ASUS ROG Choose Your Weapon Ad

[matortheeternal]

Full page ad, covers up other ads and the site background.

 

http://puu.sh/tsetQ.jpg

 

Ad URL:

https://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/pcs/click%253Fxai%253DAKAOjsshYPCMfXnDWj1AcEgHCOGL7cVhmH5TDFOTmTzVsnKwaJUbSZuDbOuhCCep-2fg-Oy7GgB7WCPXPEGut5sQ5tRau2xPa9_6zSrF6rMGqdgG-i1uyN5Lm6TRDEGL5QeZ86nmMhQZ0qvuZd1Fr6GQvQozvOikJs2KSYKZD5rrF8FQP7TPwwLEXu1yST_8jtzZD1CKk1oXCbBFfQxixKYWCXUyh7XcGpeoiKNOxeJGAp-q%2526sig%253DCg0ArKJSzGTG0xvTZN0BEAE%2526urlfix%253D1%2526adurl%253Dhttp://rogarena.com/gear/?utm_source=Curse&utm_campaign=ROG%20Holiday%20Campaign%20-%20US&utm_medium=Site%20Skin

 

I reported the ad by inspecting the page and setting display: none on the element that was covering the "report this ad" link.

 

The ad appears to inject some CSS into the page's body tag, create an html element in the body (for the clickable region), and it attempts to load and run an SWF plugin:

 

http://puu.sh/tsf2E.png

[Dark0ne]

That's actually working as intended. From time to time, they use full-site skins.

 

If it actually blocks any content on the site (e.g. buttons/menus/normal content areas/etc.) then it would be bad, but from what I can see, it's not blocking any main content areas or menus.

 

I assume it wanted to load an SWF as it has some animation in there somewhere. Not ideal (who uses Shockwave any more?), but if you're blocking it then that's fine.

[matortheeternal]

That's actually working as intended. From time to time, they use full-site skins.

 

If it actually blocks any content on the site (e.g. buttons/menus/normal content areas/etc.) then it would be bad, but from what I can see, it's not blocking any main content areas or menus.

 

I assume it wanted to load an SWF as it has some animation in there somewhere. Not ideal (who uses Shockwave any more?), but if you're blocking it then that's fine.

 

OK, I wasn't aware that was an advertising option you guys used. Guess that's what happens when you almost never visit a site without ad-block or being signed in. :D

 

I do think that you guys should address the "report this ad" issue then, as it's currently not possible for someone to report a full page ad without editing the page source because it covers the "report this ad" link. Perhaps setting z-index properly would do the trick? (I'm not sure)

 

(Although I know you guys are super busy with that redesign, maybe not worth allocating resources to even if it is a one line fix?)