At 6/3/09 06:44 PM, Hyrus wrote:
I mean, you make a living off two things. Random flash artists submitting expense free content that generates interest for the site, and jamming products into peoples faces. BUT HEY - everybody plugs ads into everything anymore, and it sure beats working two jobs. But I think that whether people want to view those ads is their choice... and why shouldn't it be? Viewing the site is free. If they're not interested, they're not obligated.

===

I presume it's more of a lighthearted joke than anything. But with all these blocker bashers, I think a counter view is in order.

In your quest to sound arrogant and obnoxious, you missed the part where Tom said the ad blockers break the wide layout. This is merely a creative way of rectifying the situation.

At 6/3/09 06:59 PM, Darkmaster603 wrote: Here's the .gif
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k48/da rkmastr603/me2.jpg

lol oops

Full size

Too mean?

I KNOW LEAVE ME ALONE I HATE YOU MINDCHAMBER

lol, well I don't understand why photobucket gives me that link on that image, it's really weird and frustrating lol.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k48/da rkmastr603/addblock.gif

Here's the gif

Since everyone wants to toss their two-cents in, why don't I go ahead and bring the count to what, like $0.40 now? For all of you out there who want to block the ads, you're robbing the site of revenue, which puts cash in the pockets of the staff, and guess what!?! The staff doesn't like having their hard earned money taken! So if you want to continue to use this site, which by the way, is provided free of charge, why the hell not pay those who slave over a keyboard to provide you guys with a fun site to hang out on!?! Hmmmm? It's at no personal cost to you, and these ads aren't HARMFUL in ANY way! So how 'bout you stop complaining about it? If the page takes too long to load, how about paying the cash for a Fiber-Optic or DSL and not a 56K? And the thing that really pisses me off is that Tom mentioned that the Ad Blocker screws up the wide layout, so ya' know, there go the staff, working on a solution caused by those of you out there who are robbing NG of income with your ad-blockers... I mean seriously, it's 2009, not 1989, if you have to complain about a page taking like 2 seconds more to load, but then go and waste the time downloading an Ad Blocker, you seriously need to step back and consider the consequences of your actions...

Now, if you'll all excuse me, I'll go click on some of the ads, because I don't go out of my way to begrudge anybody of their hard earned profits...

At 6/3/09 06:07 PM, Sh0T-D0wN wrote: It's true!

With sickles.

Without sickles.

"if you block our ads, YOUR BLOCKING DEMOCRACY!"

I have the ads ready

728x90 Version
and
599x90 Version

Force them to either turn the shitty things off, or buy some gear O:
It might not turn out so well, I'll probably create a new one later.
Here's the bigger version.

Well, I made one anyway, even though I use it.

Full.

I run ad blocker but I always white list newgrounds because it blocks some things I don't want it to. I think the only advantage to having it is to block crap popups and ads on pages your only going to once. I usually have to white list all the sites I visit regularly.

At 6/3/09 05:22 PM, ughanation wrote: If we feel the ads should be blocked, don't pester us.

At 6/3/09 06:44 PM, Hyrus wrote: But I think that whether people want to view those ads is their choice... and why shouldn't it be? Viewing the site is free. If they're not interested, they're not obligated.

I think that some people fail to understand that using Newgrounds (or any other website for that matter) for free is a privilege not a right. The website is payed for by the advertisements and the Newgrounds store so be grateful that no one forces you to spend money here. By putting on adblock you are stealing from Newgrounds and it is unfair to the staff and the users.

If Newgrounds wants to put up a home ad to be displayed to those who are using an advertisement blocker, then so be it! You aren't FORCED to come here nor are you FORCED to use your blockers, I'm sure they won't miss you because you never really cared about the site anyway.

At 6/3/09 05:07 PM, PaperBat wrote: Full Quality

For those who dont realize, the arrow would be pointing to the Store Button... see what I did there?

Oh, and so far I think this one is the best :)

Of course, ideally, just donating like 1-2 dollars per year to NG would greatly surpass all the money you generate with ads through your visits on the site.

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/981/b annernewground.png

Was bored and saw this, and was liek "hey why not"

when is the due date??

At 6/3/09 07:54 PM, Osuka wrote: when is the due date??

I set up a random rotation so I'll just keep adding new ones, but the next few days would be best. :)

Will the store ever accept paypal? If they did I would have bought some shit already.

At 6/3/09 08:09 PM, FrozenFire wrote: Will the store ever accept paypal? If they did I would have bought some shit already.

The NG store accepted paypal before the redesign in 07, but was removed for reasons I do not know.

Got my ad image finished! Hope it's good enough...

Click here for full-size image.

I gave it a shot (lower resolution posted) to keep those Ad-Blockers accountable...

The Alien Hominid Plush rocks Tom! I hope they'll be more cool limited-edition Newgrounds merchandise released in the near future.

At 6/3/09 08:12 PM, PaperBat wrote:

At 6/3/09 08:09 PM, FrozenFire wrote: Will the store ever accept paypal? If they did I would have bought some shit already.

The NG store accepted paypal before the redesign in 07, but was removed for reasons I do not know.

oh well back then I didn't have money ;)
thanks Dion

Great, now I need to get ABP just so I can see these banners...

I think a better way of dealing with adblockers is to block flash movies/games when someone uses it.

At 6/3/09 08:28 PM, Fleshlight wrote: Great, now I need to get ABP just so I can see these banners...

I think a better way of dealing with adblockers is to block flash movies/games when someone uses it.

No

At 6/3/09 08:29 PM, Warchamp7 wrote:

At 6/3/09 08:28 PM, Fleshlight wrote: Great, now I need to get ABP just so I can see these banners...

I think a better way of dealing with adblockers is to block flash movies/games when someone uses it.

No

YES!!!

At 6/3/09 08:29 PM, Warchamp7 wrote:

At 6/3/09 08:28 PM, Fleshlight wrote: Great, now I need to get ABP just so I can see these banners...

I think a better way of dealing with adblockers is to block flash movies/games when someone uses it.

No

no to the first or second part?

anyway, I tried the addon but couldn't figure out how it worked so I uninstalled it. I really don't get why anyone would want to block Newgrounds ads in the first place. The layout is so neat and sexy that it wouldn't look right without the ads in their right place.

Oh yeah!
Look at it in Full quality it looks much Smoother

Full Quality

Wow, four pages already.

Here is mine!

My ad-full size

Sorry I can't post a preview, but it's an swf and I don't have any screenshot software.

At 6/3/09 08:47 PM, jinxworld70 wrote: My ad-full size

Sorry I can't post a preview, but it's an swf and I don't have any screenshot software.

that was ok, but you missed the point. It had to be a still image.

<img src="http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/
6018/44798300.png" alt="Banner" width="599" height="80" />

Full

Are they allowed to be Flash banners?