Wow that Dominions 3 Ad is hot!

[quantum_mechani]

Originally Posted by sum1lost

Honestly, I've seen worse in advertisements for personal hygeine products, food, and furniture.

I would wager these advertisements at least featured the product in question, somewhere to be seen.

[MaxWilson]

Originally Posted by sum1lost

I for one appreciate the incorporation of maenads, succubi, oreiads and the like into advertisements.

Hey, good point! From now on these ads will not annoy me. You've pointed out the hidden logic.

-Max

[Alneyan]

Originally Posted by sum1lost

Honestly, I've seen worse in advertisements for personal hygeine products, food, and furniture.

Don't worry, I do ***** about those too! (Hello Herbal Essence?) I'd argue that the worst in ads actually happens in video games, and I shouldn't forget about the Photoshop mania in magazines... Still, knowing that there's worse elsewhere isn't much of an argument, is it?

licker: The ads do show up on the Shrapnel site and elsewhere, but they seem to be less prominent now. I've just seen a new ad when posting a reply (this one here, which seems a bit softer if you ask me... I still wouldn't bother finding out about the game if I knew nothing else about it.

[Loren]

Originally Posted by sum1lost

I for one appreciate the incorporation of maenads, succubi, oreiads and the like into advertisements. Also, I'm really not sure how these things are worse than any other advertisement that uses sex (read- most do). Or how using it in an advertisement is wrong somehow. It isn't like it says that if you buy dominions, beautiful men/women will want to sleep with you. Honestly, I've seen worse in advertisements for personal hygeine products, food, and furniture.

Alright, what ad are you talking about? I haven't seen any that look like that, just a hot girl saying she wants her Dominions 3.

[Klepto]

Originally Posted by sum1lost

I'm really not sure how these things are worse than any other advertisement that uses sex (read- most do).

A fun game I play with TV ads is to figure out which of the seven deadly sins they are promoting in order to sell their snake oil. I agree that lust is very popular, but I don't think it's quite passed the 50% mark yet. Vanity, avarice and envy are also well represented.

[Dedas]

I'm pretty much against the ads as their message doesn't correspond with what they point at. That is, for me, a pretty low way of tricking the potential consumer.

[licker]

Where do these ads even show up though?

Are they local to the Shrapnel site? If that's the case then I find it difficult to imagine that anyone stumbled on sharpnel looking for porn.

Otherwise, it's a game site, people are here likely because they are interested in one of the their products, and once here shrapnel is trying to get them to click to as many different games as possible I imagine.

I dunno, the ads don't bother me in the least. Nor do they arouse me for that matter, but ymmv...

[NTJedi]

Originally Posted by KissBlade

Haha, when all else fails, turn to sex appeal???

What Dom3 ad? The current one is not that great.

[Soyweiser]

Originally Posted by NTJedi

What Dom3 ad? The current one is not that great.

I'm going to answer your question, and my question.

this one:

[JimMorrison]

I don't understand the complaints. >.>

I mean, it is an ad for the chair, right.....?


I'm confused by some of the comments around here..... It's hard for me to see how someone who likes women would not find her attractive. Granted, doesn't look compatible with me and my strategy gaming lifestyle, but my body doesn't care about that, and neither does hers.

But, they should have done the responsible thing, and found a model to slap some thick-framed glasses and some sweats on, with no makeup. And then I could say, "awwww, I want to play Dominions 3 with HER!".


I dunno, just seems the demographics are a bit off on the current campaign - and I'm not entirely sure who the target audience of the ads actually is. They may get a lot of clicks, but are those people interested in Dominions at all? I'm not sure anyone has yet stated in Welcome! thread that they "followed the ad with the hot chick and ended up here", which I would think would be a better yardstick for success of the ad.