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Pop Culture spoilers should be reportable/punishable (Star Wars)

Its Mr Bustyoass·12/18/2015, 3:46:53 AM·3 votes·1,097 views

I just think it would be great if spoiling Pop culture movies, books, games etc, in-game should be a reportable and punishable offense. I know I can take precaution and just mute everyone once I'm in game, but should I really have to? I personally don't believe in muting anyone on my team because whether they're being a jerk or not they might still provide some useful information that helps our team win.

  • How would this be enforced: Basically through the tribunal. The summoners tasked with judging these cases would be tasked with judging whether or not a player violated the the "no spoiler" rule based upon media type and release date (which they could acquire from google, imdb, etc. For example: If someone is being reported for spoiling a movie the reasonable time frame might be considered 30 days after it came out.

I'm in a game right now so i'll finish later but you get the idea.

10 Comments

Trídent12/18/2015, 5:06:07 AM2 votes

Tribunal doesn't exist though

Awkward Couch12/18/2015, 3:56:22 AM1 votes

I mean, I can understand, to a point. Like at what point does it not become a spoiler for Harry Potter? I mean the last book was published in 2007 and the last movie was in 2011. Does it make it ok to talk about the series with the ending in mind even though it hasn't had any new development in the past 5 years? What about LOTR? I mean there has to be an end point right?

Let me be clear, I'm not advocating for spoilers, I am going to see Star Wars on Sunday myself, but there would be problems with timing IMO.

shyv12/18/2015, 9:47:33 AM1 votes

DARTH VADER IS LUKE'S FATHER

Espy Psyche12/18/2015, 4:25:13 PM1 votes

The OP:

  1. Will not see Star Wars: The Force Awakens now that it's been "spoiled".
  2. Has never watched the same movie, read the same book, or watched the same TV episode more than once.
  3. Has never watched any movie like LOTR, Harry Potter or The Hunger Games because they were already "spoiled" by the books.
  4. Never read Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows because there was only one possible ending -- Harry killing Voldemort. (None of the surprises like everyone who died matters)
TrulyBland12/18/2015, 5:35:57 PM1 votes

Intentional spoiling? Sure. It's just another way of being a jerk to others. And being a jerk is already punishable.

But I don't think it makes sense to make spoilers generally a punishable offense. Friends might want to talk about a movie while ingame, people might make clever references/jokes... As long as it's not a conscious decision to ruin the movie/book/whatever for others, I don't think it makes that much sense to punish for that.