[url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/03/27/mass-effect-3-protesters-sending-cupcakes-to-bioware/[/url]
[quote]At first, fans disappointed with ending of Mass Effect 3 tried to rally supporters to their cause by raising money for the charity Child’s Play, which helps get entertainment to sick kids in hospitals. But last week, Retake Mass Effect and Child’s Play parted ways, with the charity becoming concerned that their platform was becoming associated with a cause other than their own. Without that option, fans started to get creative.
Some fans are continuing the charity drives, and decided instead to try and raise money for “Kids Need to Read,” an organization that gets some nerd cred by being co-founded with Firefly and Castle’s Nathan Fillion.
Others got creative, deciding that the best way to make themselves heard may be by wooing Bioware itself, and what better way to do that than with cupcakes?
Yesterday, user LoganKey, first name Sam, posted a scheme to send 402 cupcakes to the Bioware studios in Canada. He raised the $1005 he needed in under an hour.
“We’ve done orders of this size before, but never with this kind of, you know, drama,” said Dale Temple, owner of the Edmonton, Alberta-area bakery Fuss Cupcakes, who will be fulling the order. “He [Sam] was very polite, knew what he wanted… He called me before he had raised the money, you know, just with an idea, and within an hour he had called already.”
The idea is that the cupcakes would somehow communicate the notion of lack of choice in the endings to Mass Effect – a tall order for a pastry, no doubt. Proposed messages for the boxes include:
- “No matter what color you choose, they all taste the same”;
- “No matter what color you choose, it’s all vanilla ;-D”
- “We rage because we love”
The cupcakes themselves will be a mix of red, blue and green for the different endings of Mass Effect 3.[/quote]
How sweet.
At least the cupcakes wont disappoint you when you finish it.
Cupcakes.
[QUOTE=OhHello;35324989]At least the cupcakes wont disappoint you when you finish it.[/QUOTE]
I don't know man, I was pretty disappointed when that red cupcake was vanilla
[QUOTE=El Sito;35325054][img] http://con.ca/img/news/00005619_donthugme.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
NOOOOOOO NO NOOOOO
[quote]“We’ve done orders of this size before, but never with this kind of, you know, [I]fuss[/I],” said Dale Temple, owner of the Edmonton, Alberta-area bakery Fuss Cupcakes, who will be fulling the order.[/quote]
Is what he [I]should[/I] have said.
Also: It's all vanilla, dammit!
I would make crap endings for all my games if it meant I would be sent tons of cupcakes
[QUOTE=OhHello;35324989]At least the cupcakes wont disappoint you when you finish it.[/QUOTE]
Sometimes they might
The thing is though, I actually like vanilla. I wouldn't mind having vanilla in different colors.
The ME3 endings though. Oooh, boy.
[QUOTE=OhHello;35324989]At least the cupcakes wont disappoint you when you finish it.[/QUOTE]
Cupcakes always make me sad after I eat them, because I no longer have a cupcake to eat :(
[QUOTE=OhHello;35324989]At least the cupcakes wont [del]disappoint you when you finish it[/del] subject you to Seth Green hooking up with a computer.[/QUOTE]
FTFY
hahah, good for this guy
that's inventive and funny
[editline]27th March 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=NuclearJesus;35325156]FTFY[/QUOTE]
depends on your view of ai and seth green
i really liked joker, i wasn't disappointed to see him
also that's only in one ending so your argument is invalid
Each cupcake should come with an extremely long textbook about why the cupcake should taste good.
If they raise over $5000, they should include a 10-second video of one of the bakers lying in some rubble.
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;35325126]I would make crap endings for all my games if it meant I would be sent tons of cupcakes[/QUOTE]
Yeah but I would tell you that I was sending you chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes, and crap cupcakes, and when you bit into them they would all be crap cupcakes.
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Yeah, crap cupcakes are a thing
[QUOTE=Sector 7;35325211]If they raise over $5000, they should include a 10-second video of one of the bakers lying in some rubble.[/QUOTE]
But that can only happen if Bioware picks the RED cupcakes first, but it would unfortunately result in Casey Hudsons death and all of Biowares computers being destroyed, and all of the cars in the parking lot losing their engines.
[editline]27th March 2012[/editline]
Then again, Casey Hudson dies despite the flavor, along with all of the engines being destroyed.
Green could be best, but it results in the entire team getting knocked out and waking up with green circuit board tattoos all over their body.
Or maybe the blue ones, but Casey Hudson would get all of the computers.
Commander Cupcake has become a legend by ending the hunger threat. Now you can continue to build that legend through further baking and downloadable frosting.
Frosted
Shields
Oh god this is too funny
[img]http://i.imgur.com/KmK6q.jpg[/img]
They should send a purple cupcake, but lock it in a box that only accepts a $10 bill. On the box, it should state that is a different but better flavor, that includes a smooth finish.
[QUOTE=Last or First;35325103]Is what he [I]should[/I] have said.
Also: It's all vanilla, dammit![/QUOTE]
Why? That's essentially the same word. Drama and fuss are nearly synonymous, at least in the way they would be used in this particular situation.
[editline]28th March 2012[/editline]
Oh nvm they are called fuss cupcakes im fucking stupid
I'm not sure what to make of this. Part of me thinks people are taking it way too far and exerting way too much energy, on the other hand it is always interesting to see how the gaming community cooperates.
The cupcakes should've said 'Synthesis' and 'destroy' and the other one that no one cares about.
[QUOTE=Sickle;35325749]The cupcakes should've said 'Synthesis' and 'destroy' and the other one that no one cares about.[/QUOTE]
thank god, it's overextended metaphor man! you arrived just in time!
[QUOTE=SystemGS;35325170]hahah, good for this guy
that's inventive and funny
[editline]27th March 2012[/editline]
depends on your view of ai and seth green
i really liked joker, i wasn't disappointed to see him
also that's only in one ending so your argument is invalid[/QUOTE]
Didn't say that was the only ending. Given that literally zero of the cupcakes contain Seth Green or computers, I'd say the argument stands. Find me one cupcake that contains Seth Green. . .just [i]one Seth Green cupcake[/i]. . .and I'll concede to your point.
Ball's in your court.
The cupcakes should say "Paragon" "Neutral" and "Renegade"
And the box should have a drawing of a ME-style line-choice disc thing, with the three possible outcomes being "Cupcake"
[QUOTE=latin_geek;35326006]The cupcakes should say "Paragon" "Neutral" and "Renegade"
And the box should have a drawing of a ME-style line-choice disc thing, with the three possible outcomes being "Cupcake"[/QUOTE]
And when the delivery man drops them off, he should loudly yell "THESE CUPCAKES REPRESENT THE THREE ENDINGS OF MASS EFFECT THREE AND CUSTOMER DISSATISFACTION WITH THEM." And before they arrive, they should email Bioware and explain the joke in advance, and at the bottom of the cupcake pile should be a note with a number they can call in case they didn't get any part of the reference and have questions.
[sp]I'm making fun of how unsubtle you are[/sp]
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