TALKING ADS!!!

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I almost always have the volume off, I had it on today and BAM, a talking ad
on the top of the screen.
Yuck!

 

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"bodcat1" <bodcat1@yourunderpantsshaw.ca> wrote in message
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>I almost always have the volume off, I had it on today and BAM, a talking
>ad on the top of the screen.
> Yuck!


Yet one more reason to play with no volume.

daramark

 

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On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, bodcat1 wrote:
> I almost always have the volume off, I had it on today and BAM, a talking
> ad on the top of the screen.

Ugh. Thank the gods for Maxthon & Firefox...

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bodcat1 wrote:
> I almost always have the volume off, I had it on today and BAM, a
> talking ad on the top of the screen.
> Yuck!

I think this might be the end of neopets for me. I am just not willing to
listen to an ad over and over again which is what is happening to me right
now.

Gareeth

 

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Gareeth [Gareethnews@hotmail.com] said
> bodcat1 wrote:
> > I almost always have the volume off, I had it on today and BAM, a
> > talking ad on the top of the screen.
> > Yuck!
>
> I think this might be the end of neopets for me. I am just not willing to
> listen to an ad over and over again which is what is happening to me right
> now.
>

Ads? Neopets has ads?

Being serious for a second, why not just block them?

 

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"Les" <les789@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Gareeth [Gareethnews@hotmail.com] said
>> bodcat1 wrote:
>> > I almost always have the volume off, I had it on today and BAM, a
>> > talking ad on the top of the screen.
>> > Yuck!
>>
>> I think this might be the end of neopets for me. I am just not willing to
>> listen to an ad over and over again which is what is happening to me
>> right
>> now.
>>
>
> Ads? Neopets has ads?
>
> Being serious for a second, why not just block them?

That's certainly what I would do. Firefox with Adblock works for me!

 

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Les wrote:
> Ads? Neopets has ads?
>
> Being serious for a second, why not just block them?

I have the banner ad blocked. I couldn't work out how to do the other ones.
I can't use an alternate browser either. Neopets is so intent on getting the
most money for each of my page views that I think they have lost all of them
now.

Gareeth

 

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Well it would be a huge loss to this newsgroup if you gave up Neopets!!


"Gareeth" <Gareethnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Les wrote:
>> Ads? Neopets has ads?
>>
>> Being serious for a second, why not just block them?
>
> I have the banner ad blocked. I couldn't work out how to do the other
> ones. I can't use an alternate browser either. Neopets is so intent on
> getting the most money for each of my page views that I think they have
> lost all of them now.
>
> Gareeth
>

 

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I wrote a nasty letter about the ads LOL


"bodcat1" <bodcat1@yourunderpantsshaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Well it would be a huge loss to this newsgroup if you gave up Neopets!!
>
>
> "Gareeth" <Gareethnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:iiMLe.196004$tt5.193821@edtnps90...
>> Les wrote:
>>> Ads? Neopets has ads?
>>>
>>> Being serious for a second, why not just block them?
>>
>> I have the banner ad blocked. I couldn't work out how to do the other
>> ones. I can't use an alternate browser either. Neopets is so intent on
>> getting the most money for each of my page views that I think they have
>> lost all of them now.
>>
>> Gareeth
>>
>
>

 

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"Gareeth" <Gareethnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> bodcat1 wrote:
>> I almost always have the volume off, I had it on today and BAM, a
>> talking ad on the top of the screen.
>> Yuck!
>
> I think this might be the end of neopets for me. I am just not willing to
> listen to an ad over and over again which is what is happening to me right
> now.
>
I don't play as much as I used to, but I have _never_ haqd a
talking ad.

*knocks on wood*

Balyn

 

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Gareeth [Gareethnews@hotmail.com] said
> Les wrote:
> > Ads? Neopets has ads?
> >
> > Being serious for a second, why not just block them?
>
> I have the banner ad blocked. I couldn't work out how to do the other ones.
> I can't use an alternate browser either. Neopets is so intent on getting the
> most money for each of my page views that I think they have lost all of them
> now.

I use IE for neopets.

I use Zone Alarm Pro to block ads and cookies and stuff and also have
the google toolbar set to block popups as the option is there although
but I am pretty sure ZAP does that too, as does IE itself.

I also have a bit of CSS code on the root of my C: drive that makes the
space used for the adverts vanish, not idea how it works as I just
followed the instructions from a post here some months ago.

So I never see an ad, never see a popup and don't have the ad space at
the top of the Neopets page - all with IE.

 

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Les wrote:
> I also have a bit of CSS code on the root of my C: drive that makes
> the space used for the adverts vanish, not idea how it works as I just
> followed the instructions from a post here some months ago.
>
> So I never see an ad, never see a popup and don't have the ad space at
> the top of the Neopets page - all with IE.

I have all those things and the only adverts I have gotten rid of is the one
at the top. I don't know how to get rid of the bottom one. I don't get
pop-ups. The ad that talks is not a pop-up.

Gareeth

 

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Gareeth [Gareethnews@hotmail.com] said
> Les wrote:
> > I also have a bit of CSS code on the root of my C: drive that makes
> > the space used for the adverts vanish, not idea how it works as I just
> > followed the instructions from a post here some months ago.
> >
> > So I never see an ad, never see a popup and don't have the ad space at
> > the top of the Neopets page - all with IE.
>
> I have all those things and the only adverts I have gotten rid of is the one
> at the top. I don't know how to get rid of the bottom one. I don't get
> pop-ups. The ad that talks is not a pop-up.
>

I don't get any bottom ads ever apart from about a month ago when
suddenly I started getting one for the Crazy Frog. To get rid of this
one I had to tell Zone Alarm explicitly to block ads from the advert's
source site.

No idea why the general settings failed to block it though but I haven't
seen that one, or any other, since.

Just a final thought, I also have a HOSTS file as that helps block ads
too and I got mine from this site -

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

and for XP you need to put it in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC

 

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Well I did that. I suppose I should have done the hosts file earlier but I
am still feeling very annoyed with Neopets.

Gareeth

 

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Gareeth [Gareethnews@hotmail.com] said
>
> Well I did that. I suppose I should have done the hosts file earlier but I
> am still feeling very annoyed with Neopets.
>

I totally understand, and at the risk of talking for others, I think we
all do, and agree with you.

 

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Les wrote:

>>Well I did that. I suppose I should have done the hosts file earlier but I
>>am still feeling very annoyed with Neopets.
>
> I totally understand, and at the risk of talking for others, I think we
> all do, and agree with you.

The whole marketing genius behind Neopets was supposed to be immersive
advertising, not obnoxious in-your-face ads. Did somebody there not get
the memo, or what?

 

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"Les" <les789@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Gareeth [Gareethnews@hotmail.com] said
>> Les wrote:
>> > I also have a bit of CSS code on the root of my C: drive that makes
>> > the space used for the adverts vanish, not idea how it works as I just
>> > followed the instructions from a post here some months ago.
>> >
>> > So I never see an ad, never see a popup and don't have the ad space at
>> > the top of the Neopets page - all with IE.
>>
>> I have all those things and the only adverts I have gotten rid of is the
>> one
>> at the top. I don't know how to get rid of the bottom one. I don't get
>> pop-ups. The ad that talks is not a pop-up.
>>
>
> I don't get any bottom ads ever apart from about a month ago when
> suddenly I started getting one for the Crazy Frog. To get rid of this
> one I had to tell Zone Alarm explicitly to block ads from the advert's
> source site.
>
> No idea why the general settings failed to block it though but I haven't
> seen that one, or any other, since.
>
> Just a final thought, I also have a HOSTS file as that helps block ads
> too and I got mine from this site -
>
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>
> and for XP you need to put it in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC
>

Funny thing about my HOSTS file. I have it where you say to put it, and it
helps IE but not the Mozilla that I really like to use. And yet even with
contacting all the stupid sites, Mozilla is still quicker at loading pages
than IE that doesn't contact the stupid sites. I bet if I could ever figure
out how the HOSTS file worked for Mozilla, I could fly through Neopets just
like the Blue Shoyru that zooms over Neopia, looking for people who haven't
had their fair share of random events.

And I haven't had an ad talk to me that I know of. But I have the volume
Muted most of the time. And I still turn off the sound on games.


daramark

 

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Its for scrapbooking stuff.


"Balyn" <balyn_62@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Gareeth" <Gareethnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:tFCLe.195876$tt5.76511@edtnps90...
>> bodcat1 wrote:
>>> I almost always have the volume off, I had it on today and BAM, a
>>> talking ad on the top of the screen.
>>> Yuck!
>>
>> I think this might be the end of neopets for me. I am just not willing to
>> listen to an ad over and over again which is what is happening to me
>> right now.
>>
> I don't play as much as I used to, but I have _never_ haqd a
> talking ad.
>
> *knocks on wood*
>
> Balyn
>