Escapist News Network: Rejeweled
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I hope you guys at LRR take more jabs at the tidal wave of adds poping up on internet videos(ie..40 second commercials for 30 second videos = Angry me). One reason I come to this site first every day is cause your adds are still limited to a reasonable amount. Thumbs up!
God, I'm probably one of the only ones here old enough to remember when Dragon's Lair first came out in the arcades. Everyone was amazed at the lack of pixelated, side-scrolling content. We'd talk in school about how amazing it was to "play an actual cartoon."
Jeez... I'm old.
Jeez... I'm old.
Without the ads, the tubes wouldn't work.So you've got to learn to deal with it.Ashoten said:
It's mainly 'premium' music videos on youtube that have those long of ads, though.
No. I don't have to learn to deal with it. This is why the internet killed T.V. in the first place. There haven't been that many commercials up until this last year. I know people feed their kids with advertising dollars. I'm not asking to abolish commercials all together. I'm simply asking for the lengths to be reasonable. Which is why I want to see it parodied so I can calm the F&*% down about it.tryx3 said:
Also is anyone else tired of those 2 Glee commercials being played over and over again?
That was such a time-filler bit, but a brilliant one. I almost forgot some of those platforms existed!
"Some would call that a start. I'd call that more of a finish."
Hahaha, that got a chuckle out of me
Hahaha, that got a chuckle out of me
HOLY BALLS. RANT INCOMING.Ashoten said:
Back in the days of TV, we expected to get quality programming for free, but we understood that we got it in exchange for watching advertising. The ads supported the shows, and the people who worked the shows on them got paid decent salaries.
Nowadays, the internet is still trying to figure out how to make money for itself. The content is still free, but there is no implicit contract between the viewers and the advertisers.
So, while the system works itself out, advertisers are trying to put TV style ads with internet content (which is on the whole much shorter because no content creators can afford to produce TV length content as the monetization system just isn't in place yet) and we get complaints that the ads are almost as long as the video you want to watch. Things will sort themselves out in time. The internet needs to find the most efficient way to make money. Please stick with the ads.
Here's why:
When you use an adblocker - who are you hurting with this seemingly innocent act?
Advertisers? Yes, a little bit, they loose some eyes on their message.
Websites? Yes, a little bit, as they loose a fraction of a cent for each ad you don't see.
Content Creators and regular people? Yes! Why? Crap flows downhill my friend.
You? The most - read on.
The internet needs content - videos, columns, comics, porn, whatever. Without content, there would be no internet. I think everyone can agree people who create quality content should be paid a fair market rate for their time, but the money to pay for the content that drives the eyeballs to the site doesn't come from thin air. It comes in exchange for people seeing advertisements. (Or an equivalent - pub club members don't see ads because they've already paid for the content.)
If people don't see advertisements, the ads don't get clicks and don't get their message across. This means advertisers pay the websites less and less, and lose confidence in the internet as a marketing system because it doesn't really seem to work.
When websites don't make money, they close down shop (after all, a business isn't in the business of providing you free entertainment), lay off employees, and certainly can't afford to pay content creators fair value (or any value) for their work. Sure, content creators can work for free to do something they love (something I personally did for 7 years before LRR started working with the Escapist), but at some point, you have to give up a hobby that costs you money and time and find a real job.
Before you say I'm whining, keep in mind I do have a real job. I sit at a desk 4 days a week (my company is actually wonderful and supportive of my other job - LRR) so I can work Fridays, Saturdays, evenings (and sometimes Sundays) to provide you with free content.
So, when you block ads, you take away the money that compensates me for this work. You reduce the profitability of sites like The Escapist that are willing to pay me, (instead of expecting it for free as many sites do, as there's lots of content out there, and a website has to pay its bills and keep roofs over its employee's heads before it considers paying contractors like me) and you reduce my ability to make content until I get to the point where I say, "you know what, screw it, and go back to working 5 days a week because I can't AFFORD to do what I love" and I stop making internet funny times.
By refusing to pay for content or watch ads, you slowly strangle the creative people who make it for you. And you don't strangle the 14 year old kid who puts up stuff on his deviant art profile, you strangle the incredibly talented web-cartoonist who stops working on comics to do more professional illustration work. You strangle the really talented writers who go back to day jobs in marketing. You kill the best content by keeping its creators from getting fair compensation.
Sure, there's new content always being created, but the creators won't keep making it for you for free forever. Eventually, they'll have to grow up and move on with their lives. And who will be worse off?
YOU.
So holy shit, if you like an artist, buy a print. If you like ENN, watch an ad. If you like a writer, buy their book. If you refuse to pay for content, eventually there won't be an quality content for you to refuse to pay for.
Who wants to see a pack of all the versions of Dragon's Lair as an auction for Desert Bus?
EDIT: Didn't see Kathleen's rant before this, but YES. Fuck yes, Kathleen.
Then again, I did see those Slim Jim ads about seventy-five times when watching the entries for the Film Festival. I'd have happily bought one (haven't had a Slim Jim in ages, don't remember if I like them) to save the 20 minutes I spent watching the ads over and over.
EDIT: Didn't see Kathleen's rant before this, but YES. Fuck yes, Kathleen.
Then again, I did see those Slim Jim ads about seventy-five times when watching the entries for the Film Festival. I'd have happily bought one (haven't had a Slim Jim in ages, don't remember if I like them) to save the 20 minutes I spent watching the ads over and over.
Man those type of adverts piss me off!
Nice parody there guys.
Are they really doing a 3rd bejewelled? Man thats going to hurt someone!
edit after seeing cathleen's rant:
Since the current advert is Fable 3 I don't mind so much but I have to say "If you like the content you'll suck it up and watch the adverts to get too the content." So man up and watch some people who look suspiciously french pull down a statue and support your local LRR!
Nice parody there guys.
Are they really doing a 3rd bejewelled? Man thats going to hurt someone!
edit after seeing cathleen's rant:
Since the current advert is Fable 3 I don't mind so much but I have to say "If you like the content you'll suck it up and watch the adverts to get too the content." So man up and watch some people who look suspiciously french pull down a statue and support your local LRR!
I think it has to be a running joke that Paul's segments always have a typo (or several) of some sort.
They've done it too many times for it to be coincidental!
They've done it too many times for it to be coincidental!
it should be fairly obvious I don't think before I talk, even with time.InterAirplay said:
Also considering she already did post here and didn't mention my comment and has been making her own off color jokes in ENN, I'm going to guess she doesn't care that much. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
