Is this a spoiler? (For GoT 3.9)

rikerdonegal · 08-06-2013 11:56AM #1

I posted this tweet on Monday evening before the show aired in the UK

#GameOfThrones 3.9 - Paths of some characters converge. Major developments in several storylines that will profoundly affect series. 10/10

and someone I know became REALLY angry and accused me of posting a spoiler. I felt/feel that this is not a spoiler. But I would welcome comments.

Thanks.

abff · 08-06-2013 12:22PM

I think it was vague enough. Your friend was over-reacting a bit.

5starpool · 08-06-2013 01:10PM

It gave nothing away really, but did tell people to expect big things so did somewhat give away that something big and bad was about to happen. Best to say nothing beforehand to be honest.

IsThisIt??? · 08-06-2013 01:14PM

I don't like to know when something big is about to happen, has me guessing the whole time and you can sometimes figure it out. It takes some of the surprise away.

Saying that, it's nothing specific enough to be angry over

Mr.Prodston · 08-06-2013 01:15PM

Not in itself but if you knew people were going to watch it then why not just wait until after it had aired here? People have been waiting to talk about this for years/a decade even, trying not to spoil it so for the sake of a few hours an embargo wouldn't have been too hard. As a reader I knew what was going to happen but I like to go into these things(other shows etc) as blind as I can, if possible.

Raphael · 08-06-2013 03:31PM

"Stuff happens in penultimate episode of season"

Sure doesn't look like a spoiler to me

pixelburp · 08-06-2013 05:26PM

Yet again, Twitter demonstrates (some of) its users' maturity & reason. No, there's clearly no spoiler information in that post and your friend/follower/stranger needs to grow a skin and stop harassing you over ambiguities.

In any case, the more important question is surely: what fool browses social networks before he's had a chance to watch the episode himself? I wouldn't dream of reading this forum until I had watched the latest episode, so had I a Twitter account, the same logic would apply. Playing with fire otherwise.

Gbear · 08-06-2013 09:04PM

Give your friend a kick up the hoop on my behalf. Not even slightly spoilery.

hootietootie · 08-06-2013 09:39PM

That tweet almost totally ruined it for me when I saw it Riker:D

Honestly, didn't see anything spoilery about it, always episode 9 has the big story, as anyone who has watched the shows up until now will know-I predict a slower episode 10, tying up some loose ends with a massive ending-i'll discuss my thoughts on what I think will happen after it happens!!

Paddy Cow · 08-06-2013 11:10PM

pixelburp wrote: »

In any case, the more important question is surely: what fool browses social networks before he's had a chance to watch the episode himself? I wouldn't dream of reading this forum until I had watched the latest episode, so had I a Twitter account, the same logic would apply. Playing with fire otherwise.

Especially in between the time of it airing in the US but still not shown in the UK. Plenty of people in the US wouldn't be giving a flying sh!te about not spoiling it for the rest of the world and posting their reactions. If I hadn't read the books and didn't want to accidently find out anything, I would be avoiding the internet for the few hours it took for me to see it.

rikerdonegal · 09-06-2013 02:03AM

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Not in itself but if you knew people were going to watch it then why not just wait until after it had aired here? People have been waiting to talk about this for years/a decade even, trying not to spoil it so for the sake of a few hours an embargo wouldn't have been too hard.

Well, I don't watch the show on Sky. I don't have Sky, and I don't watch any TV. I just download the shows that I watch. And I watch them on my own schedule. Normally, I'm pressed for time and I'm often weeks behind with GoT. Literally weeks. In fact, this is the first time I've ever seen an episode within 24 hours of US airing.

And I posted a tweet about it, because I always post a quick comment about every TV show that I do watch. That fact that it hadn't aired in the UK was neither here nor there. I wrote a tweet that was non-spoiler and posted it and prompted went on and did something else.

It never entered my mind that it was still to air here.

But, because I've been tweeting, blogging and podcasting about TV shows on and off for six years, and because many of those who like my comments haven't seen the shows I comment on, I avoid including spoilers every time I'm online. Quite deliberately. Every time.

When I was first contacted about the tweet, I first thought it was a joke. I really did. It was only after reading several paragraphs of his ranting that I realised he was deadly serious. I was really kinda shocked that someone who cared about this wouldn't have the common sense to stay off twitter. Plus, apparently, I was the only person he follows who mentioned GoT on Monday. Anyone I tell this to, in person, howls with laughter at that part.

Its all very strange.

But, I can tell you, it certainly sucks when someone points at you and says you completely ruined something they care about. Even if, for the life of you, you can't figure out what on Earth they are talking about.

Mr.Prodston · 09-06-2013 02:15AM

Ok well since I posted that earlier I was thinking about it and you really didn't say much/anything out of the way. Fair enough about not realising it's on Sky Atlantic, it's about the only show that I'd nearly wait and watch on tv as it's only the 24 hours an my laptop is like Beric Dondarrion at this stage :pac: but even I got up early in the morning as I knew what episode it was.

I reckon it's simply because of the episode it was that he reacted like that. The majority of the book readers among us have been trying to keep it under-wraps on these threads but twitter is another level which you can't control.

krudler · 09-06-2013 12:08PM

Not spoilery in the slightest, did someone think nothing was going to happen on the 9th episode of a 10 episode series?

bmwguy · 09-06-2013 12:20PM

Here's a spoiler. More major characters will die in the story, including Starks, Lannisters and Danys crew. Even popular characters will be put to the sword unexpectedly. There will be big explosive episodes that catch people by surprise, people will be upset. And no, I havent read the books. Unless people say exactly what happens, they're not spoilers. Even Frankie Boyles tweet wasnt that specific (unless it was a different one than I saw) and people went nuts. Looking forward to the last episode, the TV ad hints at something big

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 09-06-2013 01:55PM

boyles tweet was very specific about something very important

abff · 09-06-2013 08:42PM

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

boyles tweet was very specific about something very important

I had a look at Boyle's comments and he was being a total jerk and spoiling it for anyone who hadn't read the books. But I guess anyone who is a follower of Boyle would know what he's like and it's their own fault for reading his tweets if they are watching Games of Thrones without having read the books.

His first tweet revealed what was going to happen in the Red Wedding. In two subsequent tweets, he revealed two of the main developments in the second half of book 3 (which will appear in season 4 of the TV series).

Any GoT fans who kept following his tweets after the initial reveal have only themselves to blame. He's still being a jerk, though.

el dude · 09-06-2013 08:51PM

Non-book readers simply don't want to know about future books, and book readers already know, so why even bring it up?

That said I think you're just about vague enough to get away with it.

abff · 09-06-2013 09:00PM

el dude wrote: »

Non-book readers simply don't want to know about future books, and book readers already know, so why even bring it up?

That said I think you're just about vague enough to get away with it.

I guess I brought it up to warn non book readers not to look at Frankie Boyle's twitter account.

Is this a spoiler? (For GoT 3.9)

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