January 16th, 2010

Be a hero

Now im not one to really support charities, but this ill make an exception to. because halo is involved:

"Bungie fans, we're asking you to step up, "Be a Hero," and help us help Haiti.

At 4:53pm on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake swept through the Republic of Haiti and shook the nation to its knees. We�ve watched in shock, horror, and sadness as men, women, and children scramble amidst the rubble looking for friends, family, and loved-ones. We struggle to make sense of it and can�t help but feel helpless as we witness their struggle for survival from afar. Sadly, the situation is only getting worse.

For some of us, this is a grim reminder of our own tragedies. We hear echoes of the ocean spilling into the streets of New Orleans. We recall broken buildings slipping away from our skylines, falling into dust. And as shattered families in Haiti begin their own relief and rescue effort, we are reminded that the divide between our nations and our peoples is not so wide, that we are not so different, and that we are not so helpless.

We can do something. We can make a difference. But we can�t do it alone. We�re calling on the Bungie community. We�re asking for your help.
Yea, so Bungie is asking us to help them help the people in Haiti. This can be done in one of several ways.

1. Buy this shirt:

It's $20 and 100% of the profits go to help Haiti.

2. Donate to the Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/

3. The way that most of us can help if we opt not to buy a shirt:

[SIZE="6"][FONT="Impact"][COLOR="Red"]
PLAY HALO![/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

1. Round up all of your friends and hop online with Halo 3 or ODST any time next from 00:01AM PST Wednesday, 1/20, through 23:59PM PST Thursday 1/21.

2. Edit your appearance settings so your character is wearing the RED HEART emblem.

a. Press START
b. Select �SETTINGS� / �APPEARANCE�
c. Select �EMBLEM�
d. Select �Hearts� ICON, �Circle� BACKGROUND
e. Back out to the APPEARANCES menu and select �COLORS�
f. Set �EMBLEM PRIMARY� to RED (or MAROON / BRICK / ROSE depending on which game you�re playing!)
g. Set �EMBLEM SECONDARY� to WHITE

3. Once your emblem is set, play! This can be a custom game or a matchmaking game, just make sure it�s played online, on Xbox LIVE, or we can�t track it.

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What the symbol has to look like for our playing to count.

The way this works is pretty simple:
We get on ODST, set our emblems according to the process above, and play!
For every 1000 people that play Bungie will donate $100. The maximum donation they will make is $77,000. There is absolutely NO REASON NOT TO DO THIS. All we do is play Halo and we can help out those in need.

Personally, I don't play alot of halo, but I will be on ODST as much as possible those two days. I will be playing firefight with anyone that wants to help.