What is the story with those dominion ads??

Wrana · #1 April 22nd, 2008, 07:34 PM

To Ich:

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so the game becomes more appealing to the target audience: Seduction and Corruption will be played out in some kinda dating sim fashion. Blood hunting will be played out in some other kind of mini-game as well (no details)

It was the 1st April post, for Cthulhu's sake!

You may find the humor in question a sick one, but don't say that you didn't get it from acronims included (the engine mentioned here was named LAME, iirc!).
As for ad-munchers, etc., it just seems that they are not used by enough people to enter into equation. Probably if we would advocate their use actively enough...

lch · #2 April 22nd, 2008, 08:17 PM

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Wrana said:
It was the 1st April post, for Cthulhu's sake!

You may find the humor in question a sick one, but don't say that you didn't get it from acronims included (the engine mentioned here was named LAME, iirc!).

Huh, what are you referring to? The Aprils fools forum thread? I didn't really read that one, just glanced over it.

I was just ad-libbing. But if things progress in that direction you may soon crown me as the great visionary that foretold those changes.

VedalkenBear · #3 April 22nd, 2008, 08:45 PM

I can tell you this much totally honestly. If I didn't already own Dom3, and I saw that ad, I would be mightily disinclined to purchase it.

This is also true for any product IW makes in the future, since I assume the ad ran with their consent. If not, IW, please let me know.

lch · #4 April 22nd, 2008, 08:48 PM

IW was as surprised as the rest of the forum members. I'd suppose that Illwinter is taking care about developing the product, and Shrapnel of everything else, including decisions regarding how to advertise and market it.

Ballbarian · #5 April 22nd, 2008, 09:09 PM

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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 · #6 April 22nd, 2008, 09:16 PM

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.

Wrana · #7 April 23rd, 2008, 01:02 PM

To Ich:

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what are you referring to? The Aprils fools forum thread?

Precisely. It contained all things that you mentioned.

As for visionaries - frankly, I have enough where I live. And I read Exile, too. So, while you are in good company, you just have no chance of getting a crown in it.

And direction in which things DO go has enough darker tendencies without seeing one in just black humor of some punks-gone-within-system.