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Avoiding Spoilers

slifty·8/26/2014, 2:42:56 PM·10 votes·4,445 views

I am rarely able to watch LCS games live, but I want to be able to do so later without being spoiled!

My old strategy was to bookmark the twitch "past broadcasts" on the official channel -- www.twitch.tv/riotgames/profile/past_broadcasts -- and watch the raw feed (this is nice because you don't know how many games there are AND you don't know how long each game was). Unfortunately Rito started including the W / L numbers on their splash screens so that ruined the quaterfinals for me this time around.

The home page of lolesports also has a giant blaring set of W / L stats, so that's not something I can rely on.

So, what can I do this upcoming weekend to find the replays BUT not get spoiled?

EDIT 2: Rito gave a much better solution!!!

Just go here: http://lolesports.com/vods

EDIT 1 : I found a solution!!!

STEP 1: Bookmark these URLs

STEP 2: Disable Spoilers Go to one of the URLs and go to the bottom, click the "spoilers" toggle so it is disables"

This will cause the videos to NOT show stats after the games are over, more importantly you won't know how many games were actually played (it will show 5 games regardless of the outcome, but the links for later games will not lead anywhere)

STEP 3: Watch when ready When you are ready to watch the games, go to those pages (IN THAT ORDER) and enjoy watching to your heart's content.

8 Comments

BrunikRokbyter8/29/2014, 3:48:23 PM3 votes

Youtube stream is the easiest answer. They playlist can't be trusted because they don't currently keep them in the right order, but if you can catch the live stream and bookmark it, you can go back to it and view it raw after the fact.

They need a no-spoilers website for those that want to watch.. because there have been a lot of "best of 5's" where i knew I only needed to watch the first game to find out who won, cause I saw only 3 games listed.

Kinda takes a lot of the "suspense" out of missing the ability to watch it live. I really REALLY wish Riot would address this and give those of us who want it a way to watch the games with zero chance of getting spoiled by the information on the screen or in trying to reach the game itself.

#nospoilersplease

RiotJanook9/3/2014, 5:22:41 PM2 votes

Hey Slifty, have you tried using the VOD archive? Guaranteed spoiler free, all the time. lolesports.com/vods

slifty8/27/2014, 3:24:20 PM1 votes

crickets

Actually though does anybody have suggestions here? I really want to be able to watch the semifinals and finals without knowing game outcomes before hand and there isn't much time left to figure out how!

Cassaluna8/30/2014, 8:20:41 AM1 votes

Awesome! I was actually just having these same thoughts earlier and frustrations...I want to stay on the edge of my seat! :D Thanks for posting this! My new "go to" in case I can't watch the games live.

Rew7118/30/2014, 1:39:41 PM1 votes

Thank you Riot for putting my champion as the post of the day. It was a very scary yet liked moment in my day. But I like those who kept asking, am actually happy that it isn't there because I'm truly too shy for that stuff.

But for this post. I also hate but can like spoilers, though I also shouldn't say this due to if I really want to know something then I will google it and check. Like my wait for KH III. Can't wait for that new game.

But the best way to avoid spoilers when watching a game is that rewind button that allows me to just rewind to the beginning. To avoid seeing anything, I just look at the bottom line that shows how far back I go.

Cuix9/3/2014, 10:32:26 PM1 votes

http://www.reddit.com/r/LoLeventVoDs/comments/2edy7a/s4_lcs_north_america_summer_playoffs/

Seriously, just use that subreddit always. Completely spoiler-free, clean layout, well-moderated, extremely quick to update, and it's just one bookmark. I've been using it for most of a year now, I think, and it's been perfect.