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Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by NOG (No Other Gods), Nov 5, 2009.

  1. NOG (No Other Gods)

    NOG (No Other Gods) Going to church doesn't make you a Christian

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    Remove all ads!
    So, this has been up on the main page for a little while now, and it's bugged me every time I've seen it:
    Hardcore RPG fans as a target group for sports games and sports betting? Are they serious? I'd think it was a joke except that the ad is actually for online betting.

    Now I know everyone here is different, and I'm sure there are a number of you that are sports fans, maybe even a few that like games like Madden and/or betting on games, but I'd think it's a much smaller group than, oh, a car site, a sports site, or probably about 90% of the rest of the pages online (porn included).

    Anyone else see it as somewhat ridiculous?
     
    NOG (No Other Gods), Nov 5, 2009
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  2. Blades of Vanatar

    Blades of Vanatar Vanatar will rise again Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    I laughed out loud when I 1st saw it. Odd target audience I would think.
     
    Blades of Vanatar, Nov 5, 2009
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  3. Silvery

    Silvery I won't pretend to be your friend coz I'm just not ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    Very wierd!
     
    Silvery, Nov 5, 2009
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  4. 8people

    8people 8 is just another way of looking at infinite ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    [​IMG] Another instance of statistical correllations not necessarily implying causation.

    lies, damned lies and statistics and all that ;)
     
    8people, Nov 5, 2009
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  5. NOG (No Other Gods)

    NOG (No Other Gods) Going to church doesn't make you a Christian

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    Statistical correlation? Like what, that 90% of all sports games are sold on video game websites?
     
    NOG (No Other Gods), Nov 5, 2009
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  6. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    It's more of an ad for search engines than humans, that's the trend these days. In the past years the donations have covered a part of our bill so we could afford not to display this kind of advertising, but the last year has been catastrophic as the donations have pretty much completely stopped coming in, so they're not an income I can rely on to help with the bills any more. It's sad because the SPS accounts are really cheap (less than 3 bucks a month buys you what, 1 or 2 lattes at best?) and I do feel that they're good value for the money, but unfortunately very few of our visitors are willing to support the site with any kind of donations. Heck, most people aren't very willing to support the site even via any of the free means that are available, like buying via our affiliated links, but that's another story...
     
    Taluntain, Nov 5, 2009
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  7. NOG (No Other Gods)

    NOG (No Other Gods) Going to church doesn't make you a Christian

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    Ah, so it was to attract more clicks for the other ads? That makes sense to me.
     
    NOG (No Other Gods), Nov 6, 2009
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  8. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Err, no... certain advertisers put more value on the links to their sites as seen by search engines. So it's all for the benefit of that one advertiser.
     
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  9. NOG (No Other Gods)

    NOG (No Other Gods) Going to church doesn't make you a Christian

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    ... I'll take your word for it. Obviously I don't understand nearly as much about this as you do. :D
     
    NOG (No Other Gods), Nov 6, 2009
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  10. Triactus

    Triactus United we stand, divided we fall Veteran

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    hum, I haven't seen that ad. The ad that makes me laugh is the diet one. ''1 sexy stomach rule : Obey'' and then the picture of someone grabbing their belly fat... not a pretty sight... Do they assume that because we like RPGs, we're fat? :lol:
     
    Triactus, Nov 7, 2009
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  11. NOG (No Other Gods)

    NOG (No Other Gods) Going to church doesn't make you a Christian

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    Probably a safer assumption than that we also like online betting. I mean, statistically speaking...
     
    NOG (No Other Gods), Nov 7, 2009
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  12. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Those damn Evony ads are getting me in trouble at work! :flaming:

    I don't mind scantly clad women scrolling across the bottom of my screen, but the old shrew I work with has taken offense... :bad: I can only check the BoM when she's on break now. :wail:

    I tried logging to the SPS form on the main page, but for some reason, it doesn't function on my work PC. :bang:
     
    Kitrax, Nov 7, 2009
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  13. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    I'll PM you to get it sorted out.
     
    Taluntain, Nov 7, 2009
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  14. Blades of Vanatar

    Blades of Vanatar Vanatar will rise again Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Now they are a hair shy of showing a Beaver shot on the Pink Bikini girl in the Evony ad. The director of our office saw it on my PC, luckily his response was "Nice!", I rather like him, but could of got me in hot-water if a woman walked by.
     
    Blades of Vanatar, Nov 24, 2009
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  15. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    They're on the absolute verge of what still passes as acceptable advertising here. If you find them problematic, my suggestion would be to get an SPS account which allows you to remove all advertising site and boards-wide.
     
    Taluntain, Nov 24, 2009
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  16. Triactus

    Triactus United we stand, divided we fall Veteran

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    Oh yeah? How do we do that?
     
    Triactus, Nov 24, 2009
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  17. Blades of Vanatar

    Blades of Vanatar Vanatar will rise again Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Nice try Tal! :) Maybe I'll talk the wife into that being my X-Mas present!
     
    Blades of Vanatar, Nov 24, 2009
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  18. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Triactus, it tells you in the mail you got at the end of your SPS account set-up. ;) If you need me to resend it, just let me know. Basically you log in with your SPS account details on any SP site page in the "Supporter Login" box on the right side of all pages.
     
    Taluntain, Nov 24, 2009
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