Bioware Goes To Hell.

[Roland]

I remember when I bought either WarCraft 2 or its expansion, their was a little postcard sized page in the box for an upcoming ittle - not even a Blizzard product. And you what? I actually bought the game when it was finally released and enjoyed it too. (Lords of the Realm II)

Advertising can work when done right. I think you're probably right about advertising on the splash screen perhaps being a little too intrusive, but then it needs to be somewhere where it can be seen.

Something else I've seen done before (rather infrequently), is to have an option in the intial splash screen below the usual "Install product x", "Run product x" buttons is something along the lines of "Install product y Demo". I like this idea. An example would be a button on the D2 expansion splash screen saying "Install WarCraft III demo". ;)

Advertising can work if done right.

If you read my post in the link, you'd know that I (probably; I haven't updated yet, so I can't be certain) am not bothered by the advertising. It's the sheer "up yours" attitude of the NWN Development Team that I take issue with. Or did you miss their horrendously rude comments?