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Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.04.15 23:46:55 -
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I ask because I never see ads for it anywhere that I go on the internet. |
Dani Maulerant
Order of the Valkyrie
LOADED-DICE
20
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Posted - 2015.04.15 23:48:57 -
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Now that you mention it, the only place I have seen ads are sites that are already connected to EVE such as the player news sites and such. But I've never been on a regular video games news site, or entertainment page, and seen an EVE ad.
hmmmm.... |
Ned Thomas
Signal Cartel
EvE-Scout Enclave
1581
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Posted - 2015.04.15 23:58:15 -
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Before I subscribed, if I looked up something Eve related (I kept tabs on the game for a while before taking the plunge), I would see banner ads for it everywhere for about 3 days. Like, a fan forum for my favorite football team was covered in them kind of everywhere. Since subscribing a year ago, I haven't seen one.
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Mario Putzo
1186
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Posted - 2015.04.16 00:02:53 -
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EVE advertises itself. |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
21146
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Posted - 2015.04.16 00:13:45 -
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I found Eve long ago when I was googling for a catalytic converter for a 1983 Camaro, and one of the hits was for the Catalyst (yay google!) At first I was all like "ooooooohhhhh spaceships!".. but then I was all like "..oh.. subscriptions.." then later I was all like "OH! Free trial!" and then I was all like "How do I uh the do stuff? Where is the butan? How do I the .. wow red cross.. sweet Ill shoot OMG OMG OMG IM DYING OMG OMG SCREECH SCHREEEECH HULL ALARM BOOOOM Whats this egg thing?" then I paid the things and got the stuff and found friends and learned to play and did the things with the stuff. True story.
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
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Paranoid Loyd
4723
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Posted - 2015.04.16 00:20:29 -
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Everyone always bags on Steam but Steam is how I found Eve.
"Gankers are just other players, not supernatural monsters who will get you if you don't follow some arbitrary superstition. Haul responsibly and without irrational fear." Masao Kurata
Fix the Prospect!!!
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Kaarous Aldurald
Glorious Revolutionary Armed Forces of Highsec
CODE.
12629
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Posted - 2015.04.16 00:23:34 -
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I was introduced to EVE Online not by having ever heard of it before, but by stumbling across someone playing it on a laptop on the library wifi while I assisted a policeman in throwing out a homeless man who was masturbating in the periodicals section.
No foolin'.
"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."
One of ours, ten of theirs.
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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
23627
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Posted - 2015.04.16 00:25:26 -
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Who needs to advertise when the BBC cover nullsec events or the collapse of the EBank. When things like the Guiding Hand Social Club escapade are talked about in the mainstream press, on gaming sites and game forums regardless of their flavour.
Civilized behaviour is knowing that violence is barbaric, but paying other people to do it is business.
Nil mortifi sine lucre.
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Velarra
361
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Posted - 2015.04.16 00:30:12 -
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I recall reading about and seeing advertisements for an upcoming sci-fi mmo Eve Online, on Slashdot. Unfortunately there were only space ships, and at the time you couldn't run it on a PPC G4 based computer. |
Vimsy Vortis
Shoulda Checked Local
Break-A-Wish Foundation
2110
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Posted - 2015.04.16 00:31:46 -
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I used to get a metric buttload of EVE ads everwhere, particularly the "be the villain" ones when that was a thing. Also I remember seeing the Incursion cinema trailer (which was for some reason worse than the regular incursion trailer).
With Valkyrie and DUST (and ostensibly Legion) using money for development I can imagine there not being a tremendous quantity of spare revenue for ad campaigns right now. |
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Nariya Kentaya
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
1883
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Posted - 2015.04.16 00:38:01 -
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Back when battlestar galactica came out and i was like, a wee lad, somehow promoted to a lieutenant of red_wing (at the time was the premier guild for the humans, had alot of server crushing skirmishes against the bigger cylon players, man i love that game if only because lik in EVE everyone knew eachother at the upper levels, like wackomaniac and dropping 1500 dollars on the game to near max out everything), digressing, was always wondering where our players disappeared to during what should be peak hours, later found out about EVE from a guy in game (who i oddly despite it being near 7 years later clearly remember the name of, Ibrahm_Gaunt, dunno why i remember that, bleh bad brain, stop ranting), either way, told me to try EVE, and pick amarr, and after he remotely talked me through the excuse we had of a tutorial, poorly i might add, i got into EVE.
Honestly i think the only reason i stayed on with EVE was because of 2 things, 1) the mining corp i joined had alot of drunk aussies in it, which meant tons of ill-fit, ill-organized, lowsec roams resulting in lots of kills and deaths
and 2) a group of about 6 or 7 players i ended up sticking with across like 8 or 9 corporations over 4 years (still kinda sad drama broke up the band, mostly revolving around dota 2) |
Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
100
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Posted - 2015.04.16 00:38:37 -
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Vimsy Vortis wrote:I used to get a metric buttload of EVE ads everwhere, particularly the "be the villain" ones when that was a thing. Also I remember seeing the Incursion cinema trailer (which was for some reason worse than the regular incursion trailer).
With Valkyrie and DUST (and ostensibly Legion) using money for development I can imagine there not being a tremendous quantity of spare revenue for ad campaigns right now.
As much as I think marketing and 'consultants' waste a metric gluteus-ton of money, you must keep new eyes coming to your product if you have people wandering away, or your subscriber base gets too low before you've realized you're in trouble. |
Zealous Miner
123
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Posted - 2015.04.16 04:05:04 -
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I found out about EVE online while in college. A bunch of my fellow nerd classmates were always huddled over in the corner playing EVE during free periods. I would only glance over every so often to see what was happening. The only ship I ever saw being flown by any of them was the Velator. They were always eager to offer free trials and newbie support to anybody who showed interest in what they were playing though. I started playing after I got out of school. Kind of regret never trying it out back then, but oh well.
That being said I see it being advertised a lot around gaming sites. You can also find it sometimes on news sites like Forbes and such, but then again those sites have done numerous stories on EVE before so I guess it's really not surprising. Anytime you do a search of EVE Online without adequate tinfoil coverage you're going to see their ads all over any typical site with banner ads though.
www.minerbumping.com
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Schmata Bastanold
Imperial Collective
Unsettled.
3049
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Posted - 2015.04.16 04:09:46 -
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Hard to say with AdBlock enabled for everything :)
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Rastafarian God
76
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Posted - 2015.04.16 04:11:27 -
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I used to see Banner ads for it AFTER i started playing. Never before. I cant recall ever seeing an EVE advertisement since then other then on there own sites and social media accounts.
If I knew about eve when it came out, I would have played it from the start but it took 6 years of the game existing to where I finally heard about it in an Off Topic post on a car forum I used to frequent. Word of mouth is why I'm here.
Ive always thought there marketing was a little sub par, but I run ad block on everything other then my phone now so.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
1033
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Posted - 2015.04.16 04:42:39 -
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Paranoid Loyd wrote:Everyone always bags on Steam but Steam is how I found Eve.
I remember for a while when steam was still new and it would poop itself pretty much every time it being sucky. but I haven't had a problem with it in forever. That said it sounds like having an eve account through steam has a few annoyances, but I haven't had to deal with it. Also sounds like a bunch of people seem to join Eve whenever there is a steam sale.
I question the effectiveness of ads. Seeing banner adds for games really does nothing for me. Things like the This is eve trailer, that spread more organically and tell a story seem to be far more effective.
@ChainsawPlankto
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Yang Aurilen
The Mjolnir Bloc
The Bloc
655
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Posted - 2015.04.16 04:57:47 -
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The internet has ads?
Post with your NPC alt main and not your main main alt!
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Rastafarian God
76
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Posted - 2015.04.16 05:01:43 -
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A friend of mine recently switched over to steam for EVE. (not sure how that works though)
Only reason he did it was for the automatic updates so he doesnt have to wait for the game to update when he goes to log in.
Only benifate I can think of. |
Zappity
Stay Frosty.
A Band Apart.
1962
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Posted - 2015.04.16 05:04:54 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:I found Eve long ago when I was googling for a catalytic converter for a 1983 Camaro, and one of the hits was for the Catalyst (yay google!) At first I was all like "ooooooohhhhh spaceships!".. but then I was all like "..oh.. subscriptions.." then later I was all like "OH! Free trial!" and then I was all like "How do I uh the do stuff? Where is the butan? How do I the .. wow red cross.. sweet Ill shoot OMG OMG OMG IM DYING OMG OMG SCREECH SCHREEEECH HULL ALARM BOOOOM Whats this egg thing?" then I paid the things and got the stuff and found friends and learned to play and did the things with the stuff. True story.
This sounds suspiciously like a success story to me.
Edit: Oh, and I've never seen an EVE ad anywhere.
Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec.
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Liafcipe9000
Critically Preposterous
WINMATAR.
35386
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Posted - 2015.04.16 05:21:35 -
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a simple googling of "the largest online battle" reveals the real advertisements.
Critically Preposterous is recruiting! Join the fight!
I am a cat.
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Rastafarian God
76
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Posted - 2015.04.16 05:30:13 -
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Liafcipe9000 wrote:a simple googling of "the largest online battle" reveals the real advertisements.
Problem is that you have to google that. Proper marketing is forced upon you.
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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
217
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Posted - 2015.04.16 06:06:22 -
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I guess as one of the few people on the internets who doesn't use an adblocker I may be in the minority here, but I see ads for Eve all over, in fact I was introduced to Eve via the "Be a Pirate" Eve Online ad. |
Rastafarian God
76
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Posted - 2015.04.16 06:14:12 -
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Dun'Gal wrote:I guess as one of the few people on the internets who doesn't use an adblocker I may be in the minority here, but I see ads for Eve all over, in fact I was introduced to Eve via the "Be a Pirate" Eve Online ad.
To be fair... you have to be someone that doesn't use ad block to know for sure.
Although, there any TV ads? |
Yun Kuai
Justified Chaos
Spaceship Bebop
247
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Posted - 2015.04.16 08:34:09 -
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Rastafarian God wrote:Dun'Gal wrote:I guess as one of the few people on the internets who doesn't use an adblocker I may be in the minority here, but I see ads for Eve all over, in fact I was introduced to Eve via the "Be a Pirate" Eve Online ad. To be fair... you have to be someone that doesn't use ad block to know for sure. Although, there any TV ads?
I started playing at the end of '08. I remember sitting in my apartment eating some ice cream watching G4 when the advertisement came on. It was a pretty quick advertisement, and **** me I didn't have a pen to write down the name of the game. As you can imagine, I watched G4 for the next few days straight wating for that advertisement to come back on. Success! It came on again (******* late I might add) and I was ready with pen and paper.
So yeah, their TV ads did a good job if you can imagine 30secs got me wanting to see the ad again so I can go play the game. Granted, I never saw another advertisement again and like others I haven't seen an ad on the interwebs in a long time.
The "This is EvE" clip would make a perfect 30sec-1min ad. Place it on the syfy network and boom you're getting hundreds of people playing.
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Ro Fenrios
Armilies corporation
Balcora Gatekeepers
78
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Posted - 2015.04.16 14:47:22 -
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Have not seen eve advertizing itself much. First time I learned about it was from a gaming magazine that had article about the complexity and player driven content in the game. That struck my curiosity back then. On silly note though, I work in online retail store and we do have several shops around. We have Eve trailer running in gaming section on big screen among other game trailers even when we do not sell EVE online. |
Oraac Ensor
621
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Posted - 2015.04.16 15:34:50 -
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Online adverts were how I discovered EVE.
Everywhere I went on the Web I kept seeing EVE ads, but I was a Homeworld 2 Complex Mod addict at the time so I didn't at first take much notice. Curiosity eventually got the better of me and I started to read up bits and pieces until I finally plucked up the courage to dive in.
[Edit] But, strangely, I don't remember seeing many ads since joining. A bit odd, that. |
Luna Arindale
Caldari Independent Navy Reserve
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
59
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Posted - 2015.04.16 15:46:30 -
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I think I hear about it my last year of middle school from a friend during a discussion of the biggest online scams, attempted to play it... Failed miserably because it auto set the graphics to highest and my computer at that time was not able to handle that, fast forward to like 2010, 2011 Got into another trial account or two, because of minecraft buddies. Trials ran out, fast forward to December 2012 actually got into eve. However I only ever got ads for eve and still get ads after I have already been subscribed for over 2 years on pretty much every website I go to. I half scream at the ads, I already spend money on this game! I don't want to spend more damnit! |
Nalia White
Tencus
109
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Posted - 2015.04.16 16:03:26 -
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Rastafarian God wrote:I used to see Banner ads for it AFTER i started playing. Never before. I cant recall ever seeing an EVE advertisement since then other then on there own sites and social media accounts.
If I knew about eve when it came out, I would have played it from the start but it took 6 years of the game existing to where I finally heard about it in an Off Topic post on a car forum I used to frequent. Word of mouth is why I'm here.
Ive always thought there marketing was a little sub par, but I run ad block on everything other then my phone now so.
my experience also. actualy i remember when rubicon hit i was always seeing banners on youtube for eve and i think even the trailer as an ad for a clicked video.
also all the eve banners on killboard sites  |
Mdram
Universalis Imperium
The Bastion
0
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Posted - 2015.04.16 16:11:13 -
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used to have tv ads on during BSG on sci-fi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QImCw7WHOc |
Jenshae Chiroptera
1350
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Posted - 2015.04.16 16:11:55 -
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Better question:
Does EVE target market? e.g. Universities, Linux people and such where they will find people who want a more challenging game.
CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids
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High Sec needs a stepping stone to other areas of space, where they can grow
Fozzie is treating a symptom.
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darmwand
Repo.
232
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Posted - 2015.04.16 16:49:10 -
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Jenshae Chiroptera wrote:Linux people
Targeting Linux people with a Windows game would appear to be a bit silly.
"The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp."
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Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
272
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Posted - 2015.04.16 18:05:10 -
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Recognized EvE first time in the comparison threads of E:D and SC forums 2 years ago. But I was not frequenting forums of other games before that, and I don't remember any catching ad in Steam or elsewhere.
I'm my own NPC alt.
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Jenshae Chiroptera
1350
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Posted - 2015.04.16 18:13:53 -
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darmwand wrote:Jenshae Chiroptera wrote:Linux people Targeting Linux people with a Windows game would appear to be a bit silly. EVE ran on Linux, it still does okay with some work arounds. I have run it a lot of Ubuntu 14 and it could be ported into the Ubuntu Software Centre, which would be constant advertising for EVE and reinforce Linux as a gaming operating system.
Valve ports Windows-based games to the Linux platform
CCP - Building ant hills and magnifying glasses for fat kids
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High Sec needs a stepping stone to other areas of space, where they can grow
Fozzie is treating a symptom.
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Mr RiXter
Imperial Collective
Unsettled.
18
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Posted - 2015.04.16 18:14:37 -
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Rastafarian God wrote:A friend of mine recently switched over to steam for EVE. (not sure how that works though)
Only reason he did it was for the automatic updates so he doesnt have to wait for the game to update when he goes to log in.
Only benifate I can think of.
Sorry to break it to your friend but steam updates the eve client once in a blue moon. He'll still have to update the client through the launcher. |
DaReaper
Net 7
1943
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Posted - 2015.04.16 18:26:42 -
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i see eve ad's all over the place. the issue is, i see them due to cookies and google ads going 'oh he checked the eve website, lets him more eve ad's'
OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining!
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BoBoZoBo
Paragon Fury
Tactical Narcotics Team
549
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Posted - 2015.04.16 19:26:06 -
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I would say CCP does a horrible, terrible job at advertising, but I am not sure they are even trying. Seems like they are completely content on wasting money on web banner ads on long time players.
It is really a shame, the IP and Story is so strong and the recent videos are some of the most epic anywhere in gaming. it would be hard to mess up a campaign.
EVE could really use it.
Primary Test Subject GÇó SmackTalker Elite
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Juan Diolosa
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
44
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Posted - 2015.04.16 20:20:19 -
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This is all I saw in the entire thread.
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
1983 Camaro
Z28 w/305 and 4-speed manual tranny, plox thx bai. |
Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
1039
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Posted - 2015.04.17 05:45:42 -
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Rastafarian God wrote:Liafcipe9000 wrote:a simple googling of "the largest online battle" reveals the real advertisements. Problem is that you have to google that. Proper marketing is forced upon you.
and imo is usually ineffective for that reason.
@ChainsawPlankto
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Ocih
Space Mermaids
Somethin Awfull Forums
864
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Posted - 2015.04.17 06:22:44 -
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I see banners for EVE all the time. As well as several other games I already play. |
Escobar Sr
Strategic Resource Management and Consulting
The. Foundation.
0
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Posted - 2015.04.17 07:41:41 -
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Saw [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq2oxt7Nrxo[/url] on Steam and didn't pay much attention, but when [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdfFnTt2UT0[/url] hit me, I just started playing EvE like a madman! |
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Lachesiss
nomnomnom MOAR BABIES
The Pursuit of Happiness
353
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Posted - 2015.04.17 10:59:32 -
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A mate told me about this chick online and told me to type "naked eve".
I typed "naked eve online".
Ive been stuck in this game for 10+ years. "facedesk"
On the third day after your birth myself and my sister's will come to you and decide your fate.
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Celise Katelo
State War Academy
Caldari State
77
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Posted - 2015.04.17 14:09:38 -
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EVE Online, can be found on these two major places:
Tweets
Steam
Also word of mouth 
EVEBoard ...Just over 20million skill points, each skill was chosen for a reason. I closed my eyes & clicked another skill to train... "BINGO...!!!" ... "This time i got something usefull"
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Gaellia Bonaventure
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
3467
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Posted - 2015.04.17 20:44:02 -
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I was sitting in a movie theater one day and saw an advertisement for Eve. Subscribed the next day.
Bring your possibles.
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Freya Sertan
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
40
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Posted - 2015.04.17 21:03:23 -
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Years ago a co-worker of mine offered to let me try EvE out by logging into his character. I did so and then I got blown up nearly immediately after undocking. My co-worker had multiple accounts and really wanted to pod himself. He got me to pilot his capsule and he blew himself up.
He then told me to get into a ship in the hangar. I picked the Raven Navy Issue, because, name. Undocked. He told me to target him and press F1 through F6. I did so.
I was hooked immediately. |
YuuKnow
Lascivious.
936
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Posted - 2015.04.17 22:05:55 -
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I used to see the ads on gamespot.com sometimes. That's all I can remember.
yk |
Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
100
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Posted - 2015.04.17 22:22:18 -
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Gaellia Bonaventure wrote:I was sitting in a movie theater one day and saw an advertisement for Eve. Subscribed the next day.
REALLY? I'd have liked to see which ad they used for that. I first came onboard with Trinity, I think. The video ad for that was quite amazing. |
Gallowmere Rorschach
Enlightened Industries
Goonswarm Federation
995
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Posted - 2015.04.17 22:41:27 -
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I discovered Eve via word of mouth as well, from a former WoW guildmate.
Only after I started playing Eve did I start seeing random ads for it here and there.
Google is clearly working for the NSA. |
Ciel993
Archangels Inc.
End of Natural Lifetime
10
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Posted - 2015.04.18 16:44:10 -
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Yes it does
but the amount of people stayed is another thing. From my experience, all my friends whom I offer them to try EVE were pretty much all gone within a week, so.. |
Eve Solecist
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
2524
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Posted - 2015.04.18 16:45:35 -
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Ciel993 wrote:Yes it does
but the amount of people stayed is another thing. From my experience, all my friends whom I offer them to try EVE were pretty much all gone within a week, so.. Did you play with them?
This one is one of my better posts. You should see the others ....
"I've tried to give up making sexual innuendos. But it's hard, so hard." -RoAnnon
ISD Ezwal > And then Ezwal comes along and takes all that space(s) away.
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flakeys
Arkham Innovations
2834
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Posted - 2015.04.18 18:39:38 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:I found Eve long ago when I was googling for a catalytic converter for a 1983 Camaro, and one of the hits was for the Catalyst (yay google!) At first I was all like "ooooooohhhhh spaceships!".. but then I was all like "..oh.. subscriptions.." then later I was all like "OH! Free trial!" and then I was all like "How do I uh the do stuff? Where is the butan? How do I the .. wow red cross.. sweet Ill shoot OMG OMG OMG IM DYING OMG OMG SCREECH SCHREEEECH HULL ALARM BOOOOM Whats this egg thing?" then I paid the things and got the stuff and found friends and learned to play and did the things with the stuff. True story.
For me it was more like : mine to build a battleship , mine more to build a battleship , mine even more to build a battleship , finally after months building the battleship and once it was done i sat in it for 3 whole jumps.The third jump was right into EC-P8R wich also was my first encounter with null-sec and the term '''gatecamp'' ..... At least i enjoyed it a little longer then you would these days as i didin't have a bookmark for the gate so had to do the extra 15km .
On topic though , nope never seen an add for eve anywhere outside of the eve related sites i visit.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
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flakeys
Arkham Innovations
2834
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Posted - 2015.04.18 18:41:41 -
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Eve Solecist wrote:Ciel993 wrote:Yes it does
but the amount of people stayed is another thing. From my experience, all my friends whom I offer them to try EVE were pretty much all gone within a week, so.. Did you play with them?
Kinda impolite to ask such personal questions don't you think ? 
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
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Eve Solecist
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
2589
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Posted - 2015.04.18 18:46:15 -
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flakeys wrote:Eve Solecist wrote:Ciel993 wrote:Yes it does
but the amount of people stayed is another thing. From my experience, all my friends whom I offer them to try EVE were pretty much all gone within a week, so.. Did you play with them? Kinda impolite to ask such personal questions don't you think ? Sheesh, I hope you're not serious ... :)
This one is one of my better posts. You should see the others ....
"I've tried to give up making sexual innuendos. But it's hard, so hard." -RoAnnon
ISD Ezwal > And then Ezwal comes along and takes all that space(s) away.
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Ciel993
Archangels Inc.
End of Natural Lifetime
10
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Posted - 2015.04.19 02:48:52 -
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Eve Solecist wrote:Ciel993 wrote:Yes it does
but the amount of people stayed is another thing. From my experience, all my friends whom I offer them to try EVE were pretty much all gone within a week, so.. Did you play with them?
Some yes, some no. At the end of the day, they either quit due to over-complicate system (by their standard), or due to "the game is not fun enough". I tried to tell them that after awhile the game can grant the sense of satisfaction and fun like no other game could offer, yet they just look at me and said "after a day of work/school/etc, why the hell would I want to spend my precious free time effort to grind in some binary numbers, when I can easily get some instantaneously satisfaction elsewhere by playing some Moba or other MMOs?"
The point is, for EVE, the strength of advertisement does not matter as much, because the steep learning curve and stock-like fun curve of EVE would filter most of nowadays' players out regardless.
****, am I getting off-topic? |
flakeys
Arkham Innovations
2843
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Posted - 2015.04.19 08:39:54 -
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Eve Solecist wrote:flakeys wrote:Eve Solecist wrote:Ciel993 wrote:Yes it does
but the amount of people stayed is another thing. From my experience, all my friends whom I offer them to try EVE were pretty much all gone within a week, so.. Did you play with them? Kinda impolite to ask such personal questions don't you think ? Sheesh, I hope you're not serious ... :)
I allways am and never was ...
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
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Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
102
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Posted - 2015.04.23 18:25:34 -
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Ciel993 wrote:Eve Solecist wrote:Ciel993 wrote:Yes it does
but the amount of people stayed is another thing. From my experience, all my friends whom I offer them to try EVE were pretty much all gone within a week, so.. Did you play with them? Some yes, some no. At the end of the day, they either quit due to over-complicate system (by their standard), or due to "the game is not fun enough". I tried to tell them that after awhile the game can grant the sense of satisfaction and fun like no other game could offer, yet they just look at me and said "after a day of work/school/etc, why the hell would I want to spend my precious free time effort to grind in some binary numbers, when I can easily get some instantaneously satisfaction elsewhere by playing some Moba or other MMOs?" The point is, for EVE, the strength of advertisement does not matter as much, because the steep learning curve and stock-like fun curve of EVE would filter most of nowadays' players out regardless. ****, am I getting off-topic?
I think the advertising would have to be wide, in order to catch as much initial interest as possible. The game keep those that it will, and others will lapse off, having tried the trial and not found their interest here, but at least they will have experienced it. But if they never hear of it, then instead of a percentage not liking it and not staying, none of them will stay because they didn't know to come here.
And I think the new 'opportunities' new player experiences will help keep more folks. |
Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
102
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Posted - 2015.04.23 21:33:07 -
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Also, there's more competition out there, Star Citizen, Elite: Dangerous, so getting out from among the crowd is important too. One of the things that EVE has as an advertisable advantage is that the expansions are part of the subscription, instead of being an extra charge. EVE doesn't charge for every new feature, while the competition is doing that.
Not being pumped for extra money on top of the subscription is an appealing thing. Some of these game CEOs' minds are still in the Nexus of $1000 jeans, while CCP and EVE's touch on that is in the distant past, circa YC 'long ago'. |
Exe Om
The Grand Assembly
1
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Posted - 2015.04.24 09:17:02 -
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I joined Eve when I saw a banner ad in 2010 feb
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Janeway84
Def Squadron
Pride Before Fall
164
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Posted - 2015.04.24 09:31:07 -
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word on the street!  |
Lloyd Roses
Artificial Memories
970
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Posted - 2015.04.24 10:56:19 -
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Once my roommate dropped by my room and said *I just started playing eve, wanna join?*
Never heard of it, but he had my attention at spaceships and permanent loss. |
Altirius Saldiaro
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
326
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Posted - 2015.04.24 14:28:41 -
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Ive seen a slide ad on a movie screen in a theater once. You know those ads before the previews start? Haven't seen an ad since like that, but it was eye catching and had an entire theater of people seeing it. |
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lost packet
GamCorp
Almost Broken
47
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Posted - 2015.04.24 19:16:47 -
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Joia Crenca wrote:I ask because I never see ads for it anywhere that I go on the internet.
Switch to using Google as a search engine, then you'll see them on every website you ever visit. |
Lord Kalus
Domunation
AII ShaII Perish
0
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Posted - 2015.04.24 19:39:52 -
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I discovered eve because of a banner ad in hotmail in ... 2007 I think? |
Carrie-Anne Moss
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
69
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Posted - 2015.04.25 22:22:55 -
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lost packet wrote:Joia Crenca wrote:I ask because I never see ads for it anywhere that I go on the internet. Switch to using Google as a search engine, then you'll see them on every website you ever visit.
Thats for us eve players... we are talking bout advertising to people that dont know about eve so those banner things would never put an eve banner for them
Omg people, i feel so smart when i read these forums. LOl |
Khan Wrenth
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
134
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Posted - 2015.04.26 12:28:05 -
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I found EvE through word of mouth. I was playing Freelancer online, and lamented on some forum about features I'd love from a space sim. Like, being able to actually fly the battleships in Freelancer, more ships, more variety of ships, this, that, the other, you know how it goes. Someone replied with, "Sounds like you'd like EvE. But be wary of it, it's got graphics that'll probably make your computer cry out for mercy".
I liked what I saw, but I put it aside for two years because my computer was dang near bare-bones at that point and I knew I couldn't run it. A few months after I upgraded to a decently powerful machine, there was some cracked.com article on "The 10 biggest d*ck moves ever done in online gaming". EvE had like, 4 spots on that list. That reminded me, "Oh yeah, there was that game I was going to play".
Since then, almost every article that Cracked does, that involves people being bad or being dumb and online games, EvE gets mentioned somewhere.
I've tried to get friends into it, but I've had no success. The only guy I got to actually play it said he really enjoyed it, but he was broke and he couldn't handle the subscription fees every month.
And before Eve Solecist asks, yes, I played with him.
Let's discuss overhauling the way we get intel in EvE.
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SpaceyJoe Mentat
Kollectorz
0
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Posted - 2015.04.26 14:15:19 -
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Found eve through a BBC article talking about the economy. |
Slavealt
Sheep Can Hear A Zipper From A Mile Away
13
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Posted - 2015.04.27 00:09:28 -
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They need to play this one in movie theaters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTUazuGdTw
Even if EVE gameplay is actually nothing like that, it is flashy enough to get a buttload of new subs.
Hell, I'd buy a ticket to some random movie just to see that on the big screen. |
Glathull
Warlock Assassins
1020
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Posted - 2015.04.27 21:17:37 -
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I saw this somewhere: http://imgur.com/gallery/jj16ThL
Don't remember where. I just thought, "Hmmm. That looks like fun."
I leave ads on because I'm pretty fascinated by how much I get tracked. It always cracks me up when I buy something from Amazon, and then see ads for that item on Facebook for the next 2 weeks. Oops. Sorry guys. Already purchased.
I see EvE banner ads a lot.
I honestly feel like I just read fifty shades of dumb. --CCP Falcon
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Joey Bags
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
11
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Posted - 2015.04.28 05:08:20 -
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I was watching scifi channel and I watched a television advertisement. It was the only ad on tv that I've ever seen for Eve, but it got me.
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BrundleMeth
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
419
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Posted - 2015.04.28 10:47:38 -
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Kaarous Aldurald wrote:I was introduced to EVE Online not by having ever heard of it before, but by stumbling across someone playing it on a laptop on the library wifi while I assisted a policeman in throwing out a homeless man who was masturbating in the periodicals section.
No foolin'.
I remember that !!!
I wasn't homeless, I was just between addresses...
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Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
104
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Posted - 2015.05.12 17:39:25 -
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Hmmm... mid-day here on Denver time, and only 30k active in game. It was 50k at this time a few years back. CCP, lets bring in new folks to experience the new player experience. Gotta advertise, get those eyes and minds to take a trial plunge. |
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Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
1233
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Posted - 2015.05.12 18:41:59 -
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Yeah, they do. I used to see the ads all the time from searching stuff about freelancer.
These days everyone has cookies trackers and ads on the DL so you dont see em as much.
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Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
106
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Posted - 2015.05.19 20:28:18 -
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Hmm, I see advertising for Elite: Dangerous (and I'm guessing we must have EVE gankers there in pvp, they're the ones telling complainers that it's called Elite: Dangerous, not Elite: Safety).
I didn't have anything on the machine to indicate the presence of that game otherwise, so it must be widespread advertising. But really, EVE Online needs more exposure too. |
Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
8533
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Posted - 2015.05.19 21:06:40 -
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I have seen some of their advertisements in the internet and have not seen spaceships on them! Not even one Incursus! Outrageous!
Custom ship skins | Since 2014 | Character creator style "repaint" | Bring back the dream
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Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
106
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Posted - 2015.05.21 00:53:26 -
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I finally saw an EVE Online advertisement... as I was looking up the EVE forums... XD Nope, I'm glad you're seeing them somewhere where new eyes will catch it. |
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
8609
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Posted - 2015.05.21 01:01:30 -
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Quote:Does CCP advertise EVE Online anywhere? Here's an idea for a unique advertising campaign.
I will tattoo the EVE logo on my ****. It would get a lot of exposure in my phallus puppetry videos. Contact my agent for the fee as I don't feel right taking money for my performance art.
Mr Epeen
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. You just saved one of them by typing 'u' instead of 'you'.-á Congratulations, dumbass!
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z'kroh
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2015.05.21 08:11:16 -
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Joia Crenca wrote:I ask because I never see ads for it anywhere that I go on the internet.
No need since EVE is the boredomhole.
Boredomhole is like blackhole, but it pulls all bored people together to experience ultimatum boredom. |
Kitty Bear
Disturbed Friends Of Diazepam
Disturbed Acquaintance
1453
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Posted - 2015.05.21 11:55:20 -
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I've seen Eve advertised on mmorpg.com and it crops up in my steam store browser from time to time too. |
BeBopAReBop RhubarbPie
Love Squad
Confederation of xXPIZZAXx
1735
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Posted - 2015.05.21 20:55:03 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:I found Eve long ago when I was googling for a catalytic converter for a 1983 Camaro, and one of the hits was for the Catalyst (yay google!) At first I was all like "ooooooohhhhh spaceships!".. but then I was all like "..oh.. subscriptions.." then later I was all like "OH! Free trial!" and then I was all like "How do I uh the do stuff? Where is the butan? How do I the .. wow red cross.. sweet Ill shoot OMG OMG OMG IM DYING OMG OMG SCREECH SCHREEEECH HULL ALARM BOOOOM Whats this egg thing?" then I paid the things and got the stuff and found friends and learned to play and did the things with the stuff. True story.
This probably describes eve far too well...
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Velarra
376
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Posted - 2015.05.21 21:11:42 -
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Vimsy Vortis wrote:. Also I remember seeing the Incursion cinema trailer (which was for some reason worse than the regular incursion trailer).
Are you saying there were for a time Eve Incursion trailers, played in theaters, IRL at about that time?
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