I see nothing wrong with this ad, but it is not a front page add. It's a supporting add. As others have stated, a better "hook" is needed.
I would go as far as to say that this add should come after a harder hitting ad to fill in the gaps, and a third, more detailed ad should follow it.
Based on the selling points made in this ad, I think the most important things that any front page ad about this game must get acrossed to a viewer, got lost to other points that aren't as important to the masses.
A top notch, fast hitting ad should hit on these points:
1 - bar none, the best virtual combat pilots on the internet are found here!
2 - The most accurate flight model of any air combat game.
3 - hundreds of players in a single game.
4 - the best large scale dogfights of any combat game
5 - great visuals of the planes and combat
He has a track record of contributing nothing but smart guy wisecracks that are not only unfunny, but are a waste of bandwidth. His shtick is suffering from shrinkage.
Don't pay any attention to special Ned, he's like a nuclear reactor, with self perpetuating ignorance as the fuel, all that will ever come of that interaction is contamination.
Funny though, he once told me that the there is no interest in massive bomber raids in AH, yet the only flight scene in HTCs new ad was a massive bomber raid we almost never see. Which brings me to my next point.
Htc. If you are going to promote things like this, I think it would be wise to make it so that it was reasonable to find it on almost
hourly basis.
