He has said that HPMOR is intended to be “solvable” and that at least one person worked out what was going on (no, I have no idea how much detail that implies) very early on. So I wouldn’t be astonished to find that all the remaining Big Ideas have been guessed.
He also said that if someone guessed the entire plot, they’d “know” immediately. I don’t think any reader has had a revelation like that yet (apart from the mystery reader who guessed it near the beginning).
That’s possible, but (unless I’m misremembering) the one reader who did guess the plot said it seemed “obvious” to him/her as well, which is evidence in favor of it being obvious once you see it.
This could explain the reduced number of comments. As Alsadius pointed out, there used to be 500 comments per chapter, so it stands to logic that as the series advance more users figure it out and stop commenting so as not to spoil it.
You have a point, though there’s no need to. I know I wouldn’t, since I can’t see what benefit would come from it. Specially if they figured it out between arcs (since there were no discussion threads active, or nearly none at least.) But probably at least a few would’ve said it and taking into account how many people would’ve needed to figure it out for that to account for the reduced number of comments, it’s strong evidence against it. Sorry, I guess I didn’t think it through too much.
He has said that HPMOR is intended to be “solvable” and that at least one person worked out what was going on (no, I have no idea how much detail that implies) very early on. So I wouldn’t be astonished to find that all the remaining Big Ideas have been guessed.
He also said that if someone guessed the entire plot, they’d “know” immediately. I don’t think any reader has had a revelation like that yet (apart from the mystery reader who guessed it near the beginning).
It could be that EY is overestimating how “obvious” (for lack of a better word) everyone else will find something “obvious” to him.
That’s possible, but (unless I’m misremembering) the one reader who did guess the plot said it seemed “obvious” to him/her as well, which is evidence in favor of it being obvious once you see it.
This could explain the reduced number of comments. As Alsadius pointed out, there used to be 500 comments per chapter, so it stands to logic that as the series advance more users figure it out and stop commenting so as not to spoil it.
Without even leaving a comment saying, “I’ve figured it out”?
You have a point, though there’s no need to. I know I wouldn’t, since I can’t see what benefit would come from it. Specially if they figured it out between arcs (since there were no discussion threads active, or nearly none at least.) But probably at least a few would’ve said it and taking into account how many people would’ve needed to figure it out for that to account for the reduced number of comments, it’s strong evidence against it. Sorry, I guess I didn’t think it through too much.
These are also way shorter chapters.