If anyone wants to have some fun breaking thing, i will point out that the /unicorn page is the only one that references a script - cdn.sstatic.net/Winterbash/js/quest.min.js?v=c82538534157 ... obviously all function names are uglyfied....
OK so got three Manual key. So copy from meta to any chat right? As for movies I copied in movies chat but for sci fi I copied in this chat. Got on both places
@AnkitSharma Had the impression that one penny was about approved edits, people said they hadn't any. I hope they are right. Would be quite unfair to people who already have 2k rep. That said, it is not like hats that require new accounts created are that fair to the SmokeDetector main crew....
@AnkitSharma I doubt it is just an edit. It seems quite rare so it has to be something more specific. Again, the penny seems to reference the 2 rep point you get from approved edit before hitting 2k, but it would be pretty lame for everyone else.
1. Copy something from either a question or an answer on a meta site (or Meta.SE) 2. Paste it as an answer, comment or into chat (you don't need to post it)
@double-beep I'm not sure I understood you, the POST request is being made in every meta I tested (SO, SOpt, Cryptography, Unix, Database, Software Engineering)
I am starting to fear that Defender right now is using the Eureka trigger. Did any of the current holder posted a guess for a trigger there and had it validated?
@double-beep I don't know what happened, it is not working for me anymore. Maybe it's needed to do or not to do a specific thing so you are able to "copy" and trigger the hat
...Also known as "The Quest for the Winter Chicken of the Bash, Part 3" (part 2 here).
So, winter has come again. As every year, the staff members try their best to hide some funny Easter eggs, hoping no one would notice them too soon.
And as every year, their attempts are fooled by a single me...
@Wolgwang Yep, problem is that he said that last year too, was never clear if that meant we had to wait or look more into it until the quiz came around and in the end some comments even made it look the idea for the quiz wasn't planned initially.
Or maybe the quiz was planned, the cheating contest wasn't. You think it would be easy to know at least that but...
@VLAZ About Defender of the Unicorn. Last year @YaakovEllis added a game to the Bash site - a reskin of the Google Dinosaur game. People started finding ways to cheat, so he added a bounty - the ones who found a way to cheat and reported it got the hat. At the same time, he also had the /unicorn url on the site (a reference to previous years when urls like /dog, /chicken and so on were part of an easter egg) give out a message. "Stay Tuned". Later, the page was changed to a quiz that awarded the same hat.
This is the answer I suggested an edit for and got one buried penny, this is the answer Ankit suggested edit for and got both one and two buried penny.
@YaakovEllis Is one of the multiple triggers for Defender "Post a Meta post for a bug related to Winter Bash that gets resolved with Status-Completed"?
I assume monday the /unicorn page will be updated with the other game to get the same hat, since it makes no sense to keep it just for bugs (which are finite by definition)
I got Manual Key! I saw the hat icon in the list, and tried to get it by highlighting some text in a post and doing "Ctrl+C" and then "Ctrl+V"– I got the hat minutes later. Is the trigger that simple?
@YaakovEllis two triggers that I'd like to confirm - One/Two buried pennies: Edit 1/2 posts that have been inactive for six or more months. Manual key: Copy text on a meta post.
The post says:
For the sites that are leaving Beta today, the following criteria were determined:
[...]
The site needed to have at least 1000 open questions
[...]
There is one exception we did make for a community, and that was on the Artificial Intelligence site. [...]
There appears to be an...
Regarding the two penny hats: The user below edited an old answer, and then answered the question themselves. Perhaps its specific to answers, not just posts. (that's all they did)
Perhaps it only counts on your own questions posted after the start of WB to prevent abuse? If I understood correctly Ekadh got the hat and did nothing else other than that.