There are these fnuckin' ads at the bottom of the screen.
No Evony-type stuff, but they are getting annoying.
Why are they there, and when were they added?
The cost of the forum (and wiki) has sky rocketed recently and there is no option but to run adverts unless you guys are willing to donate a lot of money. I really hate the adverts too, but it's not an option to go without them any more. Sorry :sad.gif:
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I don't see them...
Oh I know why. I have ads blocked from within my hosts file XD
You're a piece of ****. Why do you deserve to browse the forum without contributing to the costs you incur? If it was entirely down to me you'd be banned. Grow up.
Squid, you do know that the people who own the sites with the ads are paying whether people block them or not right?
The point is, if we have 100 users and 100 of those users view adverts we make more than if we have 100 users and only 10 view the adverts. The forum costs money because of you guys, it is your moral responsibility to try and offset the costs you incur. The adverts are, as far as I know, both click and view rated.
The cost of the forum (and wiki) has sky rocketed recently and there is no option but to run adverts unless you guys are willing to donate a lot of money. I really hate the adverts too, but it's not an option to go without them any more. Sorry :sad.gif:
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I don't see them...
Oh I know why. I have ads blocked from within my hosts file XD
You're a piece of ****. Why do you deserve to browse the forum without contributing to the costs you incur? If it was entirely down to me you'd be banned. Grow up.
Lol. I hate ads, what can I say?
I might remove the host file based list, and just use adblock and disable it on this site. But to be honest with you, I'd rather donate because ads really impact browsing speed.
I'm currently discussing allowing donations to remove adverts, this is the ideal end game but there are a few obstacles. However fear not users! It looks like we may have a solution to the advert "problem". It won't be perfect, but if everything goes well we may be able to remove them for logged in users. No guarantees, but it's a possibility if what I've been told works out.
They've been on the wiki for over 2 weeks now, at the bottom. I'm sorry but if you can't live with this, either pay the hosting bills or pester Notch to pay for the forum to run, because nobody can afford to run it out of their own pocket.
Yes, we've put some ads at the bottom of the wiki and forums as a test - this place is costing $500 or so a month to run now, and we need some way to make it back.
However, it's looking good for income levels with the ads, we're debating whether to turn them off once we hit the monthly total, or have them for unregistered users only. We'll keep you posted.
You're supposed to say it'll cost $2000 so we can take the rest and buy champagne for our luxury yacht!
Mod.X, that's the point. They are put at the bottom, out of the way so that you don't really get blasted with them, they are at the bottom where your just about to click the next page link.
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Guys, just give us all of your internet money. The legit Minecraft sites are the only sites that are not blocked by my Adblock, purely for the adviews it generates. Which generates money, which generates even more geeky hardware for us to dedicate to the forums/wiki so you guys can continue clogging up our pipes. Honestly, if you don't like it, you might as well leave the forum, you're only wasting precious resources anyways. Hell, I don't even notice these ads.
Pretty much what quatro said. They don,t impact the speed of browsing at all, you never noticed them unless you're staring directly at them and they help pay for the server. I think that was a great idea to mend the costs :biggrin.gif:
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I noticed them this morning, but since they're Google ads i don't really care. If text-only/small image ads impact your loading speed that much... I don't know what to say.
Also, I've seen some links to cool things through Google ads.
I guess I'm an awful person for having all ads blocked due to the fact that they give me migraines. Hm.
Yes, yes you are considering you're not even supposed to intensely stare at them. ****, they're at the bottom of the page, there's no way you can see them while inducing migraines at the same time.
Just unblock the forums and the wiki, and be proud of turning your mere visit into straight out cash for the hosting team, enabling them to buy new stuff for the servers.
If you think ads impact your browsing speed, I suggest you upgrade that 56k line you're on there. If you think they're in the way, then I wonder why you concentrate on the bottom of the page so much. And if you block them, well, you suck.
Just a quick update on the ads. They are providing us enough revenue to build out the servers the way they should be (dedicated database / frontend boxes, w/ load balancers). Also, they're *MAYBE* some extra funds left over to provide some FREE hosting for minecraft fan sites....
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No Evony-type stuff, but they are getting annoying.
Why are they there, and when were they added?
Oh I know why. I have ads blocked from within my hosts file XD
You're a piece of ****. Why do you deserve to browse the forum without contributing to the costs you incur? If it was entirely down to me you'd be banned. Grow up.
Or... Is it Server traffic based?
I have noscript so no ads or java gets run, sorry but, I didn't know till now.
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Just turned noscript of, don't see no ads. : \
Don't ban me?
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The point is, if we have 100 users and 100 of those users view adverts we make more than if we have 100 users and only 10 view the adverts. The forum costs money because of you guys, it is your moral responsibility to try and offset the costs you incur. The adverts are, as far as I know, both click and view rated.
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Now I see them.
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Lol. I hate ads, what can I say?
I might remove the host file based list, and just use adblock and disable it on this site. But to be honest with you, I'd rather donate because ads really impact browsing speed.
Agreed.
Ads are **** to anyone.
This sucks.
They've been on the wiki for over 2 weeks now, at the bottom. I'm sorry but if you can't live with this, either pay the hosting bills or pester Notch to pay for the forum to run, because nobody can afford to run it out of their own pocket.
You're supposed to say it'll cost $2000 so we can take the rest and buy champagne for our luxury yacht!
Do not wallow do not stall
Time waits for none at all
Your allowance may crawl,
It may fly or even vanish
But none will seem more lavished
Than time lost to all.
Also, I've seen some links to cool things through Google ads.
Yes, yes you are considering you're not even supposed to intensely stare at them. ****, they're at the bottom of the page, there's no way you can see them while inducing migraines at the same time.
Just unblock the forums and the wiki, and be proud of turning your mere visit into straight out cash for the hosting team, enabling them to buy new stuff for the servers.