These "Spoiler - Aurene" threads

I don't know about you, but when I saw those titles before completing my own story, I instantly understood what the spoiler was. It's pretty obvious.Does the "spoiler" tag really help that much ? What's even the point ?Shouldn't such discussions just be moved to the "lore" subforum ?

I have no idea what those threads are about so... they seem to work.

@Maikimaik.1974 said:I have no idea what those threads are about so...Aurene eats Dumbledore.

But honestly, I think the sale of a certain item in the gemstore is more of a spoiler, and they only waited one week for that.

@Palador.2170 said:Aurene eats Dumbledore.

I think you meant Joko.

Oops...

I've been thinking the same. I found out fairly early on thanks to some friends (who know I don't mind spoilers) but I think if I didn't I could have guessed at what happens (at least the major points) just based on topic titles. Each individual one is fine, but with all the different ones together the dots start to connect and it's not a big leap to guess what they're hinting at. But it's still better than just saying it directly, especially since you probably need to be up to date on the story to get the hints.

It's difficult though because a lot of people will want to talk about it and I don't know about anyone else but I'm never sure what counts as a spoiler and what doesn't. I'm definitely at the far end of the spectrum: I not only don't mind spoilers (no matter how detailed) I actually prefer to know a bit about a story before I start so I go into it with the right mind set. Before I see a movie I like to at least know the genre and a rough plot outline so I know if I'm waiting for it to all kick off or if that's never going to happen and if it does whether they're trying to make me laugh, cry, leap out of my seat in terror or all of the above. (Which is really annoying when I have friends whose idea of telling me 'all about' a movie is to list a selection of the most famous people involved in making it and some awards it was nominated for.)

At the other extreme I once saw someone in map chat getting absolutely furious that someone had mentioned Taimi was in a particular story instance. Apparently that's a huge spoiler because it gives away that she doesn't die at any point before then. To my mind that's the default position - if a character is currently alive then you assume they will still be alive at the end of the story and it's only a surprise if they die. And of course some people won't watch trailers or read release announcements beyond the release date because it might give away information they don't want to find out early.

To further complicate matters it's not a linear progression. Different people have different ideas of what is and is not a spoiler. Some people don't mind knowing Dragon's Watch are involved, but don't want to know the map name or location. Other people think the opposite. Some only care about the story instances and think the open world cannot contain spoilers, but others don't want to know about the map until they get there. And so on.

I never know what's ok to mention and what isn't, although I try to emulate other people's approach to hopefully hit the right balance.

My practice is that when a new episode is released, to disable map chat and avoid the forums until I've completed the story.

@Jeknar.6184 said:

@Palador.2170 said:Aurene eats Dumbledore.

Aurene eats Dumbledore who's actually Joko who's actually Einhorn. Einhorn is Finkle. Finkle is Einhorn! Einhorn is a man!

I get you love forums and social media so much but... You do realize the easiest solution right? Don't go on social media for a few days a week or however long it takes to finish the story if it pisses you off that much. I think you can handle some time off from it ^^. If you say you can't handle the time away then well.. That's a choice you make .

New story comes out .. anything that has to do with gw2 on forums, facebook , twitter, i skip past, scroll by. Because there is probably a post of something about the new episode

I make it a point not to read the forums until I finish the story.

Like, when on this very forum we had "Spoiler - Aurene" and directly below it there was "This character should stay dead".Yeah, not spoilerish at all

Yeah, only way to keep the story unspoiled is to try to complete it as quickly as possible and stay away from forums and chats until done. The more time passes, the harder it is to avoid spoilers. It is how it is.

It's even better when they're right next to the "That character should stay dead" thread. People aren't very good at this sort of thing.

@"Orion Templar.4589" said:My practice is that when a new episode is released, to disable map chat and avoid the forums until I've completed the story.

That is the best tactic. I finished the story pretty fast, but I still got quite upset when I would see someone coming out of the last story instance and instantly start spamming the map chat like this:

Player: "WTF?!?"Player: "Are you SERIOUS, ANet!??? [insert spoiler]"Player: "How could you do this to us!"Player: "Man, that sucks..."(etc.)

@Kameko.8314 said:I get you love forums and social media so much but... You do realize the easiest solution right? Don't go on social media for a few days a week or however long it takes to finish the story if it pisses you off that much. I think you can handle some time off from it ^^. If you say you can't handle the time away then well.. That's a choice you make .

New story comes out .. anything that has to do with gw2 on forums, facebook , twitter, i skip past, scroll by. Because there is probably a post of something about the new episode

Yeah, but that didn't stop the idiot who blurted it out in map chat over and over when I was doing the story, then blamed his friend who whispered the news to him. People will get you no matter how careful you are.