2008-09-04, 18:56 | Link #62 |
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Fair enough. ^^ There's a point in there though, there's a lot of people that enjoy the full experience a story provides. Sure, spoilers don't have to reveal the events leading up to the "surprise", but the fact that the spoiler exists removes an element that people might not have expected. Even for people so out of touch as to not know a famous boat sank.
I'm not one to be bothered by spoilers (I'm pretty good at guessing them anyway), but I appreciate it when people do try to keep them under wraps - at least until it's general knowledge. I don't think treading carefully until it's made clear that most people know what happened and are openly discussing it is a bad thing. After that though, I'm also not sympathetic to those who join a discussion late expecting *not* to be spoiled.
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2008-09-04, 22:45 | Link #63 | |
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2008-09-04, 22:55 | Link #64 | |
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Granted, a moderator can make a mistake, but it won't be another moderator who will fix the mistake. It will be brought to the attention of the original moderator in question, and that moderator will decide for his/herself how to act on it. We are a pretty tightly knit group. Good thoughts by the way!
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2008-09-05, 03:00 | Link #65 |
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The way I see it, there seems to be some sort of special fist time seeing it experience, for them.
I don't know, something to do with it's overall presentation? maybe. I somewhat get the feeling even if it's pretty damn bad and they hate it they might like to watch it and somewhat take pleasure in watching it; even if it is like I said, horrible. At least that's how I understand it from the people continously explaing how bad spoilers are. It doesn't make too much sense to me, it's not like someone else is thinking for you or your not the one taking in the same grane of information, but they're clingy to that way of thinking so I don't really feel like arguing over it. (there's not a lot of good that would do anyway)
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2008-09-05, 03:51 | Link #67 | |
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Please respect the wishes of other people even if their viewpoint doesn't match yours. In this case we are taking about the concept of spoilers, so please take into account that some people do not like to be spoiled for any reason. What's more, we even have specific rules here in AnimeSuki about spoilers so it really doesn't matter what your personal viewpoint is on the issue, we specifically ask that spoilers are not posted under certain circumstances. The issue here isn't if you think spoilers matter or not. For some reason some posters seem to think that is the purpose of this thread is to justify why spoilers do not matter. It really doesn't matter if you think spoiler rules are needed or not, we specifically ask for spoilers not to be posted in certain threads. For some (many I suspect), if they are about to watch a new movie, they would not like to be told "everyone dies in the end" (or whatever the final plot turns out to be) before they actually get a chance to watch it for themselves. During the course of the movie, it is possible to "get involved" in the plot and form an opinion as to how it might end, you might form an emotional attachment to certain characters and enjoy (or maybe not) how the story progresses and concludes. To be told beforehand (for example) that a character dies can spoil, for some, the enjoyment of the build up, of the experience. Now if spoilers do not effect you, good for you! But please have some consideration for others who may not share this viewpoint. Like most things, different people like different things. Some find spoilers objectionable, others do not. We have defined some rules concerning spoilers here ate AnimeSuki and just like any of the other rules we request that posters respect the rules of the forum. And as a reminder, please read our Spoiler Policy before posting in this thread At least be familiar with the topic under discussion. |
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2008-10-17, 03:12 | Link #68 | |
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I've must have missed the personal notification sent out to all the forum members when the spoiler tag options were implement back so long ago or they weren't placed in a noticeable place. I was trying to find my post regarding member X wailing on member J for putting an ending spoiler in Tales of Abyss when the member J did, in fact, put the spoiler in tag. Ok, I got common sense when it comes to spoilers, however I was not aware about the "in-depth" Spoiler Policy. I was actually was surprised, confused, and panicky when I found out Xris deleted my post. I actually had to fully read the policy and then think about it for a minute. I've been using spoilers tags often but not properly since I always forget to fill in the tag. I've been with AS for quite awhile now hence my "spoiler type" free infraction. I'm amazed really how I haven't gotten a ton of infractions yet. Looking back now, wow a lot of my older post really borderline in breaking the Spoiler Policy. Can a mod can clip a copy of the detailed spoiler policy and paste in Keitaro's section about spoilers so that it's more clearly visible and noticeable to past and future forum members?
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2008-10-17, 12:21 | Link #70 | |
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2008-10-17, 12:32 | Link #71 |
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I meant the full Policy should be put on Keitaros's section in the fansub forum sticky right where #6 rules is and not a hyperlink.
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2008-10-17, 12:57 | Link #72 | |
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Then again, a notice to all members is not a bad idea either.
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2008-10-17, 13:49 | Link #73 | |
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2008-10-17, 13:57 | Link #74 |
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The sad thing is I actually did miss the hyperlink the first time when I checked Keitaro's post. Thanks to that I made an A** of myself in a recent forum post.
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2008-10-17, 14:39 | Link #75 | ||
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2008-12-22, 22:34 | Link #77 |
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Well, I would say the guideline is as follows: You're not allowed to use spoiler tags in your signature (or, for obvious reasons, for your avatar). So, you're not allowed to put anything that would usually have to be behind spoiler tags in those places.
My suggestion is that you try to avoid things that would be blatant spoilers in any case, because not everyone who reads your posts would be familiar with the material in question, and unless you only ever post in that one thread/section, you may spoil people unintentionally (keep in mind that your avatar appears in every post retroactively). That being said, you should apply common sense here too -- someone could try to argue that showing any scene from any manga/anime could be considered a spoiler to people who haven't read/seen that property yet, but it really comes down to how bad it would be if that scene was given away. All that to say, don't seriously spoil people in your avatar or signature. If it's a serious spoiler -- serious enough that it'd normally need spoiler tags -- then don't. You can always PM a mod with a specific example if you're not sure (but please don't abuse that privilege either). |
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2008-12-27, 00:30 | Link #80 |
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Well, I suppose it could be... Would reading that quote give away a key plot point? Is it from the latest raws or further ahead than the average English-speaker is expected to be in the product? Like I said, if it couldn't be posted in a normal thread without spoiler tags, then it shouldn't be used in signatures either, but I suppose there some "grey area" there too. If you're not sure, maybe you could PM a mod you see posting in the threads for that series and ask them what they think.
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