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  • calsnowskiercalsnowskier ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ad network: unity Ads
    Product: Summoners War
    Platform Android (Moto Stylus 2021)

    This ad has no exit option. I have blindly tapped in the corners to see if the “x” was just hidden, but no luck.

    I will also submit a ticket as I lost the ability to double my cadet mission.
  • ShanShan ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ad network: unity Ads
    Product: Summoners War
    Platform Android (Moto Stylus 2021)

    This ad has no exit option. I have blindly tapped in the corners to see if the “x” was just hidden, but no luck.

    I will also submit a ticket as I lost the ability to double my cadet mission.

    Could you also provide a screenshot? Thank you!
    Thank for looking for the ad network!
  • calsnowskiercalsnowskier ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shan wrote: »
    Ad network: unity Ads
    Product: Summoners War
    Platform Android (Moto Stylus 2021)

    This ad has no exit option. I have blindly tapped in the corners to see if the “x” was just hidden, but no luck.

    I will also submit a ticket as I lost the ability to double my cadet mission.

    Could you also provide a screenshot? Thank you!
    Thank for looking for the ad network!
    Too late for this one. Sorry.
  • Shy KhanShy Khan ✭✭✭✭✭
    Does WRG vet these ads? There was just an anti-vax State of Survival ad where they imply the Coronavirus vaccine can turn you into a zombie?!?
    Come join the Steeler Nation Fleet!
  • ShanShan ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shy Khan wrote: »
    Does WRG vet these ads? There was just an anti-vax State of Survival ad where they imply the Coronavirus vaccine can turn you into a zombie?!?

    We have no way of vetting ads.
    Ads can be reported to us via the forums/tickets with screenshots and information about the ad provider.

    Ads can also be reported to the ad provider, within the ad itself.
  • WebberoniWebberoni ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am consistently running into problems with the Hello Fresh ad, on my iPhone 12.

    The ad never works correctly the first time. There is not ad time display and it just appears to be a static image, leaving no choice but to click the little x.

    Sometimes (when ad-warping a mission) the ad simply fails and I get to click the orange ad button a second time, which either launches a properly functioning version of the ad (the same ad with a 5-second timer) or an entirely different ad that works properly.

    Other times (ad-warping an extra scan) the ad just fails without any opportunity to try again, which means I don't get to run the free mission, run the double-up, or run the extra scan.
  • JanewayRocks2JanewayRocks2 ✭✭✭
    edited December 2021
    I’m having issues with “Infinite Galaxy” or something. I fully watch the ad. No issues there. However no rewards when I go back to the game. Fortunately I can still press the ad button for the 2nd time, even though it’s darker. And then I watch a 2nd ad, after which I finally get the rewards.
    As far as I know, only 1 ad is required so I think something is off with this game ad?
    EDIT: fyi, this happens EVERY time I watch the infinite galaxy add. Never with other ads…
  • This has apparently been going on for years. Not offering ads when a player is ineligible has to be an easy fix, so I can only conclude the company isn’t motivated to fix it because they’re benefiting. Maybe they need help getting motivated. This seems like a pretty clear violation here: Company offers X in exchange for Y. You provide Y and then company tells you “Oh sorry, you actually can’t have X. Oh well.”

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    I’m wondering which government agency would be interested in this. I’m thinking the FTC.
  • ~peregrine~~peregrine~ ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2021
    This has apparently been going on for years. Not offering ads when a player is ineligible has to be an easy fix, so I can only conclude the company isn’t motivated to fix it because they’re benefiting. Maybe they need help getting motivated. This seems like a pretty clear violation here: Company offers X in exchange for Y. You provide Y and then company tells you “Oh sorry, you actually can’t have X. Oh well.”

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    I’m wondering which government agency would be interested in this. I’m thinking the FTC.

    I have encountered this error message before, when I used a different device (from the previous day) to watch the Dabo ad before its particular 24-hour cooldown period had elapsed.
    Scans are on a 30-minute timer. The following chart is courtesy of @eXo | SilverRose (retired) via the STT Discord server (https://discord.gg/8Du7ZtJ):

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    (edited to remove scans from universal timer)
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  • Thanks @~peregrine~ while this is good to know, it should not be up to players to track cooldown timers for ads. It remains the fact that WRG is making an offer and then failing to deliver, likely in violation of various laws and possibly app store policies.
  • I just noticed a brand new issue today: ads aren't going into cooldown. I'm doing my usual ad warps on cadet missions, and I notice that immediately after, there are still ads available for the Dabo wheel and scans, rather than all ads going into the 20-minute cooldown.
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  • Legate Damar Legate Damar ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I wasn’t able to skip the survey even though there’s a skip button. Not filling out a survey.
  • Roykirk wrote: »
    I just noticed a brand new issue today: ads aren't going into cooldown. I'm doing my usual ad warps on cadet missions, and I notice that immediately after, there are still ads available for the Dabo wheel and scans, rather than all ads going into the 20-minute cooldown.

    Confirmed, I'm seeing the same lack of global cooldown on Android.

    This does not appear exploitable (cannot run the Dabo wheel) because all of the ad "types" still respect their own individual cooldown. However it would be good if the developer would confirm if this is intended as of today's server release.

    I just don't want anyone to be accused of exploiting for double-tapping a Warp -> Double.
  • PeetsPeets ✭✭✭✭
    Recently I can do more then one add at the same time and receive the bonus.
  • This appears to be intended. https://forum.disruptorbeam.com/stt/discussion/18842/aws-outage-and-change-to-ads-general-cooldown-2021-12-15#latest

    Let me just say this is a huge quality-of-life enhancement for me. I am cheap-to-play and take full advantage of ads. Being able to do multiples in one play session is rewarding to me, and still gives WRG the full amount of impressions they otherwise would have received from me.
  • The new ad logic works perfect for me.
  • Every time this ad plays it will not finish, my game restarts every single time.
    Platform: Bluestacks 5.4.100.1026 emulator running Android Nougat 64bit
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  • ShanShan ✭✭✭✭✭
    2 things:

    - Bluestacks is not a supported platform so unless the issue is also happening on a supported platform, I cannot act on it.

    - when reporting an ad, please let us know the ad network that is presenting the ad, this can be viewed by clicking on the little symbol usually shown in one of the corners. And while you are there, you should also be able to report the ad to the network itself!

    Punisher, your screenshots are great but somehow do not show the ad provider's name.

    Thank you :)
  • <TGE> Darxide<TGE> Darxide ✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2021
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    This ad did not respect my game/device sound settings and played unmuted at full volume. It also unmuted itself a fraction of a second after I manually muted it. 3 or 4 times. By then the ad was over.
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    This one as well. Seems you have an AdColony problem. Also, I don't speak Spanish, but that one was in Spanish.
  • ShanShan ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you for providing screenshots with the ad network information!
    Reports without that information do not allow us to do anything.

    I will forward those along.

    Not every report will result in an ad being blocked, that would not be feasible.
    There is a low chance that an ad will get removed for not respecting the "mute" option for instance.

    Likewise if we only receive one report of an ad crashing a device, it is not enough to justify taking that ad out of the rotation.
  • A third AdColony one not respecting mute. Blaring gaudy music at 6am into a completely silent house. This should be a high chance of getting banned from the rotation. This is not a minor issue.

    I don't think I need to post the screenshot this time, but I will if I must.
  • Legate Damar Legate Damar ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Couldn’t figure out how to bypass this.
  • ShanShan ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 2022
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    Couldn’t figure out how to bypass this.

    The x in the top right corner did not work?
    Don't forget to check the ad network, unless that icon in the bottom right corner is not working?
  • Legate Damar Legate Damar ✭✭✭✭✭
    The X on the top right will close it but you get the notice about skipping the reward. I think you’re supposed to press the X on the bottom right but the privacy notice is on top of it.
  • ShanShan ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hmm I think that bypassing and closing would achieve the same results, aka forfeit the reward.
    Once this is shown as an ad you cannot skip it and get another ad instead if that is what you were hoping for.

    Unless I am misunderstanding you :)
  • Captain IdolCaptain Idol ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shan wrote: »
    Hmm I think that bypassing and closing would achieve the same results, aka forfeit the reward.
    Once this is shown as an ad you cannot skip it and get another ad instead if that is what you were hoping for.

    Unless I am misunderstanding you :)

    This one is sketchy as the OG Offer Wall IOS stuff, surveys are not welcome here.
    But you can just skip it in the top right and you claim the reward, literally no need to wait or engage on this one.
  • Happy Saturday! Just popping in to say that, after getting the "Ad view credit blocked by limit" twice in the last 2 or 3 days I've filed a complaint with the FTC and Apple.
  • Is this normal ad behavior?

    I select the ad and it plays. At the end, a >> appears in the upper right corner. There is no “x.” I press the >> and it opens a modal window to download the app from ITunes. I press “done” and then get a 5 second countdown before I can an “x” to exit out.
  • ShanShan ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is this normal ad behavior?

    I select the ad and it plays. At the end, a >> appears in the upper right corner. There is no “x.” I press the >> and it opens a modal window to download the app from ITunes. I press “done” and then get a 5 second countdown before I can an “x” to exit out.

    That's a different flow, not necessarily abnormal I would say.
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