More Ads that Miss the Mark

Oh no! Anyway...

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Originally Posted by CidHeiral

just remember this is what he thinks is awesome:

https://media4.giphy.com/media/k1h5a...4vc6/giphy.gif

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Hey! I'd do an angel cosplay if we had some actual good looking pieces for it (also need to get me the wings)! :(

It'd make such a good whm glam.

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Originally Posted by Deveryn

I stopped trying to engage a while ago. I just come chat with the peanut gallery on occasion.

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Okay so... I tried googling something for you, which was a gif of someone giving their friend a bowl of popcorn...

But I couldn't find any decent ones, and all the stock photos just look awkward as hell.

Suddenly, I find this.

https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/var/...uct-launch.jpg

Americans have different flavours for popcorn? I thought butter, salt and sugar were the only options!

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

Hey! I'd do an angel cosplay if we had some actual good looking pieces for it (also need to get me the wings)! :(

It'd make such a good whm glam.

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Yes but you’d look good

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Originally Posted by Midareyukki

Okay so... I tried googling something for you, which was a gif of someone giving their friend a bowl of popcorn...

But I couldn't find any decent ones, and all the stock photos just look awkward as hell.

Suddenly, I find this.

https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/var/...uct-launch.jpg

Americans have different flavours for popcorn? I thought butter, salt and sugar were the only options!

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Im intrigued…

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Originally Posted by Midareyukki

Okay so... I tried googling something for you, which was a gif of someone giving their friend a bowl of popcorn...

But I couldn't find any decent ones, and all the stock photos just look awkward as hell.

Suddenly, I find this.

https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/var/...uct-launch.jpg

Americans have different flavours for popcorn? I thought butter, salt and sugar were the only options!

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This is my go-to for these shows.


https://media.tenor.com/8sfnX_WAVYIA...ng-popcorn.gif

Is that a new hairstyle?

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Originally Posted by SturmChurro

Hey! I'd do an angel cosplay if we had some actual good looking pieces for it (also need to get me the wings)! :(

It'd make such a good whm glam.

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hey, I want jetpacks man

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Originally Posted by Midareyukki

Okay so... I tried googling something for you, which was a gif of someone giving their friend a bowl of popcorn...

But I couldn't find any decent ones, and all the stock photos just look awkward as hell.

Suddenly, I find this.

https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/var/...uct-launch.jpg

Americans have different flavours for popcorn? I thought butter, salt and sugar were the only options!

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Dude, we even have popcorn flavors after breakfast cereals like cocoa puffs, lucky charms, cinnamon toast crunch, trix, etc. And if you've ever thought. "Ya know? I would love to buy a container of the milk that's leftover after eating a bowl of fruit loops." We won't disappoint you there either.

Here in the States, our theme is "Congestive Heart Failure".

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Originally Posted by Midareyukki

Okay so... I tried googling something for you, which was a gif of someone giving their friend a bowl of popcorn...

But I couldn't find any decent ones, and all the stock photos just look awkward as hell.

Suddenly, I find this.

https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/var/...uct-launch.jpg

Americans have different flavours for popcorn? I thought butter, salt and sugar were the only options!

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have rainbow popcorn in Australia aswell as those

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Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams

Imagine my shock when I was confronted by the latest marketing stunt for this game that once again makes me ask the question:

Who are you actually trying to appeal to?

Because a handful of teenagers in cosplay espousing...that is certainly not the sort of thing that would have gotten me to try the game back when I started around that age bracket.

It goes without saying that the resources that went into making this could have easily been spent elsewhere and that the marketing could have been easily more economical - a quick clip of something like a CE in Bozja, snippets of a cutscene from a job quest, all more easy to sit through than stuff like this.

FFXIV deserves better representation than ads like this one and the one that was rightfully dubbed the Cocomelon FFXIV crossover tutorial series. Ads like these make me feel embarrassed by association now and would have absolutely made me feel the same way when I was younger.

Please get it together. You're not building rapport with any audience with this or the other "video series."

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"I can't believe we did that, you are cute btw wanna erp?"
"we actually made it to crystal DC, created our catgirl in balmung and visit QS"
"How cool was that?"
"There's no stopping us, we are joining the erp venues tonight"
"We got the ccards and /c/ back together in our profiles"
"We defeated those weirdos who actually play the game lmao with our mog store/casual glams"
"And then.. beat back those normies'
"The normies"
"Yeah o/"
"So what's next, another +18 venue event?"
"I'm ready to spam on all the cities for a whole week"
"This just keeps getting better".
"So ready to jump back in? the DJ on twitch its playing already"
"Yeah!"

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Originally Posted by Deveryn

Is that a new hairstyle?

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It's one of the ones I like in the game, even for other races ^^

And for once, it doesn't look too unflattering in the Forums XD

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Originally Posted by Gemina

Dude, we even have popcorn flavors after breakfast cereals like cocoa puffs, lucky charms, cinnamon toast crunch, trix, etc. And if you've ever thought. "Ya know? I would love to buy a container of the milk that's leftover after eating a bowl of fruit loops." We won't disappoint you there either.

Here in the States, our theme is "Congestive Heart Failure".

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'-' I can't tell if that's amazing or if I should be worried...

I mean. Yay for variety and choice? I guess? But also, are you guys okay? You do eat well, yes?

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Originally Posted by Midareyukki

It's one of the ones I like in the game, even for other races ^^

And for once, it doesn't look too unflattering in the Forums XD

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:D

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'-' I can't tell if that's amazing or if I should be worried...

I mean. Yay for variety and choice? I guess? But also, are you guys okay? You do eat well, yes?

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Some of us do. Many don't. :p

It's America, of course you should be worried.

The Dragoon is quite handsome so I still approves it :)

No, they don't miss the mark with ads, you just don't understand marketing sufficiently enough.

Advertising can be used to target different age groups and demographics. Your demographic is not the only one to present itself in XIV.

Or are you going to try and present yourself as being a bastion and part of the majority once again, and without a shred of evidence to support, need I might say?

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

It's America, of course you should be worried.

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Fries with ice cream?

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Originally Posted by Kaurhz

No, they don't miss the mark with ads, you just don't understand marketing sufficiently enough.

Advertising can be used to target different age groups and demographics. Your demographic is not the only one to present itself in XIV.

Or are you going to try and present yourself as being a bastion and part of the majority once again, and without a shred of evidence to support, need I might say?

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What do you mean no shred of evidence? He often backs his posts with reddit comments, we all know that’s a reliable source, full of experts in multiple fields and definitely where the majority of ffxiv players are and NOT in the actual game.

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Originally Posted by SassyAssassin

Fries with ice cream?




What do you mean no shred of evidence? He often backs his posts with reddit comments, we all know that’s a reliable source, full of experts in multiple fields and definitely where the majority of ffxiv players are and NOT in the actual game.

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Yeah, it's totally the best source of evidence. Sorry, I forgot his research was well thought out, created with brief yet informative posts, and was a very astute observer of sources that he used and cited.

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Originally Posted by Midareyukki

'-' I can't tell if that's amazing or if I should be worried...

I mean. Yay for variety and choice? I guess? But also, are you guys okay? You do eat well, yes?

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On a more serious note, the answer to these questions is no. I live in one of the healthiest states among the fifty, and while this is likely true as you will find more people exercising everywhere you go in comparison to other cities and towns; you will also find far more people gorging themselves at fast food restaurants than you will people in the gyms. Easily. A factor that would remain even if you replaced all the fast food places with gyms. When you go to the store, at least 50% of the shoppers are overweight or obese. Fat acceptance isn't a thing anymore. It is now celebrated. Any free thinker can see that there is depopulation agenda going strong. These people are suffering, and need help, and people cheer them on and clap as they stuff a 2k cinnamon role down their throat half naked. We are doing everything to ensure an early exit for them.

Whats an ad? Pretty well never see commercials anymore, lol. The life of basically only watching streaming services. I persomally dont like commercials in general but is it really worth posting about it?

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Originally Posted by Kaurhz

No, they don't miss the mark with ads, you just don't understand marketing sufficiently enough.

Advertising can be used to target different age groups and demographics. Your demographic is not the only one to present itself in XIV.

Or are you going to try and present yourself as being a bastion and part of the majority once again, and without a shred of evidence to support, need I might say?

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why not, it'd just be another notch on his resume

That needs a guy talking really quickly on the last 3 seconds for disclaimers
"You will be watching cutscenes by yourself 90% of time until you get to the end, most of your friends will get sick of it before you get there".

Not as bad as 'people pretending to play in a E3 presentation' and the cosplays were kinda cute ngl.

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Originally Posted by SassyAssassin

Fries with ice cream?

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I was at a fair last summer and one of the food trucks was selling deep fried Kool-Aid. I am not kidding.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

I was at a fair last summer and one of the food trucks was selling deep fried Kool-Aid. I am not kidding.

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That's it. I'm quitting my job and buying myself a fryer. I have plenty of stuff lying around in my pantry and fridge that people would eat fried.

"We fry it, you buy it!" - Still working on my slogan, but you get the picture.

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Originally Posted by Renalt

I feel like we are bullying him.

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Some of you actually do, believe it or not. I mean, I agree with some of his stuff
but some of you just come in and make an obnoxious comment instead of simply ignoring him.
Dunno, I agreed with him one of his topics about the story and someone said I'm one of his alts
all because I agree with a 'supposed' troll or whatever. Quit getting baited?

Edit: I also agree that the ad is trash but that's not deep lol.

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Originally Posted by Jybril

Some of you actually do, believe it or not. I mean, I agree with some of his stuff
but some of you just come in and make an obnoxious comment instead of simply ignoring him.
Dunno, I agreed with him one of his topics about the story and someone said I'm one of his alts
all because I agree with a 'supposed' troll or whatever. Quit getting baited?

Edit: I also agree that the ad is trash but that's not deep lol.

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I agree that you agree that we all hit agree whenever we signed up for itunes.

To be honest, I did agree with aveyond a few times in regards to parts of the story or the game itself but then it goes out the window whenever he does his hot tamales takes. I think thats the main issue people have with him, besides the unwarranted self-importance thing with speaking as if he knows what the direction this game needs and taking his own opinions as fact, but besides thaaaaat

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Originally Posted by Jybril

Some of you actually do, believe it or not. I mean, I agree with some of his stuff
but some of you just come in and make an obnoxious comment instead of simply ignoring him.
Dunno, I agreed with him one of his topics about the story and someone said I'm one of his alts
all because I agree with a 'supposed' troll or whatever. Quit getting baited?

Edit: I also agree that the ad is trash but that's not deep lol.

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It's not bullying when someone comes in here with an attitude like they're the authority on quality storytelling (meanwhile they've barely had an adult life). :rolleyes: He begs for these responses every single time. I've pointed out as much and he doesn't care to change his approach. It's the very definition of insanity.

Maybe it’s just me but, who cares? It’s just an ad.

Idk. Aren't patch trailers ads as well? I've always seen em as such. And with that in mind XIV has a mix of whacky ads to draw in new folks and serious narrative ads to keep the folks here already coming back for more. Perfect balance really

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Originally Posted by IkaraGreydancer

Idk. Aren't patch trailers ads as well? I've always seen em as such. And with that in mind XIV has a mix of whacky ads to draw in new folks and serious narrative ads to keep the folks here already coming back for more. Perfect balance really

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It really is. We get the same balance of wacky and serious in the game .