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It's rather annoying when the rules are changed in the middle of the game. That's basically what happened here, with the final episodes of Master Chef (my curre

It's rather annoying when the rules are changed in the middle of the game. That's basically what happened here, with the final episodes of Master Chef (my current guilty pleasure) suddenly going to an eight day delay after the first 95% of the season was available on a one day delay. I accidentally stumbled upon the winner of the show during my eight day wait for the episode to come to Hulu, and now I have no incentive to watch the final episodes and give Fox/Hulu whatever ad revenue they'd get from that. The Hulu comments have been filled with angry viewers, some of which are listing the sites where people can go to pirate the show.

rcfox 15y ago
> I accidentally stumbled upon the winner of the show during my eight day wait for the episode to come to Hulu, and now I have no incentive to watch the final episodes and give Fox/Hulu whatever ad revenue they'd get from that. So why watch the show at all? Wait until the end of the season and read the results on the Internet. If you find yourself about to object, then perhaps you do have an incentive to watch the final episodes. Otherwise, I just saved you 12 hours of your life. ;)
- chc 15y ago
  There's a reason they are called "spoilers": They ruin much of the impact of the actual show without providing a corresponding reward. Your suggestion is similar to saying, "So you've eaten five pounds of cupcakes and now you don't feel like eating a proper dinner? Either you don't need a proper dinner at all, or you really do want to eat this vegetable platter!"
  - rcfox 15y ago
    My point was that the purpose of watching this kind of TV show isn't to gain specific knowledge; it's about the progression of events towards the goal. I just finished "Star Trek: Voyager", so I'll use that as my example. In the first episode, they get stranded far away from home. You know they're going to make it home because that's how stories work. Does that make the show spoiled? Well, they saw reason to make 7 seasons of 24 episodes, so I'm guessing it wasn't spoiled. Actually, studies[0] have shown that spoilers make stories more enjoyable. [0] http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/spoilers-dont-spoil-anything/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/spoilers-dont-spoi...
    - chc 15y ago
      Studies found that spoilers make stories more enjoyable or one study involving a very homogeneous group found that people reported more enjoyment from stories they were forced to read if those stories had been spoiled? I'm not sure there's actually enough evidence to even validate that study as showing what it appears to show, much less to generalize the result to all humans everywhere.
    - dkl 15y ago
      I find it hard to believe you don't understand why alanfalcon was ticked off (regarding the spoiler). Your example has nothing to do with the issue.
      - rcfox 15y ago
        I honestly don't understand.
        Game_Ender 15y ago
        You can't draw solid conclusions from a single study with undergraduates.
- noonespecial 15y ago
  Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister. Han shoots first. Vader also built 3p0. Jar-Jar Binks. There. Saved you another 12 hours. You're welcome. I think the point is that its the journey, not the destination.

rcfox 15y ago

> I accidentally stumbled upon the winner of the show during my eight day wait for the episode to come to Hulu, and now I have no incentive to watch the final episodes and give Fox/Hulu whatever ad revenue they'd get from that. So why watch the show at all? Wait until the end of the season and read the results on the Internet. If you find yourself about to object, then perhaps you do have an incentive to watch the final episodes. Otherwise, I just saved you 12 hours of your life. ;)

chc 15y ago
There's a reason they are called "spoilers": They ruin much of the impact of the actual show without providing a corresponding reward. Your suggestion is similar to saying, "So you've eaten five pounds of cupcakes and now you don't feel like eating a proper dinner? Either you don't need a proper dinner at all, or you really do want to eat this vegetable platter!"
- rcfox 15y ago
  My point was that the purpose of watching this kind of TV show isn't to gain specific knowledge; it's about the progression of events towards the goal. I just finished "Star Trek: Voyager", so I'll use that as my example. In the first episode, they get stranded far away from home. You know they're going to make it home because that's how stories work. Does that make the show spoiled? Well, they saw reason to make 7 seasons of 24 episodes, so I'm guessing it wasn't spoiled. Actually, studies[0] have shown that spoilers make stories more enjoyable. [0] http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/spoilers-dont-spoil-anything/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/spoilers-dont-spoi...
  - chc 15y ago
    Studies found that spoilers make stories more enjoyable or one study involving a very homogeneous group found that people reported more enjoyment from stories they were forced to read if those stories had been spoiled? I'm not sure there's actually enough evidence to even validate that study as showing what it appears to show, much less to generalize the result to all humans everywhere.
  - dkl 15y ago
    I find it hard to believe you don't understand why alanfalcon was ticked off (regarding the spoiler). Your example has nothing to do with the issue.
    - rcfox 15y ago
      I honestly don't understand.
      - Game_Ender 15y ago
        You can't draw solid conclusions from a single study with undergraduates.
noonespecial 15y ago
Vader is Luke's father, Leia is his sister. Han shoots first. Vader also built 3p0. Jar-Jar Binks. There. Saved you another 12 hours. You're welcome. I think the point is that its the journey, not the destination.