Personally being the designer of TF, I feel its going to ruin it as I did not design it to house them.

That is correct, unfortunatly this community needs banners to survive. I have forked out $1,000+ on advertising, hosting and programming expenses. Don't think i will be sitting back and taking pure profit from these adverts, half of whatever is made will go directly back into this community for you guys. It's just the way it is....i cannot afford to keep this place running without some return.

I have contacted tarun and we are now working on a solution to make the adverts seem slightly more attractive. I appreciate your comments on this issue, banners won't make the forum worse, they can only help to further its success and build its future.