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The Ramifications of the Smash Ultimate Leak Have Been Disgusting
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Just avoid the spoilers then. It's not that hard and there isn't much to avoid.
This is far from the worst the internet is capable of. This is so benign and meaningless I'm surprised how angry people are getting over it.
As mentioned earlier in the thread this would make sense for story heavy stuff but this is Smash Bros.
What's to spoil? A new color combination for Link?
From what I've read, there's a LOT of really cool surprises that were never in Smash before.
There's a thread for spoilers and I haven't clicked on it, thus I haven't been spoiled. Haven't seen a single unmarked spoiler and I'm on here constantly.
Even if I were, it's freakin smash bros. The fun is the gameplay, not the tiny hintings at a story.
Even if I were, it's freakin smash bros. The fun is the gameplay, not the tiny hintings at a story.
What ramifications? I never played any smash single player, is the story so intricate that getting spoiled ruins the game (like in Persona et al)? People are getting gunned down left and right, pollution is out of control, the climate is changing, Russia and Ukraine are in a standoff. These are things with ramifications worth getting upset about, not a single leaked game. Just stay away from spoilery thread and videos and you'll be fine in the future. It worked for every game in my backlog so far that I was afraid of being spoiled.
Eh I'm sure people will get in trouble for this.
Don't get too caught up with spoiler. Avoid it if you can. And if you can't try not to let it get to you. I primarily play retro games and don't worry too much about these things no more. Still enjoy these games. Haha
Don't get too caught up with spoiler. Avoid it if you can. And if you can't try not to let it get to you. I primarily play retro games and don't worry too much about these things no more. Still enjoy these games. Haha
Standard spoiler avoidance practice is advised. Same with any leak.
Describing this particular leak as having "truly brought out the worst in the internet, and the worst of even people here" might be a bit of an overreaction.
Describing this particular leak as having "truly brought out the worst in the internet, and the worst of even people here" might be a bit of an overreaction.
Obviously piracy is not something to be considered or celebrated, but I'm all for the data mining aspect. The more information people have about a game the better. Knowing the full Dragon Ball Fighterz dlc roster helped me make a decision about the season pass. I long for the day that this industry quits acting like these secrets are all that special.
I mean this 100% earnestly and without malice: if the possibility of spoilers for a video game makes using the internet exhausting and crippling, it's time to take a break for your own mental health.
Imagine having so few actual problems in your life that your response to a video game being leaked is "Wow, I'm the real victim here"
I'm confused. I guess I don't follow smash very closely, but I do have a bunch of people I follow that post about it occasionally, and I have yet to see anything leaked or been spoiled on anything. I'm also a tad confused as to how you are getting spoiled on a party fighting game.
Piracy will always be around as long as a console has any form of hacking available on it. It sucks. But it's just what comes with media in any format.
Piracy will always be around as long as a console has any form of hacking available on it. It sucks. But it's just what comes with media in any format.
okay so i didn't follow but what is so big that is causing this reaction?! this is a really serious reaction for spoilers for a party game.
like back when GoW, a very story focused game that huge chunks of its content was hidden on purpose, was spoiled with youtube videos and tons of images of very important scenes in the game, and yet the reaction wasn't nearly as bad as what is going on now; so i am just surprised from this.
like back when GoW, a very story focused game that huge chunks of its content was hidden on purpose, was spoiled with youtube videos and tons of images of very important scenes in the game, and yet the reaction wasn't nearly as bad as what is going on now; so i am just surprised from this.
They weren't leaked like this. In fact, there wasn't a widespread way to pirate the games at the time of their release.
But even recently, there hasn't been anything this early. Even Pokemon was leaked just a few days before release IIRC.
I'm not sure I'd call a couple of music and boss spoilers people have to actively search for and a group of people who were either not going to get the game in the first place or are still going to buy it is disgusting, but whatever.
I'm no fan of piracy but this isn't nearly the big issue I think you're making it out to be.
I'm no fan of piracy but this isn't nearly the big issue I think you're making it out to be.
Piracy is trash, but I'm not sweating spoilers. It has been absurdly easy to avoid spoilers here and even on reddit...though I'm not sure what even qualifies as an actual spoiler in a game like Smash. I managed to stay entirely dark on Red Dead, God of War, Horizon, etc. There are just certain pages you don't visit and certain posts you don't read.
But really though, the piracy part is garbage. The game comes out in under two weeks and these fuckers could have all waited. Anything for a few peeps at their YouTube pages though, right? They'll be able to quit their day jobs some day.
But really though, the piracy part is garbage. The game comes out in under two weeks and these fuckers could have all waited. Anything for a few peeps at their YouTube pages though, right? They'll be able to quit their day jobs some day.
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It is always ethical to steal from corporations, without exception
I've never found spoilers hard to avoid personally. Though I stay off social media for the most part and don't regularly watch Youtube or anything. Piracy always sucks, but not a lot that they can do. Bump up the release date I guess so people have less temptation to pirate it vs. waiting on their preorders. But that's probably not possible as I imagine many stores don't have their stock yet.
I have always complained about spoilers but most people dismiss it, here in the forum and many other places.
Smash is not special so spoilers will keep happening, that's just how it works.
It is just one more of all of the other games that are leaked every year. I get that we can't contain the internet, but it's just sad that I have to basically avoid Facebook, disable Twitch chat, and be super careful on Youtube when a release date approaches.
I get that people want to know everything asap but please, try to avoid putting the actual spoiler on the title or thumbnail of a video. Those are the worst.
If you are in a live chat session watching a stream. Just be kind to others and don't spoil an importan part of a game for everyone.
Smash is not special so spoilers will keep happening, that's just how it works.
It is just one more of all of the other games that are leaked every year. I get that we can't contain the internet, but it's just sad that I have to basically avoid Facebook, disable Twitch chat, and be super careful on Youtube when a release date approaches.
I get that people want to know everything asap but please, try to avoid putting the actual spoiler on the title or thumbnail of a video. Those are the worst.
If you are in a live chat session watching a stream. Just be kind to others and don't spoil an importan part of a game for everyone.
It sucks to get spoiled but frankly, your reaction seems a little bit intense. Piracy really doesn't come close to what I'd consider a "horrible" crime. And other than the story spoilers, I don't regard the rest of the leaks as too big a deal either if I'm being honest. I never heard of getting a soundtrack spoiled although I suppose I know what you mean.
I feel sad for Sakurai and his team. We know that he likes things to say hidden until people can play for themselves, this just shows why Subspace Emissary will never happen again.
but I think that calling for leakers to go to prison is one of the most hyperbolic things I have read in Era, short of the "Samurai Jack Season 5 is the biggest dissapointment in my life".
but I think that calling for leakers to go to prison is one of the most hyperbolic things I have read in Era, short of the "Samurai Jack Season 5 is the biggest dissapointment in my life".
Because there are a million legit reasons to want to hack a console.
I can see for a game where the song title spoils an event or boss, but most of Smash's music is reused.
I imagine someone got a copy early and dumped the ROM online.
This is basically it. It's a mascot party game, not some story-driven title or something.
It's really no wonder that Era AI wound up being an insane Switch shitposter.
Nobody said that, but to act like Nintendo is immune to this kind of thing is very weird after all the leaks, datamines and stuff we have seen from everywhere else. The fans of these games seem to not know about the wider industry
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