HBO's Game of Thrones (Lots of spoilers-stay out if you don't want to know all) - Page 22

Jimbuna · 07-17-17, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by August

But if we can't discuss spoilers then what is the point of having a thread about the show at all?

You could always use the spoiler tag facility and leave to thread readers whether they choose to have a look or not I suppose.

August · 07-17-17, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

You could always use the spoiler tag facility and leave to thread readers whether they choose to have a look or not I suppose.

Scuse me I read too much into Steves "no spoilers" comment and thought there had been an adjustment of policy.

Onkel Neal · 07-17-17, 08:33 PM

I'm open to ideas, I agree it is hard to discuss a show because people will have different levels of being caught up with it. There are guys who just watched the latest episode and want to discuss it; guys who may be a season behind. Then (until recently) there were those pesky book fans who knew more or less everything, man they are hard to avoid.

I say just use the spoiler tag for anything that involves a really big plot point or reveal. And like Steve said, then the individual viewer can decide.

And so we begin.

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Jimbuna · 07-18-17, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Scuse me I read too much into Steves "no spoilers" comment and thought there had been an adjustment of policy.

No problem matey, one of the potential problems with written comms as opposed to voice comms I reckon

Jimbuna · 07-18-17, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

You could always use the spoiler tag facility and leave to thread readers whether they choose to have a look or not I suppose.

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I say just use the spoiler tag for anything that involves a really big plot point or reveal. And like Steve said, then the individual viewer can decide.

Excuse me

Sailor Steve · 07-18-17, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Scuse me I read too much into Steves "no spoilers" comment and thought there had been an adjustment of policy.

It would seem so. All I meant was that I wasn't giving any spoilers away with my comments. It was just me.

August · 07-18-17, 04:59 PM

Well technically any mention or picture of characters or scenes at all could be a spoiler for someone depending on where they are in the series and that constitutes something like 90% or more of the (on topic) discussion. If we spoiler tag all of it then it's going to be pretty difficult to read.

Thing is you can't just put spoiler tags around your post you have to preface every one with a description of what the tags are hiding, at very least one should note the season and episode you're talking about, so that readers will know what they should avoid and what they are "leveled up" to see.

It just becomes too much work at least for me which is too bad because i'm sure there would be some interesting opinions here, which is why I wish we could turn off the spoiler effect as a user option.

Onkel Neal · 07-23-17, 10:16 PM

All right, spoilers added to the title.

Onkel Neal · 08-06-17, 09:32 PM

Holy hell that was good!

razark · 08-06-17, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Holy hell that was good!

And that was a rather short episode.

Onkel Neal · 08-07-17, 05:59 AM

Yeah, it did seem to go by fast.

One would think after this that Daenerys will use a different tactic than low level strafing....

Jimbuna · 08-07-17, 09:51 AM

Short season and so much to fit in I fear for an anti-climatic ending.

razark · 08-07-17, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

One would think after this that Daenerys will use a different tactic than low level strafing....

Well, obviously the solution is to use an Iron Hand and send in a group of Untamed Ferrets to get rid of any ballistae ahead of time.

That was an impressive battle, though. I hate they cut the episode where they did.

u crank · 08-07-17, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

That was an impressive battle, though.

Yep. That was some first class action.

Sailor Steve · 08-07-17, 03:15 PM

Here is a fascinating mini-documentary on the making of the battle scene. CGI/Green Screen coupled with a lot of real pyrotechnics and a record number of stunt men set on fire at the same time.

Cool stuff.

07-17-17, 08:33 PM	#318
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	I'm open to ideas, I agree it is hard to discuss a show because people will have different levels of being caught up with it. There are guys who just watched the latest episode and want to discuss it; guys who may be a season behind. Then (until recently) there were those pesky book fans who knew more or less everything, man they are hard to avoid. I say just use the spoiler tag for anything that involves a really big plot point or reveal. And like Steve said, then the individual viewer can decide. And so we begin. The Unsettling Thing You Missed In The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Premiere http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b03389bb18e4e2 and Man, Arya had really bumped up her body count. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

07-18-17, 04:59 PM	#322
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 22,674 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well technically any mention or picture of characters or scenes at all could be a spoiler for someone depending on where they are in the series and that constitutes something like 90% or more of the (on topic) discussion. If we spoiler tag all of it then it's going to be pretty difficult to read. Thing is you can't just put spoiler tags around your post you have to preface every one with a description of what the tags are hiding, at very least one should note the season and episode you're talking about, so that readers will know what they should avoid and what they are "leveled up" to see. It just becomes too much work at least for me which is too bad because i'm sure there would be some interesting opinions here, which is why I wish we could turn off the spoiler effect as a user option. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	All right, spoilers added to the title. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

08-06-17, 09:32 PM	#324
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Holy hell that was good! __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,289 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Yeah, it did seem to go by fast. One would think after this that Daenerys will use a different tactic than low level strafing.... __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,284 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Short season and so much to fit in I fear for an anti-climatic ending. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Here is a fascinating mini-documentary on the making of the battle scene. CGI/Green Screen coupled with a lot of real pyrotechnics and a record number of stunt men set on fire at the same time. Cool stuff. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo