HLP Network

News:

Thanks to the hard work of rev_posix and Sandwich, the HLP email system has been fixed!  All registration emails from the past few months have been re-sent.  If you still need help, please sign on to Discord and let us know.  The Discord link can be found in the top navbar under the HLP menu. ヾ(´︶`♡)ﾉ

 
« Previous Thread Next Thread »
Print
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Valve doesn't like in game advertising?  (Read 1553 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Kosh

  • A year behind what's funny
  • 210
Valve doesn't like in game advertising?
on: January 13, 2006, 09:25:43 pm
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/40309


I wonder if this is just about trying to get public opinion back after the Steam Debacle.......
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

Brain I/O error
Replace and press any key
 

Offline WMCoolmon

  • Purveyor of space crack
  • 213
Re: Valve doesn't like in game advertising?
Reply #1 on: January 13, 2006, 10:34:04 pm
I've actually seen these ads in de_dust, IIRC.
-C
 

Offline Rictor

  • Murdered by Brazilian Psychopath
  • 29
Re: Valve doesn't like in game advertising?
Reply #2 on: January 14, 2006, 12:22:31 am
What the...?

Is there actually advertising in CS now? Shameless.
 

Offline Fragrag

  • 26
Re: Valve doesn't like in game advertising?
Reply #3 on: January 14, 2006, 03:15:00 am
Haven't played CS nor CSS for some time, but the ads I've seen depended on the server. If you played on a UK2 server, they had some addons that showed UK2 adds. And not to mention the sprays by players.
"On this day...my pants are filled....with joy" -Singh, doing the pants game
My blog, with 'gorillarape' in the url, who wouldn't visit it?!
 

Offline vyper

  • 210
  • The Sexy Scotsman
Re: Valve doesn't like in game advertising?
Reply #4 on: January 14, 2006, 03:26:54 am
It may be because the textures have been overlayed in a messy manner, but those images look Photochopped to me.
"But you live, you learn.  Unless you die.  Then you're ****ed." - aldo14
 

Offline karajorma

  • King Louie - Jungle VIP
  • Administrator
  • 214
    • Karajorma's Freespace FAQ
Re: Valve doesn't like in game advertising?
Reply #5 on: January 14, 2006, 03:37:14 am
Quote from: Kosh on January 13, 2006, 09:25:43 pm
I wonder if this is just about trying to get public opinion back after the Steam Debacle.......

I doubt it. Valve are just pissed off that they aren't getting their hands on any of the money from this.
Karajorma's Freespace FAQ. It's almost like asking me yourself.

[ Diaspora ] - [ Seeds Of Rebellion ] - [ Mind Games ]
 

Offline WMCoolmon

  • Purveyor of space crack
  • 213
Re: Valve doesn't like in game advertising?
Reply #6 on: January 14, 2006, 05:16:48 am
Yeah, I actually thought it was something clever by Valve.

The reason the textures look photoshopped is because the textures are tiled, and I think lighting isn't being applied as much to the ads to make them stand out more. They're also BIG BLARING WHITE on grey/tan.
-C
 

Offline Roanoke

  • 210
Re: Valve doesn't like in game advertising?
Reply #7 on: January 14, 2006, 06:00:54 am
Quote from: karajorma on January 14, 2006, 03:37:14 am
Quote from: Kosh on January 13, 2006, 09:25:43 pm
I wonder if this is just about trying to get public opinion back after the Steam Debacle.......

I doubt it. Valve are just pissed off that they aren't getting their hands on any of the money from this.

my thoughts too.
  

Offline aldo_14

  • Gunnery Control
  • 213
Re: Valve doesn't like in game advertising?
Reply #8 on: January 14, 2006, 09:09:35 am
Quote from: WMCoolmon on January 14, 2006, 05:16:48 am
Yeah, I actually thought it was something clever by Valve.

The reason the textures look photoshopped is because the textures are tiled, and I think lighting isn't being applied as much to the ads to make them stand out more. They're also BIG BLARING WHITE on grey/tan.

Also because any ingame ad is automatically displayed at the highest possible, most visible contrast and colour settings - in other words so it's unavoiadable and also looks completely 'wrong' for any sort of realistic environment (where advertising would be mucky, smeared, torn, worn, scribbled over or have big cocks drawn on it).  Not to mention the sort of obvious geographic problems - I doubt downtown Baghdad would carry adverts for the Sci-fi channel, for example.
Print
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« Previous Thread Next Thread »