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Do you have to watch a commercial every time you start the us open ?

• Covenant 1,498 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 2:35 AM

  Ad-block works very well on comodo dragon

• TomHarris77 36 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 5:07 AM

  The repeated ad hasn't done Lexus any favours.  The more I look at it, the more it looks like a re-badged Toyota Camry.  With about 50%+ added to the price.  And I hate Camry's!

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 6:26 AM

  srellim234:

  Advertisers pay more for more views of their commercials. Unfortunately that's the price gamers are paying  for starting and starting and starting without finishing each round.

  I agree and I accept it when it's reasonable. Alas, such 30 secs ads also come before replays which are shorter than this. Be sure that I don't view it though it plays.

  This extensive ad also makes it much less fun for me to play the Qualifier, therefore I play it scarcely. Only those who dream of hitting the cut might take the burdon this looong ad...

  I'm sure WGT loses ball revenue by this, and ad views, too. Their bad.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 6:51 AM

  alosso:

  This extensive ad also makes it much less fun for me to play the Qualifier, therefore I play it scarcely.

  Does Adblock not work for you? Icon is hardly going to say yes-he'd be biting the hand that feeds him so don't wait for his OK. Do what anybody that doesn't want to see a single ad anywhere does and install Adblock. 

  LOL. Covenant learned.  :-)

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 6:57 AM

  Why should I adapt to them more than necessary?

• srellim234 2,077 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 8:08 AM

  alosso:

  ....This extensive ad also makes it much less fun for me to play the Qualifier, therefore I play it scarcely. Only those who dream of hitting the cut might take the burdon this looong ad...

  I'm sure WGT loses ball revenue by this, and ad views, too. Their bad.

  It might not be "Their bad." The number of people who are playing less because of the ads might be statistically insignificant and not enough to financially justify cutting the ad revenue.

  There may be more players viewing or game play may be going down for other reasons. We will probably never know.

• dandycap 1,828 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 8:08 AM

  My rule is I'll sit through a 15 sec ad to watch a video here or anyplace else.  An 18 sec plus commercial is way too long.  There's  nothing I can do about Merion but I would watch every replay if there wasn't a commercial before each one.  --  just dandy

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 8:18 AM

  alosso:

  Why should I adapt to them more than necessary?

  So you don't have to watch the friggin commercials, ffs!!

• 9,041 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 9:55 AM

  YankeeJim:

  alosso:

  Why should I adapt to them more than necessary?

  So you don't have to watch the friggin commercials, ffs!!

  ^^^^^^^^^^ Not rocket science eh Alo...

   

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Thu, May 23 2013 10:14 AM

  It's easy for sure, but I don't wanna do it.

  I don't watch these §$%"§"$ commercials anyway.