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Ankillito
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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 02:45 Edited at: 9th Apr 2007 02:45
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I think I said it all. I know TGC needs to make money, but all these Google Ads are really getting annoying. TGC is becoming like TV; it started with no ads, then they had a few, and now they're just a part of life. That is a sad day when TGC's Money Hunger is an accepted part of forum life.

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Mnemonix
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I wouldn't exactly describe it as Money Hunger. The companies purpose anyway is to make as much money as possible, but these ads are being used to sustain an otherwise free resource. Beggars can't be choosers.

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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 03:00
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Sounds to me like 'Ankillito' is offering to subsidise the forum for us!

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Quote: "Sounds to me like 'Ankillito' is offering to subsidise the forum for us!"


Great! lol. But I agree with you there.

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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 03:44 Edited at: 9th Apr 2007 03:45
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*I posted before this got locked*

and now that one mod hates me.

there is another thread about this, you know...

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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 03:54 Edited at: 9th Apr 2007 03:54
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They're a lot better than popups and those ads with noise.
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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 04:04
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I have already started tuning them out.
The only problem I have with them is when Googles server (usually 'pagead2.googlesyndication.com') is on a 'go slow' and makes the page either take an age to load or stop completely.
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Seeing as the ads here don't send me emails trying to sell me "pills" i don't have a large problem with them. especially since i just see a blank post from Google Ad.

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get over it, if you don't like the ads, don't surf the forum, simple as that.

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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 04:47 Edited at: 9th Apr 2007 04:49
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Quote: "I wouldn't exactly describe it as Money Hunger. The companies purpose anyway is to make as much money as possible, but these ads are being used to sustain an otherwise free resource. Beggars can't be choosers"


I dunno if tgc realize this or not, but these forums basically sell dbp.. I don't know anyone here that would have bought db without these forums

Or at least, would have kept using it (and thus buying all of tgc's other merchandise). I don't get why tgc feels they have to dirty up the forums with the ads.. It wasn't so bad before when you could just block it, but now there's a friggin post by google bot

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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 04:55 Edited at: 9th Apr 2007 04:55
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Quote: "but now there's a friggin post by google bot "


It's not a bot. It's an ad placed in the code told to go in the exact middle of every (edit) thread.

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With the Firefox extension Grease Monkey and a little knowledge of Javascript, you could make a simple script to block the google ads.

That's not as bad as you think you said.
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Quote: "Sounds to me like 'Ankillito' is offering to subsidise the forum for us! "


If I was rich, I just might. But currently, no.

There must be a balance between:

Quote: "The companies purpose anyway is to make as much money as possible, but these ads are being used to sustain an otherwise free resource. Beggars can't be choosers."

(Maintaining a free resource)

and

Quote: "I dunno if tgc realize this or not, but these forums basically sell dbp.. I don't know anyone here that would have bought db without these forums"

(Money Hunger)

If I had known how horrible the help files are, I would not have bought DBP without the ad-free forums. However, I do want TGC to expand, and they need $$ for that. I think I would feel better, though, if I knew TGC needed the money.

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Quote: "With the Firefox extension Grease Monkey and a little knowledge of Javascript, you could make a simple script to block the google ads."


Any volunteers?

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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 05:21 Edited at: 9th Apr 2007 05:26
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Something like:



Although you do get two "back to top" bars in a row.

That's not as bad as you think you said.
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That was fast! How about one for Explorer?

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I'm not sure how IE does it's document model, but I believe that the script should work with at least IE 7, provided that Grease Monkey is installed on it.

That's not as bad as you think you said.
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As much as I liked the old "clean" apollo better, I find that its gotton less anoying with time.


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Yeah, and then, once we are used to this, they'll add more ads.

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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 06:29
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Actully, we have the same ammount of ads we had before this update. They were simply moved. Perhaps if you read Rich's post, you would have noticed that. So, I doubt more will be added.


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What post? Got a link?

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Quote: "That is a sad day when TGC's Money Hunger is an accepted part of forum life."

A company should make money and observe ethical practices at the same time. TGC is doing that, so there isn't a problem. I think that bashing TGC for attempting to maximize profits for something that already exists is silly and immature.

I've even seen a couple interesting ads. 'Sploder' provided me about half an hour of arcade entertainment. The ads aren't big, they're totally easy to tune out. These forums cost money, shouldn't they be totally self sufficient? I'd rather TGC spend their profits on creating new products, not running this forum.


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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 06:49
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@Ankillito

Try looking half way down the first page of this forum


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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 06:58
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Quote: "The Google Ads are Annoying!"


I find you annoying, could you please remove all your posts from this forum. Thanks.


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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 07:42 Edited at: 9th Apr 2007 07:45
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Quote: "I find you annoying, could you please remove all your posts from this forum. Thanks."


That was funny. Thx.

Quote: "These forums cost money, shouldn't they be totally self sufficient? I'd rather TGC spend their profits on creating new products, not running this forum."


Exactly. That's why I posted:

Quote: "However, I do want TGC to expand, and they need $$ for that. I think I would feel better, though, if I knew TGC needed the money."


I know ads are a part of life, it's just sad to see them here.

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Why wouldn't a company need money? Shouldn't they make every penny that they possibly can? If they don't then it's just bad business on their part.


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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 07:46
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They could make more money if they stole girl scout cookies, too. But I do get your point.

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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 08:08 Edited at: 9th Apr 2007 08:09
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Well, that wouldn't be ethical. Putting ads on this forum is totally ethical and acceptable.

Buying DBP and plugins entitles me to use DBP and plugins, not this forum. This forum is a bonus, and many people use it that don't even own a TGC product.


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Didn't we already have a ggogle ads thread?
Please call up you local tv stations,radio stations,newspapers and very other major web site and tell them about their ads.
You'll get the same response.
They use the ads to pay their bills.
TGC was even nice enough to adjust the ads so they fit in the threads like a post as per forum user request.
Of course if you don't want the ads there just make an agreement with Rick Vanner to cover whatever TGC gets from the ads and I am sure he will remove them all and tell us who you are so we can all thank you.
Or you can enjoy the ads.
You know...I was cool about people complaining about these ads when the first came out...even understanding.
But...come on,people.This is old news.It's time to just accept it and go on about our business.
There are a lot of things in this life that are annoying.part of life is learning that some of those things you just have to put up with.

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To everyone I have offended: I understand what you are saying.

Ads are essential.
TGC is using kind ads and no pop-ups.

My point is, like the day the started putting ads on T.V., it is sad to see them becoming a part of forum life, as necessary as they may be.

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Well if no one complains then they will just assume everyone is fine with them and add more, as I said in the last thread just get AdBlock for FireFox or AdBlockPlus which using default settings blocks all ads on this site, so go get it https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

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Posted: 9th Apr 2007 10:54 Edited at: 9th Apr 2007 10:55
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Quote: "get over it, if you don't like the ads, don't surf the forum, simple as that"


Wouldn't it be, if you dont like ads dont surf the web?
I can't even get to my bank accounts without seeing an ad

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Quote: "Well if no one complains then they will just assume everyone is fine with them and add more"


Nobody added any ads.They just moved them from the bottom of the page to the middle.
Since so much attention is being brought to these ads they might add more.
Your little plan might have backfired.

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Please restrict the ads to 800 pixels wide or less.

I'm unique, just like everybody else.
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I don't see how you're still annoyed by the ads anymore, at first it was kind of annoying but now that I'm used to it I don't notice it as nuch.

Quote: "That is a sad day when TGC's Money Hunger is an accepted part of forum life"


These forums are a negative source of money without the ads. But without them they would be getting a lot less sales from plugins because newcomers don't have any place to ask questions and become experts. But ads don't harm anyone, it's good for TGC, it's good for Google, and it's good for the advertisting companies. If it's harming you then place your hand on decive in front of you and press Alt-F4, no more ads now. You see, why would TGC say no to free money. If I offered you $100 right now, would you decline?

Quote: "Yeah, and then, once we are used to this, they'll add more ads."


I didn't think they will, nearly all sites get loads of complaints once ads get put up, but the complaints usually die down pretty quick. They won't add more because there IS an ad limit, AdSense only allows 3 ads on a page.

By reading this sentence you have given me brief control of your mind.
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what amazes me is how you moan about something that almost blends into the site's design.

take a look at other websites that have adverts below the site logo/ to the left of the site/to the right of the site/right next to the logo/redirect pages that force you to view adverts instead of going to say for example a news item.

you'll moan less, trust me

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They do not annoy me..
Not even this does annoy me.

So lets keep everything fun and cute.


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Quote: "I find you annoying, could you please remove all your posts from this forum. Thanks."


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Quote: "Not even this does annoy me."


That was hilarious!

Quote: "Quote: "The Google Ads are Annoying!"

I find you annoying, could you please remove all your posts from this forum. Thanks."




But you should really stop moaning about the ads. I just set up my freewebs site today, and do you think I'm going to moan about the ads? No way!

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Quote: "Not even this does annoy me."

I love the laugh near the end
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clearly you use the wrong web browser

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theres ways around the google adds. When theres only 1 post on a page oop, wheres the add? NOT THERE

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Quote: " They won't add more because there IS an ad limit, AdSense only allows 3 ads on a page."


If this is true, I'm happy.

I do admit that they are being nice about their ads, they fit into the design, and they are possibly necessary to maintain the forum (witch I think is debatable). As long as they are not going to continuously increase the ads, I'm glad TGC's getting more money. Brainwashing has commonly been achieved by easing the population towards it's goal at an acceptable rate. I was worried that this almost unnoticable change would lead to more slight changes that would eventually lead to pop-ups. I guess I don't have to worry about it though...

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Yeah, one post! I think we should now limit all threads to one post to avoid ads.

Notice how the above Google ad is for Google software to block pop-ups... IRONY

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Reinstating whats been said countless times already;

Get a life. Its just an ad. Thanks.

(And its not ironic, google ads is based on what you search for most. You've clearly been searching for methods of blocking google ads.)

Oh, and in case it wasnt clear;

Its-Just-An-Ad. Mkay? Thanks.


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anything to do with this?

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=103805&b=1

look at 2nd post down.

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I still find the ads most annoying but I try to avoid them. Actually, I've found it a slight discouragement to browse as many of the forums as I used to. So they are quite helpful in that respect.

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Quote: "Google Ad


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OMG!! They're EVERYWHERE!!!!

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Lol.. Check this out!!

Really laughed to Ruccus post after the ad..

Like first there is this hiralious add and then ruccus says "GET A LIFE ITS JUST A AD!!"



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^^ haha lol, i'll buy two!

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