That's certainly interesting to read Boote. Where did you find out about this study?

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UC San Diego...I would consider that credible...And I would have to agree with it...I do enjoy things more after having it gotten spoiled...

"The plot is overrated."...I love that line...XD

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Spoilers...I hate them

They ruin the tension and emotion conjured up when that tension is broken. I feel knowing what happens basically destroys any type of dramatic tension that a tale can get out of you.

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(September 26, 2011 05:34:38 AM)Darryl Wrote:  That's certainly interesting to read Boote. Where did you find out about this study?

I don't actually know, some blog or a podcast I'm going to assume.

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You know... I happened to spoil for myself.. the ending of one of the seasons of my favorite show.. did it kind of accidentally.. but I still can't believe it happened... and still get upset over it... it's all a matter of perception.. no one's wrong or right.. just have different opinions. But even when I spoil things for myself.. if the build for it is right, I will get upset.. the only thing I didn't spoil for myself was probably Pan's Labyrinth...

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(September 27, 2011 11:30:56 AM)Lauren Wrote:  You know... I happened to spoil for myself.. the ending of one of the seasons of my favorite show.. did it kind of accidentally.. but I still can't believe it happened... and still get upset over it... it's all a matter of perception.. no one's wrong or right.. just have different opinions. But even when I spoil things for myself.. if the build for it is right, I will get upset.. the only thing I didn't spoil for myself was probably Pan's Labyrinth...

y'know, I have a theory that I would have bawled my eyes out during a certain commonly spoiled scene in FF7 if it wasn't spoiled to me before hand

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I know that this thread hasn't had any activity in a while but I'm going to state my opinion even if no one reads it because I need to get it out of my system.
Personally I don't mind spoilers as long as it isn't too much spoiling. If I hear about something that happens in a game that I want to play, it's not going to stop me from playing it and experiencing what happens first hand. In some cases, it's nice to get a little bit of spoilers. I don't want to buy a game, movie, or book that I know absolutely nothing about (unless it's final fantasy) because I could end up completely hating it and it would've been a waste of money. Generally I will find out what it's about before I get it so I can judge whether I'll have a good chance of liking it or not. I feel like most people do this mainly cause I don't know anyone who spontaneously buys something randomly.
The reason why Final Fantasy is my one exception for this is that typically I can't trust reviews or general popularity of any Final Fantasy games because my views of FF games tend to be unpredictable. There are some FF games like FF Tactics that a lot of people told me was their favorite game of all time but I could never get into it. To be fair that could be due to it being on a handheld. Another example is that a lot of people didn't like FF12 or FF13 but I loved both. Of course there were things about both games that I didn't like but I still had fun playing them and for me that's what counts.
Sorry to get slightly off topic there. As I was saying, I don't feel like spoilers are that big of a deal. A lot of the time it will even cause more people to be interested like in the case of television shows showing previews of the next episode so people will freak out about something they saw and become curious about how that happens. Even though I don't think spoilers are a big deal, I also understand where people are coming from when it bugs them even though it can be funny in cases like Roy from IT Crowd.

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