Where are the ads?

You mean there were ads on this site? Honestly, I don't notice ads and don't click on them.

I prefer the cleaner "no ads" look. However, I'm not sure I would pay for a subscription and, therefore, wouldn't mind the ads returning.

Keep the ads... doesnt bother me at all. If need be, i'll start clicking on them if you want

It's kind of nice without them. But if they have to be here, so be it.

I agree with the first part, but not necessarily the last part of your post. As bgizzle said in his third edit, add revenue may or may not change at all, it could even increase because of some fancy clicky statistic thing. I'm very curious to see whether this change is in fact beneficial to add revenue.

i have been using adblock plus with firefox and the only thing i notice different is the side bar is gone

Wow, the site has been looking a little different. I like it this way, I was never a big fan of the sidebar anyways, but other users like it. The sidebar was a little to small for me, I would rather just go to the Forum Page. I would be willing to donate to not have advertisements.