For a month, Gears of War fans have been urged to pick sides over whether or not we're going to have a Carmine survive the next Gears title with profits from the event being donated to Child's Play. The votes have been tallied and the winner is... not going to be revealed. What teases.
But generous teases and all thanks to the gamers who have been buying "Save Carmine" and "Carmine Must Die" t-shirts both for their avatars and original, meat-based equivalents. All told, the Carmine campaign has raised $150,000 for Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity, which puts games in the hands of sick kids in hospitals all over the world. Damn, people. Pat yourselves on the back.
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1. announce promotion for the fate of Carmine
2. make $150,000 selling digital shirts
3. just kidding, you get to choose what happens in game!
4. ???
5. profit (for charity!)
His brothers may have been fucking idiots but i have faith Clay will make it homs. Thats right Corduroy, Carmine Must Live (but will probably die because your all a bunch of dullards)
I talked about this with Sean Carey and Jordan Devore. We came to the conclusion that since there are four brothers, they should just let this vote go for Clayton Carmine, and then do the opposite to whoever the fourth brother is.
@garet Anthony was the idiot; Ben was only overcame with the combat high at the wrong moment, otherwise, he was probably the deadliest sniper in Delta.
Well, unless you count the greatest quote of 2008: "THAT'S FIVE, MOTHERFUCKERS!".
Buying downloadable threads for your avatar is a huge waste of finances that could otherwise be better off spent at a Chinese massage parlor. You may not get the happy ending, but at least you can say you've been man-handled by a sweet, fine Asian woman. On the other hand, I approve of the fact that all proceeds went to the Child's Play charity. Good intentions such as this should continue throughout the video game community. I can see this definitely becoming the new nyquil to those old grumpy "video games are the devil" conservatives.
uh... in conclusion: chainsaw n00bs 4 teh win! XD 8==D pew pew
Great idea, tons of free press for the game, and lots of money raised to help some sick kids. It might be the first "Win Win" moment in video game history.
Well if they did reveal it and we'd decided to save Carmine, I see it as potentially spoiling the ending of the game as the implication of survival is that humanity wins the war against the Locusts.
Child's Play doesn't feed starving kids, it puts video games into the hands of sick, sometimes terminally ill children who otherwise have little to do during the day but stare at the machines keeping them alive.
Essentially, it's giving the kids something to focus on aside from their illnesses.
On the last Gears XP event, they said "Live" was in the lead with votes. I have a feeling that we're all going to be clapping come the end of Gears 3 (or getting mad since you're all sadistic murderers).
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1:00 AM on 09.08.2010
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Too bad the fucker will probably live.
Then in the future, Superboy Prime will shatter the barriers of reality and he will retconned back to life to assume the mantle of the Red Hood.
2. make $150,000 selling digital shirts
3. just kidding, you get to choose what happens in game!
4. ???
5. profit (for charity!)
Carmine Must Die, of course.
Well, unless you count the greatest quote of 2008: "THAT'S FIVE, MOTHERFUCKERS!".
uh... in conclusion: chainsaw n00bs 4 teh win! XD 8==D pew pew
And i know he´s not real but, still.
Child's Play doesn't feed starving kids, it puts video games into the hands of sick, sometimes terminally ill children who otherwise have little to do during the day but stare at the machines keeping them alive.
Essentially, it's giving the kids something to focus on aside from their illnesses.
However if Carmine doesn't die, I'll be hugely disappointed at all the tree-hugging hippie types that fucked up a fun tradition.
On the last Gears XP event, they said "Live" was in the lead with votes. I have a feeling that we're all going to be clapping come the end of Gears 3 (or getting mad since you're all sadistic murderers).
A guy on a revenge rampage would be so much better to see than a guy who bites the dust... again...