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27 Jul 2005, 10:02
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'cause sex isn't enough
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Ugly Jolt banner
Am I the only one thinking the thing is rather shite?
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27 Jul 2005, 10:25
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Guy next door
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: The Netherlands
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
great thread, please post more
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27 Jul 2005, 10:28
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'cause sex isn't enough
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 115
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
The very colorfull Jolt-banner at the bottom of your menu ingame. It kept distracting me and since work was being a b*tch I got annoyed
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27 Jul 2005, 10:57
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The Original Terran
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Afghan atm
Posts: 1,633
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
Hmmm i thought that was just on one skin lol and yes it does kinda stick out like an ugly big fat hairy mole
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The following is a list of problems found in various places throughout the manual and game. We love you Noah!
Written by Kloopy Wed Mar 16 22:06:43 2005
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27 Jul 2005, 11:08
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Commodore
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 3,176
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
I know how to solve the problem!
Upgrade your planet!! \o/
btw, it wouldnt make sense to have a nice pretty banner that people liked looking at if you wanted them to upgrade their planet now, would it .
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27 Jul 2005, 11:09
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Idle Git
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Wandering
Posts: 1,550
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
The way it looks ain't the problem, the thing that pisses me off is that it reminds me that Jolt are involved in PA. That is very distressing, they're like a family black sheep - you tolerate their existence as much as you have to, but you hate being reminded of it.
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27 Jul 2005, 11:09
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Idle Git
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Wandering
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Ultimate Newbie
I know how to solve the problem!
Upgrade your planet!! \o/
btw, it wouldnt make sense to have a nice pretty banner that people liked looking at if you wanted them to upgrade their planet now, would it .
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Errr.... it appears on upgraded planets too.
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27 Jul 2005, 11:11
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Commodore
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 3,176
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Bashar
Errr.... it appears on upgraded planets too.
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Ah, i thought you mean those big rectangular ones...
tbh, i hadnt really noticed it untill now .
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27 Jul 2005, 11:51
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part time ghost
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Grimsby
Posts: 925
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
I noticed it a few days ago, I think, but it doesnt really bother me... not really intrusive, is it.
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27 Jul 2005, 12:48
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dazed and confused
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Defford
Posts: 379
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
It turned up yesterday for me.
"Free accounts do not see outgoing fleets on the gal status screen and also have an ad-banner on the overview page."
So one of the things we pay for is to get rid of the ad banners, now a new one shows up.
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27 Jul 2005, 13:13
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CRASHING BEATS 'N FANTASY
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Cold Country.
Posts: 1,912
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
Technically it is not an advertisment since Jolt owns this game. It is more likely their way to show it is their product, just like you have the coke slogan on every coke can or bottle.
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27 Jul 2005, 13:19
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Commodore
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
Also, didnt Chello do the same thing in R4(?) or so? I dont really remember people whinging about it then...
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27 Jul 2005, 13:22
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Idle Git
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Wandering
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Ultimate Newbie
Also, didnt Chello do the same thing in R4(?) or so? I dont really remember people whinging about it then...
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People weren't paying for it then, and also, Chello contributed to the game the same as they took from it. Jolt is a glorified hosting company in the context of PA who charge a ludicrous amount for the service they provide, it is left to the community to run the game, and pay for the privilege. I wouldn't mind if Jolt didn't rip the community off and act like thieving bastards.
If the community owned the game, we could get everything that Jolt provide for a fraction of the cost that Jolt give it for.
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27 Jul 2005, 13:32
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Don't make me declare war
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 2,913
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
When I clicked on the link, it shows in the IE bar 'Jolt clasn server rental'
That makes it an advertisement.
I think you should all make as much fuss as possible over this on the principle.
(I personally would make a fuss, but Jolt have threatened to ban me from pa for complaing too much).
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27 Jul 2005, 13:55
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lolly roffle
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 5,514
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
Yes dudes lets revolt against Jolt because they force us to look at an ugly banner at the bottom of our beautiful screens. How dare they?!
If i was to meet the person responsible for this in the street i would pick them up and force their ugly face through a billboard to see what they thought of it. HA!. That would show them.
If our collective, which i have taken the privaledge of calling 'Gang against yukkie banners and ugly messages' (or GAYBUMS for short), can force the evil empire of Jolt to dismantle its banners from our screens we will be able to vastly improve the gaming quality of PA. I am going to be as daring as to say removing this banner would quadruple my enjoyment. It may also force Jolt to increase the price of my planet to compensate for the lost revenue from the adverts, but this can only be a good thing surely? More money for Jolt gives them more ability to hire top notch coders to improve the quality of that game which we love and would happily die for.
Please join together with my and help fight these evil banner bastards.
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27 Jul 2005, 14:04
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Don't make me declare war
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Portsmouth
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by JC
It may also force Jolt to increase the price of my planet to compensate for the lost revenue from the adverts, but this can only be a good thing surely? More money for Jolt gives them more ability to hire top notch coders to improve the quality of that game which we love and would happily die for.
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One of the reasons for paying is to get rid of adverts, so saying that prices will increase if they remove this is nonsense.
Jolt doesnt pay top notch coders. It gets members of the community to do it all, whilst taking whatever cash they can out of the game.
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27 Jul 2005, 14:16
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PA Team
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,449
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Forest
Jolt doesnt pay top notch coders. It gets members of the community to do it all, whilst taking whatever cash they can out of the game.
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For the last 2 weeks or so, the person doing the majority of the coding has been pishmishy, Jolt's paid coder. Jolt are looking for a coder to pay, and have been advertising it for months. If you look at the banners, one of the adverts is actually that very position.
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27 Jul 2005, 14:17
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lolly roffle
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 5,514
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Forest
Jolt doesnt pay top notch coders. It gets members of the community to do it all, whilst taking whatever cash they can out of the game.
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Apologies my friend I was mislead by the heinous overlords.
If anything this proves the despicable atrocities these people will stretch to. They bleed the game like vampires and still have the guile to abuse us by forcing us to look at a banner. Yes, it is both physical and emotional abuse. I feel physically sick when looking at the banner and have been known to wake up in the middle of the night with a nightmare. Sometimes this allows me to login to PA and notice incoming, but this coincidence does not outweight the mental stress i am put through by looking at this banner.
I believe we should work together with the 'Free Opera geeks against adverts' group as they too have to suffer the ugliness of a banner in their high quality browser. They are fortunate enough to have this removed on paying. However, I am not the only one that is concerned, no petrified that Jolt's evil control will spread and influence Opera forcing them to put adverts in the full payed version of their browser. This would be a disaster of epic proportions!
Thankyou for your kind words of support Mr Forest. I am glad to have you on board.
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27 Jul 2005, 14:19
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Don't make me declare war
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Portsmouth
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Appocomaster
For the last 2 weeks or so, the person doing the majority of the coding has been pishmishy, Jolt's paid coder. Jolt are looking for a coder to pay, and have been advertising it for months. If you look at the banners, one of the adverts is actually that very position.
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And in that 3 weeks the game has been so free of bugs and downtime. Great
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27 Jul 2005, 14:31
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Idle Git
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Wandering
Posts: 1,550
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Appocomaster
For the last 2 weeks or so, the person doing the majority of the coding has been pishmishy, Jolt's paid coder. Jolt are looking for a coder to pay, and have been advertising it for months. If you look at the banners, one of the adverts is actually that very position.
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Pishmishy has PA as PART of his job, it is not his job, the effort put into PA by jolt compared to what they get out of it is absolutely sweet FA.
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27 Jul 2005, 14:50
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The Original Terran
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Afghan atm
Posts: 1,633
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Bashar
Pishmishy has PA as PART of his job, it is not his job, the effort put into PA by jolt compared to what they get out of it is absolutely sweet FA.
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They do good hamburgers you know..
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The following is a list of problems found in various places throughout the manual and game. We love you Noah!
Written by Kloopy Wed Mar 16 22:06:43 2005
Retired just for a bit....
Proud to have been 1up, SiN, Wolfpack, Bluetuba and the leader of ARK.
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27 Jul 2005, 16:40
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Professional AlcoFrolic
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 170
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
Can you just host the picture from a different url so we can block it? atm its on game.planetarion and blocking would remove All the graphics
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27 Jul 2005, 17:01
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Commodore
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
heh, i am starting to get the feeling that people are posting in this thread solely because there is nothing else to do or nothing better to do with their time.
omg, is this apathy building the prelude to Soveh quitting PA? :eek: :eek:
Stay tuned for next week's episode...
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27 Jul 2005, 17:05
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lolly roffle
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 5,514
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Ultimate Newbie
heh, i am starting to get the feeling that people are posting in this thread solely because there is nothing else to do or nothing better to do with their time.
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Please do not try to undermine the hard work that my team is putting in to try and right the wrongs in our world. We dont do this just to benefit ourselves, we do it for everyone.
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27 Jul 2005, 17:06
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Reassuringly Expensive
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Redditch, UK
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by berzerker
Can you just host the picture from a different url so we can block it? atm its on game.planetarion and blocking would remove All the graphics
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What an excellent idea!!
Yes the banner is fecking annoying.
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27 Jul 2005, 18:03
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Wearer of The Hat
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Bedfordshire, UK
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
I dont mind them having a banner/logo whatever, ive been a Jolt customer for years and have grown used to stuff like that, however on the purple haze skin it appears twice... one above the other, now thats abit over the top!
ps just be glad it aint a company like uk2 hosting...!
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27 Jul 2005, 18:47
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Inactive peon
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 6,050
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
its not an advert... it links to jolt's website, not a specific part of it, and its entirly reasonable for them to have their logo on their game.
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27 Jul 2005, 18:53
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Registered Awesome Person
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 5,676
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Ultimate Newbie
omg, is this apathy building the prelude to Soveh quitting PA? :eek: :eek:
Stay tuned for next week's episode...
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Oi, you know the rules. No talking like that.
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27 Jul 2005, 19:38
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part time ghost
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Grimsby
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Originally Posted by Kal
its not an advert... it links to jolt's website, not a specific part of it, and its entirly reasonable for them to have their logo on their game.
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My thoughts too...
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27 Jul 2005, 20:33
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Jolt took my jap girl :(
Join Date: May 2003
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Re: Ugly Jolt banner
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Am I the only one thinking the thing is rather shite?
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I believe they chosed that banner cos they felt it matches with the philosophy the company
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