MOTY + USAF = WFT?
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We’re in a large economical crisis and the US militaries spend money on game sponsoring ;D
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Very, very strange, indeed
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Without getting on the topic of moral beliefs, I think these two quotes are the fundamental reason why the USAF is all over MODDB:
They consider that people that play video games:
Dropped out of highschool,
Have no life,
Have no job,
That’s why they have U.S. army ads on g4, they are trying to get people with no life to join the army.It’s a pretty good target audience.
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It’s pretty simple. They gave moddb the biggest bag of cash so they can have those logos over the site.
Marketing etc etc. Not all that uncommon for other media venues.
I’m not saying that I agree with ModDB’s decision, but I’m 95% certain thse are their main reasons behind doing what they did. Â
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You have to have a high school diploma to get into the US Military. There was a time in history however that the only people that where in the military were the less fortunate (US Civil War, Indian War, Spanish American, WWI)
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shrug ModDB has been sponsored by the US military for as long as I’ve been using it, so it’s nothing new to me.
Edit: On second thought, I really don’t see what the big deal is. Apparently, a big corporation sponsoring this would be fine, as long as it’s not the military. facepalm
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the problem is the try to do a promotional act of a military through the games and mods carelessly of the influences of the modding scene
Since the US military is sponsoring almost only ego shooters belong to the award winners and the top 100. Genre awards are not even done anymore.Eventhough the miliary seems to “present” the mod awards I can not see anything they do for the modders or moddb at all. The other sponsors have donated prices… but not the big representative of the US military. So the question remains why the USAF keeps being presented in such a way without actually doing something good for the modding teams.
Not to mention that a place for games should at least show enough responsibility not to “link” gaming content with military ads. In the end the games are often played by kids and they never should get the feeling “hey my favorite game gets presented by the us military… wow they rock”.
They could also have sent ppl to the next school to do recruitment work. Thats about the same.
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I don’t understand the heartburn about it.
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They are advertising. Their targets of their advertising campaign is young adults. Last I checked alot of young adults who are eligible for recruitment play games. Furthermore alot of these young adults are in highschool and will be graduating soon. It’s a no brainer. If I was a recruiter I’d do it too.
Actually this was how I was recruited into the Marines when I was a kid. I was a young buck, bored with college, but I didn’t want to work in a manufacturing plant. Eleven years later, it was a good thing, I had the time of my life and I don’t regret it.
Take it for what it is…. its advertising, the same thing as the US Army sponsoring sporting events and such…
Seriously dude, there are better things to get your pants in a wad about.
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From first hand experience I know how many lives the USAF has improved/saved too. You are from Germany so I guess I understand why you have your perception of the whole “US military is evil”… alot of the media portrays the US Military as such.
All I’m going to say is… you’ve never been there and seen lives changed for the better, you’ll never know. Sure some people who are innocent get killed… but its war. It is an ugly business, and nothing like in the movies. Try operating under the ROE that we have to… you’d have a different opinion.
Anyways, you are entitled to your opinion. I respect it, and I’m not gonna try change that. If you seriously felt strong enough about this, put your money where your mouth is, and remove your mod from ModDb. If enough people do this, then ModDb would change its sponsor(s).
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You are from Germany so I guess I understand why you have your perception of the whole “US military is evil”
WTF?!
im from norway and i dont share peoples good opinion on the US military just cause of these advertising campaigns
oh well, this thread is going to hell anyways
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Which is exactly why I think it’s time to remind you all to stay polite and don’t get too heated. If this thread derails some more, we’ll have to lock it.
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I totaly agree with OP.
Its not ok in my eyes when military does advertise on gamer forum, its pretty much the same as doing it
at the scool, i know that this is done in a lot of countrys all over the world but in my eyes its not ok.
I’ve lost some friends while they get KIA (online friendy aswell as rl friends) I’m a totaly pacifist and i can’t understand how the military of the strongest country in the world can recruit their soldiers at scools on gamer boards or on kids channels on the tv.
I also dont go ahead and adertise our mod and game on a evangelic page (i know its not a good comparison). -
all things aside the military is stil the best way for somebody who cant afford to go to college or for somebody who has no direction to get an education or to supply a good carrer for somebody who doesnt have one. i tell you something i wanted to join the navy and my father whos a world war 2 veteran stopped me . i should of ranaway and joined i would of been in a better place today.
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My Main Game for the Past 4 years was Amwericas Army … i am even involved in the Beta Program.
its now in the Guiness Book of Gaming in like 5 catagories … Most Downloaded etc etc and the Navy had one in production…
the Army even promotes the game as a recruitment tool and with over 3 million registereed user names i dont think they have covinced anyone to join the army …
its just a good game to everyone that plays it… i dont care who made it or promotes it.
and in the fast growing Pay to play world of gaming i love anything thats FREE …
;D
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TBH this only puts my opinion on the US Military even more down as it allready was ::)
argh this is starting to piss me off
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