Ads in Counter-Strike?

[WooFerPPK]

sugii wrote..

http://www.engageadvertising.com/case_studies2.html



that makes me sick.

If I saw that in game, I would burn every subway store down for distracting me

[baconman]

they already have ads ingame...

[meowmeow]

Thank you Valve, for not selling-out.

[Mulletâ„¢]

Jared! Jared! Jared!, oh wait, i was thinking Jerry!, screw ads in game, then again dont play on those sellout servers that have ads.

[Vlux]

Dont they already have this in 1.6? I remember this rat server I used to play in with this projected hologram that shows hosting services and whatnot.

[BBG]

I've already seen in-game ads. See, it makes you dl a .mdl file (it looks like a TV screen), then it applies a random texture to the screen and the screens are hung at certain places in the map.

[Jobbeh]

I remember reading that mani mod could now upload custom banners into maps.. i think (if I read it correctly), is that not what they could use as a platform for their ads?



Anyway, I'm glad this isn't supported by valve.

[K0brakai]

Edited by [user="114582"] @ [time="1136949278"]

You have been able to add sprites into maps for years in earlier versions, mainly simply stating a clan's name or something. If you added 2/3 sprites for every map, and simply overwrote them when they needed updating, that would be very similar, except clients already with the sprites will not see the new versions.



It's done by editing the map entities, kinda similar to the way the CPL maps were edited to remove flashbugs, but all it requires is the download of a sprite, as the map is exactly the same.



Look here for more information



Even so, I would hate to think we had to put up with ads in our servers. Things like an ad for the server host company, on a branded server (as opposed to unbranded) would be ok, as the Message of the Day is usually ignored. That would be about my limit though..



The article claims gamers are more attentive than TV viewers, which is true, but gamers are probably not attentive to reading some AD splashed in front of them when in a firefight. Still, in those slack times when dead or in freezetime, they would probably be read.

[Ryosuke T]

LOL. talk about retardness to the next level.



sell out -.-`

[thor2488]

How is this bad? This will allow more people to host servers, because they can defray the cost of the server with advertising... And as long as there's nothing to actually shoot at, how is this any different than your typical spray as a distraction? (Keeping in mind that some ads look like animated people...)

[llamajoe8]

yupp, already play in a dust server where they've got subaway up on the walls all the time



at first i thought it was just a spray, but its been there forever...*sigh*



good marketing strat though i'd say

[MikeJ]

In-game advertising can work in a map where you would expect an ad/billboard, but that office ad is out of place and looks horrible. And on a map like dust? Forget it.



Of course the most popular map in CS history, dust2, has ads on it. But it is somewhat subtle I guess, it's certainly not a large lit up crystal clear subway ad with huge font and bright bulging letters.



I've played plenty of games where I wouldn't mind real ads anymore than the fake ads they replace, but trying to squeeze them into places where ads were never meant to be is just sleezy.

[FLeK0]

This is a sign of CS going BIG, and you people must accept it. Valve is going to introduce Steam to the non-gamers of the internet soon (by offering media content as I heard), so this is kinda inevitable.

[Zips]

FLeK0 wrote..

This is a sign of CS going BIG, and you people must accept it. Valve is going to introduce Steam to the non-gamers of the internet soon (by offering media content as I heard), so this is kinda inevitable.

This doesn't seem to be endorsed by Valve.

[FLeK0]

Edited by [user="3298"] @ [time="1136952045"]

then it's just an amateur move from that company to pay a few local server hosting companies to show those ads .?..