Adhack at Creative Beef has an absolutley brilliant post today. He’s taken the insane world of advertising and it’s insane cast of characters and created a game spoof. Each “character” has his/her list of weapons, strengthens and weaknesses. I LOVE IT!
Here is the Account Executive character, which I of course have adopted:
Who wants to take on my AE with her wardrobe full of grown up clothese and no morals?
Tags: Advertising, creativebeef
June 4, 2008 at 12:31 pm
hahahah! so linking to that.
i will take you on. i think my attitude is an asset, especially combined with my “smart-ass blog” and “big dictionary of death”! imagine all the variant definitions for death and dying i possess. i’d be a master. mwuahaha. newyorkia, here we come.
June 4, 2008 at 12:35 pm
@ Riot – I take you on with my death stare of “hearing what your saying but not accepting it” and my secret weapon of “the Director” who I will whip out when the creative team refuses to cooperate with my bribes, glares, ect.
June 4, 2008 at 12:56 pm
i will counteract your death stare with my Placating Smile™ — whereupon i appease you by agreeing with everything you say, but do what i want anyway. i will then attack by calling upon the Art Director who will help me perform one of those stupefying aerobatic maneuvers with no actual point apart from the final “but this is more in line with the target market.” we’re a team for the people. my secret weapon is Truth in Advertising™; combining wit, intellect, and a thesaurus, i will talk in circles until anything sounds true and/or plausible.
stage 2.
June 4, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Riot’s Tiger Style is strong, but Jane’s Shaolin Jargon Style will defeat her!
June 4, 2008 at 1:29 pm
@ Riot – I bring out the brief and use words like “this is not on brief” or “this is against the clients brand” or “they won’t pay for that” which slowly brings you back to reality. But to restore goodwill, I will let you present your “best idea ever” to the client … as long as you deliver to me what I asked for in the brief. Oh and you don’t get and extension.
June 4, 2008 at 3:07 pm
with the dexterity only possessed by a copywriter who also does programming, the swishing motion of my hand would indicate both irrelevance and apathy, for i know that brands are mutable and need to keep up with the times–it’s the “they won’t pay for that” which causes the damage. we don’t want the Creative Vision ruined by Shitty Production (booo, hisssss). so we drink some english tea which enhances our Ability to Work Under Pressure (+5 which combined with Free Pizza), enabling us to Meet Brief 2 Minutes Before Deadline.
June 4, 2008 at 4:27 pm
calmly walks Riot’s desk/cube to review the concepts, points out a few changes, and calmly walks away. The deadline has magically been moved to the next day AM so there is no longer a rush to get it all done by 4pm.
Next day at the creative presentation the pervy client is present who has a little “crush” on Riot. Pervy, is about 45 tanned to the max, with super white teeth and dressed in Armani. Pervy recently let his wife of 25 years go and has been picking his way through the slutty agency girls. Riot being one of the few who has resisted his charms holds a special appeal in Pervy’s heart. The creative presentation goes quite well, even if it has been invaded by Pervy’s lustful glances at Riots “creative outfit.
Later at the client lunch, Pervy wax poetic on Riots creativity. Jane in her state of intoxication lets is slip that Riot recently broke up with her boyfriend. Pervy now has a plan …..
Fastforward to the next day …. Pervy has sent Riot FLOWERS
June 4, 2008 at 4:41 pm
+ 20 super android points for turning your weapon “sleeping with the client” on your arch copywriter enemy.
Truly you are a worthy adversary and account person.
Will Riot go for sarcasm or will she attempt to vanquish you with the Big Dictionary of Death? This is such a compelling battle. It’s like blog comment ju-jitsu in zero-gravity.
June 4, 2008 at 4:55 pm
my Sense of Impending Doom is triggered when AE has little to say, but for extra points, i Count My Blessings and prepare for the AM deadline with minimal changes. so i go home on time. woot (+2).
the next day Meeting with Client (-5) wherein i get bonus points for Keeping My Mouth Shut Unless I’m Asked About Creative Choices (+10!). my willpower levels up. especially considering the Evil Client is Making Eyes (+/- 10). this could go badly. i Do Not Rebuke for fear of Martyring the Creative Presented.
i escape free back to my little hole before lunch using Creative Evasive Tactics. the next day, upon receipt of flowers–which i hate–i therein Call AE’s Bluff™, a trademark creative skill. i am still in a relationship. and we all know, according to AE’s Class Skill Set, what the truth is (reference the card).
so i calmly walk over and say “I believe these are yours?” payment for last night–Zing!™ using your Weapons against you without Pissing Off Client.
June 4, 2008 at 5:12 pm
with the arrival of the flowers, Jane has reached the status of ultimate envy on the accounts floor as a “receiver of flowers”. She is now perceived as someone to watch out for … after all she gets “flowers”. Jane secretly thanks Riot for this weapon in the Suit political war, but she can not be out played.
Pervy is eager for a meeting of any kind as he expects to have melted some of Riot’s …. reserve. Jane as the every pleasing AE schedules a “quick status” meeting and then lunch with Pervy. Jane evades Pervy’s desires to “visit the creative floor”, runs through the status meeting and stops by her desk for her purse & coat before taking Pervy out to lunch. Pervy, naturally sees the flowers intended for Riot on Jane’s desk. He barely waits until lunch to ask about the flowers, Jane innocently admits that she is “keeping them on her desk” for a fellow co-worker who recently got back with her boyfriend … who is extremely jealous. Jane further confides that the co-workers reaction to the flowers were rather odd ….
Jane evades Pervy’s further questions on the co-worker/flowers and instead launches into a full scale attack for the “new business”. Pervy, in his distraction lets too much slip about a possible new groundbreaking campaign that will push Brand X into Web 2.0, it will be fully viral and demand full synergy! Jane eagerly jumps on the new campaign and as she hails the praise of the creative team who could work on the new venture without problems and names each member univocally ….. Pervy gets an idea …. If he gives the project to this Agency and demands a specific creative team …..
Jane smiles.
June 4, 2008 at 5:18 pm
…shit. i think i lose. i get to work on a fun new brief?!
require Night For Rebuttal wherein i consult Big Dictionary of Death.
June 4, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Excellent play!
Next week creativebeef will be releasing the all-new WoA expansion pack!
All-New Realms!
All-New Characters!
Last Year’s Creative Brief!
adhack
P.S. Thanks Jane.
June 4, 2008 at 9:16 pm
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June 5, 2008 at 7:14 am
Sheesh, off the grid for one day and look what I miss. @Jane and @Riot, your plays were awesome. @adhack, So looking fwd to extension pak. Brilliant.
June 5, 2008 at 8:55 am
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