In Reply To #9
I don't think it can be removed completely. It's one of those things where your host tells you "You can have free space but you MUST have ads here, here and here, otherwise you don't get what I'm offering" or something.
Every site that's part of the classicgaming/gamespy network needs to have that in at least three pages, from what I googled.
Even the Dungeon has it, only it was cleverly well done in that it's in only some spots.