Guardia Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Random thoughts... Anyone remember when Paragon Studios experimentally tried putting real-world advertisements in game? I am guessing the experiment failed, because after the initial launch I stopped hearing anything about it. I am wondering if the current servers could use the tech for something. Even just dynamic fake ads changing over time. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clave Dark 5 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 It was mentioned at the time on the old forums that they could be used to advertise dev choices in AE, which doesn't seem like a bad idea. It was just forum talk though, nothing concrete. _____________________________ Hi, I'm Clave Dark 5! You may remember me from such characters as King Pumpkin Spice, Stupid Like A Fox, Capt Sam's Space Zoo, The Pink Bamfer, Trash Ghost, Maid Of Metal... as well as a few really stupid AE arcs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubakumbi Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 TBH, I always thought the best thing that could be done with them was/is to advertise real-life 'hero' charities. Just give the links/info in a fun 'CoH' style, but have the real information, possibly even a slash command that takes you to donation sites. IMO, this has a good chance to bring a lot of positive PR as well. A group a gamers playing on servers that are run not-for-profit and generating traffic/revenue for real-life hero non-profits also sounds like something any company might think twice about 'attacking'. Just my pennies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justicebeliever Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 TBH, I always thought the best thing that could be done with them was/is to advertise real-life 'hero' charities. Just give the links/info in a fun 'CoH' style, but have the real information, possibly even a slash command that takes you to donation sites. IMO, this has a good chance to bring a lot of positive PR as well. A group a gamers playing on servers that are run not-for-profit and generating traffic/revenue for real-life hero non-profits also sounds like something any company might think twice about 'attacking'. Just my pennies. +1 Inf - I really like this jubakumbi! "The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr Global Handle: @JusticeBeliever ... Home servers on Live: Guardian ... Playing on: Everlasting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craggy Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Finally looked through some of my old screenshots the other day and saw some of these. Poor Babylon AD. It wasn't that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan The Man Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 You know, I was just thinking about this yesterday. I imagine there would've been quite a good bit of revenue coming in from advertisements like that in-game. I wonder why it never took off. Face front, true believers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie_Knight Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I don't think they stopped it. But the in-game ads weren't exactly prominent. It was only a few of the billboards on each faction, and easy to miss them. Of course because these in-game ads weren't egregious and were easy to overlook, people forgot about them existing. Which in turn likely caused advertisers to decide it wasn't a good investment. As I recall, when the in-game ad billboards didn't have a paid sponsor, they would show an ad for a in-game business like City of Gyros and City of Vegans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckers Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I think that advertising for "real hero organizations" is a great idea. I do love the ingame billboards and I get a chuckle out of them. I am still looking for the billboard advertising "The Clanket" which is a Cape/Blanket combo take off on the Snuggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjrasmussen Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I don't want to see real world stuff like charities and organizations in this game. Leaves a bad PC taste in my mouth. Now, for a fun design competition, I am all for it. I went to Ouroboros all i got was this lousy secret! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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