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[TLBFestus]

Just WHAT the purpose of this page is?

https://mwomercs.com/landingpad


This might seem just a tad unimportant, but why in the heck is that page even there? Who wants this to be a page that anyone goes to to see if they are interested in playing this game.

The graphics are AWFUL, the poor female character looks like something badly airbrushed onto the side of a Van, and the Atlas still has glowing red eyes.


The video itself, especially the beginning mechbay scenario, is actually not too shabby but other than that the whole thing just sorta sits there and screams out "meh".

Considering all the talk about STEAM, I hope that PGI can spare someone from the art department for a day, which is about all it would take to beat the eye-bleeding monstrosity that's currently there, to put something superior in place. That or tell your web guy to nuke it.

[Light-Speed]

Don't remember the female character, but huh. That page still exists?


Also, maybe send it to somewhere more obvious to the devs?

[FupDup]

Lots of games use female characters to advertise the game, so that males are statistically more likely to click the link than they would for non-females. For some games those advertised characters don't even exist in the actual game lol (like whatever that medieval game was where they hired Kate Upton).

[Bulletsponge0]

TLBFestus, on 13 September 2015 - 12:30 PM, said:

Just WHAT the purpose of this page is?

https://mwomercs.com/landingpad


This might seem just a tad unimportant, but why in the heck is that page even there? Who wants this to be a page that anyone goes to to see if they are interested in playing this game.

The graphics are AWFUL, the poor female character looks like something badly airbrushed onto the side of a Van, and the Atlas still has glowing red eyes.


The video itself, especially the beginning mechbay scenario, is actually not too shabby but other than that the whole thing just sorta sits there and screams out "meh".

Considering all the talk about STEAM, I hope that PGI can spare someone from the art department for a day, which is about all it would take to beat the eye-bleeding monstrosity that's currently there, to put something superior in place. That or tell your web guy to nuke it.

[Alistair Winter]

Jesus. 1997 called. They want their graphic designer back.

[Alistair Winter]

Bulletsponge0, on 13 September 2015 - 12:52 PM, said:

Screw, you guy. I flew with Angel, back in '92. She never made it back.

Don't be bringing that sh*t up.

[martian]

TLBFestus, on 13 September 2015 - 12:30 PM, said:

Just WHAT the purpose of this page is?

https://mwomercs.com/landingpad


This might seem just a tad unimportant, but why in the heck is that page even there? Who wants this to be a page that anyone goes to to see if they are interested in playing this game.

The graphics are AWFUL, the poor female character looks like something badly airbrushed onto the side of a Van, and the Atlas still has glowing red eyes.


The video itself, especially the beginning mechbay scenario, is actually not too shabby but other than that the whole thing just sorta sits there and screams out "meh".

Considering all the talk about STEAM, I hope that PGI can spare someone from the art department for a day, which is about all it would take to beat the eye-bleeding monstrosity that's currently there, to put something superior in place. That or tell your web guy to nuke it.

It's very easy to answer your question, but you are not going to be happy to hear it:


That page that you linked is simply a forgotten relic. Nothing more. Lost. Forgotten. Never updated ...


This site is full of such pages.


Other examples are here: http://mwomercs.com/game/maps.

And here: http://mwomercs.com/game/modes

And here: http://mwomercs.com/clock

And here: http://www.mwomercs.com/theplan

And here: http://mwomercs.com/game/battlemechs

Etc.

I am so sorry.

[JohnnyWayne]

it was stated before that she is supposed to be natasha kerensky. Well their version of her. I don't know what thats supposed to mean.

They also voiced the intention of removing that page or that image. Did not happen it seems.

Edited by JohnnyWayne, 13 September 2015 - 02:03 PM.

[Nightmare1]

TLBFestus, on 13 September 2015 - 12:30 PM, said:

Just WHAT the purpose of this page is?

https://mwomercs.com/landingpad


This might seem just a tad unimportant, but why in the heck is that page even there? Who wants this to be a page that anyone goes to to see if they are interested in playing this game.

The graphics are AWFUL, the poor female character looks like something badly airbrushed onto the side of a Van, and the Atlas still has glowing red eyes.


The video itself, especially the beginning mechbay scenario, is actually not too shabby but other than that the whole thing just sorta sits there and screams out "meh".

Considering all the talk about STEAM, I hope that PGI can spare someone from the art department for a day, which is about all it would take to beat the eye-bleeding monstrosity that's currently there, to put something superior in place. That or tell your web guy to nuke it.

Sex appeal.

...And that's it.

[Squirg]

Nightmare1, on 13 September 2015 - 03:41 PM, said:

Sex appeal.

...And that's it.

The only sex appeal MWO needs is more K2.

[bad arcade kitty]

JohnnyWayne, on 13 September 2015 - 02:02 PM, said:

it was stated before that she is supposed to be natasha kerensky.

natasha kerensky?! with those 'kiss me now' eyes?

[JohnnyWayne]

Yes. ....

[Nightmare1]

Squirg, on 13 September 2015 - 03:46 PM, said:

The only sex appeal MWO needs is more K2.

Lol, well, if you're going to make gijinka out of them, then I suppose.

[Kira Onime]

Just an old outdated promotional page.

[TLBFestus]

martian, on 13 September 2015 - 01:34 PM, said:

It's very easy to answer your question, but you are not going to be happy to hear it:


That page that you linked is simply a forgotten relic. Nothing more. Lost. Forgotten. Never updated ...


This site is full of such pages.


Other examples are here: http://mwomercs.com/game/maps.

And here: http://mwomercs.com/game/modes

And here: http://mwomercs.com/clock

And here: http://www.mwomercs.com/theplan

And here: http://mwomercs.com/game/battlemechs

Etc.

I am so sorry.

It's just a sad, sad commentary on the organization that is PGI that they can't even clean up after themselves and leave detritus like this laying around.

I just find it hard to expect big things from PGI when they are this sloppy.

[Anachronda]

FupDup, on 13 September 2015 - 12:46 PM, said:

Lots of games use female characters to advertise the game, so that males are statistically more likely to click the link than they would for non-females. For some games those advertised characters don't even exist in the actual game lol (like whatever that medieval game was where they hired Kate Upton).

OP was not complaining about the female character. They were complaining that she is poorly drawn. I'd say the main problem would be, well I don't know the technical term - hue? saturation? - the colors look flat. That's probably why the OP said it looked spraypainted on a van badly. It's like they're too mattelike and faded. Also, wow - I had no idea that page even existed.

As for those saying put this thread somewhere obvious, it's in the feedback section for the website. So ...

[Anachronda]

Bulletsponge0, on 13 September 2015 - 12:52 PM, said:

I so miss that game

[Anachronda]

TLBFestus, on 13 September 2015 - 04:30 PM, said:

It's just a sad, sad commentary on the organization that is PGI that they can't even clean up after themselves and leave detritus like this laying around.

I just find it hard to expect big things from PGI when they are this sloppy.

Obviously you haven't spent a lot of time poking through the websites of large companies. They tend to have orphaned links, often because of changes to link addresses and pages. They can also be poorly navigable and this generally has no correlation with the size of the company or how good they are with their product. I wouldn't be surprised if a small company like PGI only had one or a few people responsible for maintaining pages and pushing content (not counting the art people, marketing, or whatever of course, who might produce content).