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So

Lifer
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Originally posted by: pinion9
I don't know how to translate this so our friend can understand it better. Maybe someone can help me:

If there are ads in the game, what is wrong with them targeting my taste?

It seems as though BigLouis is inferring that I agree with ads in the game, but I don't see where I am stating or even implying such a thing.

So, can you help me with this one as I believed that statement was the lowest common denominator.

Maybe I need to bash my head into the wall a few times and then repost once I am done with my temporary IQ adjustment.

No I see what you're saying -- there's room for discussion here (namely, the discussion we were having) but if you read it that's what your saying. It does imply that you approve of in game ads, but we've discussed that now.
 

pinion9

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Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: pinion9
I don't know how to translate this so our friend can understand it better. Maybe someone can help me:

If there are ads in the game, what is wrong with them targeting my taste?

It seems as though BigLouis is inferring that I agree with ads in the game, but I don't see where I am stating or even implying such a thing.

So, can you help me with this one as I believed that statement was the lowest common denominator.

Maybe I need to bash my head into the wall a few times and then repost once I am done with my temporary IQ adjustment.

No I see what you're saying -- there's room for discussion here (namely, the discussion we were having) but if you read it that's what your saying. It does imply that you approve of in game ads, but we've discussed that now.

So you are telling me that the point of discussion is to gain clarification and insight, NOT to personally attack people?
 

So

Lifer
Jul 2, 2001
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Originally posted by: pinion9
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: pinion9
I don't know how to translate this so our friend can understand it better. Maybe someone can help me:

If there are ads in the game, what is wrong with them targeting my taste?

It seems as though BigLouis is inferring that I agree with ads in the game, but I don't see where I am stating or even implying such a thing.

So, can you help me with this one as I believed that statement was the lowest common denominator.

Maybe I need to bash my head into the wall a few times and then repost once I am done with my temporary IQ adjustment.

No I see what you're saying -- there's room for discussion here (namely, the discussion we were having) but if you read it that's what your saying. It does imply that you approve of in game ads, but we've discussed that now.

So you are telling me that the point of discussion is to gain clarification and insight, NOT to personally attack people?

See, that's what I thought, but apparently our all knowing friend BigLouis has corrected us on that point. The whole purpose of discussion is to call people names.

And now I know!
 

BigLouis

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Nov 17, 2004
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Originally posted by: pinion9
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: BigLouis
What does the fact of most people agreeing with me have to do with my dispute with you and the thread starter? (That I am completely in the right in BTW)

BTW, my preaching to the choir idiom stands. It's not my fault that the threadstarter misunderstood the context. It doesn't appear that he understands much so it's not my problem.

ROFL

You just keep getting better. Do you even realize what you're saying?

If we can get more people in here, we might be able to turn this into pwnage of the year thread! Please hold while I adjust my summary.

That will happen, since a bunch of people may just join you and your girlfriend So in your fallacious arguments.
 

So

Lifer
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Originally posted by: BigLouis
Originally posted by: pinion9
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: BigLouis
What does the fact of most people agreeing with me have to do with my dispute with you and the thread starter? (That I am completely in the right in BTW)

BTW, my preaching to the choir idiom stands. It's not my fault that the threadstarter misunderstood the context. It doesn't appear that he understands much so it's not my problem.

ROFL

You just keep getting better. Do you even realize what you're saying?

If we can get more people in here, we might be able to turn this into pwnage of the year thread! Please hold while I adjust my summary.

That will happen, since a bunch of people may just join you and your girlfriend So in your fallacious arguments.

:laugh:

You don't know when to quit! This keeps getting better and better.

:cheers; thanks for making my Friday morning.
 

BigLouis

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Nov 17, 2004
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Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: BigLouis
Originally posted by: pinion9
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: BigLouis
What does the fact of most people agreeing with me have to do with my dispute with you and the thread starter? (That I am completely in the right in BTW)

BTW, my preaching to the choir idiom stands. It's not my fault that the threadstarter misunderstood the context. It doesn't appear that he understands much so it's not my problem.

ROFL

You just keep getting better. Do you even realize what you're saying?

If we can get more people in here, we might be able to turn this into pwnage of the year thread! Please hold while I adjust my summary.

That will happen, since a bunch of people may just join you and your girlfriend So in your fallacious arguments.

:laugh:

You don't know when to quit! This keeps getting better and better.

:cheers; thanks for making my Friday morning.

No no no. You and your GF the threadstarter are the ones that don't know when to quit. You two must be among those I heard about way back when joining. People like you two are the reason I seldom post here. Nerds with no life, canned responses copied and pasted from text files on their computer in a show us all how witty you really are. Sad, really.

Funniest part of this whole debacle and how it started is that the threadstarter is pussyhurt. Pussyhurt because he was called out for his idiocy and lack of knowledge of a subject he wished to discuss. Enjoy your "won argument" since you'll incessantly keep it up no matter how wrong you are.

 
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I just want to know who is bringing the cracker to the circle-jerk you 3 are having? Go have your pointless argument somewhere else....all 3 of you are owning yourselves with your lame arguments.
 

So

Lifer
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Originally posted by: BigLouis
No no no. You and your GF the threadstarter are the ones that don't know when to quit. You two must be among those I heard about way back when joining. People like you two are the reason I seldom post here. Nerds with no life, canned responses copied and pasted from text files on their computer in a show us all how witty you really are. Sad, really.

Funniest part of this whole debacle and how it started is that the threadstarter is pussyhurt. Pussyhurt because he was called out for his idiocy and lack of knowledge of a subject he wished to discuss. Enjoy your "won argument" since you'll incessantly keep it up no matter how wrong you are.

1. This post is a bannable offense.
2. You keep demonstrating a hilarious inability to actually make an argument, just yell names.
3. Since you haven't made an actual argument yet, we can't be wrong.
4. Dance! Dance peon! :laugh:
 

So

Lifer
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Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I just want to know who is bringing the cracker to the circle-jerk you 3 are having? Go have your pointless argument somewhere else....all 3 of you are owning yourselves with your lame arguments.

I'm having a really good time right now, to be honest. Come on mikey, haven't you ever had fun trollbaiting before? I mean, seriously.

:D

If you're really that annoyed by it, you know the standard AT response, don't come back to the thread.
:beer::cool:
 

Syringer

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The only sad thing here is seeing people feed the troll. If you don't like his posts, don't reply or resort to his same tactics. It's rather simple.

He does have a point in the OP never having played BF before though.
 
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Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I just want to know who is bringing the cracker to the circle-jerk you 3 are having? Go have your pointless argument somewhere else....all 3 of you are owning yourselves with your lame arguments.

I'm having a really good time right now, to be honest. Come on mikey, haven't you ever had fun trollbaiting before? I mean, seriously.

:D

If you're really that annoyed by it, you know the standard AT response, don't come back to the thread.
:beer::cool:


troll-baiting can be fun, but proclaiming self-ownage and changing your topic was pretty silly
 

So

Lifer
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Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats

troll-baiting can be fun, but proclaiming self-ownage and changing your topic was pretty silly

Woah, woah, I never declared ownage, just comedy gold. And it's not my topic :p
 

BD2003

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The main point, if you can comprehend: If we are subjected to ads, i.e. if we buy the game, there are ads, wouldn't you rather them be targeted? The question wasn't about the legitimacy of ads in games (I dislike them as well) but whether or not you want them gathering information to target them. The whole point of this thread was about gaining understanding.

You've been dating this really hot girl, and she promises you some action, as long as you take her out for a real expensive dinner. You already went out with her once or twice, on her dime, and it was a pretty good time, but the only way you're really getting some is if you pay up. Seems like a fair deal.

So you take her out to this expensive dinner, and she's telling you how good she's gonna give it to you tonight. You're on the way home, thinking about how great it is going to be. As soon as you get home, you tear her clothes off. All of a sudden a whip drops to the floor. She picks it up, and tells you that if you really wanna get some, she's going to bring the pain with it. As if it wasn't bad enough already, you find out that she's actually 50 years old, and is just wearing a lot of makeup. One titty is bigger than the other. She's got band aids all over her body. And she has the clap. The kind of gonorrhea that seems like nothing, but hurts like a bitch when it finally breaks out on you. And it's raw dog, or nothing - no connie for you. Put one on, and she won't put out. She says all of this is for your own good, that this is just how things work in 2006. She can't get all horny for you without flailing you with her all strength. In the end, it'll be better for both of us, she says. Deep inside, you know she's out of her god damn mind. The only one thats getting off on that whipping is her.

She says you only have one decision to make:

1-She can whip you with her eyes open. And she has excellent aim, and promises to whip you exactly where it'll hurt least - you might even like it, she says.

2. She can whip you with her eyes closed. It's going to hurt either way, but this will probably hurt more.

If I HAVE to my ass whipped, I'd rather it be as painless as possible. So in this alternate reality where you have these choices, and these choices only, the choice is clear.

And its a cute rhetorical question. But it's also lacking any substance whatsoever. You can distill any subject down, and throw away all context, to the point where you can make a truthful statement that has absolutely no use in the real world.

In reality, you'd run for it. You'd tell her, "how about you not whip me?" "How about you get the hell out?" Too bad you already paid for her. All your friends to you she was psycho, but you didnt listen. Hell, if you were really that upset, you'd tell everyone about her, maybe even try and take her down. If you don't, it'll only happen to the next guy.

Some people might say well, ass is ass. It's here and waiting, might as well go for it. Especially if they don't know any better or are REALLY hard up for it.

The point of this all: If there ever came a time when I had pay for an expensive dinner and get whipped in order to get some from a 50 year old skank with the clap, I'd go celibate.
 

Canai

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Oct 4, 2006
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Originally posted by: BD2003

The point of this all: If there ever came a time when I had pay for an expensive dinner and get whipped in order to get some from a 50 year old skank with the clap, I'd go celibate.

I agree. oh wait, celibate not celebrate?
 

BigLouis

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Nov 17, 2004
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Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I just want to know who is bringing the cracker to the circle-jerk you 3 are having? Go have your pointless argument somewhere else....all 3 of you are owning yourselves with your lame arguments.

You're mistaken about the circle-jerk. It's me owning two dorks on this forum 69'ing each other.

Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: BigLouis
No no no. You and your GF the threadstarter are the ones that don't know when to quit. You two must be among those I heard about way back when joining. People like you two are the reason I seldom post here. Nerds with no life, canned responses copied and pasted from text files on their computer in a show us all how witty you really are. Sad, really.

Funniest part of this whole debacle and how it started is that the threadstarter is pussyhurt. Pussyhurt because he was called out for his idiocy and lack of knowledge of a subject he wished to discuss. Enjoy your "won argument" since you'll incessantly keep it up no matter how wrong you are.

1. This post is a bannable offense.
2. You keep demonstrating a hilarious inability to actually make an argument, just yell names.
3. Since you haven't made an actual argument yet, we can't be wrong.
4. Dance! Dance peon! :laugh:


Since you're just off the teat, you can't yell "mom" anymore, so you may as well yell "mod".


I don't believe you should expect that, since you're really pathetic in doing so.

 

Canai

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Oct 4, 2006
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It's not so much yelling mod as it is trying to keep foo's out of our otherwise nice forum.

edited for not drooping to his level.
 

waggy

No Lifer
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Originally posted by: BigLouis
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I just want to know who is bringing the cracker to the circle-jerk you 3 are having? Go have your pointless argument somewhere else....all 3 of you are owning yourselves with your lame arguments.

You're mistaken about the circle-jerk. It's me owning two dorks on this forum 69'ing each other.

Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: BigLouis
No no no. You and your GF the threadstarter are the ones that don't know when to quit. You two must be among those I heard about way back when joining. People like you two are the reason I seldom post here. Nerds with no life, canned responses copied and pasted from text files on their computer in a show us all how witty you really are. Sad, really.

Funniest part of this whole debacle and how it started is that the threadstarter is pussyhurt. Pussyhurt because he was called out for his idiocy and lack of knowledge of a subject he wished to discuss. Enjoy your "won argument" since you'll incessantly keep it up no matter how wrong you are.

1. This post is a bannable offense.
2. You keep demonstrating a hilarious inability to actually make an argument, just yell names.
3. Since you haven't made an actual argument yet, we can't be wrong.
4. Dance! Dance peon! :laugh:


Since you're just off the teat, you can't yell "mom" anymore, so you may as well yell "mod".


I don't believe you should expect that, since you're really pathetic in doing so.



heh i'm all for a good flame war. i have been in some real good ones.

but teh name calling you have is going to get you a ban. if the mod sees it anyway.

it would be a good idea to relax on it.

anyway you 3 can get back to the circle jerk.