Evony banner ads - a bit much for a mmorpg?
I was just wandering the web as is my want at times and I stumbled across the following banner ads for http://www.evony.com. A quick google later and I find that this is some sort of mmorpg! The ads are probably better than the game…
see http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001286.html for more of this ad campaign!
Tags: banner ads, evony, mmorpg
September 27th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
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October 19th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Ah yes, Evony. You can find out more about what they are up to here: http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/10/19/evony-and-bruceongames/
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 am
Just wanted to say I played this game when it “was released”.
It was originally called Civony. Lawsuit by Civilization (whoever it’s owned by now).
The graphics the game uses were pirated from Age of Empires. I’m sure Microsoft has filed legal suit for THAT as well, though I quit the game before that happened. But the building graphics *now* in the game have been changed.
The game was interesting to play, but unlike “good” banner/web games, it HEAVILY rewarded players who were willing to play the game 24/7. I worked with my roommate to do such a feat, but joined a smaller guild to have fun chatting.
4-5 weeks into the game, and our entire guild got steamrolled by one guy who had started (or had friends start) over 50 accounts to “feed” him, and then he began obliterating other players with several “cheap tricks”.
Within 2 days my empire had been reduced from top 50 (out of over 20,000) to rubble.
I vehemently do NOT recommend this game to anyone seeing the banner ads - as the graphics ingame don’t even have hot alluring women. Only the banners.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:47 am
I think it’s too much!
December 10th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
The irony is that Evony doesn’t even have women in it.