Billboard Contest Discussion Thread

[Clare]

this calls for a :

[AGD]

[Potatoboy]

I have already made a series of videos for LVL10 but they are not bold enough to shockwave into your brain. We have a new video concept that will undoubtedly make several people leave this board in disgust. My lawyer is checking to see if we will get arrested for anything (no women involved by the way). I am trying to do stuff that is so dramatic that just verbally REPEATING it to your friends will make them want to see it.

Am I the only one that is deeply disturbed yet intruiged by this?

I can now picture Tom laughing maniacally while toying around with level 10....

[Riotz]

I think it's exactly what AGD needs. I love it!

*thinks of evil schemes*

[Tactical Neural Implant]

Ummmmmmm, I haven't had a chance to catch up on the entire thread and I don't know if this has been put forth.

Get an outside opinion. By this I mean, ask someone not involved with AO/AGD. Has anyone taken the ad(s) and asked someone from like the Shatner Forum to look at it/them? See what they think. Just my .02 cents.


Tactical Neural Implant (aka Rocp15126)

[The Frymarker]

Me too Cap

[johnny_boy]

The leader spoke! I was wondering when AGD would share his thoughts

[shartley]

Riotz

[The Frymarker]

I finally figured out who the blonde was hiding behind all of that hair!!

It is all a secret plot! Tom is really a camera hound!

Just thought I would get us off of the serious note


Well I made an ad for my grips http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...570#post330570

Just thought we needed a laugh in this thread!

[Xen]

Hey now, leave SHartley alone.

Don't twist his words and get into fights on threads PMs are better.

[hitmanng]

Originally posted by AGD

I must say this is some of the saddest information I have ever heard on this forum. I think Tom has spent way too much time hanging out with Mancow. I can say I did not in the least way find that billboard funny. And I think most who will still won't spend $100.00 on a warp feed because of it. You state you feel you have to go with shock treatment at this stage in the game but 6 months ago you where telling us that AGD is a viable company the way it is and has no need to worry about anything. I am glad you don't have WDP's rep. I didn't think you wanted it. I find it sad that you want to stick in people's mind even under the man is that sick area. At least you do understand the ramification of your actions and that you now have to get the WDP bussiness or bust because your old school loyal fans may not be there in the future for you. I hoped someone took your password and made that post but I know that is not true. I guess Tom Kayes wants to be the new bad guy in town. Good luck to you.
By the way, what was the AKLAMP's website I think I need to buy an Excaliber.
Oh and Tom I finished the billboard for you: Thought it would save you a little time.

[The Frymarker]

Ouch

[tremis]

I don't think the saying is "because quality always sells product". My understanding is that quality makes customers happy, but I have rarely seen it make customers.
Simple question: Do mags suck?
answer: nope

Yet an insane amount of folks think they do. Obviously quality hasn't sold them on the idea of owning a mag.

I would like AGD to catch on like WDP just for my own benifit. If mags were selling like angels, AGD would have more monetary resources to use on coming up with more stuff. In the end, that would benifit me. WDP releases some special edition angel like every 3 or 4 days because they have the money to do it.

Mags aren't going to sell like angels by simply being a better gun. They already are a better gun and we see that they need something else. If this is it, great. If not, I hope they find whatever it is soon.

Tremis

[FatMan]

Aw guys, get off the high horse! Since when has quality sold products? You can look almost anywhere and find that by far the most popular products are NOT the highest quality. Is the most popular car the highest quality? How about the most popular operating system? The most popular stereo, or TV? How about the most popular plumbing fixtures?

Face it, quality engineering alone doesn't sell products. There are a few customers who LOOK for quality and are willing to PAY for it, and when it comes to paintball, AO pretty much represents that group. But we are a very small minority in paintball. Very, very small.

What matters is can AGD get some much needed marketing bang without sacrificing the engineering. Look at it another way - where is the income needed to do the next bit of engineering going to come from? All these technical advances aren't free. The Kingman's of the world are paying most of their wages to stamp out units for sale. Their "engineering" is weak by almost anyone's standards - so the fraction of their income they spend on improving their products is small.

We, the loyal AGD fans NEED AGD to do better in the market place, so they can continue to justify the extra effort they put into their quality. Tom is doing the right thing - at least up to a point. There IS a line that should not be crossed, but then who decides where than line is? We each decide for ourselves! Me? Putting a couple bimbos on a billboard to get some attention is no biggie AT ALL.

*edited content - Dude try to be a tad bit more tastefull when talking to some people* -RobAGD

FatMan

[shartley]