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[Jennings]

E3 used to aim for a specific target market, and for that market it delivered the best of the best experience of all time, unrivaled in its time. But nowadays they've done away with the finely tuned niche appeal and have settled for a lukewarm reception by a wider audience, turning a spicy meatball into bland airline food.

It's gone the way of old Las Vegas, Sin City no more, it's just a slow moving theme park attraction for Gamgam's and kids alike.

We should appreciate it for what it was, not waste energy hating it for what it's become.

 

[nush]

making a fuzz

That phrase is "Making a fuss".

 

[TLZ]

calling the majority of those girls in op babes is a bit of a stretch. there are definitely some hot ones, but most are average at best.

Well.... Nerds.

 

[Xeaker]

And what do we get today?

 

[Toots]

I miss Coolio more than the booth babes

 

[Jennings]

And what do we get today?

Banned word lists.

 

[xiseerht]

I am very lucky I was able to go E3 between 2001-2006 and had a blast every single summer. Hanging with the booth babes was fun, Even got invited to a few afterhour E3 parties. Sorry some of you younger guys missed out on the glory days of E3. Side note , I miss some street hot dogs from LA.

 

[Kimahri]

I remember that time Saints Row had a bikini car wash right next to the convention center.

Good times.

 

[Gameplaylover]

I miss those times. Men like lightly dressed women and the women can make some easy bucks. I bet this comes mostly from women that would have to pay the men to make them watch lightly dressed.

 

[nush]

I miss Coolio more than the booth babes

 

[DGrayson]

For the love of god someone find that gif of the Wii sports booth babe in yoga pants

3 pages in an no one posted it

 

[Kikorin]

Not related to E3, but I remember that before 3DS launch, I went to the cinema and there was like 4/5 girls with a 3DS console attached with a support to their hips and you could try Street Fighter 4 and PES. I guess today would not be that much acceptable.

EDIT:

Oh yeah, like that.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

For the love of god someone find that gif of the Wii sports booth babe in yoga pants

Which one?

I'm asking for a friend...

 

[DGrayson]

Which one?

I'm asking for a friend...

Im the friend!

 

[nush]

3 pages in an no one posted it

Sorry, my Google Fu was weak when I tried. Never seen it anyway.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

calling the majority of those girls in op babes is a bit of a stretch. there are definitely some hot ones, but most are average at best.

I hope your dick isn't dead to come to such a conclusion. I would hit all of them at once myself and most of them are quite hot.

 

[Shmunter]

Life used to be so care free. Now objectifying women, Despite all those in the industry crying foul that their lucrative jobs are being cut.

Only the smallest minds can not distinguish between entertainment vs some kind of slight on the fairer sex. Men and women are not the same, it’s why we complement each other!

Liberty my ass.

 

[Duchess]

I would hit all of them at once myself and most of them are quite hot.

Leave some for the rest of us, dammit!

 

[Unknown?]

At least Australia is still cool.
We have metermaids who wander around in gold bikinis filling up parking meters to prevent people from getting fined.

Sorry, half of them were unvaccinated and are now in concentration camps. Looks like the fines are going up!

 

[IDKFA]

Oh boy... *unzips*

What? Can't a dude take out his sandwich from a Ziploc bag and eat while reading the thread?

Enjoy your fap!

 

[Umbasaborne]

Come on GAF, even back then we should have heralded the gaming press and had more integrity.

Ign used to be mysiogionistic as shit. I mean they had an entire section of their website dedicated to “babes” back in like 07. Its ironic considering all the white knight twitter warriors they hire now

 

[BbMajor7th]

I honestly don't know what scantily clad women have to do with video games. There's a few things I miss about the twentieth century, but I'll be honest, booth babes isn't one of them.

That said, if we were going to bring them back, we should at least bring the practice up to date and throw-in a few heavily bronzed, banana hammock-wearing chads.

 

[A.Romero]

You're looking at the job at a superficial level due to the nature of "Hot babes at a gaming show". There are many roles for promotional models at different levels for example;

Product Demonstrators, Lead Generators, Narrators, Presenters, Crowd Gatherers, Hostesses or Hosts, Sales Assistants. All those picture of them that get shared on the internet during and after the show, if they are being used correctly should have the company logo on their clothing and that increases brand awareness. There are male and female models and of course female models are in higher demand.

I arranged and setup a booth at CES one year and hired a good looking booth dude. Not all the buyers were men and he did a good job getting people on stand and their contacts. Gave him a brief overview of the products and any more technical questions he's refer them to me as I was there the whole time anyway. He also helped with the image that the company was a western business not a Chinese one.

You notice the women in the skimpy clothing, you don't notice the other hot women dressed professionally that are just hired for the shows.

You might be right. I'm seeing it from the gamer perspective who goes to E3 for the games, they have my attention already. It might be important for regular people that happen to be there and are not sure what they are in for.

Good point.

 

[Bogroll]

calling the majority of those girls in op babes is a bit of a stretch. there are definitely some hot ones, but most are average at best.

I'd nail everyone of them. Even when the painters are in town.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

I'd nail everyone of them.

This one is very sus...

 

[SEGA_2012]

This thread is an example of why i love Neogaf so much.

 

[GymWolf]

This one is very sus...

I was thinking the same but you can't speak bad of any non-completely fucking horrible female in here because white knighs are always around to remember you that this is a videogame forum so you must be a fat ugly bastard with zero standards even if we have a personal pics topic with a lot of good looking guys in here.

It's pretty sad.

 

[GymWolf]

Ign used to be mysiogionistic as shit. I mean they had an entire section of their website dedicated to “babes” back in like 07. Its ironic considering all the white knight twitter warriors they hire now

We have like 4 topic dedicated to babes, is gaf also mysoginist?!

 

[DGrayson]

Sorry, my Google Fu was weak when I tried. Never seen it anyway.

I tried to find it too Wasnt able. But did find this;

 

[Gameplaylover]

Nevermind.

 

[TheMan]

I love the sight of a beautiful woman as much as the next guy, but looking back yeah it was pretty cringe. The matchup of barely-dressed buxom lasses taking pics with hundreds of sweaty fat neckbeards just seems...weird? Kinda reminds me of the Hooters dynamic, in that it would still feel rude to stare/ogle even though that's kind of the point of having these models there anyway? I dunno maybe that's sexist but it's confusing.

Honestly I think going to a strip club would be better since you could just drop the pretenses and stare at jiggling tits.

 

[The_Mike]

"Feminism" and social "justice" has ruined everything that was once great.

Yeah the world is a shit hole regarding this, and I fear it won't be a fad but just ruin our poor society as a whole.

Even those were fun back in the day yet more relevant than ever now.

 

[Gameplaylover]

I love the sight of a beautiful woman as much as the next guy, but looking back yeah it was pretty cringe. The matchup of barely-dressed buxom lasses taking pics with hundreds of sweaty fat neckbeards just seems...weird? Kinda reminds me of the Hooters dynamic, in that it would still feel rude to stare/ogle even though that's kind of the point of having these models there anyway? I dunno maybe that's sexist but it's confusing.

Honestly I think going to a strip club would be better since you could just drop the pretenses and stare at jiggling tits.

The question is, how many people were bothered by it? I bet not the girls that made some nice cash and most of the men neither. I think overall it's less the 10% of the visitors who didn't like it.

 

[vito_don_corleone_]

calling the majority of those girls in op babes is a bit of a stretch. there are definitely some hot ones, but most are average at best.

Check this dude with receding hairline and huge belly giving his opinion on the ladies...

 

[Iced Arcade]

I tried to find it too Wasnt able. But did find this;

I don't know how I forgot about her.

 

[DelireMan7]

For the love of god someone find that gif of the Wii sports booth babe in yoga pants

3 pages in an no one posted it

I don't know this GIF but you hyped me up.

I try to find it but no luck. Is it really Wii sports or Wii fit ? (I tried both with but no results)

Neogaf put your best men on this ! I live only for this gif now.

 

[baphomet]

Check this dude with receding hairline and huge belly giving his opinion on the ladies...

lol, there's a fairly recent picture of me on the board if you're so concerned about how I look. Both hairline and belly are looking pretty good for being ~40.

 

[BusierDonkey]

The question is, how many people were bothered by it? I bet not the girls that made some nice cash and most of the men neither. I think overall it's less the 10% of the visitors who didn't like it.

Men and women both like attractive women, it's been proven. Less attractive women orbit more attractive women because the attractive woman will attract males to the group. There is only one demographic has a problem with attractive females, That same demographic has a problem with everything they see.

I'd wager it's less than 1% that were actually offended and still is.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I dunno. I like looking at hot women as much as the next straight guy. But the whole thing is kinda sleazy. Getting half-naked women to flirt with dorky obese game journalists trying to bring attention to their booth.

good riddance. E3 was always a shit show anyway. The only reason it existed was because we didn’t have YouTube yet.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

calling the majority of those girls in op babes is a bit of a stretch. there are definitely some hot ones, but most are average at best.

 

[KingGhidorah]

Agreed.

 

[MDSLKTR]

TeI don't know this GIF but you hyped me up.

I try to find it but no luck. Is it really Wii sports or Wii fit ? (I tried both with but no results)

Neogaf put your best men on this ! I live only for this gif now.

It was posted on gaf during the wii360 era, I believe wii sports, a back shot of the nicest pair of greenish yoga pants.

I've been on this mission since this morning and I'm usually good at finding things sadly I think its lost in time

 

[captainpat]

Can't say I miss them outside the few cosplay ones. The only noticable ones that come to mind are the SIn episode ones and the ones Microsoft had for Sudeki

Like honestly if companies wanna have got girls shill their products hire cosplayers.

 

[WitchHunter]

Let's reminisce E3 glory days......

EDIT: found GAF old thread

Too bad there is no semen marketplace for gamers. No more student loans would be needed anymore.

 

[Fahdis]

Enjoy your fap!

I fapped to this comment *zips up*.

 

[Xeaker]

It was posted on gaf during the wii360 era, I believe wii sports, a back shot of the nicest pair of greenish yoga pants.

I've been on this mission since this morning and I'm usually good at finding things sadly I think its lost in time

Is it one of those?

9 Videos of Hot Women Playing Wii Sports

9 Videos of Hot Women Playing Wii Sports

www.totalprosports.com

 

[LegendOfKage]

Ign used to be mysiogionistic as shit. I mean they had an entire section of their website dedicated to “babes” back in like 07. Its ironic considering all the white knight twitter warriors they hire now

We have like 4 topic dedicated to babes, is gaf also mysoginist?!

Misogynist isn't appreciating women for their appearance. Misogynist would be ONLY appreciating women for their appearance. There's a substantial difference.

 

[Justin9mm]

The term babes is questionable on a few of those faces!

 

[MDSLKTR]

Is it one of those?

9 Videos of Hot Women Playing Wii Sports

9 Videos of Hot Women Playing Wii Sports

www.totalprosports.com

No but this is ok too

 

[fermcr]

Oh, the good old days!

If this happened now, it we be "degrading" to women.