So now I have a Respawn Entertainment Titanfall add running on auto-play loop and I can't do anything about it other than close the tab. Here's a screenshot.
I was having the same problem too. I got AdBlock Plus and it went away (along with all the ads). Available as a Firefox and Chrome extension. Don't know about IE or other browsers.
(Yes, that really is an ad streaming a Miley Cyrus interview... the horror... the horror... for the record, and the mods, I am in Australia on Chrome 40 in Win7, and I am getting this, along with NYC Fashion Week reports and some game called Tears of Steel. And I can even get Miley up by refreshing this very page. Do I win the thread yet?)
EDIT: And also on a Linux Mint box at work that's running Firefox 30. Miley is apparently OS-independent.
Playing millions of cards every turn... Slowly and systematically obliterating any chance my opponent has of winning... Clicking the multitude of locking mechanisms into place... Not even trying to win myself until turn 10+ once I have nigh absolute control... Watching my opponent desperately trying to navigate the labyrinthine prison that I've constructed... Seeing the light of hope fade and ultimately extinguished in an excruciatingly slow manner... THAT'S fun Magic.
We have 2-3 users that are dramatically making this thread incomprehensible and non-productive for anyone else to possibly join in the discussion. This needs to change.
Every time I see [ktkenshinx] post in here, I get the impression of a stern dad walking in on a bunch of kids trying to do something dumb and just shaking his head in disappointment.
Near Mint: The same as Slightly Played, but we threw some Altoids in the box we stored it in to cover up the scent of dead mice. Slightly Played: The base condition for all MTG cards. This card looks OK, but there’s one minor annoying ding in it that will always irritate and distract you whenever you draw it. Moderately Played: This card looks like it survived the Tet Offensive tucked inside the waistband of GI underwear. It may smell like it, too. Heavily Played: This card looks like the remains of Mohammed Atta’s passport after 9/11. It may be playable if you double-sleeve it to stop the chunks from falling out. The condition formerly known as "Washing Machine Grade" Damaged: This card is the unfortunate victim of a Mirrorweave/March of the Machines/Chaos Confetti/Mindslaver combo.
[M]aking counterfeit cards is the absolute height of dishonesty. Ask yourself this question: Since most people...are totally cool with the use of proxies...what purpose do [high] quality counterfeit cards serve?
It's a bad ad.
I'll see if I can capture it happening so we can get the ad and have it killed.
If you get it again, screenshot the ad that's there so I can narrow it down.
Apologies for this inconvenience.
Playing millions of cards every turn... Slowly and systematically obliterating any chance my opponent has of winning... Clicking the multitude of locking mechanisms into place... Not even trying to win myself until turn 10+ once I have nigh absolute control... Watching my opponent desperately trying to navigate the labyrinthine prison that I've constructed... Seeing the light of hope fade and ultimately extinguished in an excruciatingly slow manner... THAT'S fun Magic.
We have 2-3 users that are dramatically making this thread incomprehensible and non-productive for anyone else to possibly join in the discussion. This needs to change.
Every time I see [ktkenshinx] post in here, I get the impression of a stern dad walking in on a bunch of kids trying to do something dumb and just shaking his head in disappointment.
Near Mint: The same as Slightly Played, but we threw some Altoids in the box we stored it in to cover up the scent of dead mice. Slightly Played: The base condition for all MTG cards. This card looks OK, but there’s one minor annoying ding in it that will always irritate and distract you whenever you draw it. Moderately Played: This card looks like it survived the Tet Offensive tucked inside the waistband of GI underwear. It may smell like it, too. Heavily Played: This card looks like the remains of Mohammed Atta’s passport after 9/11. It may be playable if you double-sleeve it to stop the chunks from falling out. The condition formerly known as "Washing Machine Grade" Damaged: This card is the unfortunate victim of a Mirrorweave/March of the Machines/Chaos Confetti/Mindslaver combo.
[M]aking counterfeit cards is the absolute height of dishonesty. Ask yourself this question: Since most people...are totally cool with the use of proxies...what purpose do [high] quality counterfeit cards serve?
I've reported it to the bad ad department.
Hopefully they can figure out which bad ad it is and kill it.
(I'll keep trying to catch it myself so I can get the exact one for them)
Playing millions of cards every turn... Slowly and systematically obliterating any chance my opponent has of winning... Clicking the multitude of locking mechanisms into place... Not even trying to win myself until turn 10+ once I have nigh absolute control... Watching my opponent desperately trying to navigate the labyrinthine prison that I've constructed... Seeing the light of hope fade and ultimately extinguished in an excruciatingly slow manner... THAT'S fun Magic.
We have 2-3 users that are dramatically making this thread incomprehensible and non-productive for anyone else to possibly join in the discussion. This needs to change.
Every time I see [ktkenshinx] post in here, I get the impression of a stern dad walking in on a bunch of kids trying to do something dumb and just shaking his head in disappointment.
Near Mint: The same as Slightly Played, but we threw some Altoids in the box we stored it in to cover up the scent of dead mice. Slightly Played: The base condition for all MTG cards. This card looks OK, but there’s one minor annoying ding in it that will always irritate and distract you whenever you draw it. Moderately Played: This card looks like it survived the Tet Offensive tucked inside the waistband of GI underwear. It may smell like it, too. Heavily Played: This card looks like the remains of Mohammed Atta’s passport after 9/11. It may be playable if you double-sleeve it to stop the chunks from falling out. The condition formerly known as "Washing Machine Grade" Damaged: This card is the unfortunate victim of a Mirrorweave/March of the Machines/Chaos Confetti/Mindslaver combo.
[M]aking counterfeit cards is the absolute height of dishonesty. Ask yourself this question: Since most people...are totally cool with the use of proxies...what purpose do [high] quality counterfeit cards serve?
Same thing as above has happened to me twice today while browsing Magic General. Screencap is the same as the first attachment in CharonsObol's earlier post (#286).
Just wanted to confirm the same issue as above. I was browsing these forums and was automatically redirected to a few web pages and to the app store without clicking any links. I did not screen cap (my apologies), but I'm using an IPad.
Still having the issue with auto-playing video ads with full volume while browsing. No screen shot, as they frequently end and move to the next before I have a chance to scroll to the bottom of the screen to cap it. Also, I've had ads start with intermittent sound, where it'll play a few notes of a song when I'm not paying attention, but the moment I check, there's silence until I start ignoring it again. Very distracting while trying to browse multiple pages at once.
Also, When I have multiple MTGS threads open in separate tabs, Shockwave Flash crashes without fail within a few minutes. Also very annoying.
Still having the issue with auto-playing video ads with full volume while browsing. No screen shot, as they frequently end and move to the next before I have a chance to scroll to the bottom of the screen to cap it. Also, I've had ads start with intermittent sound, where it'll play a few notes of a song when I'm not paying attention, but the moment I check, there's silence until I start ignoring it again. Very distracting while trying to browse multiple pages at once.
Also, When I have multiple MTGS threads open in separate tabs, Shockwave Flash crashes without fail within a few minutes. Also very annoying.
Seconding the bad videos and Flash load.
One of the full volume ads was for a medicare something.
If I open multiple tabs of MTGS, Flash takes up an extraordinarily large amount of memory.
I honestly do not believe that Curse can't get a handle on the ad situation, I mean, they control the forum software, the services related to it, can they not post guidelines for advertisers? Glad they are proactive when ads are reported, but it feels like mroe CAN be done.
Some bungie jumping ad in the bottom square, and a Ford Ecoboost ad.
Videos, with sound on.
Also, flash player is already up to 800k mem usage on just 2 tabs of MTGS. I generally prefer to support the sites I use, but I'm seriously tempted to script block all of MTGS.
These auto-play video ads with volume are incredibly obnoxious. It's actually getting ridiculous. I frequently leave MTGS open while I browse YouTube or something when there are no other threads to look at and these ads are often louder than the videos that I'm trying to watch. As bobthefunny said, I usually try to support websites and content creators whose services I use by not blocking their ads, but this is getting ridiculous. I have no screen shots or links, I have no complaints about the content, the issue is that it's 10 different ads and they all auto play. In fact, the auto play probably wouldn't even bother me that much if they were muted by default. If this isn't fixed soon I am going to start blocking ads from MTGS.
I agree all of the autoplaying audio ads are very frustrating, not to mention videos constantly being loaded on page makes load times terrible with me internet for any trade thread or forum I try to view.
However, the reason I came here is to report the Advil ad and there are a couple of others (not sure exactly will pay more attention next time) EVERY time these ads start, it AUTOSCROLLS my screen to view said ad and I get a notification from my web browser that MTGS want's to track my physical location and asks for the permission to do so.
Why would MTGS EVER need to track my physical location? If this is the doing of MTGS or is in fact an Ad attempting to track my physical location this needs to be taken care of. As far as I am concerned it is a malicious invasion of privacy and it needs to stop. Now.
As soon as I left this page it happened again! Advil and Kaiser Permanente are both autoplay ads with audio, both drag my browser to the bottom of the screen and wont let me scroll up until the ad is over, and both try to track my physical location.
I'm not a fan of being MADE TO DO anything, let alone watch some BS add so Curse can make money with no regard to the people who have been loyal to this site for years. These things need to be addressed.
This site has gotten pretty terrible pretty fast since Curse took over, it's very disappointing. I understand they are a business and need to monetize the site, but I have NEVER been so frustrated by a legitimate site such as this by their advertising. YOU MAKE THE RULES FOR YOUR ADVERTISERS CURSE, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. GET YOUR (EXPLETIVE DELETED) TOGETHER! Please.
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(Yes, that really is an ad streaming a Miley Cyrus interview... the horror... the horror... for the record, and the mods, I am in Australia on Chrome 40 in Win7, and I am getting this, along with NYC Fashion Week reports and some game called Tears of Steel. And I can even get Miley up by refreshing this very page. Do I win the thread yet?)
EDIT: And also on a Linux Mint box at work that's running Firefox 30. Miley is apparently OS-independent.
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I'll see if I can capture it happening so we can get the ad and have it killed.
If you get it again, screenshot the ad that's there so I can narrow it down.
Apologies for this inconvenience.
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Hopefully they can figure out which bad ad it is and kill it.
(I'll keep trying to catch it myself so I can get the exact one for them)
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Seconding the bad videos and Flash load.
One of the full volume ads was for a medicare something.
If I open multiple tabs of MTGS, Flash takes up an extraordinarily large amount of memory.
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Videos, with sound on.
Also, flash player is already up to 800k mem usage on just 2 tabs of MTGS. I generally prefer to support the sites I use, but I'm seriously tempted to script block all of MTGS.
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However, the reason I came here is to report the Advil ad and there are a couple of others (not sure exactly will pay more attention next time) EVERY time these ads start, it AUTOSCROLLS my screen to view said ad and I get a notification from my web browser that MTGS want's to track my physical location and asks for the permission to do so.
Why would MTGS EVER need to track my physical location? If this is the doing of MTGS or is in fact an Ad attempting to track my physical location this needs to be taken care of. As far as I am concerned it is a malicious invasion of privacy and it needs to stop. Now.
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I'm not a fan of being MADE TO DO anything, let alone watch some BS add so Curse can make money with no regard to the people who have been loyal to this site for years. These things need to be addressed.
This site has gotten pretty terrible pretty fast since Curse took over, it's very disappointing. I understand they are a business and need to monetize the site, but I have NEVER been so frustrated by a legitimate site such as this by their advertising. YOU MAKE THE RULES FOR YOUR ADVERTISERS CURSE, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. GET YOUR (EXPLETIVE DELETED) TOGETHER! Please.
Sorry for ranting.
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