Halloween Horror Nights 35 (UO) - Speculation & Rumors

[Kichkinet85]

lol not ozzy

 

[Spooky_Bitz]

Universal bungled nothing, you're the one who hyped this up.

To be fair the marketing has been very questionable this year

 

[Markus]

lol not ozzy

Guess you were right bud. At least there was some form of announcement.

 

[hunnylvr]

While it would have been cool to get Ozzy today Uni just can’t announce at any time

I fully understand, but it's not like this first anniversary of his death was a secret. It's not a movie release or the end of a tv show, for god's sake. Thought this would've been an easy layup, but ok.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

To be fair the marketing has been very questionable this year

It’s like this every year.

 

[Spooky_Bitz]

I’ll keep a somewhat open mind for the fortnite zone but i don’t have any excitement for this

 

[Tbad556]

Yep. I feel like the fandom latches onto some random release date or movie anniversary every year and then gets shocked when it doesn't lead to an announcement. Remember Ghostbusters Day lmao? Instead, the house was announced randomly a full 3 weeks beforehand.

HHN notoriously times stuff in the weirdest way humanly possible. Trying to understand it is a lost cause.

Quoting myself from Sunday. Obviously this one is a bit more sensitive, but it really feels like setting yourself up for failure to try to get your hopes up for HHN announcement dates. Would’ve been a fun tribute moment though!

 

[MAC]

I’ll keep a somewhat open mind for the fortnite zone but i don’t have any excitement for this

My 10 year old got very upset that he's not going and is begging to go now

 

[Spooky_Bitz]

My 10 year old got very upset that he's not going and is begging to go now

I mean, i get it if fans of this game are excited. Just not for me

 

[Bigskinny0310]

My 10 year old got very upset that he's not going and is begging to go now

Just wait until they advertise it in-game. Thousands upon thousands of begging children lol

 

[queenmetroid]

I'm very excited for this to be zone of the year because I'm quite certain this will be well-executed and go above and beyond what we expect from a scarezone and earn grudging respect from the haters. This will likely be far more intense than anyone expects, or darkly funny in a charming way.

But it is as it ever was.

 

[Kichkinet85]

I fully understand, but it's not like this first anniversary of his death was a secret. It's not a movie release or the end of a tv show, for god's sake. Thought this would've been an easy layup, but ok.

I understand what you’re saying but Uni can’t just announce IPs. There is a schedule they have to follow. So maybe the plan was to announce Ozzy today but something happened.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Boy it's gonna be fun when Fortnite fans flock to HHN only to see that the Fortnite stuff is confined to a 50 foot long area

 

[daboswinney]

Need to hear this played in the zone.

 

[moth]

FORTNITE FOOD BOOTH OR WE RIOT!

WOULD YOU RATHER:

CHUG JUG (W/ SOUVENIR CUP)

OR

OZZIE STRAWBERRY FILLED BAT HEAD

 

[kingmantis]

Re: Ozzy, advertising campaigns tends to be lower-c conservative since the goal is to appeal to the most amount of people while offending the least. Where some see announcing Ozzy today as a tribute, others could also see it crass attempt at turning his death into a marketing tie-in.

Doesn't matter which side you agree with, marketing would prefer that conversation not happen at all. Safer to just announce a different, less controversial day.

Also lol Fortnite, my friend's first year going and this is his most anticipated scarezone. He's gonna be happy.

 

[hunnylvr]

Re: Ozzy, advertising campaigns tends to be lower-c conservative since the goal is to appeal to the most amount of people while offending the least. Where some see announcing Ozzy today as a tribute, others could also see it crass attempt at turning his death into a marketing tie-in.

Doesn't matter which side you agree with, marketing would prefer that conversation not happen at all. Safer to just announce a different, less controversial day.

Also lol Fortnite, my friend's first year going and this is his most anticipated scarezone. He's gonna be happy.

While I get your point, I don't know any Ozzy fans who would find an announcement of his house today as a marketing cash-grab. If that were the case, every single site, every single radio station, etc would have to worry about the same issue. It's ALL OVER the internet and radio today. It is what it is. I just think they blew a really sweet opportunity. It's an emotional day for so many of us, and seeing a proper tribute announced for him by something as big as HHN would've been a real salve on that pain. Instead, I feel like I was given the finger with what, IMO, is a kids' IP (yes, I know, not accurate, which is why I said IMO).

 

[Clive]

I'm struggling to see how something as huge (in terms of sheer popularity) as Fortnite is going to work in an area as narrow as Central Park. As much as I really dig the Mel's Die-In recurring zone, I can't help but wonder if it would've made sense for Fortnightmares to take over the Mel's plaza, too.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

I'm struggling to see how something as huge (in terms of sheer popularity) as Fortnite is going to work in an area as narrow as Central Park. As much as I really dig the Mel's Die-In recurring zone, I can't help but wonder if it would've made sense for Fortnightmares to take over the Mel's plaza, too.

Yeah, this is what I'm having a hard time with. I mean Central Park is already a bottle neck - so they're going to put arguably the biggest IP of the event in that area?

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I'm struggling to see how something as huge (in terms of sheer popularity) as Fortnite is going to work in an area as narrow as Central Park. As much as I really dig the Mel's Die-In recurring zone, I can't help but wonder if it would've made sense for Fortnightmares to take over the Mel's plaza, too.

Solution is from last year: put a lot of stuff in the animal actors courtyard area. Isn’t there a big set up the size of a bus there already?