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Klaushouse
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Klaushouse
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You are stupid.

Some of you stupid people do not understand how much money it costs to keep this site running. You have a even harder time understanding the complexity of Dan not having multiple money trees planted in his back yard beside his flying unicorns. Dan spends hundreds if not thousands making sure this site stays up and running for thousands of little children.

http://lh4.google.co.uk/charliechia/RwHQxG96fRI/AAAAAAAAAYo/od3WZw50cX4/s400/money_tree%20copy.jpg
This is not Dan, or his backyard.

Why do you like this site? Probably because it's very simple to register, join, login, play free games and talk to other kids. But this great and simple design didn't just appear. People were payed to design it, code it, and make so simple that a kid can come on and instinctively know what to do, making sure you have the best time possible, and this isn't cheap. At all. Not only does he pay coders/designers, but he pays game makers, quite substantial amounts of money to make the best games you all love. And he pays them a lot, if any of you pay attention you will know some people get thousands of dollars for a single game.

http://www.undeadreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/the_last_stand_2.jpg
This cost Dan thousands of dollars, and you pay $0 to play it.

But hey! All these great features, we must be paying a lot for this much free games, and user easy of access! How much? Oh wait nothing! But wait a second... let's do some off the top of my head math...

Dan + No User Fees = Expensive To Maintain Website

No that just doesn't sound around right. There must be a missing factor.

Dan + No User Fees + X = Expensive To Maintain Website

Now let's brain storm and see what X could be that keeps this site running, oh wait no I know, ads! So the equation goes like this:

Dan + No User Fees + Ads = Expensive To Maintain Website

Now in reality the equation is much more complex but we will keep it simple for you. But what happens if you take the ads away from the equation? It's like taking away the 4 from 4 + 2 = 6, it just won't make sense or work out. Which is why they exist.

http://tonova.typepad.com/thesuddencurve/images/2008/08/16/hillbilly.jpg
Average AG user trying to keep up with my math.

[quote]Don't worry guys, don't like ads? Use ad blocker! So cool!

Says 'Stupid Child A'
But aren't the ads there for a reason? Or why else would they be there?

Says 'Moderately Smart Child B'
Don't be stupid, ads are just there to annoy us, they don't mind if we block them, makes no difference!

Replies 'Stupid Child A'
Oh okay, I guess that makes sense Stupid Child A. Thanks for pointing that out to me, let's go whine about Sonny 3 and how it's taking forever just after Sonny 2 came out a week ago!

Says 'Recently Deemed Stupid Child B'
Yeah let's go!

Finishes 'Stupid Child A'[/quote]

By blocking ads to make your petty lives easier, you are making harder for Dan to keep the site running, because he gets less money because of it. You block ads and this makes him want to keep this site under his management less and less, because money will soon come out of his pocket, money he works hard for, and deserves to keep. By blocking ads you are ensuring that this site won't survive for long. You will keep whining that the site has ads until he can't afford to run the site and either:
A) Sells it off to someone who will change the site to your dislike.
B) Make the site pay-2-play, so you will all have to pay.
C) Close the site in it's entirety.

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The future of ArmorGames due to Ad-Blockers.

You whine, but you pay nothing. If you were all ready to pay money yourselves, then complain, but if you don't like the idea of a pay to view website, you better expect a few ads. Think of the ads as your donation/fee to Dan to keep the site up, by blocking them you are trying to view the site without even paying the little minuscule entrance fee.

I don't mind ads, but now they are popping up in front of my screen and on the sides of the site! Normal ones are fine but they are now literally littering my screen to a point where I can't navigate the site.

Would you like to know who is to blame? Yourselves. This is a direct consequence of all you stupid kids who block ads, and lose Dan money.

Lets say it cost 10 dollars to run the site(it's not $10, but just as an example to explain). And the ads pay for let's say 11 dollars.
This 10 dollars goes to maintaining the site, and the extra dollar is put aside to save up and make the site even better. This comes to us as additional content or upgrades to the site/forum.

Now lets say that the ads pay for 11 usually, but now because people are blocking ads, he only gets 9 from them instead of 11. So this means he can't afford maintaining the site, let alone adding new things to it! How can this be? He will need to find a new way to make up for the 2 dollars he loses because of kids like you who block, and how does he do this? He compensates for the loss by making the other users who don't block, have even more ads. Annoying ads that appear on the sides and even over the site are there because he needs those to compensate for the loss of money generated by those who block ads. So not only are you making more ads appear by blocking, but you are making sure that he can't make enough money to update the site. You all complain new features never come on the site, and that is mainly because all the money that WOULD go to updating AG goes right into maintaining the normal site, due to losing money from blockers.

http://xjtian94.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/internet-advertising.jpg
Frontpage of Armorgames if enough people start blocking ads.

I hope you stupid kids semi understand this, so that you stop blocking the site. Because you are the main cause of it's lack of updates and increased ads. So unless you have a check ready to be payed to ArmorGames every month to ensure it staying up, I suggest you shut up and live with the ads.

P.S. I said stupid 6 times in this, almost a personal record.
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wajor59
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wajor59
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Yum, $.55 off coupon for Post Cinnamon Toast cereal.

See, not all ads are confusing. Look at it this way guys, at some point you're going to have to learn to look at the ads first. I like to check them out just after I log on that way if/when they change I can check those out too.
Yes there's always a risk of picking up a pesky cookie but I've read on this thread, close to page 15?, that all is erased when you delete all cookies before you put your computer to sleep.
It's a simple procedure, try it. It's like brushing/flossing/rinsing your teeth/mouth every night before you go to bed. Try it for two weeks and you'll know if you've forgotten to floss, same with deleting cookies.

xTraceKiller
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xTraceKiller
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Nomad

I agree, The site pays money and we dont pay 1 penny to play I think we should be happy.

cmb2kool
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cmb2kool
378 posts
Nomad

Me i dont like ads! Boo Ads

TharosTheDragon
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Yes there's always a risk of picking up a pesky cookie but I've read on this thread, close to page 15?, that all is erased when you delete all cookies before you put your computer to sleep.
It's a simple procedure, try it. It's like brushing/flossing/rinsing your teeth/mouth every night before you go to bed. Try it for two weeks and you'll know if you've forgotten to floss, same with deleting cookies.


Wouldn't that erase all your saved games?
yonkid
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yonkid
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I agree with you Klaus, with every word. It's true.
BUT, you must understand, that some of us are suggesting and not just whining about features that don't exist.

Without suggestions this site would be different than what it is now, and the users are trying to keep the site rolling.

NOT that I'm saying this thread is unnecessary, but suggestions are good for the site. The "Support and Suggestion" isn't there for no reason.

shamash
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shamash
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wow! you really took time to make this post and seems to me that yo really care about the site.. i agree with you .. and you are like me when you go nuts you start sayin funny insults or sth.. lol

thoadthetoad
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thoadthetoad
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Personally I only block ads that slow down game preformance. If it's heavy in animation or is full of bright colors I'll block it and click the other one. Besides, ads are also there to tell you that you might wanna buy something. Go buy some stuff dangit!

Holden012
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Holden012
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I only block the ones that slow down my internet. The ones with hardly any animation are fine.

WaelBrome
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WaelBrome
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i don't really get annoyed by the ads as long as they aren't popups

duncdar
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duncdar
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Oh wait, I forgot to mention! There is also no official way to report adverts that do contain tracking software and spyware! And pornographic adverts also have no way to be officially reported! It's almost like they want us to get viruses!
Take note, before you go and make yourself look like an idiot, adverts aren't just solely chosen. They are hosted by sites that do have advert money making features, and therefore giving them little control what appears on their site. If a Lingerie company wished to adverise, Armor Games has no control over what appears, and, since there is no official advert reporting system it's going to take a long time to take the advert down! Fun for everyone!

Girochen567
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Girochen567
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I dont mind the ads that dont get in my way.... but some just get annoying like the ones that if yu accidently scroll over them they open up and wont close until like 3 minutes later.... that pisses me off.....

Hotchurkey
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Hotchurkey
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Nomad

Technically we do have to pay to do anything on the internet because we have to pay to use the internet itself.

Darkroot
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Darkroot
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Peasant

False we have to pay to get acess to the internet.

coldplaya
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coldplaya
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That really dumbed down the digital culture of america we see today.

snipershot325
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seriosly if your computer isnt the best the ads will load before the game well they already do any way it is annoying too with the ads

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