Season 5 episodes 1 through 4 have been leaked. This is just a warning to all that spoilers may start popping up around the internet. They are apparently 480p and have watermarks so I wouldn't even bother with them.
Posted Apr 12, 2015, 2:34 AM UTC
HBO raised a tear-streaked face. “How could it get out?” HBO asked the viewer. “We were so careful. How could it get out?”
“Someone leaked.” The viewer shrugged. “Someone always leaks."
Leak, leak, rhymes with Reek.
"If this story leaks before I want it to be leaked, I'm going to blame you and you're going to find it unpleasant."
Tucker?
Close but no cigar. Ziegler. Both communications directors.
Tucker would swear more.
I miss Toby. I miss Bartlett.
Ah very good. Though I always found Tucker scariest when he didn't swear and his voice went to a low whisper.
the quality is very watchable, and the "watermark" is just a small thing in the bottom left corner that doesn't distract or bother anything
Yup. I've watched the first 2 and they look okay. Totally watchable.
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Because I can't wait. I'm literally unable to. That's why I got HBO, because waiting an hour for someone to upload it on the internet was actually sickening and made me dangerously anxious.
I'm crazy, I know.
I'm not able to either. Fuck waiting. I'm starting ep 3 right now. I honestly cannot wait, sorry.
Because I have waited nearly a year already to watch them. Now there are 4 handed to me at once. The question is why wouldn't I watch them now?
I'm watching it because I don't want it spoiled. I will re watch watch them in HD when they officially come out. Also honestly this is my favourite show and I can't wait to watch. I know after I finish the 4th episode I'm going to have to wait a whole month but I'm okay with that if the trade off is a guarantee I don't get spoiled. I had the ending of ADWD spoiled for me by some douchebag while I was just finishing AFFC and I don't want a repeat of that. Now i'm caught up on the books, even the early release chapters of TWOW. If it was some other show like the walking dead or something I probably wouldn't give a shit. Game of thrones is the only show in recent memory that I watch every episode live when it is first shown on tv. Everything else I just wait for the season to end and then binge watch.
Well, why not wait until next year when they're show in IMAX?
'full quality'?
So I assume you're waiting for the Season 5 blu-ray release in 1080p rather than shitty 720p / 1080i from cable / satellite?
"Very watchable" is far from good enough for me when it comes to Game of Thrones. The least I'll settle for is 720p, no matter how many episodes leak.
holy spoiled.
Spoiled? Because I don't want to watch some not-very-good leak of a TV show but rather watch it on release in proper quality?
You're going to have to explain that one to me.
"Very watchable is far from good enough for me..."
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With no survivors
Was getting leaked part of your master plan?
maester pycelle refused our offer in favour of yours
We had to find out what he spoiled you
Of course!
Is there any other evidence to suggest 5 and 6 will go up? Calling BS on that, the leaked eps are review copies and they only got 4 eps.
Came here to say this. I doubt eps 5/6 will come out soon
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I haven't this conflicted in my life.... I don't know if I should click or not, I feel like my head is about to explode.
It's just a banepost based on something that happened in episode two, it's extremely minor spoilers. Just shows that two characters meet who didn't meet in the books.
I hate this changes...It seems I definitely have issues with show changes. I know it seems to be just me; I have to handle better.
She didn't fly so good.
Perhaps she is wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane
Roose Bolton refused our offer in favour of yours
I'll trade 3000 rare pepes for 5 and 6
The night is dark and full of torrents
Noooooo must....fight.....urge......
Its 480p with a watermark, the file isn't even 300mb. I don't even feel the temptation, fuck watching that.
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Fair warning, I think this comment can land you into problems with the mods, even encouraging people to pirate is not allowed.
This is clarification not encouragement.
yeah thats just what I'm telling myself at this point haha
Also to add onto that, you're going to have to wait 5 weeks for the next anyway. The wait was hard enough over the last few weeks.
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I keep telling myself that, but when we get that first cliffhanger it's gonna be tough to wait a week knowing I don't have to.
Hopefully the penalty of having to wait a few weeks is enough to scare me off of it.
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You're a stronger man than me, I'd watch the shits even if it was cam.
It's a shame that people will ruin the experience of speculation and discussion for a week by watching half the series in one go. I mean, if the other episodes aren't leaked, then you're stuck for about 4 weeks waiting for the next to come out.
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Now imagine if HBO had Netflix's broadcasting policy.
Honestly though, I kinda like the week long wait every time. It's good for discussion, and allows individual analysis of episodes, which wouldn't really happen that much otherwise.
I'm with you on that one, the subreddits feel kinda empty after a week...
That and the quality of the leaks are the reason I wont watch it.
4 weeks waiting for the next to come out
I'm dealing with that problem right now. Fuck.
Especially with that ending.
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I'm glad GTA V comes out on Tuesday, then.
I've been waiting years for the next book anyway. I can easily wait the few weeks
Leak, leak rhymes with peek.
They are apparently 480p and have watermarks so I wouldn't even bother with them.
But I will because I don't want to get wrecked with spoilers. Certainly not an ideal situation for anyone.
Unlikely there will be any discussion threads allowed for the leaked eps, everything else should be mouseover. Then again I'm not sure how many forums you visit
I'm afraid it's going to be everywhere.
Very doubtful, plus there is probably very little to spoil you on in those first 4 episodes
I watched them anyways, rather not risk it.
However, it's true, there's not so much to be spoiled, most of it we already knew it from putting pieces together, some tin foil and the confirmation of the reviews.
In the first 4 episodes, there is already huge deviations from the book.
Facebook, man. Fucking Facebook and Twitter.
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"Ok, only gonna watch episode 1. It's premiering tomorrow anyway."
4 hours later
"FUCK!"
I only watched episode 1 last night, going to watch 2 tonight and 3 tomorrow
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doesn't bother me, got plenty of other stuff to watch, I still haven't finished Trailer Park Boys and I thought Daredevil was pretty cool
And you can watch TPB 20 times and it doesn't get any less funny.
Reminder: Posting links to the leaks, asking for links to the leaks, or encouraging people generally to pirate stuff is against the rules of r/asoiaf. Comments will be removed and could result in a ban.
Of course. Watching in 480p is just an insult to the show anyway.
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"Your highness, the peasants can not afford 1080p"
"Then let them watch 4K".
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An HD TV is like 60 bucks.
And some people don't have those 60 bucks, specially in third world countries where 60 dollares = a shitload of money
Where the fuck do I find a $60 HD television? Cause I have been searching for months and the cheapest piece of shit I could find was $140.
It really is. When we got our new TV last year, the first thing we watched was the Battle of the Wall. Felt like we were right there. I can wait 21 more hours.
Besides, we pulled down our Jolly Roger awhile ago and have no plans to put it back up. I'm too paranoid.
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I watched it and HBO filmed them with potatoes there budget must be getting sickly low because the film quality was bad and pixely.
The show is an insult to 144p.
GoT is shot digitally and has very mediocre cinematography to boot, certainly not a show I would mind watching in 480p quality.
Now, watching something like The Sopranos in anything less than 720p... That is a crime.
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encouraging people generally to pirate stuff
This is unnecessary and frankly a little silly. I get the link liability thing, but "no approving of this" is just...
Well, this is for the people who try shit like: "Now I'm not telling you to sail the seven seas or to act like Sallador Saahn, but fuck yeah pirating!" etc.
It's all thinly-veiled stuff that makes us look like r/asoiaf as a whole approves or encourages it if we leave it up.
Is there some background history here? Did this sub-reddit get into trouble with any such issue in the past?
That's a nonsensical example.
Also, you spelled 'Saan' wrong.
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The Great Khaleaking
this is like christmas for me
The Leakening.
I'm wondering what HBO was thinking, Its a popular show that is the most pirated and they decided to send a bunch of people in the press the first four episodes to review. I was amazed the leak didn't happen last week. Someone was bound to pay the iron price for them.
HBO was thinking, "This is what every show on ever channel has been doing for many years. We've been doing it with this show for years. Let's continue doing what is completely standard industry-wide."
That's my bet.
I never really thought of it that way. I viewed it as a kind of reckless move. It makes sense if you view it as something the industry has done for a while, I just never thought that would be how it worked.
I think HBO is probably quite pleased with the result. This is an appetizer. They have never aggressively pursued pirates of this show, and no one is going to be satisfied with low-res copies.
People get sent review copies for almost every show. 5 episodes of Daredevil were sent and none were leaked.
But the hype surrounding Daredevil wasn't as big as the hype GoT has. I mean, this is the season where we really depart from the book. That's a big thing.
I see they're adopting the Netflix model.
D&D Fanfic - The season
So there's no place to discuss the first 4 episodes? Not even here?
There should be, just one big megathread for all us impatient assholes. Or we make a separate subreddit, I dunno.
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tried to fight the urge, but fuck that. Watched the first four episodes, overall pretty good, IMO it's also pretty slow
Edit: A word.
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Book readers are no longer spoiler immune. You have been warned.
Debatable. Some changes, we don't know if they'll happen in the book.
It's like Christmas !
Spoilers for those will not be ok in Spoilers All posts will it? ^will ^it?
Spoilers All means Spoilers All. It will be allowed.
Edit: nevermind, it won't be.
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Thank you. Finally!
Oh, alright.
Spoilers All has always meant "Spoilers for all published canon works", which is how r/gameofthrones is treating this - leaked material over there will have its own spoiler tag. Consistency across the two subreddits is important.
r/gameofthrones is a cesspool
Nope, spoilers all includes leaks here
Any talk about the leaks is going to be deleted, according to the sticky.
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Great, another way the show is different from the books....the show actually came out AHEAD of time.
Har!
r/asoiaf logic:
-Waaaaaa why won't the book come out!
-4 episodes of the show got leaked, we mustn't watch them!
True. This sub exhibits Sweetrobin levels of petulance sometimes.
Probably because we're like abused little children constantly getting promised a trip to Disneyland only to get denied over and over while we have to watch our showatching friend get a scheduled 10 week trip every year
Tywin award 2015 here we come
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