Allakhazam's **** advertisements!!!Follow

What is up with Allakhazam’s sexist, pornographic advertisements???? Since Allakhazam has taken over this site it has turned into a low class den of degenerates. Get a clue, Allakhazam…we’re not all desperate, sex starved low-lives! This is the last time I visit this site!

I love frantic over the top internet posts.

God bless America.

The only concern I would have is due to the amount of minor children who we know plays the games that AllaK's supports and visits the site here. We had the same issue at OGaming and had those ads removed.

not all adds on the site are ****, however, on occasision I run into a nice butt on the screen or an attractive woman in a swimsuit.

Honestly, A gaming site should have gaming advertisment. Maybe systems, or hardware/software upgrades. What ever.

I dont normally have an issue with it myself, but sometimes at work its difficult to have on the screen. No links as of yet, because I havent giving it much attention.

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I love frantic over the top internet posts.

God bless America.

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LOL... You made me spit out my red bull

Thanks for all the feedback. I've reported this matter to the Appropriate Persons.

Wake up? OH LORDY LORD! THE INTARWEB HAS ****?! OMG I HAD NO CLUE! THANK YOU FOR OPENING MY EYES! You tool.

On sites dedicated to socialization and interpersonal relationships, racy and borderline adult content is to be expected and children, if their parents are responsible, can be steered clear of those sites. The difference here is that AllaK's is a site dedicated to video games, specifically video games which are known to be played by families and children. Just like I can expect to have to monitor my child's activity on a site like MySpace, I shouldn't have to stand over his shoulder while he looks up information about a quest in EQ2. It'd be akin to having adult-content advertisements on Nickelodeon.com or pbskids.org. There is a social responsibility of the site owners to display content appropriate for their audience as a whole and to not just cater to a single base denomination. And while the community standards have certainly dropped by a far measure here since the merger, I would like to think that the site/admin standards haven't.

This really is a touchy subject. While I understand the points of view from all parties, I am torn as to which side I fall on.

On one hand, you have a site that is not owned by any of us. We can disagree with the advertisements all we want, but in the end it is up to the site owner to decide which advertisements are making him money. In essence, these advertisements are keeping the site running and by cutting off this resource Allas runs the risk of hurting the site (i.e. less admins, less attention to the game, etc. due to less money). From a purely business standpoint, those particular advertisements are an excellent ploy and are probably a huge money maker, hence the reason we were seeing more of them. This is all coupled with the fact that Allas offers a premium account service for a pittance ($10 for 3 months) which effectively blocks all advertisements. So if you really want to see this site continue to grow AND you don't want advertisements, do your part and kick in the $10.

On the other hand, this *is* first and foremost a video game site and, like Stugein and others have said, we should not have to worry about the chance of seeing risque pictures plastered on our screen. I know I have clicked the site during work hours, only to have an employee come around the corner to see a less than dressed female on top of the screen (Thank Bob I was good friends with the female employee). This, however, brings up the "you shouldn't be on the interwebs at work anyway" argument, so I will stop there. At home, though, is a different story. Stu's example about kids looking up quests said it best so I will not rehash it.

Well, there are both sides of my thought process. Like I said, a very touchy subject.

Stugein, I understand your point of view and I understand the others point of view also. What I don't understand is why you are calling someone you don't have any idea who they "really" are a tool. Shouldn't you get to know the person before you bequest such a title on them? That's what really got my goat. Besides what right do you have calling anyone a tool if they are just adding their opinion to a forum. If you don't like what they have to say then just read past to the next post or with some constructive criticism explain why you think their idea is not as good as your idea. I think they used to call that a debate. And I don't recall Buffy calling Johnny a tool at the last debate I was at. I guess all of you bleeding heart liberals are the same, if it's not my way it's the wrong way. Glad America wasn't built on that logic. Too bad it's starting to feel that way now though. I'll get off the soapbox now and enjoy the rest of my day.

/grabs popcorn

Forget **** arguments. This is awesome!

Ok ok for the whiney people you could get rid of all the ads


btw...to use this message board it will now require registration plus a small montly fee.

Update:

If you see an annoying ad, please screenshot it and mail it to me at calthine@allakhazam.com. Make the subject something I won't miss, like "annoying ad on EQ2 Allakhazam".

My instructions don't specify **** or not, just "annoying".

Actually, in this case you *have* got a voice. Management has specifically asked for word of extra annoying ads, whether it's ultra-flashy, the kind that holds loading 'Zam pages until you click, full page garbage, or offensive butt-floss.

So right click on the add, select Properties, take a screenie of the ad and Properties box and send it to me, and you bet yer sweet buppy I'll pass it on.