Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Just fired up FM10 and noticed pitchside ESPN adverts for Chelsea v. West Brom, Sat 20th Aug at 4.45pm. Is this a new thing? Not sure i like it. Smart Adverts. Worming their way directly into my FM experience? I don't want it to happen. Can I switch them off? Am I being watched? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrazT Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 You can switch them off in preferences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_G_32201 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Just fired up FM10 and noticed pitchside ESPN adverts for Chelsea v. West Brom, Sat 20th Aug at 4.45pm.Is this a new thing? Not sure i like it. Smart Adverts. Worming their way directly into my FM experience? I don't want it to happen. Can I switch them off? Am I being watched? Watch it...they could be watching us now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 You can switch them off in preferences. I don't want to have to switch them off. I don't want them in my gaming experience. Are you watching me? Fraz? Are you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley21 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Personally i like the ad boards, adds a little realism to the game in 3D view for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Well i'm currently playing away to Trabzonspor as Aberdeen. And its telling me to watch Chelsea v West Brom. How's that realistic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhughthom Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 About as realistic as Aberdeen playing in Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 You can switch them off in preferences. Can you? Where? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 About as realistic as Aberdeen playing in Europe. Hey! Count the Stars Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThfcJoe Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I'd like it if they had adverts for in game matches, such as big CL or Prem games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley21 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Well i'm currently playing away to Trabzonspor as Aberdeen. And its telling me to watch Chelsea v West Brom. How's that realistic? Well its hardly going to be tailored to your club now is it, it's clearly a deal with ESPN. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Well its hardly going to be tailored to your club now is it, it's clearly a deal with ESPN. Not wanting it tailored with my club, not wanting it at all, and its hardly not going to be a deal with ESPN is it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 then just turn them off in the preferences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 then just turn them off in the preferences. Where is that option? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 i havent got Fm10 loaded but in 11 its in the general tab in preferences, disabling hyperlinks should turn them off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Ah, didn't spot it was FM10. No wonder I can't find it. As for FM11, disable hyperlinks just disables the hyperlinks, it doesn't get rid of the adverts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 you could be right actually, i dont think i have ever noticed them but i thought that option would have turned them off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafuge Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 If you hover over it you get a description that describes what ticking that box does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Sorry guys it is FM11, i'm a year behind. So can this damned Chelsea/West Brom thing be switched off with this or is it to stay with me on every match i play tonight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afced7 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Well I've never seen anything like this so I assume I turned it off at some point. Play around with some of the preferences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley21 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Why does it irritate you so much, they aren't too obtrusive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMT Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I noticed this this afternoon, wasn't sure if it was to do with getting a new PC with a dedicated graphics card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMT Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Personally i like the ad boards, adds a little realism to the game in 3D view for me. Not really, I am in May 2022, and it's advertising a game on 21st August 2011 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadijk van Kaarhandel Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Is this a new thing that's just happened today? I've not tweaked preferences and i don't recall ever having seen it before and i've been playing every night for the last couple of weeks. Seriously, its a bit too stealth for my liking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afced7 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I just checked and yeah I've got those ads too. Wouldn't have noticed unless you pointed it out though so I don't see much of a problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted August 19, 2011 SI Staff Share Posted August 19, 2011 Is this a new thing that's just happened today?I've not tweaked preferences and i don't recall ever having seen it before and i've been playing every night for the last couple of weeks. Seriously, its a bit too stealth for my liking. The adverts around the pitch will occasionally change. There have been a few threads about it over the past couple of years. I think there was a movie advertised at some point and maybe pizza. Can't remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Yeah you always get new advertisements every now and then in FM. I like it, it's realistic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley21 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I remember the adverts for the simpsons movie that were in FML, and those justeat ones as well. I always kinda liked them. Would be really good if they were updated more frequently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Yeah you always get new advertisements every now and then in FM. I like it, it's realistic Realistic? The OP's playing a match in July 2009 and sees an ad for a match in Aug 2011? another poster is playing in 2022 and sees an ad for a match from 11 years previously? Realistic??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_G_32201 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Realistic?The OP's playing a match in July 2009 and sees an ad for a match in Aug 2011? another poster is playing in 2022 and sees an ad for a match from 11 years previously? Realistic??? Are you serious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afced7 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Realistic?The OP's playing a match in July 2009 and sees an ad for a match in Aug 2011? another poster is playing in 2022 and sees an ad for a match from 11 years previously? Realistic??? Are you suggesting they should advertise matches taking place 11 years in the future then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley21 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Realistic?The OP's playing a match in July 2009 and sees an ad for a match in Aug 2011? another poster is playing in 2022 and sees an ad for a match from 11 years previously? Realistic??? What a ridiculous thing to say, you're just complaining for complainings sake here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Furia Roja Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Are you serious? Are you suggesting they should advertise matches taking place 11 years in the future then? What a ridiculous thing to say, you're just complaining for complainings sake here. i think he is just saying that it isn't overly realistic to see an ad for a game that 'happened' 20 years ago in your save. phnompenhandy isn't normally a complainer so i am positive that's not what he is doing. I think a more realistic feel would be to advertise games etc that are in line with fixtures in game, rather than real life fixtures, for example, Chelsea v West Brom, September 21 2022, 7PM. If that fixture was set to actually happen in game on that day, but obviously that wouldn't be a deal or anything with a TV company as it isn't telling you watch a particular channel and so on it would just be a bit of a realism feature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhughthom Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Well we're all pretended a bunch of poorly animated characters on a screen are real footballers, personally I don't find it too much of a stretch to pretend the hoardings are advertising a match in my game world rather than the real world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmilitao Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I like to see Animated adboards in FM, like premier league games... or the possibility to make this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Ah, didn't spot it was FM10. No wonder I can't find it.As for FM11, disable hyperlinks just disables the hyperlinks, it doesn't get rid of the adverts. I don't have FM11, but I was over the moon when I found out you could just delete the ads folder and the boards themselves disappeared. No more annoying ads in the game. I shudder at the thought of even more ads, or rotating ads and crap like that. As a person who despise advertising this is a huge deal for me. But thankfully it was possible to remove that plague upon society in FM10 Should be an option in preferences ofc, so we don't have to snoop around in the folder structure and delete stuff manually. If there is such an option in 11 that is a step in the right direction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigfacemonkeyman Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I don't have FM11, but I was over the moon when I found out you could just delete the ads folder and the boards themselves disappeared. No more annoying ads in the game. I shudder at the thought of even more ads, or rotating ads and crap like that. As a person who despise advertising this is a huge deal for me. But thankfully it was possible to remove that plague upon society in FM10 Should be an option in preferences ofc, so we don't have to snoop around in the folder structure and delete stuff manually. If there is such an option in 11 that is a step in the right direction. You must have read my mind. Just fired up FM10 and noticed pitchside ESPN adverts for Chelsea v. West Brom, Sat 20th Aug at 4.45pm.Is this a new thing? Not sure i like it. Smart Adverts. Worming their way directly into my FM experience? I don't want it to happen. Can I switch them off? Am I being watched? Data Collection? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 i think he is just saying that it isn't overly realistic to see an ad for a game that 'happened' 20 years ago in your save. phnompenhandy isn't normally a complainer so i am positive that's not what he is doing.I think a more realistic feel would be to advertise games etc that are in line with fixtures in game, rather than real life fixtures, for example, Chelsea v West Brom, September 21 2022, 7PM. If that fixture was set to actually happen in game on that day, but obviously that wouldn't be a deal or anything with a TV company as it isn't telling you watch a particular channel and so on it would just be a bit of a realism feature. Yes, that's correct. I don't understand how it could have been misunderstood, but never mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave80 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I'm not complaining really! More money to SI = bigger budget = better FM12/13/14/15 etc... The production costs of a game can be astronomical, they have to recoup them in other ways than just selling it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 This always cracks me. The man is Brilliant with a big B. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo Pretty sure the advertising money SI get from the in-game hoardings are like a drop in the ocean. That's not going to make or break FM12 or 13. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSCCG Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I won't complain, as long as having sold ad spaces in the game, the price of the game will not increase in the next edition. They might be nice, and for some people add to the realism, but the fact is that they make money off it and we're helping them do it so some of that money should pass onto us, whether it be a cheaper game or more updates/leagues/players/downloadable content. A better game is a given, they should be doing that either way, unless they can make sure that the game has a massive jump in quality that can only be attributed to a higher budget. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiitastic Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Realistic?The OP's playing a match in July 2009 and sees an ad for a match in Aug 2011? another poster is playing in 2022 and sees an ad for a match from 11 years previously? Realistic??? it's advertising real life things, very realistic. tonight it'll show advertising for another epl match. nothing wrong with that. if you don't want realism, then turn off the crowd and outside noises also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigfacemonkeyman Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 it's advertising real life things, very realistic. tonight it'll show advertising for another epl match. nothing wrong with that. if you don't want realism, then turn off the crowd and outside noises also OK, thanks for that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangaea Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I have. Nothing to do with realism or not though. Advertising in games is just way below the belt. It's why I didn't buy FM09 actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnip Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 In most games I'd agree with you since if you notice it (which is the whole point) it does kind of destroy immersion. Playing FM in a window, however, browsing the internet while the game's processing isn't really building much immersion for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If you don't like adverts but you want realism you can download realistic ad boards from places like FM Base or Sortitoutsi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmastermind124 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 There is a fine line with in game advertising that can easily be crossed. Had SI simply advertised the ESPN logo I would find that acceptable, it would also keep things realistic. Advertising actual events seems to be taking things a little too far. It is definitely not realistic to do this in FM (many saves will be beyond the current date). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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