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Look at their hands! Yes! Now it's ruined!

Me too! Asari Vanguard is so much fun. Charge into a group and throw a grenade to their face. EDIT: Then frantically slide away to cover!

This is what tycho said on the PA post: From comments on various sites, RME already had notes/clarifications in place that this is just a charity, and that its not related to their goal (that's how I understood it). These are people who are pro-RME and are commenting on how stupid people are, those who are asking for their donations back. I doubt a simple clarification on the website would help that much. People who can't read, will still be unable to even if you put it in big bold letters.

Oh. I was asking specifically for the PS3, seeing as we don't have ME1.

Does anyone know if you actually get to see/talk to Hannah Shepard if you're playing Mass Effect 2/3 on the PS3? Reason I asked is that she doesn't appear/email on later games if you never did the mission in Mass Effect 1... according to the wiki. So PS3 owners probably won't know about mom then? I never picked the Spacer background. I never knew You could actually talk to Shepard's mom (apparently, he did in ME1).

I still don't get that image. I've been looking at it the whole day...

It is not. The reason is "Child play has to be the cause". And in this issue, it is not the cause. It is a way to make the cause prettier. We have raised 80k in donations we are awesome. Join us change the ending. I keep repeating this political stuff is just an example. I'm not going to reply to any of this further. As I said, you could make any excuse you want. They've given a good reason why they're stopping. You should be able to support that if you truly believe in charity. Withdrawing it, and then donating to another charity... well... i'm not going to repeat myself again. It hurts them because It hurts their reputation. It get's them bad publicity. Why? Because this is such a controversial topic. On one side you have this "you owe us a better ending you lying bastards" on the other you "you are ruining artistic integrity you asshats". Whichever side the charity falls on, they are screwed. Their decision? Fuck all of you, I don't need this bad publicity I'm outta here. Your donations are welcome still, however, and they will be put to good use. We are a charity after all. Their problem is not having the foresight to gauge this thing. If the parents and schoolboards suddenly raise a ruckus with all these 72 hour livestream gaming marathons because video games are for idiots and dumb children who have nothing better to do, and it gets international heat/support no matter how dumb that is, then I would say don't go for this charity. This charity doesn't want to be associated to controversial topics. Screw them. That is their point though, isn't it? All your silly little things and using the charity to legitimize it. Don't do it. If you wanna do a fundraiser, do it for the right reasons. Why? Because this can easily get abused and get out of control.

As I said, I'm not saying that. It just makes your cause more attractive. And yes, the charity is not related to it. But apparently as I said that's not what's happening. It doesn't matter if its not related. It gives them a "bad" name, arguably. But there should be no room for arguments. I'm not saying this issue is political. You keep saying that, you saying this isn't political and we all agree. But the stance is not limited to political issues. Political issues was just an example, one that people could read and say "oh.. i see.. ok now I understand". Which I don't get why you don't seem to as you keep repeating this political stuff. You could argue people who withdraw donations out of spite would be few. I believe the opposite. You see how hurt these people are on the forums regarding the ending? Not all people on RME are as reasonable as you may think. You put your trust on a bunch of people complaining about a video game ending. I am skeptical. These people will withdraw their donations out of spite. If you really believe you donated to charity unrelated to the movement, you won't withdraw your donation. Regardless of what your reasons may be, your money is still good at Child's Play. They're not throwing it away. Pulling out your money, and then donating to this other one, just says you donated for the cause, not for charity. So then RME can say "We've now raised X dollars for KNTR(did I get the new charity right?)" Oh and BTW I thought HIB you choose exactly where your payment goes to. If that is not the case, and they are actually taking a percentage regardless of who you decide to give your money to, then I agree. Maybe you should ask this question to PA. They don't endorse. The keyword is association. You won't let your charity's reputation be tarnished by the fact that pedophiles are protesting on the street, all the while saying "oh and hey. there's a child's play donation box right there. go ahead it's for a good cause". Child's play is not supporting you. You are associating your agenda with Child's play and it hurts them. Again, this whole thing is ridiculous on every level as we are complaining about a video game ending. And I truly believe that you wouldn't be opposed to this if it was something more serious. It is unfortunate, but they are just taking a stand.

EDIT: Except this is not what's happening, apparently. Enough people have been confused and asking what the target was to accomplish their goal. The goal being a new ending, and the target being number of contributions to help the cause. Enough people are doing this for it to become a concern. So they noticed. I agree 100%. But this is irrelevant. Hell, there may actually be a pedophile who did donate to Child's Play in support of RME. The comparison should be: A group of pedos banded together. They are requesting that their favorite hobby be legalized (political agenda). They have a tumblr page filled with material - arguments, reasons, scientific proof(!!!) that support their favorite hobby. On the side, they have a link for you to donate to Child's Play. A group of gamers banded together. They felt deeply hurt about the ending of their favorite video game, Mass Effect 3, and are requesting Bioware to change the ending. They have a tumblr page filled with material - tweets from fans, list of plotholes, a collection of undisputable proof that prove the ending of mass effect completely destroyed the whole series for them, hell it made them sad and bitter and angry and hurt for weeks. On the side, they have a link for you to donate to Child's Play. In both scenarios, charity is in no way a requirement to join or support the movement, only shown as a positive thing on the side. However, I would doubt that you, being the one who runs child's play, would allow your charity to be seen and accept donations from that first website. It is exactly the same thing. However, the current issue's significance, is significantly reduced because we are all talking about a fucking video game. What is going to be telling is how many people will withdraw their donations now that Child's Play has given their stance on the issue. It will just prove that hey, you didn't donate for the sake of donating in the first place. You donated because you want to prove how worthy the cause is, which means you just used the Charity to further your own agenda. EDIT 2: No i didn't say that. I said it makes it more attractive. People will find a cause "worthy" when the cause runs a fundraising for charity. EDIT: Lol sorry... quoted this twice...

I think Tycho explained it best with this: Humble Indie Bundle is different, because you, yourself chooses to pay to child's play or not, and it's not a percentage thing. He said: The RME movement falls in either of the two, depending on how you view the movement. And it does further the agenda. Having Child's Play's name attached to RME would entice more people to come join, since they'd be feeling charitable in addition to being the saviours of the ME universe. You said: They withdrew support, giving exactly why, and you say they chose sides? While doing "nothing", but helping the RME cause get visibility/appeal and you say they haven't taken any side? I would say having a direct link to RME would make more people think they ARE on someone's side. If they didn't stop it now, and in the future they declined to support a similar movement, then that would be worse and would actually be a valid complaint of "choosing sides". You have to start somewhere. Too bad for RME that it has to be RME.

Has nothing to do with politics. They just used it as an example. An extreme one maybe. They just decided to not associate with stuff like this, a controversial one, where there is actual debate ongoing. Maybe they don't want to be viewed on either side of the fence on this one, or similar matters. A charity is a charity, and shouldn't be used to further agendas like this. Yes, it shows good will from the donors(?), but it is still being used to further an agenda, that not everyone exactly share, and either choice/agenda (changing the ending/not changing the ending) cannot be considered morally right/wrong. So their decision is that this is not what child's play is about. I'm saying this without any particular child's play movement from before in mind. If there was a case like this before, then I would assume it's not as controversial as this one and they probably didn't care then. They do care now, and moving forward would apply similar policy to similar movements, political or not. Honestly, I found it weird when i first read about the movement about accepting donations to charity. That's great and all.. but it was just a little weird to me. EDIT: I knew about this donations when this thing RME started, not just now, just to clarify.

That's what you get for not buying the DLC! Anyway, I know it's pretty clear that Shepard and Garrus have a bromance, but

I don't have an issue with the Deus Ex Machina, although I do think it was a Deus Ex Machina (I actually even said it aloud when I heard it first mentioned in the game! - then continue playing). I'm curious how, though. From ME1? Was that a question to me?

A little late but... As you know, I liked the ending. But I think it can be improved. I think they should

I am an Adept myself (Human). I can vouch that most things this link says is true. It's fun!

That was awesome! (Releasing control of this form!)

Also, this one is very old. But Harbinger's one liners are awesome so it deserves to be posted. Had me laughing the whole time.

I can't imagine reading that with Wrex voice. But I thought the ice cream and segway thing fit Anderson's perfectly.

Well, don't post that picture on reddit! Your fancier image with your fancy pirated Photoshop will net you more karma than my MS Painted one. So unfair. I concede. In any event, the original point was semantics. They are all, for the purpose of this discussion, the same to me. Also, from now on, there will be no such things as stolen recipes and stolen ideas. I didn't steal your ideas, I copied it. It's morally grey.