hexagons Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 After reading through the Jagex Corporate Site, under advertising, I spied this: Beyond the banner Jagex will always consider proposals that go beyond-the-banner for larger organisations looking to establish high recognition rates with our audience profile. Sponsorship and in game advertising offer exciting and cost effective ways to reach our audience with positive association of the RuneScape brand. If I have read that properly, Jagex is, with a reasonable price, offering the chance to have adverts ingame Now, would this mean random people coming up to you, with a website and company name in hand? Or would it involve a new area, called "Company - Ville" Or even, a new quest, for exampled. "Quest of the McDonalds" What are your thoughts on this possible future of runescape? How would it be implemented? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk4ever Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I was just thinking about this the other day. I think it would be great to raise revenue, and I'd imagine it to be like a soccer match. By this I mean you have billboards on the sidelines somewhere in-game (most likely a highly populated area like Falador or Varrock) and put the company's name on there/have it animate or something. By The_Jeppoz :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMan3 Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 They could probably have a pattern of grass/trees or something on the map in an open field to spell out their company name or something also? :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy5389 Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 yeah, its not gonna be like a guy hunting you down and telling you to buy something, just like a billboard next to a highway or somethin.....like a flyer that says "buy Alienware" when you examine it instead of "get your axe's at bob's axes" :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashful Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 haha.. maybe they've all these huge banners on the walls of buildings. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Dragon Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I think theyve already started to do this... The banners in front of ardougne castle resemble some british company's flag if I remember correctly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk4ever Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I think theyve already started to do this... The banners in front of ardougne castle resemble some british company's flag if I remember correctly... If it doesn't have the name in it, I doubt it's an advertisment. I'm pretty sure the company wouldn't pay them for inferring their company's logo, especially if people may not know it. By The_Jeppoz :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancienttribe Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I remember something about this in one of the first "Letters" about how they wouldn't be doing something like this. I'll try to find it in the archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfanuk1 Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 opening mcdonalds in varrock british airways running flights from lumbridge to ardy nokia running pms ebay sorting out trades where will it stop?!??!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseTSM Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I bet it would be quest related. My Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfanuk1 Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 big chompy kfc hunting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucwebb Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 i bet its just the advertisements on the site... or runescape classicr. walking around 3 hitting people in the wilderness suddenly you get a guy that makes you stand there and not do anything while he's telling you about how match.com is just for you then you get 3 hit. then wonder why jagex can implement that in rsc but not a rsc high scores list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancienttribe Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I knew I remembered it from somewhere. Sure enough, from the bottom of "Letters #11: Zamorak Loves Letters": "Just pures wrote to say "In runescape there should be some freshing drinks like sprite coca-cola and fanta" Which amused me no end, as the number of pathetic complaints about the adverts that surround the free players game would undoubtedly increase if runescape started to have brand name products within the game. An excellently evil idea, that I fear the council would never approve of. If however any well known drinks manufacturers would like to contact me personally with large offers of gold, I will happily have Iban open a shop in their name..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purcell364 Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 would be so effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I think theyve already started to do this... The banners in front of ardougne castle resemble some british company's flag if I remember correctly... I believe Citroen are French :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moocow1337 Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 god i hope runescape doesnt go the way neopets did > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koscowien Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I'm sure goldenpalace.com will show up in runescape somewhere soon Whether or not they should be advertising isn't an ethics question really, it's their game they can do what they want. now if they said they were considering advertising smoking ingame, that'd be different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biox Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I think theyve already started to do this... The banners in front of ardougne castle resemble some british company's flag if I remember correctly... I believe Citroen are French :P That's what I was thinkin' of, too (and I just happened to be watching highlights of the Rally of Sweden at a bar, so the logo was fresh in my mind). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Ahh, having commercials like that in runescape will be very lame and disturbing in my opinion. Runescape is (supposed to be) a medevil game. I don't want to see any commercials in my medevil games! Oh and besides, what can they advertise without making the product look extremely lame and not connected to the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veiva Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 I hope this is f2p only... That is the biggest reason I got P2P. But I hope it doesn't happen at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xreptilex Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Even though it would kill the spirit of the game, they should open McDonalds in all the main cities like falador, varrock, ardougne. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoe2002 Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Hmmmm, maybe add BigMacs that gives you +10% strength but -10% health? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punc Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 They'll possibly add shield with logo's and thing. A MacDonals shield :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Oh and besides, what can they advertise without making the product look extremely lame and not connected to the game? Coal and Lobsters :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonda Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I think theyve already started to do this... The banners in front of ardougne castle resemble some british company's flag if I remember correctly... I believe Citroen are French :P That's what I was thinkin' of, too (and I just happened to be watching highlights of the Rally of Sweden at a bar, so the logo was fresh in my mind). Maybe its a form of subliminal messaging, it doesn't actaully sell you the product... but it puts the logo in your head. Then you see it at the store and you like "oh, neato!" :) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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