I have Episode 9 ready to be watched but having a hard time getting myself to press play. Like some others said, having read the books, it can't be worse than that. Easier to watch actors doing it instead of having to imagine it all in your head. Also interesting to hear that he actually uses the guy who made the Westeros website (huge website of the series with tons of history and explains pretty much everything) to double-check some of his characters. I guess even he can lose track of them all.
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
I have Episode 9 ready to be watched but having a hard time getting myself to press play. Like some others said, having read the books, it can't be worse than that. Easier to watch actors doing it instead of having to imagine it all in your head. Also interesting to hear that he actually uses the guy who made the Westeros website (huge website of the series with tons of history and explains pretty much everything) to double-check some of his characters. I guess even he can lose track of them all. | ||
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OutlaW-
Czech Republic5053 Posts
On June 06 2013 13:17 Zooper31 wrote: If what he said was indeed spoilers for the entire storyline start to finish then he deserves a perma ban for ruining thousands of viewers enjoyment of a show. He would be as sadistic as Theon's torturer. Spoilers don't ruin a show. | ||
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Zooper31
United States5711 Posts
Depends who you ask. That's just your opinion. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
You'll find yourself in the minority with that opinion. Hardly anyone likes to be told what happens in a movie/book they plan on reading, it takes away a lot of the suspense. Wanting to find out what happens next is a lot of why people keep watching/reading. Definitely should be a perma-ban for major spoilers. | ||
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OutlaW-
Czech Republic5053 Posts
There was actually an experiment that proved that people who got spoiled the story of some books didn't have their experiences ruined at all. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/spoilers-dont-spoil-anything/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/spoilers-study_n_924413.html http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/soc/2011_08spoilers.asp | ||
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Falling
Canada11378 Posts
On June 06 2013 13:34 plogamer wrote: Not if you make "predictions" a ban-able offense. There is no loop-hole anymore. If all preditions are banned, there is no way to distinguish which prediction was accurate/spoiler. That would pretty much hamstring the entire discussion thread. | ||
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Zooper31
United States5711 Posts
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OutlaW-
Czech Republic5053 Posts
On June 06 2013 14:11 Falling wrote: That would pretty much hamstring the entire discussion thread. Yeah, that'd be very stupid. The best solution is, for blatant spoilers, to remove them as soon as they get posted so that the fewest possible people get spoiled. But I still think that worrying about this as a non-moderator is a waste of time. You can't control not being spoiled if you read things like twitter/reddit/4chan/any chatroom ever, I've even met people spoiling people on league and dota | ||
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
On the other hand you have Jaime who miraculously escapes some dead end situations multiple times, and Tyrion survives an axe to the face. Also, I'm really looking forward to how the Jaime storyline evolves. After all, he's supposed to keep his word and return the girls to the Stark family, right? Well, now they're dead so what does he do now? Surely he won't just do nothing about it, but how could he ever possibly make it up to the Starks for sparing his life? | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4782 Posts
On June 06 2013 14:11 OutlaW- wrote: Yes, and my opinion is that people who think that spoilers ruin shows are overthinking it and it's their own fault. Threatening someone who posts speculations with a perma ban seems a little ridiculous to me. A perma ban on a forum about starcraft (and dota/league) for saying a few things that will happen in the future in a completely unrelated show? I think people who are afraid of spoilers are ruining the shows for themselves. I've been spoiled what happens in SnK and I didn't let it bother me. I could have, and it probably would have left a bad taste in my mouth if I did, but I didn't. And so, from my perspective, anyone whose enjoyment of a show is ruined just because they know a few things that will happen can only blame themselves. There was actually an experiment that proved that people who got spoiled the story of some books didn't have their experiences ruined at all. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/spoilers-dont-spoil-anything/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/spoilers-study_n_924413.html http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/soc/2011_08spoilers.asp We had this discussion once already in this thread. With the same articles. It was proven a fallacy last time as well. Furthermore do you really think it fair to make that decision on behalf of other people? The note specifically states not to spoil, so if you spoil under the veil of speculating a ban seems perfectly in line. | ||
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Zooper31
United States5711 Posts
On June 06 2013 14:57 Ghostcom wrote: We had this discussion once already in this thread. With the same articles. It was proven a fallacy last time as well. Furthermore do you really think it fair to make that decision on behalf of other people? The note specifically states not to spoil, so if you spoil under the veil of speculating a ban seems perfectly in line. That's all I was trying to get across really. Sure spoilering on accident is one thing. Spoilering on purpose and lying about it is one entirely thing all-together. Also stop trying to prove something that isn't based on facts and varies person to person. Theres no way you can tell someone their opinion is wrong on something like this. I indeed do get my experienced ruined depending the the subject being spoiled and how much was revealed. | ||
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Hitch-22
Canada753 Posts
On June 06 2013 10:38 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: No the rule of leniency should still apply. I accidentally got a two day temp ban for quoting the wiki. Difference is, if he's spoiling, he just ruined the next 2 books lol | ||
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McFeser
United States2458 Posts
On June 06 2013 15:01 Zooper31 wrote: That's all I was trying to get across really. Sure spoilering on accident is one thing. Spoilering on purpose and lying about it is one entirely thing all-together. Also stop trying to prove something that isn't based on facts and varies person to person. Theres no way you can tell someone their opinion is wrong on something like this. I indeed do get my experienced ruined depending the the subject being spoiled and how much was revealed. Stories are a series events told by the storyteller with extra details, pacing, order, and dressing. HBO and George RR Martin are better at telling stories than random internet poster. Id prefer to hear the story from the former | ||
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Highways
Australia6105 Posts
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Zooper31
United States5711 Posts
On June 06 2013 15:30 Highways wrote: Was this the first ever episode without Tyrion? Pretty sure there was an episode before where we didn't see a single scene from anybody from Kings Landing in like S2. Not sure about S3 though. | ||
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jcroisdale
United States1543 Posts
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ore0z
Romania161 Posts
Spoilers doesn't always ruin anticipation. There are those that come into episode 9 knowing what will happen but are still on the edge of their seat. What creates anticipation is the story telling. I still watch this episode and am still on the esge of my seat up to the moment talisa gets stabbed in the stomach. I don't think I'm the only one here who does that | ||
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Hitch-22
Canada753 Posts
On June 06 2013 16:02 ore0z wrote: Trailers and previews are considered spoilers too but are also used to hype. Spoilers can help. Spoilers doesn't always ruin anticipation. There are those that come into episode 9 knowing what will happen but are still on the edge of their seat. What creates anticipation is the story telling. I still watch this episode and am still on the esge of my seat up to the moment talisa gets stabbed in the stomach. I don't think I'm the only one here who does that -.- You know what, I think I can speak for everyone in this thread but if you enjoy spoilers so much there is an entire other thread where you'll be spoiled to your hearts delight because the fact you're equating a trailer or a episode preview with any substantial spoiler (like if someone we to say Ned Stark died just before S1 finale) and/or somehow making them analogous is ridiculous... | ||
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broodmann
604 Posts
On June 06 2013 15:49 jcroisdale wrote: People who say be spoiled does not take away from the story, have a very small emotional spectrum. Part of any good story is anticipation. Not seeing how anticipation leads to a more enthralling story, is just ignorance. Way to generalize....I don't care very much about being spoiled since I can enjoy a show or book for other reasons, such as good dialogue, acting, story development etc. It's the opinion of the fool that everyone who doesn't share his pov is ignorant and wrong. | ||
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Patriot.dlk
Sweden5462 Posts
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