There are two types of people in this world. Those who avoid spoilers like the plague and those who seek them like the Ark of the Covenant.
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If you are of the latter camp and a Game of Thrones fan, you may be aware of Frikidoctor, a mysterious Spaniard who’s taken to YouTube to detail the plots of upcoming Game of Thrones episodes. He calls his spoilers “predictions,” but the point-by-point accuracy of his details suggests strongly that he has an advanced copy of the script or the episode. And at times, he stated outright that he’s getting fed plot twists from an insider.
Here he is describing Season 6 Episode 2 before the episode aired. Spoiler Warning.
This guy is clearly the real deal and even so brazen as to show his real face in his YouTube videos.
HBO has been taking his videos down with DMCA requests, and Frikidoctor has modified his format to include no footage of Game of Thrones trailers, so HBO has less ground to launch complaints. The takedowns raise a legitimate issue about whether companies have a right to remove “predictions” from YouTube for being too accurate.
He did an AMA recently on Reddit’s r/freefolk (the pro-piracy, spoiler happy alternative to the larger Game of Thrones or A Song of Ice and Fire subreddits).
When asked about his source, he responded:
The truth is I never know when I will receive the info I just find it in my email when the source is able or wants to send it, so I´m as nervous as everyone else, and checking my email several times per day
Note his English is not perfect.
When asked if he’s worried his notoriety will stop him from leaking:
Yes, I am very concerned about that, specially, because I don´t want to risk muy source. This is a hobby for me, so it ends when youtube bans me forever or when it stops being entertaining, or someone has to pay the consequences
And when asked if HBO has taken further action against his videos:
No, just a strike from youtube for copyright infringement. But when I uploaded one hour later two videos, one in english and one in spanish with more spoilers one hour after that, they did not do anything. They can´t forbide me talking about anything I want.
“HBO aggressively protects its programming, but we find it counterproductive to publicly discuss specific anti-theft tactics,” said an HBO spokesman in response to Heat Street’s request for comments.
Up-to-date on this season? Check out our predictions for episode 6.
