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Subject: Badly done, Community. Badly done indeed.

I'm not sure if this is the place to post this, and I doubt that it will be a fruitful means of chastisement, but here goes.

As I watched the "Bag O' Swag" drama unfold today, I found myself woefully disappointed by the Bungie Community. The forums, reviews, and twitter feeds were filled with rage towards a developer that so many claim to respect and admire. These posts of angst revealed a depth of ungratefulness matched only by a high sense of self-entitlement. "Long-time" and "diehard" fans devolved into whining, fair-weather bandwagoneers, so easily provoked to jump ship at the slightest disappointment.

I tried a few times throughout the day to score a Bag; I endured the cycle of hope, excitement, confusion, and disappointment as I added a Bag to my cart, only to have Amazon tell me there were none available. I didn't get a bag, and that's disappointing. Yet my disappointment is greatly tempered by the hours of enjoyment that I have experienced, and will experience, as I play a game over which so many labored tirelessly.

Thankfully, I was not the only one who shrugged off disappointment. Though they were few and far between, others in the Community shared their grateful respect and admiration for Bungie despite the circumstances of the day. Hats off to you, kindred spirits and true fans.

Happy Anniversary, Bungie! Thank you for the incredible ride: this fan remembers fondly the pre-Halo days. Keep up the good work - I can't wait to see what comes next!

Oholiab

  • 06.30.2011 8:57 PM PDT

well said

  • 06.30.2011 9:00 PM PDT

Terrible day for Bungie. I'm hoping when all the Swag bags are gone the drama follows them. I want to remember this coming Bungie Day as a good one, not the one people were worked up over a Swag Bag and hated Bungie for something that was completely out of their hands.

Admittedly I wasn't too happy when I learned the vendor changed without any real reports, but everything happened too fast, I doubt they even knew what the hell was going on. They were gone within minutes.

Hopefully the next set of Swag Bags go out with a lot more grace. But until then, bad game community, bad game indeed.

  • 06.30.2011 9:02 PM PDT

Wakka Wakka Wump!
No I freaking told you to cut the hose off, if i told to pull it off then i would have said pull it off. Now you broke the AC you dumb ass.
Me to my mother.

What would you expect from a bunch of 15 year olds with mummy's credit cards?

I didnt bother with the swag bag as the shipping is absolutely ridiculous ($42AUD), hopefully Bungiestore jumps ship and leaves amazon for a new platform.

  • 06.30.2011 9:05 PM PDT

word

  • 06.30.2011 9:06 PM PDT

*CHEERS MATE*

  • 06.30.2011 9:07 PM PDT

Yeah, I kind of lost my cool when amazon essentially trolled me at the checkout, but I now know that's not Bungie's fault. I missed out on over 10 hours of my life for a bag with who knows what in it. I just bought a poster pack instead because the art is pretty cool and It would look nice in my dorm.

From what I understand, this whole swag fiasco isn't over yet, but I'm pulling out before I get hurt again. Instead, I will be playing Reach with my buddies until the seventh to prepare for steak.

  • 06.30.2011 9:08 PM PDT

The beta is super awesome. RogueAssassin27 is now the person who got my Totodile's nickname. Hoo-hah! Relevant.inb4lock


Posted by: macragge
What would you expect from a bunch of 15 year olds with mummy's credit cards?
*ahem*

13 year old, thank you very much!

  • 06.30.2011 9:14 PM PDT

I <3 drop shields

Well said. Seeing the fiasco unfold made me kind of glad that I already knew I didn't have the extra money for a bag. Without the emotional investment in getting a bag it was almost humorous watching all the rage. Hopefully, this is past us and the rest of the bags will be sent off without a hitch.

  • 06.30.2011 9:24 PM PDT

I lost my cool when they kept setting the quanity to zero but I just ordered a Blue Flame T-shirt and the poster pack.If they restock then great but if not I will be fine with the T-shirt and poster and the great memories over my past 5 years of Halo.

  • 06.30.2011 9:25 PM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

Posted by: macragge
What would you expect from a bunch of 15 year olds with mummy's credit cards?

I would assume that was at least a majority, but not all.

I'm sad I couldn't get one, but they haven't released everything, I'm borderline on getting the Marathon poster, it's pretty boss.

  • 06.30.2011 9:25 PM PDT

You better close this sig when your done.

Meh, the swag bags aren't really that great anyway. (Unless you got the one filled with zunes.) I'm really happy with the super awesome Ancients poster I got. I'm really surprised that most of the community thinks that the Swag Bags are the only worthwhile thing in the store, I don't understand why there wasn't such a fuss over some of the posters.

  • 06.30.2011 9:27 PM PDT

This may be a little off topic but what are zunes?

  • 06.30.2011 9:31 PM PDT

Donuts > all other food

Dude people had a right to be pissed.

Stop being a fanboy.

  • 06.30.2011 9:31 PM PDT


Posted by: Donut Funn
Dude people had a right to be pissed.

Stop being a fanboy.


Oh lawd.
Disagreeing with immaturity =/= being a fanboy.

  • 06.30.2011 9:32 PM PDT

Posted by: Darth1Snyder
Everytime someone sacks my groceries, I think of Loaf.

hahahahaahahahahhaha!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: KingMiTcH
This may be a little off topic but what are zunes?

  • 06.30.2011 9:33 PM PDT

Donuts > all other food


Posted by: mubox47

Posted by: Donut Funn
Dude people had a right to be pissed.

Stop being a fanboy.


Oh lawd.
Disagreeing with immaturity =/= being a fanboy.

Sorry, but when someone makes a topic that basically says, "Bungie may have handled today's situation terribly and disappointed many fans, BUT AT LEAST DEY R SO NIEC WE SHUD STILL BEEE NIEC 2 DEM RITE GAIZ!!", my fanboys alert goes weewooweewoo.

Edit: Oh and before you flame me for being butthurt or something, I in fact luckily aquired a swag bag from the bungie store at like 6.

[Edited on 06.30.2011 9:36 PM PDT]

  • 06.30.2011 9:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: KingMiTcH
This may be a little off topic but what are zunes?


Sad :(
I love my Zune. That being said, I bought a Halo 3 Zune on the day it came out and mine still works great, so if I got a bag full of them I'd be a little sad. One of the brown/green Halo 3 ones only sold at military bases would be kinda cool though.

[Edited on 06.30.2011 9:36 PM PDT]

  • 06.30.2011 9:36 PM PDT

Crap, I just remembered what a zune is.

  • 06.30.2011 9:39 PM PDT

You were pwned. :D
Owners of the Katana

You sir, are one of the few reasonable folk here.

  • 06.30.2011 9:45 PM PDT


Posted by: Donut Funn

Posted by: mubox47

Posted by: Donut Funn
Dude people had a right to be pissed.

Stop being a fanboy.


Oh lawd.
Disagreeing with immaturity =/= being a fanboy.

Sorry, but when someone makes a topic that basically says, "Bungie may have handled today's situation terribly and disappointed many fans, BUT AT LEAST DEY R SO NIEC WE SHUD STILL BEEE NIEC 2 DEM RITE GAIZ!!", my fanboys alert goes weewooweewoo.

Edit: Oh and before you flame me for being butthurt or something, I in fact luckily aquired a swag bag from the bungie store at like 6.


Yeah, we should be nice. They lost a -blam!- load of money on all this merchandise that they handed to us for free, then donated those proceeds to charity. They release that they are going to work with the community to help develop new mobile games, and we have more to come.
Everything they've done up to this point is to make this an awesome time for us and everyone involved with Bungie. Things got way out of hand today, but it also all happened really fast, the fanbase nor Bungie knew what was happening until the Bags O' Swag were gone.

It's not called being a fanboy, it's called being appreciative and respectful towards a friendly gesture. Not a lot of studios go out of their way like Bungie does to ensure the fans are having a good time as well.

  • 06.30.2011 9:45 PM PDT

Challenge me to a Hawaiian Punch chugging contest. I dare you.


Posted by: mubox47
$.50 in store credit.

I actually left the forums earlier today because all the threads in this forum where just people complaining.

Seriously, Bungie not only creates several awesome products for us on their 20th anniversary, but they donate all the proceeds to charity. But when it goes wrong the whole community suddenly turns on Bungie because they "handled it horribly," even though it seems to actually be Amazon's fault due to technical difficulties, and our F5ing even effected the Bungie Store. The worst part was when people started ranting because they were "denied a fair chance" of getting the swag, then made a thread minutes later about how excited they were because they finally got a bag.

Chill out, people. This is supposed to be a celebration, and a special one seeing as it's Bungie's 20th. Try to have fun with all the news and in-game events, and don't throw a fit if you don't get what you want.

  • 06.30.2011 9:51 PM PDT

ShawtyHullstineFilms CEO-Team MLG EXTREME

The most sickening part is that it's for charity and people are -blam!-ing.

  • 06.30.2011 9:55 PM PDT

Posted by: A Bit Of Zero
This thread would have appealed to me more if it was written with crayons.
Posted by: King Dutchy
I broke one of the cords for my X11s because I couldn't get past the final American course in Doritos Crash Course.

Well said, I got to the point when I just had to leave this forum cos it was embarrassing to read half the comments and topics.

congrats to anyone who managed to get a bag, unlucky if you didn't.

  • 06.30.2011 9:59 PM PDT