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Yes, I had a look around some of the old threads and found one that happened a couple of years before I joined, so I hadn't known about it.

It's worth remembering that while a lot of the young people from the thread of 13 years ago are now adult and presumably no longer saving for school and do have the means to make online purchases, there's a new generation of members who are in the same position as the other ones before them.

 

I actually keep my adblocker off here
Imo the ads are not annoying. They are placed in reasonable spots, they have no sound & no popups.
All 3 of those points are important for me, and if it stays classy like that i have no reason for turning adblocker back on.

 

Question: How many new page loads would I have to load per month to make the site $15/year?

I want to support the site, but was wondering which was the best way for me?

-jeff

 

Literally thousands. A single individual would take several years to make a site $15 through ad revenue unless they clicked the ads (and Google has algorithms that help them differentiate between legitimate clicks and just spam clicks).

 

Thanks, so the site is better off if I donate the $15/year.
-jeff

 

Thunderfall,

Thank you for continuing to run this site. I have been playing the series for two decades (with my favorite by far and away being the fourth installment).

The knowledge and value that I have been able to gather from this excellent community has been enormous, and without it, I wouldn't have enjoyed hundreds of hours of Civ.

Expect to see some support in the near future.

 

How much would it cost to upgrade my username?

 

Oooooohhh! Hey, look! I got a fancy new badge!

I'm happy to contribute. Thanks for maintaining this site!

 

I think there are more benefits in being a Supporter no than what is explicitly stated? A person asked how I was able to post than 10 images in one reply and I tried to see how much images I could fit in and it was up to 30!

These features should be more straightforward you feel?

Would provide more incentives for people to support rather than a moral obligation (ad-free)

Then there's this https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-benefit-for-account-upgrades.638056/#post-15257819

where I didn't even know about it.

 

I encounter a problem trying to gift an account upgrade.The "Noscript"-addon of my Firefox reports a crosssitescripting problem.
Screenshot:

Spoiler :

It would be possible to circumvent that error by allowing Noscript to perform that action but on all other websites where I use Paypal to pay for something no such error happens.

Is that a problem of the forum?

 

Could it be because I am using the german version of Firefox ESR version 52.9.0 for 32-bit systems?

I click the link that contains the users name, a small profile popup opens in which I click the link for "Gift" (between Start a conversation and follow), the popup changes to the selection menu where I chan choose what kind of account upgrade I want to gift, and if I click the "Gift" button there, THEN the Noscript error of post 33 appears.

 

Ironically I just did the permanent Supporter option without even realising it would remove my adverts haha. I just did it cause I love this place!