Hard Light Productions Forums
Site Management => Site Support / Feedback => Topic started by: Fury on April 02, 2007, 01:07:26 am
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Political ads are nothing compared to WC CIC ads. With the money they put into ads, they could hire a webdesigner to replace that butt-ugly website of theirs. With our luck these WC CIC ads are pay-per-click ads too. :doubt:
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Well it helps CIC that you get a lot of 404 with theirs :lol:
LOL guess what banner ad appears on this page? The McCain ad, irony... :lol:
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Political ads are nothing compared to WC CIC ads. With the money they put into ads, they could hire a webdesigner to replace that butt-ugly website of theirs. With our luck these WC CIC ads are pay-per-click ads too. :doubt:
INDEED!
(http://www.hexellent.com/files/18/CIC.jpg)
:lol:
You have to see the funny side.
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We need to ****ing do something about this.
EDIT - I see it's alreay been posted. Goddammit I hate the CIC people. It's not like anyone needs Wing Commander any more now that we have WCS.
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You need to learn the fine art of reading previous topics. Namely Ditch the political ads topic. :p Expecting a merge from a moderator anytime now. ;)
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Reading previous topics is not something I'm good at when irritated.
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Chill down a bit. I think it is very humorous that they're more obsessed with us and FreeSpace than with their own pet brand. Have you seen their April fools joke by the way? If not, you should. :D
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It was funny the first few times. Now it's just ****ing annoying that they keep doing the same **** over and over. They arfe a mob of wankers - there must be a way to do something to them.
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Since MatthewPapa owns the AdSense account that is used on both GW and HLP, he's been asked to email the AdSense team to request stop wcnews.com ads from displayed here and GW. Nothing more than that can be done I guess.
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He can do that? Sweet. :D
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Since MatthewPapa owns the AdSense account that is used on both GW and HLP, he's been asked to email the AdSense team to request stop wcnews.com ads from displayed here and GW. Nothing more than that can be done I guess.
That's good. I also wanted to post something about this add. It's not really good when people entering the site and then get this.... :doubt:
It's really hilarious to see which ways they step on to rant against freespace. The niveau is certainly dropping constantly when such actions are already necessary.....
(Edit) I hope that can be stopped quickly. This isn't something minor, there is a 50% chance that this add is coming.. What kind of **** is this ? Community war sponsored by google ?
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Relax guys, it's just the CIC's idea of a good joke. In fact, it's pretty darn funny, especially on this thread :D
I talked to LOAF, and apparently the ad cost them something like two dollars to put up. He was also surprised that the ad was still on the site.
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It's not "pretty darn funny". It's pretty damned irritating.
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Uh, started my own thread on this, then Fury kindly linked me to here, so here ya go... I don't mind having ads like that, except it says "Want something better?"... :wtf: maybe something different, but not better. Anyways, here:
Seen this ad pretty darn often; I'm guessing WC CIC has just clicked the "Advertise on this site" button in the Google ads...
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We need to ****ing do something about this.
EDIT - I see it's alreay been posted. Goddammit I hate the CIC people. It's not like anyone needs Wing Commander any more now that we have WCS.
you are my hero
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So, shall we retaliate?
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No. They are the immature ones who have a problem with FreeSpace. We are above that.
If you want to do something, do it on your own.
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Indeed, I thought this stuff was over years ago.
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It's mildly to massively amusing (depending on your mood), in a pathetic sort of way. It's gone now, regardless.
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If you want to do something, do it on your own.
Certainly not, because that will only be used to reflect against us and you just encourage them to continue it for the next decade. If they have some sort of pervers fun continuing that, let them. There are more important things in life than playing something childish as the "we have a better game than yours, buh !" :wtf:
Just try to get rid of that damn add, since it's coming up all the time !
PS: All first anger in honor, but if the discussion continues in here, may I suggest changing the thread title ? Insults will also not help to make it better :doubt:
(edit) Nevermind, the add really seems to be gone now
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Yeah, the ad is removed.
As for my "If you want to do something, do it on your own." comment, I meant that any trolling or other negativity that anyone wants to direct towards CIC, they do it without HLPs encouragement/backing/consent etc.
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Shouldn't be that much of a surprise. WCNews has always had a hostility towards Freespace and Volition even though they tout the WCSaga mod they're apparently ignorant of SCP and all the user campaigns that improved off of FS2.
But you have to admit, some of this stuff is funny. I did a search on their website for "FS2" and got a lot of hits. One of the more, uh, interesting ones:
FreeLancer 2 to Feature No Controls Whatsoever
In a surprise move last night, Microsoft issued the following statement: "We want to let the gaming public know that we have heard their pleas. Response to the original FreeLancer was overwhelming - and as we gauged fan reaction, we found that the single underlying issue was with the mouse based interface. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that FreeLancer 2 will feature absolutely no control mechanism of any kind."
The original FreeLancer was developed without any provision for a flight stick mode, in the hopes of appealing to a gaming public that by and large regards such hardware as the domain of only 'hard core' flight sim players. FreeLancer 2's take is even more daring - but if succesful, it could cater to the huge percent of the buying public which no longer has a joystick, mouse or keyboard.
Pictured below is an artists rendering of what a computer optimized for the new FreeLancer title will look like:
http://www.wcnews.com/newershots/full/joke-freelancer2.gif
Industry watchdog groups agree that an entirely non-interactive game is a unusual risk - but, as one insider pointed out, it can't suck any harder than those Freespace games.
[LOAF] [# 5388] [Discuss]
Cavities: The Silent Threat
Volition, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAP) announced Wednesday that it would be developing a toothpaste based on its quasi-professional line of space combat sims. The toothpaste, produced in cooperation with a generic foodstuffs corporation, will be on store shelves soon. "We here at Volition all agreed that the awful nebula effect in the original Freespace was really the best thing about the game... so the tie-in was obvious!"
Freespace brand Toothpaste is priced and styled similar to popular brands such as Crest, though it tastes worse, provides less cleaning power and completely lacks any semblance of a story. Still, company officials believe that it will appeal to large demographics, including both stupid fanboys and very stupid fanboys. Added Freespace creator Mike Kulas, "Did we tell you about how big the capital ships are?"
Some in the toothpaste industry, however, are worried - fearing that, as the brand did with the space sim genre, the poor quality of Freespace toothpaste may simply cause people to stop brushing their teeth altogether. Kulas was unconcerned, replying that "seriously, the ships are big. B-I-G big."
Tentative plans call for the addition development of a 'Freespace 2' line of hygiene products, which will be even more derivative and wildly unsuccessful than this initial offering. The current business model calls for Freespace-brand toothpaste to be distributed in two ways: 'regular' toothpaste will be thrown out of speeding cars at bums and hobos, while a 'special edition' will sell for upwards of $50 years after its printed expiration date.
http://www.wcnews.com/newershots/full/joke-toothpaste.gif
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As for my "If you want to do something, do it on your own." comment, I meant that any trolling or other negativity that anyone wants to direct towards CIC, they do it without HLPs encouragement/backing/consent etc.
I know that you meant it that way :) My comment was also adressed to everyone here. As stupid as this entire fight is, it will not stop before someone will finally cease it. If they have so much joy in it, simply let them. But that doesn't mean that any one of us needs to participate or counterattack anything. Everyone doing this as a member/supporter of this community will also act in our name, no matter if it's authorized by the HLP officials or just some troll acting on his own behalf, and that's exactly what we don't want. Hell, at least for me it's to stupid to even waste my time about this crap. The only reason I even dropped into this thread here was because of the ongoing add that would give a bad and false impression to new people on this site.
Oh well, the add is gone, and the rest is senseless. I'd say, let this thread here drop into oblivion :)
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That's cool, no worries :)
I think this particular tale is done. No reason to drag it on so long as the ads are gone.