Viral anti-marketing "Don't Buy the Hype"

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Bradylama has done a viral anti-marketing piece. It is provided in Text form here, ready for you to spread. Some snips:<blockquote>What does this mean for the future of NMA and DAC? If the evidence from the blacklisting of RPGCodex and STG are anything to go by, there's a significant possibility that as the hype machine for Fallout 3 kicks into gear, Bethesda will attempt to use DAC and NMA in order to serve as marketing tools, as was the case with STG and STGU. Eventually, when Bethsoft finds that NMA and DAC won't tow the party line, they'll be blacklisted, and Bethesda may possibly even attempt to garner DAC's complacency with meaningless benefits and exclusive info.

The previous statement serves as a warning. If Bethesda does attempt to control NMA and DAC they are sure to be severely dissapointed.

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All of these statements ignored the fact that what fans want isn't the feared "Oblivion with guns," a pen & paper game modeled after d20 instead of GURPS (the system Fallout was originally developed for), or an action spin-off instead of an honest-to-God Fallout sequel with similar gameplay mechanics. Considering Bethesda's attitudes towards NMA, DAC, the Codex, STG, and Elder Scrolls fans, it would appear that they too don't care what the fans want.</blockquote>Link: Thread "Don't Buy the Hype" on NMA
Link: viral anti-marketing piece, .txt-form

 
Ain't NMA already blacklisted? I mean, if it wouldn't, we would get the first-hand info. Not some fucking magazine of unknown origin.
 
Very well written, we could ask for some contradictory on those points by someone at Beth, and publish it too, to keep things fair and square.

But again very well written, I´m impressed.
 
4 days, about 8 hours-worth of research and 3 hours of formulating it into an article. The rest was mostly waiting while I talked to Kharn, VD, and Victor. I also asked Kharn to help me edit the thing, which also took its share of time but was well worth it.

I'm still pissed about misspelling "unknown."
 
wonderful read
really helped educate me as to how fans can mark Oblivion as crap compared to its siblings

thx
 
Well written piece. It just shows that Bethesda is the used car salesman of the PC gaming world, complete with gold tooth and slicked back hair. Funny how all their cars look trick, but if you pop the bonnet all you find is a pile of shit. I wonder how they coax so many people to tow them off the lot?
 
Excellent article. Beth's policies are reminding me of the policies of a campaigning politician; lots of smiles, lots of lies and when they win the election you get the boot in your arse.
 
Too... many... big... words... Too... much... text... Hurt... brain...

But yeah, seriously, good read. Luv it.
 
Like said in previous thread, great read if a bit too verbose.

The reaction on the TES forum Briosa provided a link for is precious , tho'.

Moderator of TES forum said:
Biggest load of BS I've ever had the pleasure of half reading.

Therefore it was deleted.

This thread is equally dumb.
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Nice going, Sparky.
 
Biggest load of BS I've ever had the pleasure of half reading.

Therefore it was deleted.

This thread is equally dumb.
Click to expand...

Wow, just wow. No room for discussion there I guess. If mods were to start deleting all threads that are 'dumb', then a lot of the ES forums would disappear.

Anyways, I really enjoyed reading that Bradylama. There were a few parts that I think didn't quite fit in with the article itself. Saying Oblivion was border-line retarded may be true, but it kinda jumps out at the reader to much if you ask me.

Nevertheless, I very much enjoyed it. It's to bad it's just met with Gestapo moderation on the ES boards, then again I guess it's not really surprising.
 
DirtyDreamDesigner said:
Like said in previous thread, great read if a bit too verbose.

The reaction on the TES forum Briosa provided a link for is precious , tho'.

Moderator of TES forum said:
Biggest load of BS I've ever had the pleasure of half reading.

Therefore it was deleted.

This thread is equally dumb.
Click to expand...

Nice going, Sparky.
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Yeah,amazing that someone can decide how "stupid" the content is when he's been ignorant enough to not even bother to read it properly...talk about dumb.(hope he never checks the reflection in the mirror)
Some claim the FO fans to be an angry,dispiseful bunch...how anyone can claim anyone here to be hostile when someone like that is considered friendly is far from something I can comprehend.
 
Moderator of TES forum said:
Biggest load of BS I've ever had the pleasure of half reading.

Therefore it was deleted.

This thread is equally dumb.
Click to expand...

...

And we're supposed to be the arbitrarily oppressive ones? They delete a thread because it is a "big load of BS" and then lock another one because it is "equally dumb" and *we*'re the meanies?
 
Kharn said:
Moderator of TES forum said:
Biggest load of BS I've ever had the pleasure of half reading.

Therefore it was deleted.

This thread is equally dumb.
Click to expand...

...

And we're supposed to be the arbitrarily oppressive ones? They delete a thread because it is a "big load of BS" and then lock another one because it is "equally dumb" and *we*'re the meanies?
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ye cuz you guyz ban for opiniuuuuuuns!!!1

Also, too verbose, but a good read nonetheless.
 
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