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    Terrible Online Game with Terrible Ads Is Also Slimy, Litigous

    Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    08/25/09

    In reply to Terrible Online Game with Terrible Ads Is Also Slimy, Litigous
    Mmmm...porn moguls....I, uh, I'll be back later.
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    Image of Dagrolord Dagrolord
    08/25/09

    In reply to Terrible Online Game with Terrible Ads Is Also Slimy, Litigous
    I'd rather be deceived by ads featuring non-existent buxom women than see straight-forward ads such as the Designer Snuggies ads on CNBC that feature all-too-real frumpy hausfraus wearing leopard-print blankets.

    Designer Snuggies? Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    08/25/09

    In reply to Terrible Online Game with Terrible Ads Is Also Slimy, Litigous
    Isn't that what Golan and Globus used to say? They'd make hundreds of Van Damme movies just so that they garner enough money and cachet to make a few redeeming Dolph Lundgren movies?
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    Image of Thatcornellguy Thatcornellguy
    07/22/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
    I found one on YouTube today; definitely a lot of boobage and no medieval themes. wish the picture uploader was working :(
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    Edited by Thatcornellguy at 07/22/09 4:27 PM Thatcornellguy was starred Thatcornellguy was unstarred
    Image of Mick Mick
    07/13/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
    "take advertising on the internet to the absolute rock bottom,"



    How is that so? Quite positive the company's campaign is heavy up top and substantially perky.
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    Image of Intelext Intelext
    07/13/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
    I've noticed that these ads occur more on family friendly sites then well unfamily friendly sites. Don't get me wrong i'm all for boobage.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    07/13/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
    After all that flesh, there's not actually a "queen" to "save" in the game!



    But you can rescue Princess Toadstool by jumping over the flagpole.
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    Image of Toastie Toastie
    07/13/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign

    Let's just get the inevitable out of the way........
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    07/13/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
    "there's not actually a "queen" to "save" in the game"


    No, she's just in another castle. Check the one with the red porch light.
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    Edited by Fractal the Meek at 07/13/09 1:38 PM Fractal the Meek was starred Fractal the Meek was unstarred
    Image of Summonmaster Summonmaster
    07/13/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
    Are you kidding me? When I first encountered the sixth ad on Megaupload I thought it was completely wrong and unrelated to this "Civony" game. That's quite disturbing.
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    Edited by Summonmaster at 07/13/09 1:38 PM Summonmaster was starred Summonmaster was unstarred
    Image of dracosummoner dracosummoner
    07/13/09

    @Summonmaster:



    I'd seen most of the other ads except for the sixth, and I thought they were revolting. I don't have anything against the feminine anatomy in and of itself, but this is just exploitation.



    (The sixth ad doesn't even give an idea of what the gameplay is about, and the others aren't a whole lot more informative. I wonder if this game has actually lost potential customers who were insulted by the ad campaign?)
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    Image of xhack xhack
    07/13/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
    I tried to logon but the site said my computer didn't have enough mammaries to paly.
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    Image of rudi_freude rudi_freude
    07/13/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
    I salute Jeff Atwood for keeping abreast of this ballooning trend.
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    Image of She_of_the_Socks She_of_the_Socks
    07/13/09

    In reply to Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
    I'd been noticing these ads for a while now (they are EVERYWHERE) and was wondering how my computer could tell that, over the course of a week, my interests have deviated from overseeing the construction of an empire to watching two ladies in pointy hats clank their chastity belts together.
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