Inappropriate Advertising Report Thread

by **Christian Democrats** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 10:32 pm

[violet] wrote:
Christian Democrats wrote:There is a titillating new ad for the game League of Angels.

It has a woman with blue hair whose boobs pulsate back and forth between B and DD.

Can you be more descriptive?

I'll take a screenshot if I see it again.

It was a video ad. At the end of it, her breasts would inflate and deflate over and over again. They were covered.

by **Lacertus fidelitas** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:45 pm

hey google chrome users,

in the chrome app store search ad block it blocks all the ads :clap:

by **Leutria** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:48 pm

Lacertus fidelitas wrote:hey google chrome users,

in the chrome app store search ad block it blocks all the ads

Reploid Productions wrote:
Farendale wrote:A good way to bypass these ads is just to simply get NS++, which blocks all the adds.

Not helpful, since that doesn't help people who aren't using an adblocker, nor does it help us track down, identify, and get rid of the inappropriate ads.

by **Reploid Productions** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 5:48 pm

Lacertus fidelitas wrote:hey google chrome users,

in the chrome app store search ad block it blocks all the ads

Reploid Productions wrote:Not helpful, since that doesn't help people who aren't using an adblocker, nor does it help us track down, identify, and get rid of the inappropriate ads.

EDIT: Aaaand ninja'd by Leutria.

by **Percvania** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:59 pm

Zephie wrote:(Image)

Really?

I've seen this popping up on this site for the past few days. Thought I should share it with you guys in cause you're not aware of it. Don't think this advertisement is family friendly.

There's worse

by **Reploid Productions** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:06 pm

Percvania wrote:There's worse

Reploid Productions wrote:Not helpful, since that doesn't help people who aren't using an adblocker, nor does it help us track down, identify, and get rid of the inappropriate ads.

by **Christian Democrats** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:52 pm

This ad made me laugh, but I'm not sure it's appropriate for minors.

If not for the words, I think it would be okay.

by **Discutor** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:06 am

[violet] wrote:Generally, I'm okay with scantily dressed warrior-maiden-princess-fairy-angel-ninja-space-marines. But pulsating boobs sounds like over the line. I found an ad where the whole thing pulsates, but nothing boob-specific.

Christian Democrats wrote:It was a video ad. At the end of it, her breasts would inflate and deflate over and over again. They were covered.

by **[violet]** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:06 pm

Thank you for tracking down those pulsating breasts. The ad was indeed intolerably crass. There were hundreds of copies (of course) so I wound up blocking them at the domain level.

by **Discutor** » Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:19 am

I found another one of the pulsating breast ads:

by **[violet]** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:00 pm

Blocked more throbbing breasts, thank you.

by **Lacertus fidelitas** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:12 pm

Hi

I keep on getting these ads remove the dark spots" and then it will have speckled set of boobs below could you stop those

by **Frisbeeteria** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:52 pm

Lacertus fidelitas wrote:I keep on getting these ads remove the dark spots"

Moved from Moderation, merged with relevant thread.

Could you clarify the ads, please? Maybe provide links?

by **Elke and Elba** » Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:05 am

Does this qualify and help? http://i.imgur.com/zCUUBzt.png

At the top right corner you can see my pathetic attempt in inspect ze element -.-

by **[violet]** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:23 pm

League of Angels, how did I know.

This is one of those ones that keeps coming back under new domain names whenever I ban the last one, so it's hard to get rid of. But I have just done another round of angel dusting.

by **Chaunceys** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:12 pm

What a "nice" add

Advertisement URL:

Screenshot of Add:

by **[violet]** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:40 pm

Blocked, thanks.

by **The Risen Jaguar Warriors** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:41 pm

Chaunceys wrote:What a "nice" add

Advertisement URL:
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/5825037088916843824

Screenshot of Add:
([url=http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x426/nix10kodey/add.png]Image)[/url]

Actually, [violet] did say that there was nothing wring with people looking for love, as long as they did it cleanly[sic], but I'm not sure if that chest is covered... so I don't really know if it's allowed...

Ninja'd by the one and only [violet] (actually quite an honour)...

by **Grant Park** » Sat May 17, 2014 4:21 pm

Topic "The Issue
A recent boom in Grant Park's slave trade has uncovered the work of slave liberation group, Friends of Spartacus, who are purchasing slaves by the hundred in order to set them free. As a result of this huge increase in demand, slavers have had to resort to raiding the poorer regions of Grant Park for more 'stock'.
"
...came up today. The random ad appearing in the margin was for a company called GoodThaiGirl.com that has a 'suggestive' pic. I did not click on it. You admin might want to check out exactly what type of group it is... Really didn't look PG13.

by **Indian Empire** » Sun May 18, 2014 1:15 pm

https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/sim ... 7939049928

This advertisement shows something similar to NS. Id block it.

by **The Equal Peoples State of Steelia** » Sun May 18, 2014 1:19 pm

Indian Empire wrote:https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/simgad/4239777877939049928

This advertisement shows something similar to NS. Id block it.

It's a paid game dude that don't need blocking.

by **Indian Empire** » Sun May 18, 2014 1:22 pm

[nation][/nation]

The Equal Peoples State of Steelia wrote:
Indian Empire wrote:https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/simgad/4239777877939049928

This advertisement shows something similar to NS. Id block it.

It's a paid game dude that don't need blocking.

Nice and clear from the OSRS:You can't advertise any site which you make money off of. Your saying they make money? If thet do, needs a blocky block.

by **Jeckland** » Sun May 18, 2014 1:34 pm

Indian Empire wrote:[nation][/nation]
The Equal Peoples State of Steelia wrote:It's a paid game dude that don't need blocking.

Nice and clear from the OSRS:You can't advertise any site which you make money off of. Your saying they make money? If thet do, needs a blocky block.

No

This is about the adverts that people pay to put in the game.

by **Voltrovia** » Thu May 22, 2014 2:52 pm

Indian Empire wrote:https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/simgad/4239777877939049928

This advertisement shows something similar to NS. Id block it.

Block Democracy 3?

Democracy 3 is a quite good retail nation simulation game that is extremely different from NS. Not only does it cost $20 (or at least my copy did) to play, it also uses simulated real-world nations to allow the player to make domestic policy decisions. Not only is D3 totally devoid of conflict, it also doesn't even have multiplayer (like NS...).

More to the point, the convention/rule you mention, as far as I understand it, a) only applies to players who are promoting other games (i.e. adspamming), not advertisements (for which NS have actually been paid to display) and b) only applies to websites/internet-based games.

Also, Reppy said this in Moderation a few weeks ago when strategy games came up:

Reploid Productions wrote:Just a quick note on the precedent regarding "competitor" games- that was first established when Cybernations got started and users from there were trying very hard to leech NS players with links in sigs, forum posts, and so on. The general definition we use to decide if it's a competing game is basically that it's a browser-based game of similar content/style (ie: nation simulator, "run your own X", etc.) Run-a-kingdom console or computer games (such as Civ 5) are radically different from Nationstates and run on entirely different platforms, and so are not classed as competitors.

"Referral" links are a related but intrinsically different class of prohibited link, basically defined as "Sites were you get some benefit from people clicking it." Examples being virtual pet sites where people clicking on your link helps grow your critters, or kingdom games where you get some bonus resource if people click or join that site using your link. Those have been banned since 2003 on account of encouraging/rewarding spam.

by **Voltrovia** » Thu May 22, 2014 3:01 pm

Indian Empire wrote:[nation][/nation]
The Equal Peoples State of Steelia wrote:It's a paid game dude that don't need blocking.

Nice and clear from the OSRS:You can't advertise any site which you make money off of. Your saying they make money? If thet do, needs a blocky block.

If a player is advertising this in their posts it might qualify as adspam, et al, which would merit a report in Moderation.

Assuming that this is an ad shown by the site, not by a player:

You seem to misunderstand a rule that applies exclusively to players. The only reason corporations (in this case, Positech Games) advertise, and pay to do so, is in order to attract customers and generate revenue (and profit) as a result.

By your logic NS would only allow non-profits and charities to advertise. It's not allowed for players to adspam, but an independent company that has paid for its ad to go on the site is not restricted in any way, so long as the ad is PG-13, etc.

Anyway, I'm not a mod, so I recommend you wait for an official opinion.

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