Are the ads in the forum new?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

27 minutes ago, yathis said:

He is making profit, trust me.

And why does that concern you? Are you against someone trying to put food on the table? Metro Vancouver is not cheap to live in.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Post a screenshot please, could be adware

[Guest]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

And why does that concern you? Are you against someone trying to put food on the table? Metro Vancouver is not cheap to live in.

Also Surrey where LMG is is kinda a shady place of Vancouver so you need some extra protection too lol

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Also Surrey where LMG is is kinda a shady place of Vancouver so you need some extra protection too lol

that's *actually* what they hired berkel for

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Also Surrey where LMG is is kinda a shady place of Vancouver so you need some extra protection too lol

A student was gunned down a few years ago in the parking lot of one of the campuses I go to every week. It's pretty sketch. Especially with the non-stop gang violence in the area.

[Guest]

Just now, manikyath said:

that's *actually* what they hired berkel for

Nah Dennis can handle it

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Nah Dennis can handle it

Especially with his axe throwing skills.

[manikyath]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Nah Dennis can handle it

most perfect cover ever: dennis actually isnt even asian, he's the leader of the albanian mafia that came to LMG to protect them from the local gangs.

[Guest]

Just now, manikyath said:

most perfect cover ever: dennis actually isnt even asian, he's the leader of the albanian mafia that came to LMG to protect them from the local gangs.

@Tech_Dreamer do this 

[PlayStation 2]

The ads really aren't obtrusive by any stretch. Hell, they're probably some of the best implementation of ads I've seen on any website.

[Gale]

12 minutes ago, manikyath said:

most perfect cover ever: dennis actually isnt even asian, he's the leader of the albanian mafia that came to LMG to protect them from the local gangs.

Oh, I thought he was part of a Hong Kong triad.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

32 minutes ago, Gale said:

Oh, I thought he was part of a Hong Kong triad.

I thought he was Taiwanese?

[Godlygamer23]

1 hour ago, yathis said:

He is making profit, trust me.

That's part of running a successful business. 

[TechQuest]

It can interrupt you, especially when you are typing your forum. In the same time , Google can make money. The way to stop those ads, use AdBlock.

Click in the link below:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

[Shakaza]

Oh, you mean that little ad that's like a 250x250 pixel square on the right corner of the website that I can scroll down and ignore very easily when I'm browsing a forum thread? I wasn't aware that was in my face. I should really get my eyes checked or something so I can enjoy the full in-my-face experience. I hear that's a delicacy around the internet these days.

 

Or maybe I could invest in an OLED monitor so I can burn in the image of the ad to see it on my screen wherever I go.

 

On a serious note, I'm really not understanding what you're complaining about. It's small, doesn't obstruct much of anything, and you can scroll down to ignore it, especially if you're reading a thread or looking for one of the sections nearer the bottom of the page. Why is this a big deal at all?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 hour ago, TechQuest said:

It can interrupt you, especially when you are typing your forum. In the same time , Google can make money. The way to stop those ads, use AdBlock.

Click in the link below:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

It's only a matter of time AdBlock is treated the same way as piracy if you look at the big picture.

[LogicalDrm]

Its 1-3 ads. None of them is obstructive in any way (except little on mobile). If you go to ANY online retailers site, you will be blown out by massive ad attack. Same goes with Reddit for example.

[Ithanul]

8 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

It's only a matter of time AdBlock is treated the same way as piracy if you look at the big picture.

Surprise people still use AdBlock.  There are better alternatives than that plug-in.

 

I pretty much don't see ads since I don't install Flash, and use a plug-in to kill scripts that I don't allow to run.

[Guest]

12 hours ago, yathis said:

I never noticed it b4.

 

Its 'in your face' and you can not really ignore it. Must be good profit in that.

Sure, my eyes are blown off by the SSD ad...

300x250 pixels? That's so huge... Do you use a 800x600 monitor?

Because I didn't even notice it...

[Bouzoo]

12 hours ago, manikyath said:

that's *actually* what they hired berkel for

And suddenly Nicky V makes sense. 

[LogicalDrm]

5 hours ago, Factory OC said:

Sure, my eyes are blown off by the SSD ad...

 

300x250 pixels? That's so huge... Do you use a 800x600 monitor?

Because I didn't even notice it...

With smaller screen forum would revert to using low res version. And with that all ads are under almost everything else. So they would be even more out line of sight.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

With smaller screen forum would revert to using low res version. And with that all ads are under almost everything else. So they would be even more out line of sight.

Thanks for the clearing that up then. Still, I have not noticed them.

[manikyath]

4 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

With smaller screen forum would revert to using low res version. And with that all ads are under almost everything else. So they would be even more out line of sight.

i actually dont think i've ever seen the ad on anything below 1280 pixel width

[BingoFishy]

6 hours ago, Ithanul said:

Surprise people still use AdBlock.  There are better alternatives than that plug-in.

 

I pretty much don't see ads since I don't install Flash, and use a plug-in to kill scripts that I don't allow to run.

I'm not a huge fan of what I've heard about ABP's antics, but I just kinda like it more than, say uBlock Origin. It just seems less intrusive, easier to use. Not sure how else to put it. I do have it disabled on this forum though, I barely notice the ads, they're totally out of my way and I want to support LMG.

[Syntaxvgm]

17 hours ago, yathis said:

He is making profit, trust me.

not on the ads. But he is

17 hours ago, manikyath said:

the forum is a money sink, trust me.

 

that one ad, doesnt even come close to what it costs to keep this stuff spinning.

Add up all of the contributors and come back to me. It's not. Some time ago (before ips4 and floatplane) IIRC I got ~ 20k USD a year in contributors. That doesn't even cover one employee, but I can't imagine it's a sink. 

 

Also, what ads? lol I've never had ads on this forum, adblock or not.