Hi folks,
We need to have a discussion about what this means in terms of posting/ spoiler policy on the board.
Sadly it looks like there are copies of FFVII Remake that have made it out of warehouses and into the hands of sellers. This tends to happen with Square Enix games these days for whatever reason.
As far as we know, 4 copies of the Deluxe Edition have been sold. It looks like this was in the UK.
So, I want to know how people want to approach this here. Game spoilers are going to start flowing next week when these copies are received by the people who bought them, and I want your opinions (quickly) on how to handle this on the board.
My proposal is as follows:
- A dedicated thread in the remake spoiler section of the board (which is hidden from view)
- This is based on the contingency that one of our current staff members actually moderates it. Personally, I want to avoid more spoilers.
Currently the spoiler section has strict rules, and all threads created there require moderator approval (so that spoilers can't be in titles). On the eve of the game's release, I am going to untick the box in the backend that hides the threads in the section from "new posts". Nobody panic about this, I'll put an announcement out beforehand and all the threads are very clearly tagged with a shiny red "spoiler" badge, and also spoilers aren't allowed in thread titles (so you cannot be spoiled unless you go into the thread). However, I want the threads to be easily accessible and noticeable because that's where people will go to discuss the actual game once it's out, and it avoids spoiler discussion in the non-spoiler section.
We need to have a discussion about what this means in terms of posting/ spoiler policy on the board.
Sadly it looks like there are copies of FFVII Remake that have made it out of warehouses and into the hands of sellers. This tends to happen with Square Enix games these days for whatever reason.
As far as we know, 4 copies of the Deluxe Edition have been sold. It looks like this was in the UK.
So, I want to know how people want to approach this here. Game spoilers are going to start flowing next week when these copies are received by the people who bought them, and I want your opinions (quickly) on how to handle this on the board.
My proposal is as follows:
- A dedicated thread in the remake spoiler section of the board (which is hidden from view)
- This is based on the contingency that one of our current staff members actually moderates it. Personally, I want to avoid more spoilers.
Currently the spoiler section has strict rules, and all threads created there require moderator approval (so that spoilers can't be in titles). On the eve of the game's release, I am going to untick the box in the backend that hides the threads in the section from "new posts". Nobody panic about this, I'll put an announcement out beforehand and all the threads are very clearly tagged with a shiny red "spoiler" badge, and also spoilers aren't allowed in thread titles (so you cannot be spoiled unless you go into the thread). However, I want the threads to be easily accessible and noticeable because that's where people will go to discuss the actual game once it's out, and it avoids spoiler discussion in the non-spoiler section.
