Should banning be implimented for Harry Potter spoilers? (poll included)

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#1 DriftRS
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Because we all know they're comming. I think it's rather unfair for people to go around the GS forum spoiling a book alot of us have been waiting years for. If you want to mention spoilers, your thread should have a *spoiler* tag in the title. If a person posts spoilers in a non-spoiler thread in order to annoy other users, they should be banned for a few weeks. If they happen to post the spoiler in the topic title, I think a permenent ban wouldn't be going too far. They know exactly what they're doing and should have to deal with the concequences.

I don't really want to have to worry about spoilers over the next few days or week depending on when I get the book while browsing GS.

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#2 Capn_Circus
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Sure. Spoiling a book, especially the final book to the legendary 7 book series is just horrible. It's not like people posting spoilers did it on "accident". They know what they are doing.....

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#3 wrlyy
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can't you see the sticky
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#4 GeForce2187
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They know exactly what they're doing and should have to deal with the concequences.

DriftRS

Hey, woah woah woah, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, "let'em crash."

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#5 xtn702
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I think yes :)
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#6 _MURS_
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can't you see the stickywrlyy
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#7 princemarth23
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Yes I think people should be banned..but this is already a rule..see the sticky.
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#8 wavebrid
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yes they shouldnt running it for everyone else.

and plus if your going to click on topic... than thats partly your own fault.

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#9 RamboSymbiot
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i never seen any harry potter movies or read there books. I find it boring
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#10 wavebrid
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i never seen any harry potter movies or read there books. I find it boringRamboSymbiot

how can you find it boring if you havent read or seen any movies of it?

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"To add to what duxup said, don't quote the spoilers, either. Real or fake. I'm treating these spoilers as I would porn, so if I see you quote spoilers, you're gone for a week. We're dead serious, people."

:o

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#11 Beaman
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who wants to guess the age those books were initially intended for?
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#12 NathanHawkins
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Although spoiling an ending is not much more than a person's being an a-hole, I don't think a ban is justified. Maybe public ridicule is more appropriate.
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#13 RamboSymbiot
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[QUOTE="RamboSymbiot"]i never seen any harry potter movies or read there books. I find it boringwavebrid

how can you find it boring if you havent read or seen any movies of it?

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"To add to what duxup said, don't quote the spoilers, either. Real or fake. I'm treating these spoilers as I would porn, so if I see you quote spoilers, you're gone for a week. We're dead serious, people."

:o

It doesnt interest me at all from the commercials ive seen and what people describe about it. Im not into that stuff. Dont take it personal just becasue you enjoy harry potter and i dont.

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#14 wavebrid
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[QUOTE="wavebrid"]

[QUOTE="RamboSymbiot"]i never seen any harry potter movies or read there books. I find it boringRamboSymbiot

how can you find it boring if you havent read or seen any movies of it?

:roll:

"To add to what duxup said, don't quote the spoilers, either. Real or fake. I'm treating these spoilers as I would porn, so if I see you quote spoilers, you're gone for a week. We're dead serious, people."

:o

It doesnt interest me at all from the commercials ive seen and what people describe about it. Im not into that stuff. Dont take it personal just becasue you enjoy harry potter and i dont.

i dont i just wanted a better explaing. speicaly when people pretend to hate something.... or pretend to love it.

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#15 gpmvegeta
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yes.. a permanent ban..really ruins it for fans..
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#16 DriftRS
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Oh there already is banning in place, didn see the sticky, but very glad the mods are ahead of the game this time, keep up the good work guys!
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#17 Dark__Link
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It's just a book.  Spoilers won't ruin your life.
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#18 catfishmoon23
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Oh there already is banning in place, didn see the sticky, but very glad the mods are ahead of the game this time, keep up the good work guys!DriftRS

Yes, thank you moderators.

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#19 catfishmoon23
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It's just a book. Spoilers won't ruin your life.Dark__Link

You're right, but it will ruin your excitement while reading the book and no one wants that. Every HP fan wants to experience finding out what happens on their own and don't want someone to ruin the anticipation before even starting to read the book.

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#20 FLSTS
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I think that they should post spoiler in bold letters saying it is about Harry Potter so the people know its about it before they click on it.
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#21 m0zart
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Those who got the book early got it that way legally -- because the online sites they preordered from shipped it early. The details of the story weren't obtained illegally. I think it would be more fitting to require any such spoilers to be wrapped up as spoilers in the normal sense, and that they be identified as for the new Harry Potter book. Other than that, I don't personally like the idea of either moderations or bans for plot details sufficiently identified in that manner.
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#22 solidruss
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It doesn't matter here. Post spoilers and you'll get the boot.