Sword Art Online

[TheCoffeeGod]

Originally Posted by xelipsis

I really don't see a problem with him tagging it a Light Novel spoiler and posting it. There are people who are curious about it and want to know.

Unless it is unspoiler-tagged, you people really need to chill out.

Apparently, you need to read the quote from sothis herself in first post.

[xelipsis]

Originally Posted by TheCoffeeGod

Apparently, you need to read the quote from sothis herself in first post.

The one where she went on a tirade saying because she liked the show so much she would ban people for spoiling it? or are you talking about a different one?

do you have a link?

[Reat]

Originally Posted by Quizap

Is that a new rule or something? Have things changed that much since I've been in Afghanistan, that the urge to resist clicking something that cannot be read without clicking is a bannable offense to the forums? I've known the mods for years, as well as Sothis and this is the first I've heard of a ludicrous thing to be banned for... comparing an anime to a light novel as part of a discussion to the anime's story as back up and a comparison or a hope to see as a part of the real story. There's also a warning stating what is contained in the spoiler so people who don't know, don't read it. Its on the person reading it to click it, not the poster.

If it's so severe that I've spoilered content from the anime or the original story that it's a bannable offense, a mod to the forums would most likely send me a message saying so, not someone who loses their temper in a discussion thread on SAO. And to top it off, reading some of the stuff before mine would be nonsense that has NOTHING to do with SAO, like AMG for example on top of information similar to what I have in my first paragraph. If that little amount of information is a spoiler to you, you shouldn't be reading anything in the upper portion of the forums and stick to the general thread down below.

Sothis herself set this rule up, and even put it in the Section Rules: Section Rules

Discussion Format
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You must mark the content of each post with a spoiler tag, and episode label; this is because different people watch different releases, and might not be at the same point that you are. Not marking spoilers will result in a ban.

Please use the following format:

Episode 5:

Stuff here

Spoilers for manga/light novels/anything should be left to their own sections (manga) unless absolutely necessary. If added, they must be labeled with the medium being discussed (for example, "manga spoiler") before the spoiler tag. Users who abuse this rule (posting ample manga spoilers in the anime section, or not posting labels at all) will be banned.

[Quizap]

Originally Posted by HoboKombat

Well, to be fair, I answered someone's question about shield users by saying "Light novel spoilers" and then "There's at least one shield user in the novel who uses specific shield skills" in spoiler tags, and people flipped their turnips. And then someone threw a hissy fit simply because I said "This is the moment most novel readers have been waiting for." So really, it's probably best to not even mention that entertainment medium which shall not be named. It's just a source of too much paranoia and rage for a lot of people.

Yea, I understand that part but when you've been dodging bullets and rockets and mortars and hoping that a green on blue doesn't occur for the last year, content within a spoiler being complained about and making someone rage on a form of entertainment being discussed is just petty and upsets me a little, someone who's been a member of the site for several years now.

I do believe I mentioned the phrase "light novel" before the post. I apologize that I dont' frequent the forums on a daily basis with my current living situation.

[TheCoffeeGod]

Originally Posted by xelipsis

do you have a link?

As I said, it's in the first post.

[r-18]

Section Rules

[Reat]

Originally Posted by TheCoffeeGod

As I said, it's in the first post.

CoffeeGod, you know people don't read the first post of any thread. Or any of the previous 90 pages of posts, apparently. This is like the fifth time in this thread alone we've had to deal with the spoiler issue.

[xelipsis]

ah, missed that.

And it was what I thought it was.

[r-18]

well the rules were amended ....because of the visual novel thing...

[xelipsis]

i will personally ban anyone who spoils this for me, so let that be a firm warning :|

The rules were amended for personal reasons.