living in Israel, I'm gonna join the army anyway so... besides so what if they advertise here? they have the same right to do so as any other organization. and I don't think it's very nice to call the people who defend your country and it's intrests "cannon fodder", you need to learn where your bread is buttered
Military recruitment on gaming sites
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I dunno. War games are different from actual war, of course, so planting these ads on a gaming site seems like it'd be a recipe for unfortunate illusions about the latter, followed by jarring disillusionment.
I would only be bothered if the tagline was
?Join the Army: It?s like Call of Duty, only with better graphics!?
Not much a problem for me. I think we need to save our ire for things like that stupid Meebo thing a while back.
?Join the Army: It?s like Call of Duty, only with better graphics!?
Not much a problem for me. I think we need to save our ire for things like that stupid Meebo thing a while back.
Well, I don't know about other countries, but in Canada (ontario specifically) all alcohol ads have some little thing somewhere advising that 'our product be consumed in moderation, please do not drink and drive' or something like that.ScoopMeister said:
They could have a similar disclaimer. I don't know what something like that would say, but it doesn't hurt the advertiser to admit their product might be dangerous, but come off like they care about you and your safety.
freaper said:
Addblock?
That exists!?
I wish i had heard of that mod while i was playing WOW. I wonder if the top guilds use it?
Adds are a pain for the off-tank.
Army and Marine ads? Oddly enough I haven't seen a single one while throughout any visit to this site even back in the days when I just came here for ZP (seriously, I have never seen one) and I live in the USA. But I don't really care, they're just trying to glorify and sugar coat the army and the life of a soldier to make it appealing for possible new (and young) candidates. The people who DO join are the ones who are not fooled by these candy coated advertisements (or at least I hope).
The average age of gamers appears to be closer to 35-37 in the US. http://www.theaveragegamer.com/averagegamers/ Considering that this age is too old for ideal infantry recruitment, why advertise primarily infantry and other enlisted personnel positions on gaming sites? It might be that they haven't paid much attention to the numbers, but military organizations are usually pretty on the ball with administrative work, so this seems unlikely. Not sure how to explain it really.syrus27 said:
As for your second point, I'm not sure I understand. Are you claiming that people join the military primarily in order to entertain themselves by firing their weapons? From the military people I know, they hope to go through their days without having to do that. I guess they enjoy the firing range though.
There is no moral issue. The ethical issue is whether the military should be able to advertise on websites intended for a wide range of people including children. My preference is that children should not be exposed to the kind of combat glorification that takes place in much of the US military's advertising.
grats on the 500th post btw
I dont know if its been pointed out, but i have yet to see an ad for the Army, however i have seen numerous adds for the Marine Corps, which is pretty different.
Don't see it as moraly questionable.
See it as a lesson why regenerating health is wrong.
Oh god my arm!! Don't worry just hump this wall.
(expect in saints row, works in those games XD)
See it as a lesson why regenerating health is wrong.
Oh god my arm!! Don't worry just hump this wall.
(expect in saints row, works in those games XD)
Ouch. Enjoy probation there buddy.Vicarious Vangaurd said:
OT: Well, I don't see them as I'm in the U.K. so, even if I did, I can't join since it's the U.S. military and not the U.K. one, so it doesn't really effect me. That being said, I still wouldn't join anyway as I don't really agree with the notion of the military in the first place.
Also, it's an ad, I think we're intelligent enough to ignore it.
Doesn't bother me at all. If they want to pay for the space then they can pay for the space. It's not the same as a pro-choice or pro-life group buying space, because it's not politically motivated. They simply need to fill some rolls, and it's one of many places where they can do so. Recruiters still show up on college campuses and at shopping malls-I've been approached at both-and the result is the same as it is here. If the citizen has enough of a sense of himself to politely decline and say that he has no interest, that's that.bob-2000 said:
If you have a problem with how the military is being used, then I agree with you, and I think you should focus on that.
In unrelated news, the United States Army is being crippled by having to defend several thousand cases of "Teabagging" reported to have happened during their recent military campaigns across several continents. Staff Sergent Qu1ckSc0per77 said,"Lolz, there just camping noobz anyways. U mad?"
Playing computer games doesn't make you a better killer or train you to use weapons. It makes you a better video game player, and trains you to use a controller, but I think these adds are just more likely to come up, as we are always talking about war games, weapons and military-esque stuff, and that's what the google ads see when trying to target the site.
Playing computer games doesn't make you a better killer or train you to use weapons. It makes you a better video game player, and trains you to use a controller, but I think these adds are just more likely to come up, as we are always talking about war games, weapons and military-esque stuff, and that's what the google ads see when trying to target the site.
So what? Where are they allowed to advertise then? I'm fine with them advertising wherever they want.bob-2000 said:
It's advertising, and it's a VOLUNTEER military, is anyone being forced to join from the ads? No? Didn't think so, what was the problem again?
Why would it bother me? Gaming sites have a lot of youngsters on it. Youngsters are often undecided, and the military is always an option open to them. It isn't like they are trying to subvert culture or dominate the minds of children. They are just doing what they can to keep recruitment up. Honestly, this is silly.
Actually I credit Silent Scope 2 (Arcade) for my BCT BRM Score of 37 out of 40.Hero in a half shell said:
