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Moonlight Flower · **Posts:** 650 **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:35 pm

valerielundberg wrote:

And to those of you who missed my huge debate saying I belived Doug was trying to use "pump and dump" technique on neo when the first banner ads appear, I invite you all to reread what I wrote then...

It will make even more sense now.

(it's about the 5th post down in this page):

http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... &start=120

I'm telling you, my hunch is that this is a deliberate killing off of the site.

He's bleeding it dry, and taking the profit for other ventures.

**skims through posts** ... you're right... I hate to admit it, but it sure looks that way.

And I figured out my problem. Some of the adds are just images, but the others are in i-frames... edit: or .swf ...bah

plushie · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:03 am

Banner Update - You may have noticed a new HONKING HUGE DANG banner at the bottom of <s>some</s> all pages. Please bear with us during this experimental phase as we NOT are trying to do what is best for the site, but earning millions and millions of dollars from forcing users to go premium. With that in mind, these new banners should not make the page load any slower for you if you give us your cash and switch to premium and are placed at the bottom of the page so you can browse the site as normal. Rest assured no banners will appear on your userlookups unless of course we want more cash on our pay cheques since we KNOW neopets is addicting.

I made some *special* edittations...

Runevalkyrie · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:08 am

Upon their statement on it ... I have some more obvservations.

I'm sorry -- I'm fairly familiar with desgin.... there are by far better ways to intergrate ads and I think the "peak" of that with Neopets is the larger ads (and even that was a bit of a compromise.)

It is more of a hinderance than they think it is. In the games I play (Pyramids, Solitare, Neoquest) , I scroll to the bottom of the page automatically. To be presented with such a gaudy ad affects my playing and all the further refreshes I do with those games (meaning I won't play them anymore now.)

vinylraven · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:10 am

valerielundberg wrote:

And to those of you who missed my huge debate saying I belived Doug was trying to use "pump and dump" technique on neo when the first banner ads appear, I invite you all to reread what I wrote then...

It will make even more sense now.

(it's about the 5th post down in this page):

http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... &start=120

I'm telling you, my hunch is that this is a deliberate killing off of the site.

He's bleeding it dry, and taking the profit for other ventures.

oh my, i believed you then and now it seems like this is only making it more likely. plus with the canceling of a few plots and never doing neoschools......maybe that is what they are doing..... *emoticon for really dissapointed and jaded*

plushie · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:12 am

vinylraven wrote:

valerielundberg wrote:

And to those of you who missed my huge debate saying I belived Doug was trying to use "pump and dump" technique on neo when the first banner ads appear, I invite you all to reread what I wrote then...

It will make even more sense now.

(it's about the 5th post down in this page):

http://www.pinkpt.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... &start=120

I'm telling you, my hunch is that this is a deliberate killing off of the site.

He's bleeding it dry, and taking the profit for other ventures.

oh my, i believed you then and now it seems like this is only making it more likely. plus with the canceling of a few plots and never doing neoschools......maybe that is what they are doing..... *emoticon for really dissapointed*

Its how neopets will end I assume, and the staff is lovin the free cash from the aderts

Huggles · **Posts:** 1025 **Joined:** Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:16 pm

I remember that, Valerie. Very likely and high disappointing. If I only had a billion dollars or a way to tie Doug up and send him to Antarctica.

valerielundberg · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:19 am

Huggles wrote:

I remember that, Valerie. Very likely and high disappointing. If I only had a billion dollars or a way to tie Doug up and send him to Antarctica.

Doug's not hurting for cash, that's for sure...not if he can afford Jessica Rockwell (yes, cousin of THE Norman Rockwell) to paint his family portraits.

http://www.portraitartist.com/rockwell/dohring.htm

Lucky guy, I've always loved her work. X_x

xxcolstormxx · **Posts:** 34 **Joined:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:13 am

I have it adblocked with firefox but how do i get rid of the extra space at the bottom?

Robert · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:23 am

valerielundberg wrote:

Huggles wrote:

I remember that, Valerie. Very likely and high disappointing. If I only had a billion dollars or a way to tie Doug up and send him to Antarctica.

Doug's not hurting for cash, that's for sure...not if he can afford Jessica Rockwell (yes, cousin of THE Norman Rockwell) to paint his family portraits.

http://www.portraitartist.com/rockwell/dohring.htm

Lucky guy, I've always loved her work. X_x

Wow, you really know your stuff about Doug Die erm I mean Dohring...can anyone imagine what Neopets would be like if Adam and Donna owned it

Huggles · **Posts:** 1025 **Joined:** Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:16 pm

Whoah.

I don't want the money to give to him, I want it to buy him out. Short of a military coup, an act of Bob causing EVERYONE to quit Neopets, or alien abduction, that's the only way I can think of changing the current trend.

vinylraven · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:25 am

valerielundberg wrote:

Huggles wrote:

I remember that, Valerie. Very likely and high disappointing. If I only had a billion dollars or a way to tie Doug up and send him to Antarctica.

Doug's not hurting for cash, that's for sure...not if he can afford Jessica Rockwell (yes, cousin of THE Norman Rockwell) to paint his family portraits.

http://www.portraitartist.com/rockwell/dohring.htm

Lucky guy, I've always loved her work. X_x

ooh he has more than one portrait done by her. his daughters, too. as a sidenote, it is lovely work.

WIS · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:27 am

xxcolstormxx wrote:

I have it adblocked with firefox but how do i get rid of the extra space at the bottom?

You have to add that bit of code with Chromedit.... I think...

Arka · **Posts:** 609 **Joined:** Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:18 pm

I am pretty tolerant, but I admit that big ads top and bottom and the small one in the yellow side bar have actually made me think for the first time of looking around for a different place to play.

xxcolstormxx · **Posts:** 34 **Joined:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:13 am

#ban { display: none !important; } ????

If so i already have it and there is a big gap i have top banner perfectly out but bottom there is still large blank space.

Angus Young · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:31 am

It really smurf me off that they dont even give a good reason for the ads

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