Ad Program

[r_It0 1]

Why not have advertisements (on the billboards in the game, etc.), if others advertise things would be cheaper for you guys.

[r_jezza10 0]

Sick bra

[r_pwn0 1]

im ok with that, only because i use adblockers, so i dont have to put up with them. 2nd reason is because i think the costs of all the new stuff is going over the roof. you have to purchase to ge some of it.

[r_It0 1]

It would most likely be in Flash (on the billboard (so it isn't that annoying)), if it is in flash you could not block it.

 

"only because i use adblockers, so i dont have to put up with them."

The web without advirtisments is a broken web, ad blocker are hitting many sites bad, especially ones that are tech based.

[r_Tethys0 0]

The blame lies with the advertisers. Flash adds have become so prominent and advanced that they sometimes use more resources for a stupid banner, than a flash game. About 3 years ago, I noticed my WoW client lagging severely when I had an open browser in the background - to use thottbot, wowhead and such. It was barely playable. After installing the mozilla flashblocker - I got my performance back. The difference was frightening.

 

I'm all for advertising - it keeps things free / cheap! However, I'm not willing to sacrifice half my computer performance to it. Anyone can understand this, I'm sure. Advertising is meant to spark interest and attract customers - and if the advertisment is so visually disturbing, or performance hogging, that it litterally "pisses me off", I have to say... the advertiser is a moron, or a company of morons. This is what I want to block, and unfortunately, it brings everything else along for the ride... Right now, only text and image adds make it to my screen - out of necessity. Unfortunately, there's adds made with animated GIFs and PNGs that are equally disturbing. I'm actually considering an animation stopper. It's sad, but there's a few bad eggs that ruin it for everyone.

 

In-game adds should be easier, as Tanki will have control over what actually goes into it, and the format. Most likely, it will NOT be flash, as the resources will lower game performance, and displaying a flash add on a 3d object may be harder than you think. The easiest thing would be to allow only still images - and I'd be all for that!