Hello! I live in a world where people provide content for a free and, as a compromise, end up putting ads on their website. Provided these ads don't do silly things like autoplay videos or roll out over the content I actually want to see, I don't mind them. They're a small price to pay for stuff like free comics, articles on subjects that interest me, and entire encyclopedias devoted to my favourite shows.
So you'll forgive me if I don't use AdBlock. I rather dislike the idea of pinching money out of the pockets of content providers while I'm reading their content.
Kind of my feeling, except that I'm pretty sure most of the time they don't really get any money unless you click their ads. But yeah, a banner here or there just doesn't bug me.
And if suddenly I have giant images rolling across my screen in front of your content, yelling at me to buy a product (and playing sound over my speakers), well guess what: I don't need to read your page that badly, and in fact now I really don't feel like reading it at all.
Hello! I live in a world where people provide content for a free and, as a compromise, end up putting ads on their website. Provided these ads don't do silly things like autoplay videos or roll out over the content I actually want to see, I don't mind them. They're a small price to pay for stuff like free comics, articles on subjects that interest me, and entire encyclopedias devoted to my favourite shows.
So you'll forgive me if I don't use AdBlock. I rather dislike the idea of pinching money out of the pockets of content providers while I'm reading their content.
Kind of my feeling, except that I'm pretty sure most of the time they don't really get any money unless you click their ads. But yeah, a banner here or there just doesn't bug me.
And if suddenly I have giant images rolling across my screen in front of your content, yelling at me to buy a product (and playing sound over my speakers), well guess what: I don't need to read your page that badly, and in fact now I really don't feel like reading it at all.
Actually with sites like mine where the advertiser is paying for presence, not click-throughs, users with AdBlock installed don't count towards page impressions. This reduces my pageview stats and, in turn, reduces the asking price for advertising on my website.
It does seem like kind of a stretch to count that as an "ad".
Looking at it, it may be because the file for the image link is "advertisement-ebooks.png". Seems silly that AdBlock blocks everything with the name "advertisement" in it. What if I'm on a site about advertising?
Hello! I live in a world where people provide content for a free and, as a compromise, end up putting ads on their website. Provided these ads don't do silly things like autoplay videos or roll out over the content I actually want to see, I don't mind them. They're a small price to pay for stuff like free comics, articles on subjects that interest me, and entire encyclopedias devoted to my favourite shows.
So you'll forgive me if I don't use AdBlock. I rather dislike the idea of pinching money out of the pockets of content providers while I'm reading their content.
This is what I feel as well. There are times when ads can get really annoying, but for the most part they're not that bad at all, and I don't mind supporting those who give me entertainment.
I have AdBlock installed specifically for when ads do stupid things like this (image link providing example), and I manually blacklist sites accordingly.
Beyond that, though, I don't see the need to block advertising.
A kickass hobby store in Seattle called American Eagle is closing down in two weeks. I just got back from picking up some 2nd Ed. D&D Spelljammer modules and old miniatures on the cheap.
They also had like the entire run of every 2nd. Ed. D&D Dark Sun and Al Qadim products as well as lots of Ravenloft and other oldies.
A kickass clothing store in Seattle called American Eagle is closing down in two weeks. I just got back from picking up some socks and jeans on the cheap.
They also had like the entire run of polos and clothing products as well as lots of shirts and outerwear.
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A kickass hobby store in Seattle called American Eagle is closing down in two weeks. I just got back from picking up some 2nd Ed. D&D Spelljammer modules and old miniatures on the cheap.
They also had like the entire run of every 2nd. Ed. D&D Dark Sun and Al Qadim products as well as lots of Ravenloft and other oldies.
A kickass clothing store in Seattle called American Eagle is closing down in two weeks. I just got back from picking up some socks and jeans on the cheap.
They also had like the entire run of polos and clothing products as well as lots of shirts and outerwear.
Fixed.
The hobby shop was actually around a lot longer than the clothing people
A kickass hobby store in Seattle called American Eagle is closing down in two weeks. I just got back from picking up some 2nd Ed. D&D Spelljammer modules and old miniatures on the cheap.
They also had like the entire run of every 2nd. Ed. D&D Dark Sun and Al Qadim products as well as lots of Ravenloft and other oldies.
Spelljammer. That brings back some memories.
One isle is pretty much "everything TSR made in the late 80s". They even had a couple sealed box sets of that Buck Rodgers game.
A kickass hobby store in Seattle called American Eagle is closing down in two weeks. I just got back from picking up some 2nd Ed. D&D Spelljammer modules and old miniatures on the cheap.
They also had like the entire run of every 2nd. Ed. D&D Dark Sun and Al Qadim products as well as lots of Ravenloft and other oldies.
Spelljammer. That brings back some memories.
This may seem silly, but - if they've got any and all of the Red Dwarf Roleplaying Game books available, snag 'em. They're out of print now and so hard to come by. Not to mention the fact that the Red Dwarf RPG may be one of the most enjoyable tabletop RPs I've ever had the good fortune of playing.
A kickass hobby store in Seattle called American Eagle is closing down in two weeks. I just got back from picking up some 2nd Ed. D&D Spelljammer modules and old miniatures on the cheap.
They also had like the entire run of every 2nd. Ed. D&D Dark Sun and Al Qadim products as well as lots of Ravenloft and other oldies.
Spelljammer. That brings back some memories.
One isle is pretty much "everything TSR made in the late 80s". They even had a couple sealed box sets of that Buck Rodgers game.
Now that's something I haven't seen in forever.
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If Hell is real I believe mine would be a series of annoying sections of games.
Monkey Combat in Monkey Island
The Fade
Hang Gliding
The Mine Cart sections of Donkey Kong Country
The Copy Protection sections of Space Quest
etc
The nearest save point is five minutes walk away, and you have to fight your way through ten dudes to get to the hang glider. The merest misjudgement crashes it into a wall.
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I block ads and/or javascript on a few specific sites, but not generally.
it's the best
"Pay a mere $20 for a lifetime subscription to AdBlock+, which gets rid of this annoying add-on page!"
Kind of my feeling, except that I'm pretty sure most of the time they don't really get any money unless you click their ads. But yeah, a banner here or there just doesn't bug me.
And if suddenly I have giant images rolling across my screen in front of your content, yelling at me to buy a product (and playing sound over my speakers), well guess what: I don't need to read your page that badly, and in fact now I really don't feel like reading it at all.
I am not happy about that.
Actually with sites like mine where the advertiser is paying for presence, not click-throughs, users with AdBlock installed don't count towards page impressions. This reduces my pageview stats and, in turn, reduces the asking price for advertising on my website.
It does seem like kind of a stretch to count that as an "ad".
This is what I feel as well. There are times when ads can get really annoying, but for the most part they're not that bad at all, and I don't mind supporting those who give me entertainment.
Preferably repeatedly and when they least expect it.
Beyond that, though, I don't see the need to block advertising.
The "repeatedly" takes care of that.
They also had like the entire run of every 2nd. Ed. D&D Dark Sun and Al Qadim products as well as lots of Ravenloft and other oldies.
Also if there was any warning about the specific instances of unpleasantness it wouldn't be as poetic.
Fixed.
Spelljammer. That brings back some memories.
The hobby shop was actually around a lot longer than the clothing people
And tonight some friends are taking me to a bar to get me drunk!
One isle is pretty much "everything TSR made in the late 80s". They even had a couple sealed box sets of that Buck Rodgers game.
This may seem silly, but - if they've got any and all of the Red Dwarf Roleplaying Game books available, snag 'em. They're out of print now and so hard to come by. Not to mention the fact that the Red Dwarf RPG may be one of the most enjoyable tabletop RPs I've ever had the good fortune of playing.
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Nobody likes them and every game has one.
I'm looking at you Flying Machine mission in AC2.
See also: Stealth sections in games that don't feature stealth as a primary mechanic.
Now that's something I haven't seen in forever.
Monkey Combat in Monkey Island
The Fade
Hang Gliding
The Mine Cart sections of Donkey Kong Country
The Copy Protection sections of Space Quest
etc
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Fuck you.
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The "climb the rotating spiky pillar" section of God of War
and the wagon chase earlier in the game was downright bitchin'
the flying machine is back in assbro, though, and it sucks hard this time
especially since it has one of annoying fucking 100% completion side goals: take no damage whatsoever
Ubisoft:
It's a 29.99 purchase.
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The ones in Bioshock were pretty ace