What is the Most Pathetic Clickbait Ever?

[8BitNinja]

The thread title says everything. What is the saddest and most stupid attempt to make you get your computer loaded with malware and/or show you to a useless website?

The example I have for the start was one I found on a site that I use to watch anime. The advertisement said something along the lines of "This is an MMO for Adults Only and is Really Not Good for Children Because of it's Sex Stuff". Okay, that might not be what it said, but something along those lines. While I don't have the picture of it, the sad part comes from the fact that the picture was of The Bannered Mare from Skyrim. But I guess it might've been convincing if you have never seen anything about Skyrim.

[Ninja_Prawn]

What is the Most Pathetic Clickbait Ever?

This thread?

[Asmodean_]

What is the Most Pathetic Clickbait Ever?

This thread?

You won't believe #7!

[Inevitability]

What you're describing sounds a lot like Evony. Even if it's not, I think it counts.

[Hamste]

IS THIS THE NEXT GTA? (AMAZING FROG? GONE SEXUAL?)

From a Hatfilms video done as a joke about how people were complaining about their click baity titles.

[Maquise]

I'm going to second the whole Evony debacle. Still brings a chuckle to me.

[8BitNinja]

Another sad one that was going for that "too sexy for credible sites" I saw (which are some of the saddest ones. Also, why do I encounter so many of these?) was one that said "Game of Thrones is not the Only Show With the Most Nudity"

If you just read the title, it should be enough to facepalm.

[warty goblin]

Another sad one that was going for that "too sexy for credible sites" I saw (which are some of the saddest ones. Also, why do I encounter so many of these?) was one that said "Game of Thrones is not the Only Show With the Most Nudity"

If you just read the title, it should be enough to facepalm.

Being absurdly technical, two shows could have the most nudity if they had exactly the same amount, and no other show had more.

[Inevitability]

Being absurdly technical, two shows could have the most nudity if they had exactly the same amount, and no other show had more.

What do you measure nudity in, anyway? Average percentage of skin exposed? Duration of states of total undress?

[Ninja_Prawn]

What do you measure nudity in, anyway? Average percentage of skin exposed? Duration of states of total undress?

Micronipples per second. But you have to factor in the Outrage Constant, which varies depending on your region code. That's how you end up with multiple shows at the top of the table.

[SaintRidley]

This thread?

Female Protagonists. Who cares?

[Douglas]

What you're describing sounds a lot like Evony. Even if it's not, I think it counts.

I'm going to second the whole Evony debacle. Still brings a chuckle to me.

Heh, I remember that one, it definitely counts. I'm not going to link directly to it, but if you search for Evony ads there's a site that has their descent into utter ludicrousness chronicled for posterity.

[AvatarVecna]

"Optimized Sorcerer vs Optimized Wizard: SORCERER SUPREME!!!!!!!!!"

A little specific to this forum (even a particular sub-forum), but I think it counted while it lasted...

[8BitNinja]

Female Protagonists. Who cares?

Hey! You got that all wrong! Don't say stuff like that!

The correct way to write it Female Protagonists: Who Cares?

[8BitNinja]

What do you measure nudity in, anyway? Average percentage of skin exposed? Duration of states of total undress?

Depends on who you ask. If you ask the Amish, they will probably say something like "exposure of elbows"

[tomandtish]

"What (insert attractive celebrity from the 80s) Looks Like Now is INSANE"!

They may or may not have the celebrity that was named in the link in their list of 15-20. And the "insane" part is apparently that they ... aged?

[gooddragon1]

An image of a person from a demographic shaking a check left and right.

[8BitNinja]

One from a game called League of Angels is borderline illegal. I've seen some and they straight up plagiarize from other games. A few I've seen plagiarized from League of Legends and Overwatch.

[Anonymouswizard]

Trump's leaked IQ shocks nation.

She has no idea why the crowd was cheering.

No, I didn't click on either of them.

I do remember the old Evony adverts, and do occasionally see the League of Angels ones. IIRC they ranged from 'ignorable' to 'utterly pathetic'.

[Inevitability]

"What (insert attractive celebrity from the 80s) Looks Like Now is INSANE"!

They may or may not have the celebrity that was named in the link in their list of 15-20. And the "insane" part is apparently that they ... aged?

Relevant PA.

Bit of a warning; while this particular page is profanity-free a fair number of comics aren't.

[Strigon]

Heh, I remember that one, it definitely counts. I'm not going to link directly to it, but if you search for Evony ads there's a site that has their descent into utter ludicrousness chronicled for posterity.

All right, you've piqued my curiosity; I'm going in.
And I'm ashamed to say it's going to be on my browser history forever.

Edit:
What does it say to me that I'm more distressed by the cringey "my lord" talk than by the state of undress?

[gooddragon1]

There's actually this one weird trick that people with no speeding tickets in at least 3 years use to change the mortgage on their house. They blind the realtor with a flashlight so bright that it should be illegal just before they sign the contract and switch it with another one. When they see what they signed, they will freak.

[Videkus]

9/10 people fail this test!

[The Succubus]

Eh. Click here. If you like. Or not, it's all the same to me.

[Ninja_Prawn]

There's actually this one weird trick that people with no speeding tickets in at least 3 years use to change the mortgage on their house. They blind the realtor with a flashlight so bright that it should be illegal just before they sign the contract and switch it with another one. When they see what they signed, they will freak.

Seems relevant.

[8BitNinja]

All right, you've piqued my curiosity; I'm going in.
And I'm ashamed to say it's going to be on my browser history forever.

you just have to incognito that stuff

[Strigon]

you just have to incognito that stuff

Really, it was a borderline case and I was feeling lazy.
Chances are, nobody's gonna look through my history. Chances are, if anyone does, they won't notice it. Chances are, if they do, they won't know what the game is, and if they do know what the game is, I can just show them this thread.

[gooddragon1]

you just have to incognito that stuff

Wait, you mean if you delete your browsing history it is still kept?

[Douglas]

Edit:
What does it say to me that I'm more distressed by the cringey "my lord" talk than by the state of undress?

Hey, at least the "my lord" verbiage has something to do with the game - in the context of the game, the player is a lord (I think).

[Strigon]

Hey, at least the "my lord" verbiage has something to do with the game - in the context of the game, the player is a lord (I think).

Yeah, you're not wrong.
If I remember correctly, it even predates the women in the ads. But something about having a woman in a state of undress using that phrase makes it seem 100 times creepier to me.