What is the story with those dominion ads??

[Ballbarian]

You guys must get offended a lot if you live in the US. Not sure how you could even watch TV here given all the programming you must find offensive, if the Dom ad falls into that category.

I am in the "not offended" and "indifferent" camp, but I turned off cable TV. Pure crap that I could no longer watch with my 2 young daughters even on the network channels. Now I am either working on the computer, or for entertainment we will rent movies or watch select programs on hulu. I get a good laugh when someone at work refers to one of the latest and greatest reality shows and I get to respond "Never heard of it."

[Ironhawk]

Yeah I concur with VedalkenBear. If I was a prospective buyer and happened to be curious about the hot chick ad appearing on <insert random forum here> and clicked on it only to find Dominions 3. I would be like ... "was this a joke?" and then, realizing that it wasnt I would think to myself "what the f--k is wrong with these people?" and then immediately close my browser.

That is in fact the thought process that went through my head anyway, now that I think about it. Heh.

[S.R. Krol]

lch said:
P.P.S.: Oh and regarding this piece from the blog: "Reaction to the ads have been extremely positive [...] there’s a nice forum thread currently at five pages [...] You even have one community member who changed his avatar to the ad for a while and is now using it as his sig, currently slightly modified." - the word you are looking for is "sarcasm".

That's the thing though Ich, ultimately it doesn't matter what the reason is/was--love it, hate it, feel it's clever, feel it's the dumbest thing you've ever seen--when the final result is that it's sparking a reaction. I mean Hell, we've already had one thread go on for seven pages and now we're in a second thread at three pages on the ads. So hey, it works.

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A general comment to some other posts (not by you Ich, just want to make a catch-all posting here) concerning whether we advertise elsewhere. We do. Obviously on our site we're going to be pimping our products, hence nothing but Shrap banner ads, but we hit a number of sites with varying types of ads so there are plenty of "normal" Dom 3 ads out there. In fact, we have had some "normal" Dom 3 ads rotating on BoardGameGeek.

[DonCorazon]

How are those BGG ads doing? I tried to refer some people to Dom 3 on a thread over there dedicated to the upcoming Conan fantasy war board game but got jumped on by a some serious geeks who only wanted to discuss Conan even though there is little to discuss since the game has yet to be released.

[S.R. Krol]

Things may have picked up recently DonCorazon but at least initially it's been very disappointing. ::shrug:: Unfortunately it's always a gamble. Places you think should provide a great response provide nary a peep, while some backwater IP address suddenly doubles your exposure. I recall we once got a lot of traffic for the game based on some comments someone made on of all things, a political blog.

[DonCorazon]

I may pipe in over there again but this time will pick a general thread and see if I get some traction.

The thing is they are generally pretty uptight over there. A while back, a faction broke off to form the Fortress Ameritrash blog partly out of protest to some of the snooty Eurogaming vibe of the website. It was those guys that gave me the idea that Dom3 should advertise on a boardgaming website because one of them posted a review on a PC game. That might be a useful place to pick up a few more customers.

[S.R. Krol]

Agreed. BGG is an excellent database source, but personally I think it leaves something to be desired as a community. Woe be to you if you make a Geeklist that doesn't pass muster!

Michael Barnes (of F:AT fame, or if you prefer, infamy) actually was (or may still be doing) a board game column for Gameshark. I will admit that I'm not a fan of Barnes although it has nothing to do with all the forum drama that he's been involved in. Here in Atlanta he was part owner of a game store, Atlanta Games Factory, that promised 30% off all their games. They were trying to compete with places like Boulder, Thoughthammer, etc, but as a retail store. Great idea, only problem was in reality it was only a small selection of games that were discounted. It felt a lot like bait-and-switch, and then the store imploded when one of the owners locked the others out and yet more drama, only this time in real life, ensued...

[DonCorazon]

SR Krol: Yes, it was Barnes that wrote the review for the PC game I was referring to - can't remember the name but it was post-apocalypse war game. I don't know much about him personally but he was pretty prolific and at times funny.

Interesting. Well, I will keep trying to push the game. Would like to see commercial success to motivate further development so I am not just altruistic or a fanboy but hope to live to see Dom 4 or other cool indie games.

And I like to support small businesses, especially those with hot girl ads.

[sector24]

I'm surprised by a lot of the responses here. I am totally desensitized to advertising, seeing as how you encounter it everywhere these days. I look at those ads and think to myself, "Wow, that girl in the black dress has really skinny ankles...what do I want for dinner?" It does not even approach the point of clever, lame, offensive, or any other emotional response. I wonder if you guys are genuinely offended or if you're just waiting for the patch to come out.

[S.R. Krol]

You're thinking of Neuroshima Hex.