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Subject: Flood, how do you handle video game spoilers?

Say you just picked up a new game and you head online to check out a few things like the gameplay or whatever on YouTube, and suddenly you see the full spoilers and game endings posted somewhere on the page.

How do you respond?

Because I just got Far Cry 3, went to go see the online web series again before playing, and then I see in the related videos, the full spoilers and events that happen and affect the entirety of the game in the title. What's worse is that the uploader just put [SPOILER] __________ as the title, as if the spoiler actually prevents the rest from being read, unless you have killer reflexes and can just look away instantly without reading ahead.

And so now, I'm actually not sure if I want to go on and play it. I'm of course still going to later on, but now I'm just really depressed that the entire game is basically laid out for me, and whenever I see X, I'm going to think "Oh... yeah I know what happens."

What do you do after seeing a spoiler, Flood? Assuming you can't do anything to the person who spoiled the game for you. How do you not let it bother you while playing?

  • 12.25.2012 10:05 PM PDT

Well, usually I don't go to youtube and look up videos of the game if I'm worried about spoilers...

  • 12.25.2012 10:06 PM PDT


Posted by: Hylebos
Well, usually I don't go to youtube and look up videos of the game if I'm worried about spoilers...


Yeah, that was actually probably on my part :(

  • 12.25.2012 10:08 PM PDT

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  • 12.25.2012 10:08 PM PDT

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Most of the time I don't care or I actively seek them out.

  • 12.25.2012 10:09 PM PDT

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  • 12.25.2012 10:10 PM PDT
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I don't allow any spoilers to ruin a game, movie, or show for me. If I know of something in advance, I will want to see it for myself.

  • 12.25.2012 10:10 PM PDT

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Is it odd that i can block almost everything out and forget about it if i want? And yes I usually stay away from the internet if i care about the story of a game.

  • 12.25.2012 10:10 PM PDT

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I hate how idiots put spoil titles for threads but then put the note 'SPOILER' at the end of their thread title. Someone spoiled the Halo 4 ending for me by doing that.

IE: What did you like when blah blah blah [SPOILER ALERT]

  • 12.25.2012 10:12 PM PDT

I realize you guys are a bit brighter than me and don't let this happen, but has this not happened to you? What have you done if this has? Anything I can do to prevent this from ruining the game for me?

  • 12.25.2012 10:13 PM PDT

Posted by: T21095
I don't allow any spoilers to ruin a game, movie, or show for me. If I know of something in advance, I will want to see it for myself.

This!

  • 12.25.2012 10:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: Silent Strike007
I realize you guys are a bit brighter than me and don't let this happen, but has this not happened to you? What have you done if this has? Anything I can do to prevent this from ruining the game for me?
Go beat another game first, get really deep into the lore of it for a week then go back to farcry 3? Best thing i can come up with

  • 12.25.2012 10:15 PM PDT

Sometimes I am tempted to quit gaming. I can no longer play without seeing ponyphags, horrendously bad teammates and mexicans.

Gaming community, I want you to know that you suck.

Not care. Seriously, you usually have to go out of your way to find spoilers.

  • 12.25.2012 10:15 PM PDT

Signatures are for little kids.

I don't care about video game spoilers.

I know Cortana 'dies', and even though that makes me happy it hasn't made me want to finish the campaign.

  • 12.25.2012 10:16 PM PDT


Posted by: Godshatter
I don't care about video game spoilers.

I know (the thing you just spoiled), and even though that makes me happy it hasn't made me want to finish the campaign.


Okay you didn't really help by spoiling something there.

  • 12.25.2012 10:18 PM PDT

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Posted by: Hylebos
Well, usually I don't go to youtube and look up videos of the game if I'm worried about spoilers...

This.

OT: I rarely see spoilers for games and such. When I do, I just try to forget about it. Sometimes the spoilers are wrong.

  • 12.25.2012 10:31 PM PDT

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I usually don't care. I sometimes even actively look up as much as I can about a game's story before I buy it, so I know what I'm getting into. For example, I deliberately spoiled all 3 Mass Effects before I got them.

  • 12.25.2012 10:33 PM PDT
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Don't care about spoilers, unless it involves Metal Gear.

  • 12.25.2012 10:36 PM PDT

Suicide, it's the only option

  • 12.25.2012 10:38 PM PDT

How do you not care? I mean now I'm just looking at my unopened copy and thinking "Wow, is it really worth it? I mean, I'm not even going to be surprised. I might as well just watch the rest of the ending so I can enjoy the little things. The story will most likely be nothing to me now."

Like what if it was a game you were really excited about? I'm a hardcore Halo fan, if Halo 4 was spoiled for me, I would be so pissed. Like what if it was a game that hasn't even came out yet, but you saw the ending leaked online?

  • 12.25.2012 10:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: Casselt
I hate how idiots put spoil titles for threads but then put the note 'SPOILER' at the end of their thread title. Someone spoiled the Halo 4 ending for me by doing that.

IE: What did you like when blah blah blah [SPOILER ALERT]



Agreed, those people need to be forcibly removed from the internet.

  • 12.25.2012 10:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: xODSTxDutch
Suicide, it's the only option







Really?

That's masochistic.

  • 12.25.2012 10:43 PM PDT