Hello

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

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

we just passed 22,222 seconds left!

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?

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 -

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

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

Knew it...

fanhats think alike.

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

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

@Glorfindel and I made the script since then.

ah, OK. Great minds think alike :)

exactly :)

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

yep.

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

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

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

@Glorfindel so its a race then ;)

I guess so :)

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

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

@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?

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.

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.

except I still want to.

heh

@WELZ like you said it will fill up.

50mins left.

T-10 minutes

hype

Getting ready to record the dramatic countdown :)