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Yes, we know -- we're working on fixing it and I'll keep everyone posted in this thread.
Nov 20 2013 5:45PM
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Mr.Bishop
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ITS MY FAULT I"M SORRY!
Nov 20 2013 5:48PM
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FuckAllOfYou
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thanks. it's fucking annoying. Appreciate you guys being on top of it!
Nov 20 2013 5:49PM
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Should be good to go. Let me know if anyone has issues!
Nov 20 2013 5:57PM
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.nasty
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does the top bar really need to get bigger when you mouse over it? It's not revealing any additional information, just getting in the way every time I go to click on the URL bar.
Nov 20 2013 6:12PM
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Childstar.
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SAVE ME FROM THIS THING....
Nov 20 2013 6:42PM
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Mr.Bishop
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Advertisers like max real-estate and things that you can interact with.

Just look at it this way - Mammoth is in a massive way supporting the site with this campaign. Do your best to make peace with it, and perhaps even consider entering what they're promoting. You can win trips to mammoth afterall... and that place does most certainly not suck.
Nov 20 2013 9:33PM
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skodeo7
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I love Mammoth but it really bugs me. It moves all content and site navigation halfway down the page, it's totally absurd. It's really easy to accidentally mouse-over.
Nov 21 2013 10:05AM
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roddy116
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still there
Nov 21 2013 10:47AM
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MacMahoooon
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I haven't accidentally hit it more than 2 or 3 times. How are you navigating that it is more in the way? Always looking to improve these things
Nov 21 2013 11:28AM
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MacMahoooon
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Quick tip: If once the loads you can hit the down arrow once or twice quick or one click of a scroll wheel on a mouse and it moves the page down far enough that you can't trigger the dropdown
Nov 21 2013 11:33AM
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Mr.Bishop
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Yeah its going to be there for a bit, as its part of a fat sponsorship package that Mammoth has done with Newschoolers.

What we had it doing at the beginning by accident was always expanding when you moused over any content on the site. That is no good.
Nov 21 2013 11:35AM
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roddy116
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Nov 21 2013 3:43PM
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skodeo7
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Anyone that's using tabbed browsing is bound to glide over it. Again, I'm very stoked Mammoth is supporting the site but this is a bit intense.
Nov 21 2013 4:41PM
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eheath
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When i switch back from another tab i hit it every time. I use the top bar alot for nav too and overshoot and have to come back down then risk overshooting again.

mammoth is tight but this is by far one of the most annoying ads
Nov 22 2013 12:23AM
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2_fadez
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Nov 22 2013 12:37AM
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onenerdykid
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So true... using tabs makes this really annoying. Stoked they are helping out, but it's not ideal
Nov 22 2013 6:05AM
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SFBv420.0
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dear mammoth if you wanted to spend a lot of $$$$$ annoying the fucks out of people and insuring
I won't be visiting again this season
mission accomplished
Nov 22 2013 8:46AM
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.nasty
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well still, I'm sure there's a far better way that isn't annoying as shit...
Nov 22 2013 1:40PM
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theabortionator
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I knew there had to be a thread. I've been dealing with it trying to ignore it the past couple days.


If you move the mouse up to click your profile/thread, or to click any of the navigational stuff it's just BOOM MAMMOTH STORIES.

I've never been to mammonth, they've been building sick parks forever but that's the extent of my story. Not worth sharing regardless of how long that sits at the top.
Nov 24 2013 5:14AM
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TimRiley
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The way this ad works is extremely annoying to say the least..
Nov 27 2013 9:25AM
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J.D.
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All of this is accurate but when you sit back and think about it it's really not that annoying. Just makes you take an extra second to do whatever it was you were going to do. I was initially going to bitch about it, but then I reconsidered. As long as we don't have ads auto-playing video or audio, I'm okay.

Nov 27 2013 11:00AM
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cornholio
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+1 to the down with mammoth campaign

booooo
Nov 27 2013 11:48AM
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theabortionator
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tabasco ruins everything it touches
Nov 27 2013 3:50PM
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