SEGA takes another hit ... from the bong
If you thought Acclaim was strange for their marketing stunts, check this little tidbit out. The upcoming ESPN Football 2K4 has a different kind of fansite. It has plenty of info, pictures and even videos, but none of it is "official". Furthermore, the webmaster actually hates SEGA and the game, but still puts all kinds of info into his website, and it's not an MMORPG!
The webmaster claims that he is a beta tester, and that the he is fighting against the Sega corporation to stop their "the crimes against humanity perpetrated by this evil corporation". He claims physical violence and injury against him because of this game, and has all kinds of evidence, which happen to have behind the scenes footage of the new Sega game.
I can't say it's not working. I care nothing about sports games, and I want to download everything on this site.
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What the hell? If that guy is serious, he is pretty messed up. I own NFL 2K3 and NBA 2K3 and the only side affects I've seen is a sudden longing for Dan Patrick.....oh, Dan....<sigh>
The whole point of the article was that it was a marketing ploy by SEGA. So, most people think it's fake. I mean that "Why Fight?" page did it for me. Damn.
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I can't make heads or tails from this. Why would Sega do something so insane? Why would a real person be this nuts and have the "official" dope?
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Its some pretty wild marketing if you ask me... at this point Sega needs to try anything to get some buzz over Madden... so why not this ploy?I'll tell you...its a least got me interested in finding out more about the game..the even cleverly masked the domain ownership...it goes through some proxy..check it out with a whois..
Aint nothing new about the world order..it's been playing since the day they put George Washington on a quarter
85's face the truth you're too dumb.
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Though isn't it odd for a marketing ploy to include a modded xbox? I would think that would be a definite no-no for any developer...
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Can't you see this man is clearly suffering due to the neligence, nay, recklessness of the Sega Corporation. I'm taking his case.Please be warned, I will include anyone that ridicules my client in the lawsuit under separate counts of intention infliction of emotional distress.
I'm bringing sexy back!