What is the story with those dominion ads??

[Amhazair]

I never heard about the empty set as scientific terminology, but it does sound a lot like you're on to me. Don't tell anyone else though.

And in fact, the set isn't quite empty, but a sample size of one doesn't prove that much, does it?

[Omnirizon]

I've said pomo is a good way to interpret this add.

additionally, now that I think about it, Rizter's work on American worship of consumption may offer some insight. He long reveled over the reverence with which we treat advertising; it is as if an advertisement is some sacred symbol in our cult of consumption. Advertisments that do not make sense or seem bad to us are some kind of sacrilege. The minimalist Dom3 add of a suggestive woman and stark simple "I want my Dom3" breaks all tradition with "wargame ads" and does not compute with people who look for some kind of universality and centrality in their cult of consumption; thus they find it offensive. Notice to those who dislike it, it isn't the hot girl, it is that the ad makes no sense, or doesn't have anything to do with dominions.

[Foodstamp]

I saw a Dom 3 ad with a woman in it again today. I thought you guys were on top of this?

[lch]

It seems that there is a neverending supply of lascivious looking female war gamers who are jonesing for Dominions 3.

[Lingchih]

Yeah, I like the new one with the lascivious looking woman. It's quite nice.

[DonCorazon]

lch said:
It seems that there is a neverending supply of lascivious looking female war gamers who are jonesing for Dominions 3.

Heaven?

[Folket]

Are we war gamers? I can see that people who like war games would like dominions, but still.

I just wanted to say that my father was quite upset when I told him I was collecting virgins for sacrifices.

[Omnirizon]

I have to nod to folket.

I don't like wargames. they bore me to tears. When I read that dominions 3 was, in fact, a wargame, the thought struck me as something plainly plausible, but which had never occured to me. Dom3 is a _war_game? I had to consider it carefully. I guess it kind of fits the bill, but not really. For one it isn't full of stuffy stuffiness stuff. Rule one of wargames is that they must be stuffy. Look at all the ads for all the other wargames on this site (I've pointed this out before) they all tout their "stuffinexity" and "attention to obtusivity". Dom3 has "ambiancivity" and an "attention to funability" with a slight taste of "interestingly game-enhancing buggivity"; but clearly no stuffiness. I don't think wargames in general appeal to Dom3 players, and I think Dom3 may appeal to wargamers, but they would probably prefer something a little, you know, stuffier.

I always kind of pictured the Dom3 players as a little hipper than your average wargamer. Not so concerned with complexity or detail, as much as the ambiance and fun of a game. Now given the reaction over some silly ads, maybe not.

BTW, why are their no black woman, or latina women, or indian women? How bout a persian woman? Rawwwr. Put a tiger in my tank. Persians are easily the hottest women alive. Indian women are a close second. Why do you think they produced Kama Sutra while the Europeans produced the inquisition. I demand a Dom3 ad with a non-white female.

[Lingchih]

Folket said:
Are we war gamers? I can see that people who like war games would like dominions, but still.

I just wanted to say that my father was quite upset when I told him I was collecting virgins for sacrifices.

Yes, we are wargamers. We are extremely twisted wargamers, but wargamers all the same. You can't deny it... look at all the geeky posts. We may not be running up Napoleonic cannon to support, but it is basically the same. I don't play classic war games anymore though. Dominions is about all I play on that front.