Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

Umm... isn't this particular banner ad in somewhat poor taste?

Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

I agree... switch to Mozilla Firefox and use the AdBlock plugin to eliminate nasty ads like that...

Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

Well, it's flashy and gets your attention... I guess advertisements are supposed to grab people's attention, so it's working. It's distracting though... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

I agree with Spoo; shrapnel could have picked a better slogan, or a better time to use that slogan rather than using it right now and here when the 2004 hurricane season will apparently be worst one in 88 years.

Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

and then dont be surprised when something other than banner ads show up on the pages. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

Well, living in Florida, it sure got my attention. I think it's a bit too much, especially if you've been living under the gun for the past month. But I checked it out and I'm going to order Raging Tiger. Maybe in the future they'll be more tactful in the name of their sales.

Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

...and by that you mean?

I must agree, the name for this sale could have been better, or at least used at a different time.

Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

And when someone makes a plugin to block the new stuff? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif Actually giving the obnoxious marketing angles taken by certain sites already, I'd be surprised if there wasn't one out there.

Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

There is always The Proxomitron for protection against more invasive ads...

Re: Rock you like a Hurricane Sale
 

Well that is the way it tends to go isnt it? Surely people have seen it elsewhere. Banner ads go up, someone says "get this to not see the ads", so something else appears on the page, some other recommendation, which spurs something else.