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I'm sure I've posted before but in any case I would like to say that I would really appreciate a 7 day (or custom) spoiler-free option. I love TL to the point that I automatically browse to it idly, and suddenly end up ruining big matches for myself which happened just over 24 hours prior and I hadn't had chance to watch yet, and then get upset.
I really want to visit TL daily to check for other news like community updates and to see when tournaments I don't normally follow are happening, plus read the write-ups from games I have seen or for upcoming matches, but I can't do that if I get spoilers for games that I haven't. I'm blocking the TL site in my browser from now until the 2017 off-season, because staying spoiler-free is more important to me than seeing other TL content.
I hope you can provide a 7 day option soon - but if I'm in the minority in asking for this, then I understand.
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On September 07 2017 06:37 Haighstrom wrote:
I'm sure I've posted before but in any case I would like to say that I would really appreciate a 7 day (or custom) spoiler-free option. I love TL to the point that I automatically browse to it idly, and suddenly end up ruining big matches for myself which happened just over 24 hours prior and I hadn't had chance to watch yet, and then get upset.
I really want to visit TL daily to check for other news like community updates and to see when tournaments I don't normally follow are happening, plus read the write-ups from games I have seen or for upcoming matches, but I can't do that if I get spoilers for games that I haven't. I'm blocking the TL site in my browser from now until the 2017 off-season, because staying spoiler-free is more important to me than seeing other TL content.
I hope you can provide a 7 day option soon - but if I'm in the minority in asking for this, then I understand.
I agree with this, I forgot that the blizzcon finals where played during the night to Sunday rather than the night to Monday so I just got the results spoiled. Normally weekend events have their finals are hidden on Monday mornings as most events end on Sunday. I would expect that if you can't catch the event live it seem like a common use-case to not be able to catch the vods (that might not even be up) the day after.
Sorry to bump a rather old thread but it was the most recent on the topic, and I figured it would be better than to start a new one.
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
Apologies folks. We intended to have a more toggle-able spoiler system in place for Blizzcon but other projects got in the way  We will endeavour to have the revamped system online as soon as possible.
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Wouldn't it be easy to just not have the spoiling content in the title. "GuMiho wins GSL, soO second place again" could be "GSL finals decided". This would be a fail safe for the spoiler system.
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On November 06 2017 19:12 Drfilip wrote:
Wouldn't it be easy to just not have the spoiling content in the title. "GuMiho wins GSL, soO second place again" could be "GSL finals decided". This would be a fail safe for the spoiler system.
Someone mentioned a few months ago in a different thread that when they used that type of title, very few people actually read those articles. Since they provide an option to hide spoilers, it is absolutely reasonable to try to maximize article reading.
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On November 06 2017 19:12 Drfilip wrote:
Wouldn't it be easy to just not have the spoiling content in the title. "GuMiho wins GSL, soO second place again" could be "GSL finals decided". This would be a fail safe for the spoiler system.
I could't agree more. And I think the question about the numbers of viewers should be secondary..
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On November 06 2017 23:33 Boggyb wrote:Show nested quote +On November 06 2017 19:12 Drfilip wrote:
Wouldn't it be easy to just not have the spoiling content in the title. "GuMiho wins GSL, soO second place again" could be "GSL finals decided". This would be a fail safe for the spoiler system. Someone mentioned a few months ago in a different thread that when they used that type of title, very few people actually read those articles. Since they provide an option to hide spoilers, it is absolutely reasonable to try to maximize article reading.
Yea it makes sense on the premise that spoiler-filled titles generate more viewers. I would actually argue that that they spoiler-free titles are better for viewership, since "have an open question" is basically law #1 of creating a good clickbait title.
Honestly this current spoiler system is awful, the biggest spoilers are usually in the front page and unless you have an account and are logged in at all times and have previously clicked the "avoid spoilers" button, you are going to have to see the front-page spoilers before you are able to click the button.
Reddit has been doing just fine with the norm of not putting spoilers in titles, and people have been consistently complaining about TLs system since the days it was implemented, so it really doesn't make sense to me why it still is this way
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As I suggested in another thread: how about a "spoilerwall" which aks if you want spoilers to be hidden when entering TL.net for the first time?
I think the current solution is a really good idea but the checkbox for "hide spoilers" is quite hidden, especially for casual visitors. You probably already read all the spoilers when you finally found it 
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I've increased the spoiler timer to 7 days so people have enough time to be spoiled somewhere else first.
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On November 07 2017 00:55 R1CH wrote:
I've increased the spoiler timer to 7 days so people have enough time to be spoiled somewhere else first.
Thank you. Because being away from the week-end i can go to TL and not be spoiled for Blizzcon. (i've watched it now so i cam to TL)
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On November 07 2017 00:55 R1CH wrote:
I've increased the spoiler timer to 7 days so people have enough time to be spoiled somewhere else first.
The ending gave me a chuckle lol
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I'm back to TL after avoiding it religiously until I could catch up on blizzcon (on spoiler free vod sc2 sites)
Reading this excellent writeup
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/527327-20000-my-tl-story
And seeing some articles he refers to
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/brood-war/513297-asl-semifinals-preview-mere-mortals
all of them are spoiler free titles, funny or enticing, but spoiler free
So I can't help wondering still about the title thing being such an issue for increasing viewers; quality content gets viewership no matter
And anytime there is any big competition, you get ppl complaining about being spoiled (old hands know about it, they protect themselves with a spoiler free cookie or not visitng TL)
Thanks for the 7 days,
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Nope, it's still there. Option is on the front page below the news boxes.
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Spoiler free has been great for me! I've really enjoyed being able to use TL as a hub for news and streams while catching up on big tournaments
Sadly, it seems that the spoiler tags do not apply to featured videos, as the current featured video title has a spoiler for the grand finals of TSL5. Hoping this gets changed in the future, as I've really enjoyed this feature on other parts of the site.
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So you made a second account just to bump this thread that you necro'd. Nice.
A couple posts up it says that spoiler tags last for 7 days after the tournament ends. Your original post was 12 days after TSL5 ended. Sounds like spoilers are working as intended to me.
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On July 02 2020 23:31 esReveR wrote:
So you made a second account just to bump this thread that you necro'd. Nice.
A couple posts up it says that spoiler tags last for 7 days after the tournament ends. Your original post was 12 days after TSL5 ended. Sounds like spoilers are working as intended to me.
Get em.
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