Ye Olde Hat Shoppe

DavidPostill

12:00

Vikrant

̛̌̉̃̓͊̋̀̈̍̔͛̌̉̂̓̄̽̀̈͆̄̕͘̚̚͝͝ ̂͂̌̀͐̄̽̒̈́̂̇̄̈́͆̃̄̐̍̄̉͒̉̚̚͘͝͝͠ ͛͑̓̊̈́̇̔̑̔̀̏́̾̊͑̐͂̀́͌͐̕͘͘̚͝͠͝Ḣ̛͒́̅͗̎̔́̆̈́͌͑̋͐̂̊̇̐̃̏͗̀̚̕̚͘͝A̛̎͑̑͑̒͑͑̉̉̓̍͆̇͒͛͗̒͘̚̕͝‌̐͌̆̽́͑t͒̈́̃̀̌̆̀͂̐̒̊͊͌̀͛̅̇̋̈̀̑̎̿̂̿͘͠͝ ̍͊͊͑̾̈́̓̀̇̅̆̄̏̓̔̈́̔͂̾̂̍̓́͐́̕̚͝ ̛̛̂̽̉̓̉̆̎̽͂͌̓͐̍̑̆͊͐̈́̐͆̎̈́̕̚͝͠

@Derpy Yup, everyone knows it

I don't think, there is anything about 6th or 4th day of the week!

just take care of HH:00:SS / HH::15:SS

Hats Stack Exchange

12:26

0

Q: Why can't we keep the hats after Winter Bash?

It would be great if the hats could be kept and worn after Winter Bash. Why can't hats be kept for the year until the next Winter Bash? Furthermore, the hats fits all seasons, not just suitable for winter, though it's serves a greater purpose during winter since it's cold ;)

Bhavin Ramani

I have post a answer at sharp 6 o'clock(+1/2 sec. difference) hope I got hat for that.

Derpy

@HatsStackExchange Because Stack was founded by someone called Jeff, not by Lewis

Derpy

12:43

because of that, having hats enabled all year long would suddenly make you all less profitable at work, worst parents for your children, bad apples in the community and generally not trustworthy.

Panda

@Derpy Technically, I meant keep the earned hats after Winter Bash

Derpy

nonono, avoid fun and happiness at all cost, that is not professional. Not proactive. Not "corporate" enough.

Panda

Not continue Winter Bash all year long

Derpy

@Panda then, technically, the site with the list is still accessible all year long - they usually remove it only about a month before next Bash starts. And even then... they probably don't remove the data from the servers.

Panda

@Derpy Yea, true, just that we can't wear it

Derpy

12:47

@Panda if you wanted to actually wear them, just not being able to earn new ones, the reply above is still fitting.

Emily M

someone could write a userscript if the data is still available that renders the hat into your avatar maybe

Panda

@Derpy Wait, we can wear the hats after Winter Bash?

Derpy

@EmilyM I tried that last year, I got to the point I could re-enable the hat on my own avatar.

then I dropped it because it was too over-complicated.

Panda

Lol, that's cool

Derpy

If you have to use an userscript, then it is probably better to build up an hat system from scraps

Panda

13:01

Stack Exchange seems to be very quiet around

It's so difficult getting a Good Question badge ;)

Derpy

@Panda want to try on SharePoint?

sharepoint.stackexchange.com/help/badges/46/nice-question

Panda

@Derpy Wow, thanks! But I'm not familiar with it :|

Derpy

oh, wait, this may give you a better view of that site...

sharepoint.stackexchange.com/help/badges/25/mortarboard

Panda

My highest voted was 6, and it's on Meta SE ;) meta.stackexchange.com/questions/288432/…

Derpy

42 awarded mortarboard. EVER

no epic, no legendary

Panda

13:08

Wow

And it's not a beta site

veryRandomMe

@Derpy only 48 on our site, and we have tons of traffic. People just don't vote very much it seems

Panda

Yea, people just don't vote now

Derpy

@veryRandomMe your older question is from 2013. Our from 2009. We have 4.5k question pages, your site has 1.6k. User base is also larger , yet we manage to have lower votes counts :P

anyway, not a competition.

just very sad knowing you won't never see the 20k tools.

veryRandomMe

13:24

yes, the site is only 3-4 years old

@Derpy yeah . . .

Wrzlprmft

I just (10 minutes or so) got the Taco hat on German Language, if anybody wants to investigate.

Derpy

worldbuilding - worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/help/badges/41/mortarboard 380 mortarboard.

I should drop SharePoint, start writing books.

veryRandomMe

lol

Panda

Running Ragged is seriously difficult to get

Initially I thought it was 150 rep combined

6

Q: Is 'Running Ragged' being awarded?

The description states: earn 150 reputation points on three different sites (not including Stack Overflow) within 15 days. I've 3 questions: Does this mean that if I earn 150 reputation combined on 3 sites, eg. 100 rep on Meta Stack Exchange and 50 rep on Ask Different, I would get this...

support winterbash winterbash-2016

@Wrzlprmft Did you edit any posts recently?

Derpy

@Panda ask a question about how to cut a battery (old ones, with free mercury) to use it as a lighter on Lifehacks, something about Pokemon Go or Minecraft on Arqade and you are already half way done.

Panda

13:30

@Derpy Lol, I should consider that if I don't get votes on MSE ;)

Wrzlprmft

Yes, see my profile. I am in the process of compiling an summary.

Derpy

the one about the battery may get closed as a dupe , but it is worth trying

Panda

@Derpy Yea, lol thanks :)

@Wrzlprmft Yea, it got to do with editing :P

Derpy

sadly, all the cool ones are already taken, so if you was thinking about a question asking how to use cyanide gas to remove mold.... bad luck, was already done.

> Potassium Cyanide: This is the kill-all of cleaning products! Containing a triple Carbon-Nitrogen bond it breaks open any mould DNA down to the molecular level and leaves behind the most sterile and clean area you've ever witnessed. Just add it to water (even a 2% solution will work great!) and again use a sponge (synthetic or natural: now it doesn't matter) and the same physical treatment as the above solutions. This is the most permanent solution of all!

Panda

@Derpy Yea, it's difficult to think of new ideas

Emily M

13:40

I need clicks please :)

Panda

Lol, clicked

Emily M

@Derpy I thought the kill all cleaning product was piranha solution lol

Wrzlprmft

TACO = Tag-O = Tag-only

DavidPostill

@EmilyM Gimme the votez/clickz requests may earn you a suspension.

We've been asked not to do that kind of thing.

Emily M

@DavidPostill andrew was fine with it last night? has something changed? we were asked not to do "gimme upvotes" have they added "dont ask other people to look at the contents of a hyperlink"?

DavidPostill

13:49

@EmilyM It's not normal behaviour.

33

A: Discouraging "soul-selling" for hats

Winter Bash and hats are the fun way that we like to end the year. We very carefully try to come up with triggers based on normal user actions on the sites, like asking questions, answering, commenting, and many others. Gaming for the hats is always a problem, which is why we try to make sure ...

Emily M

14:01

@DavidPostill that post says nothing about asking people to view a link being against the rules.

I ask people to look at my links all the time

kind of the purpose of a link

posting a link here for people to look at is no different than facebook

why is the social media of chat different than any other social environment

janos

hey fellas

I just came to confirm a theory about Mild Mannered

unless I shouldn't spoil...

Panda

I thought we've already figured out?

Post an answer which is accepted and received no votes for 12h?

janos

the google doc has a question mark next to it

yes, that's it

Panda

Not sure why there's a question mark lol

Derpy

@DavidPostill how asking people to click the link on the chat is different from asking them to click the link on twitter? Just because here you talk directly with the ones clicking. It feels lame, but to suspend someone for that would feel even lamer. Especially when we often don't take actions against worst offenders....

Balarka Sen

14:10

Wait a second, so one can link on chat instead of linking on any other social media to get that hat?

If so I can see lots of constructive ways to do that.

Panda

You can technically send the question to your friends too

Just use WhatsApp or sort

It's totally fine, it says share

DavidPostill

@Derpy It was a friendly warning - that's why I said "may earn you a suspension". You can all choose to carry on as normal ...

Derpy

14:36

@DavidPostill Was not my point. My point is that asking for votes creates noise, asking for 5 views creates almost none. It still is lame, but I think that we have worst problems that could use some work than losing time suspending someone because he/she shared a link on the chat.

DavidPostill

<shrug>

TheSharpieOne

Blue in the Face and 8,243,721 seem like they are backwards in the GDoc...

I got 8,243,721 for removing comments, and Blue in the Face for adding comments (a convo)... the GDoc has that reversed.

mbomb007

Not sure... I think I got it for adding, and 6 for removing

Never mind.

Andrew Li

14:59

This is a test message

TheSharpieOne

@AndrewLi It worked

Emily M

15:21

Test message. Do not up vote.

reddit.com/r/pics/comments/92dd8/test_post_please_ignore

Hats Stack Exchange

4

Q: Winter Bash 011 hat

Today I got my 11th hat but I have not received the hat 011, whose requirement is to get 11 hats, I found it a bit strange since it has been a few hours since I got the 11th and I have not been given. Are there any extra requirements for this hat? Or is it a bug? Or all the hats have to get them...

support winterbash-2016

Emily M

15:36

test link do not click lol

mbomb007

@EmilyM Stop posting your links plz

Emily M

Its been an hour and a half since I posted that link

Hats Stack Exchange

2

Q: Can we make the 011 hat clearer?

The description for the hat, "011" is not that clear: Collect 11 hats Even I was confused with this. I realized that when it says collect 11 hats, it means collect 11 hats on a single site. For example, you must earn 11 hats in Stack Overflow. Its current description really says that all yo...

feature-request winterbash-2016

0

Q: Can we translate the description of Epiphany back to English?

The hat, "Epiphany", currently has a description in a language other than English (not Italian): La Befana vien di notte con le scarpe tutte rotte I can't read that and a lot of other users will not be able to read that. Sure, we could read the short summary which says, "post or vote on Jan...

feature-request winterbash-2016

mbomb007

So we can see the first time you posted it. Don't post it again.

Emily M

you think people scroll up and read things from an hour and a half ago

I posted one different link recently, and one same link now and also an hour and a half ago

are you telling me im not allowed to post links? are you a mod or something?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

15:42

14 hours ago, by Eric Wofsey

I just got Blue in the Face shortly after receiving an upvote on a comment. It seems that the trigger was "10 upvoted comments posted during winter bash".

is this correct?

Anonymous

Please don't be annoying or disruptive. That's just common courtesy.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

me or her?

Emily M

@EasterlyIrk the google doc says it is something very similar to that

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

no, it says something pretty different

Emily M

@Mego im just asking the person who they are to tell me what to do and what the problem is. if hed asked me nicely I wouldnt have a problem with it Hes trying to order me around and I don't like that.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

15:45

it says something like "a series of 8 comments by 2 people on a question, asker and somebody else, the somebody else gets the hat"

Emily M

Im refering to :
"In a “synthetic test” this seems to work:
On a question posed during Winter Bash, where
There are 10 comments with up votes, and
The comment stream involves the OP and at least two others, and
The others are tagged, and
The question gets revised, then
The OP gets the hat.
"

i was just commenting on the "10 comments" part

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

yeah, that's not it though

(I get why you said that)

Emily M

I obviously have it

I can tell you it has something to do with making a bunch of comments

cause thats what i was doing when i got it

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

so do I

Emily M

I made a bunch of comments and flags on ~15 different questions.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

15:47

it needs just 10 upvoted comments

not all at once, just during winterbash

or <some high number 5-10>

Anonymous

@EmilyM He did ask you nicely. Don't try to shift the blame.

Emily M

@Mego I looked back. I didn't see the "plz" at the end. My bad. For the record though, if I hypothetically don't want to do something someone else wants in chat that doesn't mean I am being rude or breaking any rules.

mbomb007

@EmilyM You were already warned against doing it, though.

Anonymous

"Don't be annoying" is the golden rule of chat. You were being annoying. End of story.

3

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

can somebody vote on the comments on this post that say "test comment numba <x>"?

the comments

got permission from OP to test there

Emily M

15:53

@mbomb007 no some random person who is not a mod also said they thought it was against the rules and they were told by multiple other people they were wrong. Two people saying they think the rule means X does not a rule make.

mbomb007

@EmilyM I've seen people chat banned for it.

1 min ago, by Mego

"Don't be annoying" is the golden rule of chat. You were being annoying. End of story.

Emily M

you cant just ask someone to do something that isnt a rule and say they are breaking the rules because not doing what you want is against the rules cause its rude

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

can we just forget it >_< it's clogging the chat more to argue about it then the actual event and I'm trying to search for secrit hats here guys

mbomb007

You were breaking the golden rule.

Anonymous

I can see now that further discussions with you will not be fruitful. Goodbye.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

15:54

@EricWofsey was it just 1 vote on the last comment? Or did they all have like 3 votes?

1 min ago, by Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

can somebody vote on the comments on this post that say "test comment numba <x>"?

alecxe

guys, do you think there is life after Winter Bash?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

*there but no

alecxe

oops

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

epiphany is the epiphany that life cannot continue without hats

@alecxe we'll, you just have to photoshop your hat onto your avatar. then you're ok

mbomb007

2 hours ago, by DavidPostill

33

A: Discouraging "soul-selling" for hats

Winter Bash and hats are the fun way that we like to end the year. We very carefully try to come up with triggers based on normal user actions on the sites, like asking questions, answering, commenting, and many others. Gaming for the hats is always a problem, which is why we try to make sure ...

Emily M

15:56

You are annoying me, the both of you. You are both breaking the "golden rule". What kind of subjective nonsesnse is that. I don't want to talk about this anymore. EasterlyIrk is right, its clogging chat. Don't try to force your beliefs about what is appropriate on other people unless you are writing the rules for the room. I wont break the rules and if asked nicely i will try to comply with what other people want, but no guarantees. Ill stop posting the link since you guys asked.

alecxe

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ why? I think it fits my avatar perfectly :)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

no, that's just it

@mbomb007 I don't think asking for voting on comments/making comments to test with permission from the OP is soul-selling

it's not confirmed, I'm not farming hats

I already have this hat anyway, I'm just trying to see how to get it on a different site

mbomb007

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ It's non-normal behavior, and it's spam comments.

I'm flagging them.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

fine, I'll nuke them

looks like dennis did

Emily M

where is andrew li at, hes the one who made the room. I have already had this exact discussion with him and he said he doesnt like it personally but it isn't against any rules. @EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ don't worry about these two, they are just on some silly crusade about "selling your soul for hats".

what the hell is this room for then anyway if we cant link to questions

we already have the google doc for writing criterea

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

16:00

@EmilyM one of them is a mod and he forcibly nuked my comments

so

I'm inclined to think they're right :P

mbomb007

@EmilyM Spamming comments is flaggable.

Emily M

Posting a link to THIS SITE is spamming now?

mbomb007

That's not what he was doing

He posted 10 nearly identical comments to the same question.

Emily M

Oh then we are talking about two different things

mbomb007

@EmilyM Calm down.

Emily M

16:02

I thought you guys were mad caused he posted the link itself

to the question

TheSharpieOne

Can't we all just get along.... for the sake of hats!

Emily M

^

Or we should rename the room to Ye Old Rules Shoppe /s

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

8 mins ago, by Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

can we just forget it >_< it's clogging the chat more to argue about it then the actual event and I'm trying to search for secrit hats here guys

@KritixiLithos AHA! THAT DID WORK

the bluefeet trigger is 10 upvoted comments, posted during winterbash

Kritixi Lithos

What!?

Emily M

The main reason I was posting my link is because I am sure I have gotten 5 clicks on that link but I still can't get Amped Up.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

16:03

yeah, that happens to lots of people >_>

Kritixi Lithos

I got one comment with over 10 upvotes though...

Derpy

@TheSharpieOne nope. That isn't something humans are capable of.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@KritixiLithos no, 10 distinct ones

:P

Emily M

@KritixiLithos maybe the criteria is 10 comment upvotes and not 10 upvoted comments

TheSharpieOne

@Derpy Humans?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

16:05

@KritixiLithos did you get the hat from that?

Kritixi Lithos

Nope

Emily M

Im not on my best behavior cause I'm disguised as a moderator /s

TheSharpieOne

People were spamming and getting upvotes to get that... but it seemed like the OP got the hat

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@KritixiLithos then yeah, that confirms it's 10 distinct comments upvoted at least once each

@TheSharpieOne where?

Emily M

sweet

ill add to the google doc

TheSharpieOne

16:06

I did participate a little... but didn't get the hat until I was the OP

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

it doens't matter who's the OP idt, it just matters whoever got 10 upvotes

Kritixi Lithos

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ I'm going to try this strategy in a few days: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/34238903#34238903

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@KritixiLithos yeah, me too

TheSharpieOne

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ This is the post that bluefeet was referring to in chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/34270752#34270752

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@TheSharpieOne yeah, my thinking is that if you didn't get enough upvoted comments during previous tests then the later one will trigger that

TheSharpieOne

16:07

all the spam comments have been removed, but everyone was upvoting everyone and it seemed like only the OP got the hat

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

and it's hard to test if you aren't going for 10 comments though

Kritixi Lithos

Bye, hats = angry mods, so I'm leaving :P

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

see ya! thanks for the test help though

orthocresol

I can (almost) confirm that Blue in the Face requires 10 distinct upvoted comments during the Winterbash period. Number of upvotes doesn't matter.

The comments can be deleted.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@orthocresol why almost?

orthocresol

16:10

Testing it out with one more user.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

oic

orthocresol

Will report back in ~10 minutes ;)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

cool thanks

orthocresol

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Hmm, how come you have the hat on SFF? Are there upvoted deleted comments?

mbomb007

@orthocresol Do they have to be on the same post?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

16:13

@orthocresol no, just normal ones

orthocresol

No. Of the two users who got the hat on Chemistry (myself included), they are spread out.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@orthocresol if you mean are there comments that are upvoted that have since been deleted, oh yeah

TheSharpieOne

Would a question asked at 2016-12-23 16:00:05Z qualify for the time theory part of the mad hatter?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

probably

mbomb007

Yeah

orthocresol

16:14

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Ah, I see. That makes sense, then.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@TheSharpieOne I don't think that's it though, conor didn't have any activity on the hour

@orthocresol me and Mithrandir tested, I got it from a really long sequence of comments that had upvoted

I just did it again on PPCG, 10 upvoted comments and it worked

mbomb007

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ It's been shown that on the 15-minute mark works, too

Loong

@orthocresol Do you think the comment upvotes have to be from different users?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@mbomb007 hm, okay

maybe cause of those timezones that are offset by 30/45?

orthocresol

@Loong Hmm, that's possible. I guess we will see soon enough.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

16:15

@Loong no, confirmed they don't

@orthocresol nope, doesn't matter

kritixi upvoted all of mine, I got it

TheSharpieOne

@mbomb007 I see the other criteria, I'm sure that will happen naturally (thus me not posting a link and asking for UV), but I want to make sure the timing is legit (or at least believed to be)

Do we know if the UV needs to be within a certain time as well?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

nope, not yet

mbomb007

Probably just during the winterbash

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

and the answer too I think

Loong

@orthocresol I have enough comments: chemistry.stackexchange.com/users/7951/loong?tab=activity Start slowly upvoting step by step. ;-)

TheSharpieOne

16:17

That part is not on the GDoc :(

orthocresol

@Loong One every 10 minutes? :D

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

also this is very important: is the silver badge hat a spork?

TheSharpieOne

@Loong asking for upvotes....

Loong

@orthocresol With documentation and quality assurance. This is science.

orthocresol

@TheSharpieOne Don't worry, we will suspend each other when we are done.

TheSharpieOne

16:18

@orthocresol who watches the watchmen?

mbomb007

@TheSharpieOne Jon Skeet

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

who watches jon skeet? jon skeet

mbomb007

John Cena

TheSharpieOne

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Looks to be... probably a play on silver spoon

mbomb007

Just a quick poll, do people understand what my avatar is referencing?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

16:20

oh, true

@mbomb007 the last crusade

mbomb007

If nobody gets it, I'd change my avatar.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

it's not hard

mbomb007

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ K, good.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

everybody should watch all 3 films

we do not mention the 4th one here

mbomb007

I've seen The Last Crusade lots, I watched Temple of Doom recently, and I don't remember the other one at all.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

16:22

good

mbomb007

Is it the one with the Ark of the Covenant?

or is that in Last Crusade?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

no, the ark is raiders of the lost ark

mbomb007

Ah, right. Okay I remember them all.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

it's the crystal skull one thats annoying, even with shia labeouf

mbomb007

Stupid aliens, messing up the series.

They're making a 5th one... I think

imdb.com/title/tt1462764

Loong

16:24

@orthocresol My last 9 comments have at least one upvote. My last comment before that has no upvote. And I have got no hat. Thus, your hypothesis could be correct.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

are they all during interbash?

Vikrant

when do I get this hat: `trendsetter

Loong

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ yes

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@Vikrant hey thats a new hat

mbomb007

^

Cue playing of Zelda "secret found" music.

orthocresol

16:26

@Loong I checked the other users on the top of the monthly reputation list (you included), and so far they support my hypothesis.

Vikrant

but for what

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

nobody knows yet

mbomb007

@Vikrant Nobody knows

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@Loong are they all during winterbash

Vikrant

ok

orthocresol

16:27

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Yes, Dec 19 onwards.

Of course, it is not quite "my" hypothesis, because someone suggested it before on the doc.

Loong

1 min ago, by Loong

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ yes

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

oh, didn't see that >_>

@orthocresol o/ hello

hat now @Loong?

Loong

waiting

orthocresol

OK. The only constraint that I have found is that, comments suggesting duplicates do not count.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

oh, really?

could it just be hat lag?

orthocresol

16:29

It could be, but I waited 15 minutes.

Vikrant

@mbomb007 I got that hat...

Emily M

can someone link me the hat leaderboard for SO

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

winterbash2016.stackexchange.com/leaderboard/stackoverflow.com

@Vikrant yeah, checking your activity basically shows you didn't do anything since earlier today

Vikrant

485

Q: Winter Bash 2016 - All Hats

I decided to start the traditional secret hats post, but instead of just another "here is how you get the secret hats" post, to also add in all the hats. There are two answers: one for the secret hats, and one for the regular hats. Some notes about secret hats: A secret hat for correctly gue...

discussion winterbash secret-hats winterbash-2016

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

did you just get this hat?

Vikrant

16:30

dont know

but checked account after two hours

mbomb007

Did you edit Documentation at all today?

Or propose a new tag?

Vikrant

I did edited a doc today, and I got what's up doc for that

no new tag proposed

I have flagged 15 comments today, to delete them

and 50 posts

and all flags got approved :D

Loong

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Hat! It worked.

mbomb007

It's already been stated that no hats require flagging.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@Loong :D congrats!

mbomb007

16:39

@Loong Which one?

Loong

@mbomb007 Blue in the Face confirmed

mbomb007

@Loong 10 upvoted comments?

Loong

yes

mbomb007

Edit the google doc

And the "All Hats" answer, I suppose.

Vikrant

some kind ofTrend I have set here...! ( ≖.≖)

Loong

16:42

9 upvoted comments did nothing. 10 upvoted comments resulted in the hat.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

cool!

Vikrant

@Loong, great ≧◠‿◠≦✌

mbomb007

Do you think there are any non-date-related hats that haven't yet been earned?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

hm

maverick?

Vikrant

16:57

@mbomb007 I think, those are not released yet

mbomb007

I mean, do you think there are any secret hats that are unearned

Vikrant

Currently, there are 12 secret hats revealed and I think more will come out eventually...

Listen Buddies, This is Stackoverflow 2016 hats audio :D, you can star the comment to keep it...

Kaz Wolfe

Here's a user with Trendsetter: askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna?tab=activity

Vikrant

Read: This Article

Kaz Wolfe

Also testing They Live here.

Vikrant

17:13

@KazWolfe, it's clear that, you have to edit atleast 5 posts older than a year

Kaz Wolfe

@Vikrant For "They Live"? Because I thought that was a a different hat.

veryRandomMe

what else?

because I've done that and don't have it

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

elementary/taco

Kaz Wolfe

Taco or Elementary.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

i got both from editing 5 3 year+ posts

Vikrant

17:14

Yes, I meant for They Live only.

I hv edited 2014 posts and got that

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

really?

Vikrant

.... may be

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

I did older posts than that, no dice

TheSharpieOne

They Live probably has to do with editing (or taking action on) an old post (with no activity for a while) which then has some activity.

veryRandomMe

That was my guess

Vikrant

17:21

Why you people discussing, which is already clear

veryRandomMe

What do you mean?

Vikrant

They Live, Blue on the Face, are known ,.. how to earn

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

blue in the face is known

Kaz Wolfe

They Live is not known.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

we don't know the specifics of they live

Andrew Li

17:25

Hi guys

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

hey

Andrew Li

Just got off a plane

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

we solved blue face

Kaz Wolfe

Editing 5 old questions doesn't auto-grant it, and it seems to have the most success after review queues.

Andrew Li

What is it?

and is it tested thoroughly?

Kaz Wolfe

17:26

BITF: Make 10 comments with at least 1 upvote each during Winter Bash (ignoring deletion).

Andrew Li

Sounds right

Blue in the face? Not 8243721?

orthocresol

Comments suggesting possible duplicates do not count.

Yes, blue in the face.

I suspect that comments describing custom close reasons also do not count, but I can't test it.

Willeke

the 8.2and so on is for deleting comments, again likely 10 and at least one (maybe more) upvoted.

Frakcool

Guys can you help me get a silver medal for the 925 hat? Just need 91 views on this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/17225988/…

DavidPostill

@Frakcool No. Please stop that.

yesterday, by bluefeet

Ok, folks this goes to everyone. The nonsense that just transpired on this post needs to end immediately. I know you want hats but if you continues to be disruptive, you'll be suspended until after winter bash ends.

Frakcool

17:33

@DavidPostill Fine, sorry

Kaz Wolfe

Does Mad Hatter still give if the question was closed?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

?

mad hatter is unknown

Andrew Li

There is a working theory for the hatter

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

which is?

Andrew Li

Post on the hour or :15 after (because it's 6:00 somewhere in the world) on wednesday or friday

Willeke

17:41

Post on the hour

And you have at least a whole minute to post.

Kaz Wolfe

then i'll keep waiting a bit, as this didn't throw a hat yet.

Andrew Li

So prewrite it then copy+paste

Kaz Wolfe

(unless it needs to be written within the minute, which seems unlikely to me)

Willeke

(Do check the tags, mine did not want to take as I made a mistake in writing the tag.)

I had mine written in the last 10 minutes before the new hour, posted (failed, corrected and posted again) on the hour.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@AndrewLi +/- 5 minutes, and that works

conor commented at 01:18 UTC

mbomb007

17:53

@KazWolfe Don't use the clock in the reputation tab to determine when to post. I did that, then found that the clock was a minute behind.

I ended up posting 9 seconds too late.

Kaz Wolfe

@mbomb007 (i still posted in the minute, used UTC on PC)

mbomb007

Yeah, I thought I should use SE's UTC clock. Guess not.

Willeke

If as @EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ indicated it is +/- 5 minutes, that does not matter.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

I mean, if that theory is correct it is

but if that is then it also has some serious lag

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