Side-bar advertisements wearing less and less clothes?

[Richie551]

So, recently, I've noticed that some of the characters featured in side-bar advertisements are wearing less and less clothes. Anyone else noticed this, or am I the only one who glances at the side-bar advertisements on web pages? I don't really have a compairson to compare this to, but check out this image I just recently found in the side-bar of the technic pack forums:

I mean, I don't really mind it, but seriously, for some reason that seems like a much lesser amount of clothes than what I normally see in side-bar ads for things like games. Thoughts?

[Valkon]

Still more clothing than the ads for some games.

:evony:

[Luckyarcade]

Still more clothing than the ads for some games.

:evony:

Heh yep. Tons of games advertise like this. The dark/night elf ones always kill me.

[Valkon]

Heh yep. Tons of games advertise like this. The dark/night elf ones always kill me.

The best part is that they're always the exact same game, just with different names and graphics.

And none of those in-game graphics ever include the scantily clad women from the game's ads.

[Eldmor]

I have AdBlock on since none of these ads help Technic and are just an intrinsic part of the forum software.

[sct]

I have AdBlock on since none of these ads help Technic and are just an intrinsic part of the forum software.

What? This can't be accurate.

[Luckyarcade]

What? This can't be accurate.

Yeah, I thought they were implemented specifically to help fund the forums.

[Industrial Miner]

Man, I hate games that advertise like this. Thank god there's an adblock plugin to prevent these bitches from showing up.

PS, I use Chrome.

[Turtlicious]

Wait, I'm the only one who goes onto the forums with one hand on the keyboard, and the other lubed up with lotion?

I thought this was the norm! These ads speak to us as gamers, we're constantly masturbatory idiots who see boobs and think, "MUST BE PR0NZ CLEEK CLEEK CLEEK" without any regard for our computers OR are soon chafed to nothing penises.

I thought this was why we needed Dick Administrators?

[Industrial Miner]

Wait, I'm the only one who goes onto the forums with one hand on the keyboard, and the other lubed up with lotion?

I thought this was the norm! These ads speak to us as gamers, we're constantly masturbatory idiots who see boobs and think, "MUST BE PR0NZ CLEEK CLEEK CLEEK" without any regard for our computers OR are soon chafed to nothing penises.

I thought this was why we needed Dick Administrators?

You use these forums for that? Really? I visit , erm, real p*rns*t*s instead of masturbating to these dirty advertisements for games.

Oh, and some of us here are girls and I wonder how they think about this.

[Luckyarcade]

Actually the most entertaining part of the ad is the text. "Choose your queen, my lord". That's so bad it's hilarious.

[Turtlicious]

You use these forums for that? Really? I visit , erm, real p*rns*t*s instead of masturbating to these dirty advertisements for games.

Oh, and some of us here are girls and I wonder how they think about this.

There are females here? I'm gonna need a towel.

[TheGuy]

There are females here? I'm gonna need a towel.

Why is-

Oh.

[Industrial Miner]

ಠ_ಠ

[Cheap Shot]

I have AdBlock on since none of these ads help Technic and are just an intrinsic part of the forum software.

You're free to block them, but no, they pay for the site.

[hoho]

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/07/14/evolution-of-evony-video-game-ads/

[Luckyarcade]

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/07/14/evolution-of-evony-video-game-ads/

Holy crap, rock bottom indeed. I actually played Evony once, but I quit because

the only way to progress is to fork over a bunch of cash. It's pretty obvious the developers only want to make money.

[Industrial Miner]

There are females here? I'm gonna need a towel.

I have a new line for you:

I have my $%^# in my hands and I ain't afraid to use it, use it, use it, use it, I'm fapping and I know it!

[MephistosChan]

You're free to block them, but no, they pay for the site.

Do they know we have adblock and not pay out for our visits?

[Industrial Miner]

Do they know we have adblock and not pay out for our visits?

Sometimes if I play a game on Kongregate or a game from Armorgames (I don't play much anymore on those), I got a message of not helping the developers with the adblock enabled, so those ads might have something to detect adblocks.

[Jay?]

Do they know we have adblock and not pay out for our visits?

I believe that a lot of the systems that route ads do indeed have view counters.

[MephistosChan]

I've disabled adblock for these forums then. Every little helps.

Any other site can go fuck itself though.

[Neowulf]

Sometimes if I play a game on Kongregate or a game from Armorgames (I don't play much anymore on those), I got a message of not helping the developers with the adblock enabled, so those ads might have something to detect adblocks.

Low tech way is to put the ad banner over some text that chastizes someone for blocking ads. Ad loads, it gets covered. Ad doesn't load they can see the message.

For flash games I believe they just have the ad load code in the game itself and display the warning if the ad server fails to respond.

I've disabled adblock for these forums then. Every little helps.

Any other site can go fuck itself though.

Same.

Well, here and one webcomic that kindly asked people to turn adblockers off.

[KakerMix]

Low tech way is to put the ad banner over some text that chastizes someone for blocking ads. Ad loads, it gets covered. Ad doesn't load they can see the message.

For flash games I believe they just have the ad load code in the game itself and display the warning if the ad server fails to respond.

Same.

Well, here and one webcomic that kindly asked people to turn adblockers off.

We're not worried at all about people blocking our ads. I'm not going to ask them to unblock them, it's their browser, their internet that brings them here. It IS NOT our right to shove ads in their faces. I'm also not going to try to guilt people into clicking ads or hiding a message saying 'oh no u blocked are ads pls unblock :( ' because that's pathetic and stupid.