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this thread was a box of poo poo all along, finally opened. Hey uh though anybody else hate, like immediately grab the remote and change the channel despise, the commercials for phone game apps? Without exception they make me disproportionately angry. I think Cookie Crush was the worst, or whichever one featured a bunch of people in a bakery licking the glass over a bin of the CGI baked goods.
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The Arnold Schwarzenegger ones just make me shake my head.
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Jul 24, 2016 20:47
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1redflag posted:The Arnold Schwarzenegger ones just make me shake my head. The most frustrating one was that one that's name was in Korean in the app store, Summoner's War? Those bothered me to no end. All that people see when they look at your app is a guy in an Assassin's creed outfit with Korean(?) text, I don't care how many ads you put in English, I will not even look at the description of that app Maybe I'm just overly critical of mobile games, but the endless deluge of rip offs, knock offs, and outright stolen games with awful, free-to-play mechanics makes me very suspicious of everything in the app store
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Jul 24, 2016 21:04
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The Door Frame posted:The most frustrating one was that one that's name was in Korean in the app store, Summoner's War? Those bothered me to no end. All that people see when they look at your app is a guy in an Assassin's creed outfit with Korean(?) text, I don't care how many ads you put in English, I will not even look at the description of that app Just play solitaire and Bejeweled, people
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Jul 24, 2016 21:33
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Boywhiz88 posted:Just play solitaire and Bejeweled, people You mean Clash Royale, right?
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Jul 24, 2016 21:40
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We reached peak mobile games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzykoo3DMg0
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sweeperbravo posted:this thread was a box of poo poo all along, finally opened. i like the one where they made a poop-time game into an esport, and most of the ad is just a dude yelling at a screen
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Jul 24, 2016 22:15
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Boywhiz88 posted:Just play solitaire and Bejeweled, people That's crap and you know it. Even if Solitaire and Bejeweled covered all genres, there's only so much enjoyment that you can get out of a single game, and the fact that Angry Birds got a successful movie definitely shows a large market for stuff that isn't either of those games. There's stuff that I genuinely like on mobile; Pixel Dungeon, OPUS, Infinity Loop, Lifeline, KotOR, but I enjoy puzzle games and tower defense too. Finding something in those genres that don't have an obnoxious life, energy, or other mechanic to get me to pay for tokens is drat near impossible. If I could buy Candy Crush, I'd play it all of the time, but because it's designed to be not fun, so it can nickel and dime me for power ups and lives, I will not even have it installed on my phone anymore. In-game ads are... tolerable. I understand their purpose and if they're unobtrusive, I will gladly watch a few seconds of video or see a pop up or two every 5-10 minutes, but more often than not, ads play every other time I move screens. Even for stuff that I really, really like, I won't put up with aggressive free-to-play bullshit. I wanted to play the 40k Space Wolf thing more, but it is clear that it's built to extract tokens from me, so I don't play anymore. I would rather pay ~$7 for an ok Metal Gear: Ac!d rip off, than have to be shaken down every time I play the game. Sure there's  stuff that makes selling a mobile game as a complete package problematic, but if piracy is that big of a concern, maybe they should look at the 50 or so emulators next to their glorified Skinner Box in the app store and try to make it so that Dragon Warrior Monsters or Metal Gear: Ac!d itself aren't immediately the better choices to play on mobile than their game
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The Door Frame posted:That's crap and you know it. Even if Solitaire and Bejeweled covered all genres, there's only so much enjoyment that you can get out of a single game, and the fact that Angry Birds got a successful movie definitely shows a large market for stuff that isn't either of those games. I'm pretty sure he's just making a joke that those are the only 2 games you can get on your mobile that dont have ridiculously intrusivve ftp elements, you might need to unclench a litle there. Although in all fairness solitaire and bejewelled blitz actually are the games that have been on my phone the longest at this point.
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Jul 25, 2016 00:54
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One of the local furniture store chains by me has with the past couple of years started using the most annoying jingle. I will change the channel if I hear it. It's so smarmy and over-produced. When I bought furniture the first time earlier this year, I went to their competitor because they have less annoying advertising.
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Jul 25, 2016 01:15
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Mu Zeta posted:We reached peak mobile games I don't think there were quite enough animation loops of the pigs carrying suitcases. Better add in like ten more.
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Jul 25, 2016 02:37
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Non Serviam posted:The lottery is voluntary tax on idiocy. The same applies for these loving boxes.
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SiKboy posted:I'm pretty sure he's just making a joke that those are the only 2 games you can get on your mobile that dont have ridiculously intrusivve ftp elements, you might need to unclench a litle there. Although in all fairness solitaire and bejewelled blitz actually are the games that have been on my phone the longest at this point. Wait, really? Doesn't EA own Bejeweled, and you're telling me that there's no weird free game shenanigans? That's weird... and as far as solitaire, Windows10 had that "paid subscription to stop ads" bullshit, so I'm more than a little leery about this area of game design. Plus, I've been trying out Spotify so that I can free up some memory on my phone, but it's free mode is ridiculously annoying. I am a little on edge with free apps
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Jul 25, 2016 03:06
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GWBBQ posted:Please tell me more about what it feels like to be a miserable person who is offended when other people treat life as something to be enjoyed rather than a frontend for a spreadsheet. I'm sorry you've spent money on so many boxes. Pages upon pages of goons agreeing on the fact that all these boxes contain nothing but dollar store poo poo. Then someone mentions a box that openly states it's full of dollar store poo poo, which people agree will be worthless and just thrown into a bin. Goons line up to get it. I'm not even telling you not to spend the money, gently caress, donate it if you want. It's just insane to spend it, month after month, on a box of nothing but garbage. I'm looking forward to see which one of you will pay to get randomly kicked in the balls every month. "I know it sucks, but it's about the excitement of not knowing when my groin will get kicked"
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The Door Frame posted:Wait, really? Doesn't EA own Bejeweled, and you're telling me that there's no weird free game shenanigans? That's weird... and as far as solitaire, Windows10 had that "paid subscription to stop ads" bullshit, so I'm more than a little leery about this area of game design. Try Google music. They're doing two free months now, and my experience with them has been better than with Spotify. Also, if you plan to share the account, it's much cheaper for a family plan.
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Jul 25, 2016 03:15
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Shut the gently caress up about boxes. Who's your favorite Colonel from the KFC commercials? I'm partial to Jim Gaffigan.
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Jul 25, 2016 03:22
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Col. Harlan Sanders. None of these pretenders can match up. #notmycolonel
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Jul 25, 2016 03:23
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Waffleman_ posted:Shut the gently caress up about boxes. Norm
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Jul 25, 2016 03:24
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Non Serviam posted:I'm sorry you've spent money on so many boxes.
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Waffleman_ posted:Shut the gently caress up about boxes. 
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Darrell Hammond, but only because my dad, who actually met Harland Sanders, says that he had his mannerisms and voice down pat.
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Wow, that's some really fun fanart... ...wait.
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You Are A Elf posted:Darrell Hammond, but only because my dad, who actually met Harland Sanders, says that he had his mannerisms and voice down pat. What's sort of weird is that, even though he was closer to the actual Colonel than any of them, people found him the creepiest because he's farthest from how he's been portrayed in the last decade or two. Norm was my favorite, though, mostly because of this moment. "Me, the 'real' Colonel Sanders." 
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Non Serviam posted:I'm sorry you've spent money on so many boxes. Yeah, but Goons are doing it together. It's that social aspect. Like Pokemon Go, but we call all stay inside and have stuff delivered to us. Maigius posted:One of the local furniture store chains by me has with the past couple of years started using the most annoying jingle. I will change the channel if I hear it. It's so smarmy and over-produced. When I bought furniture the first time earlier this year, I went to their competitor because they have less annoying advertising. My wife just bought a vanity desk for our daughter from WayFair. Their ads make me think 'slightly less lovely Fingerhunt', but apparently it's a decent online furniture store.
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Jul 25, 2016 20:57
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Hirayuki posted:Sure! Check your PMs. Heeeeeeeeee.   (thanks!)
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Jul 25, 2016 23:03
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Hansen's thinks the sun literally shines out of his rear end in a top hat.
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Jul 26, 2016 16:31
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Captain Cold's back there thinkin' Bojangles.
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Dick Trauma posted:Hansen's thinks the sun literally shines out of his rear end in a top hat. "I've got God in my pants".
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SpacePig posted:What's sort of weird is that, even though he was closer to the actual Colonel than any of them, people found him the creepiest because he's farthest from how he's been portrayed in the last decade or two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjGDDALPhBU It's entirely different, it's entirely different.
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Pastry of the Year posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjGDDALPhBU It gets better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gNOHZ-wwEI
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Pastry of the Year posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjGDDALPhBU Sounds like Milton from Office Space.
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Pastry of the Year posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjGDDALPhBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttdTGPQer-o
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Jul 27, 2016 02:40
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If you watch FOX shows on demand, they have unstoppable ads that spoil major plot points for Empire. I can't imagine who they think they're appealing to. I've never seen an episode so none of them made any sense to me. People who are caught up don't need someone telling them what they already know. Someone who likes the show but hasn't fully caught up would probably just get angry about it.
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Crossposted from another thread where I went off on a tangent: One time about ten years ago, I went to the local mall, and wandered into, IIRC, JC Penney. They had a table piled high with catalogs at the door, and so I picked one up on the way out, because why not? I may have wanted to buy something from them in the future. Cue a clerk yelling "Hey! Put that back, it's only free if you buy something!" and picking up the phone to call security. Turns out the store's print catalog, a 600-page advertisement for the store, was being sold for $5 in the store with no signage to warn me of the fact that they expected me to pay for it. I can understand charging $5 to get a catalog mailed to you, that poo poo's heavy, but you'd think the ones in the entryway of the physical store would be free in order to encourage people to see something they like and come back. Nope! I said "okay," put it back. and make it a point to not shop there on the rare occasions I go to the mall now. I'll park in front of that store and walk through it to get in because it's less crowded than the main entrance or the stores I actually shop at, but I'm never buying anything from them again.
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmJGdC_fBlo A Kmart lady apologizing to two dogs after having them neutered. She's holding a pair of tennis balls, and offers the dogs low prices as a consolation for losing their testicles.
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Do those meme people own their own likenesses?
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Some do. The middle one here:  used to be a popular image macro ("scumbag stacy") until the girl whose porn (!) photoshoot it was from sent Cease & Desist letters to all the "make a meme" websites.
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