# Why are the Game of Thrones rules still in effect? (No spoilers by me because I never saw it) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 20, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207 "2015-10-20T02:15:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/61 "2015-10-20T21:32:29Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > You know nothing, dropzone. > [@dropzone](#): > > And how does stating the obvious help the situation? :dubious: > [@Rigamarole](#): > > Whoosh - “You know nothing, Jon Snow” is one of the staple GoT quotables. Whew! I’m relieved that someone got it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/62 "2015-10-20T22:14:38Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > In the book version the clams were most definitely NOT happy. > > Just saying. Why not? ETA: I feel a lot of air passing over my head. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/63 "2015-10-20T22:20:40Z")
> [@Emiliana](#): > > Why not? In the book, the clams _did_ go to the Red Wedding. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/64 "2015-10-20T22:23:35Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Also, my all-time favorite spoilers come from the same source: > > He’s God. > He gets killed. > He comes back. Briefly. Are those three separate movies? Because I had _The Last Temptation of Christ_ for every one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/65 "2015-10-20T22:31:22Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Are those three separate movies? Because I had _The Last Temptation of Christ_ for every one of them. Probably these four old fanfics. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/66 "2015-10-20T23:51:52Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Whew! I’m relieved that someone got it! 😃 So am I because, as you’d note, I wouldn’t in a million years. > [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > If a poster keeps disregarding the reasonable internal rules of a thread, he’s threadshitting which is jerk behavior for which Terr was banned and BrainGlutton was suspended. If he keeps whinging about not getting his way on this issue, he is refusing to abide by the finality of some SDMB decisions which is important for clarity and efficient board administration. This is petulant toddler behavior which, coming from an adult, is jerk behavior. Repeated jerk behavior should result in warnings. Repeated warnings should result in suspension and eventually banning. > > Is this not the standard way in which the SDMB handles such issues? It is, standardly. Thus this thread. > [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating] > Questions about board rules belong in ATMB. > [/Mderating] BUT I CAN’T SWEAR AND CALL PEOPLE NAMES IN ATMB. **DUH!** But all of that was last night. Today I stopped caring, beyond requesting a more-generalized sticky that incorporates all of the prudent suggestions of the current one because GoT, with concurrent (sorta) book publications and TV broadcasts, is a special pain in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/67 "2015-10-20T23:53:51Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > In the book, the clams _did_ go to the Red Wedding. But then they were decapitated. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/68 "2015-10-21T00:00:30Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Probably these four old fanfics. Ding. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/69 "2015-10-21T00:42:06Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > So am I because, as you’d note, I wouldn’t in a million years. > > It is, standardly. Thus this thread. > > BUT I CAN’T SWEAR AND CALL PEOPLE NAMES IN ATMB. **DUH!** > > But all of that was last night. Today I stopped caring, beyond requesting a more-generalized sticky that incorporates all of the prudent suggestions of the current one because GoT, with concurrent (sorta) book publications and TV broadcasts, is a special pain in the ass. If it’s standard, as you concede, then it’s not a special rule for Game of Thrones. What is the actual problem here, then? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/70 "2015-10-21T00:52:45Z")
Please let’s not pretend it was just one guy who had a problem with spoilers, and just one other guy who was trying to drop spoilers into those threads. The whole thing got very ugly and very passive aggressive (or maybe just aggressive), and I’m glad Senor Beef got it straightened out. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/71 "2015-10-21T01:38:28Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > If it’s standard, as you concede, then it’s not a special rule for Game of Thrones. What is the actual problem here, then? I think you failed to read what I was describing as “standard,” to wit… > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **MichaelEmouse** > If a poster keeps disregarding the reasonable internal rules of a thread, he’s threadshitting which is jerk behavior for which Terr was banned and BrainGlutton was suspended. If he keeps whinging about not getting his way on this issue, he is refusing to abide by the finality of some SDMB decisions which is important for clarity and efficient board administration. This is petulant toddler behavior which, coming from an adult, is jerk behavior. Repeated jerk behavior should result in warnings. Repeated warnings should result in suspension and eventually banning. > > Is this not the standard way in which the SDMB handles such issues? Which is the standard way in which the SDMB handles such issues: warnings, then suspensions, then bannings. At least one person in that debacle was acting in a jerkish manner repeatedly. As I have noted, I have no problem with the special rules and believe they should be posted and applied more generally, but in other threads most people play nice. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/72 "2015-10-21T02:30:18Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And if I misunderstood what **Idle Thoughts** said in the ATMB thread I was referencing, I would expect him to clarify, now that this thread is here in ATMB. I don’t really have any desire to rehash all I’ve said on the matter again, as I have many times already. Best and most simple way I can explain what my thoughts on it are (and how I will personally mod it) is found [in this post.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18291961&postcount=2) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/73 "2015-10-21T04:23:04Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > But then they were decapitated. Clams got heads??? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/74 "2015-10-21T04:38:45Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Clams got heads??? Well, they’ve [got legs.](http://s135.photobucket.com/user/comicsonthebrain/media/cotbart/BC2-ClamsGotLegsn.jpg.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/75 "2015-10-21T12:46:20Z")
Damn–I miss the days when BC was actually funny. (The evil clam’s expression in the last panel still cracks me up) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207/76 "2015-10-21T14:31:50Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Well, they’ve [got legs.](http://s135.photobucket.com/user/comicsonthebrain/media/cotbart/BC2-ClamsGotLegsn.jpg.html) I figured you’d get it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-game-of-thrones-rules-still-in-effect-no-spoilers-by-me-because-i-never-saw-it/735207.md?page=3)