2020 was not an easy year for anyone in the world. As we do with someone who has overstayed their welcome at a party, let’s signal that it’s time for 2020 to leave… by wearing hats!
If you're aiming to use questions related to Winter Bash to add qualifying days to your total for the asking days badge series (Curious, Inquisitive, and Socratic), those likely won't count in the end because those questions will all be closed by the time Winter Bash ends.
There is a "statute of limitations" of 60 days, but generally those questions get closed immediately after it's over.
Yeah. I had my laptop stolen back in 2013 and the images that were on my former blog host didn't make it into the backup. I could maybe find the photo's again, if I invest time on that.
@Mithical Carmen and Chimney Sweep are a pair - any user can only get one (unless they start low rep, get carmen, then get enough rep to earn chimney sweep)
@Tinkeringbell well the trigger isn't as easy as to post something, I forgot to read the extended description
@Tinkeringbell The trigger is: "Ask a question with the [discussion] tag on a meta site that gets a score of 2 or more and receives 2 or more answers."
I just realized I should see a "Hat Dash" button on winterbash home page when logged in:
However, no such button for me:
Can I please get the button too?
@Snow I can't clearly remember what I did this morning but for the people that don't have it yet: have you read the blog post on winter bash? I think mine came in shortly after I opened a tab with it XD
To earn the right to play the Hat Dash game, you need to first get the "Jump for Joy" notification:
I didn't get this notification in my inbox or Winter-bash drop-down (first notification I got was for a Social Distancing hat).
Why didn't I get/earn this notification?
@Derpy stay tuned itself is not a clue to anything other than the simple meaning of the sentence. can't say anything though for any hidden characters that may or may not be returned as well.
Well, what's weird is that the year seems so long, but weeks seem to fly by! It's already Wednesday again, just two more days to go and it's weekend again.
@Rob This is actually quite well done, such a thing requires quite a bit of fine motor skills to avoid crushing/crumbling!
(which is good, as that gives me some time to actually program instead of running after the newest test user telling her she's the one making mistakes, not our software)
@EleezatheCharacterWizard There are two triggers, but one can end yup damaging you. If you want to save your scores, do not use any key code on the site. Only play if you receive a notification in your hat box
this one to be precise
Any score you get in the game BEFORE unlocking is the "regular" way will be ignored.
@user400654 I somehow don't see SE using a fun mechanic to support something that many users find negative. And downvoting people just to get hats just seems wrong.
Sure. But it's not really fair to do that. We can't do every single thing with the only goal of not giving the community any ammunition... it's impossible. Even when something is completely benign, someone will find a way to use it against the company... and so we do our best and try to generally improve the experience on the site... and, yeah, some people will throw it in our faces... but a lot of people won't and will see it as what it is...
the parts where you woke early from your hibernation sure seemed to stretch on... but then you went back to your cave and binged netflix and disney+... and time flew by your little temporal cocoon.
As some users have reported, some suspicious scores are beginning to crop up in hat dash. I have some heuristics and rules in place (more to come as well) to catch some of these automatically (or with a few manual steps from me). That said, I am interested in keeping things fun and honest for all...
I just realized I should see a "Hat Dash" button on winterbash home page when logged in:
However, no such button for me:
Can I please get the button too?
To earn the right to play the Hat Dash game, you need to first get the "Jump for Joy" notification:
I didn't get this notification in my inbox or Winter-bash drop-down (first notification I got was for a Social Distancing hat).
Why didn't I get/earn this notification?
Yes, it was a great year... I think it was the greatest year I ever sat through: there seemed to be no end to it!
Sure, why not! Well, here on Meta at least.
Also from now on, moderators can choose their community user's hat. If she has any, of course.
