New forum look, advertising, and you!

[cornbread]

Originally Posted by LFG

Like I said, I cancelled the Butt Ads, but it will take the ad rotator a couple hours to stop posting them here.

Please read above what I wrote about Interstitial Ads. They will not appear more than once every 12 hours per user. Just click the skip button when you see them.

Thanks

Yeah, I'm just a nub that posted before I read everything. I lose EQ2. /wrist

Honestly I figured it would just be 4 pages of bitching but its actually a nice and informative thread. I'll be buying stuff from the store for my donation.

[Fomka]

Originally Posted by LFG

Sounds like you are viewing on a 640 x 480 res monitor or something. On my monitor, the left side ad panel takes less than 10 percent of the screen.

I'm sorry I can't please all the people all the time, I really am. But I think what I've tried to implement here is in the greater good, and is intended to minimally inconvenience people who don't want to contribute for the purpose of offsetting what I pay out of my own pocket to operate this site.

Thank you

I'am using 1280 x 1024 res, and well I can live with the new look, but I can't get rid of ad's even if I wanted to, because it's not possible to use paypal from where I live.
I understand that you can't please everyone and need to get something from this site to improve it furthermore. That's why I aint went crazy about it

[Laodaron]

The ads did take up a decent chunk before hand....

[LFG]

Originally Posted by Fomka

I'am using 1280 x 1024 res, and well I can live with the new look, but I can't get rid of ad's even if I wanted to, because it's not possible to use paypal from where I live.
I understand that you can't please everyone and need to get something from this site to improve it furthermore. That's why I aint went crazy about it

Niber, Paypal does offer a "Euro Pay" deal, can you check that out?

Thanks

[Lamil]

So, you get money per click on the left ads?

[Iyeman]

lol Firefox FTW! sorry all i see is Sponsor Links Your ad here lol Ive been useing the firefox adblock extension for quite some time and it works great. Sorry LFG

[Letum]

I wish all these dumb bitches would just turn the old style forum on, I like these ass adds. Anyway, I donated, but I think I'll keep the adds on so I get you some traffic on em to make ya some money.

[Frogdorr]

Originally Posted by LFG

Hello everyone:

As you may have noticed, we have an entirely new forum look, and that includes ad banners.

Some people like ads, others hate them. They aren't quite working perfectly on this site yet, I'm looking to find an alternative advertising solution to Adbrite, since I've basically approved every non-plat seller ad they've shown me, yet they are still not fully populating our ad space. I can't figure that out, so am going with additional advertisers also, but those will take up to a week to set up. I will not run Google Adsense because I hate them and they don't give me the option to screen ads in advance to eliminate plat sellers.

There are two ways you can turn off ads on this site for a lifetime. Those two ways are:

1. Donating a minumum of $10 bucks through the "Donate" link in the link bar at the top of the page, then send me a PM and say "turn my damn ads off." Before you accuse me of selling out to The Man (tm) and call me a greedy money grubbing corporate pig, please realize I will in fact spend up to $5000 on this site this year, and am just trying to not lose money here while increasing the fun, stuff and contests we have on this site, and all that costs money.

2. Ads are turned off FREE OF CHARGE for SoE people and Class Leaders (because they are in fact contributors by what they do here and this is the only way I really have to show the EQ2Flames <3 to them).

BUT, SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIKE LOOKING AT THE ADS, and I definitely don't want to deprive the site of ad revenue for people who want to look at and click on ads, so IF YOU FALL INTO THE FREE CATEGORY AND WANT YOUR ADS OFF, SEND ME A PM AND I'LL GLADLY HOOK YOU UP.

Ody, our PhP coding superstar, is looking to design a toggle check box in the user profile for those who qualify for the "no ad" usergroup, and those people will be able to turn off or turn on ads whenever they want. But quality takes time, and that new feature will take a few weeks to program and implement.

Again, please nobody freak out, if you qualify for ad free viewing and want that, just send me a PM in the meantime and I'll do it right away.

BTW, the "no ads" version of this site completely eliminates the left site panel and the top ad banner, and I must say this new skin design is outstanding and a joy to behold without those things turned on.

The choice is yours - pay ten bucks once (unless you qualify for free as described above, and then just send me a PM until we can make it so you control your own destiny), or sit back, enjoy the show, and click the hell out of our ads to help raise money for this site.

Thank you for your support.

I can live with ads but when they redirect me and force me to view a full screen shot of another website - that blows ass. Don't let this become like an IGN.com site.

[Malachani]

AHHHHH!!!! Thank you for fixing me LFG! LOL!

Site looks great. I can see how those full-page ads would be really awful tho, especially if they take a long time to load and its a pain to get back here.

[AricaJade]

fix me too when ya getta chance please 8-)