- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Today, Bungie has committed another racist act against the Community in not allowing people outside of The United States and Canada to enter their emblem design contest. SInce this is the second time Bungie has done this, I thought it would be a good idea to bring this topic up for discussion.
The first time Bungie showed signs of racism was with the Halo 3 Beta entrance stipulations. U.S. citizens were offered a multitude of ways into the beta, such as signing up on Halo3.com etc., but there were only a limited amount of entries available to people outside of the U.S., and those lucky few who did get in were reduced to writing a seven word description on how the Chief would finish the fight (or something like that). I don't know what Bungie was thinking, but what they did was discriminate against non-Americans.
Now, Bungie has once again discriminated against members of its Community (non-Americans/non-Canadians) who should have a fair chance to enter Bungie's contest. Bungie staff, moderators, and normal members frequently speak out against elitism, but Bungie is encouraging it within its own Community by repeatedly discriminating against members on the basis of race.
Before these two events above, has Bungie ever committed any other racist acts that I am unaware of? What should be done to encourage Bungie to stop this kind of behavior? Bungie fanboys can turn a blind eye to these racist acts that Bungie has committed, but that will only make this situation worse in the future. I am not trying to incite anything negative here; I am only trying to encourage discussion over this matter. What should the Community do to show that it does not approve of Bungie's actions?