Even if everyone would contribute 5 bucks every month it still wouldnt be enough to offset the loses from the ad revenues. VGchartz has sales numbers and a huge data base. The vast majority of visitors here arent forum members, so it makes sense to have agressive ads.

If it'd stop me from possibly having to see porn on my phone again, then sure, I would consider it...

I find this topic particularly interesting considering what is in the works. And with what is coming, yes

Maybe if this was the great site it use to be,  but the owner clearly doesn't care about this site, we had shitty annoying ads for years, so fuck it I have like 3 ad blockers going.

I use adblock on pc and adaway on my android phone (needs root) never knew there are so many ads here.

I think the site needs to be redesigned period.

What is in the works?

No, I wouldn't pay. The ads have gotten significantly worse recently, and so I find myself coming here less. The banner ads at the top used to only expand to take up the whole screen if I hovered my mouse over them; now they expand whenever they feel like it. The ads never used to be overlayed on top of content; now there are ads that come out of the right side of the screen that cover part of the page--every SINGLE page--that have to be "hidden," and many articles now have that unimaginably annoying type of ad that pops up from the bottom of every picture in the article to cover the bottom 1/4 of the picture unless "hidden." Seriously, how is anyone supposed to enjoy a website like that?

I totally get that websites need ad revenue, but ads that expand on their own, play video/sound on their own, or cover up content drive away traffic, which I would imagine cuts into the revenue. Like I said, I already come here less, and I often ask myself why I bother at all anymore because it's so hard to enjoy anything.

Not a chance. Site owner doesn't even care to fix some of the fundamental issues on the site.

Would never give them anything.

Paid version of VGC from the looks of it.