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h2o1977 on 17 September 2011

Microsoft has announced Gaming and Giving for Good or "G3", which gives gamers the opportunity to play their favorite Xbox 360 titles online and raise money for charity by asking friends and family to donate for every hour of gameplay.
To sweeten the deal, Microsoft is opening Xbox Live Gold up to everyone participating for the weekend of event, which kicks off on October 1.
Source: http://lifeforgaming.blogspot.com/


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smroadkill15 on 17 September 2011

That's pretty neat.



h2o1977 on 17 September 2011
smroadkill15 said:
That's pretty neat.

Absolutely...I already sign up and ready to support such a great cause...they should do this more often...


binary solo on 17 September 2011

Yeah...No.

I'm not sponsoring someone to play video games for hours on end. That's not gamers doing something for charity, that's other people giving to charity and gamers doing what they'd be doing anyway.

Normally sponsoring someone for charity involves the person committing to some sort of sacrifice, like not gaming for a whole week and instead going to clean up a beach or something. Now that I'd sponsor.



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h2o1977 on 18 September 2011
binary solo said:
Yeah...No.

I'm not sponsoring someone to play video games for hours on end. That's not gamers doing something for charity, that's other people giving to charity and gamers doing what they'd be doing anyway.

Normally sponsoring someone for charity involves the person committing to some sort of sacrifice, like not gaming for a whole week and instead going to clean up a beach or something. Now that I'd sponsor.


ok...I could understand that....



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h2o1977 on 18 September 2011

but since you are playing...why not support it...



h2o1977 on 23 September 2011


On September 27, 28, & 29, celebrities are stopping by our G3 Miracle Lounge in West Hollywood, CA to show their support for G3 by playing Gears of War 3, Kinect Sports and NBA 2K11 with Xbox LIVE Gold members.