EA gives away free fuel in London. Causes chaos.

what a crude stunt :evil:

GET IT?! SEE?! CRUDE OI.. :cry:

no one?

Actually I think that idea was pretty brilliant. :mrgreen:

The angry annoyed people, were probably angry cause their puny bicycles don't accept fuel :mrgreen:

Cuttooth wrote:The PR team really should have thought this through. I petrol thinking a bit foolish right now.

I still can't work out what petrol is supposed to replace in this sentence.

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That's pretty genius marketing. I had no idea a Mercenaries 2 was coming out until I read this thread.

Mockmaster wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:The PR team really should have thought this through. I petrol thinking a bit foolish right now.

I still can't work out what petrol is supposed to replace in this sentence.

Bet they're all
or
Bet you're all

I think

Hexx wrote:
Mockmaster wrote:
Cuttooth wrote:The PR team really should have thought this through. I petrol thinking a bit foolish right now.

I still can't work out what petrol is supposed to replace in this sentence.

Bet they're all
or
Bet you're all

I think

Yes, that one, but it sounds more like "you're all" now.

I have failed at the punnage.

Alpha eX wrote:They did this in America aswell, how did that one go?

It had coverage over at kotaku, but was untouched by our media, and it looks like all the places talking about this dont have a clue either.

Nice stunt, more publicity for the game, no one got hurt, and the only ones bitching are the ones who did not get free petrol!

What a TOTALy nuts SHELL of an idea, I dont intend to ESSOwn the game and nor do my TEXACOworkers as they think its a ByProduct of erm... MURCO.

Sorry that was gooseberry fool.

You're all missing the big picture here:

Louise Marchant, from Electronic Arts, said the scenes of queuing mimicked aspects of the game.

Just think of the possibilities -

Valve represses Croydon to promote Half Life 3

Zimbabwe infected with Zombie plague to promote Resident Evil 5

etc.

Cracking stuff.

jj_hunsecker wrote:You're all missing the big picture here:

Louise Marchant, from Electronic Arts, said the scenes of queuing mimicked aspects of the game.

Just think of the possibilities -

Valve represses Croydon to promote Half Life 3

Zimbabwe infected with Zombie plague to promote Resident Evil 5

etc.

Genuinely, the greatest marketing campaigns ever.

The backlash would not be near half as bad as giving a few grands worth of Petrol away in London!
Some people need to lighten up, no-one got hurt, and some people got some free petrol!

Danzig wrote:That's pretty genius marketing. I had no idea a Mercenaries 2 was coming out until I read this thread.

I had no idea until I saw the ad for it the other day on TV. The ad looks quite good.

Mafro wrote:
Mockmaster wrote:A fuel-ish move by EA.

Awesome

Fixed.

The stunt is genius and oddly funny. It'd drive me crazy though.

"Diesel get the crowd going," said EA's marketing man as he put forward the free fuel idea.

It was a four-star idea!

Something Fishy

They're just fueling the fire of public anger in London.

Alpha eX wrote:They did this in America aswell, how did that one go?

EA gives away free fuel in London. Causes chaos.

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