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September 16th, 2004, 04:40 PM
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Big Bold Text Ads? UGH
Why are there now big bold text ads for the game in question when viewing a forum? This is overkill... One of the great things about this forum is that, unlike big sites, it is not bombarded with ads... Lets not ruin the atmosphere please... 
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September 16th, 2004, 04:53 PM
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Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?
Adblock extension comes in handy, but I have yet to see the text ads...
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September 16th, 2004, 04:55 PM
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Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?
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Order Space Empires IV GOLD here
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In large, bold font...
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September 16th, 2004, 04:55 PM
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September 16th, 2004, 04:57 PM
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Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?
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This caught you off guard? Should I link to the thread where you asked me to stop bringing up the subject?
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I asked you to move it to a new thread so that the topic that was being discussed would not be derailed... |
September 16th, 2004, 05:00 PM
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Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?
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This caught you off guard? Should I link to the thread where you asked me to stop bringing up the subject?
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I asked you to move it to a new thread so that the topic that was being discussed would not be derailed...
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Right. The subject of "why move things around" which led to comments of "I dont ever look at anything but this forum" which led to me commenting on in-forum ads.
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September 17th, 2004, 04:36 AM
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Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF? *DELETED*
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This caught you off guard? Should I link to the thread where you asked me to stop bringing up the subject?
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Yes, please link us to that thread. |
September 17th, 2004, 05:18 AM
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Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF? *DELETED*
Fyron, please drop the quarrel with Gandalf. The thread exists as you very well know.
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September 16th, 2004, 04:59 PM
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Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?
Are you talking about the short single line of bold text right below the banner that says "Buy (gamename) here" and has a link to the order page? If so you really have a chronically low tolerance for this stuff. Do you complain about all the labels on the cans at the grocery store too? 
I wouldn't even call this an ad. It's just a conveinent link to the order page. This isn't a free site like spaceempire.net, they are trying to run a business here.
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September 16th, 2004, 05:02 PM
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Re: Big Bold Text Ads WTF?
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Are you talking about the short single line of bold text right below the banner that says "Buy (gamename) here" and has a link to the order page? If so you really have a chronically low tolerance for this stuff. Do you complain about all the labels on the cans at the grocery store too?
I wouldn't even call this an ad. It's just a conveinent link to the order page. This isn't a free site like spaceempire.net, they are trying to run a business here.
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It is big, ugly, and annoying. The same purpose would be served by integrating such links into the forum design, such as next to the Game Room link. Sticking it up at the top is not a good design implementation...
And yes, I do have a chronically low tolerance for spam/advertisments... |
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