EPTDo you adblock TeamLiquid? - Page 30
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Brett
Australia3822 Posts
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zaMNal
Mongolia385 Posts
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chaogui2
New Zealand31 Posts
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iSometric
2221 Posts
On November 04 2011 11:31 zaMNal wrote: thanks to this thread i discovered adblock and now it should be possible to watch streams and enjoy the internet without annoyances Wow, I just did the same thing. Lol, I'm... | ||
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T3tra
United States406 Posts
Don't forget all the times mods have said it was an obvious tongue-in-cheek joke in this thread ~_~ | ||
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nalgene
Canada2153 Posts
On November 04 2011 10:59 taldarimAltar wrote: Why is this even a thread, I don't give a fuck, ads don't harm me, they generate revenue for TL. I'm not the type who would purposelfully harm others in the way of "if I can't have it no one can" or being antiestablishment for the sake of it, "why should I unblock TL I'm such a badass who doesn't give a shit" why would anyone chose to not help when I takes little to no effort, it's just selfish. I could care less where the ad revenue goes, why is everyone so worked up about how TL maximises profits? It's not like you're paying them... On November 04 2011 10:08 MonkSEA wrote: It is the mark of the mind untrained to take its own processes as valid for all men, and its own judgments for absolute truth.I don't have adblocks enabled. I don't give a fuck if I look at ads, they're there for a reason: To support the site that is displaying them. And if I'm browsing the site, or video, that means I want to support the place I'm visiting since it interests me. On November 04 2011 08:56 WhuazGoodJaggah wrote: I don't like to be brainwashed, and aparently what many people say advertising is nothing else than brainwash. On November 04 2011 09:35 Node wrote:Yeah, I'm blocking via host file for protection and to avoid a few particularly annoying ads on sites I frequent. I'd totally turn it off just for TL if I knew how. :/ In the meantime, I at least ordered HotS and D3 through you guys. :D (and would totally get a jersey, too, if they were ever available >.<) It's over used, but knowledge is power. And enabling the Ads or not doesn't support e-sports. Pro gamers get money from contracts and tournament winnings. It's not like the profits go towards other teams and such. On November 04 2011 11:07 DibujEx wrote: Not much you can do. That just tells your computer to redirect to your own computer.I have the Ads block by my hosts file, so sadly I cant do anything, or can I? Adblock would block things based on site ( Host file is also for everything on your computer ) No Script ( blocks scripts, some advertisements are blocked but not purposely done in this way, just the way those ads work ) | ||
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Harrad
1003 Posts
On November 04 2011 11:17 Harrad wrote: how do i make adblock exceptions in chrome. i spent half an hour googling but didnt find nothing. im tired of seeing this fucking elephant, i even bought a shirt the second it was in store ffs. also i do watch ads in streams, but i still get this whiny shit. who came up with this nonsense, seriously. i didnt block shit. | ||
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BlazeTSR
United States218 Posts
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AJMcSpiffy
United States1154 Posts
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Malgrif
Canada1095 Posts
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seiferoth10
3362 Posts
And my favorite is excepting TL but keeping adblock on for stream pages. Way to screw the players, the ones who need the revenue the most, out of your ad view. | ||
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Joedaddy
United States1948 Posts
On November 04 2011 10:01 tree.hugger wrote: This is a teaching moment: Every year, millions of people think they know better than anyone else, and thus become insufferable to everyone around them. It's a horrible affliction that has stymied modern medicine. It's called 'rational egoism'. Symptoms include becoming pretentious and irritating, losing all your friends, and becoming 'that guy'. Don't be that guy. Please take precautions to avoid becoming one of the sad and lonely group of people each year who are stricken with this plague. Be nice to your fellow man. Go out of your way to help others in need. Enjoy life. If you, or someone you know is suffering from rational egoism please contact your local homeless shelter, soup kitchen, food pantry, religious denomination, or any miscellaneous charity. Please, friends don't friends become rational egoists. I think the teachable moment applies to one as much as the other... I personally don't adblock TL, but I wouldn't fault anyone who does. | ||
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myk3
Austria80 Posts
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Archontas
United States319 Posts
On November 04 2011 11:17 Harrad wrote: how do i make adblock exceptions in chrome. i spent half an hour googling but didnt find nothing. im tired of seeing this fucking elephant, i even bought a shirt the second it was in store ffs. also i do watch ads in streams, but i still get this whiny shit. who came up with this nonsense, seriously. i didnt block shit. Go to the site you want to whitelist, left-click the Adblock icon in the upper-right (should be red with a hand), and select "Don't run on pages on this domain". | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9105 Posts
On November 04 2011 10:53 Sufficiency wrote: I am saying I ad-block the elephant. Honestly, doesn't TL have a lot of revenue already through the special forum that has 'special offers'? Nazul claims that this site is not-for-profit, but frankly I think the recent practice of aggressive ad campaigns by TL suggests otherwise: is TL losing so much money per month that it can no longer sustain itself? No. Despite the recent influx of visitors, I don't ever see this ever being brought up. Instead, the elephant is just a sad excuse to maximize profit. Aggressive add campaigns = One additional banner on the right side of the page? ok... Think about all the costs associated with running a pro sc2 team. They have to pay their players' salaries, fly them all over the world, housing, etc. Not to mention try to scrape up enough to not get their players bought out (HuK.) Now, I'm sure their sponsors Razer and The Little App Factory help, but my guess is that the some of the revenue created by the site also goes into running the team. I just don't see what this "maximizing profit" you're talking about refers to. Hot_Bid and R1CH do this as their full time job so yeah, they need something to live on, but the money TL makes is going back into esports. If TL was money hungry they could add a donate button or something(people have posted wanting to donate, but mods declined.) | ||
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-y0shi-
Germany994 Posts
Is there any way to enable adds for tl but not for streams I watch? | ||
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Harrad
1003 Posts
On November 04 2011 11:54 Archontas wrote: Go to the site you want to whitelist, left-click the Adblock icon in the upper-right (should be red with a hand), and select "Don't run on pages on this domain". there is no hand. would it help to re-install chrome? | ||
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Archontas
United States319 Posts
On November 04 2011 12:02 Harrad wrote: there is no hand. would it help to re-install chrome? Disable Adblock in the Extensions menu, restart Chrome, re-enable it. If that still doesn't work, PM me, lets not derail this thread anymore than the Internet philosophers already have. Edit: I didn't actually even have to restart Chrome when I tried it myself. | ||
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lyAsakura
United States1414 Posts
On November 04 2011 12:02 Harrad wrote: there is no hand. would it help to re-install chrome? Wrench/options thing -> tools -> extensions -> abp -> whitelisted domains -> teamliquid.net | ||
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GinDo
3327 Posts
It has a video ad that can't be muted on the side, and for weeks they had this stupid Justin Bieber movie. They still have it -_-. So I got adblock. I spent a whole night writing an essay for IB listening to that !@#$. But, don't worry. I love ESports. | ||
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