Poll: New captcha is TERRIBLE

[Laser Priest]

OT: They try out different Captcha systems from time to time.

Every captcha system on this site is rubbish.

I don't fully understand it as we never seemed to get spambots before the damned captcha things anyway.

Yes we did, and at points it was taxing the mods to keep up with banning the accounts and deleting the threads. Probably why you didn't notice them, the mods where on top of that shit.

And now we have demented captchas with advertisements to block out spambots, instead.

Lovely.

I don't have them, and no, not because of the pub club. I have and continue to see the same ol one they are using. Like I said, they just keep trying out the other captcha system as there are problems with them all and they are trying to settle on the best one.

In that case:

Dear Escapist,

This Captcha system is shit. Try another one.

Hugs and Kisses,
Stalin Jimothy, Necromancer Supreme.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I have yet to see one of those. I'm still on those input what it says one.

and even then,t hats only like half the time (and when I make a thread). and I agree with it when I'm making a thread.

 

[Kenny Kondom]

What the hell is a captcha?

 

[Robert Ewing]

You solve the captcha, then wait 60 seconds for the ad to finish, wait for video to buffer, then shock-wave crashes, so you do it all again, for a video that is 8 billion times shorter than the wait to watch it.

Captcha's I can understand the need for, but not ads on the beginning of videos, get rid of them... They make me hate the product they're advertising even more than I already do.

 

[Keepeas]

hhmmm haven't seen that yet.
But it sounds like a wonderful to make money AND get rid of impatient people. SIGN ME UP!

But seriously that's just awful.

 

[jthm]

Lol, this post is the first I've seen with one. Let's try this. To be honest though, if it takes more than about two seconds (The longest it would take me type a typical captcha) I'll probably just move on and find another site to post on. I'm not watching ads in exchange for the right to express my opinion.

 

[jthm]

Nothing played... (just wanted me to type a web address that was shorter than most captchas) maybe adblock saves me yet another headache? I'm tempted to turn it off next time and find out for sure. Hell, I only installed it because of those horrible Dragon Age 2 Splash ads that kept popping up on the site.

 

[Lilani]

Hey, if the words are in a video, awesome. That means less people posting their images going "what is this" all the time. Yes, we got that captchas have weird characters sometimes the first time someone did it. We don't need you to remind us every page of every thread by posting yours. You constantly posting your captcha images is as annoying to everyone who has to see you post them is as annoying to you as having captchas in the first place.

So video captchas sound great to me, as they'll kill two kinds of spam at once: no more spam bots and no more spam "my captcha gave me something weird!" posts.

It's not that the words are in a video. It's that in order to get the words to solve the captcha, you have to run a video ad. A video ad which is extremely loud, obnoxious, repetitive, and very much at risk of crashing and preventing you from being able to post (given it doesn't crash your whole browser). Frankly, I dont mind the old captchas at all. They aren't as strict as they seem to be. For example, if it asks for an e with a little mark over it and you put in a regular e, it will take it.

 

[EternalFacepalm]

Nothing played... (just wanted me to type a web address that was shorter than most captchas) maybe adblock saves me yet another headache? I'm tempted to turn it off next time and find out for sure. Hell, I only installed it because of those horrible Dragon Age 2 Splash ads that kept popping up on the site.

Mods don't like adblockers, considering how they remove a source of income. You'll probably get a warning for that or something.

Anyhow, I'm not getting that, and I'm not using any adblockers. I feel lucky now.

 

[LordSphinx]

It truly is getting ridiculous. I'm switching more and more my attention toward giantbomb now. Escapist is slowly but surely losing its appeal to me. This just adds up to a series of change that diluted the Escapist experience for me. They are very lucky to still have Extra Credit. Once they lose that, they lose me.

 

[Akytalusia]

the only problem i have with the captchas is that they don't seem to be keeping the bots out recently.

 

[Gasaraki]

That's strange, I'm still getting ReCaptcha, which I don't mind since it's FOR TEH BOOKS!
Captchas with ads in them just sounds like something cooked up by a panel of people hating business men though...

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

There is a new captcha by solvemedia that means I have to watch an advertisement video whenever I want to post. I understand banner ads fine, and video ads, but when I am forced to wait to post a piece of text on the internet things have gone to far.

Yes, PLEASE can these be gotten rid of just like the last terrible add ones? Please?

Also, for reference - to the Escapist Magazine Owners - I click on one of your ads every day I'm on here. I click on it, wait a few seconds, then close the resulting window. That way you get your ad money. I have never actually bought anything this way, but I understand that the click is what pays your bills, so I do it. It costs me nothing, and it pays you.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop this thing with ad captchas. It was a bad idea the last three times you tried it, it's a bad idea now.

 

[Tea_bird]

They're annoying, but at least I can read them unlike other Capcha systems.

 

[FalloutJack]

There is a new captcha by solvemedia that means I have to watch an advertisement video whenever I want to post. I understand banner ads fine, and video ads, but when I am forced to wait to post a piece of text on the internet things have gone to far.

Simple way to handle this: Hit the little refresh button until it comes up with something simpler. Doesn't take long.

 

[The Night Shade]

At least i can read this ones with the others you had to refresh the image like 4 times to get one that you could read

 

[Dogstile]

Ugh, yeah, I hated these. Look, if its because people hate the old one, just give us the option to pick which one we're going to use. Not that its needed, no escapist, i'm not a spam bot. I proved it 10 posts ago, and 20 posts ago, and yesterday, etc.

 

[A-D.]

Weird thing is, i dont see that Captcha. In fact im a bit creeped out that i havent seen a Captcha yet. No im not part of the Pub Club. Usually i post once and the next one after is a captcha question thingy. Now i get nothing

Its really kinda creepy

 

[pope_of_larry]

I think it's better then the old one.

 

[evilneko]

I haven't actually seen an ad on these ones. I click the button, and it immediately goes to the captcha, which is much easier to read than the recaptcha ones. Unfortunately, it seems that spambots also find it easier to read.