Pesky google ads

[LaZy]

Ive been watching A LOT of SC2 streams on the teamliquid website. I use, and have been using, Firefox for quite some time. One thing that has kept me quite aggravated throughout my "SC2 TV sessions" are those pesky Google Ads. They can be plain annoying, or even cut out essential gaming experience ( eg prevent u from seeing 6 o Clock bases etc).

I used this.

Very simple and actually works. Im sure most of u already know/ have this, or even have something a lot more elaborate, but for those that didnt ( like me) it worked a charm and allows me 2 watch some very entertaining SC2 matchups.

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[Aaryn_GenD]

i've been using adblock plus for 5 years now^^ god himself made that imo^^

also use noscript, ghostery and betterprivacy to clear those damn flash cookies and DOM storage objects.

sadly, firefox doesn't make any money, they are dependent on google

[HeJurmhoanni]

imo keep the adblockers off so sc2 gets more money. if nobody watches the ads noone will pay the stream to show their ads.

[LaZy]

well the websites still get their hits and the streams still get their viewer numbers, so the people investing into ads still have that motivation bcos not every1 uses an adblocker

On paper (in theory) I actually agree with u Hej). We all hate ads, but they do pay the bills. Its just that most of the ads that pop up actually prevent me from watching essential game info. If it popped up in an area that doesnt influence my entertaining quality, then I wonder mind 2 much

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[Comadevil]

I also use Adblock Plus since years.
Before this CMS the clan had a free forum from a forum hoster and when u hit the site always a big flash ad appeared which blocked half the view on the forum. When i hit the site the first time i thought: What amateurs run this site? Without adblocker that forum was a pain.

On another note concerning the ads and paying: U get money by impressions but that is not much compared to the pay-per-click money. So if u want to do those streams a favor u have to click on the Ads what i usually don't do. So it doesn't really matter in the end that i block them.
And those streams already earn more money in a different way. On many stream sites the streamer can decide when to run a commercial like on justin.tv or ow3ned. So the streaming site and the streamer gets some money.
Though not all spectators will see the commercial because usually they are local commercials to one country. Justin.tv is US-based and usually only american people see the commercials there.
U can also see this at TSL3. Before the game u have a short pause where u can listen to SC2 music. In the US u see a commercial then

UGC, MLG, Birmingham gadget LAN have also commercials between the matches and that will be the future like it is on usual TV

[Aaryn_GenD]

[quote=""Comadevil""]I also use Adblock Plus since years.
Before this CMS the clan had a free forum from a forum hoster and when u hit the site always a big flash ad appeared which blocked half the view on the forum. When i hit the site the first time i thought: What amateurs run this site? Without adblocker that forum was a pain.

On another note concerning the ads and paying: U get money by impressions but that is not much compared to the pay-per-click money. So if u want to do those streams a favor u have to click on the Ads what i usually don't do. So it doesn't really matter in the end that i block them.
And those streams already earn more money in a different way. On many stream sites the streamer can decide when to run a commercial like on justin.tv or ow3ned. So the streaming site and the streamer gets some money.
Though not all spectators will see the commercial because usually they are local commercials to one country. Justin.tv is US-based and usually only american people see the commercials there.
U can also see this at TSL3. Before the game u have a short pause where u can listen to SC2 music. In the US u see a commercial then

UGC, MLG, Birmingham gadget LAN have also commercials between the matches and that will be the future like it is on usual TV[/quote]

this is true, i know idra writes /commercial between breaks

[jerom]

Wow this is pretty cool imo, never heard of a thing like that

I actually know the commercy video's which you have to watch first to watch a HD/Huskystarcraft video by heard

[Sporting_Lisbon]

In Comadevil we trust, that's my motto.