Play MUST be the cause" comes of as not being genuine.
Fucking MGS fans must be as cheap as Konami itself, where's ma new MGS4 ending eh?
The ending to KZ3 was 1000x worse than this.
.Nobody cares about KZ3 though
The ending to KZ3 was 1000x worse than this.
The ending to KZ3 was 1000x worse than this.
This is true, but it is a shame, because it has more to do with people being stupid than any intentional misdirection.
Has someone figured out what happens if the "majority" of fans don't like the changed ending?
Has someone figured out what happens if the "majority" of fans don't like the changed ending?
Has someone figured out what happens if the "majority" of fans don't like the changed ending?
Has someone figured out what happens if the "majority" of fans don't like the changed ending?
Has someone figured out what happens if the "majority" of fans don't like the changed ending?
Has someone figured out what happens if the "majority" of fans don't like the changed ending?
official Jessica Chobot nude mod released.
Has someone figured out what happens if the "majority" of fans don't like the changed ending?
Okay, someone just pointed out something.
Where does this leave the Humble Bundles?
Okay, someone on another site just pointed out something.
Where does this leave the Humble Bundles?
I'm assuming that DA2 sold worse than ME3, but I don't know the numbers. It would be great to get a third or fourth ME2 code, I guess.official Jessica Chobot nude mod released.
I'm surprised they haven't given anything away free. They gave us ME2 on PC for free with the Dragon Age 2 dealy.
God was it ever. Though the difference between a product like KZ3 and ME couldn't be more distinct.The funny part is, that you can not find a single poll on the internet where the majority are happy about the ending, or angry over changes being announced (although the latter is a far closer race where as the former is a blowout), and many of these polls are on the very same sites where the 'journalists' are too busy polishing their soapboxes and holding opinions to do their jobs.What is does show is a real world disconnect between the two groups. People working in gaming media probably feel defensive, because they have to stand behind their review scores, and people have never attacked the integrity of the games media more than they are right now.You will not find a journalist in the industry (hyperbole of course) that agrees that the current system of reviewing games is remotely ideal, or allows for the same types of experiences that the consumers can have. The games media method of games reviewing, and the world they find themselves in, is insular, perverted from the norm, and very draining.So it would be great if, instead of trying to further cement the gap between consumer and reviewer, that they don't essentially end up acting so vehemently as a PR arm of the companies that they are in the industry with.Give your readers a little bit of credit.
Okay, someone just pointed out something.
Where does this leave the Humble Bundles?
Asking for donations back? Even if you misunderstood what you were doing, that is fucked up.
FFXIII-2 was the last game I beat too but the amount of shits I give about that game's story is near zero, so that's why its bad ending doesn't make me feel bad like ME3's does.I can think of plenty of worse endings. Hell the reason I'm not as harsh on this one could likely be tied to the fact that the last game I beat was Final Fantasy XIII-2.
It does seem like a case of incredibly fucked up priorities that people were alright with donating money when they believed it was going to Bioware/EA, a massive, multi-million dollar corporation - but then wanted that money back when they realises it was actually being used to help sick kids.
So its not okay to use Childs Play as a platform for when the millions of fans want to change the ending of Mass Effect 3 and show their seriousness with real money but its okay to use Childs Play as a platform for when a giant company like EA wants to do a publicity stunt for that very same game? Is this irony?
Where in that link is EA using Child's Play as a publicity stunt?
As always, the Mass Effect Marathon team will be on hand to interact with you in chat, play multiplayer games of Mass Effect 3, and perform various challenges in return for donations to Childs Play Charity. We are willing to sing, dance and generally embarrass ourselves for your entertainment! Oh yeah, and you can win prizes by donating and watching!
Is MEM directly related to EA, though?
I thought it was just one of those Desert Bus rip-offs.
So it’s not okay to use Child’s Play as a platform for when the millions of fans want to change the ending of Mass Effect 3 and show their seriousness with real money but it’s okay to use Child’s Play as a platform for when a giant company like EA wants to do a publicity stunt for that very same game? Is this irony?
So it’s not okay to use Child’s Play as a platform for when the millions of fans want to change the ending of Mass Effect 3 and show their seriousness with real money but it’s okay to use Child’s Play as a platform for when a giant company like EA wants to do a publicity stunt for that very same game? Is this irony?
Edit: Beaten, I see.
Anyway, I think there's a big difference between "we are playing this game we like, and you can watch us and donate to charity" and "We demand this company do this! Here's some money for charity!"
First, LOL @ "Millions of fans" wanting to change the ending. If that's true, 80k's a pretty pathetic fund raising number. Try a vocal minority.
So, basically, Tycho can't support this because it violates the very meaning of charity, but he also does support it?
Okay.
char·i·ty/ˈCHaritē/
Noun:
The voluntary giving of help, typically money, to those in need
Ummm, where do you think the money goes anyway? It's a charity to buy video games.
What?
First, LOL @ "Millions of fans" wanting to change the ending. If that's true, 80k's a pretty pathetic fund raising number. Try a vocal minority.
Secondly, many of them who "showed their seriousness" just showed how petty they were by pulling their donations the minute they found out Child's Play wouldn't be joining them on their quest to change a video game ending. Guess they figure sick kids aren't important enough.
Third, this Mass Effect event is a fund-raiser. They are explicitly asking for donations to Child's Play from people who *gasp* actually ENJOYED THE GAME! I'm not seeing any mention of "EA" in the press release, nor am I seeing a logo for EA. This is Child's Play using a game as a platform to raise money for a charity rather than using a charity to leverage a position.
Finally, if you go to the Mass Effect Marathon page, you'll see that they take donations to give to Child's Play. No other agenda involved - it's a group of gamers playing a game, a la Desert Bus, no affiliation with EA (least not that I can see). The point is, this isn't using Child's Play for anything, it's donating to it and letting it perform its mission.
But the chaos in the interim is going to be interesting to say the least.Honestly, at this point I'm more interested in this whole thing because it's such a turning point for the industry.
Billion dollar corporations turning games and franchises into platforms and services, while simultaneously attempting to elevate them to the status of art via imitation in a bid for legitimacy and validation, the erosion of "middle class" games as the costs to feed this model keep increasing, the growing legitimacy (and monetization) of indie games as more "artistic," and the concept of what a video game IS.
These issues have been steadily building up for nearly 15 years now, and I have a feeling that the resulting fallout from this controversy is going to be a guidepost or warning sign as the industry goes forward.