I'm not usually one to complain about advertising on a free resource like AP

The ads are are a tad excessive.

The season three premiere is tonight, so the ads will probably stop at that point.

It is a shame they went with the underwear thing, but if you ever watch the show you would understand. It is just like Jon to do something like that. It really is a great comedy, hilarious IMO.

These ads aren’t likely to bring in new viewers, which is the only thing that I don’t get about the ads, because that is the goal of advertising…right?

Delocated itself is one of the funniest shows on TV though.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 8:31 AM CST reply actions

well, the ads themselves ARE revenue for SB Nation (in lieu of it being a paid site)

but I get your point it should help draw in viewers, that’s the intent or goal

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by upamtn on Feb 2, 2012 8:36 AM CST up reply actions

IMO, vox media should use smarter ads to produce money for SBNation

but that is a completely different topic.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 8:38 AM CST up reply actions

Ok, didn't realize that the new season starts tonight

I’ve never seen the show, but seen the TV ads & it does look pretty funny. Also agree that they could have chosen a better picture to represent the show.

Predictions:
I'm going to stop predicting positive things

by jmcgoblue on Feb 2, 2012 8:38 AM CST up reply actions

It is one of those shows that it is so ridiculous and over the top

that it is hilarious.

I’ve just recently gotten into the shows, but it is pretty dam funny and I’ve seen them all. I’m really looking forward to the new season.

If you do watch it, go to adult swim and watch it from the beginning. The worse part about that is the dam five hour energy ads. You can get season one and two for $25.00. It is worth it, despite the ads annoyance, if you ever watched the show you would think the ads were amusing.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 8:43 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah, the season starts tonight

Thus the overload today.

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by Joel Thorman on Feb 2, 2012 8:44 AM CST up reply actions

It seems like these ads have been a hot topic

and not just the delocated ads of the past couple weeks.

Does SBNation have any plans in place to change the formatting of some of these ads or will they just continue the way they have been going?

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 9:33 AM CST up reply actions

look at it this way ...

the ads generate comments and that generates conversation which generates more comments and that generates … STATISTICS!

and we do love out stats …

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by upamtn on Feb 2, 2012 10:10 AM CST up reply actions

Now I want a formal stat sheet on the Delocated comments by noon.

Make it happen Ups…we all believe in you.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 10:13 AM CST up reply actions

There will be a mix of ad types run here

Not really in control of that.

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by Chris Thorman on Feb 2, 2012 4:19 PM CST up reply actions

I think Joel Looks good in his tidy whites and ski mask.

by DangerVaughn on Feb 2, 2012 11:19 AM CST up reply actions

If anything these ads made me NEVER want to watch the show

by Bonofied on Feb 2, 2012 4:45 PM CST up reply actions

This^^^

Never heard of the show, but whomever came up with the marketing campaign to put a guy in a ski mask and underwear on a sports blog failed.

by Spiderwomn69 on Feb 3, 2012 10:50 AM CST up reply actions

My only complaint about the ads

makes it harder to explain what website I am looking at when I get busted at work.

Insert witty yet thought provoking phrase here.

by Fozzyboyd on Feb 2, 2012 8:39 AM CST reply actions 2 recs

No one wants to explain watching a guy in his underwear and ski mask at work,

but that’s just Jon he does it.

Somebody mentioned yesterday, how he had to explain to his wife that he wasn’t watching gay porn. That could be a tricky situation, but any time you are dealing with computers, ads are an issue.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 8:45 AM CST up reply actions

Passing off snuff film dude as a football related site, definitely a tough sell.

"There's a reason it's called 'girls gone wild' and not 'women gone wild'. When girls go wild, they show their tits. When women go wild, they kill men and drown their kids in a tub". - Louis CK

by severn58 on Feb 2, 2012 8:59 AM CST up reply actions

I agree.

It’s not my ad.

There really isn’t much defense I can make for Vox Media, SBNation or Arrowhead Pride. I just think the show is funny and hey, somebody has to pay for our free time. It might as well be adult swim.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 9:04 AM CST up reply actions

My fault, I wasn't talking about the ad being on AP

I meant that I felt bad for the dude who had to explain to his wife that he wasn’t watching gay porn, and that the guy in his undies with a ski mask on was actually a football site.

"There's a reason it's called 'girls gone wild' and not 'women gone wild'. When girls go wild, they show their tits. When women go wild, they kill men and drown their kids in a tub". - Louis CK

by severn58 on Feb 2, 2012 9:11 AM CST up reply actions

Ya, it does sound like a likely story....

Honestly dear, he is a pop up ad! I don’t even know who it is!
I’m not into gay porn, I swear!
A pop up!

Cue Larry David music.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 9:14 AM CST up reply actions

haha you said pop up

yeah, I’m immature.

Insert witty yet thought provoking phrase here.

by Fozzyboyd on Feb 2, 2012 1:35 PM CST up reply actions

Besides if you dig deep it's Chiefs related.

In the very first episode Paul Rudd (playing himself) is murdered by a Russian mobster out to kill Jon and we all remember those annoying Paul Rudd ads on the mothership this past summer.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 8:56 AM CST reply actions

and the guy was sent by a guy who looks like Tony from the Sopranos who looks like Pioli so ... there you have it

from The Oracle of Bacon … only one step from James Gandolfini to Paul Rudd (if it’s the same Paul Rudd)

http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/movielinks?game=0&a=james%20gandolfini&b=Paul+Rudd+%28I%29&use_using=1&u0=on&use_genres=1&g0=on&g4=on&g8=on&g16=on&g20=on&g1=on&g5=on&g9=on&g13=on&g17=on&g21=on&g25=on&g2=on&g6=on&g10=on&g14=on&g22=on&g26=on&g3=on&g11=on&g15=on&g23=on&g27=on

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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!

by upamtn on Feb 2, 2012 10:16 AM CST up reply actions

Use the RSS feed

and you eliminate the ads :)

Uhhh...I hate looking at the 1983 Draft and seeing 2 HOF'ers picked after our washed up QB pick.

by Ren on Feb 2, 2012 9:08 AM CST reply actions

Info on RSS

Here

How to use RSS feeds

Care to ad anything Ren?

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 9:11 AM CST up reply actions

Google Chrome with Ad blocker works great.

But if you are at work, like I am right now, not much you can do.

Always a fan, win or lose. Go Chiefs!

by GetRight on Feb 2, 2012 9:18 AM CST up reply actions

Should get the Ad Blocker Application that comes with Google Chrome

I have never even seen a single ad on this website before, that’s how well it works.

by KC_Chiefs on Feb 2, 2012 9:24 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

Yeah, this is BS

I understand you got to pay the bills, but at least put something like… that isn’t NSFW. Someone in the ad dept should get ripped for OKing this.

by JaySoy on Feb 2, 2012 9:41 AM CST reply actions 2 recs

if it was a guy in a swinsuit would that be NDFW?

really, what’s the difference? this isn’t porn … it’s a silly ad

(what’s truly amazing is we have Pioli supporters who are fine with Pioli closing the blinds and ripping people a new one at the office, the supporting the “culture change” because SOMEONE didn’t pick up a candy wrapper and how awful, fire those lame and lazy employees, they’re harmful to the football team … and at the same time griping about an ad showing up when they log onto a football blog while they’re working! oh, the delicious irony!)

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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!

by upamtn on Feb 2, 2012 10:22 AM CST up reply actions

Magically delicious!

only you would point that out Ups.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 10:31 AM CST up reply actions

I don't care if people see me on the internet...

I just don’t want someone to walk by and see a picture of a mostly-naked man in a ski mask sitting on a bear skin rug, is that too much to ask?

by JaySoy on Feb 2, 2012 10:41 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs

Just put some lotion on your desk and they will never say anything.

JK

It is a fair complaint. I am sure Sb Nation is well aware of the backlash from these ads. The question becomes…

Do they care?

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 10:43 AM CST up reply actions

Screw that theoretical crap, my eyeballs are about to puke.

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Feb 2, 2012 10:52 AM CST up reply actions

who doesn't love eyeball puke.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 10:54 AM CST up reply actions

Great point.

But then again…I’m in the minority of people NOT complaining. I get it’s a business and businesses need to generate some revenue.

I could see whining about the ad if I paid my hard earned money to be on this website, but I don’t. It’s free. Ads, whether we like them or not, help keep it that way no matter what the content.

Always a fan, win or lose. Go Chiefs!

by GetRight on Feb 2, 2012 12:41 PM CST up reply actions

Opinions are valued around here

Thanks for the feedback, JaySoy.

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by Joel Thorman on Feb 2, 2012 12:09 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Mine never is.

Granted, that’s for a good reason. But still.

It's no fun if I have to explain it.

by TRSChief on Feb 2, 2012 12:57 PM CST up reply actions

Truth, and rec.

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Feb 2, 2012 10:12 AM CST reply actions

just have to stay off the site from work today…don’t need people walking by seeing that…

by kc571 on Feb 2, 2012 10:40 AM CST reply actions 1 recs

from the time I read your comment a couple minutes ago to now

I added ad block to google chrome and Jon is completely gone.

Steps for Chrome
Click on the wrench at the top right
Click on options
Click on extensions
Click on get more extensions
Type in Ad Block in search…
Choose Ad Block or Ad Block Plus (nothing wrong with ad block)
Click add to chrome
click install
Close the next screen that asks for a payment, you do not have to pay for ad block!!!

You are good to go.
To remove ad block.
Repeat steps 1-4
and hit remove ad block.

It is really easy to be ad free.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 10:53 AM CST up reply actions

Let me also say this

After looking at AP with absolutely zero ads. It looks amazing.

I feel foolish for never using this tool before, since I knew I could. It has a smooth black background and zero ads, reminds me of the old days. Really great.

If you have time, try it.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 11:05 AM CST up reply actions

And if you have admin privileges on your computer.

You forgot that part of the work instruction.

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Feb 2, 2012 11:35 AM CST up reply actions

That would probably be a case by case basis

but I would just ask your individual bosses if they would grant you permission levels to put pop up blockers on your work station computers so that you don’t have to look at ads when you are surfing the internet. Tell them it will make you more productive?

Most of the time you can add an extension, even without admin privileges in web browsers. But it is a case by case thing. If you are stuck at work and can’t change your computer, you may just need an internet wingman.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 11:41 AM CST up reply actions

Do you honestly see nothing wrong with this ad on this space?

Joel once asked me, very nicely, if I could watch my cursing here because they were trying to promote a more family friendly atmosphere.

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Feb 2, 2012 2:56 PM CST up reply actions

I agree

I have been avoiding this site all day because of that stupid add. I don’t have anything against ads on this site normally, but this one went too far IMO. The only reason I’m here now is to complain about the ad (lol sorry) and thankfully I was pointed in the direction of Ad Blocker.

Ad is gone now, but I can’t imagine SB Nation is happy that another user is blocking all of their ads.

by Bonofied on Feb 2, 2012 4:55 PM CST up reply actions

If I understand things correctly, SBN couldn't care less if we actually see the non-clickable ads.

They get paid the same for those no matter how many people view them, just based on site traffic.

When you gotta go in the lion's den, you don't go quiet. You go in loud, kick the door down and say WHERE IS THE SONUVABITCH. -B. Billick

by Brsrkr on Feb 2, 2012 5:09 PM CST up reply actions

On my version of Chrome it's 'Tools' not 'Options'

Thanks for the help!

by Ray Brown on Feb 2, 2012 12:24 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

as long as you can choose extenisions

it should get you to the same place. On my version it is options, but you can do it from tools too. Either way.

No problem. If anyone struggles, respond to one of my comments and I will try and help.

Meh...
I don't only want to stand out here when we get our asses kicked... I like to stand out here when we kick somebody else's ass... Big Win, Big Win ~ Todd Haley
@w_a_watts

by Chief-blinders-on on Feb 2, 2012 12:30 PM CST up reply actions

I would think Playboy is more our demographic...

Deron Cherry for HOF :
6x Pro Bowl Selection (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
Associated Press First-team All-Pro selection (x3) (1984, 1986, 1988)
Associated Press Second-team All-Pro selection (x2) (1983, 1985)
1986 NFL 101 AFC Defensive Player of the Year
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
6yrs 100+ tackles

by Pacific Chief on Feb 2, 2012 3:25 PM CST reply actions

Dammit, I totally had a witty retort to severn's ski mask comment.

But now it’s all gone, and posting it stand-alone just won’t have the same effect.

Curse my metal body. I wasn’t fast enough, it’s all my fault!

It's no fun if I have to explain it.

by TRSChief on Feb 2, 2012 3:34 PM CST reply actions

What's your beef with ski masks?

"There's a reason it's called 'girls gone wild' and not 'women gone wild'. When girls go wild, they show their tits. When women go wild, they kill men and drown their kids in a tub". - Louis CK

by severn58 on Feb 2, 2012 4:08 PM CST up reply actions

I know, huh! :-)

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"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
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by upamtn on Feb 2, 2012 4:25 PM CST up reply actions

Actually bro

I think it’s time to put ski masks back in the closet where they belong. Probably in the pockets of your parka or big North Face coat. Possibly sharing space with some gloves or a scarf.

Again, not even cold a little bit. What will you accept as winter wear next year?

It's no fun if I have to explain it.

by TRSChief on Feb 3, 2012 7:03 AM CST up reply actions

Less funny the next day. =(

Since the guy’s original comment was nuked more than 12 hours ago.

Funny to me that the reply was still the only thing in my clipboard on my work computer though. Go go gadget 7am ctrl+v and a little luck.

Kinda wish the original crazy homophobic sub-thread was still around as an example of … something. I’m not even sure what. That was several shades of awful though.

It's no fun if I have to explain it.

by TRSChief on Feb 3, 2012 7:05 AM CST up reply actions

Not bad, but considering that this shot is completely gone from the front page..

We’re pretty much blabbing in another dimension right now. It’s a shame it got the big portobello dropped on it though, I do enjoy a good tit-for-tat.

Hold the phone, tit?! I’m offended, this is a church going NASCAR hillbilly site, there’s no place for that kind of slanderous hullabaloo!

"There's a reason it's called 'girls gone wild' and not 'women gone wild'. When girls go wild, they show their tits. When women go wild, they kill men and drown their kids in a tub". - Louis CK

by severn58 on Feb 3, 2012 7:27 AM CST up reply actions