OK, so I'm sitting in the general discussion section of the board and I hit refresh. So it starts to refresh, and an ad from gamespy comes up in the window. Thankfully they have the "skip ad" button, but I think I'm not the only one who will be displeased if this becomes commonplace.

Say it isn't so guys.

OK, so I'm sitting in the general discussion section of the board and I hit refresh. So it starts to refresh, and an ad from gamespy comes up in the window. Thankfully they have the "skip ad" button, but I think I'm not the only one who will be displeased if this becomes commonplace.

Say it isn't so guys.
firefox is your friend Easy. Yeah ya know...I havn't noticed that problem, even after i had to re-login

I'm using Firefox. It's like when you're on IGN and you click on an article and it takes you to an ad first.

Nor have I had a pop-up using the yellow background.

When I clicked on this, I had to go through an ad to get here. If that continues, I say we ditch this place.

When I clicked on this, I had to go through an ad to get here. If that continues, I say we ditch this place.
I can't get it to do it. Were you linking from the webpage?

I think it just happens at random (not really random, but you know what I mean).

if it happens to all, then yeah, it's time to go.

Just had this happen
Using default skin though.

I'm using the yellow.

I can't do it either. I'm using yellow.


Do I need to put my pants back on though?

I just got one too, going back to general discussion from a thread.

Just got it.

That's the last straw.

OUT!

Since I've started using the yellow skin, no ads at all. And, although it's horrible at first, after a while you get used to it, so much so that the original is just wrong.

Kinda like going from Tizer to beer :)

I hate ads...this however, doesnt seem all that annoyingly often, only have gotten it to happen once. It's still probably worth the tradeoff of a free site for add banners/occasional annoyances. That is, unless someone wants to set up the new site and take the risk of fronting it out of pocket.

Ie you hit go to general discussion, and it says "Watch this ad first!"

Gee,great.. "FUCKING TIME STAMP BUG" too.

It's last year all over again!

I don't think you have seen the ad Easy Mac is talking about....

Ah. I'll get me coat.

;)

Since I've started using the yellow skin, no ads at all. And, although it's horrible at first, after a while you get used to it, so much so that the original is just wrong.
I don't think you have seen the ad Easy Mac is talking about....

i just reloaded and poked around a bit going from different forums to different forums and i never saw an ad..

I just ran into an ad using the yellow skin and Netscape.

Great....I came acroos an ad just doing a search on "General Discussion". Not cool. I also see an ad on the main page that doesn't go away. Not on the forum, but the main page.

I'm seeing them in the "Day at the office" skin.

Marginally annoying, but not the end of the world depending on the content.

The positive is, you can click through it very quickly. The negative is, it's still an inconvenience, and since I usually use "back" in my browser to back out of a thread, I'll need to remember to go two levels whenever I've gone through one of the things.

Just to make it clear:

This is not a banner ad. This is an ad where you go to a website to read an article, but before hand they show you an ad. You can click through it, but it is extremely annoying.

AND I couldn't log in from the normal login screen. Had to goto a reply to post and login from there.

The other weird thing I am seeing is that it is only showing 4 people logged on, but yet a number of you guys are somehow posting with your screen names.

Yeah, Firefox will do nothing for you on this. They substitute the ad page for the board page and you have to watch the ad or click through it before you can see the board page you requested.

I got the ad using the yellow skin. I also got a pop-up, but it was blocked by opera

i do see only two people logged in and yet everyone is posting. not sure where the ads are coming from...do all of you guys have an updated Adblock? I never see ads on the web anymore, so I dunno.

http://www.zoominternet.net/~stevedubbya/ads.jpg

just got my first ad. this is gayer than aids.

What the frick? I know GoldenEagle and I aren't the only one signed in. It only bothers me because I don't know what else could be off. I'm seeing a something similar here too.


I'm thinking it might be related to the time stamp bug--if there are multiple servers during the upgrade, maybe we're only seeing the folks on the individual server we're on.

Oooh, if you refresh the page, you get random people. We could make a new game of this in the future.

What the frick? I know GoldenEagle and I aren't the only one signed in. It only bothers me because I don't know what else could be off.

Yeah, just got that stupid ad.

That's it. We need a new board.

Yeah, just got that stupid ad.

That's it. We need a new board.

.

Just got that add too, seems it only pops from time to time.

Crap, two times in a row now.

I blame Skydog's New User Titles.

I havent gotten an ad yet, but it is taking a year and half to post a reply.

seriously, this ad thing is getting out of control.

Oh fuck, is the time stamp bug back too? :mad:

seriously, this ad thing is getting out of control.

As often as I (and god knows how many other people) click around here, those ads show up a LOT.

I'm starting to get the ad screen a bit and also a white screen with just this written on it.

tialize 'Active' Table Cells //vBulletin_init(); //-->

Oh fuck, is the time stamp bug back too? :mad:

Is that you JeeberD? I don't recognize you without your post count. :D

Before they switched servers, performance sucked when I tried to access the board from home. Now it's practically unusable -- I often have to hit reload to get a page to come up. Is there some kind of snit between GameSpy and SBC that I should know about?

AND I couldn't log in from the normal login screen. Had to goto a reply to post and login from there.

Ooh...that worked for the JeeberD account on IE. Do I dare risk logging out as JeeberDMack and trying it on Firefox?

Before they switched servers, performance sucked when I tried to access the board from home. Now it's practically unusable -- I often have to hit reload to get a page to come up. Is there some kind of snit between GameSpy and SBC that I should know about?

Out of curiousity, what browser are you using?

Internet Exploder. I've used it at work with no problems, though. I split between Internet Exploder and Firefox at work, depending on which OS I currently have booted (WinXP or RHEL3).

FOFC has been slow. The ads are super annoying.

Just saw the damn ad for the first time. :(

Internet Exploder. I've used it at work with no problems, though. I split between Internet Exploder and Firefox at work, depending on which OS I currently have booted (WinXP or RHEL3).

Just try Firefox to see if it makes a difference. I know that when I originally joined the boards, I used IE and it was terribly slow. After the switch, it went much smoother. But to be honest with you, I don't know the true reason behind why one browser worked over the other.

Though the ads aren't the end of the world, they are really annoying, especially since they seem to come up every 5 page views or so on my end.

Skydog, RyanS, when you read this, would you confirm with GameSpy if this is going to be a new future?

I believe we have plans to make if so.

I'll chip in some $$$ to pay for a home with no ads. And I know I would not be alone.

Though the ads aren't the end of the world, they are really annoying, especially since they seem to come up every 5 page views or so on my end.
I just got my first one replying to this post. :D

It isn't the end of the world righht now, but if they don't get enough revenue from the way it is now, we might be seeing these things constantly. I think changes may be in the air.

damn the man

Crash

Skydog, RyanS, when you read this, would you confirm with GameSpy if this is going to be a new future?

I believe we have plans to make if so.
Looking into it.

Board keeps crashing now when I try to post. One in about every ten gets through.

Board keeps crashing now when I try to post. One in about every ten gets through.
Is it crashing the browser or coming up with database errors?

Yea.. its stalling out when i try to reply.. bleh

I'd definitely throw in a few bucks.. cause if the ad rate continues at the rate i'm getting it... 4/10 moves.. it will be hard to not get pissed off

Board keeps crashing now when I try to post. One in about every ten gets through.
same here, especially when I try and quote someone, the whole screen goes white and nothing happens, and it gives me some HTML code or some type of code at the top.

This new board is just lovely! I love all the errors, the bugs, good to see them back, they are all just super!:D

yea.. i'm getting tons of errors now too.. weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

And I can't forget the Ads, they are fantastic! I hope one day, they will have the floating inset ads that come across your screen and you can't close out of them, you just have to wait for them to go away. I want tons of them because they awesome and are not annoying at all!

I sometimes get "Page cannot be displayed errors", sometimes I get ads and when I just type a reply the first time I got this error: "tialize 'Active' Table Cells //vBulletin_init(); //--> </SCRIPT><!-- temp -->

"<!-- thread rate --><!-- / thread rate -->

And I can't forget the Ads, they are fantastic! I hope one day, they will have the floating inset ads that come across your screen and you can't close out of them, you just have to wait for them to go away. I want tons of them because they awesome and are not annoying at all!


Just wait till they start getting audio as well gottimd.. audio with volume WAY LOUDER then you have set

I sometimes get "Page cannot be displayed errors", sometimes I get ads and when I just type a reply the first time I got this error: "tialize 'Active' Table Cells //vBulletin_init(); //--> </SCRIPT><!-- temp -->

"<!-- thread rate --><!-- / thread rate -->
Yes, that is the code I get too. Isn't it great?

Just wait till they start getting audio as well gottimd.. audio with volume WAY LOUDER then you have setDola-
Good point, that would make it so much better. And if they are porn ads as well with audio effects would make it so much better so I can't view the site at work!

gottimd, your sarcasm button is stuck on "on" again.

http://dreamhost.com/shared/comparison.html

And I can get the setup fee waived. Just need to figure out what type of bandwidth we use.

OK, so I'm sitting in the general discussion section of the board and I hit refresh. So it starts to refresh, and an ad from gamespy comes up in the window. Thankfully they have the "skip ad" button, but I think I'm not the only one who will be displeased if this becomes commonplace.

Say it isn't so guys.Just had my first experience with the ad. Boo.

Just try Firefox to see if it makes a difference. I know that when I originally joined the boards, I used IE and it was terribly slow. After the switch, it went much smoother. But to be honest with you, I don't know the true reason behind why one browser worked over the other.I'll try it later on when I get a chance. It's clearly location-sensitive, though -- IE works fine from school.

Yep, the ads suck...

Why is it so terrible that we get an ad here and there for a service that is being provided to us for free that involves a very high bandwidth every month?