Winter Bash! 2018 edition

Panda

12:00 AM

yay we're in

looks like some hats are reused

David

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Q: Winter Bash 2018 Hat list

Here we go again the Winter Bash is here and the hats are listed below. The list has the same format as always, there are only two answers: one for the secret hats, and one for the regular hats. The secret hat list will be updated as we learn them. Only edit the secret hat answer with definitiv...

Glorfindel

I was earlier, but my script broke on the hat images.

Congrats!

And happy hunting to all!

X-27

NINETEEN SECONDS after it started!?!?!?!?!?

@David You're insane.

David

@Glorfindel earlier? how?

@X-27 maybe....

Catija

David

12:07 AM

wow.

so you posted the Q before your answer?

Glorfindel

no, simultaneously, at 0:00:16am

David

wow.

Glorfindel

but like I said, it missed the CSS file being renamed

David

but you get the secret hat post, so that will work out for you.

X-27

You've both gone bonkers!

Catija

12:08 AM

@David He made it a CW, though.

X-27

I like hats and all, but I'm not that into it XD

Catija

Maybe I should make them all CWs P

Glorfindel

@David unless there are no secret hats :P

David

@Catija I feel dumb but I can not find the CW button for the Q.

Catija

Oh, there are...

David

12:09 AM

go ahead and convert it.

Catija

@David You can only CW when posting. If you want me to do it, I can. You have to have a mod after the fact.

David

I alread did the answer

@Catija hmm. ok. sorry.

Catija

:D Done.

No worries. :D

Eran

Happy winterbash!

πάντα ῥεῖ

Oh, nice enough I am still able to chat here :D

David

12:11 AM

secret hats are out!

X-27

And already we have a secret hat.

Ehouarn Perret, Geneva, Switzerland

101 2

Henry WH Hack v2.1.2

@Glorfindel congrats!

David

Explorer. again...

Henry WH Hack v2.1.2

First bug report. For 2018 edition.

David

@Glorfindel I think that is real.

X-27

12:13 AM

@Glorfindel... those aren't last year's results. I was near the top ranking on Blender, and I'm not there on this year's leaderboard.

I'm guessing that there have actually been 185K hats given out.

Of course, I didn't get my "post a message for newyear 2017" hat yet XD

David

the hat bot went out already (maybe twice) there really are over 185k hats.

Glorfindel

ah, wait

there's a 'free' hat for all new (<6 months) users

Catija

yes.

πάντα ῥεῖ

And I am all fresh you see ;)

David

Scarf Ace is going to be hard.

there are a few tough ones.

Glorfindel

12:17 AM

Crap ... I can never earn that hat.

Unless a new private beta starts during Winterbash ...

X-27

@Glorfindel Well if you would stop joining evrey single new site ever then it wouldn't be a problem :)

David

@Glorfindel yes you can. I can give it to you.

that is the beauty of the hat list post :)

Glorfindel

@David by deleting my account on Blender?

David

@Glorfindel oh sorry we are talking about different hats.

Mysticial

Really, no gold badge hats? (unless it's secret)

David

12:18 AM

yah you have alot of accounts...

@Mysticial likely.

X-27

@Mysticial There has been for evrey year as far as I know - I'm almost sure there will be this one as well.

Glorfindel

@Mysticial silver is the new gold ...

Henry WH Hack v2.1.2

@Glorfindel Can CS50.SE count? (It's stuck in a private beta state.)

Forever!!!

Glorfindel

I already have an account there.

Henry WH Hack v2.1.2

Oh.

David

12:20 AM

Peacekeeper interesting trigger.

X-27

I'm just hoping there is a hat made of Christmas Lights :(

Henry WH Hack v2.1.2

OK, well a new proposal got into commitment within 7 days lets keep our hopes up it goes into beta before winterbash ends.

X-27

I just got Still Fresh for my account on Bicycles. I never got any rep there aside from the site association bonus.

@Catija Is that a bug?

Brian Nickel

By design.

X-27

okey

Eran

12:23 AM

At least 2 secret hats are already out

Henry WH Hack v2.1.2

What if I create a brute force script to get secret hats is that abusing the system?

David

for Freehand Circle does any meta count or is that the main meta?

Catija

@X-27 No. Association bonus counts.

X-27

But speaking of gold badges, just one more vote on my answer to the "A Moose, Some Silly Putty … And A Desperate Plea For Help" question would give me the gold, and then we could see if there was a secret hat for it. I'm not asking for a vote because that is wrong of course.... I'm just pointing out the easy nature of a test that could be done ;)

David

@X-27 already voted on it last year

X-27

12:25 AM

well that complicates things -

all the fanhatics already used up their voting potential on that post

Catija

@X-27 I got it last year... darn. :P

Mysticial

@X-27 Shhh... Don't tell anyone! Wanna trade votes? I also have a 99.

X-27

@Catija Well your entry totally deserved to break way past the 100 vote barrier XD

David

@Catija chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/48012538#48012538

X-27

@Mysticial Oh no... I couldn't do that, trading votes wouldn't be that "good behavior" that the bash tries to encourage.

What a coincidence though! It just got to 100 votes :p

Catija

12:29 AM

@David Child metas.

David

nice.

Mysticial

@X-27 Same here. No idea what happened. :P

David

@X-27 in ten minutes let us know if you get a hat.

X-27

Will do :)

Mysticial

If I get it too, then that's 2 data points.

Eran

12:31 AM

Trying to find Retro Hat trigger. Some user has it on a new site (joined today) where all their visible activity is two badges (Supported and Autobiographer)

X-27

@Glorfindel might I be correct in guessing that you also have a script that can search for something on all the sites, change your hat, edit your profile, etc. (All the usual stuff to rack up an obscene amount of duplicate hats)

David

@Panda thanks. I did not care about when the graphic was used before. Your list is much more useful.

Catija

@David Might want to link new hats to the hats post from last year if they were submissions?

David

@Catija Oo good idea. will do.

Panda

@David :)

Glorfindel

12:34 AM

@X-27 as long as it doesn't introduce problems for other users (e.g. by unnecessarily bumping a lot of old questions) I'll probably write a script for it.

X-27

There are a surprising number of hats inspired by that contest. Really hoping there is a Christmas light hat XD

Glorfindel

But not now, as it is 1:30am here.

X-27

lol, get to bed XD

Half the secret hats will probably be out in the morning for you anway

Glorfindel

Sure. Just posted this bug:

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Q: Winter Bash top bar not responsive enough on very narrow screens

I like the responsiveness of the Winter Bash page, but I found one small problem: on very narrow screens, the user information in the top bar will shift down and overlap the Winter Bash logo: It's probably better not to display the username in this case, like what happens on the Q&A sites wher...

bug responsive-design winter-bash-2018

David

@X-27 at least the ones not date triggered.

Glorfindel

12:35 AM

but that's all I could find.

So it's yet again a high quality project :)

X-27

@David yeah...

@David Put the "All hat" post in the room description plz

would make things a lot eaiser

alecxe

Long time no see you'all :)

David

@alecxe ! the fun has begun again!

alecxe

the wait is over!

David

room topic changed to Winter Bash! 2018 edition: winterbash2018.stackexchange.com the hat list meta.stackexchange.com/q/319838/278094 (no tags)

@balpha wow I was not expecting the head hat wrangler to drop in so soon. PS thank you again.

balpha

12:39 AM

I'm not here, I'm going back to sleep now 😁

David

:) ok. good night

X-27

I just got the "retro fan" on Stack Overflow

@Eran I have done absolutely nothing there for ages.

ArtOfCode

It doesn't appear to be action-related

Eran

@X-27 strange.

X-27

The only thing I did was vote on @Mysticial's post

David

12:43 AM

@X-27 but you did vote.

ArtOfCode

Looking at profiles for a bunch of people who've earned it... some commonalities, but nothing that's there in public actions on all of them

X-27

Yes. A single vote.

David

its common enough has to be some kind of simple vote.

X-27

It could have been that the post I voted on was rather old, which would fit with the "retro" thing.

Davіd

Yeah, that's my guess

Just got it

X-27

12:43 AM

Ok, must test. I shall vote on something ancient on World Building, and do nothing else there.

Davіd

What's up @David!!

Eran

@David I tried to vote on a new site. We'll see if it helps

ArtOfCode

I'd guess vote on something older than 6 months

Davіd

My username still has a cyrillic i from last year!

I think

X-27

@ArtOfCode Well then I'll find something just under 6 months and see if I still get it XD

David

12:44 AM

@Eran and I DVed a new post.

@Davіd lol really. anyway good to see you again.

Davіd

Haha, yeah, you too :)

Eran

@David just upvoted an old question on SO.

Davіd

Yeah, same

Right, I've been saving up votes all year

I'm at 580/600

So I am getting the electorate badge

I'm gonna see if I get the unicorn hat from last year

anticipation

Eran

I should get my first gold soon, so we'll see if there's any secret gold hat

Davіd

Race you!

X-27

12:46 AM

I already got a gold badge, and no apparent hat came from it :/

Davіd

Ah

Well

That's sad

ArtOfCode

Got Retro Fan on SO... voted for a bunch of stuff, though, so not obvious which one triggered it

Davіd

I just wanna be a UNICORN!

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X-27

I just voted on a question and answer from July 27th, so if your 6 months theory is correct, I should not get Retro on WB.

ArtOfCode

sticking with 6mo for now, need to experiment on other sites

Eran

12:47 AM

OK, I got the Retro. It must be voting on old post.

X-27

After 10 minutes I can then do one from slightly earlier

Yes but the question is how old of a post? XD

David

@X-27 that is sad. I always plan my golds to drop in Dec...

X-27

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Panda

I just got Retro for voting on a post from Jan 2017

sir flip the third

Just got retro on 3 sites :D

X-27

12:54 AM

Am I the only one voting on relatively new posts trying not to get the retro hat, so we can figure out where the cut off is?

We all know voting on the oldest post on your site will get you the hat

David

probably 6 months.

sir flip the third

I think that you have to vote on at least one answer to get the hat, but I'm not sure.

X-27

If the bot just ran, then I didn't get the hat for voting on a post from ~5 months ago, now I will try one from just barely 6 months ago.

David

new secret hat. I got James Bond on meta.

Davіd

Ooh, any ideas what for?

David

12:57 AM

I think a nice question posted during the bash.

X-27

Just voted on a question+answer on WB from exactly 6 months+1 day ago.

Panda

Anyone got Team Player?

the one by visiting SO Teams

sir flip the third

I'm excited to see if it worked @X-27

X-27

as am I :)

ArtOfCode

@Panda I visited, but no hat

sir flip the third

12:58 AM

@Panda I just visited SO for teams, hopefully I'll get it soon

Panda

@ArtOfCode same, weird I've visited it 30 min ago

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Q: How does the Team Player hat gets triggered?

The Team Player hat states: visit the Stack Overflow for Teams landing page at stackoverflow.com/teams I've visited the page 30 min ago, scrolled up and down and still haven't gotten the hat. Is there a bug relating to the hat, if not, how does it get triggered?

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ArtOfCode

Okay, I'm pretty sure that Retro Fan is voting on a post older than a year.

David

@Panda no. which is odd

ArtOfCode

I tried different lengths on different sites, 6mo gave me nothing, 1y and 1y6mo (and presumably 2y, when the checks run again) gave me a hat

David

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A: Time for some more swag!

Its time for the Summer smash, well better known as Winter bash! If you are wondering what the odd little snowflake is in the top bar or are just new to SE, then you are in for some fun. SE has a history every year around this time in December they start this event (called the winter bash) wher...

sir flip the third

12:59 AM

I will go test as well to confirm.

David

A winter bash themed answer.

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