Evony Drama - Oooh Interesting~
If you don't know what Evony is, then it won't be a surprise. Because all those Evony ads with busty ladies and half-naked chicks DON'T EVEN EXIST in their game.
From Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5345584/evony-devs-sound-a-bit-iffy)
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Evony needs little introduction. If you're on the internet, at all, you've seen its intrusive banner ads pretty much everywhere. But just who are the people behind this "game"? Well, surprisingly, it turns out they're incredibly shady.
Bruce Everiss, who works in video game marketing, has written up an excellent piece on the shady side of the "game", pointing out the fact it's owned by a guy who has been sued by Microsoft for click fraud and who also runs a gold farming company, that it steals assets from Age of Empires and that the game is spamming people's blogs and forums with unsolicited Evony ads.
And what did Bruce get for his troubles? Well, of course, he's been threatened with a lawsuit by Evony's owner, Eric Lam.
negativegamer.com also posted an article showing the letter that Evony sent to Everiss. (http://negativegamer.com/2009/08/25/...tical-blogger/) They ended up banning Evony ads from their site.
I'm starting to wonder if all this negative publicity will now get gamers interested in actually trying out the game... but I'm more interested in what Onrpg members think, 'cuz you know... you guys like to flame almost everything.