Poll: Winter Is Coming - HBO's A Game of Thrones [READ WARNING]

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Who will rule Westeros?

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Fluke? said:
And a guy from Star Trek!
I was seriously tempted to start reading AFFC last night against my promise to keep the TV show one step ahead of the books but think I'll get utterly lost with all the new characters in Dorne, so I'm glad I fell asleep instead. Back on the bookshelf you go for another year old unread friend...*

Roll on June 2015!


*but I did read the SOSp2 Epilogue... Blimey.... :eek:
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I got around 100 pages into the book and stopped reading it. It's just an awfully written book that completely loses the pace set by the previous books by needlessly exploring the same timepoint from the perspective of a host of unnecessary new characters.

He messed up with the fourth boo, and book five was a clumsy attempt to get back on track. I hope six is an improvement. The TV series is actually an improvement on the books in some respects.
 
Pighardia said:
I would have thought it would be much more confusing to watch the show first tbh.
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Not really imo. Watching the show first gives faces to names and the general story, and then reading the book fleshes out the story and the characters. Sometimes I'll watch a season, then read the book and then rewatch and reaslise all the bits that whooshed over me on first watch :o
Its a bit like the show is a bullet pointed version of GOT.
 
Richdog said:
I got around 100 pages into the book and stopped reading it. It's just an awfully written book that completely loses the pace set by the previous books by needlessly exploring the same timepoint from the perspective of a host of unnecessary new characters.

He messed up with the fourth boo, and book five was a clumsy attempt to get back on track. I hope six is an improvement. The TV series is actually an improvement on the books in some respects.
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Ouch :(
Hopefully it will seem a little different after watching next season.. Yes yes I know they go off on different paths but gotta hope lads.
 
Richdog said:
I got around 100 pages into the book and stopped reading it. It's just an awfully written book that completely loses the pace set by the previous books by needlessly exploring the same timepoint from the perspective of a host of unnecessary new characters.

He messed up with the fourth boo, and book five was a clumsy attempt to get back on track. I hope six is an improvement. The TV series is actually an improvement on the books in some respects.
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Wow I thought the exact opposite.
Got bored of the show mid way through season 2 but enjoyed the books (even though they are overrated!)
 
Done. Even though it has a wacking great spoiler tag, it's generally only a few members and one mod that whinges anyway :)

Thanks for the heads up
 
Trust me to be Fashionably late to the party, somehow GoT completely passed me by first time around.

We had been watching Season one on it's current schedule on Atlantic, got up to Episode five then OH came home with BluRay boxset last night.

I'm Knackered today, totally hooked only have a couple more to watch then on to season two.
 
Neil79 said:
Done. Even though it has a wacking great spoiler tag, it's generally only a few members and one mod that whinges anyway :)

Thanks for the heads up
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Rules are there for everyone's benefit. If you don't like it then we can remove your access to this forum if you'd prefer?
 
Uncle Petey said:
Aren't spoiler tags there for a reason too?
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I think the gist of the rules about the spoiler tags is that they should not contain out and out spoilers that someone who has read the books or read all the wikis might know, but can perhaps be used to ask a book reader to clarify something, or sometimes even to guess a story line or event.

I know it sounds a bit much sometimes but I think us GOT fans are special bunch and some amongst us can get particually upset if they learn something here before seeing it on the show. Its not just here btw - over on the football365 forum there is an absolutely massive thread (645 pages - just checked..) and there is some serious anger if someone posts a real spoiler - even in spoilers :p
 
Fluke? said:
I think the gist of the rules about the spoiler tags is that they should not contain out and out spoilers that someone who has read the books or read all the wikis might know, but can perhaps be used to ask a book reader to clarify something, or sometimes even to guess a story line or event.

I know it sounds a bit much sometimes but I think us GOT fans are special bunch and some amongst us can get particually upset if they learn something here before seeing it on the show. Its not just here btw - over on the football365 forum there is an absolutely massive thread (645 pages - just checked..) and there is some serious anger if someone posts a real spoiler - even in spoilers :p
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But there comes a point where everyone has to take responsibility for their own actions, if you go clicking on the spoiler tags then you only have yourself to blame.
 
Gambisk said:
But there comes a point where everyone has to take responsibility for their own actions, if you go clicking on the spoiler tags then you only have yourself to blame.
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+1. A person must be seriously weak to not have the willpower to refrain from clicking a spoiler tag when they don't want something to be...spoiled!
 
Mirmo said:
+1. A person must be seriously weak to not have the willpower to refrain from clicking a spoiler tag when they don't want something to be...spoiled!
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The problem is, you have no way of knowing if it's book spoiler or a series spoiler.

I'd be okay with a rule stating you have to specify whether it's a book or series spoiler but then you'd have people forgetting to specify and we'll have the same problem we have now.
 
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