I already posted about this in the bad ads thread, but got no replies or anything, so I decided to make another thread to address this annoying trend. Whether it be ads for Intel, Hulu, or any misc thing, lately the banner ads have been stealing page space that they don't deserve/own, shrinking the horizontal width of page elements to display themselves. This is really effing annoying. >_<
Got a pic of one example - not the only ad that does this though.
A while back (months?) this was a problem that seemed to go away, and now it is back. Please do something!
What's worse is that the page loads normally first, then resizes. The site sucks. Its even worse on mobile. You have to wait 10-20 seconds for the page to finish loading all its ads and resizing, and now its starting to happen on desktop as well. If you don't wait, or you think its done, you end up clicking on a different subforum and you don't realize until that loads. This isn't even counting how often a bad element crashes when they put video ads on.
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Perhaps it'd be best, no matter how long this thread exists, to keep this one open - that way I can just post about new ads that show up with this same issue/keep it consolidated to one thread.
Got a pic of one example - not the only ad that does this though.
A while back (months?) this was a problem that seemed to go away, and now it is back. Please do something!
Onering's 4 simple steps that let you solve any problem with Magic's gameplay
Step 1: Identify the problem. What aspect of Magic don't you like? Step 2: Find out how others deal with the problem. How do players deal with this aspect of the game when they run into it? Step 3: Do what those players do. Step 4: No more problem. Bonus: You are now better at Magic. Enjoy those extra wins!
I've caught the ad, saved the pertinent information, and pushed it to the bad ad team.
I apologize for this horrible ad.
With any luck, it will be killed quickly.
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Perhaps it'd be best, no matter how long this thread exists, to keep this one open - that way I can just post about new ads that show up with this same issue/keep it consolidated to one thread.
Jesus, Curse really needs to get its ***** together.
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I don't mind when ads re-size the main page, but when they do it the individual threads make them hard to read.
I'm in California. The screenshots are from Google Chrome.
There was also a Sephora ad that did the same thing just no, but I wasn't fast enough to get a screen shot.
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections