[Front Page 24hour Ad] Are we April 1st yet?

Publication par Dorden

And I missed that 24-hour part somehow and wasted my time in this...meh

Publication par ixnorp

Also - if you didn't like Warhammer Online - get over it. It's relevant, targeted advertising. That's like sitting around being ^&*!ed over a Pizza Hut ad because you like Domino's better and then choosing to boycott the site over it. I'd much rather get advertisements for other MMOs or computer-related things than like, life insurance or something.

I disagree with your decision to advertise for Warhammer Online at Wowhead. Blizzard accidentally allowed gold selling ads on their official forums for a while, but realized the mistake and pulled them with an apology. Gold selling is definitely targeted advertising as well, but also objectionable to your user base. I hope that you reconsider your choice of advertiser and material in the future.

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I'm going to chip in my 2cents to say that the skins are fine, but advertising for a game which has very anti-WoW sentiments amoung the people who play it is a poor choice.

Have the people at WoWHead actually played WAR? I imagine they must have atleast tried it. When I played, every other person I met wanted to tell me how much they hated WoW and the reasons why they would never go back, ever. WAR is like the rebound date after someone breaks up with WoW.

Advertise for MMOs, don't advertise for MMOs which openly bag on WoW. Advertise for EVE for example, that's a good MMO which is completely different from WoW, and I see thier advertising dollars all over the place. If I saw a site skin for EVE I'd be more inclined to try that out (again) while still playing WoW, and wouldn't have thought anything wierd about it. (Two very very different games.)

The WAR ad just seems wierd and innapropriate.

Publication par Zhivago

Two things: (edit: Three things)

1) Like I am reading the one post about Dominos vs Pizza Hut and I get Pizza Hut banner ads on my screen. That was awesome!

2) If people are threatening to leave and telling you that you suck and are all like 16 and questioning your business plan: YOU HAVE ARRIVED. And now you know how Ghostcrawler feels.

3) Gold selling ads violate the agreement that official fansites have with Blizzard. It doesn't mean that some site won't show gold sellers just because they feel its wrong. It's a business decision.

Keep up the good work. Get an advert from Champions soon, too.

Publication par silo

Am I missing something? There's an ad on the homepage for something else, but you can easily avoid it and end up at the forums or the database and people are getting all upset about it? What do you guys do when something really annoying happens to you? If you don't like it, don't hover around on the homepage for long and don't click on it.

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QQ

It's free. This website is free to use. Can you people read... FREE to you. If you don't like it, make your own.

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Publication par Skrofler

"Tasteless", "inappropriate", "shameful", "offensive" et cetera.
Are you guys for real?
I don't get how anybody can be that easily offended. Just because you personally don't like WAR, or you're afraid that WoW will lose business? If people try WAR and don't like it they will come back. If people try WAR and like it then WoW will improve to stay in business. WoW improving is a good thing.

Just a word to Wowhead sellers. Don't mind the vocal minority on this one. An ad is an ad and whatever you do there will always be somebody who chooses to take offense. People are just that different.

And a word to the annoyed users... I suggest you do what you likely came here to do - search for items, spells, quests - because when you do, the ad magically disappears. I feel sorry for those of you who couldn't get past the front page because you were too busy gasping in horror.
And yes, I am mocking you. You deserve it.

Publication par MyTie

Buh-bye wowhead! I'll be headed over to WoWDB.com until it's gone.

Nice job selling out, admins. Grow a pair. We're a WoW website, not a sub-par game website.

Yes, they will be missing your subscription. Oh yeah, it was free to begin with. No, I guess you won't be missed after all.

Next.

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QQ
Your kind will not be $%^&ing missed.

QFT

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im downloading the trial now!

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Publication par MyTie

I don't play world of warcraft anymore. I haven't for a long time now. The reason I don' t play is made clearly evident by the people here today. You all have such a sick sense of entitlement and self righteousness that you actually believe the front page of a free website should match your specific desires. The truth is that the owners of wowhead.com can put anything they like there, and it is thier choice. The fact that they do this so you don't have to pay suscriptions, and yet you complain, speaks of your own failing intelligence. Ever single one of you should have done exactly what I did when I saw the ad: 0.3 seconds of WTF, then on with my life. The ones of you who take the time to come here and complain reaffirm what I know about the WoWarcraft society. The vast majority are whiney selfish brats whom I want nothing to do with. I sincerely hope you grow up before you make any attempts at real life. You might be in for more than you bargained for.

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[Front Page 24hour Ad] Are we April 1st yet?

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