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Shnazzyone

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N4G admin.... Please... No More Talking Banners.

A visit to N4g is often irritating. If it isn't being stalked by people who disagree with you or bubble popping out of spite it's those friggin talking banners. I am absolutely getting fed up with my computer telling me I can win any number of stupid crap devices by clicking on said object.

N4g has it's fingers on the pulse of gaming ... more or less. We all know advertising is an essential part of this. Banners pay for the site. A site many of us spend too much time on. How many times has anyone else had to close a window merely because the dang thing started spouting something in a low quality flash waveform? The people on this site are infuriating to begin with. I don't need that feeling multiplied by having my computer yell at me every time I click a news story.

It is distracting and the more times this happens the more I just want to stop visiting the site. I don't like being advertised to to begin with, but when the dang things start screaming for attention literally, they are crossing a line.

In conclusion Someone needs to do something about this... any suggestions

DirtyRat6199d ago

I agree, but most news sites have this banner ads now. it's one reason I stopped visiting CVG as much.

Use FireFox, or IE7 pro - both are great at stopping banner ads.

andron6199d ago (Edited 6199d ago )

With something like AdBlock Plus in Firefox they will be a thing of the past. And they won't be missed, as they are annoying if you have to look at them all the time...

Finalfantasykid6197d ago

Ya adblock plus does wonders. It stops about 99% of all banner ads(a few sneaky ones might get by the filter).

Shnazzyone6199d ago

It's hearing them that is pissing me off.

DelbertGrady6198d ago

Try using NoScript in Firefox.

Columbo6198d ago

Do something about it. Report your problems here: http://forums.n4g.com/tm.as...

P.s. AdBlock Plus is your friend, and you should use it.

Shnazzyone6198d ago

but i'm permabanned from the forums due to nintendo loyalty.

II Necroplasm II6198d ago

Hi Shnazzyone

You have won a Nintendo Wii. Call now for your chance to win this nice Labtop.

INehalemEXI6198d ago (Edited 6198d ago )

I already reported those ads. They make me crazy too.

Shnazzyone6198d ago

Thank you for doing so i really feel those audible banners are a curse.

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SpoonyRedMage6198d ago

Wiat, how did you get permabanned from the Forum?

You sound angry dude, need to take some relaxation time off or something but I hate it as well but the worst one has to be the emoticon that goes "Hellooo".

I think there should only be silent, video game ads on here.

Tony P6198d ago

That's my main problem with ads. I don't get pop-ups here, but those audible ads annoy the crap out of me. I was forced to use a flash blocker or conversely let the kids in the house know I had not in fact won a new Nintendo Wii.

INehalemEXI6198d ago

lol your kids get all let down everytime that ad comes on frigan cruel but hilarious.

Shnazzyone6198d ago (Edited 6198d ago )

yeah just look up shnazzyone in the forums and view the 140 post road to being forever banned. From introducing myself to banned in under a month i believe.

My greatest fault was spending a day in a topic i created viciously and satiricly defending the wii against all comers. It was actually kindof funny. But not to the admin apparently.

I got the message below from catastrophe:

Deleted Post
Your post

"
**ck it. You people are retarded stubborn. Even if Wii became the system with the most AAA titles from here on out. You morons would pass it up because you may have to move an arm to do an action in the game.

You'll all cry in 2009 when there are heaps and heaps of increadable for the wii and nothing more then God of War 3 and killzone for PS3 coupled with lame stuff half ***edly ported from xbox."

has been deleted for:

Flaming.

This is your first Forum warning. "

I never got a second forum warning. I'm told the forums stink anyhow.

Also it should be noted before someone kicks my butt for even bringing up that topic. I've noticed that N4G has gotten quieter since i published this. Perhaps someone listened. If so I thank anyone involved.... anyone else seem a sudden stop in audible banners?

ReconHope6198d ago

smiley ad is so annoying. LoL i know what you mean dude above me. "HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO&qu ot;.

theusedfake6196d ago

i'm with you on that one, it'll be 1 AM and my fiance
leaves the volume on the laptop all the way up from listening to music earlier in the day. next thing i know,
i'm sh!tting my pants because someone just yelled "SAY SOMETHING" at me lol.

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Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

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The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

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Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

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Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

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15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

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These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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