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Rirse posted:I already hate those commercials for that reason, but it also helps they are a very greedy company who tried to copyright the word candy and used anyone who used the word "Candy" or "Saga" on itunes, including Banner Saga, a fantasy strategy game. They are capitalizing on the classic match three game with a slight variance. Right down to the core, its just another bejeweled clone. And, I'm with you; there is no Saga. The story behind the games are your basic "match these jewels to save _____ from the evil ______." But, the levels get harder, and that's where the micro transactions come in! That's where the money lies; the first hit is always free. And the kicker of these cutsey, bubbly commercials? They show them during Law and Order SVU, and other real-life crime shows with graphic dramatizations of murders.
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trunkwontopen posted:They are capitalizing on the classic match three game with a slight variance. Right down to the core, its just another bejeweled clone. And, I'm with you; there is no Saga. The story behind the games are your basic "match these jewels to save _____ from the evil ______." But, the levels get harder, and that's where the micro transactions come in! That's where the money lies; the first hit is always free. They're designed to let you get an hour or two into them before you feel at all like the micro transactions are needed to progress. It's a really insidious implementation of such systems. I had Candy Crush on my phone, but deleted it as soon as the bullshit lawsuit started. Thankfully I'd never given them money.
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Mar 9, 2014 02:35
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I've heard that after a certain level (like 31 or something) it's impossible to win 9/10 times unless you bother your friends for help or pay money.
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Mar 9, 2014 05:13
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Rirse posted:I already hate those commercials for that reason, but it also helps they are a very greedy company who tried to copyright the word candy and used anyone who used the word "Candy" or "Saga" on itunes, including Banner Saga, a fantasy strategy game. How'd that old bullshit turn out for them anyway? They got laughed out of court like they should have, right?
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Mar 9, 2014 05:18
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trunkwontopen posted:They are capitalizing on the classic match three game with a slight variance. Right down to the core, its just another bejeweled clone. And, I'm with you; there is no Saga. The story behind the games are your basic "match these jewels to save _____ from the evil ______." But, the levels get harder, and that's where the micro transactions come in! That's where the money lies; the first hit is always free. It's more than just getting harder, since the board is completely randomized every time, it's often straight-up loving impossible to complete the objectives in the number of moves they give you. gently caress King, gently caress their lovely games, and gently caress everyone that plays them and gives them money. Timett posted:I've heard that after a certain level (like 31 or something) it's impossible to win 9/10 times unless you bother your friends for help or pay money. Yeah, that's about right.
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Mar 9, 2014 05:20
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raditts posted:How'd that old bullshit turn out for them anyway? They got laughed out of court like they should have, right? I think they withdrew the trademark claim, or at least filed the paperwork to withdraw it, late last month.
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Mar 9, 2014 07:49
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Kibayasu posted:I think they withdrew the trademark claim, or at least filed the paperwork to withdraw it, late last month. They withdrew it in North America only. They still have it in Europe. They dumped the saga claim altogether. Supposedly it was targetted at a couple "ripoffs" of their game that showed up on the app store around candy crush's release.
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Mar 9, 2014 14:58
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Mokinokaro posted:Supposedly it was targetted at a couple "ripoffs" of their game that showed up on the app store around candy crush's release. That's some hilarious loving irony right there.
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Mar 9, 2014 18:12
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Vanilla Ice and Kraft Macaroni are doing a terrific job in outdoing Geico's Cheesesteak Shuffle in the "This commercial is so aggressively off-putting that it pisses me off though I can't express exactly why without sounding like a crazy person" department. E: Grin and Tonic posted:"It's 2014 and Vanilla Ice is in a Kraft macaroni commercial." Well, yes, obviously that. But there's something more to it that makes me want to hurt everyone involved. Maybe a combination of the reaction of the mom vs. the reaction of the kid, the question of who they're even advertising to, and that I felt like I got to see it during every other commercial break during NatGeo's "Cosmos" marathon this weekend. (Every OTHER commercial break was that I-Don't-Even-Give-A-poo poo-What-Car-It's-From "Can't Let Go" commercial.) Rahonavis fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Mar 10, 2014 |
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Mar 9, 2014 18:29
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Rahonavis posted:Vanilla Ice and Kraft Macaroni are doing a terrific job in outdoing Geico's Cheesesteak Shuffle in the "This commercial is so aggressively off-putting that it pisses me off though I can't express exactly why without sounding like a crazy person" department. "It's 2014 and Vanilla Ice is in a Kraft macaroni commercial."
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Grin and Tonic posted:"It's 2014 and Vanilla Ice is in a Kraft macaroni commercial." This is the second Vanilla Ice commercial too, as one of the bubblegum ads been using "Ice Ice Baby" for about a year now. [edit] Have to say, the commercial for Brita over the years have ensure I will never use their products ever. Their ads rotate between "water bottles are destroying the planet, drink our water instead" to "sugar water is making you fat, drink our water instead". Rirse fucked around with this message at 03:17 on Mar 10, 2014 |
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Mar 10, 2014 01:00
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Rirse posted:[edit] Have to say, the commercial for Brita over the years have ensure I will never use their products ever. Their ads rotate between "water bottles are destroying the planet, drink our water instead" to "sugar water is making you fat, drink our water instead". That's an odd reason to be mad at advertising, water bottles are wasteful as poo poo.
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Rirse posted:[edit] Have to say, the commercial for Brita over the years have ensure I will never use their products ever. Their ads rotate between "water bottles are destroying the planet, drink our water instead" to "sugar water is making you fat, drink our water instead". ...this is bad?
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Mar 10, 2014 04:48
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I really hope that drat Geico pig gets a TV show soon so that it can crash and burn and we can finally be rid of the drat thing. It's seriously taking the exact same track of being based on a throwaway joke, then morphing into its own character that gets used in completely unrelated commercials, and eventually into its own entity barely connected to the original skit
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Vicas posted:I really hope that drat Geico pig gets a TV show soon so that it can crash and burn and we can finally be rid of the drat thing. It's seriously taking the exact same track of being based on a throwaway joke, then morphing into its own character that gets used in completely unrelated commercials, and eventually into its own entity barely connected to the original skit He should be eaten by the cavemen.
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Mar 10, 2014 20:36
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Mister Kingdom posted:He should be eaten by the cavemen. While the money watches.
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DJExile posted:While the money watches. The money, or the guy on the motorcycle/boat that is made out of money?
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Mar 11, 2014 21:31
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I don't know if anyone else has seen the commercial for this walnut shell cat litter but something that really bugs me about it is that it looks like they digitally altered the actress in it. Her eyes look way too big.
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Mar 11, 2014 22:45
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Chevy decided that the best way to sell a car is to remind you of your dog's mortality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t6bLugtJkQ
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Mar 11, 2014 22:56
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"Oh poo poo I forgot to write a filet o fish commercial. Uhhhh just do the life aquatic with Steve Zissou with a lovely song" -mcdonalds
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Riptor posted:"Oh poo poo I forgot to write a filet o fish commercial. Uhhhh just do the life aquatic with Steve Zissou with a lovely song" -mcdonalds As long as they aren't singing "Give me back that Filet-O-Fish".
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Cruncha muncha. I'm not 7 you grassfuckers. Subway is boycotted for the duration of that promotion.
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ayn rand hand job posted:As long as they aren't singing "Give me back that Filet-O-Fish". Y'know what? That song was god awful, but to this day, I still remember it. And in the world of TV advertising, that's the main goal: To get people to remember your commercials. I can't remember any other McDonald's commercials since then. As far as that company goes, all that i've ever retained from watching their ads is the "Two All Beef Patties Special Sauce Lettuce Cheese Pickles Onions On A Sesame Seed Bun".....and the Filet-o-Fish song.
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skooma512 posted:Cruncha muncha. I'm not 7 you grassfuckers. The first time I heard that commercial, I was walking through a room away from the TV, and I could have sworn they said "Freedom on my sub" instead of "Fritos". I now want to see Subway create The Freedom Sub.
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skooma512 posted:Cruncha muncha. I'm not 7 you grassfuckers. Subway has a seemingly endless ad budget, and all of their ads are inane. Made-up nonsense words, stupid jingles, and a long list of B-level sports figures reading copy in a monotonal voice.
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I remember give me back my filet o fish but I never bought one, so I don't know what exactly McDonald's accomplished
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ElwoodCuse posted:I remember give me back my filet o fish but I never bought one, so I don't know what exactly McDonald's accomplished Even if you've never gone to McDonalds in your entire life the ad was still a success because it grew the brand.  Someday in the far future they'll have advertising plans in museums, sitting next to alchemic transmutation guides and medical texts about balancing the four humors.
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If you've never watched The Pitch- well I don't recommend it, but it did seem to confirm for me that advertising is mostly brand identification padded out with a lot of flimflam.
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Urdnot Fire posted:Chevy decided that the best way to sell a car is to remind you of your dog's mortality: Christ - is she at the vets having him put to sleep in the beginning?
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meatsaw posted:Christ - is she at the vets having him put to sleep in the beginning?
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Urdnot Fire posted:Chevy decided that the best way to sell a car is to remind you of your dog's mortality: It was made for Chevy's Academy Award film contest so its not a proper Chevy ad they intended to air. It also didn't win the contest which is hilarious given the thing that did win is so boring nobody remembers they saw it.
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Gonz posted:Y'know what? That song was god awful, but to this day, I still remember it. And in the world of TV advertising, that's the main goal: To get people to remember your commercials. Amplifying your message, McDonald's had a contest a looong time ago, featuring the whole "Two All Beef Patties Special, etc" song. A record came with a meal (yes, record) and it featured a chorus of sorts singing that song. If you had the record where they completed the song, you won the grand prize. I still remember that to this day. Anyone else? edit: I spell like garbage when I'm ill.
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trunkwontopen posted:Amplifying your message, McDonald's had a contest a looong time ago, featuring the whole "Two All Beef Patties Special, etc" song. A record came with a meal (yes, record) and it featured a chorus of sorts singing that song. If you had the record where they completed the song, you won the grand prize. I still remember that to this day. Anyone else? I remember it, it was like a 45 except it was square and barely thicker than a piece of paper. I think they put them in the Sunday paper, too.
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ElwoodCuse posted:I remember it, it was like a 45 except it was square and barely thicker than a piece of paper. I think they put them in the Sunday paper, too. They sure did, I remember getting one and playing it in my dad's record player. Of course it was one of the ones where they hosed up the song.
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Aren't those just called flexies? I had a bunch of them that were in the back of magazines or books or something in the 80s.
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So here's a fun one, infomercial giant Kevin Trudeau is facing 10-25 years in federal prison for criminal contempt. He also hasn't paid any of his $37,000,000 fine the FTC hit him with a couple years ago. E:More on it here DJExile fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Mar 13, 2014 |
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Another annoying ad, on the radio this time. I don't know if any other states are doing this, but Colorado has an anti-tobacco campaign going right now. The commercial has a guy named Justin getting dumped by his girlfriend over oropharyngial cancer he doesn't even have. It plays during just about every commercial break. Between Flo 'singing' and this one, it's really annoying.
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rockinricky posted:Between Flo 'singing' and this one, it's really annoying. God I hate the progressive commercials on the radio they are all just awful. Shut the hell up about Betsy Ross and her loving bonnet Flo.
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skooma512 posted:Cruncha muncha. I'm not 7 you grassfuckers. I hosed up and caught that song in my head. It's pretty catchy.
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Bugsy posted:God I hate the progressive commercials on the radio they are all just awful. Shut the hell up about Betsy Ross and her loving bonnet Flo. Also kazoos should get you banned from radio for a minimum of 3 months
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