The Walking dead

[huntingohio]

Really? You feel that in a thread created to discuss a TV show it is OK to discuss things that haven't happen in the TV show yet but will happen in the book?

That would have been like going into a thread discussing an up coming movie based on an obscure book, maybe something like Marley and Me, and saying, "I can't wait to see how they handle the emotions when the dog dies"

I've got a better suggestion for you. If you think that something that you are going to post might be a spoiler, especially if it is based on an upcoming event that you read in the book, just don't ****ing post it.

It would make you appear to be much less of a *******.

Yes, yes I do think its ok.. infact I would say it more than ok.
If I say dont read this if you dont want whats coming spoiled for you.. well then dont read it.. its that simple. If you do, well at that point I consider it your fault. I'm sorry you have poor self control

I'm sorry you feel that others should inconvience themselves for you, but they dont have to. If you want to avoid something then YOU have to avoid it.. not me. If I make it easy for you to avoid something and you dont, quit whining. Again im not holding you eyes open forcing you to read posts,you are electing to.

In summation, suck it up buttercup. If you want to avoid discussion of the comics, thats your deal, not mine. Maybe dont get into a show that has had rabid comic fans for about a decade.

 

[Airborneguy]

You might have prefaced all of your spoilers, but others aren't, and that's not right. When the season starts again, I'm going to start a thread titled just for the show. Hopefully that works.

 

[CGVT]

Ha! I bet you're a peach to get along with in real life too as you obviously have no consideration for other people (is this where I should call you a cute name like buttercup?)

This thread is not about you, nor is it a thread about the comics. It was started to discuss the TV show, and all that have posted spoilers based on the comics have, when asked, stopped making posts about upcoming events based on the comics out of common courtesy

If you can't understand that, maybe this is appropriate

 

[GrogNerd]

That would have been like going into a thread discussing an up coming movie based on an obscure book, maybe something like Marley and Me, and saying, "I can't wait to see how they handle the emotions when the dog dies"

wait... Marley dies?

thanks


have neither read the book, nor seen the movie, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out that particular plot point

 

[huntingohio]

You might have prefaced all of your spoilers, but others aren't, and that's not right. When the season starts again, I'm going to start a thread titled just for the show. Hopefully that works.

And I agree not prefacing them is a jerk move. People shouldnt just blow it for people who havent read the comics like that. As far as starting a thread just for the show, I think the mods will most likely merge them just to keep from having two walking dead threads. So we all should just agree to adding spoiler alert to any comic discussions.

CGVT
I'm actually an easy person to get along with. I just dont take kindly to others telling me that I have to go out of my way for them, especailly when I go out of my way already by warning them.
Common courtesy says I should warn you if theres a man hole in front of you, which I do, not jump on it like its a grenade for you. If you still step in it I'm sorry but at that point its not my fault man.
To make it a simpler analogy, theres a gaurd over a saw blade, It says in big read letters DO not touch injury or death may occur. Yet you stick your fingers under the gaurd and make them maimed and turnedinto hamburger. Now is that your fault or the saws?

 

[CGVT]

Wow. You just don't get it, do you?

This is a thread about the TV show. Talk about the TV show and there are no spoilers to post.

It is not protecting me(and about 95% of the people that read and participate in this thread, BTW) from a grenade, it is not throwing the freaking grenade in the first place.

It is pretty simple, talk about the show and what is going on in the show. If you have more information on upcoming events, don't post it. It adds nothing for the vast majority of the posters in this thread and can detract from their enjoyment. It is not going out of your way for anyone. It is not being a selfish prick just because "it's not my fault if people read my spoilers". What a ****ty position to take.

Why is that so hard to understand?

 

[usfmikeb]

Wow, some seriously sandy vaginas in here today.

 

[CGVT]

Wow, some seriously sandy vaginas in here today.

Ha!

 

[Jdaught]

Wow, some seriously sandy vaginas in here today.

That's what I was thinking. I didn't think the same thing could be argued about this many times by grown people. My 4 year old doesn't argue this much. I watch the show, never read the comics. I could care less what the comic book readers post. From everything I've read and seen the show barely even follows what is in the comics anyway. I mean two of the main characters in the show aren't even in the comics. I've read this entire thread as it is happening and haven't felt that I've had something spoiled.

 

[dudius]

That's what I was thinking. I didn't think the same thing could be argued about this many times by grown people. My 4 year old doesn't argue this much. I watch the show, never read the comics. I could care less what the comic book readers post. From everything I've read and seen the show barely even follows what is in the comics anyway. I mean two of the main characters in the show aren't even in the comics. I've read this entire thread as it is happening and haven't felt that I've had something spoiled.

Agreed. I didn't need to find 4 new pages to read filled with arguing about what gets posted.

If its a ****ing spoiler, give a ****ing spoiler alert. If you do it, thanks. If you don't, shame on you.

 

[huntingohio]

Wow. You just don't get it, do you?

This is a thread about the TV show. Talk about the TV show and there are no spoilers to post.

It is not protecting me(and about 95% of the people that read and participate in this thread, BTW) from a grenade, it is not throwing the freaking grenade in the first place.

It is pretty simple, talk about the show and what is going on in the show. If you have more information on upcoming events, don't post it. It adds nothing for the vast majority of the posters in this thread and can detract from their enjoyment. It is not going out of your way for anyone. It is not being a selfish prick just because "it's not my fault if people read my spoilers". What a ****ty position to take.

Why is that so hard to understand?

First I think this is HILARIOUS that you getting so upset and swearing.

Second It was started to talk about TWD, yes it is a TV show and thats all it is to you. To THOUSANDS of other people not only is it a TV show but its an epic adventure they have been reading for however long [about 10 years in some cases.

Lets make an easy comparison. The movie The Hobbit, is that just a movie or is it also a book? [Well actually 2 sieries of books and The Silmarillion are all part of the hobbit story, but thats besides the point]

You can view it as narrowly as you want to, but others may want to expand and compare the comics and show. Which they very well are allowed to do, this is a forum, not a a what CGVT likes is what goes discussion board. Atleast I have the consideration for you and other people that dont want to read what happened in the comics to warn you that I will be talking about the comics. That way you can just skip over my post and ignore it. I ask that others wishing to do so, do the same thing out of consideration.

If you want to start a place where you can censor what you dont like to read, then there are several free forum sites I can point you to and help you set up a forum. Otherwise HBT allows free discussion and exchange of ideas, which most of us appriciate. That also makes us responsible for not reading what we dont like or want to read. With freedom comes responsibility, its a lesson most parents teach there children.

 

[usfmikeb]

Come on guys, seriously. STFU!

 

[inhousebrew]

Well this got out of control....

The Game of Thrones forum (yes, super nerd right?) has a special Spoiler feature where you can write something that is tagged as a spoiler so that people need to click on it to read it. I know that was specially designed for that touchy issue and I wouldn't expect HBT to have something like that but it would just be nice if people were considerate.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Agreed. I didn't need to find 4 new pages to read filled with arguing about what gets posted.

If its a ****ing spoiler, give a ****ing spoiler alert. If you do it, thanks. If you don't, shame on you.

This. Now I'll jst shut up andwait for things to get back on track.

 

[MalFet]

SPOILER BELOW (highlight text to see):

I love each and every one of you. Now shuddup.

 

[rifraf]

SPOILER BELOW (highlight text to see):

I love each and every one of you. Now shuddup.

You jerk! I use the mobile app and the font didn't change! I didn't want to know that.

 

[MalFet]

You jerk! I use the mobile app and the font didn't change! I didn't want to know that.

You know it's true

That's weird though. On my iTelephone, the font did change. But, then when you quoted me I could see it, since quoted text has a blue background.

 

[Airborneguy]

How the hell did you do that? Can you imagine what we could do to Gear101 with that?!?

 

[MalFet]

How the hell did you do that? Can you imagine what we could do to Gear101 with that?!?

Font color is one of the widgets in the reply box.

You can also just put the tags [ COLOR="white" ] [ /COLOR ]
(remove the spaces)

 

[rifraf]

The font changes color (and bolds and italics etc) if I look at the website on my phone, but if I use the app nothing ever changes. Could be that I have the android version though...

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

white on white is also an old fashioned search engine keyword spamming technique. Some sites still use it.

 

[CGVT]

Yep. I'm done. It's like pouring water on a brick. Nothing is absorbed.

Sorry to all of the reasonable posters that I subjected to this.

I just find it hard to believe that one guy would want to impose his will on a thread because it's his "right" to do so.

"I'll post anything I damn well please and to hell with the rest of you"

He probably gets in the 12 items or less line at the supermarket with 50 of the same item, counts it as one item and can't see what the problem is...

Doesn't seem to be very considerate, IMO.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Yep. I'm done. It's like pouring water on a brick. Nothing is absorbed.

Sorry to all of the reasonable posters that I subjected to this.

I just find it hard to believe that one guy would want to impose his will on a thread because it's his "right" to do so.

"I'll post anything I damn well please and to hell with the rest of you"

He probably gets in the 12 items or less line at the supermarket with 50 of the same item, counts it as one item and can't see what the problem is...

Doesn't seem to be very considerate, IMO.

On the bright side of the zombie apocalypse.....very short queues in the supermarkets!!

 

[huntingohio]

Yep. I'm done. It's like pouring water on a brick. Nothing is absorbed.

Sorry to all of the reasonable posters that I subjected to this.

I just find it hard to believe that one guy would want to impose his will on a thread because it's his "right" to do so.

"I'll post anything I damn well please and to hell with the rest of you"

He probably gets in the 12 items or less line at the supermarket with 50 of the same item, counts it as one item and can't see what the problem is...

Doesn't seem to be very considerate, IMO.

....... yeah it seems wierd that one guy would do that...........
pointless

However i am done arguing.
Was watching the wire to see how good of an actor the guy who plays Tyrese is... holy crap, he is amazing, cant wait to see him do his thing. On a side note dont you think its wierd that they have one black guy die and replace him with another, afirmative action#sarcasm

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

yeah the token black guy replacement seemed somewhat obvious. I hope it wasn't really as simple a decision as that.

The key to survival in any disaster movie, don't be the blak guy. Second, don't be a cop one week from retirement.

 

[huntingohio]

Actually tyrese is a planned character.. he is in the comic originally.

If they he is like he was in the comic you guys will REALLY like him, cool character.

Dont forget that virgins live the longest and if you have sex you die.. every horror and disaster movie

 

[rifraf]

yeah the token black guy replacement seemed somewhat obvious. I hope it wasn't really as simple a decision as that.

The key to survival in any disaster movie, don't be the blak guy. Second, don't be a cop one week from retirement.

I think TDog was the token black guy, as there aren't any black characters through the early comics before Michonne. Even the name TDog seemed ridiculous.

 

[45_70sharps]

Then maybe dont watch a tv show based on a comic? or dont watch a movie based on a book?

Have you ever watched a spinoff show? Well this show is just a spinoff of the comic, if you dont like that tough cookies.

Yall need to hike up your skirt and get the sand out of your panties. Dont get mad if you read a post that said SPOILER ALERT and got info you didnt want. That like me standing here saying im naked dont look anjd you looking and getting mad at me... nah your the one that looked jack
Dont get mad just dont read it. Im not forcing you to read my posts nor are any of the fans of the comic

No. Don't talk about things that haven't happened on the show in the thread .
This is a place to talk about the show, it's not a spot to try and be cool for having read the comic.
News flash. Just like any other spot in the world, nobody is going to be impressed that you read comics. Still doesn't make you cool.

 

[huntingohio]

ugh.... people get a clue really.
1. not trying to be cool, trying to speak with people who enjoyed the comic too
2. If you dont like it dont read it, you have the choice
3. quit trying to argue, im done.

I can post a summation of the comics up until now and ruin the show for you since you HAVE to read what I post.

Wasnt going to post but since i felt it nessacary to swat the fly

I agree 100% riffraff, I however hoped we would get to see tdog vs one handed wonder warrior. Kinda dissapointed it didnt happen

 

[Yuri_Rage]

This is getting ugly and wildly off topic for no good reason. Let's set up a few ground rules, not unlike HBT's overarching terms of use:

No namecalling or needless off topic bickering.

It's only natural for those familiar with the comic to draw comparisons and conclusions. If you're going to reveal events that have not yet happened in the show, please at least preface the post with SPOILER ALERT. The white text option is a nice touch, so, if able, try to use that technique in addition to posting the warning.

If anyone violates these simple guidelines, use the report post button to draw the mods' attention to the post. We probably won't make this thread a priority, but we'll (I'll) help where we (I) can. There is no need for an otherwise entertaining thread to degenerate into an argument that isn't about the show/plot itself.

It might also be nice to wait a day after the most recent episode has aired before posting details about it, just in case someone in another time zone has not yet been able to watch it. I'm not going to be so strict as to moderate such posts, though. It's just as easy avoid reading this thread if you don't want to see plot details on episodes you've yet to watch.