Bloody New Ads! (split)

[iconoplast]

There's also the larger implications for the future of the site to consider. In the short term, what happens once most people have finally switched to firefox or opera? Click-throughs will decrease and companies will take notice. Will there be adds in between pages like on a certain gaming site? Or ads you have to click to gain access to daily features. Where exactly will it end? We can't keep up this back and fourth forever.

That wouldn't be all that new, actually. 3 years ago or so, you had to sign up with sponsors with the same email you used to register with Neo (and be active with those sponsors for at least a couple of days) in order to use the rainbow fountain. You got a certain number of points per sponsor, and could only get so many points per day, and had to save up enough points based on the popularity of the color to paint your pet. I'm pretty sure that wasn't the only thing that required that, but my memory isn't what it used to be in my ripe old age.

[ScottNak]

Ahahahaha. Wow. That's some awesome work Valerie. I like that. 200 points.

But back to the matter on hand... At first I didn't even notice they were around. That is... until i started to play with the scratchcards. And I think Rune said it perfectly, it totally wrecks the "playing atmosphere" with that extra space being taken up on the bottom.

I haven't even tried out restocking... but i can only guess it'll be torturous...

*shakes head* Muy mal.

[Moonlight Flower]

Worst-case scenario? Neopets becomes pay for play.

Best-case? They realize that the wiser players are blocking the new ads, too, and so they just live with it and get on with their lives.

Nah, I think it has room to get worse.

Next up, neopets will scrap making the "Mok" the newest pet species in Neopia, and we'll all be forced to adopt one of these:




Hey, stop looking at me funny...

...it could happen....nothing they do will shock me at this point.

...oh.... my...
*dies*
That scared the living daylights out of me.
And made me laugh my rear off, but....
Scary, scary.. stop giving them ideas!

[vinylraven]

There's also the larger implications for the future of the site to consider. In the short term, what happens once most people have finally switched to firefox or opera? Click-throughs will decrease and companies will take notice. Will there be adds in between pages like on a certain gaming site? Or ads you have to click to gain access to daily features. Where exactly will it end? We can't keep up this back and fourth forever.

That wouldn't be all that new, actually. 3 years ago or so, you had to sign up with sponsors with the same email you used to register with Neo (and be active with those sponsors for at least a couple of days) in order to use the rainbow fountain. You got a certain number of points per sponsor, and could only get so many points per day, and had to save up enough points based on the popularity of the color to paint your pet. I'm pretty sure that wasn't the only thing that required that, but my memory isn't what it used to be in my ripe old age.

oh yes, i remember that...that's how i got my kougra johnsiekit painted after my old account was frozen, and i lost my first halloween kougra.

[plushie]

Worst-case scenario? Neopets becomes pay for play.

Best-case? They realize that the wiser players are blocking the new ads, too, and so they just live with it and get on with their lives.

Nah, I think it has room to get worse.

Next up, neopets will scrap making the "Mok" the newest pet species in Neopia, and we'll all be forced to adopt one of these:




Hey, stop looking at me funny...

...it could happen....nothing they do will shock me at this point.

OMG the Moolah is here I MUST have one!!11!11111

*talks in phone* Do they come in banner free? What? Invisible? Thats insane!!

[Runevalkyrie]

There's also the larger implications for the future of the site to consider. In the short term, what happens once most people have finally switched to firefox or opera? Click-throughs will decrease and companies will take notice. Will there be adds in between pages like on a certain gaming site? Or ads you have to click to gain access to daily features. Where exactly will it end? We can't keep up this back and fourth forever.

That wouldn't be all that new, actually. 3 years ago or so, you had to sign up with sponsors with the same email you used to register with Neo (and be active with those sponsors for at least a couple of days) in order to use the rainbow fountain. You got a certain number of points per sponsor, and could only get so many points per day, and had to save up enough points based on the popularity of the color to paint your pet. I'm pretty sure that wasn't the only thing that required that, but my memory isn't what it used to be in my ripe old age.

You also forget that in 2000 , Mystery Island was based around signing up for sponsors to get totems. Also Tombola was based around signing up for sponsors for Tombola coins (which allowed one spin at it)

See they can restrict entrie worlds for the sake of money.

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[Moonlight Flower]

There's also the larger implications for the future of the site to consider. In the short term, what happens once most people have finally switched to firefox or opera? Click-throughs will decrease and companies will take notice. Will there be adds in between pages like on a certain gaming site? Or ads you have to click to gain access to daily features. Where exactly will it end? We can't keep up this back and fourth forever.

That wouldn't be all that new, actually. 3 years ago or so, you had to sign up with sponsors with the same email you used to register with Neo (and be active with those sponsors for at least a couple of days) in order to use the rainbow fountain. You got a certain number of points per sponsor, and could only get so many points per day, and had to save up enough points based on the popularity of the color to paint your pet. I'm pretty sure that wasn't the only thing that required that, but my memory isn't what it used to be in my ripe old age.

oh yes, i remember that...that's how i got my kougra johnsiekit painted after my old account was frozen, and i lost my first halloween kougra.

There was also the sponsers you could sign up with to get special battledome skills. O.o which I still have on my main account.

[o_0]

Like Improved Defend. o.o I had that.

[Chao]

Improved Defend is an awesome ability to have.
*Would sign up with sponsors to get it*

[Asparagus Queen]

Do premium members see the ad at the bottom too?

[meowth1982]

When I first saw it I thought I was going nuts. It makes me SO INCREADABLY ANGRY. I lost my premium due to losing my job, and I'm just, gosh. I'm seriously thinking about leaving after 4 and a half years of loyal playing on neopets. -_-

[valerielundberg]

Do premium members see the ad at the bottom too?

We did, but after a few hours they fixed that right up and now they are gone.

[vtothec]

Did anyone figure out how to get rid of the bottom banner?

[Yoshi]

Did anyone figure out how to get rid of the bottom banner?

Only for Firefox. You have to have Ad-block, then right-click the ad space and hit "Block I-Frame". Something like that.

No solutions for IE yet. :(

[o_0]

Did anyone figure out how to get rid of the bottom banner?

Only for Firefox. You have to have Ad-block, then right-click the ad space and hit "Block I-Frame". Something like that.

No solutions for IE yet.

Which is why Mozilla is secretly sponsoring Neopets to take down IE.