Shouldn't something be happening today?

[Daverson]

Yep, and really, who actually believed them? Like I said, they can't shut down the internet, then they'd have to go outside or something! XD

Really? If you actually like surfing the Escapist site and using it, deal with the ads.

Something tells me that they switched to this type of captcha because they get paid a little bit for the ads shown in them.

Of course I don't see them since I pay for no ads. Deal with it, if you don't feel like paying for a membership.

Of course, if the ads are so invasive, it'll make people tend away from the forums, less active forums, less traffic, less ad revenue. Not everyone has the money to burn to join the pub-club.

I haven't had to deal with any advertising I would consider invasive. Really, it's been basically the same as the old captcha system, but without being stone-walled by Arabic, Chinese, or the language of the duck people every other post. I'd say having to enter a captcha into the odd Pizza Hut themed box is a small price (if any, really) to pay for legibility. Plus there's been all that crap about the Escapist having some difficulty paying contributers (if we remember the Extra Creditz thing) so if this helps bring some stability, more power to them.

True that, but brand recognition isn't something that everyone's capable of (for example, I haven't heard of a few companies that showed up). If people find these are inhibiting their ability to post, their reaction won't be to go to wikipedia and learn all about burger king, it'll be to post on a forum without these features.

(Of course, one has to wonder, maybe they'd have more money to pay contributors if they weren't buying all their own adspace! Seems all the ads here are for escapist content =p )

 

[KefkaCultist]

True that, but brand recognition isn't something that everyone's capable of (for example, I haven't heard of a few companies that showed up). If people find these are inhibiting their ability to post, their reaction won't be to go to wikipedia and learn all about burger king, it'll be to post on a forum without these features.

(Of course, one has to wonder, maybe they'd have more money to pay contributors if they weren't buying all their own adspace! Seems all the ads here are for escapist content =p )

Dude, I've typed "shit" and "crap" or something similar into 98% of the "describe this brand captchas" and it lets you post just fine. I honestly don't understand why people are raging so hard. IMO these ones are a billion times better than the former recaptcha because I couldn't read those half of the time. They're asking for a word, not trigonometric functions.

OT: Yeah, it probably won't happen. If it does then cool because it won't affect me since I have work to go to.

 

[FamoFunk]

I completely forgot all about this.

Yeah, I'm another one who cannot see anything happening today, certainly not the whole internet.

 

[DJ_DEnM]

I'm incredibly enjoying the fact that Adult Swim brought back Toonami for this day. It feels so nostalgic .