The longest you've managed to avoid getting something spoiled...

[Kyrian007]

Bioshock Infinite has been on my backlog for a long time now. I just finished it. And yes, I have managed to avoid the spoilers. For what, 5 years now? Yeah, that's possible, just don't click on anything that could spoil it for you. Now obviously those jerkwads that post spoilers in thread or article titles can still get you (I don't care if the book was written in the 2nd century BCE, there's NO time limit on spoilers IN THE TITLE) but it really can't be that hard to avoid the spoilers if I can manage it for 5 years.

Two other things; so, how long have you ever managed to avoid getting spoiled successfully. Warning, don't respond if you are currently avoiding spoilers for something... guarantee some jackwagon here will spoil it for you in this thread. Only respond with something that you were saving, and then eventually got to.

And second, the only thing I knew about Bioshock: Infinite was what I saw in the trailer before its release. Remember the "save Elizabeth" trailer. THAT NEVER HAPPENED. I was waiting for it all game... and it never happened. I saw that trailer 5 years ago, had it in mind when I watched Yahtzee's Bioshock: Infinite review... and its not even in the game? What the hell?

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

I still haven't seen any of the Godfather trilogy and have no idea what goes on or how it ends. But at this point I've seen so many gangster films from various countries of origin that there isn't any drive to undo this potential movie faux pas.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I think it was six years after the theatrical release of "Sixth Sense" that I finally got around to watching it. No, I didn't actually manage to figure it out before the "big reveal".

 

[Silvanus]

Hrmm, I first played Bioshock in 2011 (four years after it came out), and had not had anything spoiled about it. That's probably the longest.

 

[Kyrian007]

I still haven't seen any of the Godfather trilogy and have no idea what goes on or how it ends. But at this point I've seen so many gangster films from various countries of origin that there isn't any drive to undo this potential movie faux pas.

I had to give it some thought, but yes it is still a spoiler if you don't plan to eventually see it. And I'll say its pretty impressive to have (even accidentally) avoided Godfather trilogy spoilers for this long. Strangely at least for the first Godfather film it isn't even the ending that would be most likely to be spoiled, as it is several bits from earlier in the film that have emerged as some of the often quoted or referenced or remembered sequences. The ending isn't so much of a "twist" as it is the very slow progression of Michael our "protagonist" (for lack of a better word really) through a pretty well detailed character arc. Its hard to even do the ending as something as short as a reference or quote just because of how the movie is structured. The Simpsons tried it, and it didn't go over as well as most of the rest of the pop culture references they make.

And as an aside (and I may have said this sometime in some other long forgotten thread) your avatar never fails to put a smile on my face.

 

[sanquin]

Witcher 3. I haven't finished the game yet and it still hasn't been spoiled yet for me. And I want to keep it that way. I just quickly stop reading as soon as I find it's a spoiler. I've gotten pretty good at it.

 

[the December King]

I think it was six years after the theatrical release of "Sixth Sense" that I finally got around to watching it. No, I didn't actually manage to figure it out before the "big reveal".

You know what? I remember seeing that in theatres- but I had got there late, and was waiting in the lobby for popcorn for the first five minutes of that film.

Spoiler

Not seeing that, it made the film for me. Had no idea that there was something up, just thought his wife was really upset with him, and that the kid was just jumpy around everyone simply because he was upset by his encounters - it seemed reasonable! Later, when I saw the full movie, I was disappointed at how obvious it was when you had all of the facts (whether that is delusion or not, based on 20/20 hindsight, I dunno).

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

I'm managed to keep myself spoil-free for PS4 games. I got a high end laptop so I didn't see a reason to buy a ps4. I want to play Bloodborne, Until Dawn, and a bunch of others.

The problem is random assholes on the Internet. Before I went to see the Force Awakens, someone randomly put the big spoiler in a comment section of a youtube video about a political event. It took me a minute to understand what it had to do with police brutality, but I got it.

I get that he or she could be reading this and laughing their ass off that they ruined something for someone. But really... some people are just the worst.

 

[Phoenixmgs_v1legacy]

I find it really easy to not get spoiled, I don't do social media or memes or any of that jazz. I have a Facebook but I only check my notifications (I never go to the Home page) and use it primarily for instant messaging and event stuff. I had a couple friends that had to see Infinity War so they could "use" the Internet. I wanted to see Infinity War before whenever the next get together was (which was that Sunday for a Pathfinder session) for the purposes of being able to discuss it among friends, and because I, of course, was really interested in seeing it. Looking at the time stamps of my trophies, I played Bioshock over a 2.5 year span off and on (because the middle of the game just dragged so much) and never got the twist spoiled.

The only time I really ever got stuff spoiled was from fucking IMDB forum thread titles. You didn't even need to click to get to the forum page and the most popular threads were shown on the main page of the movie right below the 1st user review.

I still haven't seen any of the Godfather trilogy and have no idea what goes on or how it ends. But at this point I've seen so many gangster films from various countries of origin that there isn't any drive to undo this potential movie faux pas.

I find mobster/gangster films so boring, and I've never seen any Godfather. The only thing I know is of a certain character getting whacked but I'm guessing that's not the biggest plot point of the movie(s).

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

Well I guess it depends on if you were trying to avoid being spoiled or not. Like for example I haven't seen the last few episodes of Cowboy Bebop. I know the general sense theres a gun fight and drama and someone told me Spike dies and then someone else said he doesn't, but I simply dont care. So does it count as avoiding spoils if you weren't interested in the first place?

As for spoils for things I wanted to know about I didnt play KOTOR all the way through until maybe 2010. I had stopped and started many times, but I kept losing interest when my soldier gun master who I sunk loads of points into blasters and armor was suddenly given a lightsaber and told to completely change my party role without the grace of a respec. Then I just decided to spec a close combat guy, power through and wow was the whole Revan thing a surprise. Like I had heard Revan was in the game but never connected it to the player, I just assumed his ghost was somewhere or faked his death or whatever. Pretty damn cool that twist.

 

[Souplex]

I don't understand the anti-spoiler fervor. Spoilers only negatively impact bad media. Seeing how a twist you see coming unfolds is just as enjoyable if not moreso.

 

[necromanzer52]

When I saw Fight Club (c. 2010) not only did I not know the twist, I didn't even know there was a twist. And it blew my freaking mind.

On another note, I still don't know how Mass Effect 3 ends. From what I've gathered over the years, you choose one of three options and none of the choices you've made up until then matter in the slightest. I have no idea what the options are, but I think there's something called a starchild involved?

Although, at this point, It's unlikely that I'll ever actually play it. I played the first one back in the day and liked it well enough, but never got around to the sequels. And now there are a myriad of games in my backlog that interest me far more than the Mass Effect series.

 

[Trunkage]

I'm managed to keep myself spoil-free for PS4 games. I got a high end laptop so I didn't see a reason to buy a ps4. I want to play Bloodborne, Until Dawn, and a bunch of others.

The problem is random assholes on the Internet. Before I went to see the Force Awakens, someone randomly put the big spoiler in a comment section of a youtube video about a political event. It took me a minute to understand what it had to do with police brutality, but I got it.

I get that he or she could be reading this and laughing their ass off that they ruined something for someone. But really... some people are just the worst.

I try my best to not touch anything with the name of someone I don't want spoilt. Doesn't cure everything though.

Trolls care about you getting angry. Just stop caring. You don't react to stupid stuff like this. That hurts them when people don't react.

 

[Trunkage]

I don't understand the anti-spoiler fervor. Spoilers only negatively impact bad media. Seeing how a twist you see coming unfolds is just as enjoyable if not moreso.

Does that apply to Usuall Suspects, Soxth Sense or even Infinity War?

 

[Silentpony_v1legacy]

I don't understand the anti-spoiler fervor. Spoilers only negatively impact bad media. Seeing how a twist you see coming unfolds is just as enjoyable if not moreso.

Does that apply to Usuall Suspects, Soxth Sense or even Infinity War?

Turns out Thanos sees dead people and Keyser Soze was Bucky Barnes all along. Also Snape kills Iron Man and Vader has been Captain Americas alter ego the whole time.

 

[Dalisclock]

I don't understand the anti-spoiler fervor. Spoilers only negatively impact bad media. Seeing how a twist you see coming unfolds is just as enjoyable if not moreso.

Does that apply to Usuall Suspects, Soxth Sense or even Infinity War?

Turns out Thanos sees dead people and Keyser Soze was Bucky Barnes all along. Also Snape kills Iron Man and Vader has been Captain Americas alter ego the whole time.

Rosebud was actually the Titanic, which sinks.

Deal with it.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

I had to give it some thought, but yes it is still a spoiler if you don't plan to eventually see it. And I'll say its pretty impressive to have (even accidentally) avoided Godfather trilogy spoilers for this long. Strangely at least for the first Godfather film it isn't even the ending that would be most likely to be spoiled, as it is several bits from earlier in the film that have emerged as some of the often quoted or referenced or remembered sequences. The ending isn't so much of a "twist" as it is the very slow progression of Michael our "protagonist" (for lack of a better word really) through a pretty well detailed character arc. Its hard to even do the ending as something as short as a reference or quote just because of how the movie is structured. The Simpsons tried it, and it didn't go over as well as most of the rest of the pop culture references they make.

And as an aside (and I may have said this sometime in some other long forgotten thread) your avatar never fails to put a smile on my face.

Well it could be that I may have been exposed to spoilers in homages that I wouldn't have realised if they didn't outright state they were homages of the series. But either way it hasn't affected the ignorance. Am certain it has been pretty much entirely accidental with somehow not ever crossing paths or being directly motivated to cross paths, which is weird as I lived with a flatmate for a few years who loved the trilogy but only committed to saying that it's great without elaborating. Never asked for more info, just shrugged each time and agreed that it's probably the case and if it's on, I'd likely give it a watch. It was, however, never on. Or when it was, I was off on nefarious adventures.

It is a relief to know avatars are work still, with some strange goings on here, doubt was building a little on that front. I aim to appease!

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

The thing with spoilers is that you only need to avoid them for a brief window from just before until a short time after release. Once a thing is a couple of months old, discussion of it slows to a trickle, if not an outright halt, with only odd discussions coming up here and there. Consider now for instance, ME3 is 6 years old and everything that could've been said about it has been. Sure, there's still the odd random thread, but it doesn't dominate these or other gaming forums anymore.

If you can avoid spoilers for the brief time after a thing has its heyday, you'll be home free except for those scant times when people bring it up or you go intentionally looking for it.

I don't understand the anti-spoiler fervor. Spoilers only negatively impact bad media. Seeing how a twist you see coming unfolds is just as enjoyable if not moreso.

I completely agree. Well mostly, with one caveat. I do understand why some people would prefer to discover things themselves and in the course of whatever film, book or game they've invested in. You only get to experience something for the first time once, and I can say for certain that if i could erase my memory so I could play Baldur's Gate II for the first time again, I'd do it in an instant.

However, I really don't care about spoilers. I can absolutely enjoy re-reading a book, rewatching a film or replaying a game because for me it's about the journey, not the destination. I enjoy the adventure and the story, the interactions and conversations between characters, the emotional impact of events and reveals through the story. I have played ME multiple times, as I have with many other games.

In some cases, I've actually gone looking for spoilers. Before Game of Thrones season 7 was aired, there were massive leaks about the plot. I searched for and read every rumour, whisper, hint and spoiler I could. Saying that, I've avoided the Season 8 leaks intentionally, since that one I really would prefer to find out when the rest of the world does.

I see there are two kinds of people; those who care about spoilers and those who don't. I and a couple of others I know don't care but most of my friends do and I respect that by not spoiling things for them. If a topic does come up I'll either ask "Is it okay to spoil this?" and "It's not a big deal" or "it is a huge reveal just so you know". If it's something they have no interest in it's usually fine to spoil. I think anything that happens in the early part of a story's first act, the part where it's setting the scene and introducing the characters, is fine to discuss and I'll talk about the opening parts of a game/book/film without worrying at all. If it's the basic premise of the story, then it's free for discussion IMO.

 

[Creator002]

Mass Effect Trilogy.
Didn't play it when it was all the rage and didn't really pay attention to it. Only decided to when backwards compatibility was available to Xbox Preview members (Nov. 2014?).

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I don't understand the anti-spoiler fervor. Spoilers only negatively impact bad media. Seeing how a twist you see coming unfolds is just as enjoyable if not moreso.

Maybe for you. For me, having something like that spoiled often ruins it.