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Subject: Weekly Update: Help Us.

Sick of flaming, me too, take a vacation Check in time is now

but hey... u guys are damn lucky as i see it
Ok, I understand that your compairing this the the tsumai, but we are nont damn lucky. As I see it, a life lost is nothing to feel lucky about, over 2 to 3 thousand is NOT SOMETHING TO FEEL LUKCY ABOUT. Dead bodies populate the streets, as Shepard Smith put it sitting next to an elderly dead man "This man, and many others are dead, he died along with the city they lived in. Tonight New Orleans is dead" To me, this is not a damn lucky situation, you see I look at it like this, say 2 thousand people die, and each one of those 2 thousand knew 2 people, thats gonna be 6 thousand people directly effected by this, ya'll know its gonna be more, so this is my plea, just donate enough for the shirt, if everyone does at least that much, maybe then the people of New Orleans will begin to feel "damn lucky" but I dought it.

  • 09.02.2005 2:29 PM PDT

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Posted by: BlaCk ViP3R
This has nothing to do with halo 2, bull-blam!-. Tell use about the playlist too at least, the shirts cool and all but don't play on it.

No, thats wrong, you dont understand. People are dead, more are dieing, life is hard. Halo 2 can wait. You have to understand that HALO 2 CAN WAIT, this cant. Halo 2 will be there tomorrow, most of these people wont. Think about that, before you post stupid things...

  • 09.02.2005 2:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: CherryLicious
The President said taking what you need to survive will be allowed, STEALING will not...everyone can understand people coming out with bandages, food, drinks, diapers, formula....but are you going to do eat a TV set? how about a stereo system? what are ya gonna do plug them in so you can get info on the "devastating hurricane" I also for the life of me can't understand why all these morons are shooting at the rescue choppers, at the doctors....at the people trying to save their lives. Seriously people, get a grip.

and that is why i see that the red cross says donating is rather a little lower....i partly blame the people but hey when you can't get supplies and it seems like nothing is happening i get the point...but i blame media....it makes our county look bad when all they show is the bad things going on....why not the people working the 16 hour shifts to rescue people....or the doctors that are helping....and some of the field reporters are even doing nice stuff....this kid was almost dead from no water and the news guys threw down water and ice to help them...but then they go to show all the looting that is going on and that offsets the americans mind...we have to keep this positive.

  • 09.02.2005 2:31 PM PDT
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hey guys, im a brit and i want u to know that its pretty deeply affected us too, will u make it possible to ship those shirts to the UK? to that canadian guy, come on! bigger things here, clearly u didnt take history in school (or have u not started school yet?) whatever opinions are flying around, i want to make it clear that ur in our hearts too. if i could get a shirt i would. and to the jerks, stop -blam!-ing about this update please.

  • 09.02.2005 2:33 PM PDT
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gd point it ant luky but i swear u guys had warnings days before and they ignored it?!? so its most of there own faults (truth hurts)

REPRESENTIN UK

  • 09.02.2005 2:33 PM PDT

Sick of flaming, me too, take a vacation Check in time is now

Today the UK bows its head becuase its being represented by you.

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So where is the weekly update?

  • 09.02.2005 2:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: N1sFINEST
Da uk man dem ere! Ha u americans luv 2 hate on the uk coz wil murk u online but wot can i say?!? the stick given 2 uk ppl from the usa about the london bombs woz not nice! wen 9/11 happend we didnt laugh at yal! i liv in london n take the tube i ant shook of u americans or dem suicide bombers! but dnt hate wen our ppl die coz thats jus sick!

Add me N1sFINEST n il show u how gd uk ppl r at halo!

BUNGIE HURRY UP N UPDATE THE PLAYLIST (multi team n team snipers r gr8 ideas!)
Modders suck

and you wonder why we didn't care...terroist are bad...and i feel for you but you don't have hurricanes that killed easily about 1000 people at least...get a little respect and stop acting like we are to blame here because we don't control the weather or nature......or gravity for that sake (for those of you that don't know new orleans is about 10-15 below sea level) i really could care less about the playlist right now and i think our xbox live money for this month should go to the victums.

  • 09.02.2005 2:37 PM PDT
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People die everyday, everywhere- and its sad sure -this is not the red cross website. I'm doing enough by paying my taxes, no need to pity pity us with this bull-blam!-. I dont come to this site to learn about the problems of the world- halo and such is an exscape to many from that- so dotn bring that -blam!- in here- we get enough of that from the news. I feel violated, and give us some goshdarn info on the playlist.

  • 09.02.2005 2:37 PM PDT
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i totally agree, the media has always been like that. Focusing on the worst to make people angry. Why do you think so many are mad at the military and what not right now. I do have to give some props out though, I have seen some good news coverage of rescue efforts...but in a way they always seem to misconstrue the amazing efforts that are being put out.

  • 09.02.2005 2:37 PM PDT

"I have no words for thee, my voice is in my sword."
-William Shakespeare's Macbeth

I emplore everyone here to donate, as the update said even if your a little kid and don't have any money then go to your parents and beg, scream, cry, whatever you have to do. I'm dead broke, I have no money right now, but you better believe I'm donating anything I got even I myself at the age of 18 have to beg scream or cry at my parents for the money.

Everyone here, if your thinking about not donating think about one thing. If you haven't experienced something as tragic as this first hand, I myself never have, even if you think you can imagine what it must be like, well stop fooling yourselves. You have and I have no idea what it must be like down there I myself cannot imagine nor do I want to know what it must be like to lose everything I ever had, but the truth is, is that its their reality. You may watch it on the news and sympathize, but the fact is, you have the ability and the good fortune to simply change the channel, could you imagine how much those people would give, to simply be able to change the channel.

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Alright Ill buy the shirt. I wanna help. Even though some were warned about the storm comming and were too gready and stayed , maybe god wanted them to get punished. I dont think its right that people are getting raped tho, thats bs.

Anyways good luck with this Bungie.

PS.
Wheres my Halo Update?!?!?!

  • 09.02.2005 2:38 PM PDT

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Guys forget about halo 2 for one week. Just one week, is it that hard? You know what kinda message your giving off by asking about your sweet little update? Your saying that Halo 2 is more important than peoples lives, and that is just a sad existance.

  • 09.02.2005 2:41 PM PDT
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this guy aint representing the UK, trust me we dont all think this

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as I was lying on my bed at the night gazing the stars wondering one thing; Where the hell my roof went.

I am a Zombie.
Proud member of B.net since -04

I dunno about how to react on Katrine.
New Orleans is messed up. I gathered money with my friends some 200$.
Hope that is enough to help someone. I don't anything else to give.

However, i'm little bit disappointed to see how people act there. Maybe its shock or something but come on, they had to bring army to keep people from shooting and looting.

-HaX-

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you guy absolutely positively kick @$$ for what you're doing to help.

[Edited on 9/2/2005]

  • 09.02.2005 2:47 PM PDT

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After this looting has a new meaning. I think people are confusing two words in this sutuation, Looting and Survival. If you have not had food for three days and the only way you can get it is "looting" that I say go for it. People stealing things they dont need is not exceptable, that is just sad.

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I have little or no money I can donate. If anything, the only thing I know I could give would be blood. I'll see what I can do.

  • 09.02.2005 2:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: PR3DA7OR1AL
So where is the weekly update?


It's not here for a week becasue there are more important things in life than Halo.

  • 09.02.2005 2:48 PM PDT
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any money is better than none...and we need to get an xbox live donate sytem going.....it isn't alot of work bungie....make a screen that says donate 5 bucks....like the maps and then have it download a cool picture that is easy as hell to put on the system....everyone buys it and boom you get thousands of dollars easily....come on you have to do it.

  • 09.02.2005 2:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: ARMYofMIKE
What does the logo on the shirt mean. What is the guy kicking? I may buy a shirt if I knew what the logo was.....


Hey Mike - The shirt says "Fight the Flood" -- Master Chief is kicking a Flood carrier form in the ass. You know, the nasty parasite evil lifeforms in Halo and Halo 2? It just so happens that we're also fighting the real-life Flood in New Orleans and surrounding areas... Get it? :)

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GREAT, NOW THAT I KNOW WHAT THE LOGO IS I AM GOING TO BUY A SHIRT.

OTHERS SHOULD DO THE SAME. THIS IS OUR COUNTRY, OUR PEOPLE AND OUR DUTY AS CHILDREN OF THIS COUNTRY TO HELP OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. DONT BE THE PERSON WHO THINKS THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU, BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE IT SOMEDAY MAY HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENS TO ONE AMERICAN IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL AMERICANS!

  • 09.02.2005 2:51 PM PDT

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A M E N

  • 09.02.2005 2:53 PM PDT

Check out all my theories and creations at HBO!

Or read my fanfic, "Effort Cannot Conquer Faith" -- it won a signed novel from Eric Nylund!

I think a lot of the jerks on here don't realize the magnitude of what's going on. This isn't just another hurricane - it's the single costliest natural disaster in American history. And it hit in the worst possible place. I mean, think about it:

- A major American city (New Orleans) is completely underwater.
- That means that countless homes, shops, factories, schools, etc are totally ruined. Imagine your house filled with twenty feet of water for a period of weeks. It wrecks the walls, the foundation, the furniture, the electronics, and anything else not watertight.
- This isn't seawater. It's filled with sewage, dead bodies, oil, garbage, and all the detritus of a dying city. And it is going to fester and rot there for the next several weeks.
- Over a million people are homeless, jobless, and have no possesions but what they took with them. Everything else is gone.
- Any people who stayed behind and survived are now trapped in a nightmare world of rampant crime and total destruction
- The region's economy is ruined and will take years to recover
- Tens of thousands lack power, water, and food
- Hundreds are dead or missing
- Hundreds of billions of dollars in damage
- The loss of countless historic buildings and places (The French Quarter, The Cabildo, St. Louis Church, etc)

Keep in mind that these effects are playing out not only in New Orleans, but along most of the Gulf Coast. There are some smaller towns that don't even exist anyomore because every structure was washed away.

There is no way to underestimate the cost of what has happened. It's almost as bad as if terrorists had exploded a nuclear bomb in the city. It is a nightmare, a disaster, a catastrophe of the highest order. People will read about it in history books for decades to come. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been irrevocably ruined.

Seriously people, quit acting like egotistical jackasses and attention whores and recognize this disaster for what it really is.

PS: Thanks to everyone who's shown true sympathy and concern for the people affected by this tragedy.

  • 09.02.2005 2:53 PM PDT
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Yea me and other kids told you what it meant. But ok. Also I like that idea of buying a picture on xbox live.

  • 09.02.2005 2:54 PM PDT