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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8392126" data-attributes="member: 6879661">The assumption that because something is 35 years old it will already have been seen just isn’t true. If everyone on this forum was 45+ then I might be more likely to feel the same. But we know there are a huge numbers of people in their twenties reading this site.Until I encouraged him, my partner in his mid twenties, hadn’t seen Starwars, or Shawshank Redemption, Lord of the Rings or any Alien Films and because he was new to sci-fi and fantasy he didn’t really have much awareness of stuff we take for granted. Speaking to his friends I don’t think he’s unique.Even with that said, it’s still a massive assumption that the age of a book or show means it will have been seen. I didn’t read Game of Thrones until it came out on TV, I only watched Battle Star Gallactica two years ago and It’s a Wonderful Life last Christmas. I’m 41. I’ve still never read any Robin Hobb or watched Firefly. Umbran and Morrus have both said they haven’t read much (or any) of the Wheel of Time and it’s the most widespread Fantasy series ever.Its a massive assumption that because you’ve seen something and think it’s great that most other people have too. Even if most people have and there are only 10-20% of posters who haven’t, is it still fair to spoil things for them. I think when the majority start ignoring the effects of their decisions on the minority we end up in a sticky place.It isn’t really fair to expect a new person to the forums to have watched the sum total of all film, book and TV, because as people who have watched and seen these things we retain the right to toss out spoilers at will. “Where have you been? You really should have seen X by now, it’s your own fault if I spoil it for you.” Well thats a form of condescension and intellectual arrogance.I’ve never played any of the 1st edition adventures, only a couple of the remakes. Is it ok to openly post spoilers about a module because it’s old? That doesn’t sit right with me. Particularly when spoiler tags are so easy to do. They take seconds.</blockquote>

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