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One thing I miss from the old layout is how the background image for the page would change based on the game you're searching under. For example, Oblivion showed an imperial guard to the left and a mythic dawn guy to the right. Skyrim was a Skyrim landscape with the dovahkiin, Fallout 3 was a guy in power armor. The new layout changes the color of a few buttons but that is all. It's a change that all. These changes are something that I can adapt to but I will miss the old website. It had a certain level of character and charm.

In response to post #45866050. I'm the same way. Even paid the $2 to Nexus to help support them. Other sites, like forbes and now sadly wikia which won't let you see the content if you have ad block on, I simply don't visit.

In response to post #45827720. #45849115 is also a reply to the same post. On Nexus, I've never had a problem with ads. On other sites, I most certainly have. One mod site I tried to use for a game that, sadly, did not have a presence on Nexus would visibly load slower. Hitting the next page button would take 3-5 seconds to load the page and when you're talking about flipping through literally hundreds of pages, the time ads up. Some ads can also be dangerous. Again, it isn't really a problem here on Nexus because the site owners are super awesome about how they implement ads, but some sites will have pop ads where you could inadvertently click on them. Sometimes this is also with fake close buttons that actually redirect you to a malicious website. With the right tools, website owners can detect ads. Some websites take efforts to block people using ad block, others don't. Unfortunately, I find that the worst offenders when it comes to malicious ads are often the ones blocking people using ad block. You're a supporter and it doesn't sound like you use adblock so you probably don't see that if you do use adblock, the regions for advertisments get replaced with messages about paying the 2$ to have them removed.

Nexus mods was the first ever modding site I used so it naturally has a special place in my heart. This past year has solidified that even more so. It started when I was modding the Sims 2 which doesn't really have a modding community on Nexus compared to other places. One site in particular really struck a nerve with me. I'm someone who use Adblock for a variety of reasons and if I wanted to download a mod on this particular site, I would have to wait an entire minute for the download to start if I had Adblock turned on. The downside is that if I turned Adblock off, the website would load visibly slower. I have a connection with 15Mbps down and while that's not very high for gamers and geeks, it's enough to stream a video in 1080p just fine. You would think that loading webpages would be speedy, right? The website, which contained many mods for the game I was looking for, would take an average of 2 -3 seconds to load every time I hit the next page button due to the incredibly large number of advertisements on the page. With Adblock turned on, the page would load instantly (at the time, the website seems much slower these days). In addition, they want $3.50 PER MONTH to disable ads. Compare this to Nexus mods.The places where ads would normally be are simply replaced with a message informing you how you can make a one time purchase to disable ads. It's nonintrustive. It doesn't punish you for using Adblock. Plus, to disable ads, it's pretty cheap. In addition, how upfront Nexus has been about the troubles they've had with bad ads and the steps they've taken, the respect I've had has grown. So starting today, I'm not disabling my Adblock. Instead, I've now paid the $2 it takes to permanently disable ads...and this is coming from someone who won't even try an app on their phone if it says "contains ads" even if there's a buyout option to disable them. The reason I've decided to pay is for the excellent quality of service Nexus has given me over the years. So a big shout out to you Nexus Mods for being generally awesome.