by Throknor
LeonardQuirm wrote:
I'd recommend un-subbing from the SeaFall forum until you've played the game in full. I also use the "Next" button to go through subscriptions but (a) a message like this isn't going to convert everyone and (b) people may find endless spoiler tags (especially nested spoiler tags for replies) annoying when the fact there's a Spoiler is announced up-front in the subject (I certainly had someone comment that I didn't need spoiler tags when I asked a rules question in Pandemic: Legacy that had "Spoiler" in the subject line).
Simply speaking, going on forums for a game like this is a risk. I accidentally mildly spoiled something for myself by pressing Quote to reply to a comment from one of the dev team who had put something in a spoiler tag - but when you quote, you obviously get the full text shown between the tags. How much you can mitigate that risk, and how much you're willing to take, is up to you - but I think in this case, the best mitigation is simple unsubscription and manually checking the game page for non-spoiler new threads.
Simply speaking, going on forums for a game like this is a risk. I accidentally mildly spoiled something for myself by pressing Quote to reply to a comment from one of the dev team who had put something in a spoiler tag - but when you quote, you obviously get the full text shown between the tags. How much you can mitigate that risk, and how much you're willing to take, is up to you - but I think in this case, the best mitigation is simple unsubscription and manually checking the game page for non-spoiler new threads.
See, that would take me out from seeing pictures or any announcements.
As long as the main point in the first post is spoiled I think it's a fair balance. Once you're down a couple of posts you can assume anyone reading is comfortable with what was in the original post, so at that point you might only need to worry if it's something else that may be in the future. I completely agree a series of posts with spoilers is a PITA; I'm just talking about the first one for those of us that a) subscribe for general information and b) whip through our subscriptions in a batch.
This game has number boxes people will see in different order. If the first post is like the following it's easy for everyone to decide if they want to keep reading:
In box 123 we were wondering[o] if it mentions ABC?[/o]
Like I said, I'm not the boss of anything. Just a note that if you are going to the trouble of writing "Spoiler" in the subject you might as well use the actual spoiler tags for the first post or two as a further courtesy for those of use going through subscriptions.