How can we remove in-game advert notifications/banners?

I want to start with saying that I am amazed that previous threads posts were removed but I will honestly try here at my best to not infringe any guidelines or t&c.

This post is about : How to remove the banners/adverts about politics in-game ? I play this game to relax and chill and not follow any politics or anything going on in the real world, therefore the BLM fullblackscreen with a politics message and the in-game lobby with the right side notification that is there without knowing how to remove I feel that my mood is affected, therefore my gaming experience is influenced by that (by a simple politics message).

Is there an option or settings to remove that from my screen and be fully immersed into the game without being forced to see that if I want to play the game? Is there somehow a way to prevent this from hapenning in the future?

I earlier on today posted something related about some threads being deleted in regards of this same matter (which they were maybe posted in a different wrong manner?), and recieved a warning so I don't want any trouble but the warning said to not bring any politics or religion into this but the message I see in game is about politics, isn't that against the guidelines?

I might receive a ban or this post removed but I simply try to understand how to remove in-game adverts/banners about politics ? Could anyone please help? Is it something I must do from Apex Legends in-game or from the client itself?

gameplay discussion

MoNosDirtyGamin
6 years ago
@Astropithecus_93 Extremely short answer? No there is no way of moving it without breaking the TOS.
I too will keep this short. You should not see the banner pop up more than once during a game play session unless you are crashing, getting errors or are abusing the exploit to disconnect/reconnect yourself from a game so you do not lose points in ranked.(which means it will constantly pop up on your screen). Every time you are killed and returned to the lobby then you should be "readying up" while looking/using your phone (as I do most of the time). Naturally everybody sees a specific part of the screen when we look at something, which is denoted in the following links:
https://cxl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/priority.jpg
https://cxl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gutenberg-diagram.png
So it is not your natural instincts looking at that particular banner in the bottom right corner, but you specifically. If it REALLY bothers you that much just play another game. I stand behind Respawn on this decision on a unified front.

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MoNosDirtyGamin
6 years ago
@Astropithecus_93 Extremely short answer? No there is no way of moving it without breaking the TOS.
I too will keep this short. You should not see the banner pop up more than once during a game play session unless you are crashing, getting errors or are abusing the exploit to disconnect/reconnect yourself from a game so you do not lose points in ranked.(which means it will constantly pop up on your screen). Every time you are killed and returned to the lobby then you should be "readying up" while looking/using your phone (as I do most of the time). Naturally everybody sees a specific part of the screen when we look at something, which is denoted in the following links:
https://cxl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/priority.jpg
https://cxl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gutenberg-diagram.png
So it is not your natural instincts looking at that particular banner in the bottom right corner, but you specifically. If it REALLY bothers you that much just play another game. I stand behind Respawn on this decision on a unified front.
FaIIenAngeI777
6 years ago
@Astropithecus_93If you are so easily offended by a simple notification message that it disrupts your gameplay that much I suggest you go get your mental health checked because its as simple as closing it and you can continue playing the game, the little square in the corner dosnt hurt anything at all its not like its popping up after every single match because that would frustrate me too
the notifications are respawns only way to really communicate with players in game, its used for trailers, bundles, patch notes, events, and most recently that they support Black Lives Matter its not there for politics its there for communication
Astropithecus_9
6 years ago
@MoNosDirtyGaming I studied optics, it doesn't work exactly like that.
My concern was why did they have to force something in my face? That thing is in the central area of my vision. I get it you are giving a solution which is quite close in using the phone and try to avoid looking at the screen while in lobby. Also what hapenned is that I even got a warning before "action on my account" because "there is no place for politics or religion here" so why would they force politics into my face? (Firstly that big black screen wasn't something I wished for and that was pure force in my face, I had to click a button to make it go away. I agree too to be unite and ecc, but I really didn't want to get into a videogame and get lectured about politics and a completely biased opinion by the way. They themselves said they want to keep in-game the game only and no politics or religion at all, which was contradictory.
By the way the main solution I see that whoever is too bothered about that to not play at all (a guy had his post removed and maybe even got a warning for saying this), or how I did (ocurred to me not long ago) is once I got an apex pack I just don't open it so I won't see any politics message on my screen at all.

At the end of the day, we all wanna unwind and chill playing a videogame that's what most of us gamers want without being fed into our faces anything extra.
Astropithecus_9
6 years ago
@FaIIenAngeI777 sorry to say it but it's pure politics. And by the way, not only EA doesn't want politics nor religion involved in their games but since they just did and people not being happy with it, they started censoring whoever was not happy about it. And what I see is that not only I am wrong for trying to remove something I don't want on my screen and being forced to see (in this case politics), but I am also considered mentally ill for speaking out ?
If I get into a game I just wanna play that game and if they communicate game-related content that's ok (even then I would still enjoy having the option to remove notifications).

p.s. I'm still amazed u brought the "mental health" thing into this, congratulations speaks up about what type of person you are.
FaIIenAngeI777
6 years ago
j@Astropithecus_93I dont really sugarcoat things I just speak what I feel lmao dont take it too personally, it shouldn’t really bother you that much every game has those boxes hell Im looking at one on fortnite right now... what was frustrating me on apex a couple weeks ago was that the missions were glitched so after every single match it had a pop up to finish the mission even after you finished it... something that constantly pops up and interferes with your gameplay is one thing but something that is just there isnt an issue
DaleWWilson95
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@Astropithecus_93 The fact you think its a political message shows how small minded you are, you dont understand so dont write paragraphs like you have lived there life
4ccbf460f7b926b
6 years ago
@Astropithecus_93 Yeah, the short answer is EA wants to do some heavy virtue signaling for PR brownie points.

And the long answer, EA doesn't want to see anything that disagrees with this on their forums, and they delete all posts with opposing views. They bring political propaganda into their games, force it down your throat, and demand that you accept it without a word any which way, so you aren't allowed to disagree or question.
You also will be hard pressed to find any responses from anyone who has given this an actual 'open minded' deep thought.

I honestly wouldn't waste your breath talking about it on here, EA has made it clear they don't respect free speech, and they will force their opinion on you. But this thread will be deleted soon anyways, so whatever.
DaleWWilson95
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
@4ccbf460f7b926b1 If you dont support BLM your racist simple as, yous arguing to get it removed shows what type of people you are
4ccbf460f7b926b
6 years ago
@DaleWWilson95Calling someone a racist is the insult from 5 years ago. It's been thrown around so much, its about as shocking as hearing someone say their name.

And the actual definition of racism has to do with thinking a specific race is superior. You obviously don't think all races are equal, so that makes you a hypocritical closet racist. (Aren't you shocked to your core because I used the word "racist"!??!?!?!?!? So scary, right?)

These brainless immature accusations only make you look like you don't have the ability to think for yourself.
E9ine_AC
Hero+
6 years ago
@4ccbf460f7b926b1 To remove it means you would have to alter the client to not display it. Which would not be allowed at all. It is something you will have to just no look at. I mean all the screen you got and you focus on one banner tag on the ui out of everything. That my friend is your problem. No one is forcing you to look at it hit play go about your day.