Katrina Hits the Gaming World

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Posted by Zonk on Saturday September 03, 2005 @04:59PM from the fight-the-flood dept.

Despite the media's portrayal, Gamers are people too. hollismb writes "From IGN Xbox comes the news today Bungie, the developer of the Halo series, is raising money to aid the hurricane victims. How are they doing it? With a tee-shirt you can purchase from Bungie's store: 'Just so that we're clear, of the $19.95 the shirt costs, about $15 in cleared funds will go straight to the Red Cross and directly to the disaster relief. Nobody, not Bungie, the Bungie store, or the distributor will clear a penny profit.'" Kotaku has a story up with a firsthand account from a gamer trapped in the flood zone, and to provide relief has up a swag auction. If you've been looking for a pair of City of Heroes boxing gloves, this is the place to go. Similarly, Penny Arcade has an auction going, where they're selling the original artwork for the PAX 2005 program.

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- Re:Red Cross? (Score:1)
  
  by KtHM ( 732769 ) writes:
  
  Only 8% of donations are used for administration and management. Not bad, if you ask me.
  - Ugh... (Score:2)
    
    by game kid ( 805301 ) writes:
    
    Grandparent is an utter troll. Said Red Cross helped me and my family relocate when a nearby fire made our place unlivable. Food, cots, etc.
    
    As for KtHM's parent post, +1 Informative.
  - Red Cross. (Score:2)
    
    by Mark_MF-WN ( 678030 ) writes:
    
    Plus, they actually respond in a timely fashion, and aren't afraid to get their hands dirty with real work. They're faster and more efficient about providing aid than many government relief organizations. And unlike some government organizations, they don't try to fool themselves about the extent of a disaster situation so as to avoid having to respond.
  - Re:Red Cross? (Score:1)
    
    by buffer-overflowed ( 588867 ) writes:
    
    Check the history of the red cross from WW2 through to today. Some of it isn't pretty.
    
    On the upside, donations to the red cross tend to really get the political wheels moving and shoehorn actual relief in even if they don't provide it. So donations to the Red Cross help a lot, no matter how corrupt they may be.
    
    OTOH, If you want a good christian themed organization that has probably the lowest overhead and least amount of corruption(from a charity standpoint) you go to the Salvation Army.
    
    Out of my last $40
    - Salvation Army anti-gay (Score:2)
      
      by Krellan ( 107440 ) writes:
      
      The Salvation Army is anti-gay. That is unfortunate.
      
      http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1113-06.ht m [commondreams.org]
      
      http://outrage.nabumedia.com/pressrelease.asp?ID=1 61 [nabumedia.com]
      
      http://www.glaad.org/media/np_archive_detail.php?i d=354 [glaad.org]
      
      Please keep this in mind when you consider donating to them. Thank you.
      
      Josh
      - Re:Salvation Army anti-gay (Score:1)
        
        by buffer-overflowed ( 588867 ) writes:
        
        It's a christian themed organization, with all that that entails. Your point sir?
Katrina Hits the Game World (Score:5, Funny)

by Sentry21 ( 8183 ) writes: on Saturday September 03, 2005 @05:22PM (#13472567) Journal

Here's a screen capture of Katrina hitting the game world [darien.ca].

(originally stolen from http://data.4chan.org/b/src/1125712295576.jpg [4chan.org] but mirrored for bandwidth).

- Re:Katrina Hits the Game World (Score:1)
  
  by MBraynard ( 653724 ) writes:
  
  Special place in hell, my friend. A +5 funny place, but a place nonetheless.
- Re:Katrina Hits the Game World (Score:2)
  
  by Krellan ( 107440 ) writes:
  
  That's cute....
  
  I remember playing the original SimCity for the Amiga, in high school, around the time of the first Gulf War. A bad floppy caused the game world to load up one time absolutely blank, with all empty terrain (not even grass). We happily saved that map as "Baghdad" :)
  
  Kind of morbid, but all in fun.
- Re:Katrina Hits the Game World (Score:1)
  
  by (1+-sqrt(5))*(2**-1) ( 868173 ) writes:
  
  Here's a screen capture of Katrina hitting the game world.
  
  Classic 4chan; I actually got banned for posting something in that vein.
You don't have to get in order to give (Score:2, Informative)

by SalaciousPucker ( 911419 ) writes:

https://give.redcross.org/?HomePageDonateButton [redcross.org]
Penny Arcade (Score:3, Insightful)

by Mark_MF-WN ( 678030 ) writes: on Saturday September 03, 2005 @05:42PM (#13472707)

Those guys from Penny Arcade are pretty cool about charity. I mean, anyone can give, but it takes pretty great people to lead others into giving as well.

Why not send the $'s -straight- to the Red Cross? (Score:2)

by ivi ( 126837 ) writes:

Does anybody in the Geek Community (GC) really
need -another- T-shirt?

Of course, if it says something like:

"I support Katrina victime,
why not do the same?"

I guess it might help...
sheesh (Score:3, Insightful)

by Gogo0 ( 877020 ) writes: on Saturday September 03, 2005 @07:00PM (#13473145)

Kotaku has a story up with a firsthand account from a gamer trapped in the flood zone

What the hell? What kind of special insight could someone who plays video games give on the situation??

"...it's like being in an RPG."
Oh. Well... okay...

Red vs. Blue team in on charity too (Score:1)

by Tanmi-Daiow ( 802793 ) writes:

If you look here [roosterteeth.com]. They are selling t-shirts for flood relief.
- Re:Red vs. Blue team in on charity too (Score:1)
  
  by Rob T Firefly ( 844560 ) writes:
  
  It's actually Bungie, the company behind Halo, that's selling a specially designed shirt for charity. The RvB guys just linked to it, along with the standard lineup of charities. Get the shirt here [bungiestore.com], read Bungie's news post about it here [bungie.net].
- Re:Money? WTF? (Score:2)
  
  by DerWulf ( 782458 ) writes:
  
  americans do pay a decent amount of taxation. Far more than 10$, monthly. Building N.O. new in gold? Naw, the governments multi-trillion dollar budget isn't even enough to build a couple of decent dykes. How about recognizing that the state is wasteful to no end? Nevermind, just leave it to a socialist to call for more state right after it has failed in a most horrific way.
- Re:Money? WTF? (Score:2)
  
  by shokk ( 187512 ) writes:
  
  $10 per person multiplied by the 280 million Americans gives you $2.8 billion. What the hell kind of city do you expect to build for $2.8billion?!? You might get one of the World Trade Center towers, much less a tiny neighborhood. Paved in gold? I dont think so. Money doesn't spread as far as you think. Are you even using the same math we are?
PnP Roleplayers Reach Out Too (Score:1)

by SBRPG_hakdragon ( 912396 ) writes:

I'm the co-author of a small, indie pen-and-paper RPG called SBRPG [sbrpg.com], and we're donating our September sales to hurricane relief. A couple other small companies are stepping up too, including Amalara [amalara.com], and even DrivethruRPG [drivethrurpg.com] is helping out by donating 50% of it's White Wolf product sales to hurricane relief.
Sony, Everquest 2 and Katrina (Score:1)

by Cabewse ( 885657 ) writes:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4208038.stm [bbc.co.uk]

EQ2 players can donate money in game, and SOE has suspended billing for 13,000 accounts from the effected areas untill their players can get back into playing again.
Online games (Score:2)

by Tom ( 822 ) writes:

If you play online games, you've probably met a few people in the hurricane area already. I know that several of the players in my game (see below) were hit badly, and yet they logged back in as soon as they could.

I'm not surprised. If something catastrophic happens to your life, normality and routine are very reassuring. If you play a game intensely, that game can provide an entire environment where everything is back to normal, even if your house is half-flooded, your garden and car blown away and someone
Any small bit helps (Score:1)

by SlugabedGamer ( 889226 ) writes:

I live in Purvis, Mississippi (which is about 80 miles north of the Gulf Coast). Today is my first day to get back online because I drove 40 miles north of my home to the University I work at to find gas and to check things out. Everything around is nothing but destruction, with thousands and thousands of trees on power lines, houses, and cars. The flooding was not as bad as on the coast, but this area got the worst of the winds. My family and friends have trees through their homes and car, or the winds

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Re:Red Cross? (Score:1)

Ugh... (Score:2)

Red Cross. (Score:2)

Re:Red Cross? (Score:1)

Salvation Army anti-gay (Score:2)

Re:Salvation Army anti-gay (Score:1)

Katrina Hits the Game World (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Katrina Hits the Game World (Score:1)

Re:Katrina Hits the Game World (Score:2)

Re:Katrina Hits the Game World (Score:1)

You don't have to get in order to give (Score:2, Informative)

Penny Arcade (Score:3, Insightful)

Why not send the $'s -straight- to the Red Cross? (Score:2)

sheesh (Score:3, Insightful)

Red vs. Blue team in on charity too (Score:1)

Re:Red vs. Blue team in on charity too (Score:1)

Re:Money? WTF? (Score:2)

Re:Money? WTF? (Score:2)

PnP Roleplayers Reach Out Too (Score:1)

Sony, Everquest 2 and Katrina (Score:1)

Online games (Score:2)

Any small bit helps (Score:1)

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