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[KH2 spoils] rock impacts important part of body used to cover hole in neck
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Just to avoid confusion,
do you mean Xehanort, Xehanort (pronounced chihanort), Terra-Xehanort, Ansem, Diz, No heart, Xemnas or Xemnas (pronounced chimnas)?
Actually spoilers
I mean its your forum so of course you can set whatever policy you want.
But I am curious, what in your mind is the cost of avoiding spoilers in thread titles?
The benefits seem pretty clear, spoilers upset some people who hope to play a game or were playing a game, as you outlined. I'm not saying everything needs to be spoiler​ free, but how would OPs thread been hurt by keeping it even a little vague in the title?
In this particular case, although most people could play KH2 13 years ago, many may not. Kh3 promotional material could mean a flashback sequence, or may be the spoiler sensitive would be avoiding such materials. Apparently this only spoils about 15 minutes of gameplay, but to what benefit does it accrue to the community?
Edit: put another way, could we get a way to mute selected threads from appearing? For example, I had previously muted OP but still saw a thread they created. If you aren't willing to ban over title spoilers, it might be nice to be able to preemptively exclude threads from muted folks. I didn't care about KH2 but I'm guessing​ other edge cases can be found by people like OP. Would also help me filter NeoGAF from threads I have 0 interest in, like Assassins Creed, Death by Standing, Metal Gear Solid, etc.
WhateverItTakes
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Shadax the wizard
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OP just shot himself in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about spoiler culture
, but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by
. If you spoil something on the internet, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is the spoiler culture, after hearing about this,
OP, publicly apologize and edit your post or you can kiss your thread making privileges goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about spoiler culture
(I'm an expert)
being an asshole
What this means is the spoiler culture, after hearing about this,
is not going to want to play Kingdom Hearts 2, nor will they feel any magic if they decide to. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but OP has destroyed an entire experience with this move.
OP, publicly apologize and edit your post or you can kiss your thread making privileges goodbye.
Hey, with munny, you can fix everything these days!
Also, WHERE'S THE NEW TITLE OLD MAN I NEED MY FIX
My personal take on the whole issue - no one's obliged to keep other's spoiler-free, but this goes more into the bigger umbrella of 'don't be jerks to other people who want a certain thing, if it's no skin off your back'. Other things under this umbrella called 'basic decency' is like you're not obliged to respond to a stranger asking for help in real life, but you don't need to go out of your way to be an ass to said person, either.
I think as far as moderation goes, we do what we can when it bugs a certain amount of people (maybe a very specific example here was myself trying to keep FFXV Uncovered event spoilers due to leaks out of a general discussion thread and contained in its own thread, in the hours leading up to the event) and we feel the moderation action adds up to a net benefit for a significant number of people, but I don't think any overarching 'policy' that everyone has to refer back to and adhere to is going to work simply due to the many factors and opines as to what constitutes an acceptable spoiler or not, as far as cultural relevance, time elapsed, etc. goes.
It's case-by-case, PM mods whenever something bugs you.
suddenly not as amusing when people know who's doing it
I think as far as moderation goes, we do what we can when it bugs a certain amount of people (maybe a very specific example here was myself trying to keep FFXV Uncovered event spoilers due to leaks out of a general discussion thread and contained in its own thread, in the hours leading up to the event) and we feel the moderation action adds up to a net benefit for a significant number of people, but I don't think any overarching 'policy' that everyone has to refer back to and adhere to is going to work simply due to the many factors and opines as to what constitutes an acceptable spoiler or not, as far as cultural relevance, time elapsed, etc. goes.
It's case-by-case, PM mods whenever something bugs you.
suddenly not as amusing when people know who's doing it
Seeking sense in Kingdom Hearts. This is nothing compared to the rest of the nonsense KH story is. And i like this series.
EDIT:Wait, the thread went for so long because of that "spoiler"?
Idk why I'm still reading this thread at 3am but gawrsh darn it I'm so glad I am
King Tubby
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This is like people getting upset over finding out that the princess is in another castle.
EVA UNIT 01
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Could not agree more. The first page of this thread is a mess.
Problem is that different people see various things as spoilers. Look at the "Man at Arms Sword of Artorias"-thread where the OP posted the title of the Youtube video and people went apeshit because a weapon that might or might not be in the game is a spoiler. Aswell as Artorias that might or might be a spoiler.
It would be really hard to find the exact definition in that case. I can understand "So and So dies" or "This happens", but people will still complain as they percieve spoilers differently.
FF Seraphim
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Yeah I honestly forgot about the scene. Shit now another post in this thread has me thinking: what if Goofy has a heartless of him now?
Damn this thread.
This thread makes Kingdom Heart almost a gift
But yeah
Goofy and Donald in general miss a lot of their slapstick which is weird when the story could really use it. The only real slapstick I do recall is Donald freezing himself and...that was cut from KH2.
But yeah
Goofy getting hit by a random rock and Mickey thinking he's dead is one of the points where I loathed Square/Nomura's direction on the game.
Goofy and Donald in general miss a lot of their slapstick which is weird when the story could really use it. The only real slapstick I do recall is Donald freezing himself and...that was cut from KH2.
Really? It's one of the sequences I've always remembered quite well, even though I also think the Goofy parts are too fucking goofy.
Maybe it's because you fight a real annoying asshole right before it and right after you have one of the cooler gameplay sequences of the series. Hard to forget.
CambriaRising
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Fake out or not, this was the most awesome moment in the series and I don't think it is diminished by it being a fake out really. The games, even up to that point, were basically nonsensical when it came to motivations anyway.
Drillary Clinton
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There's quite a bit of slapstick in the first game actually, like Donald being crushed by the door that one time, both Donald and Goofy getting their asses kicked by tiny heartless after acting cocky that one time, Donald and/or Goofy not being allowed in boss zones because of invisible walls a couple of times.
The original got the Disney feel down a lot better than any of the sequels, especially before Donald and Goofy meet up with Sora, the the scenes in the intro at whatever the castle is called feels like classic Disney for the most part.
Apparently it's also very easy to skim past the discussions on this exact issue.
What...What is
Is this the plot for KH 3? Did the rock cause Goofy brain damage? Was Sora one of the murdered children? I never knew KH's supplementary material had such deep lore.
It's right in the video, the miscarriage made him like that.
Super Stardust
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Post of the thread
OK. Time to shut down this thread.
Skyball Paint
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I can't get over that Mickey swearing vengeance, triggering his anime transformation sequence and charging in to kill those bastards what got Goofy is a scene from a real video game.
Somebody conned Disney and Square-Enix into giving them millions of dollars to produce a game based on their fanfiction, and that someone managed to live the dream of countless teenage nerds the world over.
Somebody conned Disney and Square-Enix into giving them millions of dollars to produce a game based on their fanfiction, and that someone managed to live the dream of countless teenage nerds the world over.
Blackleg-sanji1
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I was wondering why something like this had so many pages lol first page is laughable but surely ppl are discussing ops point and not complaining about spoilers for the next 17 pages right..right
AzureFlame
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Ban Puncher
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Terrible, forgetable, and has absolutely zero impact on the overall plot.
If this is considered a spoiler, mentioning any aspect of the game is a spoiler. Mentioning that Sora is in KH3 is a spoiler. If the thread title is a spoiler, no title can mention any specific plot element for any game, ever.
Spring-Loaded
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That does look really silly; goofy, even. This series is a crossover of FF and Disney, though, right? Doesn't that fit the ridiculousness of the story setup?
On-topic:
On-topic:
BassForever
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This is the most appaling spoiler thread since thanos being in guardians of the galaxy. Is anything sacred anymore?
PandaPedinte
Member
I can't believe you spoiked it to me! Now I'm going to call my uncle who works on Square and tell him to cancel the next KH 
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