Magnatique...
Well, I guess it is each to is own. AL4A just doesn't work for me.
Dark Jedi...
Hmm... nice point. BUT - it's important not to oversaturate the advertising, the surfers will just adapt to it. All I ask from a tgp is that they are fair and let me get my point across. People like Richard's Realm even tell me how I can speak. I'm not allowed to say "teen" or "free". "See the free preview!", "brand new teen site". Out the window - that's frickin' Nazism. Nothing against Richard - but his "rules" suck.
Look at PK. Look at how many fpas and hpas there is at pk.com, before the content. Hmm... she wouldn't even pass her own reviews. Same with Snakes World, Gash Bash (3pop ups, 2 fpas!) It just frustrates me when people are so hypocritical, so I don't submit there.
I was reading the Max Cash board. Some guy came on and said "if you do the things that you have always done, then nothing will change". That really made me think. I've done free free free so far, owned tgps, built galleries, built free sites, and I still haven't moved as far as I would like.
But when I see Tommy speaking in articles, coming from a guy who HAS fulfilled his hopes, it's a big influence. The biggest link site on the planet, 3 pay sites, 2000+ AVS sites and 2500+ free sites, that's the kind of person that I will listen to with consideration. When people say only good about him - it's no surprise, when he says it he says it right. So when he says "AVS sites are the best way to go for people just starting out", that is when I listen.