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On July 31 2014 04:49 Sn0_Man wrote:Show nested quote +On July 31 2014 04:45 Ru ba wrote:
ok first off all working for microsoft and going to the army is like,not even comparable And this is my whole point. You personally feel like going to the army isn't a normal, reasonable career. It is "not even comparable". You think, specifically, that it is bad. PS @Nixer: The air force reserve is again like one of the least-likely places to suffer combat casualties. Its probably safer to be an air force reservist than to be a construction worker (which admittedly isn't microsoft but the point stands).
As a reservist you only work one weekend a month so you need a full time job to go along with it. Poor example.
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On July 31 2014 04:52 FinestHour wrote:
if mountain dew and doritos just threw more money at video game moba sports we'd be fine make it happen
If only I could order a pizza to support my favorite team or caster and eat on behalf of them.
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its also interesting that a lot of you percieve the army as a company as far as advertising goes because I never looked at it that way,i guess there really is no difference all in all
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On July 31 2014 04:52 Ru ba wrote:Show nested quote +On July 31 2014 04:46 andyrau wrote:On July 31 2014 04:40 Ru ba wrote:
no one is getting worked up,i just asked a question how you people feel about it... well you were obviously worked up enough to make a complaint about it so anyhow, I think you're upset about the way they tried to take advantage of using cgi effects to better relate to the audience (kids that play video games), which is a form of targeted marketing that every competent corporation/organization will abuse. if you claim that don't have any issue with the organization itself nor what it does, then why don't you have a problem with any other company advertising? i have no idea,its just a feeling that I get from watching those kinds of commercials and seeing stuff like air force reserve sponsoring c9 the reason im asking because I dont see this kind of stuff in my country and Im unfamiliar with how people percieve it my intial reaction to it was misstrust,which was the opposite of what a commercial like that should evoke thats why im asking
Thats cuz serbia probably doesn't need more soldiers, in general.
America kinda does, regardless of your opinions on the validity of their use.
On July 31 2014 04:54 Ru ba wrote:
its also interesting that a lot of you percieve the army as a company as far as advertising goes because I never looked at it that way,i guess there really is no difference all in all
In terms of hiring, they don't really have any other choice apart from conscription or some other form of mandated military service.
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im actually not from serbia,im from croatia xd
doesnt matter,sorta same shit tho
anyway yea I get your point of view,I really didnt mean to stir up drama I just wondered what people think about stuff like tht
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On July 31 2014 04:53 Blitzkrieg0 wrote:Show nested quote +On July 31 2014 04:49 Sn0_Man wrote:On July 31 2014 04:45 Ru ba wrote:
ok first off all working for microsoft and going to the army is like,not even comparable And this is my whole point. You personally feel like going to the army isn't a normal, reasonable career. It is "not even comparable". You think, specifically, that it is bad. PS @Nixer: The air force reserve is again like one of the least-likely places to suffer combat casualties. Its probably safer to be an air force reservist than to be a construction worker (which admittedly isn't microsoft but the point stands). As a reservist you only work one weekend a month so you need a full time job to go along with it. Poor example.
I mean its the air force reserve thats sponsoring an "eSport" team (Cloud9) which seemed to be the relevant discussion point. I neither know nor care about "marines" advertisements at nba games lol.
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On July 31 2014 04:52 Ru ba wrote:Show nested quote +On July 31 2014 04:46 andyrau wrote:On July 31 2014 04:40 Ru ba wrote:
no one is getting worked up,i just asked a question how you people feel about it... well you were obviously worked up enough to make a complaint about it so anyhow, I think you're upset about the way they tried to take advantage of using cgi effects to better relate to the audience (kids that play video games), which is a form of targeted marketing that every competent corporation/organization will abuse. if you claim that don't have any issue with the organization itself nor what it does, then why don't you have a problem with any other company advertising? i have no idea,its just a feeling that I get from watching those kinds of commercials and seeing stuff like air force reserve sponsoring c9 the reason im asking because I dont see this kind of stuff in my country and Im unfamiliar with how people percieve it my intial reaction to it was misstrust,which was the opposite of what a commercial like that should evoke thats why im asking
The US military has advertised for years on all mediums and its good they are coming to Esports. Its money into the scene and good for teams. A lot of people in the military are gamers in some way shape or form. You find a lot of guys in the army play D&D, Magic and board games. Like way more that you would ever think. It only seems natural that they might dive into sponsoring a professional Esports team.
The air force specifically needs a large number of technical service members, including people who handle all those planes that fly around, engineers and any other number of high skill professions. Advertising alongside video games only make sense for them.
And in the US there are a huge number of benefits that come with being in the armed services. My brother has gotten all his civilian training for free, his medical expenses are covered and he is well paid in his position at the army base he works at. He has also worked on disaster relief on top of being deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The military isn’t all shooting people. Really, that is the least likely thing you are going to do when you join. Especially the airforce.
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i like when i still see people on Reddit claiming that EU > NA all the time
>ti4 results
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On the topic of "controversial" sponsors...
On July 31 2014 05:15 Elyvilon wrote:
My initial guess is Cloud9 considering their demonstrated willingness to work with non-traditional (energy drink and computer hardware) sponsors. However it also looks at least somewhat possible that they are "title-sponsoring" a team, as in signing the team to their brand rather than just becoming a sponsor.
It could also just be a league team since I assume worlds is occuring sometime soonish and now would be a great time to get ur branding on a LoL team.
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This needs to be here too, as we are discussing sponsors:
Edit: 15s too late lol
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On July 31 2014 05:20 Shaella wrote:
i like when i still see people on Reddit claiming that EU > NA all the time
>ti4 results
EG totally got carried by a Swede
>EU
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On July 31 2014 05:24 itsdamuffinman wrote:This needs to be here too, as we are discussing sponsors: Edit: 15s too late lol
noob down XD
I was baffled how nobody linked it here lol
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On July 31 2014 05:24 Sn0_Man wrote:On the topic of "controversial" sponsors... My initial guess is Cloud9 considering their demonstrated willingness to work with non-traditional (energy drink and computer hardware) sponsors. However it also looks at least somewhat possible that they are "title-sponsoring" a team, as in signing the team to their brand rather than just becoming a sponsor. It could also just be a league team since I assume worlds is occuring sometime soonish and now would be a great time to get ur branding on a LoL team.
Perhaps. Riot has some restrictions about stuff like this, so perhaps its some T2 dota team?
+ Show Spoiler +
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On July 31 2014 05:24 itsdamuffinman wrote:This needs to be here too, as we are discussing sponsors: Edit: 15s too late lol
Will never happen. You cut out other sponsors who don't want to be associated with pornography by accepting their money. This was discussed a long time ago when someone from the FGC wanted to be sponsored by Brazzers and Evo was like "No, not so much please". And if the FGC isn't ok with it, it will never fly in dota.
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howd i not think of that one comeh u jenius
E: jesus tl.net LoL thread delivers:
"My body is ready" has never been so appropriate
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soo ok that's another thing I don't really get
how is it in the interest of a site like youporn to get that kind of exposure
I mean arent these sites techincally sorta like megaupload,piratbay,etc,since user content that people upload there is actually pirated obviously
that shit flys because people dont see the point of prosecuting it because there are a million of these sites or what?
but still it feels like a bad idea to stick your head out like that and actually "sponsor" something
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are you assuming youporn is an illegal business? I'm pretty sure it's not. It's a video collection site, just like many other tubes that are protected (at least in the USA) under safe harbor laws.
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Think of it like youtube. They just provide hosting services, and take stuff down if there are complaints while denying any sort of responsibility and making money off of the advertisements.
Traffic = money.
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youporn is maybe the most known porn site of the world, they hardly can get anymore exposure
And those big porn sites, really don't have pirated content either.
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