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Blazinghand
United States25562 Posts
On October 02 2015 04:04 deth2munkies wrote: I had adblock off on this site until the loud, autoplaying adds started showing up a couple of months ago. That I just can't deal with. report ads like that here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/website-feedback/312942-unacceptable-ads | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46425 Posts
On October 02 2015 03:45 Blazinghand wrote: I turned off adblock for TL and when TL+ became available I bought it and didn't look back. I understand why people use adblock, and I use adblock, but when I think about the amount of value I get from teamliquid.net I feel like it's 100% worth turning off adblock or getting TL+ TL+ exists, but not enough people buy it. The fact of the matter is, TL requires a staff and requires servers and bandwidth, and these things literally cost money. If not enough people buy TL+ and 55% of people use adblock, then yes, TL will have to have a second ad. There's actually no way around this unless you can make more money appear somehow. Things TL isn't doing: gating content being bad using intrusive ads Things TL is doing: providing many ways to support TL (store, TL+, seeing ads) Agreed. Quite frankly, buying TL+ is the least I can do to support a forum that I spend over an hour on pretty much every day. That's also why I buy a ton of stuff from the TL Store (besides the fact that the stuff looks frickin' awesome). | ||
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vedaria
United States11 Posts
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NKexquisite
United States911 Posts
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trada
Germany347 Posts
adblock was a gift for my 8 year old laptop. everything runs so much smoother because of less ads especially while on twitch. some other ads that appear on forums or sites that are similar to TL have sound or are so misleading that I casually click the wrong links and end up buying a czech espresso maker. I get confused easily. thats just my semi-honest reply to this honest thread. go coffee | ||
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vhapter
Brazil677 Posts
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nimdil
Poland3772 Posts
On October 02 2015 02:51 BisuDagger wrote: Skip the fluff and give us the TL checking account number, and we can start depositing all our e-checks to the account. TL+ servers this purpose. | ||
TheEmulator
28103 Posts
On October 02 2015 04:44 vhapter wrote: I turned off adblock, but it still doesn't show anything. Probably noscript... The ad isn't live yet. | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
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Krugessin
Sweden54 Posts
Given that I love the site and lurk a lot without managing to actually contribute in any meaningful manner, and that TL+ actually is a lot cheaper than each of my billion Twitch channel subscriptions, well. Not that I have a problem with ads, and have never used adblock, but TL+ here I come! Maybe you need more frequent ads for TL+ too, to remind more zombies like myself that it exists  | ||
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Blargh
United States2103 Posts
While I am never really a fan of advertising, I think it was pretty respectable to make an actual post explaining it to the users instead of having ads just randomly appear. So thanks for that. | ||
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GrandSmurf
Netherlands462 Posts
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Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
On October 02 2015 04:56 dAPhREAk wrote: unrelated question, if i have ad block on at the same time i own tl+, does it count towards the 55%? It does not! On October 02 2015 04:35 trada wrote: I understand the reasoning behind it but I remain with the 55%. adblock was a gift for my 8 year old laptop. everything runs so much smoother because of less ads especially while on twitch. some other ads that appear on forums or sites that are similar to TL have sound or are so misleading that I casually click the wrong links and end up buying a czech espresso maker. I get confused easily. thats just my semi-honest reply to this honest thread. go coffee Thanks for the honesty. We know ads suck, we don't make decisions like this lightly. Unfortunately there aren't viable alternatives but I do hope that the site can find those eventually. Until then, if you appreciate the work that we do and you have a spare $4 lying around consider grabbing TL+. It may not seem like you're helping out much, but you really are. | ||
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
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RouaF
France4121 Posts
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Autodidact
United States27 Posts
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Ragnarork
France9034 Posts
There's a "Donate" button on TL, it's called TL+, and it makes the ads go away (while giving you access to that super secret dead forum, isn't that cool  ).Hope it turns out to help you while not being really detrimental to the browsing experience | ||
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Kaz1
35 Posts
When I need to run a video on youtube to demonstrate something in the classroom, I cringe at having to use a browser without it. Things at max volume, commercials that have zero to do with the content, just a i will punish you for using it...and you think that gives a good feeling? Hm. Once commercials began to appear within the production itself, about the products at hand...I had zero issues. I like teamliquid a lot. They have to get a good chunck of change to do what they do. I don't mind a separator like this at all if it's esports related. | ||
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
On October 02 2015 04:11 Blazinghand wrote: report ads like that here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/website-feedback/312942-unacceptable-ads Doesn't stop them from showing up. Disabled, saw one immediately, re-enabled. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On October 02 2015 03:06 SetGuitarsToKill wrote: I have a confession that just due to the shittiness of Flash and limitations of both hardware and internet, I sometimes have to use adblock to prevent everything from lagging to shit because of Flash ads. I turn it off for normal browsing, but when I have twitch open I have to turn it on or everything lags horribly. Seriously, some of the ads that you see are just straight up videos that autoload. For someone who watches low on twitch to begin with, and has a toaster that can't handle too much stuff at the same time, this is a huge problem. I know this isn't TL's fault, but it is a big reason why some people are forced to use these sorts of things. I have Flash set on click to activate. There are only a handful of sites where I bother to activate it. It speeds up browsing experience so much. | ||
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