Death penalty
 

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/loadNews/21096

That's just too funny...

Lol I love the whiney bitch that posted in that thread about uninstalling the game. OH NO I'd have to stare at a gray screen for 10 seconds anyways and now it's filled with an advertisement for the game company. THE HORROR.

I think it's actually a really good idea, especially if it's a F2P game.

probably because its the start of a disgustingly fucking pathetic campaign to riddle game worlds with modern pop culture shit fucking commercials that i play these games to get away from, we can thank this company and WoW for pioneering the way for soulsucking capitalism with absolutely no entrepreneurship based on a passion, but on greed.

soon there'll be Coca Cola billboards popping up in EC =/

Old news, games have been doing this for years.

Anarchy Online was one of the first MMOs I believe that had billboards of "real" products.

^^

Agreed! it will turn into another avenue (albeit game related ads) the same way youtube is being used

The above mentioned game has the option to turn off said advertisements for PAYING members. Anyone that wants to ride the coattails of a F2P game without investing anything back into it should most certainly be subjected to earning the company some extra revenue. No harm no foul when they'd be staring at a grayed out screen anyways.

When said ad campaigns make their way into pay-to-play games is when it becomes the consumer's responsibility to stop supporting the company by cancelling their account and walking away. I really don't foresee any serious company shooting themselves in the foot like that though.

At least this is incentive for the developer to make challenging content (or horribly stupid content that basically requires deaths.)

Wouldn't bother me, as long as the literal game world/play didn't have ads. If I'd have been unable to do anything or even look around for the time the ad plays anyway, why does it matter?