Am i the only one who is sickened by this new campaign led by Bungie to donate to the little nation of Haiti?
For those who don't know Bungie (The developers of the recent Halo games) are launching a campaign which starts on Wednesday 20th of January in order to donate money to Haiti who was hit by a huge earthquake recently.
Bungies idea is that for every 100 players who logs on and plays Halo 3 online, they will donate $100. I have no objection to sending money to the country as it really does need it, but i really cannot help thinking that Bungie are exploiting Haiti's very bad situation in order to get more people to come back playing Halo 3 again.
If you think about it my idea is plausable as now Halo 3 is no longer the dominating force on xbox live, as many of those players now have moved onto Modern Warfare 2, Bungie will obviously want some of their players back and this campaign is perfect to get their popularity back.
Let me put it to you this way i were to donate $1000 dollars for example, i would only hand that money over if Haiti signed an contractual agreement with me and that is what essentially Bungie are doing with this tacky campaign.
Sitting on your ass all day and playing Halo 3 doesn't make you a samaritan and i say go F**k yourself if you believe otherwise. You are not really donating anything if your relying on someone else to pay on your behalf.
If you really care about these people in Haiti then forget Bungie and their ideas and donate money properlly. If you want to help out there are plenty of ways you can help out.
*Go To The Bank and hand over Cheques or Cash
*Go to any charity website and donate through them. UNICEF, The DEC, The Red Cross etc
*Paypal also allows for donations to the cause
Please make your comments on what you think on this campaign. (This post was previously available as a Blog on Screwattack)
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