Can't get you out of my head

[venta]

I've heard lots of people grumbling about the online game Evony's rather suspicious adverts, in which scantily clad women encourage you to "Play Now, my Lord".

I've not yet heard anyone making my complaint, which is that the bloody ubiquitous things leave me nearly every day singing to myself.

"Evony and Ibory, live together in perfect harmony..."

The last thing I near is an earworm with a speech impediment :(

Comments

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

You just had to share it, didn't you?

[venta.livejournal.com]

You know what they say: a problem shared is a problem two people have.

[beckyl.livejournal.com]

Whereas I'm now stuck trying to shift your post title track out of my head, along with remembering who to attribute it to. I'm rubbish at that, so I may have to go google. Damn you Venta, earworms and highlighting my musical weaknesses!

[venta.livejournal.com]

I aim to displease ;)

[beckyl.livejournal.com]

Could be worse than Kylie I suppose, although there are some really *weird* covers out there!

We need to meet up for at least a pint, if not actual food, sometime soon before everything starts going manic for Christmas. Suggestions as to when/where if you're interested?

[venta.livejournal.com]

I'll email you, it's easier :)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Usually when I hear it, I'm torn between the Kylie original and the New Order/Kylie mashup, Can't Get Blue Monday Out of my Head ...

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Bah.

[floralaetifica.livejournal.com]

Yes, thanks for that. I'm now stuck with it too.

[wimble.livejournal.com]

AdBlock+ FTW. Or at least, for the lack of Evony adverts.

(Or, if you're inclined, replacing all adverts with Evony's lingerie models)

[venta.livejournal.com]

I've never run adblocking software, because in general I'm very good at Just Not Seeing adverts (to the extent that the other day I failed to see the navigation sidebar on a website because its colour scheme made it look like a banner ad).

I don't really see the Evony ones, I just find myself humming...

I also fear that some sites I use (like, I dunno, Yahoo! groups) possibly rely on ads for funding. If everyone blocks ads, no one clicks, and the site closes due to lack of funding.

OK, so I doubt me running AdBlock will bring Yahoo! down, but I feel I ought to click occasionally on principal if I'm using a free service.

[neilh.livejournal.com]

I failed to see the navigation sidebar on a website because its colour scheme made it look like a banner ad
I made the same mistake once and decried the website of a law firm as being completely unnavagable until it was pointed out that the 'advert' I had dismissed in the middle of the page was actually the thing I was after.

[edling.livejournal.com]

I thought I'd heard that name before- by all accounts it's not so much an online game as an online cash and quite possibly data harvesting operation, see here for details.
Anything that advertises itself with 'play discretely at work' makes me giggle too, it's almost a shame no-one here is dumb enough to try it and I won't get to see the look on their face when they realise we're about to lart them into next week.

[deeteeuk.livejournal.com]

Come the revolution, the makers of Evony will be up against the south facing wall, next to the estate agent.

[skorpionuk.livejournal.com]

ARGH I did that too! So annoying!
I thought I'd got around the issue by NOT PLAYING ANYMORE, but clearly I hadn't seen you coming :-P