Poll: Porn ads? Really?

[The Human Torch]

Pretty surprised how upset some Escapist members are- I mean, I understand if you have kids and you don't want them getting a sneak peak of the ads but.. for the most part I will assume that those Escapist members are upset because they cannot display/post any pics relating to porn due the rules and yet here are ads showing off sexual women posing (except the face one.. I don't count that as sexual at all.)

But don't get me wrong, I am not saying to those Escapists that they have no reason to be mad. I'm pretty neutral about the whole thing because I am a Pub Member and though I see many screen shot the ads and posting them- it's really no different then what I see in the media. If you go and see a billboard, chances are it's a woman in her bra/underwear showing off. In malls they have this, and in magazines it's all the more flashing and so forth.

My only concern is who would sneak them in? But Kross will look into it and within the week or even a few days, everyone will forget about it (can't say I will remember it.. we'll all be talking about some event coming up like the ME3 DLC for the main story or something.)

EDIT: Oh yea- forgot to mention that I know it's a porn ad.. but you have to click it in order to see the porn (or least go to it's official website). The way I see it, the girls are just there being pretty and all- though I have seen worse on actual game covers lol.

It's going to be a weird day when I agree with a Christian on the topic of porn, but yeah, what Caramel Frappe said. *fistbump with da Frappe*

Seems more like a mistake to me, and even if it's not a mistake, it's a really an innocent advertisement. I get more tittilation from billboards along the freeway, advertising lingerie.
Heck, I've seen more tits on Tera and Soul Calibur 5 posters!

 

[Kaptajn Emil Alfred Conan Swagga Benzon]

To be honest, it woudn't bother me that much, however i know that the escapist is a very uptight christian webpage, and it would be extremely hypocritical to have porn ads, when swearing is barely permitted in the forums.

No, the escapist should not have porn ads, since it would not be true to the website's nature.

 

[FamoFunk]

Where's the sugarDVD ad with a man in his boxers? Equality people!

True point. As a heterosexual Female I don't mind admiring some nice boobs, but a Man in his boxers would also be quite pleasing.

 

[SmilingWorlock]

I don't see the problem, but then again, I don't see ads. Maybe they want us to found a "PubClub for the Children" Charity or something. ^^

 

[TimeLord]

-snipped post that for some reason mentions me-

Yeah... no these aren't porn ads. It's advertising a new PS3 service that the Escapist itself wrote an article on. I don't know if this was intensional or not on the part of the Escapist but if you have an issue with this then you are welcome to bring it to the attention of the staff via polite PMs or the Tech Team group.

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

Last I checked this site had a minimum age of 13 to create an account. Therefore the advertisers must be aware that they are indeed advertising to a age demographic as low as 13. Last I checked you weren't supposed to do that.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Maybe, it is due to my region or me being ridiculously lucky so far but I haven't gotten any of these porn ads nor have I gotten the ad captchas. The only dodgy things I got was the wierd kinda nsfw ad that was here awhile ago. Just as an aside but these porn ads are quite tame.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

Well at the very least they're not taking the tvtropes approach and immediately getting rid of half the content on the basis that it might be infected with teh bewbs...

Have to say that this is poor show on the hypocrisy front though. To present as a website for serious debate, talking about the issues that matter in gaming, and then allow adverts like that? Or was the sweet sweet money just too much for...

Yeah, I found the root of the problem. Porn offered money, the easy and quick way to bypass all the Escapist content regulations.

 

[Wicky_42]

Protip, Escapist; Stop ignoring your fan-base. Just listen and act accordingly. It's not that difficult.

No man, think of their artistic integrity! If they do what the whiny fans want then they're undermining their vision! MovieBob says so!

EDIT
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.367779-Streaming-Porn-Service-Blasts-the-PS3#comment_form

Absolutely no links to any of it will be provided.

BLATANT LIES!

Made me lol

 

[shintakie10]

-snipped post that for some reason mentions me-

Yeah... no these aren't porn ads. It's advertising a new PS3 service that the Escapist itself wrote an article on. I don't know if this was intensional or not on the part of the Escapist but if you have an issue with this then you are welcome to bring it to the attention of the staff via polite PMs or the Tech Team group.

The problem is they specifically said in the news article about this new service that they wouldn't be postin links to this exact service. Now there are actual ads about it. Aside from that, if any one of us posted a link to this service we would be banned faster than you could blink because its against the rules to post stuff like that.

I still maintain this was probably just a goof, but its still a pretty big goof.

 

[Wicky_42]

-snipped post that for some reason mentions me-

Yeah... no these aren't porn ads. It's advertising a new PS3 service that the Escapist itself wrote an article on.

Just to point out... the "service" being offered is a porn service. That's what "adult movies" means So yeah, they very much are porn ads

Also note that in the Escapist article no link was provided... if it couldn't be linked to in the article on it, why should it be plastered across the entire website?

 

[Brad Shepard]

Warnings, Warnings everywhere, take note people, dont bring up the words "Ad blockers" on the escapist, it can only end bad

 

[Korak the Mad]

I like how my first thought after seeing the ad for the first time was "Silly Escapist, we're on the internet. I don't need this service."

In all seriousness this doesn't bother me that much. The only thing I find wrong with it is that I view the Escapist in public locations quite often and the porn adverts could get me into some minor trouble in some of those locations.

I thought the very same thing. Also I was laughing because it's just so ridiculious that The Escapist put put up something like that.

 

[Woodsey]

What a fucking piss take: I have refreshed the front page 10 times and I still haven't gotten it!

Captcha: respect me. Indeed.

 

[Sassafrass]

What a fucking piss take. I have refreshed the front page 10 times and I still haven't got the porn ad!

Captcha: respect me. Indeed.

We Brits don't get it, sadly. Only ads I've seen is for the content on the site and the Escapist store.

Oh, and the Blackberry ad in the Captcha.

 

[Sethran]

Wow.

Six pages.

Obligatory Pub-Club is Awesome and doesn't get ads post activation!

Seriously though, it's hardly worth getting this upset about. Yeah, it's stupid - Yeah, it's funny. No, it isn't ruining your life. The porn isn't jumping out the screen and throttling you to death, nor is it making you click on it. Hell, the picture on it isn't even as bad as Evony ads.

You know, this one?

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And that's for an actual game, not porn. Which is just teasing, in my opinion.

Edit: Also! Where is the 'I don't care' option for the poll? >:O

 

[Woodsey]

What a fucking piss take. I have refreshed the front page 10 times and I still haven't got the porn ad!

Captcha: respect me. Indeed.

We Brits don't get it, sadly. Only ads I've seen is for the content on the site and the Escapist store.

Oh, and the Blackberry ad in the Captcha.

I shall begin filing complaints immediately.