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In-Game Advertising and Bulletin Boards
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Granix Uvelian
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-05-03 23:04:34 UTC
So I was thinking about our ISK faucet/sink imbalance in the game, and then listening to Pandora when I had the thought: What if EVE allowed advertising for EVE corporations?

At each stargate we have those bulletin boards which post the criminals, etc. What if an EVE corporation could purchase X amount of ad spots and have those run over Y days?

Instant ISK sink. There are HUNDREDS of those boards in the EVE universe. The player would have to designate which boards they wanted to advertise on, and advertising cost could scale with system jumps/24hrs. Basically Jita would cost a ton.

All advertisements would be billboard style JPEGs (or whatever picture format) submitted to and approved by CCP before airing. I realize this might become a bottleneck, considering how long it takes to process alliance logos, but if this idea is popular enough CCP might be able to make a 'basic' corp billboard interface.


My second idea is the concept of a system bulletin board. Kind of like the cork, bulletin boards you see around University campuses that people post all sorts of fliers on. Right now, we use anchored giant secure containers at stargates, and that gets a little cluttered and hard to read.

Have a stargate/system bulletin board that would allow people to just warp to the board, and create an entry. Entries could be deleted from the board by the posting party, or removed after X days by default.

Just a couple ideas to throw in the hat.

~ Granix
Jack Carrigan
Order of the Shadow
#2 - 2012-05-04 05:37:08 UTC
Not a terrible idea.

As for the image displayed, I'd limit it to the Corp Logo/Ticker/Name to alleviate some of the demands of programming it.

Also, the proportionality of cost by system occupancy should work similarly to Corporate Offices (and be allowed to run much like a recruitment advert, at least in terms of time constraints). I do like the concept, could use a little fleshing out and some more work, but also you would have to set limits so major power blocs couldn't monopolize them all the time.

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DitchDigger
Hibi Proletariat
#3 - 2012-05-04 14:31:22 UTC
You would need to show the text of the advertisement in the overview. Noone looks at the tv's
L0rdF1end
Tactical Grace.
Vanguard.
#4 - 2012-05-04 14:40:41 UTC
Yep, it's a great idea although most people have these removed from overview and the images are soo hard to see.

I think that instation environment advertising is already allowed.
I've seen this done for Blink and RISK, 2 well known ISK Gambling sites.
I've also seen this done for RvB.

Also I've seen this advertised on the logon splash screen.

So it is possible to do and has been done but on those boards you can't even see properly, I don't think thats a good idea unless they allow zooming in.
Granix Uvelian
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-05-04 15:43:13 UTC
@Jack - I disagree on setting limits against monopolizing ad time. If they buy heavily into the ads, then this would create a limited supply of ad space, and a larger demand. Thus it would drive prices up. Making the goal of sinking ISK out of the game accomplished. Plus, who has more 'inflation' related ISK, the null-sec power blocs, or the high sec n00b corp?

@Ditch - I don't watch the CrimeWatch boards because I learned a long time ago, they don't display anything of value. If this is the case for most capsuleers, then the answer is to have them show something of value, not to add all the text to the overview like those annoying jet cans. At least, that's my thought.

@L0rdF1end - Pretty sure any in-station advertising is the choice of the inidividual user to upload a custom video to their view screen. Maybe i'm mistaken on that. But I am unaware of any game mechanic which allows us to purchase advertisement time which appears in someone else's captains quarters. Not to mention, many capsuleers have the CQ turned off still because it's a pain the rear. So the number of people seeing the ads would still be limited.

And they do allow you to zoom in on the existing CrimeWatch boards in space. I have watched them as portraits of known criminals pop up, with their ISK bounties on the bottom of the screen, clearly displayed.

Thanks for the input guys.

G