I think it stinks that plus members get to see ads, we are paying but there is really no benefit for us anymore (compared to non paying customers).

If I would have known this I never would have renewed my account, just don't see the benefits. I still like game-spot for nostalgic reasons but really I don't visit that often since the change. I don't want to upgrade to TotalAccess because im not into playing on line tournaments or downloading  files, just want to watch OnTheSpot with the nice picture, without the ads. I hope you guys listen and think about it really hard.

Sad but true.