I don't mind any of the advertising on the site except when a video advertisement starts blaring out sound.

If it would be possible to make sure they are muted, or get rid of video ads all together, either would be great!

Thanks for the site!

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Thanks for the feedback.

The video ads, while I agree that they can be annoying at times, greatly aid us in handling the cost of running the site and producing all of our content so getting rid of them is not an option for right now.

However, we have limited the number of videos to one per page and only on certain pages so that they users aren't completely bombarded with sound. WIth any luck, we'll grow to the point where we don't need these video commercials but for now, they are a necessary evil.

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The new video ads we're using should respect your mute choice if I recall correctly. Still auto-plays the video but the sound shouldn't interfere with your browsing.

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Shawn Collier
Software Engineer | Associate Editor

(October 06, 2011 02:39:13 PM)Shawn Wrote:  The new video ads we're using should respect your mute choice if I recall correctly. Still auto-plays the video but the sound shouldn't interfere with your browsing.

It would seem that the videos have a "pre-advertisment" (although the video right now it is blank during that time) that can be muted by a button in the top left. I think this is the video that does not save mute. Perhaps this "pre-advertisment" is only played once per day, which really would not be too bad.

Thanks for listening to my concern!

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It scares the fire out of me sometimes. I could get a script blocker, but I generally respect a website's wishes to advertise.

But I will admit, it makes me avoid the main site and just go directly to the forums just because 1.They used to play multiples at same time (fixed?) and 2.They get repetitive hearing the beginning over and over when clicking around.

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