Technician Posted August 7, 2004 After seeing it in Doom 3's PDA's emails, I thought it was a joke and it went all together with the game. But there is a martianbuddy.com and it relates to Doom 3. So? whats it all about. 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted August 7, 2004 Ah so if I reach a cabinet or some thing and the code for it happens to be the same one on the site, I could win some thing. I wasn't sure if id has just made this up, or they could be exploiting another company. 0 Share this post Link to post
highlander Posted August 7, 2004 *shakes head* Ummm..think about it. It was deisgned because of Doom3 by Id for the game to be more interactive. It's part of the joke about the email spam that they've gotten on their PDAs. Lol! it's not about Id exploiting another company. It's their webpage. H 0 Share this post Link to post
phatbin Posted August 7, 2004 Where's the cabinet that uses that key, btw just to add my 10 cents...this is really cheesy. 0 Share this post Link to post
Relica Religia Posted August 7, 2004 Then why are you asking about it? :P Just look for the lockers that have the MartianBuddy alien head on the display. 0 Share this post Link to post
Revenant100 Posted August 7, 2004 gatewatcher said:It's got free porn. I have yet to see any clone porn as advertised. 0 Share this post Link to post
Scabbed Angel Posted August 7, 2004 Speaking of which, why did my post about this get helled? 0 Share this post Link to post
S1lent Posted August 7, 2004 No clue Scabbed. Martian Buddy is an attempt to make the game more interactive. It's a joke. If you go on the website you'll notice a code which you can use to open up cabinets\lockers with the Martian Buddy logo (an alien face with headphones) on the interface\keypad. Usually they contain weapons which you wouldn't get normally until later in the game or ammo and armor. But, even though Martian Buddy can help you a lot, they do like to send spam to UAC employee's PDAs. Most of these spam e-mails ironically have something to do with whatever issues the employee is facing. 0 Share this post Link to post
Goliath Posted August 7, 2004 Scabbed Angel said:Speaking of which, why did my post about this get helled? Doomworld hates you.....sorry ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
Scabbed Angel Posted August 7, 2004 Caco-Puff said:Haha,thats hilarious. And yet PC Gamer docks D3 6 points for "stabs at humor that fall short". I'd say it's amusing, but moreorless contributes to a realer environment. 0 Share this post Link to post
AXE Posted August 11, 2004 It is a good way for Idsoftware to see how many copies of Doom3 are out there. Think about it for a second. Those that have the game via other means will be able to go to that website, which logs "hits" and maybe IP addresses. IdSoftware now have a rough Idea compared to actual sales of DOOM3 Regards AXE 0 Share this post Link to post
SYS Posted August 11, 2004 Yeah but anybody can visit the site over and over again. They probably just wanna earn extra money generating web traffic through some pyramid scheme. Or maybe it's just an abstract representation of your mom, only time will tell. I suppose they could generate ar ough figure of how many copies they sold, but never the less, if your copy is pirated that would make the results inconclusive as well. 0 Share this post Link to post
AXE Posted August 11, 2004 POTGIESSER said:I suppose they could generate ar ough figure of how many copies they sold, but never the less, if your copy is pirated that would make the results inconclusive as well. Yeah, that is kinda my point. How else would Idsoftware get an idea of how many actual copies of the game are out there ( warez or legit ) . By making a website that the game tells you to go to too get a code which most people will only ever go to once gives IDsoftware a rough, but approximate number. Regards AXE 0 Share this post Link to post
SYS Posted August 11, 2004 AXE said:a rough, but approximate number. That's quite the oxymoron you have got there. How can it be a rough number yet be aproximate? 0 Share this post Link to post
AXE Posted August 11, 2004 POTGIESSER said:That's quite the oxymoron you have got there. How can it be a rough number yet be aproximate? Yeah ok. Righty ohhh!! :\ 0 Share this post Link to post
Sephiroth Posted August 12, 2004 they can only know how many vist the site at most. i highly dout they would be able to tell if the game is installed or not, that would involve spyware. to me i just dont see Id resorting to spyware to see if their game is being pirated. they just made it as a small joke, more or less. it has no more meaning than STTP3. think the seagoat site for unreal II ( seagoat.org ) 0 Share this post Link to post
BuzWeaver Posted August 12, 2004 gatewatcher said:It's got free porn. Booty Magazine. 0 Share this post Link to post
AXE Posted August 13, 2004 Sephiroth said:they can only know how many vist the site at most. i highly dout they would be able to tell if the game is installed or not, that would involve spyware. to me i just dont see Id resorting to spyware to see if their game is being pirated. I didn't mean that they will install spyware. I didn't mean it would be an exsact number, and sure people might visit multiple times, but IMHO :) I think it would give Idsoftware an idea on the numbers of copies that are out there, against the numbers of copies they actually sell. It was just a thought. :D Thanx 0 Share this post Link to post
gatewatcher Posted August 13, 2004 Er, what idea will it give them, that 297,363 people have visited martianbuddy.com? That's all it really does, it doesn't do anything else. If they wanted to use it in the manner you suggested, well then they don't even need a public counter in the first place. It's just a fun little thing, it's not spying on you. 0 Share this post Link to post
HeXploiT Posted August 13, 2004 There's no way they could get even close to an accurate count that way. a: At least 25%(my estimate) of people on the web don't have static ip adresses b: many who have the game will visit the site multiple times(even though it's only one page and c: vast numbers of people will take a look at it even though they don't own the game. It might seem like a reasonable idea to most people but realistically your best estimates could be anywhere between 200-500%(or more) off. 0 Share this post Link to post
S1lent Posted August 13, 2004 I wish you could do stuff on Martian Buddy. I don't really know what, but it would be cool. 0 Share this post Link to post
HeXploiT Posted August 13, 2004 S1lent said:I wish you could do stuff on Martian Buddy. I don't really know what, but it would be cool. Sick...you're just sick... 0 Share this post Link to post
kiwidoom Posted August 15, 2004 by hitting the site, you hand them your IP address, this relates you back to your location = country + city, and your internet provider. This is generaly useful for their marketing and to track their game coverage. It is generally useless for piracy hunting, unless they do have spyware, which as another poster noted is unlikely plus would backlash against them when found out, as someone always will. But main point would be a) Fun, and b) marketing info capture. 0 Share this post Link to post