I don't like the new intrusive ads.

Does anyone else agree? Border ads are fine. But these interactive ones that Pop up and talk to me and...... yuk yuk yuk. 
 
I have nothing against advertisement, but these last few have been extremely annoying.

Get ad blocker.

they are less noticeable for me. Sometimes they catch my eye but it doesn't detract from the site

Or a subscription

It has nothing to do with ad blocking. More of a decision in Ad design.  
 
bah forget it.

What ads?

Ads are for pussies.

You have adware bro.

@Video_Game_King said:

What ads?

As i wrote in another similar thread: What ads?

It's why I have a subscription.

I got my first ad a few days ago.  It's weird that I never saw one before, and haven't seen one since. 

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@Hizang said:

Nobody likes ads, but Giant Bomb needs to make money!

Seems I need to repeat myself
I have still yet to see a commercial, and I wouldn't mind commercials.

People really need to stop replying to ad threads with "just subscribe man". He obviously can't/doesn't want to subscribe right now, so it's nice that he's giving feedback on what sort of advertisements they should use and what they shouldn't.

"I don't like not having $5 a month to spare"

It has nothing to do with ad blocking. More of a decision in Ad design.   bah forget it.

People really need to stop replying to ad threads with "just subscribe man". He obviously can't/doesn't want to subscribe right now, so it's nice that he's giving feedback on what sort of advertisements they should use and what they shouldn't.

I've seen them in the few times I've been on the site and not on my account. They're definitely not great and I can totally see why you'd not like them, but they're not that bad as far as I'm concerned. That kind of pop-up thing at the bottom seems to be getting popular across sites, though, so what can you do.

@skyline7284 said:

@DeeGee said:

People really need to stop replying to ad threads with "just subscribe man". He obviously can't/doesn't want to subscribe right now, so it's nice that he's giving feedback on what sort of advertisements they should use and what they shouldn't.

This.

This, too, however there's something to be said about "stop making fucking ad threads."

@ninjakiller said:

@Video_Game_King said:

What ads?

@zoskia said:

Ads are for pussies.

Please post a screenshot. I don't get ads even when signed out; must be regional.

If you read the blog on whiskey media main site, they are trying out several comapnies and are listening to the feedback from non members so you should hit dave up with a PM to let him know that you feel this company sucks and they should go with one of the other less offensive ones... or you could get a subscription which I would higly reccomend because it was fucking awesome before but now emember have an embiggen button on videos :)

I think it's upsetting that they're running the exact kind of ads that they said they wouldn't, but I do understand that it's necessary.

I didn't mean to imply that I couldn't live with it. Its not even really a problem. I guess my original tone was not what I was trying to say. Really it was more being objective on how the style of ads on the site has really changed lately. I know one of them, I think it was an insurance company ad, was in the way on the left hand side. I know I was trying to navigate around the page and i kept mousing over it long enough to play the video and pausing what I was watching. It just got me thinking about how the ad tech has changed and how I really preferred it the older way when were I had to make a decision to follow on something i found interesting instead of being so "Interactive" 

@jams said:

Or a subscription

Subscribtions seem to help get rid of the ad, try that. Not that it worked for me, I never saw any ads to begin with

@cobble75: blow it out your ass

Subscribtions seem to help get rid of the ad, try that. Not that it worked for me, I never saw any ads to begin with

@cobble75: BUY A SUBSCRIBTION ANYWAY! DO IT! :P .. well ok, all is well, carry on

First off, I have no money to spend right now. I'm an unemployed college student. 
 
Second, I'm not against ads in general, GB needs cash. For that reason, I disabled AdBlocker on this site. But recently I've really been considering turning it back on. The most annoying are the ads that pop up on the bottom of the window, and every once in a while I'll just barely miss the "x" button and instead click the ad, which means I have to WAIT FOR THE AD TO LOAD before I can exit out of it. The whole thing seems like the type of intrusive ad that I thought they said they wanted to avoid. 
 
Third, FAIL FRIDAYS?!?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! I don't want to see some ugly internet bloggers face silently blabbing about FAIL FRIDAYS next to my video. (This is a pretty petty complaint, but I hope they get rid of that particular ad. It drives me nuts.) 
 
If they don't get rid of the bar that comes up at the bottom of the window, I suppose I'll have to enable AdBlocker. 
 
(And yes, as soon as I get some cash, I fully intend to reapply for a membership.)

Never mentions ads on here, paid members will jump you like a shark in a blood frenzy.

@sagesebas said:

@cobble75: Claiming that you don't want the whiskey media staff to get paid because of a minor annoyance. Now that is rude sir.

This ... could not be less what he said. It's actually hurting my brain to read this.

the ads are super shitty pop over ads that kill site performance

Never mentions ads on here, paid members will jump you like a shark in a blood frenzy.

Am I really the only one who hasn't gotten any ads ever?
 
Guess they were blocked in my country due to copyrights ^^

@skyline7284: I agree. I'm a subscriber but I've seen pictures of what Giant Bomb looks with ads and I don't want to be there.

what ads ^___^

  What ads?

I have yet to see an ad. No idea what you guys are talking about.

I understand that this is just a case of honest people with an honest product trying to make an honest buck, but I still think the popover ads are terrible.

Ads on this site tend to be at the very bottom or side, not in your face.  Besides, it doesn't require much effort to click the "x" button.

What adverts?