Adverts have become awful

[AWD]

Watching an advert used to be 30 seconds then press the X and get a reward. Now you watch an advert, wait 30 seconds, press the X, get a pop-up, wait five seconds, press another X, wait another five seconds, freeze for ten seconds, then finally get a reward. Other tricks such as the second X being in a slightly different place to the first X, camouflaged done button same colour as the background and other tricks all cause more pop ups and more delays. It is ruining the game. I am now only watching adverts if they lead to a coin. I am getting bored of the whole game. I am auto age and level 9 VIP so should be their target market but I feel used and tricked every day. Please fix this.

 

[dwayneperkins]

The worst ones lately are the ones that take 2 minutes to finish or the aliexpress fake battery is low android warning that is really just click bait to their app.

Advertisements should be limited in duration and free from fake close buttons and fake Android warnings.

 

[Mahakaal]

I swear , any advertisement I see in game I gets more determined to never buy that brand .

 

[kent irwin]

Look in the android play store the game is rated for age 10+. That means that ten year olds can watch soft porn ads such as the anime stuff. Nice.

 

[Harlems369th]

Look in the android play store the game is rated for age 10+. That means that ten year olds can watch soft porn ads such as the anime stuff. Nice.

To clarify, Ads are based on your prior browsing history. BHG or LTG do not control ads or the types of ads that appear; if you do, however, run into inappropriate ads, please report them to CS.

 

[kent irwin]

To clarify, Ads are based on your prior browsing history. BHG or LTG do not control ads or the types of ads that appear; if you do, however, run into inappropriate ads, please report them to CS.

Well I can guarantee my browsing history includes zero searches for anime porn. And I find it curious that BHG/LTG has no control over the ads that appear in THEIR game.

 

[Bob Jones]

Watching an advert used to be 30 seconds then press the X and get a reward. Now you watch an advert, wait 30 seconds, press the X, get a pop-up, wait five seconds, press another X, wait another five seconds, freeze for ten seconds, then finally get a reward. Other tricks such as the second X being in a slightly different place to the first X, camouflaged done button same colour as the background and other tricks all cause more pop ups and more delays. It is ruining the game. I am now only watching adverts if they lead to a coin. I am getting bored of the whole game. I am auto age and level 9 VIP so should be their target market but I feel used and tricked every day. Please fix this.

There is no other way to describe the ads aside from god awful. To have to close an ad multiple times to have it actually close is pretty deceptive.
With other games I have played, there is an option to buy an ad free experience. That is something that many players would spend to receive.

 

[JuggernautJ]

To clarify, Ads are based on your prior browsing history. BHG or LTG do not control ads or the types of ads that appear; if you do, however, run into inappropriate ads, please report them to CS.

Well...
Not to be argumentative but I use my tablet for nothing except Dominations.
Theoretically that means I have no "Browsing History," so why then am I getting all these bizarre ads?

 

[Toni]

I've seen several responses—either in community threads or indirectly—suggesting that you have no control over the types of ads shown in the game, since they’re served by external ad networks. I’d like to respectfully challenge that assertion from a technical and operational standpoint.

Most mobile games—including DomiNations—integrate ad mediation platforms such as AdMob, Unity Ads, ironSource, or others. These platforms offer well-documented tools that allow publishers to:

• Block specific content categories (e.g. violence, gambling, political ads),
• Exclude individual advertisers or competing apps (e.g. specific titles like “Royal Match”),
• Set age-appropriate content restrictions,
• Manually review and block specific ad creatives (e.g. via Unity's Ad Review Center).

In addition, platform-level policies from Apple and Google (e.g. App Store and Play Store guidelines) mandate that ad content must align with the app’s age rating and content guidelines—further reinforcing the publisher's responsibility.

So my concrete question is:

How do you reconcile the claim that you have no control over which ads are shown, given the technical and contractual mechanisms made available by leading ad networks?

It would be helpful and appreciated if you could clarify your current approach to ad quality control—and whether these tools are actively used, partially used, or consciously not used.

Thanks in advance for your insights.

 

[Harlems369th]

I've seen several responses—either in community threads or indirectly—suggesting that you have no control over the types of ads shown in the game, since they’re served by external ad networks. I’d like to respectfully challenge that assertion from a technical and operational standpoint.

Most mobile games—including DomiNations—integrate ad mediation platforms such as AdMob, Unity Ads, ironSource, or others. These platforms offer well-documented tools that allow publishers to:

• Block specific content categories (e.g. violence, gambling, political ads),
• Exclude individual advertisers or competing apps (e.g. specific titles like “Royal Match”),
• Set age-appropriate content restrictions,
• Manually review and block specific ad creatives (e.g. via Unity's Ad Review Center).

In addition, platform-level policies from Apple and Google (e.g. App Store and Play Store guidelines) mandate that ad content must align with the app’s age rating and content guidelines—further reinforcing the publisher's responsibility.

So my concrete question is:

How do you reconcile the claim that you have no control over which ads are shown, given the technical and contractual mechanisms made available by leading ad networks?

It would be helpful and appreciated if you could clarify your current approach to ad quality control—and whether these tools are actively used, partially used, or consciously not used.

Thanks in advance for your insights.

They're used; sometimes, ads submitted with incorrect tagging into those services get past the content barriers set up with them. Sometimes, content flags are missed during the submission process of an ad, content flags assigned by the services, not by BHG. We do not control what ads come from the platform; we can update content barriers, but we can't control when and what gets through if a content flag is missed. Once the ad is known and reported, those services can adjust how ads appear.

 

[Harlems369th]

Well...
Not to be argumentative but I use my tablet for nothing except Dominations.
Theoretically that means I have no "Browsing History," so why then am I getting all these bizarre ads?

To give insight to this, think like how ads appear on TV in current day. Based on what you're watching/time of day/area you live etc. an ad is sent to your cable box with a 'best guess' based on others watching the same content as you. It's kind of similar here where others who play the game you play also have interest in this (the ad) according to the ad servicer, also similar to the TV 'area you live criteria' IP address and other devices you use from that IP can determine the ads the servicer believes would be a good fit.

 

[kent irwin]

Now they're stacking back-to-back ads. Same feeble rewards for more time wasted watching and tapping your way to get through. As someone else mentioned, I use a tablet that's a game only device. It has no browsing history other that the crap from ads in this game. I don't have cable tv so that excuse for content doesn't cut it either. The soft porn anime and AI companion ads don't jive with the age rating of the game. Your lame excuses just don't fly.

 

[Harlems369th]

Now they're stacking back-to-back ads. Same feeble rewards for more time wasted watching and tapping your way to get through. As someone else mentioned, I use a tablet that's a game only device. It has no browsing history other that the crap from ads in this game. I don't have cable tv so that excuse for content doesn't cut it either. The soft porn anime and AI companion ads don't jive with the age rating of the game. Your lame excuses just don't fly.

You misunderstand. The TV example was an analogy of how the ad system works.

But regardless, please report the inappropriate ad to our CS Team along with any future inappropriate ads you encounter.