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Title: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on February 04, 2008, 01:13:00 PM
Ey, Dragyn.

I know you don't put up the ads here, but do you get any say in what sort appear on the forum?

Cuz I keep getting political ads, and I know how you hate those.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on February 04, 2008, 01:51:00 PM
Unless I pay them, I'm afraid I have almost no control.

If you really want interesting ads, though, just bear in mind that it's Google ads, so if we say a bunch of weird stuff, weird stuff shows up.

If there's one thing I learned from Concerned, it was the Monkey Chow bit.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 04, 2008, 06:32:00 PM
I get RP or Invader Zim ads....
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 05, 2008, 05:44:00 AM
*laugh!!!*   :D

...
O.O
Concerned monkey chow?
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on February 06, 2008, 09:30:00 AM
Concerned was a webcomic about a game called Half-Life.  In his notes, he made a long, rambling paragraph about monkeys loving monkey chow, just to see what Google ads did with it.

There were many ads for Monkey Chow.

...and I doubt I'm the only one not surprised by your ads, Fox...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 06, 2008, 11:59:00 AM
XD

It doesn't matter what forum I'm on, or what I'm talking about. The topic could be about world peace or something....I always get Zim, RP, or Fox News ads. XD

*looks at the ads now and edits*
Dream of Mirror Online....Fox News....of course.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on February 06, 2008, 12:21:00 PM
Underwear.

I now have ads for underwear. --disturbing ads.

"Top 6 websites for Underwear Girls" !?
"Men's Bikinis"?
"Shop Disposable Underwear"?

I know that the computers here at school use a common gateway IP, and that's how google keeps track of the data it gathers for ads cookies and click thrus, so this stuff is an amalgum of what get's searched/read about here at the college, but this is still a creepy vibe.

I would rather not have acquired this insight into the websurfing habits of my peers, even if it meant another day of Barak Obama's leeringly false smile at the top of this page.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 06, 2008, 01:43:00 PM
I only got that one, once.

Right now the ads I'm looking at are....about the Anti-Christ. O.o
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 06, 2008, 07:19:00 PM
Heh... mine's about Google.

Google Awords (what's that? I do not recognise that word... just one of the many, I suppose.... ?) Pro
Google Search Engines
Google Games
Google Earth

Honestly, I don't recall searching Google, so much as searching on Google...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on February 07, 2008, 12:40:00 PM
Google likes to talk about itself.  It's pompous like that.

Uh, yeah...ya' know, Bloodreaper, I think they have to have been on the computer you were on for that to happen...

All the ads I'm getting right now are either for Google, or sites with the name "Weird Stuff."
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 07, 2008, 04:15:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

A pompous search engine...   ;D

So, you look up stuff "Weird Stuff?"
I do that, a lot, myself... but it never says that, directly.   :)

Right now, I'm on my Mom's login, and it says "Google Earth" here, too, as well as "Google Maps..." and... more about itself...   ;D

I find this topic humerous, actually...   :D
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on February 08, 2008, 01:29:00 PM
Humorous.  Humerous isn't a word at all, whereas humerus is a bone...

Nah, I haven't looked up "Weird Stuff" myself, but apparently someone that uses these computers here at the school has...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 08, 2008, 01:34:00 PM
>.<
Oops... once again, I've done some stupid, random thing that I knew better about.   :P

Seo Keyword Analysis
Free Keyword Analyzer
PPC Affiliated Programs
Google Adwords Pro

Odd...

I guess they must've been bored.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: spookty on February 08, 2008, 05:52:00 PM
... Wow.  I just got this really bizzare ad for Contextual Web Targeting and Crazy Legs Stilts.  I think Google is ON something, man.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 08, 2008, 07:36:00 PM
I'm getting ads for ads.

..... My ads rule. XD
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on February 09, 2008, 10:24:00 AM
And now, I'm getting ads for ads...weird.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 09, 2008, 12:22:00 PM
......

Organic underwear. ....*snrk*
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 09, 2008, 02:10:00 PM
Heh....

Hm....

Mythical Creatures, Mythical Animal, Mythical Beast, Mythical Art...

Not... really all that surprising, actually. ^_^


Title: Re: The ads
Post by: spookty on February 09, 2008, 03:57:00 PM
Meet local se-well that's weird.  I'm confused.

Icebreaker underwear sounds uncomfortable.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on February 10, 2008, 03:11:00 PM
I've got the full spread of aforementioned underwear ads right now, but I think that is in response to this conversation than whatever my fellow academics might have done with this IP.

Seeing that different computers give different results, I have to wonder exactly how many different IPs we have here.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 10, 2008, 03:24:00 PM
Even in all this talk of underwear...I'm STILL getting RP ads. XD Mythological-type stuff....
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on February 10, 2008, 03:44:00 PM
There is only one thing to do!

X-Box, laser squad, freeware, gearhead, gear head, abandonia, abandonware, X-Com, Nintendo, Truck, PSP, Sony, VIAO, Linux, sword, bomb, army, war, empire, space, starship, battleship, ship, battle, bigscreen TV, Warcraft, nuke, nuclear, plasma, reactor, extra life, pirate, ninja, dragon, cabal, comic, internet, pizza!

Edit:Ah. Now I am getting the mythology statues , carvings and art sites. We are saved!
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 11, 2008, 05:49:00 AM
Heh.   ;D

I have the same stuff as last time...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on February 11, 2008, 08:53:00 AM
Yay for the wisdom of Monkey Chow.
Title: UFO Star Wars Lightsaber Monkey Chow Cat Dog Lizar
Post by: bloodreaper on February 11, 2008, 09:27:00 AM
blast, now I'm back to unders, incontinence breifs, specifically.

I will defeat you!

MMO far travel form epic mount gold sale auction sp GP money cash debit credit bank account twing canned goods funny humor space missile station pizza /pizza Anachy Online Ultima Sins of a solar empire hedgemonia Pax Imperia X3 X4 Afterlight Aftershock UFO Star Wars Lightsaber Monkey Chow Cat Dog Lizard poodle graknar chainmail picture sword saber light gatling technology Blackbird.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 11, 2008, 12:26:00 PM
Bah...all I have to do is say something along the lines of Invader Zim, Fox, or Last Chaos.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 11, 2008, 06:40:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

Er... same thing as last time....
Hm...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 12, 2008, 08:51:00 AM
Free cable. I'm getting free cable ads, now. XDD
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on February 12, 2008, 08:52:00 AM
IPhones, Morgages, Fix Internet Explorer, Crazy about Unicorns?, Dragon Staues.

That's more like it! The CS lab must have a seperte IP from the public open labs.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 12, 2008, 03:18:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

Hm... mine's not changing. ^_^

It was different in a different topic - but that's not too surprising...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 13, 2008, 09:02:00 AM
Hm....dragons. I do love dragons, though. It's a bit unusual for me, though. o_o
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 14, 2008, 04:19:00 PM
I've got dragons too, now! ^_^
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 14, 2008, 07:08:00 PM
Fire & Ice Dragons.....bearded dragons....oh, my..Google DOES know me. o_o

Though I'm rather surprised I haven't gotten any Zim and/or Fox-related ads lately.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 14, 2008, 11:03:00 PM
Heh.

I have:
Dragons Fire Mountain
Mega Bloks Dragons
PowerColor X1300 M (don't even know what that means.)
Dragons Mascot.

No ice dragon, for me.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 15, 2008, 07:59:00 AM
I have something about my next boyfriend. O.o

I've never had a boyfriend! How's it supposed to calculate my next one? XD

*Edit* Woo...back to role playing sites. XD
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 16, 2008, 07:06:00 PM
Heh - I don't know, but those're weird... >.<
One time, my mom got an add, for something like that; it just pulled up automatically... then, it started sending her the weirdest text messages... O.o
(They were really scary.)

Dragons!
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 17, 2008, 08:54:00 AM
More role playing.

And one that said "Get your kids outside!"....I kinda chuckled a little bit.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: spookty on February 17, 2008, 09:08:00 PM
Oh great, now I'm getting weird dragon marker pen thingy ads.  Gee, thanks, Fox.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on February 20, 2008, 12:01:00 PM
Yes.  Blame Fox.  Not me.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: spookty on February 20, 2008, 04:28:00 PM
Is anyone else getting ads for the apocalypse? Weird...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 20, 2008, 06:11:00 PM
I beat you all.

For some strange reason, I'm not getting any ads at all. O_O
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 22, 2008, 07:55:00 AM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

Hey, I'm not getting any ads, either.... O.O

Gr...
The one time we're having fun with them...
Why couldn't they disappear, earlier?...   :P
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 22, 2008, 08:29:00 PM
>.>

<.<

Crap. They're catching on.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on February 25, 2008, 12:25:00 PM
It would seem that Proboards is actually trying to make people like their services...

They've gone and "temporarily" hidden ads on this board.  Either it was randomly selected as recipient for a sample, or someone paid them for it.  The note I got was a tad...vague.

On a related note, any of you interested in Live Chat here in the forum?  They're offering it as a "free service"...though I haven't read the fine print on it yet, I'll look at it if ya'll are interested.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on February 25, 2008, 09:19:00 PM
I haven't tried it on my forums..but I think it's a fairly decent IM.

I'm not sure I'd be online the same time as most of ya'll..'twould be a fun experiment, though.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on February 26, 2008, 03:00:00 AM
Oh, I like the sounds of it. ^_^

It might be easier than having to switch to gmail everytime someone I know, who has gmail, gets on, for the sake of the chats.

Do you think you'll try it?
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on March 02, 2008, 03:37:00 PM
might be better for those among us who use the PM system to chat with other users who are on, but I wouldn't use it myself.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 02, 2008, 05:27:00 PM
And here we go back with the ads again. Puzzles....of course.

Bah. I'd have to agree with the PM bit. It's a tad annoying at times, but for ones like me who'd only use it to ask a question or two, it wouldn't seem to hold much purpose. It's up to you. If you think we're chatty enough, go ahead. ^_^
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 02, 2008, 07:20:00 PM
Well, if it were there, I'd say hi to others, through it, when they were on, when I had the time...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on March 03, 2008, 09:41:00 AM
Well, then, the consensus seems to be that I should try it out.  I'll look into that later, when I have the time.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 03, 2008, 03:49:00 PM
I'm afraid I may have tided that over with the fact that I might just be chatty enough for the whole of us... >.<

?

Riddle, Mazes, Printable Word Puzzle, Make a Word Search...
Is that what you have, Fox?
What does everyone else have?
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: mrlddragon on March 04, 2008, 07:50:00 PM
personally, i think AIM is the best for chatting ^.=.^
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 04, 2008, 09:38:00 PM
The chat he's talking about is a Java ap for the forum. ^^;

Welcome, by the way. Here..have a complementary moofie! =D *tosses one at ya'*
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: mrlddragon on March 05, 2008, 10:33:00 AM
oooooooo!!! muffin
*sits in a corner fawning over the precious muffin*
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 05, 2008, 06:22:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

A moofie is actually a cookie-muffin.   ;D
(It started when the Cookiemonster was obsessed over muffins...)
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 05, 2008, 06:38:00 PM
Haha...oh, the trends that can be started on forums. XD

My favorite was Dubiland. It's best not to ask.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 06, 2008, 04:11:00 PM
...
Perhaps best not to, but since when have I been the one to choose the best course of action?

?
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on March 07, 2008, 09:15:00 AM
...

No comment, there.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 07, 2008, 11:08:00 AM
Well....it all started when a thread was made over at RPU. The subject of this thread was a song. The song was Dubi Dam Dam (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYTqYVHS1lo).

We love that song to this day, but during the first year or so we were obsessed. So much so that it was brought up in every IM. So..one night, I was IMing with Lith. It was after 1am on my side, and I had just a few dozen too many jelly beans. Lith started something about a candy cane forest..I started something about rocky road cliffs & a Jell-O canyon. After some bits about a mime, Willy Wonka's hat, and planets being giant jawbreakers, we discovered the "Dubisaurus". Basically it was Godzilla with Dubi Dam Dam lyrics painted on it.

Thus Dubiland was born. To this day, I still make references to that.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on March 08, 2008, 01:23:00 PM
That song...is bizzare.  I will admit that I'd never heard of it before--though as an aside, I think I recognize those weird little 3D alien models...

Now that song's gonna' be stuck in my head...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: mrlddragon on March 09, 2008, 11:35:00 AM
the song i've never heard of

but the title sounds like Dom Dadi Doo... it's weird and yet... contagiously catchy

tell me anyone of you've heard of it
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 10, 2008, 02:50:00 PM
I'll say something when it's finished loading.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 11, 2008, 11:09:00 AM
It is catchy, indeed. XD Probably a good thing you didn't know me(or any of us) around that time period. We were as annoying as those 10-year-old Hannah Montana wanna-bes. XD
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 12, 2008, 04:09:00 PM
...
That was a slightly frightening song, to me, actually...   :P
I do not recognise anything from it, either.
What is it about? O.o
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on March 13, 2008, 11:30:00 AM
I don't think it's about anything at all...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 13, 2008, 11:36:00 AM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

Perhaps...
I still like The Llama Song, best... ^_^
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: mrlddragon on March 13, 2008, 11:02:00 PM
*dom dadi doo, dom dom dee doo dee dow*
*dom dadi doo, dom dom dee doo dee dow*
it's catchy though, you've got to admitt it
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 14, 2008, 07:56:00 AM
It's about aliens. =D

Ah....the Llama Song. That was a craze, too. Dubi Dam Dam, Dragostea Din Tei, The Llama Song, and that thing about coconuts. Strange, but catchy.

Personally, I like the song this kid on AFV sang once. I think it went "This is how we do it, we pick out nose & chew it!"

...... >.>; I'm weird.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: mrlddragon on March 14, 2008, 04:16:00 PM
join the club 9.=.6
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 15, 2008, 09:12:00 AM
...
O.O

The things little kids do/sing about... O.o

What are "Dragostea Din Tei, The Llama Song, and that thing about coconuts?"
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 15, 2008, 09:27:00 AM
O.o You forgot the Llama Song that fast, eh? XD

Dragostea Din Tei, better known as "Numa Numa". It's Romanian, but unusually catchy for some reason..even if I have no clue what they're saying. XD The coconut thing...I dunno. I've never heard it all the way through..'cause I hate it. >.<
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 16, 2008, 03:26:00 AM
Oops...   :P

Heh.

I know the Llama Song...
I just used copy-paste to get those things there, and forgot to delete that bit... >.<
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 16, 2008, 08:08:00 AM
Thought that might've been it. XD For a moment there, though, I thought you had memory like mine. XD
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 16, 2008, 07:56:00 PM
Heh...   ;D
If that's the case, then sometimes I do.   :P

Hm... I am getting very strange adds, right now...

Mom Song, Numa Numa Song, Whale Song, and Song Title.
I wonder what "Numa Numa" means, but I'm too afraid to find out. >.<

Actually, I admit -I'm trying to do other stuff, and am in a hurry to write an English paper which I just started, a little while ago...   :P
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 19, 2008, 08:09:00 AM
"Jonas Brothers Stripped"
.....Not sure I want to know about that.

I forget what the song means....I mean..I know what it means, I just don't remember the English translation. XP
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: mrlddragon on March 20, 2008, 07:37:00 PM
"Young Hollywood: it's not about age, it's about attitude"

... o.=.O
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 20, 2008, 10:50:00 PM
Heh...

"Fairytale, Fables, Moral Stories, Fairy Tale Stories."
Hm... I still wonder where my ads come from...   :P
I didn't search any of these things, and I don't think we're talking about them... >.<
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on March 24, 2008, 02:12:00 PM
The joys of adware and search engines...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 24, 2008, 03:38:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

Many joys to be found on the Internet...   ;D

Max Lucado, Max Books, It's not About Me, Lucado Traveling Light...?
Who's Max, and who's Lucado?... (they're one person, aren't they?...)   :P
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 24, 2008, 04:19:00 PM
Max Lucado is a popular Christian writer. I don't know what he writes about, but he writes. XP He's also done a kid's show called "Hermie"..I think. Was that the name? The one with Don Knotts? To...anybody that might know. >.> I helped a lot with the kids' church a while back and that's the only reason I know of it. XD
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on March 25, 2008, 06:06:00 PM
Sounds about right, yeah.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: mrlddragon on March 27, 2008, 02:35:00 PM
it's not about me is a devotional
which i have actually

hey faith, where'd you see that ad?
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 27, 2008, 10:08:00 PM
Don Knotts?...

In the forum ads... there's still one of them about him, for me. Why?
Er... would you mind re-typing those first two lines?... >.<

I've never heard of him, before, that I recall...

Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on March 28, 2008, 08:19:00 PM
Devotionals..I forgot about those. XP

...... I got an ad for psychiatric help, last night. =D
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on March 31, 2008, 09:39:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

I have ads about Fairy tales and stuff, now... O.o
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on April 07, 2008, 01:58:00 PM
I am likewise seeing Max Lucado book adverts. It's a welcome change.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on April 08, 2008, 05:22:00 PM
Heh.   ;D

That's for sure.   :)
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on April 08, 2008, 05:31:00 PM
I'm mostly getting those ads for ads again. >.<

Whatever happened to Godzilla ads? D=
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Gryphor on August 29, 2008, 09:56:00 AM
At least Godzilla was a cool bad guy

Now days villains are as ugly as all get out  
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: spookty on August 29, 2008, 11:08:00 AM
I remember getting an ad for the apocalypse once...  no really.  I had it saved somewhere before the computer got reformatted.

Yeah, and then they turn into robots and suddenly they're all cocky.

Also getting Lucado ads.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on August 29, 2008, 08:29:00 PM
Um... an add about "Birthday Clowns... ... ..."
Mine seem to have no relation to your adds.   ;D
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Gryphor on August 31, 2008, 07:56:00 PM
I am getting a "real age" ad   :P    :P  
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on September 01, 2008, 07:45:00 AM
I get those a lot, too.

I'm getting something for a....Kijiji? o.O
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on September 02, 2008, 08:16:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

This time a round: Sedona Drapery Cleaning, Cough Gaurd, Sedona Ladies... Reiner? and Sedona Upholstery Clean...
Now if I knew what Sedona was...
And a reiner, for that matter... ... ...   :P
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 03, 2008, 07:24:00 AM
Sedona is where fox went. She sent us pictures.

That's probably why Sedona related ads are showing up.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on September 03, 2008, 10:14:00 AM
Well I keep getting ads for Psych. I never even mentioned my love for the show here! O_O They know.....THEY. BLOODY. KNOW. Google is watching us..I swear....
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 03, 2008, 01:08:00 PM
I've never seen the show and I get ads for it.

They are pretty good, but there are flaws in their system.

I got the kijiji ad. It looks like someone is trying to give craigslist a run for their money.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Gryphor on September 04, 2008, 03:03:00 PM
I am getting ads for Baby mama, Grand chase, insurance, Star wars, and Gladiatus.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on September 04, 2008, 04:34:00 PM
I'm getting ads for carpet cleaning, suddenly. o.O
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 06, 2008, 09:19:00 AM
"Used truckmounts"

"Harness the power of the Blackberry"

It's a PDA brand, but still...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on September 06, 2008, 07:22:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

I think the ads are trying to insinuate something toward me... I keep getting these ones about IQ tests...   :P  

And, well, carpet cleaning, also. But... oh wait, my carpet is pretty filthy.
That... could be a bad sign... XD
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on September 07, 2008, 12:18:00 PM
I have pets. So, naturally, our beige carpet isn't so beige anymore.

My question to Google is....how the heck do they know that? O_O
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on September 07, 2008, 08:22:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

Google knows all...
Whether we need carpet cleaning services is only what it tells us... 0_0

That... sounds frighteningly possible... XD

Mr. Wowposter made my ads talk about forums.   :P
Some of it was in a different language, though, that was interesting... ... ...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 08, 2008, 07:55:00 AM
Ick. Spam.

Hey, mods! You want to nuke this gunk?
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on September 08, 2008, 08:12:00 AM
Nuked, along with our friend Wowposters account.

And he has been summarily banned.  I'd been watching him since he made his account about a week ago...sorta' suspected he'd pull something like that.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on September 08, 2008, 08:51:00 AM
'Twas only a matter of time before he came here, too. I knew who he was when I first saw the name..but I would have rather had known for sure, instead of giving a false alarm. (in case it was just a coincidence)

I know it's not nice to say things like this....but I really don't like that guy. :<
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on September 08, 2008, 08:15:00 PM
Do you know him, outside of his "wowposting" acts, or do you not like him 'cuz he does that in a bunch of forums you've been on?

My ads are currently talking about saws, for some reason... O.o
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on September 09, 2008, 07:38:00 AM
I take it the you thought the first post didn't go through?

"wowposter" has gone by many names, but I have seen that one before. Other people do it, too..and it might not all be the same person; but when somebody mentioned he posted in foreign language, that made me wonder if it really was the same guy on all the other forums. Usually it's got a link to some...."other"....sites..if you know what I mean. 'Course..expect him back. Maybe not now..maybe even a year or two..but he/she/they will return. When I was going through posts on another forum I moderate on, the person had a different IP address at various times. That suggests that they travel to do this..and it really bothers me to think we're banning an innocent IP. I guess there's not much else to do, though. :/

As Dragyn said, though, it's all over now. No need on dwelling on it. I will say nothing more.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 11, 2008, 01:13:00 AM
Nah, labor is the primary cost involved in spam advertising, so the faceless corporations that use it rarely hire people, with expensive skills, like the ability to compose coherent English.

There's thousands of these guys and most of them use screen names selected by their employer. It's unlikely that you'll ever meet the same one, but since all their posts are cut/pasted from the same templates, it's impossible to be certain you haven't.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Legion Elite on September 22, 2008, 11:14:00 AM
I currently have a naruto add.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 22, 2008, 12:46:00 PM
I get personality profile quiz ads, but they all require you to register and give your e-mail, so I don't know what my answers produced.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Dragyn on September 22, 2008, 04:47:00 PM
I'm on the school computer, so I'm getting weight loss ads.  And one divorce lawyer, but I'm not sure what to think of that.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on September 23, 2008, 07:13:00 PM
*Laugh!!!* XD

Hm...
Um, heh...

Origins of Names
Guess T
Fun Guy
Guy Chat

And something about foot lockers and tickets to a concert.

Hehehe... Blood...
You takingf personality quizes amuses me so greatly, that I will find one for you.
(Also, I'm somewhat curious. XD )

Just name a topic and I will honestly try to find you something.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 23, 2008, 11:46:00 PM
I did a Can't Sleep; Con Will Eat Me one.

It said I was the spastic chick from the dealer room.

Since I haven't actually read that comic in years, I can't say wether that's good or bad...
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on September 24, 2008, 08:02:00 PM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

What if I found you another one so that I might actually know what your results mean?   :P

Like, I'unno... mwahahaha...
http://www.allthetests.com/quiz16/quizpu.php?testid=1128287731 (http://www.allthetests.com/quiz16/quizpu.php?testid=1128287731)
Which Disney Character are you? XD
I'd laugh if you turned out to be one of the major villians.   ;D

You do it, and then I'll do it, if that's good enough a deal. ^_^
*Snrk...*
I can only imagine the dorky questions they have on there...   :P
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 25, 2008, 09:14:00 AM
I'm stumped on the first question.

I want to say none of the above, but there isn't one.

I wonder if A or B is closer.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on September 25, 2008, 09:22:00 AM
Oo! I love these things. =D I thought about making a thread dedicated to those..but procrastinating sounded too much fun.

.... I'm Pinnochio, btw. Is that good or bad? o_o
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 25, 2008, 10:32:00 AM
It says that, like 78% of the interviewees, I'm Mickey Mouse.

Apparently, there are only 4 possible results. Will anyone get the other 2?
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on September 25, 2008, 09:44:00 PM
*Snrk!*

I just did it, now, and didn't expect the questions.   :P  XD

I am, by 53%, Micky mouse, as well. XD
Not all too many of the quiz-takers, I think, would be otherwise, considering the other answers.
I could pin-point characters from different movies in all the answers...   ;D

As for your results, Fox...
How do you feel about Pinnochio?   ;D

Meh. I think that was for, what, ten year-olds? '=J

Do you know any interesting ones, Fox?
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on September 26, 2008, 05:48:00 AM
We already have another thread for swapping links for these, Faith.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on September 27, 2008, 07:05:00 PM
Figured that out, afterward... >.<
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on December 20, 2008, 11:12:00 PM
"Hamlet 2"

Wow.

That's gotta suck.

Beyond the utter lameness of sequels not written by the same person, or even with respect to mood of the original work (If you know Hamlet, and you've seen the ad, there's no question there.), there's the fact that there isn't much of the cast left at the end.

Granted, Hamlet was a story about a guy haunted by his murdered father's ghost, but I still don't see this working.

Is it going to be a wacky musical about Marcellus, Osiric and Horatio trying to get rid of the ghosts of Halmet I, Hamlet II, Claudius, Gertude, Rozencrantz, Guildenstern, Polonius, Ophellia, and Liearties?

Are they going to retcon the whole original story and just write their own in the same fiction time/space?

In what way can the thing they are producing possibly have anything to do with Hamlet?

This is not an ad with appeal. It encourages no one to go see this play.

--not that there are a lot of ads that could persuade me to see something titled "Hamlet 2."
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on December 21, 2008, 11:20:00 AM
It was a movie, actually.

From IMDB:
"In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet"

Yeah. It's not supposed to be taken literally.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on December 22, 2008, 10:56:00 AM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

I haven't seen any ads for that...
But... I have seen something else... and... it might just haunt me for the rest of my life. O.o
Okay, ya' know how, when someone gets some sort of little device with videos and songs on it, there are often some little samples? And how it's not unusual for them to be ads of some variety...?
Okay, on this one... well, a friend and I found this video, together, and it was the most disturbing thing I've ever seen that involved a panda bear.  
So I'm going to share it with you. XD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzB6YJUI3....ex=0&playnext=1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzB6YJUI3zY&feature=PlayList&p=AC3E544B4DE5C630&index=0&playnext=1)

(Sorry. It was just the craziest thing, and I thought the reactions would be amusing, at the very least.   ;D  )
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on December 22, 2008, 11:22:00 AM
That.....is quite possibly one of the most disturbing ads I've ever seen.

Won't go so far as to say it's the creepiest video, though...'cause the Newsboys' "Million Pieces" video wins that one.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on December 22, 2008, 04:27:00 PM
What in the name of blood and tarnation is that!?

The sad thing is, Mr. Panda's life is actually pretty horrible, but thanks to his cell phone, he knows that there's a better life out there, that will never be his.

Why would that make us want to buy a phone?

Oh, and I'm going to stand by my earlier statements about Hamlet 2.

There's only so many time you can rehash the maverick teacher movie, before it stops being an original twist, or funny, or even interesting.

Honestly, I'd like to find the guy who invented the phrase "irrevrent comedy" and punch him in the nose.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on December 24, 2008, 01:33:00 AM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

The result of people of business and advertisement trapped in a room together, for hours. It's probably as bad as a mental asylum in there. XD
(Though that was a great reaction, by the way.   ;D  )

*Snrk*
Not a clue.
It's pretty disconcerting, really.   :P
Maybe it's how the aforementioned people trapped in that room felt...

Yeah. I dislike it when they do that.
Far as I'm concerned, they're only making it worse.

Oh, I think I know which one you're talking about... with the... well... I'll put it in another thread, to check, as well as spread the madness. XD

Ooo... violence.  
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on December 29, 2008, 11:13:00 AM
"Umbilical cord bank"

....

Do I want to know what the rest of that ad said?
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on December 30, 2008, 03:21:00 PM
*Laugh!!!* XD

I don't know about you, but I think curiosity would've come out winning that'n. XP
Though with extreme caution... o.O
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on January 01, 2009, 07:55:00 AM
That's so you can always find the umbilical cord you need, if you have to vanquish the Sorcerer of Silent Hill.

Isn't it funny, how no matter how weird it is, any item you need in an adventure game will eventually turn up?

===============

I'm still trying to figure out how anyone could write a musical sequel, or any kind of sequel, to Hamlet.

Everyone except Horatio and a couple of tertiary characters (so minor in fact that I once played both of them at the same time, with no difficulty) is dead! Only Macbeth has a higher mortality rate.

I suppose that you could make a play about Horatio singing and dancing about how his best friend killed off all his other friends, while on his quest to fulfill Hamlet's dying wish. I suppose some might call that "irreverent"; I'd just say "stupid" for the sake of honesty.

The quest, by the way, is to ensure that the world knows the truth about what happened that day, and it is indirectly implied that Horatio's story became the basis for the play.

This opens up an interesting recursion, wherein we have a play about a man who tells people a story that become a play that this play is a sequel to.

Still, I don't see it being long enough to constitute a play, without being padded with the writer's personal political vendettas, which will detract from, rather than add to, the overall quality of the piece.

There's just no way to make a real sequel to that. It's like the John Woo Mission:Impossible.

Spoiler to follow:






They killed off the IMS team in the beginning the first remake movie.

Mission: Impossible was a TV show about the IMS team. Yes the title is still Mission: Impossible, but they had to conjure an entire new team.

It's more like a spin-off than a real sequel, once you've reached that point. This isn't a continuation of the same story, it's a completely different story with the same title.

Of course, I always though Woo should have stuck with his strengths and make movies that consist entirely of people shooting other people. The guy can't direct dialog properly. He's always trying to make it more awesome with long pauses, and hair blowing in the wind, and huge panoramic  backdrops. This only serves to emphasize the fact that they're just standing there, talking. --Half the time they aren't even talking, because of all the ellipses he's forced into the conversation.

Compare the train station conversation between Ethan and Jim in the first re-make, with any conversation between Ethan had his generic love interest in the second one. I bet the second one cost more to produce, and it still sucked.

Edit: Just for that scene, not the whole movie. Even with all the flashbacks, I bet they spent very little on that one compared to what Woo spent, just on a random background.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on January 03, 2009, 09:53:00 AM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

You're, er, really hooked against that, aren't you? XD

Then you switched to Mission: Impossible... XD
Are these your opinions of the ads you see as they come?
Or did you see that, elsewhere, and it found its way into conversation?   ;D
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: bloodreaper on January 03, 2009, 01:08:00 PM
A banner ad for Hamlet 2 appeared on this forum.

I figured that Mission: Impossible was a good simile, since if you don't know Shakespeare, you probably know M:I.

Of course, Hamlet was the Mission: Impossible of it's era. The plot is different, but the style of plot is similar.

Good dialogue, suspicion, cool fight scenes and assassination/murder, are what make them both tick.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Fox on January 06, 2009, 09:16:00 PM
EDIT:

Haha...darnit. Wrong thread. That's what I get for posting at 1:30am.
Title: Re: The ads
Post by: Faith on January 08, 2009, 05:20:00 AM
*Laugh!!!*   :D

Sal'right. I do that, too. But I delete them, when I reailze this...   :P

*Snrk*
Yeah. I know more Shakespeare than that Mission: Impossible. XD
I don't really know what that is. O.o
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