World Championship Mens RR *Spoiler*

[tsddave]

Great work guys!


I just watched the whole race on TV and was so very happy to see Cav take it

 

[Red Light]

Etiquette says you shouldn't spoil it for those that don't know yet or plan to watch it later by revealing the result in the title. Its usual to put "Spoiler" in the subject line and choose a subject line that gives the topic but doesn't reveal the result so that people can avoid finding the result accidentally.

 

[Hip Priest]

Etiquette says you shouldn't spoil it for those that don't know yet or plan to watch it later by revealing the result in the title. Its usual to put "Spoiler" in the subject line and choose a subject line that gives the topic but doesn't reveal the result so that people can avoid finding the result accidentally.

If you want to avoid the result of a major cycle race, surely the onus is on you to avoid visiting a cycling website?

 

[Buddfox]

Doh! Obv no spoiler here... hope no-one saw this without knowing the result!

 

[Buddfox]

If you want to avoid the result of a major cycle race, surely the onus is on you to avoid visiting a cycling website?

I suppose that's why it's an etiquette thing. As a courtesy, it's not a great trauma to put spoiler in the title. People may have their browser already on this page and accidentally refresh, for example. It's generally accepted behaviour on sports fora not to reveal results in thread titles, as has consistently been done here (Tour, Vuelta and, of course, the pre-existing World's thread).

 

[Hip Priest]

Well it sounds silly to me mate. If I wanted to avoid the result of an FA Cup final between Liverpool and Man Utd, I wouldn't walk into a Merseyside boozer after the game and tell everyone to shut up.

The onus should be on the result-avoider, not everyone else.

 

[martint235]

I came on here to check the status of a couple of rides I'm involved in while I was waiting for the highlights to start. Now I don't think that makes it my fault that someone effectively posted the result in the title of a thread. Cheers for spoiling it

 

[HLaB]

Its a good job I got back to see the finish live this is a bit of a spoiler

 

[Noodley]

Title changed, and for future reference please do not reveal race results in thread titles. Thanks.

 

[Smokin Joe]

"Spoiler" only need be in the title of an event where only the highlights are being shown later, IMO. When a race is on live it is ok to assume the result is fully in the public domain.

 

[Noodley]

The highlights are only being shown now on BBC1, previosuly available live on red button - but not everyone has access to red button.

Anyway, there is nothing to argue about - just don't do it!

 

[HLaB]

"Spoiler" only need be in the title of an event where only the highlights are being shown later, IMO. When a race is on live it is ok to assume the result is fully in the public domain.

The highlights are on now (so they are being shown later), also if you are unable to watch the live race (work commitments etc) its still a spoiler IMO.

 

[ianrauk]

It's simple netiquete not to to give results away in a thread title.

 

[ColinJ]

Doh! Obv no spoiler here... hope no-one saw this without knowing the result!

I did, I'm pissed off, I reported it to the mods and now the title has been changed! (Thanks mods!)

I'm not going to get into a discussion about how stupid and selfish the deliberate spoiler thing is, and I don't have to justify why I can spare a few minutes during the day to add to my ongoing contribution to this forum but I couldn't spare the time to watch the Men's race, having already spent 3 hours catching up on yesterday's racing.

I'm just telling you that this kind of thing ruins the viewing pleasure of many people and to argue about is to basically be saying "Piss off, I don't care about you and your stupid feelings, moron!" which is selfish and rude.

When my friends tell me about a fantastic new murder mystery, they don't start off by saying "The butler did it with the candlestick, because he was in love with the maid!", they would say "It is a really exciting and intriguing book - you must read it"

 

[martint235]

I did, I'm pissed off, I reported it to the mods and now the title has been changed! (Thanks mods!)

I'm not going to get into a discussion about how stupid and selfish the deliberate spoiler thing is, and I don't have to justify why I can spare a few minutes during the day to add to my ongoing contribution to this forum but I couldn't spare the time to watch the Men's race, having already spent 3 hours catching up on yesterday's racing.

I'm just telling you that this kind of thing ruins the viewing pleasure of many people and to argue about is to basically be saying "Piss off, I don't care about you and your stupid feelings, moron!" which is selfish and rude.

When my friends tell me about a fantastic new murder mystery, they don't start off by saying "The butler did it with the candlestick, because he was in love with the maid!", they would say "It is a really exciting and intriguing book - you must read it"

+1 to all of that. And just to respond to the "Don't look at a cycling forum" idea, CC is by and large a recreational cycling forum. Racing is a small, but obviously important, part but there are far more reasons to be on here than to discuss races.