If you haven't been living under a rock you will have seen the new Evony (previously Civony) ad campaign plastered everywhere. Its caused quite a few News stories (because of the boobs) but I thought it was pretty interesting how well it seems to be working:
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I’m sure you’ve seen this ad online at some point in your Internet travels. It’s for the game Evony, an online Civilization clone that, while it doesn’t outright stink on ice, it isn’t the best, either. But the game’s quality is irrelevant, for today we’re looking at the game’s rubbish ad campaign. Basically, it consists of a pair of breasts plastered all over the Internet.
So the game isn’t anything to praise. It’s developed by Universal Multiplayer Game Entertainment, which has links to Chinese gold farmers, and, again, it’s basically a Civilization clone. (It used to be called Civony.) The ad campaign, however, almost entirely consists of busty maidens inviting you to play the game.
Please note that there are no princesses to save in the game. She’s just there to get you interested in the game.
I could go on a longish rant, “this is the dumbing down of society,” etc. but perhaps CrunchGear should adopt a similar ad campaign? Just hire a bunch of busty models holding Palm Pres and Wii remote controllers?
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[url]http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/07/24/evony-ad-campaign-where-breasts-trick-you-into-playing-a-civ-clone/[/url]
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Quite possibly. If you've been anywhere near the internet in recent weeks, you may well have noticed the vast number of promotions for a game called Evony – campaigns on websites featuring buxom fantasy queens; countless Google ads and (more disturbingly) millions of spam comments left on blogs.
On the surface, Evony is a pretty standard online strategy game – a simulation in which players take the role of a medieval noble who must build up an empire. But the way the game has been marketed has created a bit of a stir: the games marketer Bruce Everiss has charted the volume of spam being sent by its creators, while Jeff Atwood, a US programmer and blogger, has documented the ads' increasingly racy nature – from a simple medieval warrior promising the game would be "free forever", through a string of increasingly racy images ... until, finally, it was simply advertising itself by showing a pair of breasts.
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[url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jul/15/games-evony-spam-internet[/url]
Why did I make this thread?
Well I thought it was a pretty impressive ad campaign (they're fucking everywhere) and I was also impressed at how well it is working:
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[b]Newest Google Insight Data[/b]
[url]http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=evony&date=today%203-m&cmpt=q[/url]
Pics in the stories. Also probably on the bottom of this page.
I hope they're not 80 year old boobs.
I got an ad for helping starving Africans at the bottom.
Oh come on, they're not even good pics.
I was tempted to click
but then i saw Evony, the RPG browser game
Wow, this is disturbing, I hate how it's working, because now other companies are going to try it and continue ruining the internet.
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;16290632]Wow, this is disturbing, I hate how it's working, because now other companies are going to try it and continue ruining the internet.[/QUOTE]
By having softcore porn plastered everywhere on web pages. This is bad how?
Play now, my lord!
I've noticed this on sites. I get aroused.
[b]Edit:[/b] The ones on those sites are lame. The latest one is hot.
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;16290632]Wow, this is disturbing, I hate how it's working, because now other companies are going to try it and continue ruining the internet.[/QUOTE]
Uhh, this is not a new advertising technique.
Evony pisses me off to no end.
I admit that I clicked on the ads.
Ah thank god, I thought I was the only one having them...
The woman in the latest ads totally looks like a dude.
shame I have adblock plus
I don't get what's so bad. Now instead of
FREE 2 PLA
CIV GAME
MAKE CIv GET GOLD FAST
It's just
BOOBS
OH YEAH AND A GAME
BOOBS
THIS JUST IN: Evony renamed to Boobilization
i have an advert for a muslim dating website on the bottom of my page
so much for your evony
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Are there pics of the ads? I have adblock plus so I havent seen them yet.
Awesome, I thought I was the only one who noticed the ad bait they put out was really fucking obvious to attract pervs
EDIT: Nevermind.
[media]http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg127/JakeValdor/evony.jpg[/media]
Damn, It's pretty hard to even see the "Evony" title in these.
Well, it's not like I mind. :v:
When i saw the ad first time i was like what the hell and thought it was a bit funny.
But now its just annoying same fucking boobs all over the internet.
Am I the only one that has never seen these ads before?
[QUOTE=bigdoggie;16292024]Am I the only one that has never seen these ads before?[/QUOTE]
You have to start your journey now, my lord.
Soon every add will just be boobs
[QUOTE=bigdoggie;16292024]Am I the only one that has never seen these ads before?[/QUOTE]
I rated you agree.
I see this ad so often it's actually more irritating than anything.
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