Re: Your thoughts on in-game advertisements

Hehe

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Re: Your thoughts on in-game advertisements

Starwars posters and such I would be fine with because it adds depth to the environment, but random charity ads would be dumb. They have nothing to do with Starwars, and you never know you might get sued for representing someones logo where they dont like it...

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Re: Your thoughts on in-game advertisements

Maybe if you didn't have a computer, or food, or a family, you'd think differently. To me this sounds a great way of promoting charities for free.

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Re: Your thoughts on in-game advertisements

Of course if you are to put charity ads in the game, you'd have to get permission first. Goes without saying.

As for how to implement them, though, that's a different one. And to be honest, I think Coruscant Red Cross/Amnesty Interplanetary/whatever ads in an SW game would just be silly. It's bad enough that they speak American/British English and live on Earth-like planets if they aren't going to have Earth's organization's, too.

Everything has its place. I've got nothing against charity (I'm a Red Cross volunteer, for crying out loud), but if you're going to include it, include it in opening clips, etc. Play a short Red Cross or Amnesty or Animal Shelter ad before the game starts and I'm fine with that. But during the game? No.

And as a side note, SW seems to be 100% free of ads anyhow, at least in the Civil War, so however you put it, it'd be out-of-place.

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Re: Your thoughts on in-game advertisements

Besides, advertisment generally means that the company that is being advertised has to pay for their ad to be in whatever product it is in. And anyway, seeing the Red Cross in the middle of a massive battle is not really going to get you to give to charity. It will most likely be the last thing on your mind.

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Re: Your thoughts on in-game advertisements

Talon1579 wrote:

Maybe if you didn't have a computer, or food, or a family, you'd think differently. To me this sounds a great way of promoting charities for free.

agreed

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Re: Your thoughts on in-game advertisements

In game AD's don't bother me much at all. Esp if it helps promote the game to thrive and my wallet untouched tongue

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