Spoilers Are A Big Failure

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SenseiKreese		#21	[-]
Posts: 2851 (12/18/08 9:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	17 seasons and I've never read a spoiler. Not everyone reads them.
Cassidy666		#22	[-]
Posts: 9304 (12/18/08 9:30 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Oowatanite wrote: SwineForkbeard wrote: You don't know what you're talking about. Survivor300 spoiled the final 3, just not soon enough for the edgic people to change their picks. That's why I confidently predicted Kenny wouldn't win and scolded the people who were too stubborn to abandon a sinking ship. Don't be pouting just because you got owned. Yeah he did. When there were about five players left. When there were a few days left before the finale. S300 picked Bob over Ken and Matty to be in the F3 with the obvious Sugar and Susie. Where were the bootlists ? Where were the solid early and mid-game spoilers ? The spoiler threads this season were just a giant mishmash of scatter-brained speculation entirely based on fandom. It was embarrassing. Sort of like your obsessive need to end all of your posts with "". Other than Survivor300, all of it was just crap. The producers must be cracking the whip hard to prevent people from talking too much before the season airs. It used to be entire bootlists were posted right at the start and I'm actually glad that isn't the case these last few seasons. The fanfic and endless "speculative" bootlists I could do without. I don't know what part of "spoiler" people don't understand. It's not an excuse to run wild with useless posts about things that jump wholly from their heads and are not based in actual fact. Just white noise really.
iluvbbsofun		#23	[-]
Posts: 944 (12/18/08 9:55 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	All I got to say is if Susie won with her edit, this would have been the most unpredictable season ever in terms of spoilers, editing, and outcome.
7Sages		#24	[-]
Posts: 243 (12/18/08 9:59 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Which seasons had non-accurate spoilers and accurate spoilers out while the season was going?
SwineForkbeard		#25	[-]
Posts: 2010 (12/18/08 10:02 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Cassidy666 wrote: Other than Survivor300, all of it was just crap. Absolutely. That's why I kept an open mind until I saw that. Unlike edgic, most people in spoilers admit when they're just guessing and lay claim to no crystal ball formula for analyzing the show.
Antithesys		#26	[-]
Posts: 23595 (12/19/08 2:33 AM) Gadabout Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I will never get why people read spoilers For a long time the spoiling activity was in itself a game and at times was much more interesting than the show. It took on a Cold War Spy-vs-Spy kinda deal, only with a lot more name-calling and hysteria. Some people got into serious RL trouble, not just from leaking info but from making the wrong enemies on the boards. On the other hand, I know of marriages and children that have resulted from people spoiling together. As the game has died off in recent seasons, I've stopped reading spoilers and the show has coincidentally become more enjoyable.
Kirblar		#27	[-]
Posts: 7213 (12/19/08 2:45 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	7Sages wrote: Which seasons had non-accurate spoilers and accurate spoilers out while the season was going? Too many had F2/F3 or bootlist spoilers out pre-game. Gabon's lack of a bootlist or F3 spoilers made it really fun to try and guess how it played out. The boards lit up in a way they haven't in a very long time- and I hope we're flying relatively blind again this season.
LKMOSCAR		#28	[-]
Posts: 5697 (12/19/08 3:22 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'm going to try giving up on spoilers this season.
Quiddity		#29	[-]
Posts: 4308 (12/19/08 5:36 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Merely wrote: I will never get why people read spoilers. So they can make the right edgic pick, like Amanda in China. :P
even number		#30	[-]
Posts: 110 (12/19/08 1:03 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	DarrellWTexas wrote: Snewser didn't "predict" anything, he simply reported what had long since happened. NO SHIT
Kitty Pryde1		#31	[-]
Posts: 7515 (12/19/08 1:06 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	SwineForkbeard wrote: Cassidy666 wrote: Other than Survivor300, all of it was just crap. Absolutely. That's why I kept an open mind until I saw that. Unlike edgic, most people in spoilers admit when they're just guessing and lay claim to no crystal ball formula for analyzing the show. The whole fucking point of Edgic is that we're guessing. I didn't realize that we needed to openly say that in every single post we make.
WTFscissoring8		#32	[-]
Posts: 328 (12/19/08 1:08 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	DarrellWTexas wrote: Snewser didn't "predict" anything, he simply reported what had long since happened.
SwineForkbeard		#33	[-]
Posts: 2012 (12/19/08 2:02 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Kitty Pryde1 wrote: The whole fucking point of Edgic is that we're guessing. I didn't realize that we needed to openly say that in every single post we make. Suit yourself. If you're just guessing, then you have nothing to brag about if you're right.
Kitty Pryde1		#34	[-]
Posts: 7519 (12/19/08 2:23 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	First off, by that logic, then you have nothing to brag about if we're wrong, yet you do anyway. Second off, there's a difference between just picking names out of a hat sort of guessing and using the edit and past editting techniques to determine the best fit character sort of guessing.
SwineForkbeard		#35	[-]
Posts: 2013 (12/19/08 2:47 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	There's also a difference between bragging and rubbing it in.
Merely		#36	[-]
Posts: 5012 (12/19/08 11:03 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Antithesys wrote: I will never get why people read spoilers For a long time the spoiling activity was in itself a game and at times was much more interesting than the show. It took on a Cold War Spy-vs-Spy kinda deal, only with a lot more name-calling and hysteria. Some people got into serious RL trouble, not just from leaking info but from making the wrong enemies on the boards. On the other hand, I know of marriages and children that have resulted from people spoiling together. As the game has died off in recent seasons, I've stopped reading spoilers and the show has coincidentally become more enjoyable. Wow.
gab500		#37	[-]
Posts: 1057 (12/20/08 11:37 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I also pretty much stayed away from spoilers this season (not that there were all that many of them, apparently), and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I found it pretty refreshing to be able to watch the show and guess what was going to happen instead of having knowledge beforehand.
SPunKeeMonKee		#38	[-]
Posts: 11650 (12/20/08 11:52 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I try to stay away from spoilers but they always have a way of leaking into the rest of the forum.. you know it, a lot of people who make "predictions" (like in the B/H/G threads) claim they don't read them but they're liars.. like the ones "predicting" that Sugar would quit in the finale even though it was discussed in the spoiler forum. But anyway, the absence of substantial spoilers this season really made the show more interesting and suspenseful. That's how it should be.
Merely		#39	[-]
Posts: 5023 (12/20/08 11:55 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	SPunKeeMonKee wrote: I try to stay away from spoilers but they always have a way of leaking into the rest of the forum.. you know it, a lot of people who make "predictions" (like in the B/H/G threads) claim they don't read them but they're liars.. like the ones "predicting" that Sugar would quit in the finale even though it was discussed in the spoiler forum. Yeah, I know right?
survivorisdabest		#40	[-]
Posts: 2369 (12/20/08 12:10 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	People who read spoilers are not true fans of the show. There, I said it, and it's TRUE! Secondly, people who read spoilers and then tell everyone and spoil it for others are complete douches.

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