I was hoping people could try and maintain an honour system in this one, we do HAVE spoiler tags. I don't see it being any less safe than a dedicated second topic.
Good call on asking people to put spoilers, because somehow people are getting their hands on wild copies. Just makes me wonder if it's idiots flaunting their pre-release/review codes or people somehow already got the game ahead of release despite it being digital.
Some people honestly never think about spoiler tags. It's not them being jerks, they just honestly don't think some things are worth spoiling. At the same time, the number of people who genuinely want to ruin things for others are tiny, especially on a site like Retro where member admission is highly moderate. Thus, any spoiling that's going to be done will be, at worst, an accident or misunderstanding. Making a separate topic with a warning to be extra careful about spoilers puts the thought of being considerate into the minds of people who post, as well as gives those not wanting to be spoiled a bit of relief of mind. What will happen otherwise will be that most people who don't want to be spoiled are simply going to go away instead. Also, the existence of such topic might serve as a warning for those who don't check specifically on page 1 or 489 of this topic :P Not everyone is online right now, after all.
And there's already a dedicated Sonic Mania leak discussion thread on NeoGAF. Christ. Yeah to be honest guys I think I'm going to bail. To tell you the truth I don't even want to know the zone list let alone the other surprises so as much of the game is a surprise as possible come release. So I think this might be where I bail. I know if I read any spoilers I'm going to near instantly regret it. Good luck to everyone trying to be as evasive as I am. See you guys sometime next week.
Ugh, so conflicted. I actually didn't think a 5 day pre-leak would happen with a digital title, but shows what I know. For what it's worth, nothing major has been spoiled yet, so for those of you who want to leave, leave NOW and come back after playing.
Fair. Alright, here's what I'm going to do - I'm going to make a secondary spoiler-free thread, and then when it's been a week or so after launch I'm going to merge it straight back into the main one. Give me a few minutes.
Spoiler-free thread: http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=37010 This doesn't mean you shouldn't be using spoiler tags in this thread.
Wow a text list, seems reasonable but at the same time there's been nothing but phony crap "leaks" the past few days.
Someone's streaming it on youtube right now. Not gonna watch really, this reminds me of the pokemon sun leaks, which was just a week away too.
