And I am trying to document the full picture here.
First, the unlock message asks you to log in on the site even if you are already logged in making me think there may be a bug or some external cookie dependency (hope nothing facebook related)
Hey I realized something, if you press start on hat dash, if you switch to another tab, it will keep going, and while not looking at that tab, your horse will keep jumping and you will get every high score...
Be forewarned - there are some anti-cheating mechanisms in place for Hat Dash. If you try to submit scores that you didn't earn, do so at the risk of being banned from the leaderboard.
@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.
First, the unlock message asks you to log in on the site even if you are already logged in making me think there may be a bug or some external cookie dependency (hope nothing facebook related)
Is This is Fine hat awarded when the calculation script is run. Answer must be posted during the bounty period but not necessarily during Winter Bash. If you answer your own question, have a positive score, and offer the bounty you win this hat when you award the bounty. (Hat and trigger from 2016)
Please, Yaakow, not asking for an hint, just want to be sure that I am not experiencing some bug with the site. Asking for log in after you already logged in seems weird, and I already had cookie related issues in the past due to browsers blocking things
@U11-Forward Possible, I don't know. I assume it was the nice question badge since it is the only relevant event that happened about at the time I got the hat.
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?
When Hat Dash is launched in Safari (by pressing the space bar), the unicorn stays static. Pressing the space bar further does nothing.
Browser: Version 14.0.1 (15610.2.11.51.10, 15610)
OS: macOS Catalina 10.15.7
Note: It works perfectly when running in Chrome.
@YaakovEllis You can get a PERMANENT unlock of the game while you are NOT logged-in? Because his message doesn't reference anything about "permanently unlock the game" while mine does. So he can't have used the code.
How does one get I Wish to Subscribe exactly? I've upvoted more than three questions tagged with [tag:feature-request] on meta.stackexchange.com but I haven't received the hat.
.... seems there are some impossible jumps in the dash. I have the felling that some obstacles are close enough that the character can't manage to get on ground fast enough to jump again.
@Mithical doesn't seem very "intended", especially since the game tells you just to use "space". It is only by knowing it is an altered version of Google Dino Run that you can know that "down" does something. And since the original purpose of "down" (avoid low flying obstactles) doesn't work and kill you, is seems counterintuitive. Thanks for the hint anyway.
BTW, seems that by playing using the code, you damage yourself.
my top score (didn't try much other than initial novelty) should get into the leaderboard. Yet, apparently it doesn't - as if scores done before unlocking the game "normally" were ignored. While this "could" make sense - but punish you for playing using the secret way (that probably only I noticed in the first place, so no problem there...)... the "total play time" seems to be ignored too.
@Tinkeringbell I have Vexillologist on EE and although I flagged something just 10 minutes ago (not deleted yet) I got it a fair while back and I think you're right, at that time I would have put the final close vote on a few questions.
@Mithical seems far beyond the usual delay. Could have some side requirement too, like date, closure status etc.
And I am still out of the leaderboard even after unlocking the game the easy way (Seriously, @YaakovEllis, if you can after the event finished give us some stat about how many users did actually find the other temp unlock method in the first place)
Even if the score got before unlocking wasn't counted, total time should.
Initially, that's how it seemed to me (just showed up, for nothing), but later mod approved (which won't happen on MSE, for you) seemed a more likely explanation. --- There's also last year's reasons to check; maybe one of them will serve as a reminder.
Is Freelancing taking part in Winterbash this year?
Twelve hours in, and I can't believe nobody has qualified for at least the Social Distancing hat.
According to the Leaderboard 0 Users have 0 Hats.
Or has a button not been pressed?
@Tinkeringbell IIRC Cat commented, in these deleted comments here, that a mod who is last is agreed (approved) by the prior users - it was there, or somewhere else :P
OK, If I remember another one I'll ping - but I know that I commented, and Cat replied - and that her replies are missing from my Network Profile (which you may also be able to look at) - there's not been many replies so it's first page (well before Mari-Lou).
@Tinkeringbell Cat's deleted reply would be here, I can't see it, don't know if you can (or you have to be on the post).
Hat Maintenance Note: I fixed a bug in the secret definition of Vexillologist, removed the hat from all users (since a good number who earned it should not have, based on a bug in the sql) and reawarded to all users who should earn it. Anyone who is earning it now will get a new WB inbox notification. So if you are trying to figure out the hat, just look at hats awarded from [now - 5 minutes] and on.
I got my first Vexillogist on Travel.SE a few minutes after the start (and got it again a few minutes ago), just after this question was closed: travel.stackexchange.com/q/161456/28333
Notwithstanding the bug reported/fixed by Yaakov, I got a Vexillollypopthingy at about the stroke of midnight. Possibly an outstanding flag was handled. Maybe the bug. Dunno.
It is already hard to get close reviews in on MSE. If SE staff start using their votes then it is no longer a fair game. Now it takes 6 to 8 days for me to get a hat!
@AdrianMole Heads up, I made a meta linking your profile, and making a joke. I think it's funny, but if you feel it's in bad taste, I can edit out the joke.
@rene Yep, I will upvote that but only if you post a picture of you.... dressed as Lestat from the Vampire Chronicles with it
^ memorize the quote too. Since trust me, I wasn't the one who suggested to install SharePoint in the first place. I am the one who has to clean up. I'm the cure, not the cause. Not someone you call to have the thing work, just someone you call to minimize damage
Just got the confirmation that any score got on the Hat Dash while using the Konami-Code alternate game unlock method isn't counted. If you care for the leaderboard avoid that procedure.
@Catija joke, didn't plan to actually do it. I assume two runs learned you all a lesson on not doing ping hats ever again.
@Catija Go in the Bridge chat room, write a message with the words "insert coin" and see what happens....
weird you don't know about that Easter Egg, but I suppose it is something more "Shog"/Dev.
There is a little Asteroid like game that can be played on that chat board only.
It is kinda of a recurring joke that every year I suggest an hat for playing that and reaching... let's say 1k points (not hard, just takes a few minutes)
Don't think many would find that trigger.
Also, just did a little of random hat switching in case there is again an hat for that.
@Catija the only problem it has is that I think it only works on that specific board, so to play you have to post "trash" messages to trigger the secret Easter Egg. Would be nice if it was possible to add it to other rooms too on request.
@Catija the problem is that some of the changes make the game harder than the original version. The "impossible jumps" I mentioned before being the most evident one. The game speed is a lot higher than the original and if you get two obstacles very close the unicorn fall speed isn't enough to get you a second jump.
@Catija The huge hat piles seem easier later in the game, when the unicorn seems to make longer jumps. If I get one very early on, I feel I lack the momentum to even be able to pass it.
The only option is to press down to fall faster like @Mithical mentioned before, but that is kinda annoying to be honest since you have to press a second button while jumping.
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?
When Hat Dash is launched in Safari (by pressing the space bar), the unicorn stays static. Pressing the space bar further does nothing.
Browser: Version 14.0.1 (15610.2.11.51.10, 15610)
OS: macOS Catalina 10.15.7
Note: It works perfectly when running in Chrome.
Is Freelancing taking part in Winterbash this year?
Twelve hours in, and I can't believe nobody has qualified for at least the Social Distancing hat.
According to the Leaderboard 0 Users have 0 Hats.
Or has a button not been pressed?
My "hat" is shown twice in my answer, once in my sig, and again above
