Why did you put gigantic spoilers on the front page?

So I just opened the site to see if there's any news, and the first thing I look at is: *EXPANSION NAME* LEAKED! *SPOILER1* *SPOILER2* *SPOILER3* I had no chance to look away from or not notice the large fel green Illidan image.

I got spoiled. Spoiled large. Tomorrow's largest announcement, the unknown mystery hyped for weeks, will only have a much, much lesser impact on me on the stream. The "WOW!" factor, the "I can't believe they've done this!" will be missing.

This was a very irresponsible decision from the site. I would have expected the article's preview to only state something similar to "SPOILERS! New expansion leaked! Name, major features, cards here!". I am sure I am not the only one who'd rather find out about the new stuff during the reveal stream and not from lines of text on a fansite front page. As in, getting to know the name only at the end of a fun, mood-setting music trailer would have made a much more enjoyable experience.

So please, Flux, DO NOT put unavoidable, major spoilers on the front page. I did not check out the full article, and I do not intend to, but the damage has been done and a large hype moment will be missing for me and many others who'd rather get to know about the new stuff when it was intended to. This is like going to a bookshop to pick up the new Harry Potter 6 book and there is a poster next to the cash register that reads "Dumbledore dies". In the future, please put spoiler warnings, only describe the topic of leaks on the front page, and generally, show spoilers only to someone who decides to and takes action to look at them (=clicks on the article). 

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If you don't want to be spoiled, and you know that an announcement will be up within a day, why are you checking a card game site for news, exactly?

Very true.

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If you don't want to be spoiled, and you know that an announcement will be up within a day, why are you checking a card game site for news, exactly?

Because this site produces a lot of original and interesting content such as meta reports, card design competitions, lore summaries and personal opinion articles. And they can be viewed under the "News" section of the home page.

OK, I am not that angry about the spoilers anymore, because I would have been spoiled by some Youtube thumbnails anyways. I understand this brings a lot of traffic to the site. (Almost 200 comments at the time of writing, that might be a record) And this is why I'm suspicious that Polygon did not "accidentally" publish the leak. Tons of visitors and ad money. So yeah, shame on Polygon.

Also, it's probably my mistake that I got too much hyped up on it. You know, "decade-cementing" and all that. Next time, the best thing I can do to avoid spoilers is to just disconnect from the Internet for 2 days before any large announcements.

I agree.. next time put on the title "new expansion leaked it's name and some content for the new year is available" and put a picture of something else maybe the hearthstone spiral box or something..

I don't care about spoilers I normally look for them but other people who wanted to avoid them.. it's not possible when there's a huge banner about it..

Also for next time, although the discussion is nice and I participate in it and all try to put spoiler free content..

oh well what is done is done and there is still a big part that isn't spoiled yet! so don't worry

@Theodrinus there is a lot of content coming along and a lot of details we are yet to see!

Perhaps there could be a profile setting to avoid seeing spoilers like that? Maybe even a premium option?

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So I just opened the site to see if there's any news, and the first thing I look at is: *EXPANSION NAME* LEAKED! *SPOILER1* *SPOILER2* *SPOILER3* I had no chance to look away from or not notice the large fel green Illidan image.

I got spoiled. Spoiled large. Tomorrow's largest announcement, the unknown mystery hyped for weeks, will only have a much, much lesser impact on me on the stream. The "WOW!" factor, the "I can't believe they've done this!" will be missing.

This was a very irresponsible decision from the site. I would have expected the article's preview to only state something similar to "SPOILERS! New expansion leaked! Name, major features, cards here!". I am sure I am not the only one who'd rather find out about the new stuff during the reveal stream and not from lines of text on a fansite front page. As in, getting to know the name only at the end of a fun, mood-setting music trailer would have made a much more enjoyable experience.

So please, Flux, DO NOT put unavoidable, major spoilers on the front page. I did not check out the full article, and I do not intend to, but the damage has been done and a large hype moment will be missing for me and many others who'd rather get to know about the new stuff when it was intended to.

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This is like going to a bookshop to pick up the new Harry Potter 6 book and there is a poster next to the cash register that reads "Dumbledore dies".

In the future, please put spoiler warnings, only describe the topic of leaks on the front page, and generally, show spoilers only to someone who decides to and takes action to look at them (=clicks on the article). 

You should put a spoiler to the Harry Potter part, i presume. I've done it for you in the quote.

This is funny how you blame people about spoilers and doing the same thing in your own thread. I don't think "ALL" people of the world completed Harry Potter series. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

Also, people mostly follow these sites for leaked informations already. If you don't like leaked info's, just follow news about hearthstone from Blizzard's own websites, Battle.net news etc. These sites exist just because "more information" than game's own websites. All of the reddit, twitter posts, etc. are shared here for more information about game. Leaks and spoilers should be expected here. More than expected, if you ask me.

I agree that leaked stuff like the new class should have been avoidable somehow without just not visiting the site altogether. How can I know that there is leaked information I don't want to know unless I go to the site and check? Watching the reveal stream just wasn't as fun when I already knew what was going to happen. That whole scene with the garden and illidan making his grand appearance wasn't as exciting and suspense building as it should have been. Really, it was just a bit boring.