I don't really have a problem with booth babes tbh. Think some of the moral outrage sounds a bit precious, but then I guess everybody wants to project a perception of themselves and in turn their event, and, like it or not, companies using booth babes reflects on the Eurogamer brand by association.
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bitch_tits_zero_nine 4,877 posts
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warlockuk 18,605 posts
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Registered 9 years agoPerhaps the guys at nVidia were gonna be bored as hell and wanted something pretty to look at all day. Has anyone raised the argument that they're models looking for work and standing around all day being oggled by nerds isn't probably that high on the shame list in the scheme of jobs they could be asked to do?I'm a grumpy bastard.
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Registered 11 years agoWhat's really daft about the Nvidia girls is that Scan were doing a much better job of promoting their products than they were.This space left intentionally blank.
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smoothpete 29,137 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWe had a booth babe when my old company had a stand at a software show. This girl in fact. She was in charge of the orange juice machine. She was absolutely lovely. Not scantily clad exactly. Tightly clad perhaps. -
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Registered 7 years agoA company that I worked for used to do trade shows at things like wargaming expos like salute, the kind of things lamos like stickman goes to.
it wasnt deliberate but we had quite an attractive girl who went to the shows as part of the marketing team to man the stall and even though she was usually in jeans and a company polo shirt, the nerds used to flock around her like flies on shit.
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SpaceMonkey77 9 posts
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Registered 4 years agoI heard that EG had banded booth babes and didn't quite believe it. Is this why its appeared in the forum, but not the front page? Cheeky.
There's no need for a ban, as it just makes you look like some kind of puritan fundumentalist. All you had to do is require them to be subtle and they could do their job just as effectively.
The Virgin babes were cool enough, and many stopped to get a trophy photo with them, knowing the chances of them, meeting these kind of beautiful people, is slim to none. Good for them. Its nothing I haven't done before in the past.
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Kind of the problem, encapsulated in two words right there.
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This makes me sad.
I heard that EG had banded booth babes and didn't quite believe it. Is this why its appeared in the forum, but not the front page? Cheeky.
There's no need for a ban, as it just makes you look like some kind of puritan fundumentalist. All you had to do is require them to be subtle and they could do their job just as effectively.
The Virgin babes were cool enough, and many stopped to get a trophy photo with them, knowing the chances of them, meeting these kind of beautiful people, is slim to none. Good for them. Its nothing I haven't done before in the past.
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darkmorgado 22,498 posts
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The hotpants girls, with advertising printed across their arse cheek was just ridiculous imo. The writing may as well have said "come and have a grope"MrTomFTW wrote:
It was Virgin Gaming not Virgin Media, BTW.
It was only the Virgin Media ladies that were particularly inappropriate in my eyes, I'm trying to think who else rauper means. Do I remember seeing some nVidia ladies as well?
Oh and there was a couple of Hitman Saints, but I thought they were cosplayers.
Cosplayers and staff in character are absolutely fine - i.e. Hitman Saints, Lara Croft and so on.
It's the hotpants/cleavage type promo girls that we're talking about here.
Watching them freeze their tits off outside having a fag as well wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement to members of the public passing by.
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darkmorgado 22,498 posts
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Registered 4 years agoWhizzo wrote:
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The Company of Heroes 2 girls also had QR codes on their arses, at least their shorts weren't quite so tight as the Virgin girls but wearing an ushanka, a crop top and shorts seemed rather daft as the game they were promoting has death from exposure* as a new feature.Now with 80% more Cthulhu!
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The hotpants girls, with advertising printed across their arse cheek was just ridiculous imo. The writing may as well have said "come and have a grope"
Now, I wasn't at the Expo, so I'm not sure how accurate this is, but you're beginning to sound a bit rapey there Dark.Paintings & Photographs
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darkmorgado 22,498 posts
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Registered 4 years agoIt would be interesting to hear what Virgin have to say on the matter, especially about the whole "not telling the girls what they were going to wear before they took the job" stuff, that's just wrong.Now with 80% more Cthulhu!
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darkmorgado 22,498 posts
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Registered 4 years agoLukus wrote:
They were wearing hotpants with "Play for cash" printed on the arse cheek.darkmorgado wrote:
The hotpants girls, with advertising printed across their arse cheek was just ridiculous imo. The writing may as well have said "come and have a grope"
Now, I wasn't at the Expo, so I'm not sure how accurate this is, but you're beginning to sound a bit rapey there Dark.Now with 80% more Cthulhu!
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nickthegun 44,293 posts
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Registered 7 years agoVirgins name is franchised off, or at least it used to be. Virgin Wines, Virgin Cosmetics, all that caper have very little to do with the core company and are separate entities, so its quite likely 'Virgin', while probably taking a dim view of their name getting dragged through the mud, wouldnt have much to say on the matter.---------------------------------------------------------
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That's not an invitation to grope, you sex pest!Lukus wrote:
They were wearing hotpants with "Play for cash" printed on the arse cheek.darkmorgado wrote:
The hotpants girls, with advertising printed across their arse cheek was just ridiculous imo. The writing may as well have said "come and have a grope"
Now, I wasn't at the Expo, so I'm not sure how accurate this is, but you're beginning to sound a bit rapey there Dark.Paintings & Photographs
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That's an invitation to look, not touch. Bad Dale!Lukus wrote:
They were wearing hotpants with "Play for cash" printed on the arse cheek.darkmorgado wrote:
Now, I wasn't at the Expo, so I'm not sure how accurate this is, but you're beginning to sound a bit rapey there Dark.
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Hitman - Saints Row crossover confirmed?
Cosplayers and staff in character are absolutely fine - i.e. Hitman Saints, Lara Croft and so on.ツ
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billythekid 10,261 posts
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Registered 7 years agopinebear wrote:
These Saints:rauper wrote:
Hitman - Saints Row crossover confirmed?
Cosplayers and staff in character are absolutely fine - i.e. Hitman Saints, Lara Croft and so on.
Sexy nuns are accepted costumes. So maybe the booth babes could wear a crucifix and claim hot pants and boob tubes are part of their religious attire. Couldn't be banned then.gif)
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Yep.
I don't really have a problem with booth babes tbh. Think some of the moral outrage sounds a bit precious, but then I guess everybody wants to project a perception of themselves and in turn their event, and, like it or not, companies using booth babes reflects on the Eurogamer brand by association. -
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Registered 4 years agoCan we have a ban on male cosplay zombies with fake severed arms next year too please?Now with 80% more Cthulhu!
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Registered 9 years agoIn fact can we have an outright ban on other people? If tickets were only available to site regulars then that would solve the queue issue. Who needs to break even when you have community spirit? -
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Registered 9 years agoLukus wrote:
They're being paid to be looked at, not molested by strangers. Even if you bat for the other team that doesn't give you carte blanche to fondle another person inappropriately.darkmorgado wrote:
Now, I wasn't at the Expo, so I'm not sure how accurate this is, but you're beginning to sound a bit rapey there Dark.
The hotpants girls, with advertising printed across their arse cheek was just ridiculous imo. The writing may as well have said "come and have a grope"I'm a grumpy bastard.
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Not sure where people are getting the idea I groped the booth babes...
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