Those Pariah ads must die • Eurogamer.net • General site discussion • Eurogamer.net

barabbas 7 May 2005 17:21:51 52 posts
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Twice now my Firefox has completely frozen up on Eurogamer front page. It seems to me that the Pariah ads on the page are slowing Firefox to a crawl and sometimes making it completely unresponsive.

Despite my very old computer (Celeron 333) I've tried to avoid blocking ads, because Eurogamer is great site and I want to support it, but I guess I now must give up and find a way to block flash content from the site.

Btw, at work I have 2.4GHz machine, and even there surfing Eurogamer is pretty painful if I have several tabs open.

WoodenSpoon 7 May 2005 17:28:13 12,360 posts
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1. Click ad 10 times.
2. Download adblock.
3. Block ad forever.

Clean conscience + Clean browser!

sephy 7 May 2005 18:26:41 4,036 posts
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I've never had an issue with the ads with or without firefox.

/feels special

GrayFox 7 May 2005 20:39:42 1,698 posts
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Yep they kill my underpowered pc. It's so (un)funny when I see that EG site rouins the comps performance as easly as IGN portal.

silentbob 7 May 2005 20:49:00 29,527 posts
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/Views ads repeatedly on IE
/Has no issues
/Refreshes just for the hell of it
/Enjoys silky smooth performance
/Sticks V's up at Browser snobs

spindizzy 9 May 2005 18:32:43 7,755 posts
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/has no problem with any other site
/uses linux and macs, so IE is not an option
/has problems with EG ads using konqueror, opera, safari, firefox, camino.
/is on a stupendously powerful machine
/will stop now.

;-P

Deleted user 9 May 2005 18:36:29

Using Forefox on a modest PC without trouble.

oceanmotion 9 May 2005 18:37:44 17,358 posts
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tombo 9 May 2005 18:42:16 2,170 posts
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spindizzy wrote:
/has no problem with any other site
/uses linux and macs, so IE is not an option
/has problems with EG ads using konqueror, opera, safari, firefox, camino.
/is on a stupendously powerful machine
/will stop now.

;-P

Yah, on a mac too

although, not a stupendously powerful one.

Tried safari, firefox and camino and they all stall with Pariah

rauper Founder & CEO, Gamer Network 9 May 2005 18:48:02 3,379 posts
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Being upset at having white space after blocking ads is actually the funniest thing I've heard all day.

*dies*

no 9 May 2005 18:48:49 297 posts
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There's a firefox extension (called Flashblock or something similar...) which stops any Flash on a page from playing unless you click on it. It lets you ignore the ads most of the time, then click on 'em every now and again so eg can get their hard earned filthy lucre!

Deleted user 9 May 2005 18:48:56

JC2 wrote:
Adblocking the ads still leaves a horrible white space. It's quite annoying.

Don't fucking block them then!

Deleted user 9 May 2005 18:51:05

JC2 wrote:
Well obviously the adverts are more annoying.

Not as annoying as you!

rauper Founder & CEO, Gamer Network 9 May 2005 18:53:40 3,379 posts
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JC2 block. Now that I'd pay for.

HarryB 9 May 2005 19:23:53 7,630 posts
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i just realised i have ignored jc2 for like a year... god knows why!?