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more about #vote Rosa Golijan: With nearly 400 comments filled with all the heat that Gizmodo commenters can bring, it's good to see that the common theme is a great deal of passion... more » Hamsfork: I think the reason for a public vote (or at least a partial reason) is that having people vote and checking the results increases traffic to the chari... more » NoelZavala: >> Count me out of this "all". Don't worry, appletoad, you've made it abundantly clear you're a MS basher and apple troll. Pathetic. As to your prev... more » Ace0spades808: There is an old saying for stuff like this; three xbox 360 ultimate gameroom giveaways is better than no xbox 360 ultimate gameroom giveaways. And bt... more » Smartypantsdance: In conclusion, I think we can all agree that this article was pretty stupid (Sorry rosa, but this was really a troll article as Adhominem said earlier... more » diabolusunknownTheSecond: Your title seems to point directly at the negative aspect of this campaign. Its as if the Super 7 decided to change their advertising to: "Super 7: C... more » SigmundTheSeaMonster: Great Balmer-scrooge pshop...!!! more » uttc16: Rosa, I think you may have been too harsh here. MS is giving to CMN, and they are letting people choose who gets it. Maybe it shouldn't be public, bu... more » hlatkan0649: wow that's messed up more » Adhominem: I've mostly been goofing around in the comments so far and having fun with the material, but in all seriousness this is the biggest troll of an articl... more » FalconFour: I don't see how this is any different from any other of hundreds or thousands of various contests held each month... everyone loses, one or two win. A... more » gadam07: I agree wholeheartedly. I'm really hoping that at the last minute, MS goes and says, "you know what? This was a bad idea. Let's just give them all ... more » ejdmoo: How do you know Microsoft thought up the voting scheme? It's more likely it went this way: MS: "Hey Children's Miracle Network, we have $1.7mil, and... more » Adhominem: The real tragedy is when entire gamerooms RROD. That will be a good story on gizmodo. more » Rantonium: If you punish a company for being charitable today, do you think it’ll encourage other businesses to be charitable tomorrow? The answer is no, it wo... more » Brian Lam: And really, even if we have a problem with MSFT donating these prizes in a certain way, I think its way better than what most consumer electronic comp... more » Brian Lam: so let me tell you all a story. last year at gallery, we raised some money for toys for tots by giving away company donated prizes. someone then threa... more » YouISee: Ah class warfare. People with nothing expecting that people with something should give them something. Kids in hospitals have more things to worry abo... more » SmritiPulvillus: Giving this way is really just paying for advertising. This does seem boneheaded to me, for the cost they could give each hospital on the list a conso... more » appletoad: is running iPhone OS 4.0 beta: Just a response to my comments about this being douchey on MS' part: The donation isn't the problem! I commend any person and any company who gives ... more » -
#rant
Microsoft Wants You to Vote Which Children's Hospitals Will Be Denied the Ultimate Gameroom
Microsoft's "Ultimate Gameroom Giveaway" is charity turned into a gimmick as voters decide which Children's hospitals receive prize packages. I'm all for charity, but was it really necessary to guarantee a let down for kids in the 167 "losing" hospitals? More » -
#xbox360
Register To Vote On Your Xbox 360?!
Microsoft's just inexplicably joined up with Rock the Vote to allow Xbox Live gamers to register to vote, talk about the candidates and participate in preliminary presidential votes. It's unclear whether you can do all this from your Xbox 360 (our guess is no), but you should ask yourself this question: do you actually want the people you play with on Xbox Live to be one step closer to voting? So we can get four years of President Dick Hertz (VP candidate: Schweaty Balls)? [Image Credit - Niklas Hellerstedt] More » -
