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Jet Lag: The Game — We Played Magic: The Gathering In The Real World [sponsored by WotC] (nebula.tv)

submitted 4 days ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/nebula@lemmy.world

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They were lax on their disclosure of the sponsorship themselves, with no mention of it in the video or the title. Only down in the description. A lot of anger at that over on Reddit, as well as for the fact that the sponsor is WotC specifically, and for the idea of taking a sponsorship at all. I take the view that I'd rather they didn't take a WotC sponsorship, but it's not the worst option in the world. And that as long as it's a vanishingly small percentage of overall Nebula content, integrated sponsorships are ok. My issue is specifically the lack of adequate disclosure of the ad.

But I only even went to Reddit to comment something entirely unrelated. I don't love that they're back to collecting bugs and moving them around. It just...doesn't sit well with me. They're wild animals. Leave them alone. (I did take the opportunity, while there, to give a soft promo for Lemmy and the fediverse.)

[–] ctry21@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I haven't watched it yet, but I think it's fine since it wasn't a nebula exclusive. I would have been quite annoyed if they'd made an ad specifically to put on nebula, or if they'd left an ad read inside a video which some creators do and it annoys me. But there's nothing really wrong with mirroring it so those of us who would rather avoid YouTube can still see the extra content.

I don't like WotC but I'd be a hypocrite for criticising them for taking the ad money when I've got BG3 and a bunch of DND books. The bug stuff always irritates me when it happens though. I feel similar with taskmaster when they waste animal products or give vegans and vegetarians meat or eggs in a task and laugh it off as a silly whoopsie moment.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

Personally I've not bought a WotC product since some months before the OGL crisis...apart from buying a ticket to see the movie. But I don't think it's particularly hypocritical to call them out. Taking an ad is a much bigger support than buying a single product.

But anyway, for me that's a tertiary concern at best. Much more problematic was that they had no indication in the video itself that it was sponsored. Thankfully, on their own platform, they were able to edit in an opening card stating that. Unfortunately, it's only about 4 seconds long, and there's nothing in the title and nothing that someone mostly listening only will notice. Still a lot better than the original upload I guess.