Hello all,
I had originally posted this topic in the Bug Reports forum, but a fellow player helpfully informed me about this thread, which seems like a much more appropriate place for it.
I'm writing in regards to an issue that does not appear to arise from the website itself--so it's not a true bug, per se--but it does have to do with something that disrupts my use of the site and might relate to FR's advertising sponsors.
I play FR on my laptop from time to time, but usually I'm on mobile.
This past month, I've been experiencing an issue with a strange pop-up ad that keeps interrupting my activities on this site. It's been happening almost every day this week, including tonight.
I'll be going about my usual FR routine, when all of a sudden, without warning, my screen suddenly switches over to a full-size ad with a black background and white/blue text. The ad appears to say something like "
Ids.com," if I recall correctly, and it lists a set of links relating to making money online. I'm not sure how to put a screenshot from my phone onto an FR forum post, but if I find out how, I'll try to include a picture of the ad I'm talking about.
Whenever that ad pops up, I immediately use my back arrow to return to FR, but once it happens it's usually not long before it happens again a few seconds later, and again, until I have to close out of my browser and start it all up again. If I was in the middle of something important like locating a good dragon to buy in the AH, playing a Fairgrounds game, or writing a post in a forum thread, this ad "attack" forces me to lose my progress, which is frustrating.
The ad doesn't "attack" repeatedly within the same day. It happens no more than twice a day, I'd say...usually just once. And there are days I play FR and don't see it happen at all.
The ad does not appear to have any visible triggers that I'm aware of. It doesn't come from me clicking on FR's official ad banners, and there's no particular activity on the site that seems to cause it to appear more frequently. It can happen at any time.
I use my phone to visit other sites, too--mostly Facebook, Google, Wikipedia, and Pharmacy Times. I have not had this issue occur anywhere else other than FR.
I have not seen the ad "attack" while playing FR on my laptop, but this could just be because I don't play the game on there very often.
This situation is quite frustrating, and it detracts from my enjoyment of FR, so I would really like to know what I can do to prevent this ad from, essentially, ambushing me.
In any case, I deeply apologize if this problem is somehow entirely due to my phone, and not FR, but I wanted to inform the moderators and my fellow players about it in case it is something other people are experiencing.
Thank you for your advice and assistance.
