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From: Mandatory Spurt <90404939@vax1.dcu.ie>
Subject: Re: Lurking Horror
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In article <jrsC8qsDB.52x@netcom.com> John Switzer, jrs@netcom.com writes:
>Ridiculous? Of course it is, just as ridiculous as expecting for the
>rest of eternity that people should have to watch everything they say
>about any particular genre of entertainment. If you haven't played
>Lurking Horror, then don't read messages about it. 

Perhaps there is a request for help,  perhaps someone is posting a bug
warning, perhaps someone is posting a game review...

It's that
>simple, but I'm not going to have my life dictated to by those who 
>evidently live in total paranoia that they will learn something which 
>will forever deny them an opportunity at happiness and enjoyment. 


But still, I think you've missed the point.

>>Not to mention that the game in question is seven years old, and its
>>second release
>>is almost one year old. Insisting on spoilers for something like that
>>is like
>>insisting on spoilers about Casablanca.
>
>
>What a pile of bollocks.  Are you over 40?  Perhaps there are new
>generations that are just now being introduced to the 'finer' things in
>life...

My point was that, no matter how old the game is, one can still insist on
spoiler warnings, as there are still players that have not played the
game.  I think that although the game is old, it is still new, as there
are still people that have only started (or are perhaps still stuck).
If you are inconsiderate enough to realise that spoiler warnings are
unnecessary on a game that has been released aeons before, I think that
is your loss, but there is no need to inflict that loss on others.

I am amused that although the original poster apologised, (which had been
accepted), others still feel the need to display their knowledge of the
games, saying 'Everyone knows that...what are you? Braindead or are you
just so young you've not seen Casablanca...'

The Diceman's Apprentice.
