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Originally posted by Kakero:
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Originally posted by Nanobyte:
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Originally posted by Kakero:
you will be spoilt whether you like it or not.
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I'm sure Ziroc would beg to differ. [/QUOTE]really, try to think about it. if a newbie come to the forum to ask a question. while waiting for someone to answer his question. that person might take a look at other post in the forum. thus looking at things that might be a spoiler. [/QUOTE]But that's by choice. What Nanobyte is talking about is being spoiled even when you've taken every precaution. When I started playing I didn't read any posts in this forum because I didn't want to get spoiled and asked all my questions in new threads instead of searching which might spoil me. However I still was spoiled because people replied to my threads without putting spoiler tags on stuff that I didn't ask people to tell me but they did anyway. For example I remember a thread I made, I can't recall what the topic was but someone started talking about how I could get a house to put stuff in when I did certain things - information that I didn't want and wasn't tagged with a spoiler.
So I agree that people might be spoiled whether they like it or not, but only if people replying and making posts are inconsiderate and don't mark spoilers with tags. I think the person asking for help though should help themselves by specifying exactly what information they want to avoid being spoiled as much as possible. Often people replying like to give as much information as possible, which is sometimes more than you want. So if you make a thread saying 'am I doing the right thing', you should specify that you only want yes or no answers not 'yes you are because blah-blah-big-plot-spoilers'
I agree in part with B_part's definition of a spoiler. Certainly all the stuff he said were spoilers is correct. But I think unless it's absolutely crucial to the topic, there shouldn't be any need to put out 'names hanging in midair' and 'obscure hints' unless specifically asked for. At least in threads where someone is asking for help. In conversation threads about good spells or where to find good items it's different because spoilers are expected.