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Angryellow,
Posted on: 2010-11-09 14:04 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by Tigra_Swipe
That is pretty cool. Clever.
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Originally Posted by Chocolate_Bacon
Your time. YOUR. Thank you for YOUR time. I've never heard anybody say "Thank you for the time." Maybe, and I mean MAYBE "Thank you for the time we spent together working on that home made cow chucker" or possibly "Thank you for the time of my life I never knew duct tape could hold that much weight."
But by itself? NO. I've had enough. Take it out. I'll do anything you ask, just make it stop. Whew, I feel better. That's been bugging me for a while. |
That's awesome, but I still prefer Nemesis Crunch. 
I want a box of UTOPIOS! Gimmie gimmie! 
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
I want a box of UTOPIOS! Gimmie gimmie!
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Eat right.
Act right.
Think right.
UTOPIOS!
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Originally Posted by Ice_Wall
Everytime NCSoft does something like this, or has one of these cool products that doesn't get made and we learn about through the forums and such, I have to think that it's a missed opportunity.
I would totally buy Utopios and a host of other CoH products. In fact if I were the CoH marketing team, I'd try to get those Pepsi products that were made up in that other thread, made for real, I'd buy those. There is so much money to be made off those of us who would buy that stuff, plus it'd make the brand name more well known. People seeing City Of Heroes cereal might ask around and be like, whoa that's from a game? Where do I sign up? |
The bag of cereal that was pictured in the linked article looks suspiciously familiar...
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Originally Posted by Balanced
I'm from Louisiana. It's Cajun French toast.
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I approve of this cereal. Now, if I could only get my share of the proceeds, ya know, cuz It's my cereal and all
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Originally Posted by ransim
I'd rather have me some Ascendant-O's.
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Originally Posted by twelfth
You know, looking at the packaged cereal, I just assumed that's what Saul did with the leftover Ascendant-Os. Either the Xenonite kills the reviewers (they were going to give bad reviews anyway), or they will get cosmic superpowers (and be indebted to the devs for the favor - good review!). Win-win situation IMO.
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I can't log on until I've had my Utopios and the rest of my complete breakfast. They make me SUPER (or SUPER EVIL).
That's actually seriously cool
but doesn't go all the way... they should put them on supermarket shelves with a a heroclix toy and a trial CD inside
The effect would be so prestigious we'd be able to not only mention, but laugh at, other video games on this forum
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Originally Posted by Ice_Wall
Everytime NCSoft does something like this, or has one of these cool products that doesn't get made and we learn about through the forums and such, I have to think that it's a missed opportunity.
I would totally buy Utopios and a host of other CoH products. In fact if I were the CoH marketing team, I'd try to get those Pepsi products that were made up in that other thread, made for real, I'd buy those. There is so much money to be made off those of us who would buy that stuff, plus it'd make the brand name more well known. People seeing City Of Heroes cereal might ask around and be like, whoa that's from a game? Where do I sign up? |
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Originally Posted by sleestack
I had a box of UTOPIOS in my pantry next to a box of HAMMI-Os. The resulting battle destroyed half my house and I now live under the benevolent dictatorship of UTOPIOS.
ALL HAIL A BALANCED BREAKFAST!! |
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Originally Posted by Ice_Wall
Everytime NCSoft does something like this, or has one of these cool products that doesn't get made and we learn about through the forums and such, I have to think that it's a missed opportunity.
I would totally buy Utopios and a host of other CoH products. In fact if I were the CoH marketing team, I'd try to get those Pepsi products that were made up in that other thread, made for real, I'd buy those. There is so much money to be made off those of us who would buy that stuff, plus it'd make the brand name more well known. People seeing City Of Heroes cereal might ask around and be like, whoa that's from a game? Where do I sign up? |
Personally, I think this is a great, unexpected marketing angle. Kudos to the Marketing team for thinking outside the box (pun intended). It's clever, quick and hits the mark. Granted, it targets one user at a time - unless NCSoft is going into the cereal making biz, I doubt this'll impact the grand scale of things. However, for targeting journalists and other high volume entities, this is a great way to catch the eye of that person.
And, just because I have a need to lay claim on this idea, my buddy in IRON, "Weazel", came up with this idea waaaaay the heck back during Planetside's hey-days in 2003. I give you proof:
...and yes, Thor is my pet Pekingese.
It's an IRON thing.
oh man, why are these not in the NCsoft store??