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  1. MastaP89 MastaP89 is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 8:19am)

    that new black backround with the stars add could be any more ugly and uncomfortable... can you plz make it look ok again?
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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 8:20am) in reply to MastaP89

    cosign
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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 8:26am) in reply to shanetrain22

    ff + adblock plus ftw
    Edited By: mapunk Jan 13th, 2011 at 08:26 AM
     
  4. just-jOHnny just-jOHnny is offline I got nothin

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 8:29am) in reply to mapunk

     
    Originally Posted by mapunk View Post

    ff + adblock ftw

    ABP not werkign for me. sfgkngnasty **curses ***smoking thread was legit btw
    *thread title " Today's P5's update "
     
    Originally Posted by just-jOHnny View Post

    <--------------------------------lets talk about ths gianormus fucking adds instead?--------------------------------------------------------------->

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 8:49am) in reply to just-jOHnny

    This website looks like a NASCAR stock car.
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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 8:50am) in reply to thefuture021

    $$$$$$$'s
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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 9:18am) in reply to MastaP89

    i agree.
     
  8. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 9:25am) in reply to MastaP89

    There's a pretty long thread in OT about this already so I'll just link to that instead of typing the same things out

    http://www.pocketfives.com/f13/holy-...batman-615688/

    But basically, it's a temporary takeover. It won't look like this forever.
     
  9. mapunk mapunk is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 10:28am) in reply to N 82 50 24

     
    Originally Posted by N 82 50 24 View Post

    There's a pretty long thread in OT about this already so I'll just link to that instead of typing the same things out

    http://www.pocketfives.com/f13/holy-...batman-615688/

    But basically, it's a temporary takeover. It won't look like this forever.

    I mean, I run multiple websites and I know how much advertising can help cost, but imo the absolute worst part about you selling pokerdb to bluff was how badly they littered it with ads. I haven't been to that site in over a year because it got so atrocious (so I don't know how bad it is now), but it got to the point where like 60% of the viewport was filled with ads. And don't even get me started on that horrible slide-down ad. idk, being both a website owner and user I can see both sides of things but I think some ads are so obtrusive it becomes detrimental to the site. These stars ads aren't quite as bad - and if you could have kept the same bg color it would be *much* less noticeable - but imo if these ads were any more prominent I think it would be too much.
     
  10. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 10:48am) in reply to mapunk

    I agree that Bluff way overdid it (and still does). I'm not happy about it. They've agreed to reduce the ads but I haven't seen it happen yet.

    If we had this all the time, I agree it would be too much even as-is. For a few days here and there... I don't think it is too much. The reality is that we do need to generate revenue, P5s costs quite a bit to run.
     
  11. mapunk mapunk is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 11:03am) in reply to N 82 50 24

    lol yeah I just looked at the homepage...that's a lot of Home Game ads.
     
  12. shanetrain22 shanetrain22 is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 10:01pm) in reply to mapunk

    thx for the post, nat. you the man, man.
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  13. FenwayKing FenwayKing is offline The Well: FenwayKing

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 10:31pm) in reply to shanetrain22

    hey man, relax.
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  14. ApesAreFun ApesAreFun is offline Moderator/Euro Donk

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    Jan 13th, 2011 (1/13/2011 11:01pm) in reply to MastaP89

     
    Originally Posted by MastaP89 View Post

    that new black backround with the stars add could be any more ugly and uncomfortable... can you plz make it look ok again?

    Complainy pants!
    Im guilty too tho...
    Moskau<3
     
  15. Burying_Luck Burying_Luck is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2011 (1/14/2011 1:54am) in reply to N 82 50 24

     
    Originally Posted by elendil View Post

    $$$$$$$'s

     
    Originally Posted by N 82 50 24 View Post

    I agree that Bluff way overdid it (and still does). I'm not happy about it. They've agreed to reduce the ads but I haven't seen it happen yet.

    If we had this all the time, I agree it would be too much even as-is. For a few days here and there... I don't think it is too much. The reality is that we do need to generate revenue, P5s costs quite a bit to run.

    Not saying it doesn't cost a lot, but what are the expenses of it, not just P5's but any website with significant traffic? If you're not at liberty to say don't sweat it. I've always wondered about this though. These stars ads must cost a pretty penny though, they sure are ugly... I guess whatever it takes to gets your attention.
  16. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    Jan 14th, 2011 (1/14/2011 2:14am) in reply to Burying_Luck

     
    Originally Posted by Burying_Luck View Post

    Not saying it doesn't cost a lot, but what are the expenses of it, not just P5's but any website with significant traffic? If you're not at liberty to say don't sweat it. I've always wondered about this though. These stars ads must cost a pretty penny though, they sure are ugly... I guess whatever it takes to gets your attention.

    I obviously can't lay out numbers but, between programmers, servers, other employees (Sandy, dhubermex, etc) and various other things, it adds up to a lot.
     
  17. iPlayTourneys iPlayTourneys is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2011 (1/14/2011 2:17am) in reply to N 82 50 24

    this background sucks..

    Co-fcking-sign.....
  18. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    Jan 14th, 2011 (1/14/2011 3:02am) in reply to iPlayTourneys

    One thing I am not sure people understand is... this is not something that was put on the site to make the site look better.
     
  19. mapunk mapunk is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2011 (1/14/2011 4:54am) in reply to Burying_Luck

     
    Originally Posted by Burying_Luck View Post

    Not saying it doesn't cost a lot, but what are the expenses of it, not just P5's but any website with significant traffic? If you're not at liberty to say don't sweat it. I've always wondered about this though. These stars ads must cost a pretty penny though, they sure are ugly... I guess whatever it takes to gets your attention.

    Nat already went over it, but these are the main costs for almost any website:

    - Servers (including bandwidth, redundancy, backup space, etc)
    - Salaries...programmers are expensive
    - Advertising, promotion, etc
    - Admin costs (laywers, metchant fees, etc)

    I dunno, I'm probably missing some small things but yeah it's just not as cheap as most people would think
    Edited By: mapunk Jan 14th, 2011 at 04:57 AM
     
  20. N 82 50 24 N 82 50 24 is offline herp derp derp

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    Jan 14th, 2011 (1/14/2011 5:02am) in reply to mapunk

    Right.

    We could run a "default" forum design with no programmers, somewhat like what 2+2 does (granted, 2+2 does spend some money -- just not much on customization/design/programming). It would make the site way cheaper to run. But then we wouldn't have rankings, TCs, MPLBs, contest pages, badges, podcasts, daily p5er-related content, etc.
     
  21. njw11 njw11 is offline

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    Jan 14th, 2011 (1/14/2011 5:12am) in reply to N 82 50 24

    ur the boy these kids will complain about nething

    keep up the good work
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