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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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LordEsha73
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Very nice ads. I like them alot. Though, why is everyone writing so much?

TRUdog
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Sheesh Klaus, stop bitching. Okay, so people use ad blockers, what are you going to do about it? Cry to your mommy?
If you really don't want AG to crash and burn. How about YOU click on some ads, and see how fun it is.

snipershot325
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Kinda of funny actually,"stupid kid A"lol but I dont block ads and will never because of this I actually didnt really understand the buisness into running a site like this.

Jax1100
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I kind of agree with you Barn_100 it does make my comp lag so i got ad block. And actually i think the pop-ups were better because you could just exit them. I mean come on guys its either:
one-click-to-exit pop-ups and Dan still gets money
or
no pop-ups, people get ad block, and he loses money you choose

just an opinion

Jax1100
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sorry guys i only read the first page and now my comment isnt really valid anymore but my opinion is the same

sorry=)

Blankness
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i h8 ads, and thats why i use a adblocker they lag my computer, the ads...

Ricador
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Ads generate money.

Jax1100
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well ads co generate money... obviously. but they also lag ur computer as i said before so its a trade off no lag, or, more money for the site but lag will make people go away so i really dont care if there are ads just not to many to make my comp lag

90guy
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i noticed that you get one less add when you log in i for got to log in one time i i srolled downto coment on a game and there was an ad in its place under it said log in to view comments instead of add

P.S. i followed your math and i am probably one of the most intelligent people in my district i got a math score on a REALLY important test. i got the average score of a person thirteen years older than me oh yeah

90guy
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that was probobly very braggy i am VERY sorry peeps

2014631
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Armor Games gets over 3,000 dollars from ads daily Check it out. But, they need to get rid of the mouse cursor pop up.

90guy
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@2014631
i hate the cursor pop up it just stays under my screen then i X out of what im doing i see it very annoying

Hotchurkey
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To me, most ads are fine, except for the ones at right below the game , and if you accidentally put your cursor there for a few seconds, an ad comes. Those are actually designed to make people have to look at them, because if you actually wan't to see the ad, you can just click on it.

2014631
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@2014631
i hate the cursor pop up it just stays under my screen then i X out of what im doing i see it very annoying


Exactly! I totally agree. Also, the netflix pop up is annoying too. And for some reason, every time my parents are near my computer while it's on the home page, the evony girl pops up. I'm like "I love it when you pop up cuz ur a babe, but you have horrible timing!"
Jax1100
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well yes thats true but the popup mouse thing doesnt slow your comp down and you just exit it and for you 2014631 you just tell your parents its an ad i would think they would understand you can tell me otherwise

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