OS Has Gotten Outta Control with the Ads

[tdogg097]

Look I understand you need revenue to keep the lights on but this website is outta control. Ads at the top and bottom plus a scrolling ad. There are so many ads that navigating the website can be a challenge. This website used to be a great resource for sports games, now it's more annoying than anything else.

[kdutch98]

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I have to agree.

Imthinkmthe most annoying part of it is when the ad pops up while typing content, and it makes you stop entering content. I've had this happen on numerous occasions whyle posting on the forums.

Also, in the last couple days, the site has been extremely slow to load, if it loads at all.

[jcar0725]

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If there are no ads, there is no OS. Unless you want them to charge us money.

[Therebelyell626]

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If there are no ads, there is no OS. Unless you want them to charge us money.

I don’t have a problem with the ads per se, just the way they are optimized. But OS is the only website that crashes on my phone constantly (safari). It’s because of the flash ads. I can use the forums just fine, but I can’t read an article more than 30 seconds without my safari app crashing

[brunopuntzjones]

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If there are no ads, there is no OS. Unless you want them to charge us money.

At this point I would seriously consider paying a reasonable subscription price to get an ad-free or even simply reduced ad experience. There are enough that the performance of the main site and forums is hampered even on a laptop.

I don't like to admit it, because I love the site and enjoy the forums, but it really is overwhelming.

[NYJin2011tm]

Re: OS Has Gotten Outta Control with the Ads

Scroll to bottom, look on the left. I believe it's set to OS 4.0, put it on OS 2.0... no ads.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Ads don't bother me, I'm used to the prevalence of them everywhere else that I subconsciously tune them out. The extra recent traffic is majorly slowing me waay down tho and absolutely grinding my gears.

[COMMISSIONERHBK9]

Re: OS Has Gotten Outta Control with the Ads

Scroll to bottom, look on the left. I believe it's set to OS 4.0, put it on OS 2.0... no ads.

Wait what the diffence in os 4.0 (responsive) vs 2.0 (defaults)

[Ghost Of The Year]

Re: OS Has Gotten Outta Control with the Ads

Wait what the diffence in os 4.0 (responsive) vs 2.0 (defaults)

I just switched. Its a helluva lot faster, for sure.

EDIT - Well, I was zipping right along but now its slow as molasses again

[BlueSkies77]

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I’m not one to complain but this site is awful lol. Also, I know my phone is old but does this site completely drain anyone else’s battery at a really fast rate? I thought it was my phone finally kicking the bucket but I’m convinced it’s only this site that does it.

[XxGamerXx]

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If there are no ads, there is no OS. Unless you want them to charge us money.

I rather have everyone pay a dollar a month over ads

If everyone is required to pay a dollar that should be a nice chunk of change to avoid ads

OS today looks like MLB the movie when Roger Dorn put ads for back problems etc all over the outfield

[gman2774]

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I just switched. Its a helluva lot faster, for sure.

EDIT - Well, I was zipping right along but now its slow as molasses again

I access the OS forums using the Tapatalk app and it’s been painfully slow the last handful of days. Hoping it’s temporary as it’s not been my typical experience. What’s the best way to view OS forums?Tapatalk, direct site, something else?

Ads cause occasional scrolling issues for me but that doesn’t bother me much. I appreciate the site and I’ve been here since 2004. I’ve met a lot of great people and have learned so much from all of you.

[mrCPUgeek]

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I also usually use Tapatalk.

Up until the last week or so, speed hasn’t been an issue. But yeah, it seems to have slowed down considerably recently.


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[DarthRambo]

Re: OS Has Gotten Outta Control with the Ads

Sadly the days of web forums like this are nearly extinct with Reddit taking it over. Personally I strongly dislike Reddit because it's nothing but DD and RTTS stuff for this game. And usually just people posting to show off their new card, or some highlight of theirs.

This site is my go to for anything video game related sports or not. Been around for over 15 years now and yes the ads weren't a thing back then, but the foot traffic was far more and the engagement in the forums was more lively and honestly encouraging in some ways. It's nice to still see so many around here that I've been seeing post for over a decade or longer. Which to me is the greatest thing about forums like this. You become part of a smallish community of people who enjoy the same game as you do. Reddit will never have that.

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[Therebelyell626]

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Ads don't bother me, I'm used to the prevalence of them everywhere else that I subconsciously tune them out. The extra recent traffic is majorly slowing me waay down tho and absolutely grinding my gears.

This is simply not the case. I have been on version 2.0, but there is still very much ads. Maybe not in the forums, but certainly in the articles and on the homes page. I’m sure they would have people writing articles if they didn’t want users reading them. Right now it’s a slog to get through a home page article