Wound Up with Massive Fail
May 28, 2008 28 Comments
Penny Arcade’s national ad campaign for their new game, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, was not only hilariously brilliant but it was also ridiculously successful. Raking in an impressive $330,000 in only three days, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness has quickly become the highest-grossing Xbox Live Arcade debut ever. Instead of using the typical positive quips from various reviews as most games do, Penny Arcade decided to go the opposite route. They found a troll-type comment made by someone who is apparently not a Penny Arcade fan and turned it into their ad.
Seeing the success of that type of ad campaign, I have decided to launch my own personal ad campaign. I would like to say it was difficult rounding up horrible comments about myself and my blog but in reality, the only difficult part was sifting through the sheer amount of negative messages I had to choose from. Finally, a good use for all the hate mail!
I want to put one of them on my about page. Which one do you vote for?
Wow…people should really read things before they send hate mail…however I vote for the last one, poor use of the english language is my favorite thing ever!!!
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Agreed, definitely the last one.
As for Penny Arcade, simply a genius concept on their part. The key to success in a given market is the ability to adapt and relate to the culture that is prevalent at the current time.
ha! I love it:) totally the last one. It’s the condescending tone that really sells it.
i’m going to side with the masses and say the last one. If you want to talk about a massive fail his english teacher must be so proud!
i’m going to side with the masses and say the last one. If you want to talk about a massive fail his English teacher must be so proud! – StealthSpeed3
Or her English teacher…the name does say Genevera ;)
Girls are no gamers, should not be gamers they should keep by there barbies!
I personally like the first one best. It’s simple and too the point.
But since i am taking Advertising right now i am going to critic it’s overall look.. first your hate mail sayings should be in quotations; and second i hate that font face it is horrible, and too hard to read. :P
Here’s one thats classic:
What are you doing blogging and gaming? Get back in the kitchen woman.
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I think the first. The last one is good, but isn’t quite misogynistic enough for my tastes.
The second and third ones are pretty good. But I’m leaning more towards the third ad… That person obviously needs to “get some”… hugs lol.
oooh man, I’m definitely voting for the last one. It sounds like something my friend Philip would say… and he’s a total douche and makes me want to hit him a lot, so.. yeah. I vote the last one.
Last one and maybe the first one.
The last one is my favorite too. The first two are good but focused mainly on my gender instead of me. I like the third one but it’s a bit too verbose. The last one is condescending, biting, and insulting. In other words, perfect. LOL!
When I make my ad Ash, I’ll be sure to add the quotes and change the font. :)
I tried thinking of a rude comment on you blog, but no thoughts come to mind.
One of your previous comments about how I resemble a Grunt comes to mind. LOL, … ;)
“Massive fail” is going to be my new favorite phrase!!!
I’m all for the first one. Brevity is the soul of wit.
first definatly because it just works for you
As much as I like the ‘Massive Fail’, I’m going with the first one. But who says ad campaigns are only one ad, use both ;)
ur blog is teh epic fail.
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People really send you stuff like that?
These are actually just the original, clean ones. Back when I started blogging, it really used to get to me (like this one). But I have learned to simply not read it or respond to it and simply delete it. I don’t know these people, they are free to have whatever opinion they like. :)
Wow what an ass!! I still don’t get why people have to be that way! It shouldn’t make a difference if your a female or not your a gamer either way. The first game I ever played was made by a woman: Kings Quest for PC by Roberta Williams.
I personally think you should go with something as completely confusing as it is completely stupid… something you have to read twice to really get that they were being uninformative and stupid all at once, sooo…..
More over the first 2. I think the last one is okay, but it’s something you here a whole lot these days on the internet, and isn’t exactly “fresh.” The first one is blunt, to the point, but a little ambiguous; not quite sure their talking about a gaming girl or what. The second one is more in line with the, “It’s stupid and nonsensical,” but it’s a little wordy. I would actually try to find another one that’s just amazingly bad, not in how mean they are, but in how stupid they sound, but that’s just my opinion. I’m not even sure why the last one is so popular. It’s mean, yes, stupid, yes, but it’s just…. well, it’s sad in a different, unfunny way. If that’s what you’re shooitng for, cool. Sorry for the long post, I just like to think that my opinion matters to someone other than me, and to continually prove that to myself I post things like this so I can sleep better at night… and also because my parents hit me.
I know I like the last one because it is incredibly condescending, and probably a little true. LOL, …
I do have an entire untapped area of negative comments I haven’t even dipped into yet. I’ll pop my head over there and see if I can’t find something else good.
And tell your parents I said to stop. ;)
it just goes to show that people can be dumbasses in every walk of life – sigh
They’re all funny. My favorite is the first. :)
Two things:
1. I read your other post. For some strange reason, I thought your comment about going to look at Johnny Depp posters was really freakin’ funny. Thought you should know.
2. The first poster really does work best for an ad campaign.
I played that game shortly after it came out. It’s really interesting. Especially if you’re a Penny Arcade fan (which I’m not). But I’m really looking forward to playing the next three installments.