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Originally posted by Radek:
Yorick,
could you specify the difference between "specific problems I'd encountered" and "plot developments I would come across naturally"? I daresay that every specific problem you'd encountered is a plot development you would come across naturally. So, what's the difference between your smoking and non-smoking areas? Please correct me if I am mistaken.
Zateel,
my appologies. I read your post too fast. This was caused by the fact that I get crazy whenever I see "spoiler ahead", etc. The discussion is about whether information can spoil anything. I disagree. Information cannot spoil anything. It's a contradiction. Information can only speed up the development of our own game strategies and tactics. But that's WE who develop them - not the informators. Does it matter whether I know that there is a new NPC in ToB? Does it matter whether I know exactly its abilities? It does not because it's ME who decides what to do with it. Similarly, it's me who decides what to do with any information.
My offensive answer should have been directed elsewhere.
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Radek, I hope you're not directing your offensive answer to my request that information which reveals plot twists, locations of weapons etc that you would have otherwise learned through the course of the game be marked with a SPOILER tag.
A spoiler is something that reveals information about a plot twist or the location of some object/character/hidden place. Spoilers are by their nature subjective - you will need to use your judgment to determine what these are.
A lot of people get on these boards to talk about general game issues, such as "What is the best party for whatever" or "Should I drop whoever from my group?". These types of posts usually don't require spoiler tags as they are general information.
Other people might have specific game questions like "How do i get past so-and-so" or "Where is such-and-such". These would be considered posts requesting spoiler information. Some are obviously bigger spoilers than others.
There are also posts which refer to specific plot twists in BG2. A lot of people who come here do NOT know about certain plot twists which the rest of us might take for granted. Unmarked spoilers about these detract from these people's gaming experience. The majority of people don't like finding out about a plot twist before they were meant to.
As a COURTESY to other board members who may not have gotten as far in the game as you have, please abide by the following when requesting or revealing spoiler information:
1. Do NOT reveal the spoiler in your title.
2. Put a SPOILER tag in the title so people know you will be revealing spoiler information.
3. Put spoiler spaces just before the part where you are revealing the information.
You are entitled to your belief that information doesn't spoil, and helps you improve your game. However, other people are also entitled to their beliefs that such information DOES spoil - hence the courtesy of marking such information as SPOILERS.
You're more than welcome to read ahead when you see posts marked as spoilers - to you they're not spoilers. For other people they may be - respect their rights by letting them know.
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