Blizzard is obviously great at making commercials and videos. Blizzard is the only MMO I've seen an ad for on TV. For many persons who aren't into the MMO genre the WoW commercials will make them play WoW as their first MMO. And this new community doesn't consider how creative this game is or anything, they just see a very nice and polished game. It's strange there are no more companies advertising for their MMOs.
I think there are NO other MMORPGs that are new-user friendly enough to justity a major ad effort. Most of them are now in decline (EQ1, DAoC, AO, etc), or are far to difficult for the average non-MMORPG person to just jump into (EVE, EQ2, V:SoH, etc).
Bottom line is, a company needs WoW sort of numbers and a WoW sort of game to really make mass advertising viable.
Look to WAR, and maybe AoC, to do some sort of mass advertising near, or shortly after, release.
it's so typical that the people who post here with the biggest sticks up their butts have to turn even the simplest of things into big ol' debates over a whole bunch of who cares
I've only seen the Shatner one, and I didn't really like it. I just don't really like William Shatner though, so that's probably it. Maybe the Mr. T one would be better...I'll keep my eye out for it.
<blockquote><i>Originally posted by a_name</i> <br><b><p>Ok, Mr. T was known for 1 thing that I can recall - The A Team. To get him to advertise says to me they are trying to pull in an older crowd. Shatner is better known to young folks but still not cool unless you watched star trek. I'd say their trend tracking is behind or they got these guys cheap because 80's clothes came back in style and went, it's not a current trend. My opinion is they are sick of their own immature playerbase and recognize that they have turned into the myspace of mmo's. I'm not resubscribing because of their goofy commercial whatchu talking bout foo. LOL @ shatner playing a shaman - did they lose that many of em from taking them from number 1 for pvp down to about 5th that they are pushing them as cool... once i see an ad for druids I can be sure it's an attempt to gain more hybrids to mistreat. The maplestory commercials are more creative <img src="http://images.mmorpg.com/images/emoticons/emt_spin.gif"; alt="" /></p></b></blockquote> <br>
Man, I mean... F00000000L .... you need to bone up on your Mr. T. history!!
1. Mr. T. litterally made Stallone's movie carreer. The same way Darth Vader made Star Wars, Mr. T. made the Rocky movie franchise explode out of this solar system. Ever hear of Clubber Lang?!? Go watch in slow-motion Mr. T. opening 2 cans of Whoop A-- at the same time on Rocky and beating him! Winning the heavyweight championship.
1b. Ever hear of HULK HOGAN?!? Mr. T. Helped make his career at the very start. Hogan stayed on in Pro Wrestling.
2. Mr. T. was also in one of the most classic 1980's era movies a-la Breakfast Club, Less than Zero, all those forever classic 80's movies. Go check out DC Cab. That trailor of him ripping off the car door re-played on TV and in theaters 1 million times.
3. No not the A-Team. THE ONE AND ONLY A-TEAM!!! A TV show with absolutly no sappy romance, gratuitious nudity, over ussage of cussing. Just an action show about... action!!! Dukes of Hazzard, and Knight Ridder come close. No show like the A-Team has ever existed before, nor after. An action show soo good, it does NOT have ro rely on anything else to hold the audiance attention. During its era, A-Team was a phenominon (sp!).
4. Mr. T. was sooo insanely popular during the 1980's he had his own cartoon. And his own action toy. I can still remember the Mr. T. action hero song... LOL!!! "Mr. T! He's cool, he's mean, he's tough! Mr. T!" (repeat chorus with different synonyms for describing cool, mean, and tough)
5. In Asia Mr. T.'s popularity is still insanely high, especially Japan.
6. Some *ahem* stuff about Mr. T., and Dirk Benedict. They both were given a few months to live. Both beat cancer using non-Western medicine. They are some of the most famous Hollywood stars to testify to the truth that the majority of Western medicine is junk. And that there really are cures for cancer.
7. Mr. T. cannot be forgotten by anyone who was between the age of 3-50 during the 1980's. People who are now age 30 and older. In addition, through the power of re-runs, and DVD, and even earlier generations of older siblings, parents, etc... Mr. T.'s popularity has infected newer generations of fans.
Simular to how Hulk Hogan is still insanely popular right now. Even though he's been out of the limelight for years. (His reality show doesn't count lol.)
Bottom line - Blizzard as usual, served up a marketing coup by using Mr. T. as their spokesperson. Even someone who has no idea who Mr. T. is, cannot help but be entertained by his halarious WoW comercial. "Fool! Maybe Mr. T. HACKED World of Warcraft and created an Elf Mohician!!" LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!
Actually, the term is DINS and it stands for Double Income No Sex. It's that period after you graduate and get married that you actually have some money. About five years into it you realize that you've just been throwing your cash away on luxury items because you spend so much time working that you barely get to see your own bed. That's when the real horror sets in and you become aware that 60 hour work weeks are all you have to look forward to for the rest of your life! So no, WoW shouldn't be marketed to this crowd since they barely have time for a 5 minute quickie before going to bed let alone an 8 hour romp through Molten Core.
Sad but true..
That is probably the funniest thing I have ever read.
There are two kinds of people in this world. People who pick their nose.. and liars.
from what I read, they chose shatner and Mr.T because they target two major audiences.
As many of you have suggested, the older audience recognizes them for the shows they did waaaay way back.
The second is the teen/early 20's who know MR.T by the internet Memes involving him. The same goes for shatner. They both have a steady stream of internet jokes regarding them which a younger audience would be very familiar with.
Blizzard really did their research. Those commercials are getting a lot of praise in the marketing community.
after 6 or so years, I had to change it a little...
6. Some *ahem* stuff about Mr. T., and Dirk Benedict. They both were given a few months to live. Both beat cancer using non-Western medicine. They are some of the most famous Hollywood stars to testify to the truth that the majority of Western medicine is junk. And that there really are cures for cancer.
I dont know whats not Western about Chemotherapy, and to say the majority of medicine is junk is just foolish. I'd go into my reasoning but I wouldnt be able to counter Aliens and 9/11 conspiracies when they all came into the equation.
after 6 or so years, I had to change it a little...
<br><b><p><blockquote><em>Originally posted by xplororor</em> <br />
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<p>6. Some *ahem* stuff about Mr. T., and Dirk Benedict. They both were given a few months to live. Both beat cancer using non-Western medicine. They are some of the most famous Hollywood stars to testify to the truth that the majority of Western medicine is junk. And that there really are cures for cancer.</p>
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<p>I dont know whats not Western about Chemotherapy, and to say the majority of medicine is junk is just foolish. I'd go into my reasoning but I wouldnt be able to counter Aliens and 9/11 conspiracies when they all came into the equation.</p></b></blockquote>
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*Sigh*
- I use your own quote against you as proof you did zero research. Dirk Benedict, and Mr. T. did NOT use Chemo, nor any traditional Western medicine at all to get cured of cancer.
- And you have proven my point, LOL! Chemo IS part of traditional Western medicine to treat cancer.
- Not only did Dirk get cured, he went even further than Mr. T. The cure for cancer he found out about was soo incredibly strong, he is able to continue smoking his trademark stogie cigars to this very day, with zero risk of any cancer what-so-ever. He even caused some controversy and got into a fight with some TV producers who did not want him to smoke his stogie cigars during a guest TV appearance. He went off on them - no smoking, no appearance by him. Lawyers talked, and Dirk got his way, smoking all he wanted, during his guest TV apperance.
- In the end, it comes down to you, me, all the lurkers, and posters, here all doing their OWN homework, and research. Here is something to help point the way:
- This is the same/simular cancer cure Dirk found out about. It works so well, the AMA has outlawed it. It's why those doctors are forced to pull a Wolfman Jack. (Wolfman Jack was such a good DJ, who went against the traditional establishment, that the establishment did sheneneghans to keep him off the air. He built a super-tower in Mexico to get around them, and continue his practice.) Hey, the cancer industry is big money. If the cure for cancer were to become too widespread, the AMA would lose a huge industry, and too much milk money.
- If/When you get cancer, it's your choice if you want to go with chemo, or other traditional Western medicine.... with your hair falling out, throwing up, and the other tons of side effects, with roughly a 0% to 55% cure guarantee. I'll take the proven cure, with a 90%-100% guarantee and zero negative side effects. And please re-read my quote that you quoted. I never said ALL Western medicine is junk.
"Traditional Western Medicine" means medicine that is regulated by the AMA, with the attitude of profit before life. Tradition before life. And the mindset that they know it all, and have no need to look at "alternative medicine" which has been practiced for thousands of years, and been proven - for example eating Goji-Berries, drinking SoWuGi (sp!), drinking real milk like Colostrum, and also milk straight from the cow - which is NOT flash pasturized, nor cut with water, nor injected with "extra vitamins" (not the fake garbage milk sold in all American stores) ... yah don't see farmers and Amish keeling over from drinking non-flash pasturized milik LOL! Also consuming royal jelly, and using the cure for cancer which has been known, used, and proven for more than 50 years, etc... etc...
If you feel your life is not worth investigating every option, then that is your choice. Dirk Benedict, and Mr. T. felt differently about their lives, and continue embarrassing official mainstream Western medicine, and doctors by NOT following their traditional treatments.
Almost all the people in my guild that I played WOW with were between 20 to 50 years old. Most of the people I met ingame were around that age range as well, so it always baffles me the perception WOW is a game for little kiddies. Obviously quite a few adults find it enjoyable as well, and so it makes sense to use Mr. T and Shatner.
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Bottom line is, a company needs WoW sort of numbers and a WoW sort of game to really make mass advertising viable.
Look to WAR, and maybe AoC, to do some sort of mass advertising near, or shortly after, release.
eh I found em funny!
these commercials are hillarious
it's so typical that the people who post here with the biggest sticks up their butts have to turn even the simplest of things into big ol' debates over a whole bunch of who cares
Love the Shatner commercial!! That man saved his most brilliant work for his senior citizen years:)
Denny Crane for President 2008
Love those commercials! Realy struck a nerve with my ancient 36 year old self, lol!
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Haha I like the MrT one! Night elf mohawk lmao!
I've only seen the Shatner one, and I didn't really like it. I just don't really like William Shatner though, so that's probably it. Maybe the Mr. T one would be better...I'll keep my eye out for it.
Why didn't they use Chuck Norris? He is always popping up in chat.
<blockquote><i>Originally posted by a_name</i>
<br><b><p>Ok, Mr. T was known for 1 thing that I can recall - The A Team. To get him to advertise says to me they are trying to pull in an older crowd. Shatner is better known to young folks but still not cool unless you watched star trek. I'd say their trend tracking is behind or they got these guys cheap because 80's clothes came back in style and went, it's not a current trend. My opinion is they are sick of their own immature playerbase and recognize that they have turned into the myspace of mmo's. I'm not resubscribing because of their goofy commercial whatchu talking bout foo. LOL @ shatner playing a shaman - did they lose that many of em from taking them from number 1 for pvp down to about 5th that they are pushing them as cool... once i see an ad for druids I can be sure it's an attempt to gain more hybrids to mistreat. The maplestory commercials are more creative <img src="http://images.mmorpg.com/images/emoticons/emt_spin.gif"; alt="" /></p></b></blockquote>
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Man, I mean... F00000000L .... you need to bone up on your Mr. T. history!!
1. Mr. T. litterally made Stallone's movie carreer. The same way Darth Vader made Star Wars, Mr. T. made the Rocky movie franchise explode out of this solar system. Ever hear of Clubber Lang?!? Go watch in slow-motion Mr. T. opening 2 cans of Whoop A-- at the same time on Rocky and beating him! Winning the heavyweight championship.
1b. Ever hear of HULK HOGAN?!? Mr. T. Helped make his career at the very start. Hogan stayed on in Pro Wrestling.
2. Mr. T. was also in one of the most classic 1980's era movies a-la Breakfast Club, Less than Zero, all those forever classic 80's movies. Go check out DC Cab. That trailor of him ripping off the car door re-played on TV and in theaters 1 million times.
3. No not the A-Team. THE ONE AND ONLY A-TEAM!!! A TV show with absolutly no sappy romance, gratuitious nudity, over ussage of cussing. Just an action show about... action!!! Dukes of Hazzard, and Knight Ridder come close. No show like the A-Team has ever existed before, nor after. An action show soo good, it does NOT have ro rely on anything else to hold the audiance attention. During its era, A-Team was a phenominon (sp!).
4. Mr. T. was sooo insanely popular during the 1980's he had his own cartoon. And his own action toy. I can still remember the Mr. T. action hero song... LOL!!! "Mr. T! He's cool, he's mean, he's tough! Mr. T!" (repeat chorus with different synonyms for describing cool, mean, and tough)
5. In Asia Mr. T.'s popularity is still insanely high, especially Japan.
6. Some *ahem* stuff about Mr. T., and Dirk Benedict. They both were given a few months to live. Both beat cancer using non-Western medicine. They are some of the most famous Hollywood stars to testify to the truth that the majority of Western medicine is junk. And that there really are cures for cancer.
7. Mr. T. cannot be forgotten by anyone who was between the age of 3-50 during the 1980's. People who are now age 30 and older. In addition, through the power of re-runs, and DVD, and even earlier generations of older siblings, parents, etc... Mr. T.'s popularity has infected newer generations of fans.
Simular to how Hulk Hogan is still insanely popular right now. Even though he's been out of the limelight for years. (His reality show doesn't count lol.)
Bottom line - Blizzard as usual, served up a marketing coup by using Mr. T. as their spokesperson. Even someone who has no idea who Mr. T. is, cannot help but be entertained by his halarious WoW comercial. "Fool! Maybe Mr. T. HACKED World of Warcraft and created an Elf Mohician!!" LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!
Sad but true..
That is probably the funniest thing I have ever read.
There are two kinds of people in this world. People who pick their nose.. and liars.
from what I read, they chose shatner and Mr.T because they target two major audiences.
As many of you have suggested, the older audience recognizes them for the shows they did waaaay way back.
The second is the teen/early 20's who know MR.T by the internet Memes involving him. The same goes for shatner. They both have a steady stream of internet jokes regarding them which a younger audience would be very familiar with.
Blizzard really did their research. Those commercials are getting a lot of praise in the marketing community.
after 6 or so years, I had to change it a little...
I dont know whats not Western about Chemotherapy, and to say the majority of medicine is junk is just foolish. I'd go into my reasoning but I wouldnt be able to counter Aliens and 9/11 conspiracies when they all came into the equation.
after 6 or so years, I had to change it a little...
<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Munki</i>
<br><b><p><blockquote><em>Originally posted by xplororor</em> <br />
<strong>
<p>6. Some *ahem* stuff about Mr. T., and Dirk Benedict. They both were given a few months to live. Both beat cancer using non-Western medicine. They are some of the most famous Hollywood stars to testify to the truth that the majority of Western medicine is junk. And that there really are cures for cancer.</p>
</strong></blockquote></p>
<p>I dont know whats not Western about Chemotherapy, and to say the majority of medicine is junk is just foolish. I'd go into my reasoning but I wouldnt be able to counter Aliens and 9/11 conspiracies when they all came into the equation.</p></b></blockquote>
<br>
*Sigh*
- I use your own quote against you as proof you did zero research. Dirk Benedict, and Mr. T. did NOT use Chemo, nor any traditional Western medicine at all to get cured of cancer.
- And you have proven my point, LOL! Chemo IS part of traditional Western medicine to treat cancer.
- Not only did Dirk get cured, he went even further than Mr. T. The cure for cancer he found out about was soo incredibly strong, he is able to continue smoking his trademark stogie cigars to this very day, with zero risk of any cancer what-so-ever. He even caused some controversy and got into a fight with some TV producers who did not want him to smoke his stogie cigars during a guest TV appearance. He went off on them - no smoking, no appearance by him. Lawyers talked, and Dirk got his way, smoking all he wanted, during his guest TV apperance.
- In the end, it comes down to you, me, all the lurkers, and posters, here all doing their OWN homework, and research. Here is something to help point the way:
alternativenaturalcancertreatments.com/
- This is the same/simular cancer cure Dirk found out about. It works so well, the AMA has outlawed it. It's why those doctors are forced to pull a Wolfman Jack. (Wolfman Jack was such a good DJ, who went against the traditional establishment, that the establishment did sheneneghans to keep him off the air. He built a super-tower in Mexico to get around them, and continue his practice.) Hey, the cancer industry is big money. If the cure for cancer were to become too widespread, the AMA would lose a huge industry, and too much milk money.
- If/When you get cancer, it's your choice if you want to go with chemo, or other traditional Western medicine.... with your hair falling out, throwing up, and the other tons of side effects, with roughly a 0% to 55% cure guarantee. I'll take the proven cure, with a 90%-100% guarantee and zero negative side effects. And please re-read my quote that you quoted. I never said ALL Western medicine is junk.
"Traditional Western Medicine" means medicine that is regulated by the AMA, with the attitude of profit before life. Tradition before life. And the mindset that they know it all, and have no need to look at "alternative medicine" which has been practiced for thousands of years, and been proven - for example eating Goji-Berries, drinking SoWuGi (sp!), drinking real milk like Colostrum, and also milk straight from the cow - which is NOT flash pasturized, nor cut with water, nor injected with "extra vitamins" (not the fake garbage milk sold in all American stores) ... yah don't see farmers and Amish keeling over from drinking non-flash pasturized milik LOL! Also consuming royal jelly, and using the cure for cancer which has been known, used, and proven for more than 50 years, etc... etc...
If you feel your life is not worth investigating every option, then that is your choice. Dirk Benedict, and Mr. T. felt differently about their lives, and continue embarrassing official mainstream Western medicine, and doctors by NOT following their traditional treatments.
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Almost all the people in my guild that I played WOW with were between 20 to 50 years old. Most of the people I met ingame were around that age range as well, so it always baffles me the perception WOW is a game for little kiddies. Obviously quite a few adults find it enjoyable as well, and so it makes sense to use Mr. T and Shatner.