Discussion: COH/COV for Mac!

I very seriously doubt NCSoft needs a charity drive to buy commercial time. (insert favorite rolleyes graemlin here)

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I would like the developers to research how much it would cost to get air time for these CoX commercials on Spike TV. Then setup a donations web site on pay-pal, or create a special costume peace for sale or something where all monies made from the sale go toward paying for air time commercials for these ads. They are THAT good, I'd put in $10 bucks for it. I'll go buy my copy of mac add on stuff later this week.

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I'd donate for that.

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Already bought the add-on stuff here, too....

...and would gladly toss in $10 to see that those commercials made it to air!

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Same here...get them on air ASAP.

Seriously Devs you guys gotta put these up on TV and Radio. We'd help pay if you needed it, IMO it would generate a lot of business. DOOO EEETTTT!!!!!

Don't shoot me if this has been asked before, but will the Mac version work in Linux? Just curious, because Mac's are now based on the Linux Kernel.

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Don't shoot me if this has been asked before, but will the Mac version work in Linux? Just curious, because Mac's are now based on the Linux Kernel.

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Nope. First, Mac's are based on BSD Unix, which is not the Linux Kernel, they're just both Unix based. Second, the wrapper draws upon the OS X code that isn't just the kernel.

However, if you buy Transgaming's Cedega, you get the same wrapper that they use for the Mac ports, so you'll get the same experience.

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Hey folks,

Check out the latest installment of the Hero vs. Villain Videos.

Hero & Villain Video #3!

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They keep getting better and better! My guts hurt so much from laughing from this last one!

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Seriously Devs you guys gotta put these up on TV and Radio. We'd help pay if you needed it, IMO it would generate a lot of business. DOOO EEETTTT!!!!!

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While they could be the start of real ads...they don't explain what the game is at all. Don't get me wrong, they're funny, they're well done. But it's mostly in-jokes...we recognize the emotes, the costumes, things like day jobs and sidekicking. It works for people who already know the game, might be useful for resparking some interest for those who left the game.

Could they be the core of ads? Definitely. Say, cut them to 20 seconds, then 10 seconds of real ads. And have them describe the real features...Sidekicking lets you team with people who haven't been a hero as long as you, my DayJob gives me bonuses when I'm fighting crime. (A shoe salesman is definitely well-heeled, after all.)

Again, I love these videos. I'm enjoying them very much. But if I showed them to someone who knows nothing about City of Heroes, he's going to go "what"?

'Conclude'??? These are awesome!

ps to the writer: nice adaptation of 'come to the darkside we have cookies'

lol,
me, a Guardianite

10 50's To Date! Check out Titan Sentinel; it got my CoH presence synced online

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Seriously Devs you guys gotta put these up on TV and Radio. We'd help pay if you needed it, IMO it would generate a lot of business. DOOO EEETTTT!!!!!

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While they could be the start of real ads...they don't explain what the game is at all. Don't get me wrong, they're funny, they're well done. But it's mostly in-jokes...we recognize the emotes, the costumes, things like day jobs and sidekicking. It works for people who already know the game, might be useful for resparking some interest for those who left the game.

Could they be the core of ads? Definitely. Say, cut them to 20 seconds, then 10 seconds of real ads. And have them describe the real features...Sidekicking lets you team with people who haven't been a hero as long as you, my DayJob gives me bonuses when I'm fighting crime. (A shoe salesman is definitely well-heeled, after all.)

Again, I love these videos. I'm enjoying them very much. But if I showed them to someone who knows nothing about City of Heroes, he's going to go "what"?

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If you were going to script an ad, then, how would you do it? (Figure the same 30-second constraint, including enough time for the logo and website obligatory shots.) I'm genuinely curious how you'd do the video, since I remember how frustrating it is for me to stay in that 30-45 second constraint while trying to make sure I included everything.

For that matter, NCNC, what might be the odds of using the two winning commercials (heroside/villainside) from the PERC contest? Those were 45 seconds each, and while they don't focus on the Mac side of the game, Leandro and Ravenlore both did great jobs in promoting the game.

I am all for gettings ads for CoH on the air somehow. Granted, affording air time during the Super Bowl might be a bit much, but still...

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I've siad this for months....One TV commercial produced, can even made with the Dev tools to cut production costs, and aired would have a stunning effect. Look at that other MMO that does tv Spots. (they are using Guest Stars imagine how much $$ they forked out for "The Prince of Darkness" he does even Anser the phone for under 5 figures) so anyway only cost would be air time. They could cut costs by buying late night commercial spots. How many gamers or potential gamers are insomniacs?

Ok, my wife who doesn't even play the game loves these vids.
I agree we need radio/tv adds like this or something like it showing the powers and such.

Keep up the funnay!!

Good grief, these things are hilarious! Soooo many funny quotes to take away. Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

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Youtube has better ones.
Hero

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That video kicked botox.

How would I script a 30 second ad? I don't know, it would be tough. Frankly, as fun as these ads are, I'm not sure it's even directly adaptable to a general ad. (Microsoft thought they could do the same sort of thing will Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld, and it didn't work that well.)

If I was going to do an ad, I'd probably go less for the lightness, and maybe go with a fake news report. "Heroes are gathering in Perez Park to fight the Kraken" "Heroman is in Blyde Park fighting Nemesis forces". "The hellions are setting buildings on fire in Steel, and the heroes are busy. we need YOU!"

Announcer is live action, with greenscreen behind showing in game footage.

Yeah...that's how I'd do it, I think.

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Youtube has better ones.
Hero

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That video kicked botox.

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You couldn't use it as a commercial, but damn that gave me chills at spots. Very well done!

Actually, thinking about all this...if NCSoft handed me a small pile of money to market CoH, I'd go for a mixed approach. Part would be viral videos, including these ads, and I'd see about getting permission for other videos that have been made in the past (though there might be soundtrack issues). Don't just trust them to become viral, create some web pages showing them off, and banner ads/rss ads/podcast ads to point to it.

I'd also have a "campaign" of news reports from Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. Use it as a theme for web ads, video podcasts, etc. On the web, you can afford 60 seconds so long as it's entertaining as well as sell.

And yes, some 30 second ads for niche tv (say, scifi channel, spike tv, G4)

Another thing I'd explore...most of those "as seen on TV" ads aren't directly paid for, instead the channels get a percentage of sales (so you get different phone numbers or different web addresses based on the station airing the ad). Could that be used with software?

And last...QVC. Hear me out. QVC sells a LOT of stuff, including a fair amount of computers. Put together a video for them, let them include a CoH free with their computers.

Hi, thanks for all the nice comments on the spots.

I'm sorry...when do we push through walls and stop bullets...and yes we do get paid for stopping super-villians, that's what the game is all about"making money" need to redo these ads and say something about farming or powerlvling...or the the fact that the game is really called "CITY OF WANNABES" (no heroes here)

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I'm sorry...when do we push through walls and stop bullets...and yes we do get paid for stopping super-villians, that's what the game is all about"making money" need to redo these ads and say something about farming or powerlvling...or the the fact that the game is really called "CITY OF WANNABES" (no heroes here)

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Are we playing the same game?

Also, more ads, please.

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I'm sorry...when do we push through walls and stop bullets...and yes we do get paid for stopping super-villians, that's what the game is all about"making money" need to redo these ads and say something about farming or powerlvling...or the the fact that the game is really called "CITY OF WANNABES" (no heroes here)

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Have you ever even tried to play the game? .... I'm guessing that's a no.

Move on to the next superhero gam.... oh wait, you can't. I lol'd.

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Hi, thanks for all the nice comments on the spots.

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You did a fantastic job with them and deserve all the praise that's being tossed around. Excellent work!

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Hi, thanks for all the nice comments on the spots.

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*cedes her spot as possible presenter at HeroCon 2009 to you*

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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*cedes her spot as possible presenter at HeroCon 2009 to you*


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What's HeroCon? And don't concede anything to me of all people.

HeroCon = Bay Area meet & greet with the developers of City of Heroes. Several discussion/Q&A panels about the game, a Live Mission event where folks went running all over the Hyatt and scaring the daylights out of the nice little old ladies who were there for the quilting convention, a big banquet thing, and general chaos, mayhem, and fun.

For HeroCon 2008, I was there as a presenter on how to make videos in CoX. (No, I'm not a developer, nor do I even play one on TV - I'm just a rabid fan who routinely drives the rednames absolutely stark raving insane with questions.)

Given what you pulled off for these, not to mention your vids are official (while mine are not), I think if you were to present on making videos at HeroCon 2009, you'd pull in a REALLY good-sized crowd. Hell, I'd be one of the folks sitting front and center at your presentation going, "How'd you do that?!"

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I really love these ads. I'm gonna wicked sad when they stop.