I have to say the banner ads don't bother me, they don't even register as being there - apart from the ones for 'teen boys' and kids. What's that all about? I mainly use the Wings forum here on Renderosity, and the mod there did something or other that filters the banner ads. If you visit http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12445 you'll see the top banner ads cycle randomly, but are very innocuous. Maybe a request to the mod would work?