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Sonic Social Media Shenanigans (This totally just happened...)

Discussion in 'General Sonic Discussion' started by Ashura96, Jul 8, 2015.

  1. MarkeyJester

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    In his defence, I was actually tempted to post and ask the same thing. Even after clicking around, it wasn't exactly 100% apparent to me, that it was an official page.
     
  2. I'm really enjoying RubyEclipse's social media workings, but eventually the self-aware act is going to get old. I hope there's some substance for them to work off of in the future, instead of referencing and joking about their failings.
     
  3. Rosie

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    I'm personally more interested in the developer interviews and the like that were brought up on the SEGABits podcast. The current playing for laughs thing that Ruby is doing works for the moment though, it's a good way to get people talking and following the social media channels, and grow positivity for a brand which is reaching the point where people have forgotten that the games were ever good in the first place. I imagine we'll get more substance when there's more to promote.
     
  4. RubyEclipse

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  5. TimmiT

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhsj9J0BbqM

    This was put up on the official Sonic Youtube channel.

    Rubyyyyyyyyyyy
     
  6. Fantastic

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    Oh my goodness, I can not stop laughing.
    That was fantastic.
     
  7. Blivsey

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    I want to laugh at this but at the same time it's reminding me that Generations is never going to get actual DLC
     
  8. SpaceyBat

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  9. Overlord

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    Seriously, dude, you're amazing. A rare laugh over the last few days of shit I've had, that video. Much appreciated. =P
     
  10. Nova

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    Is this the real life

    Is this just fantasy


    He's even quoting the Shia LeBouf song lyrics on Twitter I can't I just
     
  11. I laughed way too hard at this.

    Also props to Ruby for doing such an awesome job with all of this.
     
  12. Turbohog

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    Funny stuff, but yeah. I'm still annoyed we will never have real Generations DLC. :colbert:
     
  13. Pokepunch

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    This is getting crazy. Wonder how far Ruby can go before he's stopped?
     
  14. JaxTH

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    Jack shit.
    He'll be running SEGA West before he's stopped.
     
  15. TheKazeblade

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    We can only hope. I WISH Ruby was running SoA.
     
  16. Ashura96

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    :ruby: :ruby: :ruby:
     
  17. NoNameAtAll

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    The ride never ends, my friend.

    :ruby:
     
  18. GeneHF

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    If done right, it can last quite a while. I'll only mention the pure carnival of weirdness that is the Denny's social media account. But the manager there is doing it right because it's a ho-hum brand, so being weird kind of catches people's attention and engages the customer.

    Also because Denny's is prime stoner/hangover/late night food on a budget, so it already gets pretty weird there. Delicious pancakes.

    With the poor reception the Sonic brand has in the west and how it's often mocked and its "memecular" nature from how bad most of it is, making the brand self aware is actually BENEFITING it. The main thing now comes from if the development side will actually try to build the brand up further or keep drawing out the ridicule. Sega's president at least says he realizes the company has burned a lot of fan trust in the last 10-15 years and they want to work on fixing that, but I see that as crocodile tears. They should be working with their fans (to an extent) on how to regain trust.

    Restore your core before you try to expand your market out. It's a basic principle of business or anything: you can't build up without a solid foundation.
     
  19. Chimera

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    How in the hell did he even get AWAY with that?!? I can get the meme appeal shit getting a pass, but he up and promoted a spiritual successor of their brand, developed independently of the company. That HAS to be getting on some of the exec's nerves unless they don't know about that, or they don't see it as any viable competition.

    Though perhaps they're actually fine with it. Either SEGA can be chill or this is their way of saying "eh. We're not going to continue this. Let them do what they want."

    Either way, Ruby's plug / acknowledgement of it on the official account is pretty awesome. Major props sir.


    [inlinespoiler]wonder if that's the extent of what he'll be permitted to talk about regarding fan / indie cred[/inlinespoiler]
     
  20. Blue Blood

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    SEGA America/West and SEGA Japan are very different companies. Wow.