Razer Footprints is the dumbest marketing I've ever seen...

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AntonChigur wrote:

I don't mind it. It's not like ads are popping up everywhere on this free game. They partnered with Razer and people got a free effect. Big deal.

Now, if we start seeing coke bottles for our life flasks and pepsi for mana and mountain dew for granite/quicksilver flasks then you might have a complaint. Actually that would be pretty awesome.

Don't forget Dr. Pepper for our totems. >_>

Remember guys, you don't have to use these ads *lolz*

Seriously, not attacking anyone in particular, but all of these people praising GGG for this decision make me wanna live on the moon :(

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Jack_Mayhoffer wrote:

Remember guys, you don't have to use these ads *lolz*

Seriously, not attacking anyone in particular, but all of these people praising GGG for this decision make me wanna live on the moon :(

And all the people feeling like GGG owes it to them to never partner with a company and use something like these footprints (for free, mind you) to help GGG as a company amaze me...especially with the argument of "immersion breaking" (which should be near the bottom of the list for concerns for an ARPG, and considering many of the actual microtransactions would be more immersion breaking to begin with), annoying to see in town (woopty friggin doo, I personally find some of the helmets quite annoying but I don't fight to get them removed - even though they serve a very similar purpose), or (worst of all) can't believe "GGG has sold out!".

Seriously, people...I would much, much, MUCH rather see completely optional advertisement effects (such as the Razer footprints, which by the way are quite easy to ignore when you're busy actually playing the game) than the p2w crap I see enter almost any other f2p game I've tried (including the MMO I used to play, DDO, which recently went so far as to add skill point tomes to their microtransaction store - which is a big deal for a D&D game, and a major contributing factor in my quitting playing).

I'm damn happy for GGG for making a partnership with a company that makes my favorite headset and mousepad (I'm not so crazy about the keyboard and mouse I have from them...but both are still working like they should, so I'm also not complaining), and I don't mind the foot prints (but if I did, it'd be easy enough to get away from them)...and quite frankly, while all of these discussions were funny at first over the past few days, is it too much to ask for people to grow the hell up, quit complaining about something that doesn't even affect them if they don't want it to do so, and just play the damn game (or, if you're so morally outraged by the footprints, DON'T play the game, DON'T come on the forums to start a new rant every few hours, just maybe send an angry e-mail and quit playing until it's resolved...otherwise, I don't believe you're anywhere near as upset about it as you claim - from experience, if all you're doing is whining on the)?!

I personally don't care, I thought the footprints looked cool and just glanced at them as I tried to decide if I should use a wand now or keep using my searing touch. What's a razor?

Here's an idea: if you don't like it, don't use it. I know, very thought provoking.

GGG being supported by Razer is only a good thing for a small company. Don't shit on their parade.

Outrage over petty issues : The best way to fight for a cause while not bothering to pick a worthy one.

ITT: misdirected anger


GGG didn't enable the footprints by default. People have to log in to get a code, redeem the code, and then apply the effect. So, apparently some people like the footprints.

If you don't, then don't use them. Simple as that.

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Zahndethus wrote:

OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS--(Reuters - September 2, 2013) - McDonalds (NYSE: MCD), the largest fast food corporation in the world, has announced a deal to acquire Grinding Gear Games, a small New Zealand based video game studio known for its up-and-coming action role-playing game "Path of Exile."

"Research has showed us that the demographics of video game players and the demographics of our customers are very similar," stated Don Thompson, CEO of McDonalds. "We feel that this deal will benefit both of our companies."

"I'm very exited about McDonalds' investment in our company," Chris Wilson, one of the original founders of Grinding Gear Games, said. "This infusion of cash will ensure that Path of Exile will be an exciting game for years to come."

In the upcoming 11.6 patch, players of Path of Exile will begin to see the effects of the deal. Players will be able to venture into a new dungeon named McDonald Land, in Act 3 of the game, which takes place in the ruined City of Sarn. There, they will encounter new monsters unique to that area, and have a chance at finding the mysterious Big Mac Orb.

The cave is full of Grimaces and Hamburglars (this didn't set off my spell check), in which Grimace uses a charge attack, and Hamburglar actually steals items out of your inventory and runs away.

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Wruntjunior wrote:

completely optional advertisement effects

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Catchafire2000 wrote:

Here's an idea: if you don't like it, don't use it.

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vindictive wrote:

If you don't, then don't use them.

If you don't like being advertised to, there is no option. Other people use the footprints, not the player who doesn't like them.

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ToxicRatt wrote:

If you hate the razer prints they can be removed. Search reddit for the how to and the posible ramifications.

Risking getting banned for client modification is not an acceptable solution.

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Baskerville wrote:

Some people just don't like commercialism, however their opinions don't affect success.

Some people in this thread have donated many hundreds of dollars to GGG and are not happy about this style of commercialism.

Ads work great for commercializing freeloaders. Patronage works great for non-freeloaders. The two do not mix well, and that's not a black and white "commercialism is bad" statement.

The guys defending GGG in this come off like they have Stockholm syndrome...

Very sad...