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November 23rd, 2002, 07:33 PM
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A bad idea
After this recent thread {link} in the Space Empires forum, I find it rather...ironic...that the Shrapnel home page is now promoting Space HoRSE with a pop-up ad.
I would have thought Shrapnel was too media-savvy to use such an unpopular and poorly performing form of advertising.
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November 23rd, 2002, 10:05 PM
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Re: A bad idea
They've been pushing Space Horse very heavily- given that it's gotten fairly good Ratings in Computer Games Monthly, among other places, I think that they're trying to get sales roaring along. And I think that we can all agree that Shrapnel making lots of sales = good thing.
All the same, a pop-up ad is rather annoying. . . but hey, I rarely visit the front page- I just bookmark the MB, and I can see a lot more about current core product dev. here anyway. . . 
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November 24th, 2002, 05:12 AM
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Re: A bad idea
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November 25th, 2002, 08:32 PM
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Re: A bad idea
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I think that we can all agree that Shrapnel making lots of sales = good thing.
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I agree, which is why I find the pop-up ads surprising. (Today it's Armored Task Force; I'd only seen Space HoRSE there before.) Ads as annoying as pop-ups can actually reduce sales. At the very least, it will discourage casual visitors from returning to the Shrapnel home page.
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November 26th, 2002, 12:10 AM
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Re: A bad idea
I agree, and risk eternal damnation from all the lovely peeps here at Sharpnel. A pop up is Baaad! Lets all hope this isnt the begining of the end!
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November 26th, 2002, 02:21 AM
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Re: A bad idea
Sure caught me off guard. As much as I appreciate Shrapnel pushing our games, I have to say that a popup on their own site is like preaching to the choir.
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