Agreed on all the above comments
I don't know wtf the sponsor was thinking with those banners. The promos for that particular site have got to be some of the most obnoxious in the business. However, as much as those banner annoy me...it wasn't solely those that got the site declined when I reviewed it last night. Though they did add to the decision to decline the site.
The gallery banners being so close to the pics also factored into the decline. But, the real kicker was the extremely poor quality of the pics themselves. Those are some of the worst vid caps I've run across and that's saying something...cuz I've seen some bad ones. Some of em are so fuzzy, I just couldn't accept the site.
I know you're trying hard...and that site was actually fairly clean overall. I was ready to let the obnoxious banners slide...was even ready to let the cramped feel on the galleries slide. But, those pics pushed it over to the 'can't accept this' stack
Try to find some less annoying ads if you want to promote that site and loosen up your design a little. And if the sponsor can't do better than that content wise...it may be time to either buy content...or find another sponsor.
You're on the right track Stfuvt...don't get discouraged