The humongous Checkmates banners, do you hate them too?

[ICSI]

Let's say you're in an emergency and need to get from point A to point B. While trying, you encounter a bunch of tiny obstacles that initially seem manageable but become increasingly annoying as you move forward. Under pressure, these tiny things become a source of frustration.

The humongous Checkmates promotional banners are my equivalent to this example.

They cover half of my browser screen, and every time I change a topic or move from one forum to another, I have to scroll halfway down my screen to keep surfing. I find this super annoying and am surprised nobody has said anything. If someone did, why are they still there? I wouldn't be surprised if most people who come to Checkmates don't participate partly because of that unfriendly layout.

From my personal point of view, I see them as intrusive and careless about me achieving my goals, like collaborating in Checkmates by participating in forums or researching solutions. It feels like Checkpoint is saying: "CheckBlockYou-mates is a marketing tool and YOU are here to LISTEN TO ME."

Please vote and agree with me that these banners need to be moved to the sides or made 20% smaller.

[ICSI]

Agreed! some people might be thinking I am attacking the Checkblocks forum but what I am looking for its to make it practical and appealing. 

Conspiracy theory debunked: Checkblocks is not following an industry standard, those banners must be optimized, proven in this last shocking video. 

[Nik_Bloemers]

To me personally, the 'others do it too' argument doesn't hold water anyway. So if others do it a bad job, Check Point should just follow that and do the same? That doesn't make sense to me at all.