You could alternatively try and/or [url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy/]RequestPolicy. NoScript prevents scripts from running from domains until you specifically whitelist the domain; since almost all ads are served up from domains external to the site you're actually visiting NoScript ends up blocking most of them, and especially blocks the most annoying ads (moving, pop-over, sound, video, etc). RequestPolicy prevents sites from loading elements hosted on other domains unless you specifically authorize it. This means that pretty much all ads, tracking elements, etc are blocked (since they're almost all loaded from domains other than the site being visited). The downside is that these aren't as low-maintenance as AdBlock, and will break many sites until you whitelist the domains that the site relies on to function properly. Once you get the sites you properly visit whitelisted things run pretty smoothly from there, but you'll still need to whitelist elements on new sites occasionally.

Not Adblock. Adblock Plus.

As in, you should be using Adblock plus, and not Adblock.

Personally I prefer Adblock Plus Plus Plus.

Reading all these comments you'd think that soon close to a 100% of browser users will use blocking of ads.

Thank god says the business that ever more content is displayed through exclusive apps on mobile plattforms. The Facebook app is a good example how this works.

Usually people who use forums like gog are more PC/teh literate. The average internet user I'm sure that he doesn't know that ads can be blocked.

I use Adblock Plus and NoScript to take care of ads. I also have the Flashblock add-on to stop any flash video and sound from automatically starting to load and play for any websites that might be whitelisted in my other add-ons but I can still click the play button if I want to. This is also useful for video sites since I tend to Ctrl+click several video thumbnails in short order to open in new tabs to watch later and don't want them to start playing immediately.

I don't understand the mentality that people would put up with things they don't like when they have the option not to in order to support a website. I always wonder if people follow this logic if they also use a dvr for TV but intentionally force themselves not to fast forward through any recorded commercials on their favorite TV shows.

Anyway, it's not my place to figure out for a business how they're going to generate revenue nor is it their place to try to tell me how to setup my own property or what I allow on it.

I will decide if the content is worthy of whitelisting or not but I pretty much always hit the back button immediately if I see a "warning" on a site appealing to pity/guilt pleading for me to disable an ad blocking add-on if I can see that message. To me, that's similar to the old "Don't worry, you can trust me." phrase. Whenever I deal with people I don't know in a contract situation, it's a potentially immediate transaction-ending phrase to utter, and I've almost always regretted it if I still made a transaction against my better judgement. To me, it just reeks of someone who doesn't have much confidence in their work/skill-set/product if they stoop to saying that. If they don't believe in themselves that they have content that people will want to consume, why would I believe in them?

Of course you decide if you want to use an ad-blocker. Obviously you want. Now they have to decide if they still want to have visitors that use ad-blockers. The presence of ad-blockers can be detected somehow and then they could serve a blank page in return. I wonder when it will be done like this.

Yeah, it's possible and I find it more honest of them if/when they do this. Then I will decide if I really want to see the page or not but I almost never want to if they beg me to. Hell, I'd rather pay for HBO then have their shows filled with ads that interrupt the flow of the show or break immersion with a pop-up ad in the corner (although the best for me still is if I can have the patience for shows to air and then buy all seasons at once later and watch them that way). I'd rather watch PPV UFC fights than free ones on Fox so I don't have to worry about censorship too, although it irritates me that they still have a few ads on a TV airing I paid for. So it's possible to pay for things I really want.

A general note to the OP and others; Ghostery will help you disable those widgets, across all websites. As well as analytics, widgets, advertising platforms, etc... Adding Peerblock to this, and using a specialized browser (Comodo Dragon, SRWare Iron, etc...) will help to improve your browsing speeds.

An overall note:
Yes, advertisements can be rather annoying, with a large quantity over time.
Some have their places and some like to pretend they do.