The irony is that THIS post is the ad for the game. This is an example of pure viral marketing - they know exactly what they’re doing, trick some silly blogger write about how bad the ads are and get everyone who reads that blog pay attention to it that way.
I’ve just seen an ad for this that doesn’t even mention the name of the game. It just says ‘Play now, my lord’
Seriously,they’re using PORN to advertise?
I’ll say that the game has completely nothing to do with boobs…or sex if that’s what they want to attract guys to.
sounds like something horrible that world of warcraft would try
oh wait, that’s exactly what they already do
i really hate those adds, they’re on every freaken website i go to, seriously, at first its a knight, now taking a picture of someones breast and turning THAT into an add to arouse us to get to play. really? just dumb…XD
hahahahaha is that nude advertisement actually real??? so sad…
Yeah the ads are getting more and more overt. I saw one today I wish i took a screen cap of it, it was hilarious. It had the “play now, my Lord” caption, with a woman on all fours wearing no top.
Just wanted to point out for everyone asking about the “Play Discreetly” that every game window on the game (I played it for a while early in this year) has a button you can use to rename the page, so that your tab/window running Evony can be made to say “Annual Finance Report” or whatever would make sense for keeping you out of trouble at work or school.
My opinion has been posted hundreds of times on this thread, so I’ll give just the summary: the ads got retarded. I should mention that “in-game” there is never even a mention of a Queen in any way, it’s a city-builder with complicated advancement and capture rules, no characters and especially no women, nearly naked or otherwise.
Further developments…
Hehe, the Evony ads have been Graph Jammed.
http://graphjam.com/2009/09/11/song-chart-memes-advertisements-cheezburger/
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The ironic thing about the evony ads is that the ads and any discussion of the ads has been banned in the evony forums. I guess evony doesnt mind polluting the internet with it`s deceptive ads but they sure dont want them or any discussion of them on their own site.
Really? I have seen these stupid ads everywhere. Don’t you hate when you are browsing the internet, minding your own business and then BAM!!! HELLO BOOBS! I think this is a disgusting way to advertise. My first thought when I saw this ad was “What is this even for?” My second thought was “I wonder how many husbands/boyfriends, including mine, have seen this?” And then “How many of them have clicked on it thinking it is leading them to porn?” I mean come on. Could the internet get any trashier? Don’t answer that. All I know is that I wouldn’t want my boyfriend running into this ad. Above all my son! It is things like this that snag kids at an early age and then pull them in deeper and deeper until they are addicted and can’t find a way out. So now that stupid little advertisement that was intended for a game that has nothing to do with naked women has ruined them. It would be interesting to see the statistics of how many boys were negatively affected by this ad and how many relationships have been ruined by porn which very well could have started with this disgusting display of online advertising.
Obviously they’re going to go with whatever gets them the most hits. Is it the fault of the advertisers, or the consumers who click teh boobiez? What’s the big deal, anyway? Not a big fan of tomb raider then?
Thanks for this stuff.
I didn’t play them either, every time I see the ads I just move my eye for other thing. Just bore with this kind of ads affected on men.
This picture is the one I get…
she doesn’t even look real.In fact she looks a bit scary…I finally attempted to skip that ad in facebook.
is there a place to report misleading advertisment? i feel like i been fooled a year long with this war system they got in pwi …
im SICK of these stupid adverts! i play evony myself and its nothing at all like what the adverts are showing!
it actually is a good game, you make great friends and the actual gameplay is kinda fun, but they going overboard with there silly adverts.
i have complained twice and i got nothing back, they chose to ignore me!
anyone care to complain too?
So, I actually play this game. And hate the ads. About a month ago, the land started to be clogged with little starter villages by Lords with names like “Boobie”. Many of them didn’t find what they came looking for, and just left. Others may have stayed for the game itself. No idea what percent.
Ironically, I’ve found more female players than male ones who play the game the way it was meant to be played, which may explain why they are trying to improve the balance.
As for the game - LOVE IT! I’ve had a ton of fun playing it, enjoyed the friends I’ve made there a lot, and recommend it to anyone who likes this kind of game. The ads are unfortunate.
Oh, and the discreet play option: you now can change the title in your browser so that the closed window looks work related.