Please uninstall Ad Blocker.
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You can disable adblock on the escapist without removing it. Simply right click the red ABP symbol (where ever it is located, if you cant see it then enable it in the adblock settings) and click "Disable on escapistmagazine.com". There go about your day add free on the rest of the internet and get a warm fuzzy feeling of actually paying for this sites excellent services.
I've pointed this out previously, watching that ad gives money to the shows that YOU are watching or reading, and keeps these forums up to standard, would you rather not have these shows have gotten off the ground they did, and be hired by a company, gaining fans and being paid so they can continue to make people happy, and to make people enjoy life more? Think about this, if you worked for this company, and if half [about HALF of the people are using ad blocker, just go with it] are not viewing ads, and lets say you get 100$ per ad played on a computer, this means that, oh, I don't know, 40,000$ are NOT being paid to people within the company that need it to live daily, how would you like it.Kair said:
Ad blocker in, of itself is not a very good device for websites you like, if you CONSTANTLY are blocking ads, your blocking revenue, and people get laid off if they do not have revenue to pay for the extra workers. This applies to EVERY website, ads aren't so bad when you take a step back and realize that you COULD and probably are contributing to a family, or to a worker, or to someone.OUTgunned said:
Whether you click or not is irrelevant. Every ads that is shown generates a small amount of revenue for the escapist.Ross Tattersall said:
OT: I have adblocker, but I don't use it on the Escapist, or any other site where I want to contribute to their income.
Regardless the fact that there's a massive shitstorm over money that's a drop in the hat for a company "That rakes in millions" would imply that the reasoning is wrong. If they raked in millions people would be paid on time without trouble.TestECull said:
Anyway, where are these millions coming from?
So, your saying its not your right to pay people who run, maintain the site your currently on? I'm sorry, I didn't know you are a god that doesn't think any grubby mortal living by hard work should get paid for it. Look at it like this, lets say a quarter of the users here use ad blocker, now lets say you work here, now lets say that each ad that is generated PER PAGE does, about 100$, and lets guess a quater of the users is 2,000, thats about 2,000$ PER PAGE of ads you block, and that money could go to the site, and your not being payed your best and may be layed off because the company can't afford to keep you. You realize that you don't even have to click, the ad just has to be generated for it to give money to the website, in this case, the Escapist, I'd like to point out every single person on here is on the Escapists forums which they pay to run. That money could dry up, no more forums, I don't think anyone would want that? And video makers for the Escapist would stop being on the site because they couldn't receive the money they should be making because the Escapist can't afford them right now.Olikunmissile said:
Even though I agree with what you say (suffering through ads you can just ignore is you paying for free entertainment) a lack of money is in no way justification for the Escapist trying to take charity money, not only that charity money guaranteed to save someone's career.
If they were suffering so much they should have stopped buying up so much 'talent' like Jim Sterling, Lisa Folies, ENN, giving Moviebob 2 shows (one is way too many) and you know maybe write more articles and content inhouse (although that led to Game Dogs so maybe that last one is a bad idea).
Also I know he's their biggest draw but maybe they should've dropped Yahtzee, I have no doubt that they pay him the most and I think Yahtzee would be the first to admit that the quality of ZP has dipped. Maybe it is time to give others a chance, maybe putting him on at least a hiatus would have freed up some money for the Escapist.
Long story short even if loyal viewers shouldn't use adblock this is the Escapist's fault no one elses.
If they were suffering so much they should have stopped buying up so much 'talent' like Jim Sterling, Lisa Folies, ENN, giving Moviebob 2 shows (one is way too many) and you know maybe write more articles and content inhouse (although that led to Game Dogs so maybe that last one is a bad idea).
Also I know he's their biggest draw but maybe they should've dropped Yahtzee, I have no doubt that they pay him the most and I think Yahtzee would be the first to admit that the quality of ZP has dipped. Maybe it is time to give others a chance, maybe putting him on at least a hiatus would have freed up some money for the Escapist.
Long story short even if loyal viewers shouldn't use adblock this is the Escapist's fault no one elses.
You can simply disable the mentioned add-on for specific domains (such as escapistmagazine.com). No need to uninstall it. As for why people use such an add-on in the first place, maybe if the things being hit by the add-on weren't usually going out of their way to be as intrusive and disruptive to internet browsing in the first place, people wouldn't feel the need to use that add-on in the first place.
no. with all of the ads they spam on their videos, i refuse to get rid of the only thing i have left to block most of these annoying ads. Rift was so spammed on this site it put me off the game altogether. before, i was going to try it. then every single time, without fail, i go to watch something here, BOOM. Rift trailer.
so i think they're getting their moneys worth for ads. these little banner ones aren't a problem.
so either the escapist is truly hard up for money, or they're just THAT stingy. so i'm starting to wonder where all the shows i watch here will go. a great many of people are saying that they are having the same problems. hey, an animator for capture card creatures (i think that was the name) said it took the escapist 6 months to pay him/her. that's not good business. that's a good way to get sued.
so i think they're getting their moneys worth for ads. these little banner ones aren't a problem.
so either the escapist is truly hard up for money, or they're just THAT stingy. so i'm starting to wonder where all the shows i watch here will go. a great many of people are saying that they are having the same problems. hey, an animator for capture card creatures (i think that was the name) said it took the escapist 6 months to pay him/her. that's not good business. that's a good way to get sued.
Fair enough, I must admit I didn't know exactly how YouTube functioned. Still, I doubt that YT ad revenue is much (just guessing here, but YT's likely taking its cut?) or they wouldn't have moved to the Escapist in the first place (not saying that decision was a purely financial one, but I doubt they took a pay cut to move here)dunam said:
