What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Every time, every damn time that motherfucking ad changes General gets at least one of these stupid ass threads bitching about how the ad is somehow draining NG of its glamor and lining Toms pockets with Jew gold.
Have any of you ever tried to create a website? It's not cheap for bandwidth, hosting, registration, etc of a small personal website, let alone a HUGE site like NG that has its own staff and businessplace.
The $100 give away each month, the thousands of dollars in prizes, the userpages, the hosting, as NG grows larger it's going to take more and more money to keep the site functioning. At least the front page ads are appealing, instead of some distracting, talking flash ad. Be grateful NG doesn't have popups or "congratulations! You're won a free iPod!" blasting from your speakers constantly.
Lol.