Poll: Porn ads? Really?

[Scorpid]

This is just trashy. On the Podcast they hardly EVER cuss and when they do they usually apologize or get corrected, and NOW they're advertising porn? Come on Escapist take the porn ads away and keep the site family friendly. And no it doesn't matter to me that they're a gaming website and the porn company uses the PS3 as a medium for their distribution.

 

[2fish]

It is odd and the one on the bottom is a strange photo pick for a porn service. A very CLSOE UP shot of her face? she looks like she is not aware they are taking a picture of her. I kinda feel bad for her as the picture does her no justice.


Oh what the topic was about there being pictures not that they are bad pictures....oooh.

I am cool with it as long as I can link porn sites too and I will do it for free.

 

[Cpu46]

OT: Pubclub master race!

Assemble!

shows up at assembly

realizes that pub club is no more

awkwardly shuffles out

OT: Yea, I hope that this was a mistake. I don't think the Escapist would knowingly have porn adds.

 

[Xannidel]

I also noticed that the June 2012 edition of PC Gamer had an advertisement for an adult shop (page 13 for anyone who has the copy or is planning on buying it)
I do not understand why these advertisements are needed.

 

[dalek sec]

1.get ad-blocker
2.turn it on
3.???
4.profit

also, better than a shitty UPS logistics ad

Advocating adblocker is against the rules.

Prepare yourself for a warning.

OT: Pubclub master race!

Assemble!

For the glory of no ad's!

OT: No, I don't want damn porn ad's popping up on the Escapist damnit!

 

[Frostbite3789]

Since it is game related technically, then I really don't have an issue with it. Now if it was saying something like "BARELY LEGAL TEENZ READY TO BLOW!!!11!" that would be a different story...

This, basically. I really can't get that mad. Porn is a product like any other. Hell, this could even be seen as a step forward if the ads were a little more discreet, and weren't on a gaming site. Like someone else said, porn ads on a gaming site just make us all look like premature neckbeards. In the eyes of everyone else at least.

The point is porn is something they ban users for. But they have ads for it now. I mean, lets have an iota of consistency, yeah?

 

[dagens24]

Is that Hannah Hilton? It looks like Hannah Hilton.

 

[applesandoranges]

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[NightHawk21]

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You two are like the tom and jerry or roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote of the escapist threads you know that. And for added fun I'll let you two settle which one each of you is.

 

[Craorach]

I'm not, personally, bothered by porn or the ads.. but I don't think they should be putting them on a gaming website that many people visit from all different places.

That said.. there seems top be a lot of sex themed threads over the last few days.

 

[El Dwarfio]

Hmmm I'm reading a comment about:

When the top banner ad is:

And the bottom ad:

Adception????

OT: The Escapist has no morals, just look at their moderators.

It doesn't really bother me overly, but if I was some kids parent and saw this, well the escapist team should be ashamed of themselves. (I mean seriously that second girl is freckly as fuck, ewww).

I just love adblock, I really do.

Hope you like ban-hammers too buddy.

 

[Yal]

If you've never heard of projectwonderful, it's a company that sells ads with a different revenue model, where people bid for ad space, auction style. For some reason, it's almost exclusively used on and by legitimate webcomic sites.

The "some reason" is Ryan North, author of Dinosaur Comics and also CEO of Project Wonderful. It spread from him to other webcomics and the wider arty internet. It is a classy network full of ads worth clicking, no doubt.

 

[neoontime]

Yeah, its weird that I just noticed both the top and bottom ads. Really confused if these ads will be usual or that it was a slip.

 

[Blobpie]

I haven't noticed.... mostly due to my AMAZING power to filter out ads in my mind.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

If you've never heard of projectwonderful, it's a company that sells ads with a different revenue model, where people bid for ad space, auction style. For some reason, it's almost exclusively used on and by legitimate webcomic sites.

The "some reason" is Ryan North, author of Dinosaur Comics and also CEO of Project Wonderful. It spread from him to other webcomics and the wider arty internet. It is a classy network full of ads worth clicking, no doubt.

Huh, I never knew that; pretty cool.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Classy, Escapist. Guess you better ban your advertisers, because they be posting porn! It's just inappropriate, unless you make the age of registration 18 and over. Yes, we know the 13-year-old kids likely look up this stuff on their own, but that doesn't mean we need to have it here.

 

[manic_depressive13]

Yeah what the fuck. This isn't even the first. There used to be those fucking creepy "Hers and mine" ads before videos and while I'm not entirely certain what the fuck that was meant to be, I'm positive that it was fucking gross. I would like to keep my games and my creepy porn separate, thanks.

 

[DANEgerous]

1.get REDACTED
2.turn it on
3.???
4.profit

also, better than a shitty UPS logistics ad

Advocating REDACTED is against the rules.

Prepare yourself for a warning.

Referencing REDACTED is against the rules.

Prepare yourself for a warning.

OT I'll just wait for the official word on this, if the thread stays alive I'm sure we'll get an answer.

Clever girl...

You win this round.

So of Pub Club blocks ads, that means... THOSE BASTARDS!

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

HOLY SHIT.

You are kidding me.

Porn ads.

I would talk about how ridiculous this is, but....It kinda speaks for itself, doesn't it? I mean....FUCKIN' PORN ADS.


Oh....Stay classy, Escapist. Stay classy.

EDIT: I feel like I should be a bit more constructive, so here goes:

Hey. Escapist. Get rid of the porn ads. Also, I'd like to see some kind of statement addressing the issue, simply because I want to know which person in charge of the Escapist thought it would be a good idea and why.

I hope everyone else on the staff has found this person and given them a good slap on the back of the head by now.

 

[Scipio1770]

It's an ad, calm down. The escapist has to pay the bills somehow, and all you kids with a certain blocking device aren't helping.