# Game of Thrones spoiler/thread policy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-spoiler-thread-policy/717505 "2015-04-12T18:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-spoiler-thread-policy/717505/1 "2015-04-12T18:34:00Z")
Season 5 of Game of Thrones debuts tonight (hurray!). For previous seasons, we’ve had the following basic setup: (1) for each episode, a spoiler-free thread. NO spoilers from the books, or from any source other than what was seen on screen. In this thread, the books do not exist and never existed. Don’t even do things like comment on differences between scenes that have already been broadcast and the version in the book. The thread does discuss the episode as it airs, so if you open it before you’ve seen the episode you risk spoilage, because different people see the episode at different times. (2) A season-long thread full of book spoilers for people who have read the books. This thread pretty much assumes full knowledge of everything, don’t venture into this thread if you don’t want casual mention of events that have not yet happened in the show but likely will (3) A thread for background information such as “hey, what’s the deal with those cities over on that other continent, why do they all have harpies?” or “I’ve forgotten the relationship between Theon Greyjoy and the Stark family can someone remind me?”. This thread has a more amorphous spoiler policy, because sometimes the background information comes only from the books. In general you should be able to read this thread without massive upcoming plot developments being suddenly and unexpectedly revealed, but there will be information from outside the TV show. I think this system has worked fairly well in general. Comments? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-spoiler-thread-policy/717505/2 "2015-04-12T18:49:19Z")
[Valar Hiatus: The Game of Thrones offseason thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=654239) has been the behind-the-scenes, GOT related stuff for quite some time now. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-spoiler-thread-policy/717505/3 "2015-04-13T14:27:57Z")
What about previews of the next episode? I try to avoid them myself. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-spoiler-thread-policy/717505/4 "2015-04-13T14:32:16Z")
The witches prediction felt like it was missing something. “Gold shall be their crowns and gold shall be their shrouds” is not enough, obviously everyone dies eventually. It was missing the “when they lay them before you” part that implies her children are going to all die before her. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-spoiler-thread-policy/717505/5 "2015-04-13T14:48:20Z")
Thanks, **Max**. I like the current system and think it worked out pretty well. > [@DigitalC](#): > > The witches prediction felt like it was missing something. “Gold shall be their crowns and gold shall be their shrouds” is not enough, obviously everyone dies eventually. It was missing the “when they lay them before you” part that implies her children are going to all die before her. That’s the kind of post that should be in the show thread, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-spoiler-thread-policy/717505/6 "2015-04-13T14:54:14Z")
This is a very confusing thread title.