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    *Spoilers Ahead*

    What’s the point of putting the topic title anywhere when the stuff isn’t actually hidden. If I go to the mmo page on pc or mobile then the story gets immediate spoiled because I can see the post itself without having to scroll.

    Can’t you hide the spoiler stuff so we can’t see it on the main page (https://www.mmo-champion.com/content/)

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    Is the fact Bolvar is in the expansion a spoiler?
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    Hasn't MMO-Champion datamined and reported on alpha/beta for years now?

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    Hasn't MMO-Champion datamined and reported on alpha/beta for years now?
    Yes, but I think the point the OP is making is that you can read half of the text without having to scroll at all. What's the point of putting in the spoiler warning if you can see everything the spoilers are referring to?
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    you tell me how you can avoid spoilers when this is on the main screen. you can't. it's fucking stupid and needs changing. oh look out, there are *SPOILERS AHEAD* which we will show you right now too bad if you didn't want to be spoiled.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLachyG View Post
    you tell me how you can avoid spoilers when this is on the main screen. you can't. it's fucking stupid and needs changing. oh look out, there are *SPOILERS AHEAD* which we will show you right now too bad if you didn't want to be spoiled.

    Because your one your on a fan site that reports data mining and has for 10+ years and two the first thing you eyes will be brought to is the bigger then normal colored text its not hard just scroll down.
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    No they don’t learn and evidence suggests that. Behavior also doesn’t change and if there is any hope of learning behavior has to change.

    Not meaningless declarations easy to say after he regrets offering up evidence he’s a racist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Firatha View Post
    Because your one your on a fan site that reports data mining and has for 10+ years and two the first thing you eyes will be brought to is the bigger then normal colored text its not hard just scroll down.
    oh yeah you're totally right...... if only there was a way to hide fucking spoilers

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLachyG View Post
    oh yeah you're totally right...... if only there was a way to hide fucking spoilers
    Why would they want to blackout their whole front page article because people like you cant just not read the text past the giant red letters?
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    No they don’t learn and evidence suggests that. Behavior also doesn’t change and if there is any hope of learning behavior has to change.

    Not meaningless declarations easy to say after he regrets offering up evidence he’s a racist.

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    MMO champ needs spoiler tabs like SWTOR’s official forum does. You had to click a button to pop open the spoiler; it kind of functioned like quoting on other fora
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    Not quite sure what the problem is, you read from top to bottom right? And at the top it has a nice red bolded spoiler warning?

    My advice would be to not read past that point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nefarious Tea View Post
    MMO champ needs spoiler tabs like SWTOR’s official forum does. You had to click a button to pop open the spoiler; it kind of functioned like quoting on other fora
    like this? ^^

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    Quote Originally Posted by Natta Lmo View Post
    like this? ^^
    Obviously not, no.

    Having giant walls of redacted text on the frontpage is unappealing.

    If it was a click to expand tab then spoilery story shit could be hidden without making the frontpage look like a fascist government got a hold of it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nerph- View Post
    Not quite sure what the problem is, you read from top to bottom right? And at the top it has a nice red bolded spoiler warning?

    My advice would be to not read past that point.
    Got to admit I did glare past the red text for a spilt second and got some key words. Nothing foretelling but must be human nature to sneak peak at something they don’t want to or told not to. Your point is valid though, top to bottom reading solves almost all of the problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Firatha View Post
    Why would they want to blackout their whole front page article because people like you cant just not read the text past the giant red letters?
    They could just...

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    collapse it instead?


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    Isn't it amazing how many things people will find to complain about nowadays?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Natta Lmo View Post
    like this? ^^
    boom. someone with some brains

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    hoesntly though. beta/alpha shit should have it's own section. should not be with the current state of the game. same goes for classic server news. have three tabs or an option to mix it all, but at least filter it for us or give us the option to.

    We can in forums....

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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLachyG View Post
    you tell me how you can avoid spoilers when this is on the main screen. you can't. it's fucking stupid and needs changing. oh look out, there are *SPOILERS AHEAD* which we will show you right now too bad if you didn't want to be spoiled.

    By not reading anything below? Not a hard concept.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLachyG View Post
    you tell me how you can avoid spoilers when this is on the main screen. you can't. it's fucking stupid and needs changing. oh look out, there are *SPOILERS AHEAD* which we will show you right now too bad if you didn't want to be spoiled.
    You choose to stop reading. I know personal choice and responsibility is a hard concept for many but it is still something you can do. The only thing that should be argued is the placement of the spoiler text. It could be at the top left rather then at the end of the first sentence. Or as a custom header that is bigger letters. But it is still easy to notice and still very easy for a person to just scroll by with out reading.

    I have seen that page many times and haven't read or looked closely at the images. Nothing it contains was spoiled to me because I have made a choice not to let it. That may change closer to the expansion but I've been going low information so far on potential spoilers even though I don't feel any different about a spoiler when I know it before hand versus experiencing in the moment in game.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrLachyG View Post
    you tell me how you can avoid spoilers when this is on the main screen. you can't. it's fucking stupid and needs changing. oh look out, there are *SPOILERS AHEAD* which we will show you right now too bad if you didn't want to be spoiled.

    Your eyes fall on the red text first. That warns you to not read it. Also this site has always been a datamining, news covering one. If you don't like it, just leave. Can't believe you made a thread about this. A little miserable I'd say. Though I've seen worse.

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    If you are someone who wants to avoid spoilers entirely then you likely shouldn't be visiting the site for a while. What defines a "spoiler" is different for everyone. I suppose an alternative would to be to not publish anything at all regarding story but then that's one of those things that cascades out until it's unworkable. Pictures of zones may have spoilers, etc.

    It's not practical for a site that is specifically a news-in-detail site about a specific game to gut their news boundaries to try and avoid what people think are spoilers.
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