New ads are the worst

that dr.pepper one is really annoying.

Not as annoying as the Modelo one…

also fix #searchBar’s z-index if you’ll be fixing the issue via CSS

IT’S PRETTY! IT’S FUN TO DRIVE!
IT’S PRETTY! IT’S FUN TO DRIVE!
IT’S PRETTY! IT’S FUN TO DRIVE!
IT’S PRETTY! IT’S FUN TO DRIVE!
IT’S PRETTY! IT’S FUN TO DRIVE!
PRETTY AWWWWESOOOOME!

I try hard not to use adblock on sites I like. This site is practically unusable without it.

Does that allstate one have to repeat everytime I refresh the page?

Any update on this, I’ve tried to ignore it. But after more than a month of ads playing every time I click a different page on srk. I have literally just cut down visiting, I dont want to have to install a AD blocker and I understand they are trying to get paid but a AD that plays with sound at the refresh of every page is killing any enjoyment I have on the site.

I try to leave ABP off on websites like SRK where they get money. But turning it off makes the site a frustrating mess. I just have to keep it on.

The current ads that play in the top right of every page of the forums are incredibly annoying for a bunch of reasons:

  • they always play audio and unmute themselves on page load/refresh
  • they cannot be paused; they are guaranteed to consume your bandwidth and processing power

These two reasons alone kind of kill the tabbed browsing experience of SRK, as you get this cascading echo of ad audio and performance hit if you want to open a bunch of tabs for a bunch of different threads.

I want to support SRK and not run an adblocker, but these are so annoying that I think I’m going to have to considering how much of SRK I browse.

Never saw this thread, but I’m glad I’m not the only one.

The ways ads are run on this site is probably the worst way to go about doing it in every facet:
[LIST]
[]They block functionality
[
]They push content down on the main page
[]They unmute themselves
[
]They’re memory intensive
[/LIST]
I know all about trying to cover costs or even make a bit of a profit from a website, but there are better, less intrusive solutions for your ads. People are less likely to consider ad block software if you take these things into account.

I also forgot to mention how ineffective the top-right ads are when opening threads: since the view gets moved to the latest post (which may be far from the top of the page), it’s quite often the case that the ad is scrolled completely out of the user’s view on page load.

So the only reason why anybody actually sees the ad is either they chance on a post that is the top of the page, or they scrolled up to kill the annoying sound.

I don’t buy shit from ads.
In fact, i make it a point to avoid items when ads become aggravating. I piss off easily.

The ads have been a nuisance to say the least. If I could punch them or someone who put them there I would.

I wish I could browse this site without having to mute my laptop.

I use a shitty computer at work. Freezes all the time when browsing other websites. I have yet to experience these sounds from Shoryuken.com

If these ads didn’t blow my ears off everytime I opened this site, maybe I’d consider buying that new football game that likes to un mute itself

I’ve been using adblock plus for so long that I never knew this site had ads.

I don’t use Adblock so I can support the sites that I visit - however SRK is making me reconsider.

that ford ad can burn in hell

Same for me. I’ve been using it so long that I forgot what the Internet looks like without it. Fired up IE at work the other day and was blown away at all the ads that you miss running the blocker.

Also, the ads on SRK can die in a fire. Video ads that begin with volume turned on are the devil’s work.

SRK - what are you thinking?

Just when I thought the ads on this site couldn’t be any worse, we get friggin’ pushdown ads on EVERY PAGE! Not to mention they conceal the lastest news/post section and alerts.

Do you guys even care anymore? Seriously, you’re begging people to adblock you at this point. This is what we get for trying to support the site by not using it?