Direction of Advertising

[RangerWickett]

Honesty, Matt, part of the problem is that few of the 'cool' illos from the book lend themselves well to the narrow banner format. This thing is just a temporary promo until we put the book on sale at other vendors, at which point I'll swap it out for the 'this is awesome' banner that I'm working on.

Or perhaps, to riff off of Venture Bros., we could use the slogan, "It's Scientastic!"

 

[Kelleris]

Nah, I actually rather like the boobie ad. I just think spiky crotch-protection might be, shall we say, carrying the concept a bit far.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I like pretty girls as much as your average straight girl, but I was rather shocked to see the bare midriff and stringy panties on the Unorthodox Cheerleaders ad... was actually just going to post a thread about it just now...

I always count on EN World to be work safe and grandma safe, I'd say that the Cheerleader ad definitely comes a wee too close to both of those for my taste. It makes me second-guess logging on at work... which I suppose might be a good thing as I'd get more done.

So - pretty much what he said:

I know. But that kind of junk has not been used on enworld before. I like being able to check in at enworld no matter where I'm at, be it work, home, etc. And I like not having to worry if my kids are looking over my shoulder.

Don't get me wrong, I heartily endorse photos of scantily clad and/or provocatively posed women. Just not here.

Oh well. Just figured I'd throw my opinion out there.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

For those following this thread, you may want to check out this one as well:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=156922

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I just think spiky crotch-protection might be, shall we say, carrying the concept a bit far.

Ah, go for it Ryan! If Blackie Lawless and W.A.S.P. could do it in the 80's why can't you do it in the 00's?

Pay no attention to the idiot in the tech room. - Spoony.

 

[Fenris]

Thank you. I'm curious, though, if the hysteria perhaps enticed you to buy.

Unfortunately no. I have yet to buy a PDF. Limited gaming funds, limited uses for them and a bit of reservations over the process of buying them. heck the only thing other than Core I have bought is Grim Tales and Wulf has some awesome GT PDFs out there that I want, but that I can't quite bring myself to order. :\

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

POST AN IMAGE LIKE THAT AGAIN AND I WILL BAN YOU FROM THE SYSTEM! - Spoony.

MM, there was nothing obscene about that picture. It was twisted, but not obscene.

 

[Arnwyn]

Am I the only one who is annoyed at this?

I hope so.

I love the ads. Brilliant advertising, and the only ads so far that have actually made me take notice.

Smart. And easy on the eyes.

 

[Michael Morris]

As I pointed out in PM I very likely overreacted - I only glanced at it for a second and my brain saw something that got me extremely scared I'd lose my new job. The training class instructor was standing behind me at that time so I didn't exactly have time to analyse the thing.

 

[diaglo]

Am I the only one who is annoyed at this?

nope. you are not alone.

i'm this close to turning off sigs and avatars now too.

edit: done. also removed images too. at least until this place returns to sane.