Winter Bash! 2018 edition

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Eran

10:25

Hello

Hope this year will be more interesting than last year (meaning new hats and new triggers - hopefully some tricky ones).

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WELZ

16:16

@David It'll fill up right after it starts.

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X-27

17:50

we just passed 22,222 seconds left!

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Glorfindel

22:23

Regarding the inevitable 'List of all hats' post: if the Winterbash homepage is similar to last year or 2016, I have a script which will generate images & descriptions for all (regular) hats in ~5 minutes after start. Mind if I post the answer this year?

X-27

22:38

This is just a guess but I'm guessing @David does too XD

Hence why he always has the "all hat" post out immediately after the start -

Glorfindel

Well, I guess he can still post the question and the "secret hats" answer ...

David

@Glorfindel for real? I do to. and was planning on posting again.

X-27

Knew it...

David

fanhats think alike.

X-27

And this is why they added a rate limiter on all the Hat related stuff. So you people couldn't automate everything XD

Glorfindel

22:43

@David yes, for real. Last year it took almost 10 hours to get them all: meta.stackexchange.com/revisions/304341/5

David

@Glorfindel and I made the script since then.

Glorfindel

ah, OK. Great minds think alike :)

David

exactly :)

Glorfindel

Did you automate uploading the images via Stack's official imgur channel as well?

David

yep.

just press "run script" and I have my answer to copy and post.

Glorfindel

22:45

Then you'll probably win, since I have a slow Internet connection

David

@Glorfindel truthfully the secret hat answer is the one you really want.

@Glorfindel so its a race then ;)

Glorfindel

I guess so :)

David

ouch. I do not have a good record with TFGITW.

Glorfindel

It'll be fun if they make the page significantly different from last year ...

David

@Glorfindel that would. :) but we both know it won't be. we probably know most of the triggers already.

@Glorfindel I take it you are going for the top?

Glorfindel

22:56

I don't know yet, depends on how busy work & private life will be.

Last year I was going for the ultimate hat: a [winter-bash-2017] bronze tag badge. Sadly, tag badges are only awarded if there are at least 100 questions tagged with it.

David

yah kind of the same, except I know I don't have the time. I'm still kind of addicted to the WB.

so we'll see.

in #WB17, Jan 3 at 4:05, by David

Now I don't want to say this was my last bash, but (at this point) I doubt I will be chasing the hats again come this Dec.

except I still want to.

Glorfindel

heh

David

@WELZ like you said it will fill up.

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X-27