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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 12:58PM Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar said

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Doesn't look 'home made'. Isn't really that cool. Watch me turn invisible!
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:42PM Haggard said

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No, this is how you turn invisible:

M$ UP TO THEIR NORMAL TRICKS TRYING TO MAKE A PROFIT

FAR CRY 2 IS NOT IN MY OPINION A GOOD GAME
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:50PM Joystick Hero said

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Your invisibility trick seems, for the moment, to be defective good sir.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:56PM Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar said

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Ok... So... How about... "This would be great if it was an Rock Band ad. Epic fail!"? Am I doing it rite now?
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 2:11PM Shagittarius said

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This is how a pro does it:

LULZ, must be for the Wii version cause it was a little kiddie on a bike who wasn't old enuff to drive a car.

Wii is for kidz.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 2:56PM The Blank Mage Returns said

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No, no, no, you're doing this all wrong. Watch and learn.

Ahem.

portal? more like Whore-tal lke youre MOM! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 3:30PM Alex R said

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What is the matter with you?

FISRT POST FTW
LOLLLLOLOLOLOLOLOLL!!!111!!11!!!!!1!

MGS4 IS SH!T!!!11!
LPB LIKCS BALLZ!!1
GAYSTATION!!!!
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 3:30PM Shmil said

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you fools, if you want to turn invisible you simple click your heels together three times
and start reciting old memes

This was a triumph
DO A BARREL ROLL!
This is madness
madness?
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 3:38PM Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar said

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*just stands here crying*
What... did... I... just... start...
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 4:26PM Haggard said

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I just realised the one way you could definitely have turned invisible..

FIRST!!!
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 4:28PM Jinn35 said

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I would just like you guys to know that I voted every single one of you up.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 4:33PM Courtney said

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Here, I'll try too:

HAHAHA! YOU MaDE archon cry, he must be a CWII BABY. Go home and cry in your wii, little cwii-baby.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 6:51PM Megadanxzero said

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Almost all of the above posts are sensible or indeed intelligent, and as such I have upvoted every single one of them...

On a side note, WHAT THE FUCK ;_________________;
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 7:18PM Haggard said

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What are we even talking about? :'(
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 7:50PM Rollins said

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but can it play crysis
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 9:06PM Shmil said

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Snake? Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 10:36PM zuburi said

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Oh yeah? Well the jerk store called, and they're all out of you!


....



Dammit.
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Posted: Nov 21st 2008 12:47AM The Blank Mage Returns said

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Well, the important part is that we made asses of ourselves. I mean tried.
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Posted: Nov 21st 2008 3:43AM (Unverified) said

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The Best Thing You'll See Today: this thread
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 12:58PM nbinney said

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WHHAAAAATT!! How does that work!?
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:19PM Berzerk said

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Looks to me like they had the thing on the handle bars flashing to the correct notes, then they edited the film to put the dots in later on and just really really polished it.

It's *too* perfect for them to be drawn on the ground.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 4:12PM rhoymand said

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the flashing lights on the handle bars are easy to add in post. but its actually a lot easier and less time-consuming to actually put those dots on the ground than it is to actually match move the ground and rotoscope the handle bars for the entire video. 3min 36secs = 5184 frames of match moving and rotoscoping... no thanks!
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 12:59PM Negativecool said

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As much as I want to pull out the cliche "Some people have too much time on their hands"...

This is really too god damn awesome for that silliness.

Kudos to all the work.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:00PM edoglost said

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Activision to Ad agency: "We want something edgy, something viral. You know, something the kids are into."
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:01PM Negativecool said

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Jeez...I'm so naive.

This is called "advertising" children.

Fool me once...
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:03PM (Unverified) said

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100% viral.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 2:41PM ZaxCG2 said

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True... but it doesn't stop it from being somewhat impressive.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:03PM Erluti said

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I'm mad I didn't catch that it was ad-funded! When the kid in kiss make-up jumped out with the new Kiss guitar I was like, "That seems too new for people who spent time making this video!"
I'm so mad I didn't notice.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 11:05PM deathwombat said

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I sort of caught on when the car crossed the path of the bike and thought that it was too well timed.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:03PM (Unverified) said

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Who cares if it's advertising? It doesn't change the fact that it's a cool vid with a bizarre but interesting concept.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 6:47PM (Unverified) said

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The coolness was that people thought a kid in Indiana and his friends did it - and by extension, if we had the free time, we could do it, too.

But it was an ad agency with a five- or six-digit budget, CG artists, filming clearance, licensing, film editors, lawyers. Professionals. Finding that out just makes you realize that you _couldn't_ do it if you tried.

If people paid to be creative for a living had to fake parts it, then it's not actually possible to do it as a truly homemade, sincere video. It's not nearly as impressive when it's the idea of a ActiBlizzard Marketing VP and not a bored kid.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:04PM (Unverified) said

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Gee sure is viral around here.

I was all up for this being my favourite video ever when they started out, and i thought some kids had layed out stickers then rode along at the right speed, but then after a minute or so when it became obvious they were digital, i knew it was not in a million years home made.

Shame.

Oh well.

inb4 200 billion hits on youtube. viral video of the year. Congratulations activision, you win this round. Go hug your giant piles of money

*goes back to playing the unfairly unpopular rock band 2*
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:08PM baby sea tuna said

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...the unfairly unpopular *and* wildly inferior Rock Band 2 ;)
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:13PM (Unverified) said

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Dohoho.

You know its funny. You'd think given the amount of man hours and money that activision poured into GHWT, that they'd be able to at least make a game as good as the one they were copying, nevermind maybe improve upon it a little bit.

GHWT comes out 7th nov and isn't even as good as the year old game its copying, nevermind its recently released sequel, and yet outsells both of them in 3 days.

There is no justice in the world for the amazing developers at harmonix.

/salute
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:13PM (Unverified) said

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Wildly inferior to what? Guitar Hero? Not even close, Rock Band is a far better game. Guitar Hero is good, but they cut corners a lot.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 4:04PM (Unverified) said

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Thank you Sam.

Kudos Harmonix.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:06PM Shagittarius said

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I don't get it...
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:09PM (Unverified) said

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I've always wanted to do something like this on a road and drive over it with a car while someone in the passenger tries to play on a guitar controller.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:12PM Kamizar said

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Seems like they need to kick up the difficulty...
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:17PM mernmern said

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I dont understand why people take such issue with viral advertisements. They are more interesting than 30 second tv spots and for the most part leave you wondering how it was done. Pretty cool vid. Heck, many of you have no qualms reading posts based solely on info released by the marketing or PR divisions of game developers. At least the viral stuff involves some creativity which in gaming is something we all crave.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 4:29PM Haggard said

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It's the fact that they pretend to be all amateur and therefore we're amazed when they're polished and excellent.

Then we realise that it's not down to creative, it's down to the millions of dollars paid to some greasy tosspots who work in marketing.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 4:55PM mernmern said

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So I take it you feel creativeness only counts when it is demonstrated by amateurs. It seems your only real concern is that you believe you were mislead. Either way, viral marketing and viral games are all about forcing you divine the answer or the source. I tend to feel they necessitate a certain level of user or viewer input, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It engages the audience and that is the purpose of both viral marketing and grass roots efforts. The only real concern is whether it is enjoyable or not. Also, before you bemoan all marketing efforts realize that without them you would likely see less money in gaming and as a result inferior products. Like it or not marketing helps sell products and raise interest levels. And before you ask, no, I am not in marketing.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:27PM Ethan said

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They should just make it a normal advert, put the product at the end. (Apart from the start it could be Rock Band) Instead of "viral marketing," how about genuine advertising, just that it'll be free for you to distribute. Everything about this ad is great, but the whole presentation is condescending to it's market because of the context.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:30PM foxhoundadam said

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AWESOME for a random youtube post. GREAT for a paid for ad.

Who cares if they were paid to do this, doesn't not make it entertaining.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:43PM Tez said

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Why does it matter if it was an ad-agency or not? It's still neat.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:43PM TheDarkWayne said

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best part was the kid dressed as the viking character from the game
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:44PM Mitsuo said

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who cares if it's a viral Ad? It's still awesome none the less. I got skeptical about it when I saw the notes on grass thinking how they could get chalk drawn stuff on the grass.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:58PM (Unverified) said

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who the hell cares if it's a marketing ploy?

It was a fun video and I don't even like playing GHWT.
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 2:03PM (Unverified) said

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A viral video made by an advertising and then an attempt to pawn it off as user created. Guitar Hero trys to monkeyshine unsuspecting public into buying inferior product :-(

Epic Fail
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Posted: Nov 20th 2008 2:22PM davidhildreth said

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How many consumer cameras do you know shoot an obvious 24fps? None, it was done by a real production company.

That doesn't mean it's not cool though.
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