#WB17

X-27

00:00

WHA!?!?!??

They are re-using hats!!!!

David

yep

X-27

I recognize almost all of those from previous years....

Rand al'Thor

X-27

:)

rumtscho

I wonder if they are actually reusing, maybe the hat in the box looks differently from one on the cover

Catija

00:01

We may not have gotten any this year at all, so I'm OK with it.

David

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Q: Winter Bash 2017 Hats

Well here's the traditional Winter Bash hats post. Same as last year there are two (and only two) answers: one for the secret hats, and one for the regular hats. Remember there are no hats for guessing secret hat triggers, nor one for pinging SE employees. Only edit the secret hat answer wi...

Rand al'Thor

Are there any secret hats?

Or is that a secret?

@David You meta rep hunter, you :-P

David

@Randal'Thor yes! but you got to got them first

@Randal'Thor I know the bash :)

X-27

@Randal'Thor lol, exactly what I was thinking XD

@David don't worry, that will get turned into a community wiki soon enough

Catija

Winter Bash 2017: Greatest <strike>Hits</strike> Hats!

Abby T. Mars on December 12, 2017

The Northern Hemisphere temperatures are dropping and the Gregorian New Year draws close. Across Stack Overflow and the Stack Exchange network, thousands of avatars’ ears grow chilly. It’s the season to warm them up… with hats!

But not just any hats: in celebration of the 6th anniversary of Winter Bash¹, some of the most beloved hats from years past will make their triumphant returns to the Winter Bash stage for a repeat performance. We’ve switched up the triggers to ensure hours of hat-gatherin’ fun. (And if you poke around, you might find a few newcomers waiting in the wings to be discovered, too!) …

It's intentional... they're bringing back favorite hats from the past.

David

00:10

wait why did abby write that? I thought animuson was doing the bash this year.

X-27

I don't see my bathtub in that list.

That was my FAVORITE hat.

unless it is a secret hat...

Rand al'Thor

Ooh, @Rory already has a secret hat.

And "This Is Fine" can already be earned in 2017?

Riker

LOL

X-27

lolololol

David

already looking in to it

X-27

00:13

that hat was not earned by spamming that picture XD

Riker

>:U they're reusing hats

not the same things but still

Rand al'Thor

13 mins ago, by X-27

They are re-using hats!!!!

X-27

yes. I thought that was a bit lame at first glance...

Riker

ah missed it

rumtscho

> And if you poke around, you might find a few newcomers waiting in the wings to be discovered, too!

this sounds like a good model

Rand al'Thor

00:15

@X-27 Ah, give 'em a break :-)

X-27

As long as the Archimedes hat comes back, I'm happy.

yesterday, by X-27

:)

rumtscho

the normal hats are reused, secret ones could be new

Riker

@X-27 it's not coming back

X-27

No bathtub? FINE DEN! I HATE HATS!

lol

(of course I'd never actually press that button)

Riker

hm, I edited 5 posts, around 5 minutes ago, no hat yet

no comments by me on either the questions or answers

rumtscho

00:18

Hmm, I need an avatar which looks good in a hat

X-27

I made that one specifically for hats: )

Rory Alsop

@Randal'Thor So far only Shiny, This is Fine, Too Cool, Mad Hatter, Werewolf Hunter and I'll Handle It

Rand al'Thor

@Riker Caching?

Riker

still no hat though, and it's been a bit

Rand al'Thor

I just got mine for that, several minutes after doing the edits.

Riker

00:24

whoops, there we go >_>

Rand al'Thor

Let's see if mod-deleting five of other people's comments is enough to get the This Is Fine hat.

Oh, wait, it's ten, not five.

Rory Alsop

@Randal'Thor nah - seems to be your own

I had a lot of mine that were obsolete so I just hoovered them

Rand al'Thor

But did you test by deleting other people's before your own?

Rory Alsop

@Randal'Thor kind of - I was already deleting other comments

so I just counted up

VRM

hi

Rand al'Thor

00:32

hi

Rory Alsop

@David - you figured it out then

David

@RoryAlsop I have an idea, but no proof. (same problem as always doing too much at once)

Rory Alsop

@David I'm going to test on some of my other mod sites

David

@RoryAlsop I do not think you need to be a mod

Rory Alsop

@David it's just easy for me to test things as a mod :-)

David

00:37

indeed

I expect the two brain hats are related.

Rory Alsop

@David brain hats?

DavidPostill

Brain hats?

David

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A: Winter Bash 2017 Hats

Secret Hats Ooh, Shiny! Cosmic Brain Galaxy Brain

I think answer +10 and +25

It seems the Enlightened badge is tied to the Cosmic Brain, and the Good Answer badge is for Galaxy Brain

X-27

00:52

I haven't even gotten one hat yet :/

murgatroid99

I don't have any either. But I also haven't done anything significant on the site since it started

DavidPostill

@X-27 Some of them are very easy to get.

David

@DavidPostill very

a lot of them about comments. (something I predicted last year)

X-27

I don't mind spamming comments... but we have mods that would disagree.

David

no, no

deleting comments

DavidPostill

00:56

@X-27 Hint: It's more about comment cleanup

X-27

@DavidPostill can I spam now, and cleanup later? :)

David

please no. that is not the point of the bash

DavidPostill

@X-27 No. It's cleaning up comments from before WB started.

Alexander O'Mara

Does The Mad Hatter wait till the end of day to award or something?

Riker

no, just really slow

DavidPostill

01:04

@AlexanderO'Mara Not that slow. I got it some time ago already.

David

Have I mentioned how I dont like the app?

Rand al'Thor

It's a bit crapp.

David

just missed the hatter because of it.

Rand al'Thor

@AlexanderO'Mara I just got my second one.

David

I called it on Cosmic Brain.

I just got it

Anyone else have a +9 accepted answer that wants to test it?

I'm confident enough to put the trigger in the hat list.

Rand al'Thor

01:11

@David +9 accepted and first answer, or just +9 accepted?

I.e. is it linked to the Enlightened badge?

Here's one to test with: +9 and accepted, but not first answer.

Alexander O'Mara

@David Here: stackoverflow.com/questions/31509619/…

What do you do to test?

David

@AlexanderO'Mara you will get the hat now.

just wait for the badge

@Randal'Thor joined and UVed

Alexander O'Mara

@David k

David

+25 for the good answer is going to be hard on BSE

Rand al'Thor

@David Thanks :-D

(yay, attracting new members to the site too)

Oh, there's a third Brain hat!

10, 25, 100?

David

01:14

@AlexanderO'Mara and @Randal'Thor when you get the badge, and the hat let me know.

I'll add the trigger

@Randal'Thor link

Rand al'Thor

List of known secret hats

7

Alexander O'Mara

@David Got badge, waiting on hat.

David

@AlexanderO'Mara 10mins or so

Rand al'Thor

@David badge just came; no hat yet

David

I have too many tabs open

Rand al'Thor

01:17

@David Not wearing any hats yet? :-O

David

Sure looks like it is the great answer workplace.stackexchange.com/users/9549/rath?tab=activity

Rand al'Thor

Also, are you going to use a more hattable avatar for WB?

David

no chance for me on BSE :(

@Randal'Thor nope

I'll ware the mod hat for now

Alexander O'Mara

@David Got hat.

Rand al'Thor

Also a +24 accepted answer, if you want to test Galaxy Brain.

David

01:21

@AlexanderO'Mara nice! it's going official :)

micsthepick

how do you know you have gotten a hat?

Rand al'Thor

@David Cosmic Brain awarded!

David

@micsthepick click on the snowflake in the top bar

Rand al'Thor

Hmm, is hat rotation failing for anyone else?

David

so the first secret hat fell in just over an hour. good work all.

and we are pretty sure about the other two brain hats too

Eran

01:26

Hello

Rand al'Thor

@David It's not for the Enlightened badge!

(re your edit)

micsthepick

Do I need to change my profile pic for the hat I got to render?

Rand al'Thor

That Puzzling answer of mine wasn't the first answer posted, so it didn't get Enlightened, but still got Cosmic Brain.

David

@Randal'Thor what?

Rand al'Thor

@micsthepick No, it should work with any profile pic. (Of course, it will look nicer with some pics than others.)

David

01:27

I thought you got the badge

Rand al'Thor

@David Nice Answer, not Enlightened.

David

Oh shoot did I screw it up?

Eran

@Randal'Thor I think it's the nice answer badge that awards Cosmic Brain, not Enlightened.

Rand al'Thor

So looks like the trigger is "get +10 on an accepted answer", which isn't quite the same as the trigger for Enlightened.

Are you sure about the "accepted" bit, btw?

@Eran Yep, that's what I'm saying :-)

tchrist

My Enlightened query is data.stackexchange.com/english/query/299880/…

Eran

01:29

As I posted in a comment of the secret hats answer, the 3 cosmic hats are for nice, good and great answer badges.

David

shoot. and this is why I put in all that text about being sure the triggers were correct and not just guesses...

@Eran yes you seem to be right.

Eran

Well, if anybody wants to give it a test, here's a 9 vote none accepted answer - stackoverflow.com/questions/41279574/…

David

UVed

Eran

@David thanks. Will keep you posted

David

if anyone wants to test the glagxy hat blender.stackexchange.com/a/28046/2217 (my closest)

Panda

01:34

I think galaxy brain is for +25

Eran

@David Ha, I already upvoted that answer (I wonder if it was some experiment from last year's WB)

Panda

Doesn't need to be accepted

Rand al'Thor

Here's a +99 answer which is not accepted (not my own this time)

David

@Eran dont think so. (but I guess its possible)

Panda

And it's possible to get more than 1 brain hat

Eran

01:36

@David I got the nice answer badge. No hat yet

Perhaps the 3 galaxy hats require badge (nice/good/great answer) + accepted

Panda

I got it on an answer that isn't accepted

^ galaxy brain

David

@Panda good info.

@Eran so you were 100% right. it is just nice/good/great answer.

Alexander O'Mara

Just got "Ooh, Shiny!"

David

any idea what you did?

I think I might know but it is just a guess.

Eran

Well, if anyone wants to test Galaxy brain on a not accepted answer, there this - stackoverflow.com/questions/28474339/…

Alexander O'Mara

01:39

I dupe-hammered a question, edited, then reopened.

Riker

might be for using your hammer

Eran

@AlexanderO'Mara Are you a mod on the site where you got it? Some think it's mod related.

Panda

@Eran UPVoted

Alexander O'Mara

Also did 20 reopen review tasks.

Riker

@Eran no, he is not

it's unlikely to be mod-related though

Alexander O'Mara

01:40

@Eran I'm not a mod anywhere.

Riker

since that seems pretty exclusive

Eran

OK, cosmic brain confirmed! Just nice answer. No need for accepted

Alexander O'Mara

I suspect it's either dupe hammer related, or review task related.

Eran

@AlexanderO'Mara I'll test the dupe hammer when I get the chance

David

@AlexanderO'Mara I think it has something to do with being the last vote to close a question

Alexander O'Mara

01:43

@David That could be.

Rand al'Thor

Cosmic Brain doesn't need acceptance!

David

@Randal'Thor we know (now)

Rand al'Thor

(oh, am I late to the party?)

David

5 mins ago, by David

@Eran so you were 100% right. it is just nice/good/great answer.

Rand al'Thor

@Riker There was a hat one year with a very simple trigger: "be a mod".

David

01:44

2013 I think

Eran

@David still waiting to see if I get the galactic brain

David

I would say it is very likely.

Rand al'Thor

@David Yeah, I think you're right. Before my time, anyway.

Eran

I must say finding secret hat triggers is so much easier when you start guessing from the start of WB. Much less possibilities to explore, and you know the exact time the hats were awarded.

David

@Eran exactly :)

Eran

01:47

OK, I got the good answer badge. Now waiting for the hat (actually two hats)

Rand al'Thor

26 mins ago, by Rand al'Thor

Also a +24 accepted answer, if you want to test Galaxy Brain.

And I just upvoted someone else's +24 (not accepted) answer.

Waiting to see the results for him.

Eran

I'm much less likely to get Universe Brain. I just had a 99 answer reach 100 a few weeks ago, and now the closest answer is at 92

David

scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/132901/… still does not have the great answer badge

Rand al'Thor

Hey, I earned "Ooh, Shiny!"

Confirmed: it's nothing to do with close-voting.

David

oh

Eran

01:49

@Randal'Thor Did you dupe hammer some question?

@Randal'Thor upvoted

Rand al'Thor

@Eran Nope, I haven't closed anything since the start of WB.

I got it on my mod site, FWIW.

Eran

And I got Galaxy brain - good answer, no need for accepted

Riker

@Randal'Thor oh, I thought that didn't exist

@Randal'Thor what have you done?

Rand al'Thor

@Riker Um. Cast some votes?

Alexander O'Mara

I think can delete old comments for: It’s-a me!

Rand al'Thor

01:52

Deleted some comments, but that was a while ago, so probably not the trigger.

Alexander O'Mara

Wither that or I somehow got it after 1.

Rand al'Thor

withers hats

Oh! Have we checked whether the Brain hats work for Nice/Good/Great questions as well as answers?

Riker

can I pin the hat link?

Rand al'Thor

@Eran Just got Galaxy Brain and Identification Division. tick

David

@Riker good call.

Riker

01:55

@Randal'Thor thanks for the typo fix

(@Randal'Thor I hope you don't mind, I edited the message a tad)

Rand al'Thor

@Riker Paris in the the spring ;-)

@Riker np

Riker

@Randal'Thor I understood that reference :D

... and I failed to notice the double the in your message

go figure

David

get ready for the Hero Of Time hat

4mins

Riker

yep

Eran

@David I'm always having trouble coming up with questions. I'll try it some other time

David

01:59

@Eran I write them before the bash.

because I too, do not ask much

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