Cheerful Ghost is a site aimed at creating a safe, open and independent place for people to talk about what interests them in video games. If you have any ideas on how we can do this better or ways we can improve our current Membership system, let us know.

That scrooge pic is getting a lot of use, and I love that.
But yeah man, kudos. I think this is the right direction.
The only time I noticed the ads was when I wasn't logged into the site. That's because I'm a paid member. I might not have seen them before, I do use AdBlock Plus for Chrome. Anyway, I support their removal, especially if they don't really benefit the site. I do now see the banner at the top about Starship Rubicon and I think it's cool. I'd really like to see more paid members here.
Oh! The banner changed, it has different messages!! That is cool!
I'd like to see more members too. Open to anyone that has ideas there.