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PPA online commercial looks great

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  1. beanie beanie is offline

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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 9:18am)

    <OBJECT height=350 width=425><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.youtube.com/v/WifyEbDVnCw"><PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="transparent"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WifyEbDVnCw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></OBJECT>
  2. beanie beanie is offline

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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 9:19am) in reply to beanie

    we need to share this video in other forums
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 9:21am) in reply to beanie

    definitely well done and sends a message.
     
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 9:22am) in reply to beanie

    AWESOME commercial!!! Thank God the PPA is taking action on our behalf!
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 9:28am) in reply to BomboKlaat

    http://tinyurl.com/33k92j.

    I submitted it to Digg (which can get more people watching it). If you are posting I would post the tunyurl link rather than the video itself in order to get hits and get people watching who normally woudln't.
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  6. FISHYsmell FISHYsmell is offline

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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 10:29am) in reply to beanie

    I'm hoping with Aquiring the Senator to head and help lobby discussions on a carve out can finally put to rest many of the concerns that the PPA were uninterested in fighting for our game, and even speculation that they were just out to get our money. Great Commercial, Hopefully good will come from this, and a growing number of members... -Jay
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 10:39am) in reply to FISHYsmell

    Beanie,
    I will put this on my blog and ask the other CR guys to do so as well.

    tc
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 10:57am) in reply to Green Plastic

    LOL. Quite an alternate reaction from what 2+2'ers are saying about this...
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 11:04am) in reply to Xeric

    I dig it. :)
     
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 11:44am) in reply to beanie

    I think it sucked. The little card guy running around on the screen was ridiculous. Cartoons are not a great way to convey the serious infringments on personal liberty that the UIGA represents. Nor is club dance mix music. Professional gamblers saying "I love poker" is not really persuasive either. And for the last time, give up on the "poker is a game of skill garbage" and focus on the broader message of what justification the government has to intrude upon people's private decisions about what hobbies to pursue. But at least they are doing SOMETHING.

    Seriously, I think ther person who made this had some severe ADHD issues. How about developing each reason why the UIGA was ridiculous in SEQUENCE rather than jumping around to little soundbites that touch on different reasons and then cut-screening to a picture of guys with computers for heads. It almost gave me a seizure.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 12:13pm) in reply to People_Mover

    Beanie, is this an online only commercial? I'm in the Uk, would this commercial be on US tv as well?
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 12:31pm) in reply to Binksy

    you guys,
    please click the tinyurl link beanie posted and login to digg. Next, click "digg it." The more people that click this the more people that will see this ad (digg posts links to things that lots of people "digg").

    this can really help and literally takes 2 minutes of your time. so far, only 4 people have clicked "digg it"

    tc
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 12:35pm) in reply to Green Plastic

    ^^Good idea^^ also put it on you tube and get voting, ie make it a favourite, & give it 5 stars... EDIT- OOOPS
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 12:56pm) in reply to Binksy

    personally beanie, i think this commercial looks budget.
    a lot of the pictures are out of focus, the computer generated graphics are borderline comical and the focus of the entire commercial is too broad.
    they should have focused in on one point. IE// that the bill is against all gaming, but not horse wagers...why is horse racing a different legal argument from poker?

    i am happy though that they are starting to get something out... I just wish the point of the commercial was simple and clear and not 6 different experts making 6 different points about 6 diffrent issues.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 1:01pm) in reply to Xeric

    whats the reaction like over ther?
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  16. beanie beanie is offline

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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 1:48pm) in reply to FouTight

    They are moving in the right direction. I didn't think the production value was all that terrible really.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 1:52pm) in reply to beanie

    this looks like an internet video to appeal to 20-30 yr old crowd gets a few facts out there with a lil influence poker has such as the many celebs that play even some online mayeb im thinking to hard but i like it
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 1:57pm) in reply to tekiller

    I think if they did it for CBS it would look different.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 1:58pm) in reply to beanie

    this is horrible and should be removed from wherever it's posted. it will do more harm than good.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 2:00pm) in reply to fpc4ever

    what the heck is up with you guys. I am astounded at this reaction.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 2:03pm) in reply to beanie

    obv of course
    this vid was for a targeted audience so
    on tv period not just cbs it will be presented in a different manner im sure
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 2:05pm) in reply to fpc4ever

    This video has some good ideas but is pretty godawful in terms of effectiveness. PPA couldve gotten better production quality from any college mass comm class. Did I actually just see the king of hearts slapping fake people's heads to reveal a message and then laughing about it???

    This video has more value to young kids for humorous purposes than anything else
     
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 2:10pm) in reply to Shaaarrrp

    well guys all i can say if u dun like make up ure own ideas for videos and email them and maybe ure ideas will help them make a better vid
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 2:24pm) in reply to tekiller

    They need to make it very simple and clear and take it serious. Have it start off showing the fbi with masks on running in a nursing home in the middle of the night with guns drawn and stealing everyone's oxygen tanks then compare it to the government freezing millions in american citizens neteller money. Then show a slimy little rat with a name tag of Bill Frist putting small print onto a must pass security bill to get the uigea act passed. simple yet effective.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 2:33pm) in reply to Shaaarrrp

    Shaaarrrp is right, this is just atrocious. I could have produced a better commerical when I was a college sophomore. It's just embarassing to watch.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 2:35pm) in reply to fpc4ever

    vid looked like it was geared more toward a 5th grade class. lol @ the dancing king of hearts i think that jus sealed our fate. gg online poker
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 2:50pm) in reply to tekiller

    Read my post earlier in the month about PPA's receptivness to member suggestions.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 3:06pm) in reply to MrTimCaum

    lol, I am done with you guys (I mean this thread). You don't get it and you never will.

    I am sorry your lives are so miserable.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 3:12pm) in reply to beanie

    Our lives are miserable because we agree that the commercial is terrible? Think about what this looks like to someone who doesn't play poker... it will do more to hurt our cause then help. This is a very serious issue to me, I make a living playing online poker, and I believe a more serious tone and message is needed than what this commercial provides. Things like this are the exact reason the PPA has none of my money.
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    Mar 8th, 2007 (3/8/2007 3:14pm) in reply to beanie

    Beanie come on now. The video is terrible. If your werent so biased you could open your eyes and see that. And because theres an over whelming opinion that the video is terrible our lives must be miserable?? lol...come on now.
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