You sir, are operating off misinformation.Dexter111 said:You know this is funny, because I've read that Child's Play (the charity founded by Penny Arcade writers) will not take any more money from the "Retake Mass Effect Movement" because they didn't want to be attributed to be in "support" of the movement: http://www.vg247.com/2012/03/23/retake-mass-effect-to-close-childs-play-drive/
A charity refusing more money for that reason seems rather baffling...
?I have been in contact with a manager at Child?s Play. First, he wanted to stress how grateful they were for our efforts here, and the huge impact it will have in helping the charity. However, he pointed out that several sources are incorrectly assuming a link between the charity and the petition, or outright support of the petition by the charity.
?This has been a source of difficulty for them, and it has been requested that we wind this effort down. Again, I want to stress that the charity is not unhappy with our work, they are exceptionally pleased with what we have accomplished.?
Robb went to some length to distance Child?s Play?s message from that of its founders at Penny Arcade, and to voice his support for ending the fundraising drive, but the response was predictably negative.
Here's a quote from Tycho's response to the matter:
It wasn't "Retake ME3" that led to the drive's eventual shut-down, it was the fact that the charity was being misused. That could open doors to much more horrible scenarios, and it's a perfectly understandable reason to close the drive.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 bullshit. So, we need to have something like a policy on this.
Here's the link to his full response: http://penny-arcade.com/2012/03/21/childs-play-and-retake-mass-effect