Wow, this has to be one of the worst advertisements ever. (WoW related)

[Digitaldreamer7]

It's a reference that's hard to get if you didn't see Scott Pilgrim vs. The World but I think it's supposed to be the same girl from this scene.

*YouTube snip*
It's not exactly one of the better gems for a WoW commercial.

Actually, you won't get it if you don't watch parks and recreation. This is her Ramona character fleshed out x1000000000000

But yea, if you have seen it you should get it, it's still annoying with or without the reference, but more tolerable, and you can understand why she acts the way she is. Seriously, she's the female Keanu Reeves.

I don't think I follow, I wasn't talking about Romona. I was talking about the chick behind the counter. And her character in Parks and Recreation (a show that I honestly had never heard of until now, but thank raptor jesus for google) isn't named Romona either.

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I...really can't tell what they're going with with this advert. I mean, is this Blizzard's attempt at "dark humour"? Becausemaybe then they should ook up what that word actually means.

I mean, Blizzards usual humour really is either to recognize. Either they go with an orc screaming "Get to da' choppa!" or an NPC named "Harrison Jones", or they go with tired memes, that they possibly seriously think people still think are funny, like the Chuck Norris one.

But this? Maybe I would understand it more if they hadn't got a fucking robot to do the commercial for them, Samus in Other M has more emotion in her narrative. Yeah, I know that Blizzard are pretty bad at voiceacting, but come on, she wasn't even trying.

I know, the chick behind the counter in the Ramona movie clip you posted is Aubrey Plaza. I didn't mean Ramona herself, sorry that wasn't very clear. If you watch her in Ramona flowers and watch her in Parks and Recreation you'll see that she sounds, acts, and has the same attitude in both. Come to think of it.. she's that way in her stand up routines as well... It's why I called her (Aubrey Plaza) the female version of Keanu Reeves cause she's exactly the same in everything she does. But what I meant was it's a little more tolerable to watch her in this commercial after you've seen her do other stuff cause you get that this is her "thing" or "hook."

 

[Lunar Templar]

wow ...

another shit WoW ad from blizzard, now with more '*****' -.- joy

 

[LHZA]

The actress is named Aubrey Plaza and she's a regular on Parks and Recreation. She's known for playing bitchy deadpan characters, like the girl in the commercial. They were obviously trying to make a commercial that appealed more to female players of WoW. Meh!

 

[Vrach]

How....is this supposed to make me want to try WoW again? Its just implying that people who play WoW are complete pricks. (Not saying they are, simply saying that this is what the commercial implies.)

P.S. Thank you Nin_Ninja for helping me embed it.

P.P.S. I am not angry, I am not whinging like a thirteen year old boy. I am saying "Wow, isn't this commercial *Dumb*? the hell are they thinking?"

Step 1: Watch Scott Pilgrim
Step 2: Watch the ad again
Step 3: Enjoy the joke now that you get it
Step 4: ...
Step 5: PROFIT!!!

 

[jedizero]

Step 1: Watch Scott Pilgrim
Step 2: Watch the ad again
Step 3: Enjoy the joke now that you get it
Step 4: ...
Step 5: PROFIT!!!

I've watched Scott Pilgrim.

I don't really care what its referencing, its dumb as hell.

 

[Vrach]

Step 1: Watch Scott Pilgrim
Step 2: Watch the ad again
Step 3: Enjoy the joke now that you get it
Step 4: ...
Step 5: PROFIT!!!

I've watched Scott Pilgrim.

I don't really care what its referencing, its dumb as hell.

So you don't get the joke or find it funny. That doesn't make it dumb, I for one loved it

That said, I can totally see how it's off-putting to someone who doesn't get the joke, so yeah, might not be the widest reaching commercial, but I kinda like that about it, means they put how awesome the commercial should be before how wide an audience it's gonna reach, which deserves respect imo. On the flipside, EA's "99 problems and CoD ain't one" may reach millions of 12 year old fanbois, but it's very lame (disclaimer, I love Battlefield and am not into CoD, I just find the ad really lame).

 

[Kopikatsu]

Play WoW, don't get laid. That is what I gathered from this. Honest advertising.

50-man Raid boss defeated, virginity intact.

Win-win.

 

[Skulltaker101]

I dunno about anyone else, but her expressionless face and near-emotionless delivery had me thinking this woman's a sociopath. Or just horrible at acting.

In all honesty, that's still a broader emotional range than Megan Fox has ever managed.

OT: As far as this video goes, I think Blizzard is starting to throw every single reference that may strike a chord with a gaming demographic out onto the television. They're hoping that people still remember enough about Scott Pilgrim to laugh at this ad and go "you know, those guys are all right. I'm going to give their game a try." Unfortunately, speaking personally, even after I got the reference I was like "heh...yeah, I get it."

I don't wish to sound like a fanboy, and I'm certainly not, but when you sell a game, you sell a cheeseburgering GAME, with ads that aren't necessarily designed to strike a chord with small groups, but entice everyone to give them a go. Thus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrrVDV_NsNo

 

[Gethsemani_v1legacy]

[video]

So this girl, first is bitchy because her boyfriend won't give her freaking DIAMONDS (In this economy? Seriously?), and then says 'I'll play the game anyway'. Then she casually mentions how her boyfriend says she loves it more than him, she agrees, so she dumps him.

The worst part? The boyfriend probably got it for her because it was something he enjoyed...So he wanted to share his enjoyment with her. She throws it in his face by saying "I WANTED DIAMONDS", and then takes it and plays the game anyway.

Then when she finds she *loves* the game, she doesn't thank her boyfriend for showing it/giving it to her, she tells him to fuck off because she enjoys her game more than being with him.

How....is this supposed to make me want to try WoW again? Its just implying that people who play WoW are complete pricks. (Not saying they are, simply saying that this is what the commercial implies.)

P.S. Thank you Nin_Ninja for helping me embed it.

P.P.S. I am not angry, I am not whinging like a thirteen year old boy. I am saying "Wow, isn't this commercial *Dumb*? the hell are they thinking?"

It is a gender role reversal pun. It plays on the concept that girlfriends have given their boyfriends WoW as a gift, which has ended with the boyfriends breaking up to play even more. And as many others are stated, it is clearly meant to be a tongue in cheek commercial. But please, by all means, dont let things like cultural context and subtext stop your completely irrational hatred.

 

[jedizero]

please, by all means, dont let things like cultural context and subtext stop your completely irrational hatred.

Please, by all means, don't let things like reading the entirety of the first post to see at the bottom that I'm not angry, but am in fact, saying "Wow, this is a dumbass commercial." Stop you from acting like a smug jerk.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I wound up making a post about this on Facebook after the 20th or so time seeing it (there's this TV channel that plays Family Guy and American Dad in the early evening on weekdays, when there's nothing else on, and this commercial plays in every. single. commercial. break.), and everyone agreed: this sends out completely the wrong message. It's like "our game is online, and you therefore have to socialize with other players. Let's meet one now, so you can see why you never want to interact with these people for any reason!" I think we came to the conclusion that "World of Warcraft: nasty bitches play it" would have been the perfect tagline to go with the commercial, and that if they did away with the actual commercial and just kept the tagline, they might even get some Evony style "what do you mean it's not porn?" subscriptions.