mikelac Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 Has anyone heard of a new drink called VCoke? I keep seeing these cards that say VCoke, with a site address, www.vclounge.com. Kinda weird site, cuz this guy is trying to screw around with his own coke drink, but he's working for Coca-cola. Crazy shit if this is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markizwhoiam Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 i think it's vanilla coke...i duno why you'd ever ever make a vanilla coke. but hey...whatever floats ya boat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelac Posted May 31 Author Report Share Posted May 31 I don't know...supposedly it's different from vanilla coke. That's the the people said on the vclounge message board. But yeah, what's with all the flavors? I prefer regular coke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismakk69 Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 Vanilla coke is so good.After you drink it, when you breathe through your nose, you smell the vanilla..lolI like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturephunk Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 . . . That site has "corporate" written all over it . . I would be willing to bet the farm that it's a cover by coke to rouse interest in their otherwize shrinking soda sales . . . Their margins have been shrinking for a WHILE due to people choosing other, healthier drinks over the traditional soda pop . . . . . . Sorry, it's just a stupid ploy . . . but Vanilla coke is indeed real . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelac Posted June 1 Author Report Share Posted June 1 Just curious...what do you see in this vclounge.com site, or any site for that matter, that gives off a corporate smell. I know there are a lot of those sites out there, but which ones are real and which ones aren't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 Simple add Vanilla Extract to Coke , wallaaa new product ! Now if only such things in life were simple ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0ne Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 What a fucking load of bullshit. If this is for real this guy just comitted like a hundred felonies on this shit. No IT person on their right mind would start posting other employee's emails and telling people they stole records from a company. Coca-Cola would eat him alive if he did that, those guys are hardcore with their formulas and shit. I highly doubt any of these formulas are even available on their network, they probably have a safe for it and only top level R&D people know it and gets lots and lots of money to keep their mouths shut.Bottom line....its another internet marketing ploy blair bitch style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturephunk Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by mikelac I don't know...supposedly it's different from vanilla coke. That's the the people said on the vclounge message board. But yeah, what's with all the flavors? I prefer regular coke. . . There's actually quite a few things that irk me about this site . . It's corporate allright . . reeeeaaal slick, and SO almost gets there . . but it's still corporate nonetheless . . .Some things I noticed:The Vcoke symbol towards the top left of the site obeys entirely too many laws of marketing to be created by some cheesedick that broke into Dexter's laboratory . . .. . Look at it for a second . . What do you notice? . . . The bubbles, appearing one at a time, staggered as to trigger thoughts of the bubbles going through a nice glass of Vanilla coke . . It says: Light, airy, fresh and breezy . . Also, don't forget to throw "crisp" in there to taste. . . cause it's just gotta be crisp . . . While on the subject of the logo, notice the "C" in the Vcoke name. . I'm willing to bet the farm that character font is under sole ownership from CocaCola . . If this indeed was a real site, and this joker actually HAD done what he states, Coke would be all over him like a fly on horseshit with lawsuits . . And finally, look at the "V" . . it's in a mangled horror typeface . . Very squiggly . . as if painted on in haste because the writer was being chased by something . . In short: mystery and intrigue . . . Now . . <pause> . . We all know that humans just LOVE to feel naughty . . .that's why we have such a large BnD market in the United States . . Other than that, if you tempt a human with something supposedly "forbidden" . .. . they're gonna take the bait every time and love it . . . The "V" itself though . .it just too color matched to the rest of the site to be received above the radar . . . They want to slip in underneath and talk to your subconscious . . "You're in danger!! . . You're naughty!!! . . Now spank yourself and drink Vcoke!!" . . . . . or something to that effect . . . Moving right along . . . Some other things I noticed: The Welcome marquee that "decodes" letter by letter tells of the "true story" of Vanilla Coke . . . This just SCREAMS "I'm an 8 year old boy who just shot frosted flakes out my left nostril cause mommy forgot my ritalin" . . It's targeted DIRECTLY at their most potent market : Crack seeking kiddies . . . The memos are laughable, literally . . . Do you really think if some employee managed to tell it was the SAME formula in some shit hole bar that they wouldn't be all over that in a second? . . . You gotta understand something here . . . The syrup formula IS their bread and butter . . Coke and Pepsi literally BUY out other local soda recipies and never use them again 'cause there really isn't anything other than the syrup . . . All else is fluff and semantics. . The syrup IS their cash crop . . . . . That means the security around RnD would be AIR TIGHT . . . I'm talking seperate IT staffs and seperate building completely . . No one gets in . . and nothing gets out . . . Same thing at my old company with the billing center . . It was located in a bunker next to our Development office building . . Hundreds of Millions of Dollars worth of transactions a day . . . You really think Petey the Super Tech could just walk in with a toolbox and start monkeying? . . . . where was I going with this . . . . . Oh that's right:The MemosLets examine the first one: . . . First Memo 1) The subject line reads: Possible VC formula breach . . . This would never happen . . . Alpha and Beta Projects are almost ALWAYS code named something completely disconnected to anything the project may entail . . . Every corporate spy working for Pepsi would be all over that and have a competing product out in the same time frame, foiling cokes attempt at pre-emptive strike in the next round of cola wars . . 2) The Bottom correspondence . . Michael LaBeau I believe the name is . . states that he's following up on the memo sent out that morning . . . but look at the time that message was sent . . It's in the morning . . . the Memo at the top (if you take it's time into account) was a general memo sent in the afternoon on the same day . . How did the REPLY in the afternoon preceed the STATEMENT in the morning? . . . I attribute this fuck up to just plain sloppyness in creating the props . . The second memo:second memoLoses on Two counts: . . 1) The general tone of the memo is quite casual . . Again, as I stated before, the syrup is GOD . . If a breach was for real, that exec would be explaining how he just got the shit stains out of his two thousand dollar pants . . . And 2) The statement that the coke that was sampled at a local bar had a "home-brewed" taste . . . and was "nothing to be concerned with . . " . . PLEASE!! . .You want to be eating cat food at 65, fuckface?? . . You go find that bar and bring a sample back for testing!! . . . . . . . . I'm slowin' down here . . tee hee hee . . Anyways, that's my take on it . . hope it helps . . -PhuturePhunk . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by phuturephunk . . There's actually quite a few things that irk me about this site . . It's corporate allright . . reeeeaaal slick, and SO almost gets there . . but it's still corporate nonetheless . . .Some things I noticed:The Vcoke symbol towards the top left of the site obeys entirely too many laws of marketing to be created by some cheesedick that broke into Dexter's laboratory . . .. . Look at it for a second . . What do you notice? . . . The bubbles, appearing one at a time, staggered as to trigger thoughts of the bubbles going through a nice glass of Vanilla coke . . It says: Light, airy, fresh and breezy . . Also, don't forget to throw "crisp" in there to taste. . . cause it's just gotta be crisp . . . While on the subject of the logo, notice the "C" in the Vcoke name. . I'm willing to bet the farm that character font is under sole ownership from CocaCola . . If this indeed was a real site, and this joker actually HAD done what he states, Coke would be all over him like a fly on horseshit with lawsuits . . And finally, look at the "V" . . it's in a mangled horror typeface . . Very squiggly . . as if painted on in haste because the writer was being chased by something . . In short: mystery and intrigue . . . Now . . <pause> . . We all know that humans just LOVE to feel naughty . . .that's why we have such a large BnD market in the United States . . Other than that, if you tempt a human with something supposedly "forbidden" . .. . they're gonna take the bait every time and love it . . . The "V" itself though . .it just too color matched to the rest of the site to be received above the radar . . . They want to slip in underneath and talk to your subconscious . . "You're in danger!! . . You're naughty!!! . . Now spank yourself and drink Vcoke!!" . . . . . or something to that effect . . . Moving right along . . . Some other things I noticed: The Welcome marquee that "decodes" letter by letter tells of the "true story" of Vanilla Coke . . . This just SCREAMS "I'm an 8 year old boy who just shot frosted flakes out my left nostril cause mommy forgot my ritalin" . . It's targeted DIRECTLY at their most potent market : Crack seeking kiddies . . . The memos are laughable, literally . . . Do you really think if some employee managed to tell it was the SAME formula in some shit hole bar that they wouldn't be all over that in a second? . . . You gotta understand something here . . . The syrup formula IS their bread and butter . . Coke and Pepsi literally BUY out other local soda recipies and never use them again 'cause there really isn't anything other than the syrup . . . All else is fluff and semantics. . The syrup IS their cash crop . . . . . That means the security around RnD would be AIR TIGHT . . . I'm talking seperate IT staffs and seperate building completely . . No one gets in . . and nothing gets out . . . Same thing at my old company with the billing center . . It was located in a bunker next to our Development office building . . Hundreds of Millions of Dollars worth of transactions a day . . . You really think Petey the Super Tech could just walk in with a toolbox and start monkeying? . . . . where was I going with this . . . . . Oh that's right:The MemosLets examine the first one: . . . First Memo 1) The subject line reads: Possible VC formula breach . . . This would never happen . . . Alpha and Beta Projects are almost ALWAYS code named something completely disconnected to anything the project may entail . . . Every corporate spy working for Pepsi would be all over that and have a competing product out in the same time frame, foiling cokes attempt at pre-emptive strike in the next round of cola wars . . 2) The Bottom correspondence . . Michael LaBeau I believe the name is . . states that he's following up on the memo sent out that morning . . . but look at the time that message was sent . . It's in the morning . . . the Memo at the top (if you take it's time into account) was a general memo sent in the afternoon on the same day . . How did the REPLY in the afternoon preceed the STATEMENT in the morning? . . . I attribute this fuck up to just plain sloppyness in creating the props . . The second memo:second memoLoses on Two counts: . . 1) The general tone of the memo is quite casual . . Again, as I stated before, the syrup is GOD . . If a breach was for real, that exec would be explaining how he just got the shit stains out of his two thousand dollar pants . . . And 2) The statement that the coke that was sampled at a local bar had a "home-brewed" taste . . . and was "nothing to be concerned with . . " . . PLEASE!! . .You want to be eating cat food at 65, fuckface?? . . You go find that bar and bring a sample back for testing!! . . . . . . . . I'm slowin' down here . . tee hee hee . . Anyways, that's my take on it . . hope it helps . . -PhuturePhunk . . . . . Where did you find this guy, do you work for Scotland yard, or interpol ?Your here in Prague?Are you like a secret Agent, or work for some kind of a law enforcement agency.Or do you have a lot of time on your hands ? These questions must be answered!Maybe your a psychologist for Criminal behavior ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturephunk Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by rdancer Where did you find this guy, do you work for Scotland yard, or interpol ?Your here in Prague?Are you like a secret Agent, or work for some kind of a law enforcement agency.Or do you have a lot of time on your hands ? These questions must be answered!Maybe your a psychologist for Criminal behavior ? . . .nah . . I occasionally smoke too much reefer . . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0ne Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by phuturephunk . . .nah . . I occasionally smoke too much reefer . . . . . . i was about to say....man you went on for fucking ever on that shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by phuturephunk . . .nah . . I occasionally smoke too much reefer . . . . . . I coudl tell you would be the one to get paranoid off that shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 all soda is horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nSyNcBaBy Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 people drink vanilla vodka and coke... so im assuming vanilla flavored coke is probably quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by dgmodel all soda is horrible. For your teeth, and causes Diabetes cause of all the suger! BAD STUFF NO GOOD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebby Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 wouldnt it just taste like root beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by bebby6919 wouldnt it just taste like root beer U mean cream soda ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebby Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by rdancer U mean cream soda ??? I actually meant like an ice cream float but yes cream soda as well.... shush you.. leave me alone... I'm going through club withdrawals I cant think straight... :goofy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 How about I throw a Canoli in your mouth to Shut ya up ! Im going throug CW too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebby Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by rdancer How about I throw a Canoli in your mouth to Shut ya up ! Im going throug CW too ! throw it in there... i could go for a canoli ROXY!!!!! one more week.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdancer Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 :shudders: So eXcited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebby Posted June 2 Report Share Posted June 2 Originally posted by rdancer :shudders: So eXcited! :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelac Posted June 2 Author Report Share Posted June 2 Oh damn! Phuturphunk just disected that site! Assuming that this is a corporate scheme to market the drink, do you think that Coca-cola's reputation has been hurt, and that it will lose consumers because people aren't falling for VCoke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acura Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 Originally posted by rdancer Im going throug CW too ! Don't lie, you are in Kurant withdrawals, go slug back some absolut, commy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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