Ads are spaming the game screen

merofeld · Dec 19th 2019, 5:56am

every 5 min the ads for TV shows and other unrellated ads open up on the game screen.
This just started 30 min ago
Sadly most of the ads are not even CoW related.

It comes across as beigng bullied intto buying somethng from the shop. I rather go play a differnt game than be forced to buy something just to get rid of the ads.

Unhappy & disapointed

gusv · Dec 19th 2019, 2:39pm

merofeld wrote:

every 5 min the ads for TV shows and other unrellated ads open up on the game screen.
This just started 30 min ago
Sadly most of the ads are not even CoW related.

I ended my last game a few days ago and I'll be taking off a few days for my Xmas vacation out of town to see my 99-year old aunt and other kin ...

However, I would find it disturbing to have my view of the screen interrupted by ads in the middle of the game ...

If the developer needs more income by using ads, I suggest that they do it at the beginning and the end of the game- where it's less likely to disturb players ...

merofeld · Dec 20th 2019, 8:53am

the folloing screen shots are what the ad space looks like on my screen..

gyazo.com/16d4e7bbeb24590df775b68b294cc139

and this

gyazo.com/282a6cae7a4887ecec66e88c7adc6e0b

Then there is the frequency of the ads, which seems to be about every 5 - 10 min. Its worse than commercial televison.

BomberHarris1939 · Dec 20th 2019, 11:04am

whats wrong with that on the edge of screen just closes it down

gusv · Dec 20th 2019, 11:57am

merofeld wrote:

every 5 min the ads for TV shows and other unrellated ads open up on the game screen.

It may be that your computer got hacked. Mine got hacked once about a year ago by somebody trying to sell me furniture at the What If Sports website. I used a malware program to get rid of it. You may try the same or report bug to CoW (sometimes they may miss forum posts like this one) ...

merofeld · Dec 20th 2019, 2:52pm

BomberHarris1939 wrote:

whats wrong with that on the edge of screen just closes it down

I never thought of that. What a great idea. TY

gusv wrote:

merofeld wrote:

every 5 min the ads for TV shows and other unrellated ads open up on the game screen.

It may be that your computer got hacked.

I didnt get hacked, just hacked off.

The ads are being generated by CoW to try and get people to buy things from their shop.

gyazo.com/edc0791f71bde715f499d4c3d214f8e7

VorlonFCW · Dec 20th 2019, 8:08pm

This is not a bug. Users who make any purchase in the bytro shop will never be shown ads again. Naturally users who do not wish to support the operating and ongoing development costs of the game by making purchases are shown ads to generate revenue.

The ads are unique to each player and are selected based on other websites that you or others at your location have visited which is the same as all ads are done these days. If you wish to see different ads you can change your online habits, or use settings within your browser that don’t allow you to be tracked for advertising purposes.

merofeld · Dec 21st 2019, 6:03am

the bug is that the ads are blank.

merofeld · Dec 21st 2019, 6:24am

Most of the ads are blank I should say. There are a few that get through but mostly they are blank. Just white stripes along the right side bar.

Basically your advertising programming include code is flawed. Someone in your R&D needs to fix a few settings.
I suggest cheking the DIV structure

cick the link below for image

>>>gyazo.com/fb640347a004749dca35e75918151c9c

JPB
Senior System Developer, Ret.
VMware
Palo Alto, CA

PrinceofHonor · Dec 21st 2019, 11:15am

Do you use an ad blocker by chance?

merofeld · Dec 21st 2019, 5:30pm

I wasn't before, but now I have enabled AdSense, to stop them. So it may be that AdSense is blocking the actual advertisment but leaving the space where the ad would normally be seen, as a blank area. I will look into it on my end.

PrinceofHonor · Dec 22nd 2019, 12:43pm

merofeld wrote:

I wasn't before, but now I have enabled AdSense, to stop them. So it may be that AdSense is blocking the actual advertisment but leaving the space where the ad would normally be seen, as a blank area. I will look into it on my end.

That would be the reason, my ad blockers would do the same.

Ryan04px2025 · Dec 23rd 2019, 4:06pm

Cookies are not useful in this case...

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