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Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:20 pm
by voxi
Just loaded the main page without an adblocker.
Web developers here are bunking people into downloading fake software. I understand the site needs to make money but stooping to this level really makes the actual game developers look like a bunch of low-life scumbags.
Really hope to see OpenSpades move to a new place once it gets popular. The developers are receiving none of this advertizing money yet they still have their reputation sullied by this practice.
yvt- maker of open spades, and Supporter of the "mail order brides" from China.
Learn_more - Open Spades coder, And supporter of fake malware banners.
Seriously guys, you are just this sites "little b!tches" when it comes to the money distribution. You guys put on the show, and someone else collects the dough!
Re: Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:44 pm
by USABxBOOYO
voxi wrote:Just loaded the main page without an adblocker.

Web developers here are bunking people into downloading fake software. I understand the site needs to make money but stooping to this level really makes the actual game developers look like a bunch of low-life scumbags.
Really hope to see OpenSpades move to a new place once it gets popular. The developers are receiving none of this advertizing money yet they still have their reputation sullied by this practice.
yvt- maker of open spades, and Supporter of the "mail order brides" from China.
Learn_more - Open Spades coder, And supporter of fake malware banners.
Seriously guys, you are just this sites "little b!tches" when it comes to the money distribution. You guys put on the show, and someone else collects the dough!
Those ads are used for money for the buildandshoot.com domain and web server and, as far as I know, cannot be fully controlled by the site administrators. It has nothing to do with any of the people you named and, if you're smart and have seen ads before (and you would be hard pressed to tell me of a site with no ads), then you would be prudent enough to either download an adblocker or just avoid them altogether.
Re: Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:10 am
by MrHaaax
I'm sure that no one is that stupid to click the download button in the ads. Of course, except for a few retards.
Re: Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:49 am
by EldredChandler
USABxBOOYO wrote:(and you would be hard pressed to tell me of a site with no ads)
http://maddox.xmission.com/
Re: Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 4:45 am
by ReubenMcHawk
EldredChandler wrote:USABxBOOYO wrote:(and you would be hard pressed to tell me of a site with no ads)
http://maddox.xmission.com/
^
And yeah, the site admins don't really have much control over what kind of ads pop up.
Re: Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:50 pm
by Somnium
Uhm, advertisements are apart of the internet. I've never heard of anyone not playing a game just because, they had a couple advertisements on there page?
Re: Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 3:57 pm
by danhezee
we are using google adsense + plus a few other agencies that function in similar way. Adsense places ads based on the keywords on the page + your browsing history. You are seeing mail order bride ads because google thinks that is something you would be interested in, not us.
EldredChandler wrote:USABxBOOYO wrote:(and you would be hard pressed to tell me of a site with no ads)
http://maddox.xmission.com/
^ they are selling t-shirts on that site
Re: Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:11 pm
by Battlefire
Simple solution, Adblock. Savvy ?
Re: Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 9:34 am
by Lincent
We should put an ad-block download on the front page.
Re: Wonder why no new players?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 8:10 pm
by Somnium
Then you'd have to make a tutorial for the noobs. That way they'd actually know how to do it.