At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:These past two weeks we’ve been getting a lot of reports of the site being completely broken for people and it turns out NordVPN’s web protection tool is the culprit. Something must have been blocked around two weeks ago that breaks a lot of functionality on NG.

I’ve reported the issue to NordVPN but in the meantime if you’re having trouble, try turning off web protection while browsing NG to see if that fixes it. The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.

In other site news, NG got some hardware upgrades over the weekend to make search snappier and more reliable!

Other News & Events

June 14th - Writer's Jam 2024 begins - sign up!
June 17th - Art Inspired Music Contest deadline.
June 28th - Pride Month Art Collab deadline.
June 28th - Too Many Games Meetup in Oaks, PA.

July 1st - Diokophobia Charity Art Contest deadline.
July 7th - Concert of Love deadline.
July 11th - Christmas in July Collab deadline.
July 20th - Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.
July 20th - Subspace Emissary Art Collab deadline.
July 26th - NG Summer Smash Meetup in Wildwood, NJ.
July 30th - The Ocean Mean Audio Collab deadline.

August - Midsummer Rumble month-long art event.
August 3rd - Short Short Fest at Marty Magee's in Prospect Park, PA - Open for Submissions!
August 9th - Short Short Fest at Capri Drive-In in Coldwater, MI - Open for Submissions!
August 15th - Clock Day
August 23rd - Ninja Collab deadline.
August 26th - Robot Day

September 12th - Mexican Independence Day Collab deadline.
September 22nd - Madness Day

October 12st - Brainrot Scam Ad Collab deadline.

November 1st - Nintendo DS Collab deadline.
November 1st - the Behemoth 20th Animation Collab deadline.
November 4th - Pokemon Gijinka Collab application deadline.

At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:These past two weeks we’ve been getting a lot of reports of the site being completely broken for people and it turns out NordVPN’s web protection tool is the culprit. Something must have been blocked around two weeks ago that breaks a lot of functionality on NG.

I’ve reported the issue to NordVPN but in the meantime if you’re having trouble, try turning off web protection while browsing NG to see if that fixes it. The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.

In other site news, NG got some hardware upgrades over the weekend to make search snappier and more reliable!

Other News & Events

June 14th - Writer's Jam 2024 begins - sign up!
June 17th - Art Inspired Music Contest deadline.
June 28th - Pride Month Art Collab deadline.
June 28th - Too Many Games Meetup in Oaks, PA.

July 1st - Diokophobia Charity Art Contest deadline.
July 7th - Concert of Love deadline.
July 11th - Christmas in July Collab deadline.
July 20th - Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.
July 20th - Subspace Emissary Art Collab deadline.
July 26th - NG Summer Smash Meetup in Wildwood, NJ.
July 30th - The Ocean Mean Audio Collab deadline.

August - Midsummer Rumble month-long art event.
August 3rd - Short Short Fest at Marty Magee's in Prospect Park, PA - Open for Submissions!
August 9th - Short Short Fest at Capri Drive-In in Coldwater, MI - Open for Submissions!
August 15th - Clock Day
August 23rd - Ninja Collab deadline.
August 26th - Robot Day

September 12th - Mexican Independence Day Collab deadline.
September 22nd - Madness Day

October 12st - Brainrot Scam Ad Collab deadline.

November 1st - Nintendo DS Collab deadline.
November 1st - the Behemoth 20th Animation Collab deadline.
November 4th - Pokemon Gijinka Collab application deadline.

At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.

At 6/10/24 07:35 PM, BlueMonday1984 wrote:Gonna quickly hijack this post to mention that Google started phasing out Manifest V2 a week ago, a move which is set to kill adblockers on Chrome.

If you haven't ditched Chrome already, I'd recommend doing it now. Jumping to Firefox would be ideal IMO, but literally any browser other than Chrome will do.

At 6/10/24 07:43 PM, YendorNG wrote:

At 6/10/24 07:35 PM, BlueMonday1984 wrote:

At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.

Gonna quickly hijack this post to mention that Google started phasing out Manifest V2 a week ago, a move which is set to kill adblockers on Chrome.

If you haven't ditched Chrome already, I'd recommend doing it now. Jumping to Firefox would be ideal IMO, but literally any browser other than Chrome will do.

In other site news, NG got some hardware upgrades over the weekend to make search snappier and more reliable!

I personally didn't notice it myself (I rarely use site search), but every upgrade helps.

I have used firefox since the beginning and it has never disappointed me. Get off chrome, unless you want to forever remain CHROME DOMES. :0)

At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:These past two weeks we’ve been getting a lot of reports of the site being completely broken for people and it turns out NordVPN’s web protection tool is the culprit. Something must have been blocked around two weeks ago that breaks a lot of functionality on NG.

I’ve reported the issue to NordVPN but in the meantime if you’re having trouble, try turning off web protection while browsing NG to see if that fixes it. The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.

At 6/10/24 07:47 PM, Dungeonation wrote:

At 6/10/24 07:35 PM, BlueMonday1984 wrote:Gonna quickly hijack this post to mention that Google started phasing out Manifest V2 a week ago, a move which is set to kill adblockers on Chrome.

If you haven't ditched Chrome already, I'd recommend doing it now. Jumping to Firefox would be ideal IMO, but literally any browser other than Chrome will do.

The performance of some things aside, Firefox is king at the moment. Try to look for non-Chromium-based browsers or be particular about Chromium ones if that doesn’t speak to you, as I’m guessing Google is aiming for the Manifest change to seep into as many Chromium-based things as possible.

At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:These past two weeks we’ve been getting a lot of reports of the site being completely broken for people and it turns out NordVPN’s web protection tool is the culprit. Something must have been blocked around two weeks ago that breaks a lot of functionality on NG.

I’ve reported the issue to NordVPN but in the meantime if you’re having trouble, try turning off web protection while browsing NG to see if that fixes it. The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.

In other site news, NG got some hardware upgrades over the weekend to make search snappier and more reliable!

At 6/10/24 07:35 PM, BlueMonday1984 wrote:

At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.

Gonna quickly hijack this post to mention that Google started phasing out Manifest V2 a week ago, a move which is set to kill adblockers on Chrome.

If you haven't ditched Chrome already, I'd recommend doing it now. Jumping to Firefox would be ideal IMO, but literally any browser other than Chrome will do.

In other site news, NG got some hardware upgrades over the weekend to make search snappier and more reliable!

I personally didn't notice it myself (I rarely use site search), but every upgrade helps.

At 6/10/24 09:20 PM, JamesHeart wrote:

At 6/10/24 06:52 PM, TomFulp wrote:These past two weeks we’ve been getting a lot of reports of the site being completely broken for people and it turns out NordVPN’s web protection tool is the culprit. Something must have been blocked around two weeks ago that breaks a lot of functionality on NG.

I’ve reported the issue to NordVPN but in the meantime if you’re having trouble, try turning off web protection while browsing NG to see if that fixes it. The only things anyone would want to block on NG are our once daily Supporter promo and the ads on A-rated movies and games, both of which can be avoided by becoming a Supporter or using some other ad blocker that doesn’t break the site.

In other site news, NG got some hardware upgrades over the weekend to make search snappier and more reliable!

The Nords seem to be pillaging the site functions
well maybe they'll be nice and not burn down the village

At 6/11/24 09:58 AM, DrSevenSeizeMD wrote:So I'm using NordVPN, not to avoid ads or whatever, because I'm already a supporter, but because I'm in Louisiana, where we don't have freedom of internet, so pages deemed "adult" or "mature" are instantly blocked for me and they want me to put in my drivers license number etc. to prove my age.

I use the VPN to make it look like I'm in Chicago. 🤦‍♀️

Anyway, I'm not loyal to Nord or whatever, so those of you who also have to use VPNs, who are you using and how much do they cost?