Being the old dog from Channel 4 SF land
(and yes I still remember those days well) I say that we keep to UK pace. I mean, we coped with being a
whole year behind the US back then so I dont think that 18 days should make a lot of difference, especially since this is a far superior forum and is better run and better at dealing with spoilers
. I even fought off the idea of a E4 forum if I remember rightly. I was slack the last time because it was only a couple of days (and even that put off many from contributing) but 18 days in advance has made me change my mind. Like JB, I view UK pace on principle and Im sure theres more than just 3 or 4 of us.
My argument has now is the same as it was then: To open up a seperate forum would ruin the atmosphere of this that made it special. There would be a signifcant drop off in non spoiler section partcipation since many would simply say "see thread entitled 'Boones back from the dead!' in spoiler forum" and the feel of the discussion would die because of that division and repeated threads etc (NB Boone isnt really back from the dead, I just made that up).
However, if there was someway to do what Him is suggesting, or even better, have a passworded forum then that would be a good compromise, but even that would ruin the special sprit of this place.
I will wait and see the outcome of this and will accept any descion you make Roco but if it not to my satisfaction then I might have to put my forum super villian plans into operation
(j/k)