What are you playing on ? If a pc or laptop you can turn off the majority of the game by going into the game settings on the main game page . Just go the MENU tab and click to activate the drop down box and then select "settings" .From there you will be able to turn off the parts of the game that you find annoying .
You can adjust everything from sounds to adjusting your flash player for better performance . Just scroll through the settings and you should find what you need . Hope this helps .