IM SO EFFIN SICK of this...

[Rodri]

Does anyone here work in marketing/advertising? Please raise your hand.

As a quick lesson on marketing, advertising campaigns do NOT consist of a guy at a laptop cranking out an image and shooting it to adsense within an hour. Teams of people devise strategies. They bring these to the company (say, Evony) for approval. Then the actual ads are created, based on the company's feedback. These are then also submitted for approval and changes are usually made. Next, they plot out where these ads will be posted, how many, how often, what the budgeting is for this campaign and what the expected returns will be. Finally, a small sampling is often done to test out the response to the campaign, and those results are compiled and studied before the final, main phase of the advertising begins.

Average time for this process is about the two-month mark, give or take, depending on circumstances. Evony promised us two weeks ago it would tone down the ads. By my estimates, they still have a good 6 weeks or so to go before we should expect to see the changed advertisements. In the meantime, the other ads are already made, paid for, scheduled and plotted for placement. I would hardly think it reasonable to expect them to dump all that and simply go without advertising until the revised ads are ready.

Have some patience, people. Results do not occur overnight.

Are we getting a bit touchy on this subject ? To be honest, I would have thought that going by the quality and presentation of the current ads that they were created by one person, using paint or a similar low grade editing tool. I think I could make a better job of it and perhaps I will and post an example here. But I would have to copyright it or it might end up being Evony's next ad campaign.

[FoxyBunny]

If you have the skills to make a new ad for them, by all means you should present it and see if you can get a little something for your trouble. I would be happy to help you find a way to do your submission so that your rights are protected.

But keep in mind, it really does involve more than one person with a paint program. Scheduling out of the ad placement alone can take well over a week. I'm not getting touchy, but it annoys me that so many people expect instant gratification, and I wanted to explain why that isn't possible.

[FoxyBunny]

We are dealing with quite a few cultures here. And not every culture has a good grasp on the others. I don't think it is unreasonable to presume that those who created these ads honestly felt they were appropriate for the target audience and would be appreciated. The fact that they crossed the line is something they had to come to understand.

[logrus]

I am going to deal with the original topic here, and only it. I have discussed this idea with Swansea, and the official word on it is that they are looking into the issue, trying to come up with a solution.

One possible solution might be that any image loaded from a list of websites would automatically be approved. Things do work slowlt around here sometimes so please bear with us.

~L

[abracax]

... B.S.

when are they going to fix it so i can post pics w/o having to wait for mod approval? makes me wanna shiv someone in the kidney with a dull spork.. and im not talkin normal shiving.. IM TALKIN about putting my whole body into it and really drive it home.. FFS ..

I keep telling everyone, ad a sentence to it, hell if you don't want to do that then add !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! or ........................................ it doesn't matter as long as you have enough characters.

[Rodri]

This is a test to see if my picture goes up.



Because I only ever had one blocked before.

[Rodri]

Yep. You just need some text.



Or maybe photobucket is the key.

[drizztix]

I keep telling everyone, ad a sentence to it, hell if you don't want to do that then add !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! or ........................................ it doesn't matter as long as you have enough characters.

i did... i had a full line above EACH PICTURE

[DeSalvionjr]

I am in graphic design industry kindof, i will try making an evony ad for the sake of practice...
(now... should I use aviary, splashup, Gimp, or photoshop for this one...)
Oh, by the way, I license all my work under creative commons so yeah...
you will have to deal with that...

[drizztix]

bah my lil venting fit is over you can lock this thing