That video on the bottom-right corner is the worst thing ever seen in the advertising world. I had to disable Javascript to get rid of it and that's a shame, MMOChampion.
That video on the bottom-right corner is the worst thing ever seen in the advertising world. I had to disable Javascript to get rid of it and that's a shame, MMOChampion.
Using a free service does not mean the cost to have that service running is free. Keep that in mind before you post such drivel.
Nobody said it needs to be free. But if you start throwing videos at my face I'll stop everything until you too stop. Seeing the same crap over and over is not going to convince me to spend money. Also, it randomly displays useless videos such as the one I am seeing now about patch 8.2... What the hell?
https://i.imgur.com/oCyz6P3.png
That's on Microsoft Edge, no adblockers
For anyone using ublock, ||anyclip.com^$3p
You are welcome.
I mean, I personally run adblocker. Sue me.
Why? Much of it because many sites put up absolutely obnoxious ads that should not be a thing in 2020 and auto-playing ad videos are THE worst, nobody is going to tolerate that shit.
Google even changed their policies to address specifically autoplay videos and the sites still find a way to sneak this shit in.
Last edited by Gaidax; 2020-05-08 at 01:50 PM.
I agree it’s an extremely annoying advert.
Don’t mind any of the other ads but one that overlays the screen regardless of where you scroll is particularly irritating.
Its funny that people find such trivial things that annoying.
Agreed, and like a sucker I'd actually given them ad block amnesty cause I felt bad for them. Now it's all disabled.
If these videos were even remotely timely/relevant it would be a different story. But I don't need a video for the 8.2.5 war campaign story on my first visit, and then something for a completely different game for my second.
Use obnoxious ads, get adblocked. Easy as that.
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I mean, I am not going to pretend I'm some defender of righteousness here.
I run uBlock Origin 24/7/365 and much of it exactly because the abusive nature of many ads. Maybe in the future in 2040 when ads will get a proper regulation, I'll lift it, but right now with this ads Wild West where every shitty site feels like it can push it however the fuck they want? Nope.
I whitelist sites if I want to support them and they don't have obnoxious ads.. Sadly most sites belong in at least 1 of those categories.
Hell, if I really want to support sites I'm open to paying for "premium" or whatever to not have ads, as long as the price is acceptable.
adverts that have sound and/or video or are otherwise intrusive are the reason adblock software is so popular. few people will bother to install adblockers when they're reasonable just as most people won't bother to mute the TV during a commercial break. but if the adverts are annoying enough then more people will take measures to avoid them
MMO-Champ the place where calling out trolls get you into more trouble than trolling.
FWIW, the ad goes away when you are logged in and we are working on making the close button more visible.
This ad just replaces one that has been there for over a year. Both were sticky corner video ads. I'll look in to keeping it closed for a while once you hit the close button.