The recent ads the escapist has been showing to me are more crass than the ones I've seen before.
Some of the things I recently noted that I didn't see much before
1. Flashing interactive ones that take concentration away
2. Ugly styled ones that are very out of place with the escapist layout/style
3. Non-gaming news from other sources
4. Solve-media ads for being able to post (identifying brands or marketing campaigns)
I would prefer not to discuss whether there should be ads at all. Any business needs revenue and one of the chosen sources is ads for the moment.
I can imagine that I may be oversensitive to this or maybe I'm just getting a bad patch of them recently by bad luck.
So I'm curious.
Are you experiencing the same thing?
What are your thoughts on the ads on the escapist?