Attn. TWP-ers! TWP in-game Advertising wanted!

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josepezdj
2,386 Posts
#79632
Posted Jun 25, 2012
Replied 2 hours later
@Nacimota: I already said I understand and I agree indeed about the subtle message to be the best option instead of something big and disturbing, but thanks for your detailed explanation. I must REPEAT AGAIN that it was Chicken who emphasized that the web name should be noticeable:

Chickenmobile wrote:
- The site name: thinkingwithportals.com should be absolutely noticeable when looking at your object

That's why I thought of the button frames with a small logo at a corner, because it is noticeable but not as much as that exagerated example by Nacimota. Amongst all submitted ideas I would choose the elevator video by Pixeledface too, because I also think that it has the perfect balance of advertising/subtlety.

msleeper wrote:
I will agree with what has been said about the buttons and fizzlers being too obtuse.

Hmmm.. no one said anything similar related with the buttons frames before YOU, but thanks for stating that your opinion is that they're too obtuse, it's nice to hear

[sarcasm self test completed]

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MasterLagger
1,695 Posts
#79635
Posted Jun 25, 2012
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chickenmobile wrote:
@msleeper, Would like to see a monitor with a TWP advertisement. But would people even notice? O.o

Well, I suppose if the observation room is accessible via portals then the player would examine what's inside.

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msleeper
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#79666
Posted Jun 25, 2012
Replied 6 hours later

El Farmerino wrote:
2) Convince msleeper to buy http://www.thinkingwithportholes.com

Paypal $9 to [email protected]

chickenmobile wrote:
@msleeper, Would like to see a monitor with a TWP advertisement. But would people even notice? O.o

I have no idea. That's why I want someone to try. I'd do it myself if I had access to my gaming PC.

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MasterLagger
1,695 Posts
#79686
Posted Jun 25, 2012
Replied 4 hours later
Okay, msleeper. I made a basic observation room with a vgui_movie on the the monitor. What do you think about this picture? Keep in mind that the movie is just an example, not an ad.

monitor_ad_movie.jpg

If it looks good enough, I'll upload the instance so people can use it. Oh, and if you have any suggestions, let me know.

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msleeper
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#79687
Posted Jun 25, 2012
Replied 12 minutes later
As long as the monitor is facing towards the windows the players will be looking through, and either it's not so far away that the image is totally distorted by the refraction, or the monitor is large enough that the needed VGUI will still look fine, then great.

I figure the VGUI movie should be just a big marquee of "THINKINGWITHPORTALS.COM" that scrolls semi slowly in a loop. That, or the site logo, depending on visibility.

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MasterLagger
1,695 Posts
#79688
Posted Jun 25, 2012
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What about if the player was able to access the observation room with portals? Observation rooms are usually placed close to the ceiling of the test chamber so it would be kinda hard to see it even if the monitor was somehow right in front of the glass window.
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msleeper
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#79689
Posted Jun 25, 2012
Replied 16 minutes later
I think if players can access an observation room, then they stop being observation rooms and start being puzzle elements. At that point, what's the difference between this and the ratman scrawlings?

Yes, I realize most players won't see it.

Yes, I realize it probably isn't going to be crystal clear.

Trust me, if I had access to my gaming PC then I'd stop posting and just do it myself.

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El Farmerino
393 Posts
#79690
Posted Jun 25, 2012
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npc_msleeper_boss wrote:
Paypal $9 to [email protected]

I knew that was coming.

If I had the time, skills and paypal account necessary to dedicate an entire website to a single joke I totally would. Unfortunately I have none of those, so I think I'll just make the appropriate changes to the poster when I get a chance to actually make it...

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msleeper
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#79691
Posted Jun 25, 2012
Replied 12 minutes later
Oh, I was just going to redirect it here.
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El Farmerino
393 Posts
#79697
Posted Jun 25, 2012
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Ah, right, that makes sense. In that case, I'll look in into it when I get home on Saturday. If there aren't any big fees for signing up or sending I'll do it.
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msleeper
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#79698
Posted Jun 25, 2012
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... It's 2012 and you don't have a Paypal account?
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El Farmerino
393 Posts
#79706
Posted Jun 26, 2012
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Nope. Made it this far with just a Visa card...
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greykarel
225 Posts
#79730
Posted Jun 26, 2012
Replied 14 hours later
Hi, once again. Here is my monitors. Give me your feedback on the site logo in yellow. As for the text I've just written first what I had in my mind. So you might give me a certain text you want have scrolling on the monitor and I'll make textutes and instanses to upload on the site.
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josepezdj
2,386 Posts
#79731
Posted Jun 26, 2012
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Grey, simply awesome.
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msleeper
4,095 Posts
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#79733
Posted Jun 26, 2012
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You misspelled "attention".
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greykarel
225 Posts
#79734
Posted Jun 26, 2012
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npc_msleeper_boss wrote:
You misspelled "attention".

Oh, sorry. ...it happens.

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FelixGriffin
2,680 Posts
#79736
Posted Jun 26, 2012
Replied 53 minutes later
You should pay more attention to the spelling.

(Sorry, I just had to say that.)

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Mr. P. Kiwi
97 Posts
#79741
Posted Jun 26, 2012
Replied 27 minutes later
I don't have the capability of recording this, so I'll just write the dialouge. These are basically lines that would play in a map.

Destroyed theme:
Announcer: "Hello, and again, welcome to the Aperture Science enrichment center. We are currently experiencing technical difficulties due to the over-whelming amount of tests you're about to participate in found in the thinkingwithportals.com branch of Aperture Laboratories. Begin infinite testing in three, two [tape fades out].
Super-clean theme:
Cave Johnson: "[off mic] the thinkingwithportals.com universe, you sure? They design their own tests?[on mic]You're not gonna believe it down there! Greg just told me the universe you're testing in has some of the best tests you'll ever participate in. Lots of science getting done by solving these. In fact we already sent you into one of these tests right now. So get to it.
Old-Aperture theme:
Cave Johnson: "We transferred you to a sealed off enrichment shaft we just uncovered. No one's quite sure how it got here, but it was labeled 'thinkingwithportals.com', whatever that means. Now we want you to solve the tests in the shaft to see if that chicken we sent earlier hasn't died of asbestos poisoning yet."

I don't have ideas for GLaDOS lines, though...

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msleeper
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#79794
Posted Jun 27, 2012
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Just an update for everyone, we're hoping to get all of the entries in before tomorrow at midnight. So roughly 30 hours from now.
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Brainstone
401 Posts
#79831
Posted Jun 28, 2012
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Here are my final posters. Unzip the .zip and then insert the folder "brainstone" into Portal 2/Portal2/materials to obtain both posters. Pictures of the posters are added for your convenience.
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