Rated-X Banners

[JT3]

I just saw some banner advertising a gaming site with a woman sticking her bare arse out to look at. Now if threads about flaming Shakespear are closed, don't you think that maybe an ad like that shouldn't be put on this site either?? Not to mention I have heard some stuff on other sites about people at stores going to these sites and then someone peeking over their shoulder getting offended at some cussing or something. This goes way beyond that.....

[Ming]

This is being moved to the appropriate place... the Apolyton forum. It will appear as closed here.

If you have a problem with a banner, complain to the owners... and be more specific on what the ad was. Some people are offended by some of the ads. If they agree, maybe there is something they can do.

Moved to Apolyton Forum.

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[War4ever]

good point

[Caesar the Great]

Since this is a primarily teenage male dominated forum... I don't think there will be many complaints about that particular ad...

[MarkG]

Please get a screenshot of a page of Apolyton with that ad and mail it to us along with your reasons for having a problem with it.



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[JT3]

That's kind of hard for me to do since I don't have a scanner and that's the only way I know of to do it. I think it's something like DirectRadar.com, lemme see if I can find it....

[DanQ]

JT3:

When you see the banner appear, click the "Print Scrn" button on your keyboard (near top, likely right-hand size). This will save a picture of the screenshot to your computer's Clipboard.

Then, paste the picture into graphics editor (e.g. Paint Shop Pro) and, if possible, please cut the banner ad out. If not, at the very least please save it in JPG format so the file size is reasonable to send via email, and we'll take it from there.

Thanks.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Slingshot]

I just saw a banner from Ugo Direct. It's a pretty suggestive add of a blonde woman, and it says "She wants you to be a heavyweight."

I would like to see women posting their thoughts on Apolyotn, rather than women posting themselves. Such ads might make the smart ladies feel like they're at the wrong Civ site.

Mark/Dan: I believe you guys are quality people! Don't think I'm calling you irresponsible.

PS: Just curious, I wonder if there are any ladies who are members of Apolyton.

[Wezil]

Since they are paid ads (I assume) I guess they aren't subject to the same rules as posts......

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[goofydrew]

little wankers complaining about naked poopers, in a banner, is crapola!

come on guys!!! give a list of banned words!!!

and please stop the bikini beach ads... my wife is getting jealous...

when did the thirteen year olds take over this forum? excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me! maybe mommy is looking over their shoulder...

this forum did, at one time, discuss more important things than whether or not the latest pop-rock diva got a boob job...

whooaaa... am i still able to say boob-job?

get back to me on this...

the3.14rt



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[MarkG]

Slingshot, and on what media have you not seen these kind of ads?

once more: ads are not handled by us, but by our hosts. it is an obligation of ours under our hosting agreement, to show the ads chosen by our hosts, who I must say have a long experience in proffessional quality gaming sites. we have posted more than once the procedure for complaining about an ad

[sammyboy7]

excuse me, goofydrew, but there are still plenty of serious forums which i post on, and i, as a twelve-year old, take your comment personally. these forums ARE open to everybody, and to add to the topic, i do think that these banners are getting out of hand. practically all of them are offensive, and i don't care if my 'mom is looking over my shoulder,' but it's just crazy to have a half-naked woman ad on a game site.

[goofydrew]

yes sammyBOY,

to have a half-naked woman on a game ad is silly...

she should be COMPLETELY NAKED!!!

what ad are you talking about? i ignore the ads... your parents would like you to ignore the ads!

grow up soon... it's a big world full of info of all types... and getting bigger... all the time...

and in closing, let me say...

DON'T BUY THOSE PRODUCTS THAT ARE ADVERTISED!

if they were worth it, they wouldn't need to advertise!

the3.14rt

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[Thue]

I second that. Only completely naked women in the adds! here is a screenshot to show an that that doesn't honor that principle

[DanQ]

Thue:

Please send us, via email, a) the URL that the banner is pointing to and b) the URL that displays the image.

If you do not know how to do this, let us know and we'll guide you through the process.

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