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Watch out for Heavy Rain spoilers on cellphones!
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AceBandage
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The Heavy Rain Virus.
badcrumble
Member
Any particular reason why people are being such douchebags about this game in particular?
This is fucking ridiculous. If I get spoiled before Friday then the spoiler better pray for the anonymity of the internet. Why is this game attracting this shit? is it because it attempts to have an ending worth discovering? Is it animosity drummed up by the demo not being a generic 3rd person action game? Is it because it's a PS3 exclusive?
This mess is reminding me why gamers are often thought of as immature idiotic spoiled children. Is it the same for film buffs? Did they need to spend a week avoiding the internet before Fight Club?
This mess is reminding me why gamers are often thought of as immature idiotic spoiled children. Is it the same for film buffs? Did they need to spend a week avoiding the internet before Fight Club?
Revolutionary
Member
Is this supposed to be retaliation for the Halo 3 ending spoilers or.... what? Because this is far, far worse. I remember reading those spoilers on a handful of sites but for Heavy Rain, it's like I have to avoid the Internet altogether.... And now my cell phone too, apparently.
Sigh. Lame ass kids.
Sigh. Lame ass kids.
BlazingDarkness
Member
The spoiler is being spammed in comment sections of completely unrelated articles to HR across loads of sites
Wickerbasket
Member
What was there to spoil in Halo 3? I don't really remember much story.Revolutionary said:
I'd think a game as story centric as Heavy Rain would be hurt more by spoilers.
brandonh83
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iapetus said:
Unfortunately, that's not a grave enough threat to some people. I might have to just get offline altogether until I beat it :lol
polyh3dron
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BlazingDarkness
Member
wtfVersatil said:
mjemirzian
Banned
I just got spoiled by some jerkwad running around with a megaphone on the sidewalk!
I just got spoiled by some jerkwad flying a plane writing spoilers in jet exhaust!
I just got spoiled by some jerkwad putting spoilers in the CNN news ticker!
I just got spoiled by some jerkwad flying a plane writing spoilers in jet exhaust!
I just got spoiled by some jerkwad putting spoilers in the CNN news ticker!
which is pretty much why the only places I am visiting for the next few days are GAF, facebook (none of my friends will pull that crap), and gmail.iapetus said:
definitely up for perma bans nah.... considering the lengths (and time) you have to go through just to be able to post on gaf... I can't believe the number of fake accounts on here are enough to make it enticing to throw one away to spoil something. especially since there is more than one moderator participating actively in the official thread.brandonh83 said:
brandonh83
Banned
Guys, if you get a text that says SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDORE, it's not a Heavy Rain spoiler.
$$$ :lol
$$$ :lol
Unless you're friends are complete dicks I don't see how this is even a real threat. With the MGS4 thing on XBox Live I could understand it because people give them out everywhere and it's pretty obvious what gamertags are useful. But with Heavy Rain the margin for who actually owns a console, who actually owns a PS3, and who actually knows what "Heavy Rain" is, is so small that it would be ridiculous to imagine that this could even be a "thing". So to sum it up, your friends are fucking with ya...
Dead Man Typing
Member
Games and movies give away too much about their products in trailers and magazines.
Trying to avoid all the Mass Effect 2 info floating around was really tough, but made playing the game a whole lot more enjoyable in the end.
After playing Mass Effect 2 I went back and watched the trailers, the video reviews, listened to some podcasts that I'd skipped because they were discussing the game and I was shocked at how much of the game's content was already public knowledge before any member of the public laid their hands on a disc.
Even Heavy Rain had that demo level, and that was all David Cage wanted to be in the public domain before the title was released. The scene with the girl in the house with a killer was supposed to be a showing of what Heavy Rain was like, but without having to give away any of the story or characters because it was totally separate from the main game. But eventually PR agencies and the gaming press convinced them to release real details about the actual game, show off locations and give out more and more info. David Cage's vision of hiding the real game while giving an accurate demo of the technology and the mechanics went out the window and the final demo released to the public has two scenes that will be in the actual game, and I understand why they did that, but I still think it's a bit of a shame.
Who was your text message from? Why would they spoil Heavy Rain for you?
EDIT: Obviously I took too long to write all this, as most of it is irrelevant to what's being discussed, and OP doesn't know who the text is from. Oh well.
Trying to avoid all the Mass Effect 2 info floating around was really tough, but made playing the game a whole lot more enjoyable in the end.
After playing Mass Effect 2 I went back and watched the trailers, the video reviews, listened to some podcasts that I'd skipped because they were discussing the game and I was shocked at how much of the game's content was already public knowledge before any member of the public laid their hands on a disc.
Even Heavy Rain had that demo level, and that was all David Cage wanted to be in the public domain before the title was released. The scene with the girl in the house with a killer was supposed to be a showing of what Heavy Rain was like, but without having to give away any of the story or characters because it was totally separate from the main game. But eventually PR agencies and the gaming press convinced them to release real details about the actual game, show off locations and give out more and more info. David Cage's vision of hiding the real game while giving an accurate demo of the technology and the mechanics went out the window and the final demo released to the public has two scenes that will be in the actual game, and I understand why they did that, but I still think it's a bit of a shame.
Who was your text message from? Why would they spoil Heavy Rain for you?
EDIT: Obviously I took too long to write all this, as most of it is irrelevant to what's being discussed, and OP doesn't know who the text is from. Oh well.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Versatil said:
Naa, Just one douchebag friend of yours. Reverse search the number, and use QTE to find the culprit, then lure him into watching you strip while you demand questions on why he did this.
brandonh83
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SmokyDave said:
I clicked it, knowing it was a joke, and it was. But it just proves that I'm an easy target. I need to bring out my A-game.
Scythesurge
Member
Wow, that's really fucked up.
YousableTubeFix (greasemonkey script for firefox) is able to disable all youtube comments. You may try that if you still want to visit youtube for the next few days. I still remember MGS4's launch when someone made a filter that blanked out text relating to teh game. :lol
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Versatil said:
SPOILER ALERT: That friend of yours who is doing a search IS the Origami Spoiler! Press the X button rapidly to interrogate her!
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Honestly this is the most likely thing.shagg_187 said:
Someone on 4chan most likely started a thread telling people how to spoil people anonymously through text messages and people are hitting up everyone on their phonebook or facebook.
Segata Sanshiro
Member
Umm, yep. Also: Star Wars: Episode I, The Sixth Sense, Matrix Revolutions, and for book buffs, Harry Potter: The Half-Blood Prince (hell you had people driving through the street yelling out at lineups to spoil that one), the Wheel of Time, Twilight, and for TV buffs, the last episode of the Sopranos, random Lost spoilers, and for game buffs, Halo 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, Chrono Cross, and others.SmokyDave said:
Basically, if it's popular and has a twist, or it's just really popular and has no twist, it's going to get spoiled by internet dicks.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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By the way, I am surprised no one has created a "spam" software for text messages. I mean, create a software that sends messages to 100 million people via web-sms services provided by major cellphone providing companies. Try every combination of number and more than 80% of them will see the light. Brute force that shit!!
Dead Man Typing
Member
The Halo 3 spoilers were funny because a lot of people didn't sit through the end credits and watch the final scene and thought they were spoiling the game for others, when they weren't. Bungie were smart by making it so if you skipped the credits then you missed the last scene too.
Glad I have not kept up with Heavy Rain since it was first announced a long while back.
I didn't know it was coming out so soon. :lol
Can someone tell me what type of game it is and if it's ps3 exclusive? I would just search on Google but with what I'm reading from this topic I'll stumble upon some spoilers that I won't know at the time are spoilers but while I'm playing the game I'll remember it and be like "....Fuck."
Oh, and text message? That's fucking weird.
I didn't know it was coming out so soon. :lol
Can someone tell me what type of game it is and if it's ps3 exclusive? I would just search on Google but with what I'm reading from this topic I'll stumble upon some spoilers that I won't know at the time are spoilers but while I'm playing the game I'll remember it and be like "....Fuck."
Oh, and text message? That's fucking weird.