Hurricane Party

A term for when someone with relative popularity uses an announcement of a negative occurrence to advertise or promote merchandise or creations, making the announcement seem less sincere. Can be seen as a form of guilt-tripping. Coined after a Roblox game developer added Hurricane Party to the name of their game and begged for players while announcing they were about to be struck by a hurricane.

Description for Galaxy, a Roblox game with 200 active players, as of August 29th, 2021: Help, I am in the direct path of a category 4 hurricane, it is too late to escape. Please honor me by playing my game once in your life.
Γ (Gamma) is the third letter in the Greek Alphabet, indicating Galaxy is in it's third development stage. Alpha, Beta, Gamma.
You have found one of the best games on all of Roblox. It is the culmination of many, many years of hard work and innumerable contributions by the community. It may not be on the front page, but that is because young children often cannot appreciate such a complex game and Roblox chooses not to promote it.

Viewer: What a hurricane party.