Pseudo_Intellectual (66360) on 2/25/2008 11:01 PM · Permalink · Report

Now why would I look in the sidebar to make a post to a forum?

Well, here's what I submitted:

Some of our regulars have noticed things bogging down recently when attempting to load any pages from our server. Word from up high suggests there's a problem with our ad server slowing things down to roughly the speed of molasses.

This is the future. Clearly we shouldn't have to go make a sandwich and a cup of coffee while waiting for a website to load anymore! One workaround is to disable the ads from your user preferences (that's "prefs" in the top right, for those of you with user accounts) if you have a sufficiently high contribution ranking (125 points within the last year). That's a carrot for our regular contributors that many folks may not even be aware of!

Alternately, another temporary solution is to install the AdBlock and FlashBlock extensions for your Firefox web browser to temporarily disable the ads on your end until we get this problem nipped in the bud. We know you understand that the upkeep of this site is primarily made possible through the generosity of our advertisers, so once the crutches are off, we fully expect you to re-enable the ads. Come on -- we're a game site, they're ads... it's a good fit!

But suppose you're an Internet Explorer user with no account or fewer than 125 submission points in the past year? I'm afraid it looks like you're out of luck for the time being. If it helps, we hope to address this problem in an expedient fashion! Spend a week researching games on Wikipedia and come back filled with a new appreciation for the work we do here 8)