Slashdot Launches User Achievements

Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by eldavojohn · 2009-04-01 01:28 · Score: 5, Interesting

I (and many many others) have an achievement called "The Maker" ... what does that mean? It's not listed in the FAQ.

Also, how are you computing the total number of Achievements? If you add up my achievements (and if I add the powers of two I get closer) but it doesn't come out to be the number you posted.

Also, if I have CmdrTaco's attention, why not leave this up? You've written the code for it and although it will certainly tax your database (default awards were handed out on different days) to update these values for everyone, why not leave it in place? Are you afraid this would increase karma whoring (it's in powers of 2 anyways) or produce negative effects?

For those of you without Warcraft characters, you add it to your user page and then it appears on the right of your user page as a hyper link to the armory (check out my user page). Then you get a +1 achievement with Level 80 (or I guess whatever level your main is) on your Achievements page.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Jeremy+Erwin · 2009-04-01 01:34 · Score: 5, Funny

I thought we were capped at Level 50.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by rossdee · 2009-04-01 01:38 · Score: 5, Funny

My guess is its the Giant Sandworm from Arrakis "Shai Halud"
BTW I don't play WoW you insensitive clod!
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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by richie2000 · 2009-04-01 01:39 · Score: 5, Funny

There's going to be an expansion out soon, upping that to level 60.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by El_Muerte_TDS · 2009-04-01 01:43 · Score: 1

I wonder if there is also an achievement for getting all achievements.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Rary · 2009-04-01 01:43 · Score: 3, Interesting

I (and many many others) have an achievement [slashdot.org] called "The Maker" ... what does that mean? It's not listed in the FAQ.
I don't have that, so it's something you did that I didn't. Does that help?
You also got "The Contradictor". Any idea how you got that? And any idea how I got "The Tagger", considering I don't even know how to tag an article (I think you have to be a paid subscriber or something, which I'm not).
I'm beating you on the number of consecutive days of Slashdot reading. Wait, should I be proud of that?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by GhaleonStrife · 2009-04-01 01:48 · Score: 1

Let's hope that achievement gives something to the user. A good example is the crown in Don't Shit Your Pants, which is obtained by getting the achievement for getting every achievement. http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-shit-your-pants
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Jeremy+Erwin · 2009-04-01 01:48 · Score: 1

Excellent.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by AlterRNow · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 3, Insightful

If there is, it would be impossible to get it :(

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ben0207 · 2009-04-01 01:50 · Score: 1

The Contradictor is by tagging something like !funny when it's already tagged funny.
I've got both the tagger and the contra, despite the fact that I have slashdot viewed as basically as possible (*short of using Links) and there fore never see tags.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by morgan_greywolf · 2009-04-01 01:50 · Score: 1

I'm guessing "The Maker" either has to do with your the number of 1st posts, or, like the WoW thing, you get it if you fill out your IM details.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by KillerBob · 2009-04-01 01:52 · Score: 1

I'm guessing "The Contradictor" is for clicking that little exclamation point on somebody else's tag. Say somebody posted a tag "correlationiscausation" and you clicked the bang to make it "!correlationiscausation". :)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by bFusion · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 5, Informative

But then you'd never get it because the achievement for getting all the achievements is part of the requirement for getting the achievement!
*head explodes*
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Jade+E.+2 · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 1

From checking out a handful of users, it looks to me like 'The Maker' is for subscribing.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by robably · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 5, Insightful

I'm guessing "The Maker" is starting a comment thread, rather than just replying to a comment.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by vrillusions · 2009-04-01 01:54 · Score: 3, Insightful

Also, how are you computing the total number of Achievements? If you add up my achievements (and if I add the powers of two I get closer) but it doesn't come out to be the number you posted.
Rounding errors, gets them every time...
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Glothar · 2009-04-01 01:56 · Score: 4, Funny

Yes, think of the poor children in Fargo who... ...live in Fargo.
Get out now, little ones! There's another world outside! And it doesn't shut down after 8pm!
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Albio · 2009-04-01 01:57 · Score: 1

When will it end! Eventually they'll up it to 70 just to keep us interested.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Spazztastic · 2009-04-01 01:59 · Score: 1

When will it end! Eventually they'll up it to 70 just to keep us interested.
And then they will up it to 80 and recycle content from when you were 60 because they are running out of ideas!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by FreeFull · 2009-04-01 01:59 · Score: 1

Bah, I always say that the level cap should be 255 but the game made so that it's too hard to go past level 99, and only one person actually manages to get to level 99.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by pjt33 · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 2, Insightful

I have "The Tagger", even though I have never tagged a story. It's just a really bad joke.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Emperor+Skull · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 0, Redundant

Um. I don't think you thought this one all the way through...
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by geminidomino · 2009-04-01 02:03 · Score: 1

Nope, I'm a subscriber and I don't have it.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by praedictus · 2009-04-01 02:03 · Score: 1

At least it isnt "The Giver". (No Im not going to link it). Now thats an e-peen to stroke. (But I aint gonna stroke it either!)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Just+Some+Guy · 2009-04-01 02:04 · Score: 1

I'm your counterexample.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by gr3kgr33n · 2009-04-01 02:05 · Score: 1

Slashdot should definitely expand these to include other MMOs. WOW, Eve, EQ2, et. al.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by maxume · 2009-04-01 02:05 · Score: 1

"The Maker" could be that you submitted a story.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by danieltdp · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 1

No one will ever know. If it exists, it can't be achieved

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Gwala · 2009-04-01 02:10 · Score: 1

"Too much time on their hands."

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by danieltdp · 2009-04-01 02:11 · Score: 1

I can't. I believe I never firstposted and I got this "The Maker" achievement

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by AKAImBatman · 2009-04-01 02:12 · Score: 1

Anyone notice that CmdrTaco has weighted the achievement system in favor of the editors? I "did the comparison" he requested and noticed that I was kicking his rear in everything, yet I had a lower score. Turns out that there's a cumulative achievement for posting stories. (Separate from submitting stories.) Gee I wonder how I can get a score for that one? :-/
On the bright side, there's a "Cheater" achievement which CmdrTaco has. Methinks it's related. :-P

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by danieltdp · 2009-04-01 02:12 · Score: 1

Not the case either. I am not a subscriber and have this achievement

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by synthparadox · 2009-04-01 02:14 · Score: 2, Insightful

And with each expansion they will exponentially decrease the difficulty to achieve things until a 2-year-old facerolling the keyboard could... oh. We weren't serious?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by yincrash · 2009-04-01 02:17 · Score: 1

better start farming
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Verdatum · 2009-04-01 02:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Uh, hi, excuse me, just in case you are interested, we have a potential kill-screen coming up on Slashdot if you'd like to come see; potential kill-screen on Slashdot.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by B00yah · 2009-04-01 02:19 · Score: 1

I actually hopes this sticks around...

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by CrackerJackz · 2009-04-01 02:20 · Score: 1

I would think 'no' since there is a Single Digit UID, 2 Digit, etc ... its impossible to get into all the groups
*sigh* no 'Low 6 Digit achievement' :P
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by L4t3r4lu5 · 2009-04-01 02:21 · Score: 2, Funny

Leeeerooooooooooy Jeeeeeeeeeennkiiiiiiiiinsss!!!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by orclevegam · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Bah, everyone knows the real achievement is getting a frist post!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by iamhigh · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 1

They probably put a decimal place in the wrong spot. It's always some mundane detail.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by click2005 · 2009-04-01 02:31 · Score: 1

I dont know about you but I should start with that achievement. I had all the available achievements before they added any.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Ender_Stonebender · 2009-04-01 02:31 · Score: 1

I don't play WoW, either. I think it would be nice if they had included the ability to link to characters in other games, as well. Specifically, I think they should have included ability to link to characters in Kingdom of Loathing, since the game itself is essentially a giant, geeky, joke. However, they would have to limit to a single character link, otherwise we'd get people trying to play 50 different MMO games and link all their characters to get more achievements.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by chaim79 · 2009-04-01 02:31 · Score: 1

It would be impossible, there are separate achievements for 1-digit UID, 2-digit UID, 3-digit UID, 4-digit UID, and 5-digit UID, since you (and I) are both 6-digit UID's we won't get a chance of those achievements, and even those who do qualify for one of those can't get them all, therefore it's impossible to get all the achievements.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by JustOK · 2009-04-01 02:33 · Score: 1

That's not a Contradictor!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by attonitus · 2009-04-01 02:35 · Score: 1

Yes you could, it's a tautology, not a contradiction. If I have all the other achievements and Slashdot gives me this one, then that's fine, I have the achievement, and hence I have the right to the achievement.
More problematic would be an achievement for having achieved nothing. That's when Bertrand Russell would come knocking.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by rchatterjee · 2009-04-01 02:35 · Score: 4, Insightful

I believe it's referred to as karma whoring here.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 02:35 · Score: 0

Hurr durr, april fools lolol
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by bentcd · 2009-04-01 02:36 · Score: 2, Funny

It would be impossible, there are separate achievements for 1-digit UID, 2-digit UID, 3-digit UID, 4-digit UID, and 5-digit UID, since you (and I) are both 6-digit UID's we won't get a chance of those achievements, and even those who do qualify for one of those can't get them all, therefore it's impossible to get all the achievements.
All the more reason to consider it an achievement!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Amazing+Quantum+Man · 2009-04-01 02:36 · Score: 1

No, they just found out you were the guy with the spray paint can.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ThesQuid · 2009-04-01 02:36 · Score: 1

No, that's separate. I have both The Maker and Submitted a Story
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by FreakinSyco · 2009-04-01 02:37 · Score: 1

Is this the most useless addition to Slashdot ever? Tune in next week to find out.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by cheezitman2001 · 2009-04-01 02:38 · Score: 5, Insightful

No, he's right. There's an achievement for having a 1-digit uid, along with 2-5 digits, and it's impossible to have both a 1-digit uid and a 5-digit uid.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by attonitus · 2009-04-01 02:39 · Score: 1

Also, how are you computing the total number of Achievements? If you add up my achievements (and if I add the powers of two I get closer) but it doesn't come out to be the number you posted.
Rounding errors, gets them every time...
Base 4 works for me. Anyone else?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by El_Muerte_TDS · 2009-04-01 02:39 · Score: 1

I doubt it, I don't have The Maker and I'm pretty sure I started a comment thread more than once.
I think The Maker is received when you reply to a news story you submitted.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by attonitus · 2009-04-01 02:41 · Score: 1

Ah. Fair enough.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Don853 · 2009-04-01 02:41 · Score: 1

I think I've done that, and I don't have it. Then again, I don't post a whole lot. Maybe you have to do it more often.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by morgan_greywolf · 2009-04-01 02:43 · Score: 1

That would be good except that I don't have "The Maker" and I've done this, too.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by vamin · 2009-04-01 02:45 · Score: 2, Funny

better start karming?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by interested+pyro · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 0

actually, it already came out. The Burning Legions (correct name?) lets you go higher that 50. the new Wrath of the Lich King adds lvl 80 capabilities for you, as well as a new class, the Death Knight. Perfect tank, spellcaster, or support. I dont play, I just notice the ads in my PCGamer magazine.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by FredFredrickson · 2009-04-01 02:50 · Score: 1

I'd love to link my pacman to this. I'm on the double strawberries level!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by OglinTatas · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 2, Interesting

blank achievements count as 1; integer score achievements count at face value; exponential score achievements count as the exponent+1, because those begin at 2^0.
As you surmised, C.Taco pads his out by stuffing as many points as needed in "the cheater." He'd still be 38 to your 25 (and my 13) without cheating.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by fermion · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

Also, how are you computing the total number of Achievements? If you add up my achievements (and if I add the powers of two I get closer) but it doesn't come out to be the number you posted.
All real geeks know that you count power of 2 only for computer achievements, such as writing unreadable c code. For nature achievements we count by e, naturally.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Mycroft_514 · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

So, at what point do you cut off low 6 digit UID?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ShadowRangerRIT · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

See the explanation here: http://slashdot.org/faq/accounts.shtml#ac1300
W00t. New achievement for me! Damn I feel lame.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by The+FNP · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

yeah, what about those of us who
a) don't play WoW;
b) have a girlfriend;
c) don't live in our parents' basement;
d) take regular showers;
e) less than 40% of our body weight is excess Cheetos and Jolt;
f) can actually have "normal conversations" with non-techies.
g) et cetera . . . . .
Is this achievement system designed to make us revert to wearing pocket protectors?
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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Daetrin · 2009-04-01 02:54 · Score: 1

If i add up the number of achievements i end up significantly under the "total." If count the powers of two then i end up with almost double the "total." Plus in addition to "the maker" i've also got "the tagger," and i'm pretty sure i've never tagged an article...

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by elfprince13 · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 1

I'd like to be able to link my ThinkGeek purchase history.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Kadagan+AU · 2009-04-01 03:01 · Score: 1

You can do that?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by An+ominous+Cow+art · 2009-04-01 03:04 · Score: 1

333333, of course.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Talderas · 2009-04-01 03:06 · Score: 1

Yes, excellent.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Samrobb · 2009-04-01 03:08 · Score: 1

Hmm. No achievements for user journals?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by AKAImBatman · 2009-04-01 03:09 · Score: 1

He'd still be 38 to your 25 (and my 13) without cheating.
The "Posted a Story" category is definitely cheating without cheating. Besides, the scores are obviously not mined far enough back. The system thinks I only have 512 +5 posts. With over 11,000 posts of which a high number are +5, I'm pretty sure my score should be significantly higher than that. ;)
Interestingly, the use of exponents makes it harder to get a high score as you post more. Thus a new category (like "Posted Story") can weight the numbers in favor of a less active poster. Thus why CmdrTaco is going to beat everyone even without the Cheater category.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Jurily · 2009-04-01 03:10 · Score: 5, Funny

Bah, everyone knows the real achievement is getting a frist post!
Except CmdrTaco. The one thing I'm actually proud of here and he leaves it out..
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Xzzy · 2009-04-01 03:11 · Score: 2, Insightful

I'm going to guess whatever script he ran to scrub the database for achievements had some errors, and is improperly awarding them.
Which also means some people are missing achievements they should have.
Which says to me the whole thing is a big joke and will be gone tomorrow.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Samrobb · 2009-04-01 03:12 · Score: 1

AH. Missed one. However, this article apparently doesn't count for the "April Fools Day" achievement.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Samrobb · 2009-04-01 03:13 · Score: 1

There should be a "Patient" achievement for waiting more than a minute for the comment preview to actually show you a preview...

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Tubal-Cain · 2009-04-01 03:14 · Score: 1

robably (1044462):

I'm guessing "The Maker" is starting a comment thread, rather than just replying to a comment.
Really?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Jeremy+Erwin · 2009-04-01 03:15 · Score: 1

CmdrTaco a> has five "levels" in UID.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Alsee · 2009-04-01 03:16 · Score: 1

blank achievements count as 1; integer score achievements count at face value; exponential score achievements count as the exponent+1, because those begin at 2^0.
That math works for me.
Achievements 23
27 Got a Score:5 Comment (I assume that's anywhere from 128 to 255 score 5 comments for 7+1=8 points)
22 Submitted a Story That Was Posted (I assume that's anywhere from 4 to 7 accepted stories for 2+1=3 points)
25 Days Read in a Row (I assume that's anywhere from 32 to 63 days for 5+1=6 points)
The Tagger (Tagged a story, 1 point)
The Contradictor (Tagged a story with some !tag, 1 point)
Posted a Comment (Posted a comment, 1 point)
The Maker (Someone suggested this was starting a thread? 1 point)
Comedian (Got a score +5 Funny, 1 point)
Had a Comment Modded Up (Had a comment modded up, 1 point)
8+3+6+1+1+1+1+1+1=23
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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Samrobb · 2009-04-01 03:19 · Score: 1

And maybe another achievement for replying to yourself more than once.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by drinkypoo · 2009-04-01 03:25 · Score: 1

Perhaps it's the first positively-scored (or -moderated) comment? That's my theory after skimming this thread so far. I did notice that I have the wrong date on my "Submitted a Story That Was Posted" achievement (yes, singular, bite me) which shows the 27th (the date of initiation) but the story was in 2001 (flash vulnerability, whee.)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Twiztid_Madrox · 2009-04-01 03:27 · Score: 1

Least i got chicken
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by pjt33 · 2009-04-01 03:28 · Score: 1

I get the right number by counting the power of 2 ones as the logarithm base 2 of the number plus 1.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by mariushm · 2009-04-01 03:30 · Score: 2, Funny

I thought it was going to be over 9000 :(.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ZombieWomble · 2009-04-01 03:31 · Score: 1

Extra appropriate since KoL has been way ahead of this achievement business with their trophy system.
Of course, if Taco et al get ideas from some of the more ridiculous KoL trophies, I fear to see what may happen to slashdot as the completionist hordes get carried away.
That said, I'm off to register a WoW character. Mmm, precious precious points...
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by jfim · 2009-04-01 03:32 · Score: 1

From the achievement FAQ:

The Contradictor -- !tag a story

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ObsessiveMathsFreak · 2009-04-01 03:36 · Score: 1

I wonder if there is also an achievement for getting all achievements.
You get a platinium trophy.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by artificialj · 2009-04-01 03:36 · Score: 1

You also got "The Contradictor". Any idea how you got that?
!tag something
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by danieltdp · 2009-04-01 03:39 · Score: 1

You did't have any. There is a difference between an empty set and no set at all ;-)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Ghost+Hedgehog · 2009-04-01 03:39 · Score: 1

Maybe you can cheat on that one. Which probably gives you the achievement The Cheater.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by El_Muerte_TDS · 2009-04-01 03:43 · Score: 1

1 down, but on the wrong side of the UIDs
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ObsessiveMathsFreak · 2009-04-01 03:43 · Score: 1

Also, how are you computing the total number of Achievements? If you add up my achievements (and if I add the powers of two I get closer) but it doesn't come out to be the number you posted.
Since 2^0 would presumably count as an achiement, I'm guessing numbers like 2^7 count as, say, 8 achievements.
I would guess that "The Maker" is for making a new tag. Also, the achievement "The Contradictor", is probably for adding a ! (not) tag to a story.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by DanZ23 · 2009-04-01 03:50 · Score: 1

I think it may be from having a submitted article posted.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by MaizeMan · 2009-04-01 03:51 · Score: 1

That's not totally fair, there's a night life for school children in Fargo... it just involves meth and cow tipping!
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Fallingcow · 2009-04-01 03:52 · Score: 1

hahaha, awesome reference.
Will the Slashdot version be called "Slash of Dot"?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Rathum · 2009-04-01 03:58 · Score: 1

Yes. Now I'll never see an ink covered shirt again!
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by N3Roaster · 2009-04-01 04:02 · Score: 1

Speaking of karma whoring, I'm just posting this for the achievement.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by orangesquid · 2009-04-01 04:02 · Score: 1

I heard it was going to be implemented right after the "Achievement of having zero achievements at all points in time".

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by TheEldest · 2009-04-01 04:03 · Score: 1

I hope that was sarcasm.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Tetsujin · 2009-04-01 04:14 · Score: 2, Interesting

I thought it was going to be over 9000 :(.
Or 8000 in the original Japanese...

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Mr.+Beatdown · 2009-04-01 04:15 · Score: 1

6 digit UID? Don't get into a high UID pissing contest with me, old-timer.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by kbielefe · 2009-04-01 04:16 · Score: 1

Hah! The 'last post' achievement is mine!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by interkin3tic · 2009-04-01 04:21 · Score: 1

I (and many many others) have an achievement [slashdot.org] called "The Maker" ... what does that mean?
That's obvious: who made the internet? Al Gore. Slashdot thinks you're Al gore if you have that achievement.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by hobbit · 2009-04-01 04:21 · Score: 1

Congratulations, you have achieved: Inverse Occam's Razor
What about: each achievement scores 1, and numerical achievements also score +n?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by SkyDude · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

Bah, everyone knows the real achievement is getting a frist psot!
Fixed that for you

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by suffe · 2009-04-01 04:28 · Score: 1

If there is, I better make sure I get the AF achievement... O:-)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Chabo · 2009-04-01 04:29 · Score: 1

In the case of Day of Defeat: Source, they actually do have an achievable "Get All Achievements" achievement. It's called "War Hero", and it's worded "Complete all Achievements", rather than "Complete all other Achievements".

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by SCPRedMage · 2009-04-01 04:33 · Score: 1

So we can all see what a consumer whore you are?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by SQLGuru · 2009-04-01 04:36 · Score: 1

Sadly, I'll probably never get that particular medal next to my name.........
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by daybot · 2009-04-01 04:38 · Score: 1, Funny

Sup dawg, we heard u like achievements so we put an achievement in your achievements so u can achieve while you achieve.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by conejo+especial · 2009-04-01 04:41 · Score: 1

Ahh, now we need meta-achievements.

Sorry, I just wanted to post in the AF thread.. :p
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by hurfy · 2009-04-01 04:42 · Score: 1

Maybe the joke is the total number of achievements ;)
Depending on how i read it i have 5,7, or 11...thus it says 9 total :O
Days in a row must be continuous without closing it? Because there are 5 days in the workweek not 2 like it gave me...... ;)
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ScuttleMonkey · 2009-04-01 04:50 · Score: 1

This is remarkably close...but I wont spoil the joy of discovery. :P

As the achievement system grows some of the more difficult achievements will even result in special rewards. Good luck.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Glsai · 2009-04-01 04:58 · Score: 1

I don't think it was. Besides everyone knows Vanilla WoW you were capped at 60
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by amentajo · 2009-04-01 05:01 · Score: 1

No, he's right. There's an achievement for having a 1-digit uid, along with 2-5 digits, and it's impossible to have both a 1-digit uid and a 5-digit uid.
Understood, there are mutually-exclusive achievements. So, perhaps to strike the point that we should have gotten from the original question: I wonder if there is also an achievement for getting all non-mutually-exclusive achievements and one of each set of mutually-exclusive achievements (with the exception of the meta-achievement described just now)?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by maxume · 2009-04-01 05:01 · Score: 1

Have you submitted a poll?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by rmaureira · 2009-04-01 05:07 · Score: 1

"Too much time on their hands."
And semen?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by omris · 2009-04-01 05:10 · Score: 1

Why oh why did I slack off and only get my main to level 72? I have deprived myself of this fantastic Level 80 achievement. I should obviously go home right now and start grinding.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ThesQuid · 2009-04-01 05:10 · Score: 1

No, never submitted a poll.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by bughunter · 2009-04-01 05:13 · Score: 1

And thus, Achievement Whoring finds its way to slashdot.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Idiomatick · 2009-04-01 05:14 · Score: 1

In maplestory the cap is 200 and the fastest person to do it took over 3years.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by DamienNightbane · 2009-04-01 05:16 · Score: 1

Only on Slashdot would people find the time to throw a fit over a feature added on April Fools Day...
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by clintonmonk · 2009-04-01 05:28 · Score: 1

Being proud is what it's all about.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Maxo-Texas · 2009-04-01 05:31 · Score: 2, Funny

They should definitely have both first post and frist post achievements.
And one called Redundancy Lord (for 10+ redundant comments within a month)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Kadagan+AU · 2009-04-01 05:39 · Score: 1

So, not being a WoW player, and wanting the level 80 achievement so badly.. I decided to steal it. Am I the only one who's WoW character is Zmdrtaco@Chromaggus? =)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by joaobranco · 2009-04-01 05:40 · Score: 3, Funny

Bah, everyone knows the real achievement is getting a frist post!
Or posting on a silly thread just to get the achiev...
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by bigstrat2003 · 2009-04-01 05:42 · Score: 1

Yeah! ...wait. I suppose the fact that current 5-mans are harder than vanilla 5-mans, and Naxx is harder than MC, kind of ruins your rant. Seriously, WoW has already been way easier than this. Quit bitching.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 05:45 · Score: 1
Also, how are you computing the total number of Achievements? If you add up my achievements (and if I add the powers of two I get closer) but it doesn't come out to be the number you posted.
They're not exponents.
The smaller, lighter number is the number of points the achievement is worth. (Achievements worth 1 point are worth 1 point.) The large bold number is the number of times you achieved it (obviously, no large bold number means you achieved it once).
Some of the achievements appear to be given only once regardless of the actual number of times they occur ("posted a comment", for instance), and "days read in a row" appears to be worth 2 points and the "number of times" is the largest consecutive number of days you've read Slashdot, not the number of times it occurred.
The number of points any particular achievement is worth is calculated as (points)+(times)-1.
So you got:
- Got a Score:5 Comment 2+9-1 = 10
- Submitted a Story That Was Posted: 2+8-1 = 9
- Days Read in a Row 2+4-1 = 5
- The Tagger 1+1-1 = 1
- The Contradictor 1+1-1 = 1
- Posted a Comment 1+1-1 = 1
- Comedian 1+1-1 = 1
- Had a Comment Modded Up 1+1-1 = 1
- Posted a Journal Entry 1+1-1 = 1
- The Maker 1+1-1 = 1
- Level 80 1+1-1 = 1
Total: 10+9+5+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1 = 32. You got an extra point for your WoW username, so your total is 33.
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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 05:49 · Score: 0

You misspelled psot
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by MyLongNickName · 2009-04-01 05:54 · Score: 1

I am not on WoW, so I used your account. However, no achievement yet ;)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by melf-san · 2009-04-01 05:54 · Score: 1

Ah. Fair enough.
Maybe not.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by EkriirkE · 2009-04-01 05:56 · Score: 1

If you've ever modded a story up or down, you've tagged it (nod, nix)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:03 · Score: 1

Actually, I'm not sure why your total sums up to 32 instead of 33... CmdrTaco's total comes out to 74, without adding an extra point for his WoW username...

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by HardCase · 2009-04-01 06:07 · Score: 1

Holy cow, Captain Obvious actually posts on /.! And all this time I thought that it was just a sarcastic expression!
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by rootofevil · 2009-04-01 06:34 · Score: 1

or get some poor folks to do it for you

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by CTalkobt · 2009-04-01 06:45 · Score: 1

Bah, everyone knows the real achievement is getting a frist post!
Or posting on a silly thread just to get the achiev...
Heh - posting in a thread just to get another achievment...
How silly.
Wait.
Oh drat....

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by blueZ3 · 2009-04-01 06:51 · Score: 1

Yes it is!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by corvair2k1 · 2009-04-01 06:52 · Score: 1

As far as the total achievements go, I think it is a true sum of all the instances of each achievement. However, next to each achievement, it only shows the most significant power of two in the binary representation. So, if you have 70 +5 posts, it will only show 2^6 next to that achievement, but will contribute the full 70 points to the total.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by casualsax3 · 2009-04-01 06:52 · Score: 1

Have you submitted any content that's been accepted?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Dave2+Wickham · 2009-04-01 06:57 · Score: 1

Hah! The 'last post' achievement is mine!
Not any more!
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Yogiz · 2009-04-01 07:00 · Score: 1

I'm guessing "The Contradictor" is for clicking that little exclamation point on somebody else's tag. Say somebody posted a tag "correlationiscausation" and you clicked the bang to make it "!correlationiscausation". :)
From the FAQ:

The Contradictor -- !tag a story
So yes, you're right.
And of course I'm just posting to get the achievement.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by orclevegam · 2009-04-01 07:06 · Score: 1

I vote for a whooosh achievement for when you fail to get the joke... not sure how you would automate assigning that though.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by eleuthero · 2009-04-01 07:08 · Score: 1

Could it be that these achievements already exist and we just don't have them or haven't seen them?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by CyberKnet · 2009-04-01 07:15 · Score: 1

Fabulous, even.
Wait...
D'oh!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by MrMunkey · 2009-04-01 07:16 · Score: 1

I just hope I don't have to install the expansion "Slashdot: Goatse Edition" to get the other content.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by rholliday · 2009-04-01 07:27 · Score: 2, Informative

The achievements system was launched on April fools day of 2009 in order to allow for certain joke achievements, but the system itself is a real one. - FAQ

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Maxo-Texas · 2009-04-01 07:40 · Score: 1

It seemed like everyone I inspected had 3 achievements to start with.
So I assume people got their top three achievements.
Haven't seen a "first post" yet.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Hardolaf · 2009-04-01 07:51 · Score: 1

True.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Cube+Steak · 2009-04-01 08:01 · Score: 2, Funny

But what about the "frosty piss" achievement?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by 5of0 · 2009-04-01 08:08 · Score: 1

I'm willing to bet that it was a hyphen, actually.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by 5of0 · 2009-04-01 08:11 · Score: 1

Hmm, actually turns out it was an overbar. You learn something new every day, eh?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Cederic · 2009-04-01 08:12 · Score: 1

Indeed, should've made it "Fewer than 6 digit UID" then the achievements would've been cumulative.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Kuroji · 2009-04-01 08:18 · Score: 1

Clearly I will have to outsource my slashdotting to India, just as I outsourced my MMORPG moneymaking and my catalog ordering and tech support calling.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by wossName · 2009-04-01 08:20 · Score: 1

Oh man, and I thought "Member of the 1 Digit UID Club" would annoy the completionists!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 08:24 · Score: 0

Log base 2? That doesn't always return an integer...
I've got the correct answer on every user I've checked but one (oddly enough). It seems to be that each achievement has 2 values: the default, and the number of repetitions. You get the default value for the first time you achieve it, and you get 1 for every repetition after that.
E.g. 2 5 = 2+1+1+1+1 = 2+5-1 = 6 points.
Posting anonymously because /. says I jabber too much.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by kongit · 2009-04-01 08:31 · Score: 1

so this will last?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by HunterX · 2009-04-01 08:44 · Score: 1

Dangit, I joined this website because I thought it was geared to the casual reader -- and now I find there's a whole big endgame with a bunch of content that I'll never see 'cause I don't have enough time to devote to just this place!
*sighs* Ah, well, at least grinding can be done solo easily enough...
grindgrindgrindgrindgrind

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ampmouse · 2009-04-01 08:45 · Score: 1

Yea, Where's the 6 digit UID award!
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by dotancohen · 2009-04-01 08:47 · Score: 1

But then you'd never get it...
You must be new here. No one here gets any.

*head asplodes*
You must be new here. Fixed that for you!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by bFusion · 2009-04-01 08:52 · Score: 1

You got me... so is there an achievement for being new here?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Qzukk · 2009-04-01 08:52 · Score: 1

I was thinking "Patient" should go to people who hit "Submit" over and over and keep getting told that they must wait to use the resource.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 09:02 · Score: 0

Nice try Rossgar the lvl 80 tier 7 orc warlock on Kalimdor. I've seen you in the Barrens chat yelling at nublets on a saturday night, you addict.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by walshy007 · 2009-04-01 09:18 · Score: 1

so far as geek is concerned, it would be hard to beat having /dev/null nethack world tournament entries and results etc in there. :)
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by GamerCowboy · 2009-04-01 09:20 · Score: 1

Maybe it's a metric-english unit mixup.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by RLiegh · 2009-04-01 09:38 · Score: 1

...ment.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Kingfox · 2009-04-01 09:38 · Score: 1

I can't wait for Slashdot V: The Trolls Strike Back.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ahsile · 2009-04-01 09:56 · Score: 1

lolololol

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Kingrames · 2009-04-01 10:03 · Score: 1

If you had the id of 9, it would be 1-digit in decimal, 2 digit in octal, and 4 digit in binary. that's only 3 though.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by David+McBride · 2009-04-01 10:05 · Score: 1

You could cheat and use leading zeroes. Or unconventional but entirely valid number bases..
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Khyber · 2009-04-01 10:18 · Score: 1

Ever hear of alternate accounts?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Numbstruck · 2009-04-01 10:22 · Score: 1

if ($Post.Child.text =~ /whoosh/) && (($Post.Child.Moderation.Type =~ /funny|insightful/) && ($Post.Child.Score = 5)){ $WhooshAchivement = true }

Perhaps something like this?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by makomk · 2009-04-01 10:28 · Score: 1

Yeah, this looks like far too much effort for something that'd just be abandoned after one day...
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Tsagadai · 2009-04-01 10:31 · Score: 1

Did someone hit a nerve? You better get back to playing WoW before you start twitching again.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by stfvon007 · 2009-04-01 10:33 · Score: 1

and wheres the "I dont play wow" achievement?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by el+americano · 2009-04-01 10:47 · Score: 1

Not anymore...

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Obliterous · 2009-04-01 10:55 · Score: 1

And Double Drat! (and that darned 18 second rule, WTFBBQ?!?)
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by fava · 2009-04-01 11:01 · Score: 1

Well technically my 6 digit ID contains 6 one digit IDs, 5 two digit IDs, 4 three digit IDs, 3 four digit IDs and 2 five digit IDs.
Therefore I should get all of those achievements, thats a total of 20 right there, and 3 of them are user number 1! Poor CmdrTaco has to make due with only 1.
Someone with a 7 digit ID could get 25 achievements and in the future when we hit 8 digit IDs, they will get a whopping 30 achievements simply by registering.
Lucky stiffs.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Sulix · 2009-04-01 11:06 · Score: 1

Will we have to post live now, just in case posting from home isn't accepted?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by zeropointburn · 2009-04-01 11:23 · Score: 1

What are these levels you speak of?
For those of us playing a real game, let us link to the eve api and score per million SP.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by neafevoc · 2009-04-01 11:25 · Score: 1

Oh, I see what you did there :)
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ooburns · 2009-04-01 12:14 · Score: 1

Indeed.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Zarf · 2009-04-01 12:23 · Score: 1

you could make your own /. with... beer... and hookers... on second thought, forget the /.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Zarf · 2009-04-01 12:25 · Score: 1

I don't know about you but I've been working for years on the 4 digit UID thing. I finally made it! Woo! Just a little longer and I'll get that coveted 1 digit UID ... yah baby!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by bluephone · 2009-04-01 12:26 · Score: 1

I don't play WoW either. Sometimes it feels like I'm the only one who doesn't. But then I remember what my gradfather said, "If everyone was jumping off a bridge, why not skip the bridge jumping and go take all their stuff?"

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Zarf · 2009-04-01 12:28 · Score: 1

and wheres the "I dont play wow" achievement?
It's called a life

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Zarf · 2009-04-01 12:31 · Score: 1

Considering slashdotting and MMORPG are things we do for fun... isn't it kinda dumb for us to outsource having fun? Isn't that the point of having a job? You know... to pay for having fun?
How amazingly filthy stinking rich are we (Americans and Europeans) that we outsource our fun-having because it's not quite the optimal fun-having we want?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Zarf · 2009-04-01 12:34 · Score: 1

Does this mean we're playing vanilla /. then? Can we please get an expansion pack? How about the ability to post comments as YouTube videos?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Directrix1 · 2009-04-01 12:42 · Score: 1

post

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by F'Nok · 2009-04-01 13:23 · Score: 1

Surely no one would do...
Damn.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by xperimental · 2009-04-01 13:50 · Score: 1

Who would do such a thing?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by elfprince13 · 2009-04-01 14:46 · Score: 1

Yeah, something like that....
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by kv9 · 2009-04-01 15:06 · Score: 1

For those of us playing a real game, let us link to the eve api and score per million SP.
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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Otto · 2009-04-01 15:25 · Score: 1

Agreed, I wish that they had an explanation beside them when you get them. For the non-obvious ones, at least.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by nacturation · 2009-04-01 16:17 · Score: 1

Agreed!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by street_astrologist · 2009-04-01 17:38 · Score: 1

I think I understand... so, where can I sign up to have other people post for me? My usual gold farming crew doesn't seem to understand when I ask them to work on this.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by olyar · 2009-04-01 18:24 · Score: 1

I'm your counter counter example

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Zugok · 2009-04-01 18:56 · Score: 1

I'm guesing it's someone who submitted a story and it got submitted.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by fractoid · 2009-04-01 19:01 · Score: 1

I don't think I've ever seen a /whoosh/ post that was rated higher than 2 or 3.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by fractoid · 2009-04-01 19:11 · Score: 1

Probably just that (like most of us) he's sick of people saying "THIS GAEM IS 2 EZ" to try and make themselves look good. To add injury to insult, the people that say this are usually prime examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect, lending their copious quantities of fail to whatever endeavour they join before blaming everyone but themselves and leaving in a storm of self righteous name calling.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by ZiakII · 2009-04-01 21:13 · Score: 1

Your going to kill 5734 people?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by morgan_greywolf · 2009-04-02 00:37 · Score: 1

Maybe. But I submitted a story (via a journal entry) and got it posted as an Ask Slashdot on the front page.
I was completely shocked that it even got posted as a story, because really I was just looking for a few comments from friends and fans. :)

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Nesman64 · 2009-04-02 00:38 · Score: 1

In the interest of Fairness, I suggest adapting this to also allow characters from Nethack or other worthy games.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by drinkypoo · 2009-04-02 04:02 · Score: 1

And with each expansion they will exponentially decrease the difficulty to achieve things until a 2-year-old facerolling the keyboard could...
You must be new here. (Yes, I am on a quest to see how many times I can say that in an AF story. Thank you for asking.) Have you seen some of the comments around this place? And I'm talking about the ones that get modded up...

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Esteban · 2009-04-02 05:00 · Score: 1

In the spirit of the World of Warcraft achievement addition, "karma whoring" has been renamed to the less-impugning "karma farming" or "grinding karma."
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Kuukai · 2009-04-02 05:16 · Score: 1

You can enter the account someone else is using and then remove it. They should really add a check for that...

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by eleuthero · 2009-04-02 06:46 · Score: 1

no, only 5726 ... thankfully, I'm higher than he is and safe
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by RESPAWN · 2009-04-02 07:51 · Score: 1

Which is why they removed the numerical value for karma, I'm guessing...

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by pjt33 · 2009-04-02 09:24 · Score: 1

The log base 2 of 2^5 is 5. Add one and you have 6. QED.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by dotancohen · 2009-04-02 09:28 · Score: 1

Wasn't there a user with the username "new here"? I can't seem to pull up his page.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by palegray.net · 2009-04-02 22:31 · Score: 1

What you need here is an application of New Math(TM).

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by smbarbour · 2009-04-06 04:34 · Score: 1

Considering that there are a few people that posted an original comment to this story that still do not have that achievement, I'm going to guess that it's not the case. I still don't know what the real answer is, though I have that achievement.
(Of course, I'm now trying to get the achievement for posting in an April Fools Day story)
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Liath · 2009-04-06 11:31 · Score: 1

+1
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by narcberry · 2009-04-06 13:53 · Score: 1

Like this!

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by narcberry · 2009-04-06 14:05 · Score: 1

People do that?

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Sir+Toby · 2009-04-06 18:56 · Score: 1

Not me... Nope.

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-15 11:46 · Score: 0

Wasn't there a user with the username "new here"? I can't seem to pull up his page.
New Here

[2. Trade] by Norsefire · 2009-04-01 01:29 · Score: 5, Funny

[Norsefire] WTS /. acct - xlnt carma, 15 acvmnts, 25g PST

Re:[2. Trade] by Spazztastic · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 1

Reported.

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Re:[2. Trade] by OrochimaruVoldemort · 2009-04-01 02:10 · Score: 1

dont you know that ah always sells for more

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Re:[2. Trade] by zuro · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 0

Reported for reporting (its not trade chat without it)
Re:[2. Trade] by L4t3r4lu5 · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 2, Funny

Amagad reportard!!!11q

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Re:[2. Trade] by Chaos+Incarnate · 2009-04-01 02:46 · Score: 1

/w Norsefire Which achievements?

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Re:[2. Trade] by beholder77 · 2009-04-01 04:47 · Score: 1

/ignore
fuggin gold farmers... sheesh.

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Re:[2. Trade] by admiral201 · 2009-04-01 05:23 · Score: 1

Wonder if I could get more gold for having a 6-digit UID...
Are we going to add LiveGamer to /. now? Cause I am betting some UI modders wouldn't want to add CSS support for that.
Re:[2. Trade] by Redlazer · 2009-04-01 09:04 · Score: 1

/t 15g

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Very funny... by Tony+Hoyle · 2009-04-01 01:29 · Score: 2, Insightful

Since slashdot is about 14 hours late with the april fools, will we expect this for another 24 hours, well into April 2nd?

Re:Very funny... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 01:33 · Score: 5, Funny

What do you mean? Its April 1st in America so it has to be April 1st everywhere! I mean jeez, America is like, the time standard, get an education, man!
Re:Very funny... by elrous0 · 2009-04-01 01:37 · Score: 1

Depends on where on the globe you're at, doesn't it? On the U.S. west coast, it's only 6:30 a.m. on April 1st.

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Re:Very funny... by Yvan256 · 2009-04-01 01:43 · Score: 0, Troll

Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded. What I'd do, is just like... like... you know, spell it "edumacation".
Re:Very funny... by dns_server · 2009-04-01 01:44 · Score: 0, Redundant

The current time for me is 0:15 on the 2nd so this story is a complete failure for me.
Re:Very funny... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 0

Given that this is Slashdot and all, shouldn't they just use UTC?
Re:Very funny... by Rob+Kaper · 2009-04-01 01:51 · Score: 3, Funny

No, it doesn't depend on where you are, at the moment of writing it's 14:51 UTC. Everywhere.
Re:Very funny... by pla · 2009-04-01 01:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

Since slashdot is about 14 hours late with the april fools, will we expect this for another 24 hours, well into April 2nd?

Except, they didn't just throw a static "haha, gotcha" page up... Slashdot really has implemented this system.

They might not leave it up after today, but I don't know if you can call an actual, working system of award-tallying a proper "April Fools" hoax...
Re:Very funny... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 2, Informative

From the FAQ

Slashdot is U.S.-centric. We readily admit this, and really don't see it as a problem. Slashdot is run by Americans, after all, and the vast majority of our readership is in the U.S.
Re:Very funny... by jd678 · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 1

Yes, it seems it does.
Where I am, at the moment of writing it's 14:23 UTC.
Re:Very funny... by L4t3r4lu5 · 2009-04-01 02:24 · Score: 1

Duh, you spell it "I T"

n00bxorz.

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Re:Very funny... by nneonneo · 2009-04-01 02:24 · Score: 1

The achievements system was launched on April fools day of 2009 in order to allow for certain joke achievements, but the system itself is a real one. This allows Slashdot users to track accomplishments and milestones (and stroke the epeen, which is what it's all about anyway) as they use the site.
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Re:Very funny... by FlyingBishop · 2009-04-01 02:27 · Score: 1

Actually, I'd call that a proper April Fool's hoax.
Anyone can write a fake story.
Re:Very funny... by Tim+C · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 2, Insightful

Of course you can! It's just an involved April Fool's hoax - after all, if they didn't implement *something* it wouldn't be very convincing at all, would it? As it is, is anyone here *not* wondering if maybe, just maybe, it's not a hoax after all?

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Re:Very funny... by FTWinston · 2009-04-01 02:35 · Score: 1

Looks like someone (GP) forgot about daylight saving. Its 15:34 GMT, 14:34 UTC
Re:Very funny... by RudeDude · 2009-04-01 02:42 · Score: 1

Dude, get with the timecube there are no time "zones".

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Re:Very funny... by punkmanandy · 2009-04-01 02:51 · Score: 1

It sounds to me like they are going to leave it up, what with the way the FAQ about it is structured.
Re:Very funny... by jd678 · 2009-04-01 02:54 · Score: 1

And it looks like someone fails to understand GMT... ;)
Re:Very funny... by r6an · 2009-04-01 03:08 · Score: 1

"You SnotBrains will know hell for ignoring TimeCube. I do not promote or suggest anyone killing you, but you are unfit to live on Earth. "

I'm glad I've been enlightened, so that I am fit to live.... wow....
Re:Very funny... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 03:26 · Score: 0

Troll Moderator hasn't seen Idiocracy.
Re:Very funny... by drinkypoo · 2009-04-01 03:29 · Score: 1

They might not leave it up after today, but I don't know if you can call an actual, working system of award-tallying a proper "April Fools" hoax...
They obviously fooled you... you think it's working

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Re:Very funny... by BrettJB · 2009-04-01 03:34 · Score: 2, Informative

Working system? Did you click the links to Taco's "achievements"?!?! I think Slashdot needs to warn epileptics and others with a tendency towards seizures to NOT do so. The goggles do nothing indeed...
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Re:Very funny... by elrous0 · 2009-04-01 03:38 · Score: 1

Sure, right after we adopt the metric system and I never again see "miles" and "inches" on /. (i.e., never).

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Re:Very funny... by rev_g33k_101 · 2009-04-01 03:45 · Score: 1

---start humor---

America, FUCK YEAH!
Coming again, to save the mother fucking day yeah,
America, FUCK YEAH!
Freedom is the only way yeah,
Terrorist your game is through cause now you have
to answer too,
America, FUCK YEAH!
So lick my butt, and suck on my balls,
America, FUCK YEAH!

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Re:Very funny... by adamchou · 2009-04-01 03:51 · Score: 1

Or maybe... this is a real system they're going to leave in place and the April fool's joke is to make you think its an april fool's joke... dun dun dun....
Re:Very funny... by flooey · 2009-04-01 03:55 · Score: 1

The FAQ actually says it'll stay around. (RTFFAQ?)
Re:Very funny... by jshazen · 2009-04-01 03:59 · Score: 1

Now I'm wondering if my mod points are an April Fool's joke, too...
Re:Very funny... by Xgamer4 · 2009-04-01 04:00 · Score: 1

I'm just assuming the April Fools Joke is that it isn't one and that it'll be left in place. Of course, if they don't leave it in place, they'll have fooled me, too.

I don't think I can come out of this a winner.
Re:Very funny... by PJ1216 · 2009-04-01 04:10 · Score: 1

In the FAQ for achievements, it says while it was launched on April Fool's Day, it's supposedly real.
Re:Very funny... by physman_wiu · 2009-04-01 04:11 · Score: 1

Actually I think it's better. I get home after work and can actually have the time to see all these tech companies April Fools jokes.

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Re:Very funny... by FTWinston · 2009-04-01 04:25 · Score: 1

Ok fine, BST. Meh.
Re:Very funny... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 05:26 · Score: 0

I guess I'm from the future then.
Re:Very funny... by techno-vampire · 2009-04-01 05:44 · Score: 1

the system itself is a real one.
Well, they would say that even if it's just an April Fools gag, wouldn't they? Just be patient, because we'll all know for sure tomorrow.

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Re:Very funny... by againjj · 2009-04-01 07:09 · Score: 1

Since slashdot is about 14 hours late with the april fools, will we expect this for another 24 hours, well into April 2nd?
Except, they didn't just throw a static "haha, gotcha" page up... Slashdot really has implemented this system.
A reverse April Fools?
Re:Very funny... by FelixNZ · 2009-04-01 08:58 · Score: 1

Its been April 2nd for 10 hours now here you insensitive clod!
Re:Very funny... by Failed+Physicist · 2009-04-01 10:13 · Score: 1

Now talk about anal retentive.
Re:Very funny... by iris-n · 2009-04-01 12:31 · Score: 1

Exactly. It just depends on how fast you are moving.

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Re:Very funny... by norritt · 2009-04-01 13:21 · Score: 1

Damn, ripped off with the whole -9 GMT of Alaska.
Makes sense that Russians visible from Wasilla were embracing democracy yesterday.
Re:Very funny... by MadKeithV · 2009-04-01 23:34 · Score: 1

Sloof Lirpa?

ME ME ME! by 278MorkandMindy · 2009-04-01 01:30 · Score: 1

OMG!

I WANT TO BE 1337! DID I GET THE "ALL CAPS ACHIEVEMENT!1!"?

I love April.

Re:ME ME ME! by f1vlad · 2009-04-01 01:34 · Score: 2, Insightful

Sure you wanna carry that burden with you for the rest of your life, ALL CAPS achievement that is. :)

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Re:ME ME ME! by j_sp_r · 2009-04-01 01:36 · Score: 1

No. You do get a pink ponie however.
Re:ME ME ME! by 278MorkandMindy · 2009-04-01 01:42 · Score: 1

CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL!
(I think I just made myself vomit a little)
Re:ME ME ME! by RingDev · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 2, Funny

I WANT A PONY TOO!

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RE:ME ME ME! by trip11 · 2009-04-01 01:58 · Score: 1

PONIEZ FOR EVERYONE!!!
Re:ME ME ME! by Pheonix28 · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 1

Unfortunately, when you posted the "I love April." comment, you lost that achievement.

That means you get the "I almost got an achievement, but screwed up when I hit Submit."
Re:ME ME ME! by danieltdp · 2009-04-01 02:14 · Score: 2, Funny

I WANT TO BE 1337! DID I GET THE "ALL CAPS ACHIEVEMENT!1!"?
No. Your last line wasn't all caps. Better luck next time!

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Re:ME ME ME! by nmb3000 · 2009-04-01 02:20 · Score: 5, Funny

ME TOO!
Oh, and in case anyone needs help getting the "Spend all my modpoints" achievement, I'd be happy to accept Funny mods. Here, I'll even tell a penguin joke.

A vacationing penguin is driving through Arizona, when he notices that the oil-pressure light is on. He gets out to look, and sees oil dripping out of the motor. He drives to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.
After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town. He sees an ice cream shop, and being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot. He gets a big bowl of vanilla ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands, he makes a real mess trying to eat with his little flippers.
After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he's found the problem.
The mechanic looks up and says, "Well, it looks like you blew a seal."
"Hm? Oh, no," the penguin replies, "it's just ice cream."
I can has funny? :D

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Re:ME ME ME! by fprintf · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 1

LOVE IT, BUT DON'T YOU NEED THE ENTIRE POST TO BE IN ALL CAPS?
Any lowercase violates the rule, no?
Any lowercase violates the rule, no?
Any lowercase violates the rule, no?

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Re:ME ME ME! by andrikos · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 1

PAWNIES FOR EVERYONE!
Re:ME ME ME! by Ender_Stonebender · 2009-04-01 02:39 · Score: 2, Funny

ME TOO!
</AOL>

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Re:ME ME ME! by Ender_Stonebender · 2009-04-01 02:46 · Score: 2, Interesting

Hehe, got around the lameness filter with HTML escape sequences! (Maybe the lameness filter needs some improvement?)

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Re:ME ME ME! by iainl · 2009-04-01 02:47 · Score: 1

Pink ponies are for girls.
Can I have a blue one?

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Re:ME ME ME! by bigstrat2003 · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

OMG LOL

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Re:ME ME ME! by interested+pyro · 2009-04-01 02:54 · Score: 0

I WANT A CAKE!!! (No, this cake is not a lie!!!)
Re:ME ME ME! by Inda · 2009-04-01 03:03 · Score: 1

Not bad. Pre-punchline could do with some rewording :)

Speaking of rewording:

Sinbad walks into a bar with a penguin under his arm.

"Where did you get that?" asks the barman.

"Iraq" says the penguin.

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Re:ME ME ME! by RiotNrrd · 2009-04-01 03:25 · Score: 1

Achievement whore checking in.
Oh god my life is so empty...
Re:ME ME ME! by Ghost+Hedgehog · 2009-04-01 03:46 · Score: 1

ME TOO!
Re:ME ME ME! by hob42 · 2009-04-01 03:52 · Score: 1

I CAN HAZ PONIE TOO?
Re:ME ME ME! by Uncle+Rummy · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

CAPS FILTER OFF FOR THE DAY?
Re:ME ME ME! by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:05 · Score: 1

javascript:void(document.body.style.textTransform="uppercase");
Equal opportunity all caps achievements!

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Re:ME ME ME! by HandleMyBidness · 2009-04-01 06:48 · Score: 1

YAY!
LMENESS?
Re:ME ME ME! by AgentX24 · 2009-04-01 07:13 · Score: 1

ME TOO!
Oh, and in case anyone needs help getting the "Spend all my modpoints" achievement, I'd be happy to accept Funny mods. Here, I'll even tell a penguin joke.

A vacationing penguin is driving through Arizona, when he notices that the oil-pressure light is on. He gets out to look, and sees oil dripping out of the motor. He drives to the nearest town and stops at the first gas station.
After dropping the car off, the penguin goes for a walk around town. He sees an ice cream shop, and being a penguin in Arizona, decides that something cold would really hit the spot. He gets a big bowl of vanilla ice cream and sits down to eat. Having no hands, he makes a real mess trying to eat with his little flippers.
After finishing his ice cream, he goes back to the gas station and asks the mechanic if he's found the problem.
The mechanic looks up and says, "Well, it looks like you blew a seal."
"Hm? Oh, no," the penguin replies, "it's just ice cream."
I can has funny? :D
Wow that actually was funny, I'm surpriesed. *Stores for future reference*
Modpoints if I had 'em.
Re:ME ME ME! by Reason58 · 2009-04-01 09:30 · Score: 1

CLEARLY IT IS NOT
Re:ME ME ME! by nz17 · 2009-04-01 09:43 · Score: 1

That's OK - there's always another achievement to miss out on anyways. ;)

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Come on by zaibazu · 2009-04-01 01:31 · Score: 2, Insightful

A good april fools is less obvious

Re:Come on by Q-Hack! · 2009-04-01 01:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Not necessarily... Don't you remember OMGPONIES!

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Re:Come on by Churla · 2009-04-01 01:38 · Score: 1

It depends...
Is the April fools joke the achievement system.
Or is the April fools joke that this might be a real feature and not go away on April 2nd?

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Re:Come on by TheRaven64 · 2009-04-01 01:41 · Score: 1

They've certainly gone to a respectable amount of effort with this one. I was expecting Taco's achievements page to be static HTML, but it seems we all get them.

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Re:Come on by glavenoid · 2009-04-01 01:47 · Score: 1

I sure hope to hell this thing sticks around! Good ol /. was getting a little bit stale.
Actually, I hadn't logged in for a few months, and thought the new, insane interface in general was the gag.

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Re:Come on by ptbarnett · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 2, Interesting

They've certainly gone to a respectable amount of effort with this one. I was expecting Taco's achievements page to be static HTML, but it seems we all get them.
I was surprised by that, too. I'm trying to decide how far back they went in the database to come up with the numbers.
Re:Come on by SillySnake · 2009-04-01 01:59 · Score: 1

I'd been reading Slashdot for several years by then.. but OMG PONIES WAS THE BEST!
Re:Come on by tweek · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 3, Interesting

Not far enough IMHO. For some of them, it appears they went with the most recent that would get the achievement. However, I'd really like it to go back and find the OLDEST.
Then again, they may not have relevant data from the early years.

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Re:Come on by tweek · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 3, Funny

I don't think OMGPONIES was around for his UID ;)

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Re:Come on by gnownaym · 2009-04-01 02:07 · Score: 1

I was really disappointed when I woke up this morning and slashdot wasn't pink. OMG PONIES, come back to meeeeeeeeeee!!!
Re:Come on by Wolvenhaven · 2009-04-01 02:13 · Score: 1

Orwell was an optimist, the human race was still alive in his stories.

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Re:Come on by pla · 2009-04-01 02:15 · Score: 1

I was surprised by that, too. I'm trying to decide how far back they went in the database to come up with the numbers.

It looks like they searched the DB by some random criteria... For example, I have 2^8 "Score:5", but no "Days metamoderated in a row", which for a while (a year or two ago) I did on a daily basis. It also has some errors - I've never tagged an article with a "!" tag, but have the "Contradictor" award.
Re:Come on by lolocaust · 2009-04-01 02:26 · Score: 1

Achievement farming here we go!

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Re:Come on by Morlark · 2009-04-01 02:42 · Score: 1

I'm sure with a bit of custom CSS theming, you can have all the ponies you like? In fact it wouldn't surprise me if somebody had already cooked something up to do exactly that.

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Re:Come on by Haldr · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

FORTHEPONIES!!!11 lfgcomic.com

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Re:Come on by ScytheBlade1 · 2009-04-01 03:12 · Score: 1

I've got the "Submitted a Story That Was Posted" achieve, which I actually did do - back when Firefox 2 was released. Which was quite some time ago.
To be honest, if this is an April Fools joke, they might as well keep the code around, as it IS a full-blown achieve system, from what I can tell.
I also added my WoW main and... got the level 80 achieve. So.
We'll see, I guess.
Re:Come on by entweichen · 2009-04-01 03:31 · Score: 1

It's a secret to everybody.
Re:Come on by SydShamino · 2009-04-01 03:55 · Score: 1

I got credit for submitting a story that was posted, with the credit date of March 27. But... I haven't submitted an accepted story in years. (I haven't submitted anything in years.)
I suspect their records for that go back a lot further than other records, and they went all the way back.

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Re:Come on by The+Wooden+Badger · 2009-04-01 03:57 · Score: 1

I still have a Pavlovian flinching response when I visit slashdot on April 1st thanks to the ponies. Not so subtle, but oh so effective.

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Re:Come on by Rhonwyn · 2009-04-01 03:58 · Score: 1

You forgot the link to the OMGPONIES page.
Re:Come on by CmdrTaco · 2009-04-01 04:08 · Score: 5, Informative

Plus I have 'The Cheater' achievement! (Truthfully, achievements can serve a nice function to the site: we actually intend to use a few of them for legitimate purposes, starting with tutorial type functions: all major parts of Slashdot have an corresponding achievement, so getting them all requires you to explore much of the site's functionality).

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Re:Come on by kimvette · 2009-04-01 04:23 · Score: 1

I was hoping OMG PONIES!!! would make a comeback today. :(

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Re:Come on by RyoShin · 2009-04-01 04:30 · Score: 1

I actually don't mind the addition of achievements, were they permanent, but you should adopt a model similar to Valve: create little icons and give them corny names, with the description below. That would at least give a good reason why each achievement item is so damn big on the page.
Re:Come on by CmdrTaco · 2009-04-01 04:37 · Score: 2

we didn't feel like making 30 icons for april fools day :)

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Re:Come on by RyoShin · 2009-04-01 04:42 · Score: 1

Aww, common. If you're going to do something, do it all the way!
You could have always just sto... er, borrowed icons from Valve itself, or just random clipart. I'm sure no one would sue. :)
Re:Come on by Bloodoflethe · 2009-04-01 04:44 · Score: 1

Link? or Linken?

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Re:Come on by SighKoPath · 2009-04-01 04:50 · Score: 1

OMGPONIES was pretty nice.
Re:Come on by Slime-dogg · 2009-04-01 04:50 · Score: 1

If they did go back to the beginning, I'm sure I'd qualify for the first post achievement. Psssh.

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Re:Come on by rriven · 2009-04-01 05:17 · Score: 1

I was hoping OMG PONIES!!! would make a comeback today. :(
Same here I was a slashdot reader but i missed OMGPONIES!!!
I feel so left out and cold

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Re:Come on by laa · 2009-04-01 05:17 · Score: 1

I know! Me misses it, too!

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Re:Come on by nschubach · 2009-04-01 05:26 · Score: 1

If Maker truly is for making a comment thread then the database doesn't go back that far because I swear I've started a comment thread recently (ie: within the past 6 months)

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Re:Come on by IceFox · 2009-04-01 05:45 · Score: 4, Insightful

The year that gmail launched was better. Every story was so unbelievable that it was assumed to be a joke, but it turned out they were all true.

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Re:Come on by esocid · 2009-04-01 06:59 · Score: 1

or he could be like me and didn't even register til 5 years after he started reading /.

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Re:Come on by esocid · 2009-04-01 07:02 · Score: 1

I agree. I don't have the spend all my mod points achievement and I've done that more times than I can count.

Shh don't tell anyone I can't count.

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Re:Come on by againjj · 2009-04-01 07:11 · Score: 1

What is 'The Cheater' achievement?
Re:Come on by Garridan · 2009-04-01 07:20 · Score: 1

Crowdsource it! We'll make the icons for you. Just make an upload widget so users can submit icons. Maybe each achievement would get a little mini-poll where we can vote on each icon. What could possibly goatse wrong?
Re:Come on by $lashdot · 2009-04-01 07:30 · Score: 1

or he could be like me and didn't even register til 5 years after he started reading /.
I sympathize. I also waited a few years. Both of us also probably missed the cut-off for the 5-digit UID club achievement. :(
Re:Come on by Cederic · 2009-04-01 08:15 · Score: 1

Those stories in OMG PONIES would've been the absolute dogs bollocks.
Re:Come on by MortimerV · 2009-04-01 08:27 · Score: 1

I was surprised at how many achievements I do have! I'm not exactly a prolific poster, but I somehow managed a +5 insightful and a +5 funny in the past.
No UID achievement for me, though.
Re:Come on by david_thornley · 2009-04-01 09:17 · Score: 1

If you want my guess, there is no way to get "The Cheater". You get it by hacking the achievement database. This means Taco gets to have it, along with anybody else who can get into the database, legitimately or otherwise. Whether they'll prosecute everybody with the achievement who doesn't have legitimate access is another question.

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Re:Come on by David+McBride · 2009-04-01 10:09 · Score: 1

I bet you'd get quite a few high-quality contributions if you opened it up as a competition.
Re:Come on by scenestar · 2009-04-01 10:27 · Score: 1

What year was that again?

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Does this mean we've stopped doing the sack races? by elrous0 · 2009-04-01 01:31 · Score: 4, Funny

Because I always thought those were the best way to compete on /. Sure, the Thunderdomes were entertaining--but the second place trophy in those REALLY sucked. And the pissing contests...well, those just smelled bad and created a mess.

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I'm....stumped... by MistrBlank · 2009-04-01 01:32 · Score: 1

Ok, so it's an April Fools Joke.... but damn it's well implemented.

They shouldn't restrict the statement to World of Warcraft though since WoW was just following the XBox achievement model.

Re:I'm....stumped... by Thelasko · 2009-04-01 01:44 · Score: 1

Ok, so it's an April Fools Joke.... but damn it's well implemented.
Then how come I've gotten about 10 "page load error" messages this morning?

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Re:I'm....stumped... by Leafheart · 2009-04-01 01:45 · Score: 1

You know the FAQ says it will be real. I bet that is part of the joke, but yes, it was well implemented. If it is not indeed April's Fool, and the system become real (we will see it tomorrow), this would have been as good as GMail.

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Re:I'm....stumped... by Daniel_Staal · 2009-04-01 01:47 · Score: 3, Funny

Then how come I've gotten about 10 "page load error" messages this morning?
I figure the server was Slashdotted.

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Re:I'm....stumped... by Camann · 2009-04-01 01:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Achievement or it didn't happen

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Re:I'm....stumped... by SithGod · 2009-04-01 01:54 · Score: 1

But of course they would say that it was real while acknowledging that it's April fool's Day, that's half the joke right there.

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Re:I'm....stumped... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 02:03 · Score: 0

They shouldn't restrict the statement to World of Warcraft though since WoW was just following the Warhammer Online achievement model.
Fixed that for you.
You can also replace 'achievement model' with any number of other things.
Re:I'm....stumped... by elvum · 2009-04-01 02:14 · Score: 1

You mean it's a waste of time trying to gain all these achievements? OH NOES ;-)
Re:I'm....stumped... by glavenoid · 2009-04-01 02:29 · Score: 4, Insightful

Sweet!! A new /. meme. Haven't had one of those in a while

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Re:I'm....stumped... by WWWWolf · 2009-04-01 02:48 · Score: 1

Ok, so it's an April Fools Joke.... but damn it's well implemented.
That's what they said about GMail too!

They shouldn't restrict the statement to World of Warcraft though since WoW was just following the XBox achievement model.
Yeah, why not add XBL Gamertags to the profile too? (One of the things that Microsoft didn't mess up.) And there's plenty of cool non-gaming services the /. profiles could link to - think of all these newfangled "social networking" thingies that seem to be in vogue these days. That would also live up to the unspoken motto of /. development: "Kicking and screaming, and screaming and kicking, to the Web 2.0 era!" =)
Re:I'm....stumped... by themacks · 2009-04-01 02:55 · Score: 1

I think he gets an achievement for that...

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Re:I'm....stumped... by uigrad_2000 · 2009-04-01 02:59 · Score: 1

Slashdot was slashdotted? That would be a first.
I sure hope someone at least got an achievement for it!

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Re:I'm....stumped... by pwfffff · 2009-04-01 04:26 · Score: 1

Yeah, it's well implemented... unless of course your WoW toon has unicode characters in his name. This lack of support just isn't funny anymore. It's 2009 for christ's sake.
Re:I'm....stumped... by dingo8baby · 2009-04-01 05:50 · Score: 1

posting on the internet can NEVER be considered a waste of time.
Re:I'm....stumped... by Leafheart · 2009-04-02 00:50 · Score: 1

posting on the internet can NEVER be considered a waste of time.
Wait, I though that was the only reason for it.

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So ... by Sonic+McTails · 2009-04-01 01:32 · Score: 0

Slashdot is now like my Xbox 360?

All we need is an AJAX box that blips and says "Achievement Unlocked - 5G The Comedian" and the transformation will be complete ...

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Re:So ... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2009-04-01 01:51 · Score: 0, Troll

"Slashdot is now like my Xbox 360?"
Not quite. Slashdot has better graphics.

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Re:So ... by dedioste · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 3, Funny

All we need is an AJAX box that blips and says "Achievement Unlocked - 5G The Comedian"

A new Firefox extension appears!
Re:So ... by fastest+fascist · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 2, Funny

So are we getting a new mod option to go with this? Something like "Achievement Whore"?
Re:So ... by geminidomino · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 5, Funny

A new Firefox extension appears!
> Fight Spell
Item Run
Command?
Re:So ... by jas79 · 2009-04-01 02:21 · Score: 1

Slashdot is now like my Xbox 360?
Since when does slashdot overheat?
Re:So ... by urbaer · 2009-04-01 02:28 · Score: 1

Hmmm... this is the new Slashdot Experience isn't it? Just so long as I don't have 10 year olds guessing my sexuality, I'll be happy.
Re:So ... by DevonBorn · 2009-04-01 02:43 · Score: 1

>Fight. IE uses EEE. It has no effect.

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Re:So ... by Jarnis · 2009-04-01 02:43 · Score: 1

Yep, definitely need this.
Re:So ... by Jason+Levine · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

Ah, but IE can use Firefox Extensions now. Didn't you hear? http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/31/1950221&from=rss

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Re:So ... by Camann · 2009-04-01 02:55 · Score: 1

NEW FIREFOX EXTENTION attacks with Memory Leak!
It's super effective!

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Re:So ... by CmdrTaco · 2009-04-01 04:06 · Score: 2

There's actually a system message generated by an achievement. If you enable webmail in your user preferences, you will get notified. It's not flashy, but it could probably be turned into something flashy next year ;)

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Re:So ... by Nakor+BlueRider · 2009-04-01 04:25 · Score: 1

A new Firefox extension appears!
What? FireFox Extension is evolving!
Congratulations! Your FireFox Extension evolved into IE8 Extension!
Re:So ... by Temposs · 2009-04-01 04:31 · Score: 1

Slime approaches...
Command?

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Re:So ... by The_mad_linguist · 2009-04-01 05:34 · Score: 1

Pokeball, go!
It was only pretending to be caught! :(
Re:So ... by geminidomino · 2009-04-01 06:50 · Score: 1

You hurt my soul.
I was going for Dragon Warrior...
Re:So ... by ender- · 2009-04-01 07:11 · Score: 1

"Slashdot is now like my Xbox 360?"
Not quite. Slashdot has better graphics.
And you don't *have* to pay $35-55/yr to play the multiplayer. :)

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Re:So ... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2009-04-01 08:11 · Score: 1

And you don't *have* to pay $35-55/yr to play the multiplayer. :)
Yeah, but mods don't seem to have a sense of humor anyway. ;)

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Re:So ... by Shimono · 2009-04-01 10:54 · Score: 1

A new Firefox extension appears!
> Fight Spell Item Run
Command?
Wait, I think I remember how this works....(chooses Spell, expecting to find some water or ice magic) ...Wait, what the...?!
Not found in dictionary: "nbsp" Replace with: > tbsp NBS Nb NBC NBA (Skip once) (Skip all)
Re:So ... by roguetrick · 2009-04-02 05:13 · Score: 1

Hopefully it'll be one of those glitter gifs that are used on myspace.

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This is a violation of my privacy. by Zexarious · 2009-04-01 01:33 · Score: 5, Funny

I do not like this feature or the fact that I can not turn it off. Especially the 'read slashdot for [x] consecutive days' part. This is an encroachment of my privacy, where is it going to stop? Are you going to list the dates and times I have read slashdot, and what stories? There goes my job. Kind of surprising and shocking, that slashdot would be the one to sell my privacy down the river like this... And not even to the lowest bidder.. JUST DID IT, FOR NO REASON AT ALL.

Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Tridus · 2009-04-01 01:44 · Score: 1

It's not for no reason at all. It's for epeen.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by pla · 2009-04-01 01:56 · Score: 4, Insightful

Especially the 'read slashdot for [x] consecutive days' part. This is an encroachment of my privacy

So just do like everyone else, and don't log in unless you want to post. Then it won't know when "you" have visited unless you actually write something.

And if you do write something (not as AC), you've violated your own privacy, no not much right to whine there.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by SterlingSylver · 2009-04-01 01:58 · Score: 1

Privacy rights are trumped by funny April Fools jokes!

Ha ha, I'm just kidding, April Fools!

Or am I????????
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by orudge · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 1

It could be worse, I guess, there could be a Steam-style "Anonymous Coward has spent 43 hours trolling slashdot in the past two weeks" display. ;)
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Just+Some+Guy · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 1

Congrats on getting "Bitched at a new Slashdot feature".
I've got about 2^6 of those myself.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 2, Funny

Are you going to list the dates and times I have read slashdot, and what stories? There goes my job.
I'm your boss and I know this anyways.
The only thing which keeps you from getting fired, is that walrus-like fat girl from accounting which has a crush on you for 5 years now.
Nobody could stand a sobbing whale in case you would be fired - even me.
Just hope she never changes her mind, though that seems to be rather unlikely.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by orkysoft · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 1

Oddly enough, that one doesn't show up for me at all. Not that I mind, though. I think these achievements are kind of nonsensical, and I hope they'll go away after today, or we'll just get more gaming behaviour here.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by holmedog · 2009-04-01 02:03 · Score: 1

And, hilarity.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by The+Redster! · 2009-04-01 02:04 · Score: 1

Put away your straw man. I'm sure this is for entertainment purposes only, and no sensible third party would ever take a half-baked Slashdot "feature" seriously.
Now, on another topic, I see that you've achieved a greater Days Read In A Row than me. Would you like to buy my speed-reading service?
Note: Non-serious reply to non-serious post, mainly because I've no mod points to give.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by gurps_npc · 2009-04-01 02:04 · Score: 1

I suspect that this feature will go away on April 2nd. Don't be fooled.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by steelfood · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 1

Well, it is April 1st...

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by A.+B3ttik · 2009-04-01 02:13 · Score: 1

I work at the sort of place where "read slashdot for [x] consecutive days" would likely get you a promotion for high values of x.

Hey, Slashdot keeps us in the KNOW on new technology.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Sousuke · 2009-04-01 02:20 · Score: 1

nothing indicates that it would be gone April 2nd..?
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by SatanicPuppy · 2009-04-01 02:40 · Score: 1

Yea! They should let you browse anonymously! Maybe they could set up a special anonymous user name, or something?

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Jason+Levine · 2009-04-01 02:42 · Score: 1

You're new here, aren't you? (Yes! There's that "Used a tired old meme Achievement!")
Nowadays it is in to get enraged when someone sells your privacy for monetary gain. When someone sells your privacy down the river just for the technical thrill of it, well that's just old school geekery!
I for one, welcome our new Achievements overlords. ("Used a tired old meme Achievement x2!!")

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Ogive17 · 2009-04-01 02:54 · Score: 1

You are worried about privacy yet have an email address listed?

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by winterphoenix · 2009-04-01 02:57 · Score: 0

I do not like this feature or the fact that I can not turn it off. Especially the 'read slashdot for [x] consecutive days' part. This is an encroachment of my privacy, where is it going to stop? Are you going to list the dates and times I have read slashdot, and what stories? There goes my job. Kind of surprising and shocking, that slashdot would be the one to sell my privacy down the river like this... And not even to the lowest bidder.. JUST DID IT, FOR NO REASON AT ALL.
I think April Fool's Day breaks my troll-fu. I really thought this guy had to be trolling, but he's been modded interesting and insightful.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by interested+pyro · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 0

I'm your boss and I know this anyways. The only thing which keeps you from getting fired, is that walrus-like fat girl from accounting which has a crush on you for 5 years now.
what? she dumped me for HIM????? what does she see in him that is one-tenth that is in me???
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by mrgsd · 2009-04-01 03:20 · Score: 1

So just do like everyone else, and don't log in unless you want to post. Then it won't know when "you" have visited unless you actually write something.

But then you don't get the comment filtering settings stored in your user account?

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by gurps_npc · 2009-04-01 03:35 · Score: 1

It showed on on April 1. As in April Fool's day. As in you have been fooled.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by zombie_monkey · 2009-04-01 03:35 · Score: 1

So just do like everyone else, and don't log in unless you want to post.
The primary reason I log in, personally, is to have sensible interface preferences.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by zombie_monkey · 2009-04-01 03:41 · Score: 1

That's actually the reason I created a profile, the default preferences got intolerable.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by ais523 · 2009-04-01 03:50 · Score: 1

The system tracks whether you're reading or not for moderation, I think. People can't moderate if they either visit Slashdot too much, or not enough.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Sousuke · 2009-04-01 04:15 · Score: 1

I'm fairly aware of that. Just that the FAQ doesn't actually seem to say anything about it going to disappear. It was implemented "in order to allow for certain joke achievements, but the system itself is a real one". So maybe some of the joke achievements may disappear, but the rest of it actually might stay. Maybe.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Deanalator · 2009-04-01 04:46 · Score: 1

If you are working at a job where you could get fired for reading slashdot, it might be time to start looking for another job.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 04:53 · Score: 0

Why are you modded "Insightful"
If you had any insight at all you'd realize Zexarious was being facetious / sarcastic
lol
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by hibiki_r · 2009-04-01 05:51 · Score: 1

Time to wrap our keyboards with tinfoil, or at least put a tinfoil filter in the tube that connects our computer with slashdot's servers.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:12 · Score: 1

Those aren't exponents.
My method correctly determines your score. Oddly, it was off by one for elvadojohn's score. At first I thought it was his WoW username giving him an extra point, but CmdrTaco has a WoW username too, and his score didn't have the extra point. (Not talking about the level 80 achievement; I included that.)

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:14 · Score: 1

orkysoft
(...)
5 Days Read in a Row 2009-03-24

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Just+Some+Guy · 2009-04-01 06:20 · Score: 1

Those aren't exponents.
Yeah, they are. I promise you that I've read Slashdot for more than a month straight at times, and that I have more than 256 +5 comments.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by The_Wilschon · 2009-04-01 06:21 · Score: 1

In Soviet Russia, it is in to get enraged when someone sells YOU for monetary gain! Missing Option: Imagine a beowulf cluster of the acheivements of Cowboy^WNatalie Portman naked, petrified, and covered in hot grits!

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:42 · Score: 1

Yeah, but you didn't get retroactively given achievements for all of them. CmdrTaco didn't say that... only that some achievements were given retroactively.
You have 25 achievements. It says so right at the top of the list.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by davidphogan74 · 2009-04-01 06:44 · Score: 1

I guess we'll see...
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Just+Some+Guy · 2009-04-01 06:54 · Score: 1

You have 25 achievements. It says so right at the top of the list.
Yep, where $achievementvalue = log2($achievementthreshold)

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 07:10 · Score: 1

Each achievement has two numbers (missing numbers are ones).
The thin small letter is the base point value. The bold large letter is the number of times you got it. The total value is their sum minus one.
"2,8 Got a Score:5 Comment" is worth 2+8-1 = 9 points. The base value is 2, and for every additional time you get that achievement, you get 1 extra point.

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by againjj · 2009-04-01 07:13 · Score: 1

So just do like everyone else, and don't log in unless you want to post. Then it won't know when "you" have visited unless you actually write something.
But then, of course, you don't get mod points.
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by Just+Some+Guy · 2009-04-01 07:17 · Score: 1

OK, have fun with that!

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 07:26 · Score: 1

It works out correctly for every user I've tried adding up, with the odd exception of eldavojohn as I mentioned before...

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Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by spyder913 · 2009-04-01 10:21 · Score: 1

We shall see! I for one, welcome...
Sorry, I can't do it. Unless there is an achievement for posting a formulaic joke...
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. by clone53421 · 2009-04-03 03:52 · Score: 1

If you are reading slashdot at a job where you could get fired for reading slashdot, it might be time to start looking for another job.
Fixed that for you.

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The real question here is... by Churla · 2009-04-01 01:35 · Score: 1

The number of users here who would really want this feature.

Although I'm curious as to what "comedian" is. They obviously need to add in better descriptions and tooltips ;)

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Re:The real question here is... by Jeremy+Erwin · 2009-04-01 01:40 · Score: 5, Insightful

Comedians are Funny. Be funny, and you can be a comedian.
Re:The real question here is... by RendonWI · 2009-04-01 01:46 · Score: 0, Redundant

Posting to get my achievement.
Re:The real question here is... by Rob+Riggs · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 1

Oh, come on. Being funny isn't an achievement. Being modded "+5 Troll" is an achievement!

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Re:The real question here is... by BrotherBeal · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 1

You could also shoot a pregnant woman and smoke cigars.

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Re:The real question here is... by Barny · 2009-04-01 02:05 · Score: 1

Same, but then it means I cant use my points in this thread, oh well :)

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Re:The real question here is... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 02:07 · Score: 0

That's no longer possible. You'll just get score:5 [nothing], because there are more underrated mods than troll mods. You'll still lose karma for the troll mod anyway.
Re:The real question here is... by MosX · 2009-04-01 02:08 · Score: 1

Which one?
Re:The real question here is... by L4t3r4lu5 · 2009-04-01 02:30 · Score: 1

While explaining to a naked glowing blue dude with a giant wang about how HE is out of touch with reality.

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Re:The real question here is... by Rob+Riggs · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 1

That's just sad.

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Re:The real question here is... by JustOK · 2009-04-01 02:41 · Score: 1

You serious?

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Re:The real question here is... by Churla · 2009-04-01 03:05 · Score: 1

Ah, I was worried it meant I would be thrown out of a high rise by a slender man of questionable sexual orientation (nttawwt) soon. I have the button and everything.

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Re:The real question here is... by zoips · 2009-04-01 05:33 · Score: 1

Rape, murder, and rape: the trifecta of all comedians.
Re:The real question here is... by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:15 · Score: 1

They obviously need to add in better descriptions and tooltips ;)
Seconded on the tooltips.
Maybe they want us to figure them out, though. Grrr...

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Re:The real question here is... by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:17 · Score: 1

It didn't seem to work. Go check.

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Re:The real question here is... by orogorhotmail.com · 2009-04-01 09:51 · Score: 1

just to get the easy achievement
Re:The real question here is... by Nesman64 · 2009-04-02 00:44 · Score: 1

The number of users here who would really want this feature.
Although I'm curious as to what "comedian" is.
You need a smiley-face pin for your shirt.

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+5 Troll by leromarinvit · 2009-04-01 01:35 · Score: 2, Interesting

Is a +5 Troll mod an achievement too? I'd love to find out... Please?

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Re:+5 Troll by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 01:43 · Score: 0

There's his first -1 Troll mod. Now underrate him, boys.
Re:+5 Troll by the+stapler · 2009-04-01 05:37 · Score: 1

I'd like to see an achievement for slaying a Troll. :P
Re:+5 Troll by barneco · 2009-04-01 06:47 · Score: 1

troll
Re:+5 Troll by isd_glory · 2009-04-01 07:53 · Score: 1

Are you really *that* willing to find out? I'm sure there are some mods with a sense of humor who might be able to hook you up..

Slashdot achievements by sakdoctor · 2009-04-01 01:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Get a first post
Link to goatse and get moderated +5
Get +5 troll
Get fired from a job for reading slashdot instead of working.
Start a new meme.
Be SO funny that someone spits coffee onto their monitor.

Re:Slashdot achievements by Sylvestre · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 5, Informative

Obviously!
Re:Slashdot achievements by menkhaura · 2009-04-01 02:03 · Score: 5, Funny

So much for karma whoring... Now we'll have "achievement whoring". I want Pink Slashdot back! Whateva.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 02:07 · Score: 2, Insightful

Indeed.
Re:Slashdot achievements by rynthetyn · 2009-04-01 02:08 · Score: 1

This seems like something that should be nothing but a joke, but it looks like it is going to be around after the first. I suppose this is where I should whine about websites messing with a good thing.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by kfischer100p · 2009-04-01 02:15 · Score: 2, Insightful

Quite.
Re:Slashdot achievements by nebopolis · 2009-04-01 02:17 · Score: 1

of course
Re:Slashdot achievements by Alphager · 2009-04-01 02:21 · Score: 2, Interesting

naturally.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Thyamine · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 1

Sweet, sweet achievements. One more way to waste my time.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Nitage · 2009-04-01 02:24 · Score: 1

Yes
Re:Slashdot achievements by ThatFunkyMunki · 2009-04-01 02:25 · Score: 0

There's an April fools achievement? You're saying if I post in this thread, it'll appear on my user page?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by JustOK · 2009-04-01 02:27 · Score: 1

My coffee machine just broke, you insensitive clod.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Hoi+Polloi · 2009-04-01 02:31 · Score: 1

Be such a troll that someone spits coffee on YOU.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by ausekilis · 2009-04-01 02:33 · Score: 0

Sweet! I'll be an underacheiver in no time!
Re:Slashdot achievements by Joe+U · 2009-04-01 02:33 · Score: 2, Funny

Pink slashdot hurt my brain. No, really.
So, is this place a MMOBBS now?
Re:Slashdot achievements by RossB · 2009-04-01 02:34 · Score: 1

I can't believe someone would make a post just for a stupid achievement.
Re:Slashdot achievements by dutt · 2009-04-01 02:34 · Score: 1

definitely.
Re:Slashdot achievements by emocomputerjock · 2009-04-01 02:36 · Score: 1

I've already got nervous tics. There's a reason I never played Pokemon. Hey, I wonder if there's a Pokemon tag? Nervous tag? Tic tag?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Runefox · 2009-04-01 02:38 · Score: 1

Nor can I.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by s_mencer · 2009-04-01 02:39 · Score: 1

Be called an "insensitive clod"
Re:Slashdot achievements by Plutonite · 2009-04-01 02:39 · Score: 1

Come again?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Uncle+Rummy · 2009-04-01 02:40 · Score: 1

I thought they meant the actual April Fools story, so I posted a useless comment over there. Oh well. I guess I'm covered either way now.
Re:Slashdot achievements by cloudkiller · 2009-04-01 02:41 · Score: 1

for serious

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Hoi+Polloi · 2009-04-01 02:43 · Score: 4, Funny

- Make a "In Soviet Russia..." reference
- "Hot grits"
- Call someone a Nazi
- Use a car metaphor
- Actually read the article referenced
- Use "RTFA" in a reply
- Point out that the article is a dupe
- Get a dupe posted
- Mention that you are not a lawyer
- Point out a grammar or spelling error
- Flame a Windows/Linux fan boy
- Start a discussion that goes off topic for at least 5 generations deep
- Post a reply over 100 words long without using any punctuation and paragraphs.
- Reply to your own comment using a second account
Are there going to be Slashdot dailies also? "Get 100 karma points for reading 1 article from each of 10 different topics today."

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Re:Slashdot achievements by baegucb · 2009-04-01 02:48 · Score: 1

Thanls alot. This is the coffee ---> . ----
Re:Slashdot achievements by RogueyWon · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 2, Interesting

WoW currently has a meta-achievement for clearing basically all of the achievements associated with current raid content, some of which require you to do fights in very odd ways, others of which are just plain hard. This is currently seen as "the big one" of achievements, not least because it rewards you with a very fast dragon to ride.
I think the slashdot equivalent would have to be as follows:
"Reach all of the achievements listed below:
- Make a +5 moderated post explaining why Windows does something better than Linux.
- Make a +5 moderated post explaining why Apple are rubbish.
- Make a +5 moderated post explaining why you don't like either Nintendo, or any first-party Nintendo game.
- Make a +5 moderated post explaining why you will be voting Republican.
- Make a +5 moderated post explaining that sometimes correlation can at least point towards causation.
- Make a post complaining about the moderation of one of your previous posts which does not get moderated to -1.
- Make a +5 moderated first-post of 300 words or longer on a front-page story.
- Make a +5 moderated post on a sotry which is at least 5 days old at the time of your post.
- Make a +5 moderated post containing absolutely no punctuation.
- Make a +5 moderated post complaining that you can't possibly see how this story is either "news for nerds" or "stuff that matters".
- Submit a story which receives at least 1000 comments.
- Submit a story which is placed on the front page and centres around a link to your own blog.
- Submit a story which is placed on the front page and then submit a duplicate story, also placed on the front page, within 2 weeks.
Reward: Unlimited mod-points"
Re:Slashdot achievements by amccaf1 · 2009-04-01 02:51 · Score: 1

Oh, definitely.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Nazlfrag · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

Assuredly.
Re:Slashdot achievements by RKThoadan · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

What disturbs me is that there must be a behind-the-scenes flag on stories to tell real stories from April 1 stories, unless they just give it for any April 1 post, but that would be deceptive advertising of acheivements.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Chambers81 · 2009-04-01 02:55 · Score: 1

I see what you did there.
Re:Slashdot achievements by ryanguill · 2009-04-01 02:56 · Score: 1

No achievement for being an apple fanboy. Less things in this list than another one posted further down. Lame.
Re:Slashdot achievements by erpbridge · 2009-04-01 02:59 · Score: 1

Think someone will have to then report you for using the Hot Coffee mod.
Re:Slashdot achievements by TheVidiot · 2009-04-01 03:01 · Score: 1

What were you saying?
Re:Slashdot achievements by diskofish · 2009-04-01 03:01 · Score: 1

The whole idea is crazy!
Re:Slashdot achievements by tuna_wasabi · 2009-04-01 03:03 · Score: 1

Ahh..
Re:Slashdot achievements by DocHoncho · 2009-04-01 03:04 · Score: 1

no

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Tubal-Cain · 2009-04-01 03:08 · Score: 1

be so unfunny that someone spits coffee over YOUR monitor
(Score:5, Funny)
FAIL
Re:Slashdot achievements by DJProtoss · 2009-04-01 03:10 · Score: 1

Unless the comment in the faq implying that it will still be around is, in fact, part of the joke. Which is entirely possible in fact.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by ScottMurray · 2009-04-01 03:10 · Score: 1

Completely crazy.
Re:Slashdot achievements by ashren · 2009-04-01 03:11 · Score: 1

WHAT ARE WE YELLING ABOUT
Re:Slashdot achievements by Reapman · 2009-04-01 03:14 · Score: 1

Who's on first?
Re:Slashdot achievements by geminidomino · 2009-04-01 03:18 · Score: 1

Seems to be. I still haven't gotten an AFD post achievement, so it may have just been a DB scrape made for the joke.
Has anyone else seen a change in their achievements since this "went live?" It's looking pretty static to me.
Re:Slashdot achievements by drinkypoo · 2009-04-01 03:18 · Score: 1

So, is this place a MMOBBS now?
You must be new here.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Montag2k · 2009-04-01 03:18 · Score: 1

Awesome! Useless comment, ahoy! (Do I get an achievement for using "ahoy"?)
Re:Slashdot achievements by Wooky_linuxer · 2009-04-01 03:21 · Score: 1

Really? I want one too. Hope this stays over, it's not like /.ers actually have anything serious to do (I'm not trolling, I mean it) and it's kind of nice to see the time spent here somewhat quantified.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Gulthek · 2009-04-01 03:22 · Score: 1

Remember Jon Katz
Post about hot grits
Make a beowulf cluster joke
Re:Slashdot achievements by AdamWeeden · 2009-04-01 03:23 · Score: 1

In Soviet Russia achievement: your monitor spits coffee on you!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Enki+X · 2009-04-01 03:26 · Score: 1

Achievement Unlocked - Sensual Eruption
Link to goatse and get moderated +5

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Re:Slashdot achievements by plague3106 · 2009-04-01 03:28 · Score: 1

Well, it's better than nothing.
Re:Slashdot achievements by mosschops · 2009-04-01 03:29 · Score: 1

<aol />
Re:Slashdot achievements by oahazmatt · 2009-04-01 03:30 · Score: 1

Don't want to be laughed at for not having this, I guess.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Arch24 · 2009-04-01 03:31 · Score: 1

SO?
Re:Slashdot achievements by JoshJ · 2009-04-01 03:31 · Score: 1

I'm only posting for the AF achievement.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by diqmay · 2009-04-01 03:31 · Score: 1

I don't know
Re:Slashdot achievements by Sinter · 2009-04-01 03:32 · Score: 1

That is quite ridiculous

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Re:Slashdot achievements by VisualD · 2009-04-01 03:33 · Score: 1

Undoubtedly
Re:Slashdot achievements by Andy_R · 2009-04-01 03:34 · Score: 1

could have been worse, it's nearly MOOBBS

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Mathiasdm · 2009-04-01 03:36 · Score: 1

Wait. We're supposed to dare to click on that link? Damn you, April 1st!
Hm, perhaps that can be an achievement: dared to click a link resemblin goatse.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by gbjbaanb · 2009-04-01 03:37 · Score: 1

if you're suffering from the lack of ponies, try StackOverflow, and its (possibly today only) Cornify button (select a question first, you might have to click it a couple of times).
Looking forward to my Fool Story achievement!
Re:Slashdot achievements by furby076 · 2009-04-01 03:39 · Score: 1

First time I will ever say "Thank God for work Internet filters!"

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Re:Slashdot achievements by daybot · 2009-04-01 03:40 · Score: 1

Link to goatse and get moderated +5
Fuck me, you did it!!
Re:Slashdot achievements by auld_wyrm · 2009-04-01 03:40 · Score: 1

Think someone will have to then report you for using the Hot Coffee mod.
Now, would that be a +1 mod or a -1 mod?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Kooonsty · 2009-04-01 03:42 · Score: 1

Slashdot uses will not post just for achievements..... Yeah, I am just posting this for the April fool's achievement.
Re:Slashdot achievements by fader · 2009-04-01 03:43 · Score: 1

There's an AF achievement? (And should me not looking in the FAQ earn me a "didn't read TFA" achievement?)

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Re:Slashdot achievements by retupmoca · 2009-04-01 03:46 · Score: 1

Certainly.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Psychor · 2009-04-01 03:46 · Score: 1

Indubitably
Re:Slashdot achievements by MirthScout · 2009-04-01 03:50 · Score: 1

absolutely
Re:Slashdot achievements by Lyrael · 2009-04-01 03:50 · Score: 1

Ditto. :P
Re:Slashdot achievements by mog007 · 2009-04-01 03:50 · Score: 1

Be SO funny that someone spits coffee onto their monitor.
Thanks a lot, you just got your achievement, and I need a new laptop.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by chis101 · 2009-04-01 03:51 · Score: 1

I'm just achievement whoring with this post. Now I am the April Fool!
Re:Slashdot achievements by Hal_Porter · 2009-04-01 03:51 · Score: 1

What about if your comment implying that the faq comment that implied it will stay around is part of the joke? Hell maybe this comment implying your comment is part of the joke may itself be part of the joke.
A fellow could go mad thinking about this stuff. Who knows how far down the rabbit hole goes.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by tor528 · 2009-04-01 03:57 · Score: 1

Positively.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by the_Bionic_lemming · 2009-04-01 03:57 · Score: 1

You forgot the easiest one - Slammed Microsoft

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Re:Slashdot achievements by jorgevillalobos · 2009-04-01 04:03 · Score: 1

Huh?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Pescar · 2009-04-01 04:03 · Score: 1

if explanation you seek, look elsewhere. I too am only here for the achievement.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by greyline · 2009-04-01 04:04 · Score: 1

Finally, I'll be able to achieve something in my life that will outlast my mortal coil
Re:Slashdot achievements by digitrev · 2009-04-01 04:04 · Score: 1

Something like that.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Xandar01 · 2009-04-01 04:06 · Score: 1

>posted here only for the april fools achievement, obviously.
Quote from the bottom of the page:
I think we're all Bozos on this bus. -- Firesign Theatre
Are we a sad group of people or are just eclectic?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Mexican · 2009-04-01 04:07 · Score: 1

Maybe?
Re:Slashdot achievements by TheSambassador · 2009-04-01 04:10 · Score: 1

Above post = win.

This post = gets me that achievement.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Beardo+the+Bearded · 2009-04-01 04:12 · Score: 1

Nope, I did get a first post while logged in once; there's no achievement for it.
I'm posting to se

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Dishevel · 2009-04-01 04:13 · Score: 0, Troll

Have nothing to add to this thread but I really need to get on this whole achievement whoring thing.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by deezilmsu · 2009-04-01 04:14 · Score: 1

Time to start whoring it up

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Re:Slashdot achievements by stfvon007 · 2009-04-01 04:15 · Score: 1

I think we are all yelling in support of keeping the achevements after april fools :) YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by iknowcss · 2009-04-01 04:18 · Score: 1

Posting here for the april fools achievement too! I hope there really is one of those. Otherwise I'm going to be be modded down for being off-topic.

Preempted an off-topic mod (2009/04/01)

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Re:Slashdot achievements by halcyon1234 · 2009-04-01 04:21 · Score: 1

User cron has earned: Days Read in a Row

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Elias+Ross · 2009-04-01 04:21 · Score: 1

Need that April fool achievement myself, of course.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Fross · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

wat?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Extremus · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

I totally agree...
Re:Slashdot achievements by stfvon007 · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

Well some of the dates are wrong, (some of the stuff is stuff i achieved years ago and it says i did last month it says i got the journal entry achievement 2-20-2009 when I last posted a journal entry about 4 or 5 years ago) This actually looks pretty cool and i wouldn't mind keeping this. Just DONT make a first post achievement, we have enough people trying to get that already. :P

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 04:24 · Score: 0

yeah
Re:Slashdot achievements by SCPRedMage · 2009-04-01 04:26 · Score: 1

I doubt it.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by nabsltd · 2009-04-01 04:26 · Score: 1

We're a bunch of IT people, many who write code for a living, and quite a few consultants.
So, "whoring" of any type is in our genes.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Daravon · 2009-04-01 04:30 · Score: 1

This is a thing now.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by froon · 2009-04-01 04:31 · Score: 1

yup
Re:Slashdot achievements by Olaf+Underbridge · 2009-04-01 04:37 · Score: 1

> without using any punctuation and paragraphs
That should be 'without using any punctuation OR paragraphs';
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMorgan's_Law.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Mursk · 2009-04-01 04:39 · Score: 1

Jawohl.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by David_W · 2009-04-01 04:43 · Score: 1

posted here only for the april fools achievement, obviously.
There's an April Fools achievement? Guess I should actually RTFA... uh... RTFF for once then.
(Or I can just post here and see what happens... like I'd ever do that...)
Re:Slashdot achievements by tlhIngan · 2009-04-01 04:43 · Score: 1

eh?
(Might as well get a free bleep bloop!)
Re:Slashdot achievements by umeboshi · 2009-04-01 04:43 · Score: 1

I don't know's on third
Re:Slashdot achievements by WarForge · 2009-04-01 04:44 · Score: 1

LOUD NOISES!!!!
Re:Slashdot achievements by Benanov · 2009-04-01 04:47 · Score: 1

Only one B needed.
Re:Slashdot achievements by CaptKeen · 2009-04-01 04:49 · Score: 1

Quite.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 04:50 · Score: 0

- Make a "In Soviet Russia..." reference
- "Hot grits"
- Call someone a Nazi
- Use a car metaphor
- Actually read the article referenced
- Use "RTFA" in a reply
- Point out that the article is a dupe
- Get a dupe posted
- Mention that you are not a lawyer
- Point out a grammar or spelling error
- Flame a Windows/Linux fan boy
- Start a discussion that goes off topic for at least 5 generations deep
- Post a reply over 100 words long without using any punctuation and paragraphs.
- Reply to your own comment using a second account
Are there going to be Slashdot dailies also? "Get 100 karma points for reading 1 article from each of 10 different topics today."
All of the above post in one comment... Oh wait! That happens every day anyway...
Re:Slashdot achievements by MrFreezeBU · 2009-04-01 04:51 · Score: 1

Or my personal favorite: Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where was I... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
Re:Slashdot achievements by DJProtoss · 2009-04-01 04:51 · Score: 1

well, in favour of it, most of the others are based around 'score at archiving'. On the other hand, the title of the acheivement could be read to imply that those who have posted here simply to obtain the achievement have, indeed, been fooled.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by duguk · 2009-04-01 04:52 · Score: 1

indeed ;o)
Re:Slashdot achievements by Carewolf · 2009-04-01 04:53 · Score: 1

Get a comment so balanced it ends up getting more than 20 moderations.
Done that. Though I was aiming for "Make a +5 moderated post explaining why Apple are rubbish.". By ending at -1, it was a failure but still had more than 20 +1 moderations.
Oh yeah. In case anyone tries that, a quick warning: The shear number of negative moderations got me suspended from posting on slashdot for two weeks. Remember when suspending they only count negative moderations.
Re:Slashdot achievements by gknoy · 2009-04-01 04:56 · Score: 1

I admit, it would be fun to have a skinnable Slashdot, where we could select from the traditional Nerdy-Green theme, the OMGPonies!1! theme, generally whatever else. Cool beans.
And, I admit, achievements are pretty neat. It'd be nifty of the achievement displays in our achievements listing were linked to what the criteria are, though.
Re:Slashdot achievements by toltas · 2009-04-01 04:58 · Score: 1

This happens all the time in wow, why limit it?
Re:Slashdot achievements by MegaMahr · 2009-04-01 05:02 · Score: 1

Great list. Starting to work on this batch of achievements now...

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Re:Slashdot achievements by amodm · 2009-04-01 05:05 · Score: 1

Nice
Re:Slashdot achievements by Patch86 · 2009-04-01 05:08 · Score: 1

Give it 10 minutes?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Osric250 · 2009-04-01 05:14 · Score: 1

In short yes. In long yes.
Re:Slashdot achievements by jeffy210 · 2009-04-01 05:15 · Score: 1

I need to check my comments, but I've actually done the +5 Windows better than Linux. I remember it was a thread about domain type management of systems.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Rynd · 2009-04-01 05:15 · Score: 1

It's turtles all the way down.
Re:Slashdot achievements by LoverOfJoy · 2009-04-01 05:18 · Score: 1

What about:

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Profit!
Re:Slashdot achievements by nschubach · 2009-04-01 05:20 · Score: 1

There's an April Fools Achievement? ;)

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Zak3056 · 2009-04-01 05:21 · Score: 1

It'll be funny if this ends up being the most commented /. story ever because it's full of "me, too" posts.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by memco · 2009-04-01 05:22 · Score: 1

You're all a sad group of people! I, frankly, don't have time to be achievement whoring on /.. That's what WOW is for.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by FCAdcock · 2009-04-01 05:26 · Score: 1

me too

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 05:26 · Score: 1, Insightful

When the fuck did this turn into failblog?
Re:Slashdot achievements by aplus808 · 2009-04-01 05:34 · Score: 1

Stranger than fiction.
Re:Slashdot achievements by neomunk · 2009-04-01 05:38 · Score: 1

The nerve of some people.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Chester+K · 2009-04-01 05:38 · Score: 1

me too.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by magister159 · 2009-04-01 05:38 · Score: 1

Right.
Re:Slashdot achievements by chrispugh · 2009-04-01 05:40 · Score: 1

That's what yo' momma said.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Zerth · 2009-04-01 05:40 · Score: 1

Totally
Re:Slashdot achievements by Killer+Orca · 2009-04-01 05:51 · Score: 1

That's what she said. (Going for 2 achievements with 1 post)
Re:Slashdot achievements by AnodeCathode · 2009-04-01 06:00 · Score: 1

this
Re:Slashdot achievements by SBacks · 2009-04-01 06:01 · Score: 1

- Submit a story which is placed on the front page and centres around a link to your own blog.
Isn't that what all /. stories are?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Bazar · 2009-04-01 06:03 · Score: 1

Very.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Discoflamingo13 · 2009-04-01 06:06 · Score: 1

THIRD BASE!
Re:Slashdot achievements by Drathos · 2009-04-01 06:06 · Score: 1

Yes.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by naChoZ · 2009-04-01 06:08 · Score: 1

Don't forget:
- Make a Chuck Norris reference

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Calithulu · 2009-04-01 06:16 · Score: 1

Hey, in Soviet Russia Hitler liked hot grits you Nazi. Gods, next you're going to tell me that Macs are worth the price and that...
You know, never mind. I don't think losing my soul for this is worth it.
Re:Slashdot achievements by byoung · 2009-04-01 06:41 · Score: 1

Exactly.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Fox_1 · 2009-04-01 06:42 · Score: 1

Sigh, I suspect I did a useless post as well.
Ah well. We can't all be smrt on the internets.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by byoung · 2009-04-01 06:43 · Score: 1

My daughter is still asking for the pink slashdot back.
Re:Slashdot achievements by blueZ3 · 2009-04-01 06:43 · Score: 1

Me too! (Or myself as well to get by the lameness filter)

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Re:Slashdot achievements by micksam7 · 2009-04-01 06:48 · Score: 1

Indeed, Quite.
Re:Slashdot achievements by CTalkobt · 2009-04-01 06:49 · Score: 1

be so unfunny that someone spits coffee over YOUR monitor.

So for spitting coffee over monitor's - is this akin to seeing who can spit the watermelon seed the farthest similair to how many motor-cycles can be jumped?
Are the monitors lined up side by side (widescreen LCD's) or back to back (skinny lcd's) or some huge 28" CRT screens from a few years back.
Thanks... just curious.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 06:50 · Score: 0

I've posted plenty of times but I don't have one :(.
Re:Slashdot achievements by tingeber · 2009-04-01 07:00 · Score: 1

Indubitably.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Cally · 2009-04-01 07:06 · Score: 1

...demonstrably.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Soladnit · 2009-04-01 07:07 · Score: 1

indubitably
Re:Slashdot achievements by George+Beech · 2009-04-01 07:08 · Score: 1

about an hour ago... why?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 07:09 · Score: 0

be so unfunny that someone spits coffee over YOUR monitor.

In...soviet...russia?
Re:Slashdot achievements by elcorvax · 2009-04-01 07:10 · Score: 1

Evidently !!
Re:Slashdot achievements by iVasto · 2009-04-01 07:12 · Score: 1

I concur.
Re:Slashdot achievements by zopapito · 2009-04-01 07:14 · Score: 1

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Re:Slashdot achievements by BorgAssimilator · 2009-04-01 07:17 · Score: 1

I'm really confused.... Yes.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Q-Hack! · 2009-04-01 07:21 · Score: 1

Smurfingly

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Re:Slashdot achievements by coolhelperguy · 2009-04-01 07:24 · Score: 1

Most certainly.
Re:Slashdot achievements by frankie · 2009-04-01 07:29 · Score: 1

If Taco wanted to implement semantics-aware achievements, he'd need to hire a few thousand well-trained page readers. Or clone an army of three-assed Tim Berners Lees.
However, several of the ones in the later half of your list could be handled by a tiny Perl script, and therefore are great ideas.
Re:Slashdot achievements by cfortin · 2009-04-01 07:32 · Score: 1

That's an achievement?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Bertie · 2009-04-01 07:36 · Score: 1

I'm happy enough without.
Oh.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Zoon+Fafer · 2009-04-01 07:36 · Score: 1

I can't believe I'm replying to this.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Slider451 · 2009-04-01 07:39 · Score: 1

Precisely.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by PeeCee · 2009-04-01 07:40 · Score: 1

What exactly is an achievement, anyway?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 07:43 · Score: 0

thank god, I was wondering when someone was going to get this...
Re:Slashdot achievements by MobiusPoint · 2009-04-01 07:59 · Score: 1

I guess this is where I post if I have nothing useful to say but want the achievement anyway.
Re:Slashdot achievements by vldragon · 2009-04-01 08:00 · Score: 1

I just wanted the achievement too... Now I need to wash.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by kelnos · 2009-04-01 08:05 · Score: 1

Poppycock!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 08:09 · Score: 1

Has anyone else seen a change in their achievements since this "went live?" It's looking pretty static to me.
No, and I've also found one user whose achievements don't sum up as I would expect.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 08:12 · Score: 1

I'm thinking (especially since it's not appearing on anyone's achievements) that, if this "achievements" feature is really going to stick around after April 1st, they'll grant the April Fool achievement retroactively to everyone who posted in the thread when they archive it.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 08:21 · Score: 1

Actually, I take back the part about static achievements... several users have posted that this was their first comment, and checking their achievements shows that they do actually have the "posted a comment" achievement (and the "had a comment modded up" achievement, too, if their comment was).

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Re:Slashdot achievements by 1110110001 · 2009-04-01 08:24 · Score: 1

- Call someone a Nazi
The archivement Nazis might have a problem with this.
Re:Slashdot achievements by G_Dragon · 2009-04-01 08:24 · Score: 1

Without a doubt.
Re:Slashdot achievements by RincewindTVD · 2009-04-01 08:26 · Score: 1

Natalie Portman too old now?
Re:Slashdot achievements by ZombieBite · 2009-04-01 08:29 · Score: 1

indubitably.
Re:Slashdot achievements by T+Murphy · 2009-04-01 08:42 · Score: 1

Lets go for a record depth of parent/child posts.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by spruce · 2009-04-01 08:42 · Score: 1

It's ridiculous
Re:Slashdot achievements by Muffinmasher · 2009-04-01 08:56 · Score: 1

I would obviously never achievement whore.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by ispeters · 2009-04-01 08:57 · Score: 1

I can has achievement?
Re:Slashdot achievements by cyb3rdemon · 2009-04-01 09:04 · Score: 1

Clearly.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Ben+Jackson · 2009-04-01 09:04 · Score: 1

You get an achievement if you post here? ok! Pay a little karma, get an achievement.
Re:Slashdot achievements by the+kostya · 2009-04-01 09:06 · Score: 1

I imagine that everyone is posting in this thread just to be achievement whores and get the April Fools achievement... including me
Re:Slashdot achievements by kaleth · 2009-04-01 09:15 · Score: 1

Personally, I don't have a problem with it.
Re:Slashdot achievements by grantek · 2009-04-01 09:29 · Score: 1

indubitably! ...
Re:Slashdot achievements by Asmor · 2009-04-01 09:46 · Score: 1

April Fool's achievement, you say?
Re:Slashdot achievements by slashtivus · 2009-04-01 10:06 · Score: 1

Yes he is.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Dexx · 2009-04-01 10:08 · Score: 1

Yup.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by oji-sama · 2009-04-01 10:09 · Score: 1

I would never post a comment just to get the achievement. obviously.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Whillowhim · 2009-04-01 10:11 · Score: 1

Of course.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Lyrrad · 2009-04-01 10:12 · Score: 1

really
Re:Slashdot achievements by makapuf · 2009-04-01 10:26 · Score: 1

Snoopy.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Ironica · 2009-04-01 10:32 · Score: 1

There's no room for doubt here!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Pentagram · 2009-04-01 10:39 · Score: 1

Surely no true /.er would do such a thing :(
Re:Slashdot achievements by SillySnake · 2009-04-01 10:44 · Score: 1

ITS A PARTY!
Re:Slashdot achievements by networkBoy · 2009-04-01 10:58 · Score: 1

I just can't bear it.
I should ...
no...
I could...
Damn. Really irritates me that reference...
don't know why but it makes me see blood.
wait.
that's the allergies, never mind. Carry on.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by complete+loony · 2009-04-01 10:59 · Score: 1

So I pick up this meme and throw it to Who?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Wanderer2 · 2009-04-01 11:00 · Score: 1

posted here only for the april fools achievement, obviously.
The what?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by garylian · 2009-04-01 11:14 · Score: 1

Why the heck not? We need more of them, right? Right?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Tybalt_Capulet · 2009-04-01 11:16 · Score: 1

Get fired from a job for reading slashdot instead of working.
How do I register for this achievement? Also, where's the Chicago unemployment office at?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by piripiri · 2009-04-01 11:24 · Score: 1

Why not ?
Re:Slashdot achievements by epee1221 · 2009-04-01 11:42 · Score: 1

BECAUSE WE'RE SO DRUNK!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by gbarules2999 · 2009-04-01 11:48 · Score: 1

Seriously?
Re:Slashdot achievements by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-01 11:52 · Score: 1

Get fired from a job for reading slashdot instead of working. How do I register for this achievement?

That would be a singular achievement indeed, since it would be rather remarkable for an avid Slashdot reader to be anything other than, shall we say, self employed.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by FatAlb3rt · 2009-04-01 11:58 · Score: 1

I don't understand
Re:Slashdot achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 12:05 · Score: 0

IANAL, but in soviet russia... you are a nazi with hot grits.
Re:Slashdot achievements by Zelucifer · 2009-04-01 12:14 · Score: 1

I don't know how I feel about this achievement whoring... but I find myself nonetheless drawn in.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Zarf · 2009-04-01 12:36 · Score: 1

indubitably

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Zarf · 2009-04-01 12:39 · Score: 1

I refuse to get myself involved in any of this.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by beav007 · 2009-04-01 12:41 · Score: 1

Bleep Bloop!
Re:Slashdot achievements by Zarf · 2009-04-01 12:59 · Score: 1

ME! ME! ME! PASS IT TO ME!!!!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Zarf · 2009-04-01 13:00 · Score: 1

... GET WHAT? COME AGAIN?!?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Zarf · 2009-04-01 13:01 · Score: 1

Well, I don't either but I feel I must comment.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Zarf · 2009-04-01 13:02 · Score: 1

Neither can I!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by TheVelvetFlamebait · 2009-04-01 13:06 · Score: 1

WTF?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by mokus000 · 2009-04-01 13:38 · Score: 1

Heck yes!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Rebelgecko · 2009-04-01 13:47 · Score: 1

Achievement whoring? Na, its not like people are going to make useless posts just to get achievements like
The April Fool -- posted in the April fools story
Crap! Too late

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Mad+Merlin · 2009-04-01 13:51 · Score: 1

It would be immoral, after all.

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Boogaroo · 2009-04-01 15:38 · Score: 1

Uh, Yep.
Re:Slashdot achievements by vrmlguy · 2009-04-01 16:56 · Score: 1

User cron has earned: Days Read in a Row

I've got that one, as well. 2^5 is 32, does that mean that I've yet to read /. for 64 consecutive days? I think I can do that!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by fractoid · 2009-04-01 19:14 · Score: 1

Rather!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by bhiestand · 2009-04-01 19:16 · Score: 1

Is this a record for most replies under one post?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by fractoid · 2009-04-01 19:23 · Score: 1

What's all this SHOUTING? We'll have no TROUBLE HERE!

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Re:Slashdot achievements by rixkix · 2009-04-01 21:56 · Score: 1

That's possible...
Re:Slashdot achievements by SpinyManiac · 2009-04-01 22:46 · Score: 1

How about a false Slashdotter?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by bostongraf · 2009-04-02 01:54 · Score: 1

But that would just be posting to be an acheivement whore! How could you be so...pedestrian?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Cili · 2009-04-02 03:09 · Score: 1

Me too.
>This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original...
O Rly?
Re:Slashdot achievements by Binestar · 2009-04-02 03:22 · Score: 1

No need for such language

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Re:Slashdot achievements by drinkypoo · 2009-04-02 04:13 · Score: 1

Can you please prefix some of those with "Successfully", please? (Redundancy? Fire for effect!) Making a car analogy might be a rite of passage, but making one that gets ranked to 5 (and not funny) is an achievement. The same is true of playing an old saw, invoking Godwin, etc. The last two, of course, are excellent suggestions for negative achievements (along with fully-negative comments, etc.)

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Esteban · 2009-04-02 05:03 · Score: 1

Holy moly - as I write, parent languishes at +4. In the name of all that is for nerds or matters: mod parent up.
Re:Slashdot achievements by eurowolf007 · 2009-04-02 05:37 · Score: 1

What are you all doing? :D And why must I slow down? I'm no Cowboy!
Re:Slashdot achievements by ReverendLoki · 2009-04-02 06:24 · Score: 1

Shameless

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Re:Slashdot achievements by Atreju · 2009-04-02 06:26 · Score: 0

Nothing here, move along...
Re:Slashdot achievements by colforbin · 2009-04-02 08:25 · Score: 1

That's what she said!
Re:Slashdot achievements by Hi_2k · 2009-04-02 09:00 · Score: 1

Isn't everyone?

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Re:Slashdot achievements by TheMoonRat · 2009-04-03 00:53 · Score: 1

Living is an achievement
Re:Slashdot achievements by Hades- · 2009-04-06 05:32 · Score: 1

Knock Knock!
Re:Slashdot achievements by vitamine73 · 2009-04-06 08:10 · Score: 1

sans aucun doute!

bugged by farker+haiku · 2009-04-01 01:37 · Score: 2, Interesting

The obviously should have tried this on the public test realm. Hope you like all the qqing about impossible to achieve achievements. Nubs. 5 digit uid indeed.

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Re:bugged by erlando · 2009-04-01 01:48 · Score: 2, Funny

What are you talking about? 5 digit UID was easy.
Oh wait...

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Re:bugged by watanabe · 2009-04-01 01:58 · Score: 4, Interesting

For a number of years I've wanted a slashdot greasemonkey extension called something like "slashback" which would restrict all comments to people with UID lower than your own, thus returning slashdot to the same user community that got you to sign up in the first place.
I tear up a little just thinking about it, of course not enough to actually write such a thing.
Maybe next year, Taco? And, please keep the achievements, I love them! I'll come back tomorrow and be logged in, I promise!
Re:bugged by The+Rizz · 2009-04-01 02:04 · Score: 5, Funny

For a number of years I've wanted a slashdot greasemonkey extension called something like "slashback" which would restrict all comments to people with UID lower than your own, thus returning slashdot to the same user community that got you to sign up in the first place.
I'd respond to this, but unfortunately I can't see your post.
Re:bugged by Tony+Hoyle · 2009-04-01 02:17 · Score: 1

Who said that?
Re:bugged by Inda · 2009-04-01 02:19 · Score: 1

You can sort of do that in the prefs. There is something like a new user modifier. Set yours to 75% -5 and you'll never read my comments again.

I think you'd miss some comedy gems though.

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Re:bugged by Pollardito · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 5, Funny

He can't see his post either since his UID is not lower than his UID, but that's ok because it helps it more closely match the community before he signed up
Re:bugged by bryansj · 2009-04-01 02:38 · Score: 1

/. should just copy Sony and not make the achievements retroactive like they do when PS3 trophies are patched in. That way all of the UID achievements would be impossible.
Re:bugged by iainl · 2009-04-01 02:44 · Score: 1

I can see them both. But by definition, nobody could reply to me. This is lame. I bet it doesn't have as much space as a Nomad, either.

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Re:bugged by Just+Some+Guy · 2009-04-01 02:45 · Score: 1

For a number of years I've wanted a slashdot greasemonkey extension called something like "slashback" which would restrict all comments to people with UID lower than your own
So the only people who could see your comments are "younger" than you, and you can't see their replies.
You might want to keep thinking about that.

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Re:bugged by kiehlster · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

Yeah, and I think there's some adding problems. I don't see how my points could possibly be added up correctly unless some achievements equate to zero. (http://slashdot.org/~kiehlster/achievements)
Re:bugged by l3ert · 2009-04-01 02:55 · Score: 1

They're Feats of Strength.

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Re:bugged by Ihmhi · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 1

I'd like this too, but with the ability to set the number. After all, look at the state of the community before I joined. (And then look what I did to it.)

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Re:bugged by Mordac · 2009-04-01 03:16 · Score: 2, Funny

I like this idea, sadly I would have never found it from a plebeian like yourself.
Re:bugged by gaderael · 2009-04-01 03:33 · Score: 1

I have a 1 digit UID. I'm just trying to level up my alt.

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Re:bugged by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 03:56 · Score: 0

he also managed to reply to a post he could not see...
Re:bugged by CmdrTaco · 2009-04-01 04:04 · Score: 4, Funny

Stop Taunting Me ;)

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Re:bugged by latro · 2009-04-01 04:14 · Score: 1

It sure is quiet in here today!

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Re:bugged by Spatial · 2009-04-01 04:50 · Score: 1

Dear lord. Nice user page there Taco...
Re:bugged by CmdrTaco · 2009-04-01 05:21 · Score: 2

yeah that's slashteam pranking me ;)

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Re:bugged by pudge · 2009-04-01 05:35 · Score: 1

/we whistle innocently
Re:bugged by awtbfb · 2009-04-01 05:59 · Score: 1

Along these lines, has anyone else noticed that Taco has 5 instances of "Member of the 1 Digit UID Club"?
Re:bugged by jamie · 2009-04-01 06:45 · Score: 2, Funny

We love you man.
Re:bugged by mce · 2009-04-01 07:22 · Score: 1

How come that it's just me and Malda hanging around here these days? Where have all the other 500 people on the internet gone to?

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Re:bugged by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 07:39 · Score: 1

(2+2-1)+(2+2-1)+(1+1-1)+(1+1-1)+(1+1-1)+(1+1-1) = 10.

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Re:bugged by Briareos · 2009-04-01 07:46 · Score: 1

For a number of years I've wanted a slashdot greasemonkey extension called something like "slashback" which would restrict all comments to people with UID lower than your own, thus returning slashdot to the same user community that got you to sign up in the first place.
So that's what's happening here - for a moment there I thought I had started hearing voices in my head... AGAIN!
np: Fennesz - Glide (Black Sea)

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Re:bugged by jimthehorsegod · 2009-04-01 08:55 · Score: 1

"

" hmmm....
Re:bugged by drew · 2009-04-01 10:42 · Score: 1

I was thinking it would be cool to have an achievement for reading Slashdot before accounts existed, but I would imagine there's no good way to verify that. Better yet, who found the site before it was even /. ? I think I stumbled across the old news page when Google turned up some AfterStep tweaks on your site. Or maybe it was ePlus...

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Re:bugged by DeepHurtn! · 2009-04-01 11:53 · Score: 1

"One is the loneliest number..."
Re:bugged by CmdrTaco · 2009-04-01 12:06 · Score: 2

I think the best that you could hope for might be the low digit count UIDs. I have the single digit UID achievement (5 points :) but there are rewards for 2, 3, 4, and 5. Once we hit 6 figures, we stop rewarding ;)

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Re:bugged by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-01 12:23 · Score: 1

I think the best that you could hope for might be the low digit count UIDs. I have the single digit UID achievement (5 points :) but there are rewards for 2, 3, 4, and 5. Once we hit 6 figures, we stop rewarding ;)
Well in that case, Cmdr Taco, I repeat the question I asked here. (I would have repeated the question, but live in fear of being modded "Redundant".

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Re:bugged by vrmlguy · 2009-04-01 22:57 · Score: 1

Once we hit 6 figures, we stop rewarding ;)
Well, that sucks. :-(

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Re:bugged by nizo · 2009-04-02 07:27 · Score: 1

Aside from being amused that my uid sounds like a Van Halen album, I can now be happy I didn't wait just a little longer before signing up here.

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Re:bugged by Reziac · 2009-04-06 14:02 · Score: 1

"Nothing for 6-digit [slashdot.org] uids?"
Well, I suppose they could implement a johnny-come-lately award ;)
But it's the 7-digiters I really feel sorry for... I mean, if you're a 6er, you could still at least be one in a million! What's in it for 7ers? A lifetime spent in derision as perpetual n00bs.

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Re:bugged by vrmlguy · 2009-04-08 03:22 · Score: 1

I mean, if you're a 6er, you could still at least be one in a million! What's in it for 7ers? A lifetime spent in derision as perpetual n00bs.
I'm guessing that once 8-digit uids come along, the achivements will get a promotion and 6ers will finally get a point. Let's see, the largest uid in this thread is 1522063, and (1522063-1e6)/(1e7-1e6) = 0.058007. Thus, we're over 5.8% of the way there! And since it's only taken 11 years to get this far, we can expect to see 8ers start showing up in, hmm, 2187 or so. :-(

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Nothing for 6-digit uids?
Re:bugged by Reziac · 2009-04-08 05:16 · Score: 1

I see that I miscalculated... the poor 7ers will spend THREE lifetimes derided as perpetual n00bs! It's sad, really. :(
But wait! Here's some data you didn't take into account -- we made UID 1,000,000 what, only about 2 years ago? after taking 9 years to get that far?? something like that. (I know I arrived in 1998.) So there's probably a hyperbolic curve at work here, and you can expect your 6er point in... oh, only about a lifetime and a half!

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Awesome! by grub · 2009-04-01 01:37 · Score: 1

I can't wait to earn the fabled Wizard Cape & Greased Yoda Doll achievement!

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Re:Awesome! by wirelessbuzzers · 2009-04-01 10:14 · Score: 1

What the fuck?!?! I told you never to come back here again!

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Oh good god... by Brazilian+Geek · 2009-04-01 01:39 · Score: 1

I never understood achievements in games, they seem to me like a cheap way to add replayability, and now it's come to Slashdot.

What does replayability (or whatever else achievements are meant to give) mean for a site that's "news for nerds" and random microsoft bashing?

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Re:Oh good god... by DragonTHC · 2009-04-01 01:41 · Score: 1

It's not replayability, it's bragging rights. Always has been.

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Re:Oh good god... by illeism · 2009-04-01 01:45 · Score: 1

I never understood achievements in games
Achievements = busy work to keep bored players playing longer - just like daily quests did - and just like the next thing they dream up...

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Re:Oh good god... by Shining+Celebi · 2009-04-01 01:50 · Score: 4, Funny

It's not replayability, it's bragging rights. Always has been.
Exactly. For example, those less-than-six digiters now get in achievements to rub it in even more, as if the number accompanying their every post wasn't enough. :(
One day, I'll have a one-digit user ID. You all just wait.
Re:Oh good god... by Kelbear · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 1

Who would brag about achievement points?...
Re:Oh good god... by IBBoard · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 1

What does replayability (or whatever else achievements are meant to give) mean for a site that's "news for nerds" and random microsoft bashing?
It means that now we get to repeatedly Microsoft bash and claim that we're "replaying for different unlocks" rather than "being boring and repetitive"!
Re:Oh good god... by ADT7 · 2009-04-01 02:33 · Score: 1

Slashdot users apparently.
Re:Oh good god... by cbackas · 2009-04-01 02:34 · Score: 1

In WoW perhaps, but the concept as a whole isn't quite so bad. Remember that they adopted it from XBox, where it's a platform-wide concept.
In games I already like, I find it fun to hunt (most) achievements as an added challenge. They don't keep me playing a game I'm not having fun with though.
Re:Oh good god... by MR.Mic · 2009-04-01 02:47 · Score: 1

Getting COD4-style unlocks would rule!
Berserk: remove all post flood timers for 1 minute.
Last-stand: When active and you get modded down, you have unlimited mod points to use against your attacker for 20 seconds.
Re:Oh good god... by MaxwellEdison · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 1

So this is the way insight dies...

With spamming of po-OMGPONIES!!!

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Re:Oh good god... by Ihmhi · 2009-04-01 03:10 · Score: 1

If he's working his way backwards... well, whoever has the 853092 UID should be stocking up on ammo right about now.

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Re:Oh good god... by Alsee · 2009-04-01 03:35 · Score: 1

One day, I'll have a one-digit user ID. You all just wait.
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Re:Oh good god... by Zandura · 2009-04-01 03:54 · Score: 1

Just wait, in a few years there will be a 6-digit UID achievement.
Re:Oh good god... by SnarfQuest · 2009-04-01 04:21 · Score: 1

Well, I've got the id of 469614, but all my friends just call me 4. Do I get a 1 digit tag for that?

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Re:Oh good god... by dasuser · 2009-04-01 05:10 · Score: 0

Yep, you'll only have to wait for -12 years to get one.
Re:Oh good god... by Lunoria · 2009-04-01 06:09 · Score: 1

Us 7 digit UID should get something too. Clearly only a 6 digit UID should be left out in the cold.
Re:Oh good god... by Brother+Seamus · 2009-04-01 11:15 · Score: 1

Mr. Burns: 'Patience Monty. Climb the ladder.'

Meh by Rik+Sweeney · 2009-04-01 01:40 · Score: 1

Slashdot Achievements are OK, but Digg has Trophy support...

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The April Fool by plus_M · 2009-04-01 01:40 · Score: 1

Don't mind me, just posting for the achievement ;)

Re:The April Fool by magsol · 2009-04-01 01:44 · Score: 1

Woohoo!

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Re:The April Fool by Leafheart · 2009-04-01 01:44 · Score: 1

Zomg we are doomed. And give me my achievement.

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Re:The April Fool by acoster · 2009-04-01 01:48 · Score: 1

Great, who could see that coming?

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Re:The April Fool by delta407 · 2009-04-01 01:50 · Score: 1

Me too!
Re:The April Fool by srollyson · 2009-04-01 01:51 · Score: 1

Ditto! Achievement unlocked!
Re:The April Fool by friedegg · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 3, Interesting

Now we just need little icons representing each of our achievements next to our names.

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Re:The April Fool by GTarrant · 2009-04-01 01:57 · Score: 3, Insightful

That is the best game ever. Achievement Unlocked!
Re:The April Fool by Bruiser80 · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 1

same here. Lolz

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Re:The April Fool by mnslinky · 2009-04-01 02:03 · Score: 1

I wouldn't be surprised if the whole achievement thing is a prank. Nevertheless, I've got mine unlocked!
Re:The April Fool by Bruiser80 · 2009-04-01 02:04 · Score: 1

Bleep-bloop

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Re:The April Fool by Killjoy_NL · 2009-04-01 02:05 · Score: 1

That would be funny :)

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Re:The April Fool by TyrainDreams · 2009-04-01 02:05 · Score: 1

Which achievement!? do we get achievements for posting on this story?!!?!?!!??! ACHIEVEMENTS MAKE ME FEEL ACCOMPLISHED!!!!
LOLOLOLOLOLOL MOAR MUDKIPS
4chan achievement?
Re:The April Fool by Teese · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 1

All right! Wait, is this The april fool thread?

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Re:The April Fool by morpheus800e · 2009-04-01 02:11 · Score: 1

Same here.
Re:The April Fool by Ben+Chu · 2009-04-01 02:12 · Score: 1

Good post!
Re:The April Fool by Slashidiot · 2009-04-01 02:14 · Score: 1

We all are.

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Re:The April Fool by Alsier · 2009-04-01 02:18 · Score: 0

And so, after being logged off for months, I log in just so I can post in The April Fool thread.
Re:The April Fool by Kaetemi · 2009-04-01 02:20 · Score: 1

lol, cheap

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Re:The April Fool by david_thornley · 2009-04-01 02:21 · Score: 1

So this is the article we post to for the achievement?

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Re:The April Fool by vlm · 2009-04-01 02:21 · Score: 1

Now we just need little icons representing each of our achievements next to our names.
Little goatse icons in a horizontal row to the right of "homepage"... just what I want to see first thing in the morning.

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Re:The April Fool by Ill_Omen · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 1

this seems to the perfect thread in which to do the same.
Re:The April Fool by reverseengineer · 2009-04-01 02:35 · Score: 1

ME TOO!

I mean, it had to be said, right? Right?

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Re:The April Fool by TheSpoom · 2009-04-01 02:51 · Score: 1

Now THIS is the sort of posting we want to encourage.
Also, achievement++ :^P

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Re:The April Fool by Remus+Shepherd · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 2, Interesting

I'm trying to figure out if pairing achievements with webforums is genius or the beginning of the end of a useful internet. Maybe the end of the era of work productivity, at least.

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Re:The April Fool by evol262 · 2009-04-01 03:09 · Score: 1

I suspect that might get a little onerous for people with an assload of achievements.

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Re:The April Fool by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 03:28 · Score: 0

Perhaps they could have the "Assload" icon which when clicked would expand into a larger box.
Re:The April Fool by mattmcm · 2009-04-01 03:56 · Score: 1

Generic comment along the lines of 'me too.'
Re:The April Fool by wolrahnaes · 2009-04-01 04:07 · Score: 1

self.getacheivement()

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Re:The April Fool by baseballjones · 2009-04-01 05:00 · Score: 1

did it work?

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Re:The April Fool by Trunklebob · 2009-04-01 05:01 · Score: 1

You're right, better safe than sorry.
Re:The April Fool by dingen · 2009-04-01 05:09 · Score: 1

Yeah, same here. BOOM! Achievement unlocked.

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Re:The April Fool by HueyFreeman · 2009-04-01 05:38 · Score: 1

I am contributing something worthwhile to this thread.
Re:The April Fool by LowSNR · 2009-04-01 06:18 · Score: 1

for f in *.achievement ; unlock $f ; done
Re:The April Fool by Syro2000 · 2009-04-01 06:44 · Score: 1

Link here: http://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/achievement-unlocked

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Re:The April Fool by canderley · 2009-04-01 07:13 · Score: 1

That's a helluva lot of work for a prank...
Re:The April Fool by mnslinky · 2009-04-01 07:16 · Score: 1

Sure, but you know how geeks are. They're kind of like fat men and sex. When the get an opportunity, they put everything they've got into it.
Re:The April Fool by AndyDeck · 2009-04-01 07:17 · Score: 1

Hehe.. Me Too!

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Re:The April Fool by NeutronCowboy · 2009-04-01 08:18 · Score: 1

It's like WoW without paying money! Woot! Oh, and achievement. The hunt goes on!

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Re:The April Fool by DG · 2009-04-01 08:24 · Score: 1

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Strict;
use Slashdot::Achievements;
$DG = Slashdot::Achievements->new('April Fools');
DG

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Re:The April Fool by daffmeister · 2009-04-01 08:42 · Score: 1

And me?
Re:The April Fool by Poohsticks · 2009-04-01 09:17 · Score: 1

Hmmm - really? I'll have to check that out. Sounds like a cry from a cartoon though...
Achievement UNLOCKED!

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Re:The April Fool by snowwrestler · 2009-04-01 09:34 · Score: 1

Just posting to say that I don't want the achievement...crap.

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Re:The April Fool by Jaborandy · 2009-04-01 11:04 · Score: 1

Only one way to find out.
Okay, so actually there are several ways. But posting here is a pretty good way to find out. It beats calling CmdrTaco's cell non-stop until he tells you.
Re:The April Fool by MamiyaOtaru · 2009-04-01 14:39 · Score: 1

hoppin on this bandwagon
Re:The April Fool by rockNme2349 · 2009-04-01 15:31 · Score: 1

Achievement!

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Re:The April Fool by Muskstick · 2009-04-01 17:49 · Score: 1

No you are.
Re:The April Fool by hansamurai · 2009-04-02 04:23 · Score: 1

And sig pics, and big icons, and a bunch of other clutter that will make me need to adblock it all for work... Heh.

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Achievement post by Ninjaesque+One · 2009-04-01 01:40 · Score: 1

This is actually a good idea. Sure. Yeah.

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When did this happen? by trongey · 2009-04-01 01:41 · Score: 1

I didn't realize that WoW had overtaken Slashdot.
I mean, like, when is the last time you heard about a website melting down because it was WoWed?

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Re:When did this happen? by pla · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 3, Insightful

I mean, like, when is the last time you heard about a website melting down because it was WoWed?

No no, you have it backward...

People melt down websites mentioned on the FP of Slashdot.

WoW melts down the people sadly addicted to it.

Slashdot just wants to combine the best of both worlds.
Re:When did this happen? by Amnenth · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 1

Happens every Tuesday in North America. Usually to their own forums.
Re:When did this happen? by rotide · 2009-04-01 02:07 · Score: 1

The WoW effect. When too many virgins converge. The smell of an un-showered teen with stale cheeto bits on his shirt with the same underwear worn for the past week all help keep the status quo.
Basically, girls and women run away.
Re:When did this happen? by fr4nk · 2009-04-01 02:18 · Score: 1

If I remember correctly, faces get melt in WoW.
Re:When did this happen? by losthought · 2009-04-01 03:10 · Score: 1

While there are definitely a deluge of teens in WoW my experience during 2 years of play was that there were far more non-showering adults.
Re:When did this happen? by techprophet · 2009-04-01 03:11 · Score: 1

Yes, I did just post here for the april fool's achievement.
I play both WoW and The Slashdot Game (tm). But I play WoW on only Private servers, so my PMing my 'main' on my userpage will not get you to me unless you play ITRWoW (itrwow.com)
Re:When did this happen? by ufamsm · 2009-04-01 08:34 · Score: 0

WoW melts down the people sadly addicted to it.
I think most of us would look a whole lot better naked if WoW had a melting effect. Seems to be more of an expansion one IMHO.

Remember Gmail? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 01:42 · Score: 5, Informative

Also, if I have CmdrTaco's attention, why not leave this up?

From the FAQ:

The achievements system was launched on April fools day of 2009 in order to allow for certain joke achievements, but the system itself is a real one. This allows Slashdot users to track accomplishments and milestones (and stroke the epeen, which is what it's all about anyway) as they use the site.

Re:Remember Gmail? by HypotenuseMan · 2009-04-01 02:07 · Score: 1

Hah, that's awesome. It's always nice to have different ways to undergo epeen stroking.

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Re:Remember Gmail? by notarockstar1979 · 2009-04-01 02:17 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, because stroking something is EXACTLY what slashdotters need more of.....
Re:Remember Gmail? by James_Duncan8181 · 2009-04-01 02:31 · Score: 4, Funny

Just remember gold farmers....epeen stroking is entirely ethical unless you pay someone else to do it for you.

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Re:Remember Gmail? by Sharkus · 2009-04-01 02:40 · Score: 1

"...stroke the epeen"? Is that similar to spanking the monkey?
Re:Remember Gmail? by truthsearch · 2009-04-01 03:01 · Score: 1

Epeen stroking? Just please, please keep it in your pants.

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Re:Remember Gmail? by joelmax · 2009-04-01 03:21 · Score: 1

Just remember gold farmers....epeen stroking is entirely ethical unless you pay someone else to do it for you.
After that, you just feel used and dirty... What you really need to do is jack your social bonuses up and haggle to get it for free!
Re:Remember Gmail? by Graff · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

The best April Fool's day joke is the one that turns out to not really be a joke. It leaves you wondering, "ok this looks like a joke but they say it's real, I'm so confused!" Gotta love it!

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Re:Remember Gmail? by oztiks · 2009-04-01 04:31 · Score: 1

You can view them from your user page, or you can see my list if you're curious what a REAL achiever looks like
CmdrTaco should recieve the "Most camped out" user page.
Re:Remember Gmail? by Mordstrom · 2009-04-01 06:02 · Score: 1

Gold farmers have graduated into account hacking these days and are actually working their way up to people's kill list rather than just be annoying.
Re:Remember Gmail? by ihatewinXP · 2009-04-01 06:23 · Score: 1

This is what I scanned the comments for - my worst fears realized.
Or is it?
I guess this isnt as bad as having a straight "points" system - and I was automagically given some pretty neat 'achievements' (user stats) retroactively. But after last years great "dupe of a dupe of a dupe" I honestly couldnt believe this was real.
Wow, and I thought the subtle redesign was shocking. I cant remember the last time slashdot _itself_ made my jaw drop.

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Re:Remember Gmail? by juuri · 2009-04-01 06:39 · Score: 1

... stroke the epeen? Slashdot used to be about sharing kickass tech info you might have missed from other places.

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Re:Remember Gmail? by Psychochild · 2009-04-01 06:52 · Score: 1

At least my epeen doesn't turn orange when I eat Cheetos in front of the computer, though.
Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.

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Re:Remember Gmail? by Diordna · 2009-04-01 08:11 · Score: 1

"Real" does not equal "permanent."
Re:Remember Gmail? by PieSquared · 2009-04-01 08:19 · Score: 1

Well yes, but that is also being posted on April first, so I still wouldn't be terribly surprised if it was gone tomorrow... though I have to admit a good deal of work seems to have gone into it, so I wouldn't be surprised if it stayed either.

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I like it by mbenzi · 2009-04-01 01:43 · Score: 1

Whether this is permanent or not, (FAQ says it is, but hard to believe anything today) the data used to calculate my achievements appears to be valid. I think it is a funny, silly addition. Ole'

Re:I like it by AdrocK · 2009-04-01 03:52 · Score: 1

I think it is a funny, silly addition. Ole'
Which is why it's so great!

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Re:I like it by ChefInnocent · 2009-04-01 09:02 · Score: 1

It's almost valid. I have meta-moderated before, its just been a long time.

Raa! by Lanarion · 2009-04-01 01:44 · Score: 1

Woot!

The by obelisk29 · 2009-04-01 01:46 · Score: 1

April fool

... k by Donniedarkness · 2009-04-01 01:46 · Score: 0, Redundant

No

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Mac Fan Boy Trolled by jameseyjamesey · 2009-04-01 01:47 · Score: 1

5 points!

Grinding reputation by dmleach · 2009-04-01 01:47 · Score: 2, Interesting

How do you grind reputation with CmdrTaco anyway? And what are the faction rewards, Slashdot tabards?

Re:Grinding reputation by Jeremy+Erwin · 2009-04-01 01:55 · Score: 1

How do you grind reputation with CmdrTaco anyway?
I'm not sure. Hot grits may help.
Re:Grinding reputation by Canazza · 2009-04-01 02:04 · Score: 1

They'll be buying out Game! and integrating it with /. next

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You mean... by shoptroll · 2009-04-01 01:48 · Score: 1

Karma wasn't a big enough goal already?

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Re:You mean... by svallarian · 2009-04-01 05:20 · Score: 1

No, we need more easily achievable "life-goals" that can be conquered via sitting behind a keyboard.
This fills that nicely!

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Re:You mean... by rabidkumquat · 2009-04-01 05:32 · Score: 1

Karma wasn't a big enough goal already?
Clearly, the /. crowd is far more concerned with rewards in this mere physical plane

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Re:You mean... by nschubach · 2009-04-01 05:37 · Score: 1

Karma's not hard to get. ;)

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Re:You mean... by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:52 · Score: 1

My karma has been at the cap for god-knows-how-long.

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Re:You mean... by Shadow99_1 · 2009-04-02 01:41 · Score: 1

Same here...
I think I vaguely remember capping it the first few months after it was released... It's all been downhill since then....

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Postin by Frogbert · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Posting in an epic thread.

Re:Postin by handsomepete · 2009-04-01 02:34 · Score: 1

also posting to acquire pointless achievement points. I feel dirty.
Re:Postin by Whyte+Panther · 2009-04-01 05:27 · Score: 1

It's ok, it's not like anyone reads this far down the thread, right?
Oh wait.
Re:Postin by banesong · 2009-04-01 07:46 · Score: 1

We all do son, we all do!

I for one.... by Saliegh · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 1

Welcome our new achievement whore overlords.

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Posting in the april fools article by Daimanta · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 1

gives you the april fools achievement.

I got it :)

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by Scutter · 2009-04-01 01:52 · Score: 1

Me too!!!!1one

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by DreamerFi · 2009-04-01 01:55 · Score: 1

cool!
Re:Posting in the april fools article by sam_paris · 2009-04-01 01:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

posting for achievement..
Re:Posting in the april fools article by lostandthedamned · 2009-04-01 02:04 · Score: 1

Ditto for achivement
Re:Posting in the april fools article by Lumpy · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 1

You got what?
also how to we organize a raid?
and are there any companies in china that will grind my account to keep the days read high?
The article on NASA! We need more red dots!

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by halfEvilTech · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 0

whats this april fool's you speak of - everything posted online must be true. I mean opera wouldn't lie about their facial recognition for example.
Re:Posting in the april fools article by (startx) · 2009-04-01 02:09 · Score: 1

just dittoing in the official ditto thread for the achievement
Re:Posting in the april fools article by Kalroth · 2009-04-01 02:19 · Score: 1

minchar
Re:Posting in the april fools article by wizden · 2009-04-01 02:20 · Score: 1

I can't resist posting. I wonder how many posts this article will get.
Re:Posting in the april fools article by mobby_6kl · 2009-04-01 02:22 · Score: 1

Shame on you for such obvious achievement whoring. I'd mod you down in a heartbeat if I just had some mod points left.
Re:Posting in the april fools article by jfclavette · 2009-04-01 02:25 · Score: 2, Interesting

I want to see if that feature actually works in real-time.
Re:Posting in the april fools article by sam_paris · 2009-04-01 02:26 · Score: 1

I'm a WoW player, achievement points are my crack.
Re:Posting in the april fools article by LordofChaos · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

cool

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by typobox43 · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 1

Freaking amen to that, 5700 and counting.
Re:Posting in the april fools article by ironwill96 · 2009-04-01 03:01 · Score: 1

Haha, shameless achievement whoring, I love it.

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by PIBM · 2009-04-01 03:06 · Score: 1

Are our wow char achievement points added to our slashdot ones ?
Re:Posting in the april fools article by DanielG42 · 2009-04-01 03:19 · Score: 1

Really?

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by Beezlebub33 · 2009-04-01 03:19 · Score: 1

Hm....test post!

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by Putz962 · 2009-04-01 03:26 · Score: 1

gogo achievement!
Re:Posting in the april fools article by paudle · 2009-04-01 03:30 · Score: 1

Ya Really
Re:Posting in the april fools article by Tirhakah · 2009-04-01 03:35 · Score: 1

and did it?
Re:Posting in the april fools article by ais523 · 2009-04-01 03:59 · Score: 1

Nah, everyone's posting in this article to get the achievement, so nobody can mod it. (And this isn't an attempt at achievement whoring, I posted here earlier I think.)

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by mauthbaux · 2009-04-01 04:19 · Score: 1

Really? I needed a couple more points anyway.

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by uncle_riley · 2009-04-01 04:36 · Score: 1

it didnt work for me!
Re:Posting in the april fools article by Etrias · 2009-04-01 04:37 · Score: 1

Strictly achievement whoring here. I mean, why change what I do in games?
Re:Posting in the april fools article by BertieBaggio · 2009-04-01 04:49 · Score: 1

I heard posting on April 1st in any discussion would give it.

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by Bloodoflethe · 2009-04-01 04:52 · Score: 1

Mod parent down for whoring.

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Re:Posting in the april fools article by s66iw · 2009-04-01 05:27 · Score: 1

Same here :)
Re:Posting in the april fools article by nrgy · 2009-04-01 05:49 · Score: 1

wtb achievment pst
Re:Posting in the april fools article by jlowe · 2009-04-01 06:01 · Score: 1

YAY! ME TOO!
Re:Posting in the april fools article by dustice · 2009-04-01 08:58 · Score: 1

Well did it?
Re:Posting in the april fools article by bgeer · 2009-04-01 09:00 · Score: 1

why would anyone want an insulting achievement like that you'd have to be a moron to post in that article
Re:Posting in the april fools article by Failed+Physicist · 2009-04-01 10:34 · Score: 1

If it were, time to go back to raiding. 2 birds with one stone :)
Re:Posting in the april fools article by neafevoc · 2009-04-01 11:35 · Score: 1

Need! Err... so much WoW references going around, I get confused :|
Re:Posting in the april fools article by BobGregg · 2009-04-01 12:17 · Score: 1

indeed.
Re:Posting in the april fools article by Gregor+Samsa · 2009-04-02 00:02 · Score: 1

Does this still work, even though April Fool's is over?
Re:Posting in the april fools article by jfclavette · 2009-04-02 02:56 · Score: 1

Nope, just got it.

So...? by Evangelion · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 1

What does the WoW toon registration thing do? Do I even get an achievement for that?

Re:So...? by Evangelion · 2009-04-01 02:04 · Score: 1

Ahh, I see I now have the "Level 80" achievement. Nice.
It's not quite Insane in the Membrane, but it'll do.

Seriously...? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 0

Wow. I know this is an April Fools' Day joke, but I wonder if it will stick around. (It'd be funny.)

ARG? by AceJohnny · 2009-04-01 01:49 · Score: 1

I never did take Slashdot too seriously, but I guess this feature brings my favorite time-waster fully into Alternate Reality Game territory.

Huh, I wonder what it takes to get the slashdot Amulet of Yendor...

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Re:ARG? by sam31415 · 2009-04-01 03:20 · Score: 1

I don't think I'd want to risk my account to dungeon dive without spoilers. Then again, I was never that good at Nethack. Hm, does the explore mode switch work here?

Oh for fucks sake. by wiredog · 2009-04-01 01:50 · Score: 1

I hope this is an April Fools thingy. Otherwise it's just the Return of the Son of Karma Points.

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Re:Oh for fucks sake. by th1ckasabr1ck · 2009-04-01 01:57 · Score: 2, Informative

It is not: The achievements system was launched on April fools day of 2009 in order to allow for certain joke achievements, but the system itself is a real one. This allows Slashdot users to track accomplishments and milestones (and stroke the epeen, which is what it's all about anyway) as they use the site.
Re:Oh for fucks sake. by Aladrin · 2009-04-01 03:04 · Score: 1

I think it's awesome, joke or not :D

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And I thought it couldn't get any worse... by TheBolten · 2009-04-01 01:50 · Score: 1

For those of us who read slashdot for a long time before registering...alas.

Re:And I thought it couldn't get any worse... by neurovish · 2009-04-01 02:10 · Score: 1

If you started reading long enough ago to get a "desirable" UID, then you really waited a long time to sign up. I shed a single tear in UID battles when I realize I could've had a 4 digit.
Of course, I'm only really posting in this thread in hopes of getting the April Fools achievement.

I can haz April Fool Achievement? by trcooper · 2009-04-01 01:50 · Score: 1

I want a nice sound and alert as I gain a new achievement!

Re:I can haz April Fool Achievement? by Salamande · 2009-04-01 08:52 · Score: 1

It couldn't be too tough to code something. Although I'm not going to do it...
Re:I can haz April Fool Achievement? by zaba · 2009-04-01 15:02 · Score: 1

like...
*ding*
You've got male! I mean... MALE!!!
?

Missing Achievements by shogun · 2009-04-01 01:50 · Score: 4, Funny

* UID is a prime number. (no wouldn't get it myself, i'm a couple of digits off)
* Has been moderated (-1 troll) more than 5 times
* " " Flamebait " " etc

Any others?

Re:Missing Achievements by haeger · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 2, Interesting

I can't believe that they left out "UID as a prime".
I would have had it.
*sigh*

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Re:Missing Achievements by rob51 · 2009-04-01 02:10 · Score: 1

I second the prime UID achievement. We should be rewarded for dumb luck!
Re:Missing Achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 02:58 · Score: 0

* Posted AC when meant to be logged in
Re:Missing Achievements by apoc.famine · 2009-04-01 03:20 · Score: 1

I'd think "insightful troll" and "funny flamebait" would be near the top of the list. (Weeeee! I think I'm going to Achieve something today!)

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Re:Missing Achievements by Alsee · 2009-04-01 03:24 · Score: 1

* Has been moderated (-1 troll) more than 5 times
* " " Flamebait " " etc
Instead of +2log those should be -2exponential.
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Re:Missing Achievements by bluenirve · 2009-04-01 03:30 · Score: 1

Let's just stereotype it:
* User has more achievements than CowboyNeal
* User has used/abused 1,2,???,Profit! joke
* User has voted the CowboyNeal option on x consecutive polls when available
* User has had a girlfriend
Re:Missing Achievements by An+ominous+Cow+art · 2009-04-01 03:35 · Score: 1

Luck had nothing to do with it. Commander Taco looked deep within our souls, and assigned us a number based on the order in which we joined.
Re:Missing Achievements by noidentity · 2009-04-01 03:41 · Score: 1

UID a prime number, bah! How about a power of two, especially 2^8, 2^16, 2^24, and 2^32? Oh, and 640*2^10, since that should be enough for anybody.
Re:Missing Achievements by Kilroy · 2009-04-01 03:47 · Score: 1

Prime would be awesome.
Re:Missing Achievements by Kozz · 2009-04-01 04:06 · Score: 1

How about...
* First Post
* Slash-Scandal Modder: http://slashdot.org/journal.pl?op=display&uid=442574&id=4236)
* Avoids Metamoderation
* Replies to self
* Incognito (no friends, no foes)

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Re:Missing Achievements by Just+Some+Guy · 2009-04-01 04:12 · Score: 1

I can't believe that they left out "UID as a prime". I would have had it.
3*13*31*71
Made you look.

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Re:Missing Achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 04:17 · Score: 0

* Has been moderated (-1 troll) more than 5 times
* " " Flamebait " " etc
confirmed
Re:Missing Achievements by hitchhacker · 2009-04-01 04:33 · Score: 1

Howabout achievements for poll voting?
* Consecutive poll votes
* # of "winning" poll votes
* Why am I doing slashdot's job?
* Yes, this is for the April Fool's Achievement. ;)

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Re:Missing Achievements by Tackhead · 2009-04-01 05:48 · Score: 1

Combo Whore: Has been moderated to +5, 25 times in a row, filling the user's entire comments page with +5s.
Combo Breaker: Getting some significant portion of the way (n consecutive +5s) but screwing it up on the n+1th post.
In keeping with the spirit of the exponential nature of the game, and since the new user page places more emphasis on the user, rather than the past 25 comments, how about these?
Combo Whore: 32 consecutive +5s (2^5)
Combo Breaker: 16 consecutive +5s (2^4)
Combo: 8 consecutive +5s (2^3)
Karma Whore: 4 consecutive +5s (2^2)
Fair disclosure: By those rankings, I've have achieved one Combo (2^3), and looking back, I'm astonished to see that it took me the better part of a year. We'll probably never see the top two levels, especially since any combo will likely be broken by annual April Fool achievements. (I'll bet there's an exponential on the AF achievement, too, and someone'll set up very stable server in order to attempt anything higher than "2^6 April Fool" :)
Re:Missing Achievements by MattHawk · 2009-04-01 05:51 · Score: 1

A few holiday achievements would be interesting - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines Day, etc. Just to let everyone know about all those days you could/should have been spending with family, that you got to spend posting on Slashdot instead :)
Re:Missing Achievements by maxwell+demon · 2009-04-01 06:33 · Score: 1

* Well-tempered (has no freaks)
* Controversial (got both positive and negative moderation on the same comment)
* Heared (got an answer to one of his comments)
* Whisperer (uses the "no karma bonus" option)
* Coward (uses the "post anonymously" option)

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Re:Missing Achievements by Omestes · 2009-04-01 07:16 · Score: 1

Can we get an automatic "no life" or "slacker" one for just being here?
Also, its odd, according to the achievement page, I have one less +5 post than Taco. The whole thing is rather inaccurate.

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Re:Missing Achievements by Rigrig · 2009-04-01 08:09 · Score: 1

* Complained about missing achievements
* Voted over three times on the same poll
* Has unlocked all achievements (including this one)
* Waisted modpoints by posting after moderating

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Re:Missing Achievements by The-Pheon · 2009-04-01 09:49 · Score: 1

* UID is a prime number. (no wouldn't get it myself, i'm a couple of digits off)
* Has been moderated (-1 troll) more than 5 times
* " " Flamebait " " etc
Any others?
I like it, how about UID can fit in a 16bit uint?
Re:Missing Achievements by RussianPhysicist · 2009-04-01 09:57 · Score: 1

* "Flashmobber" (for successfully DDoSing a site with Slashdot effect);
* "Slashdot achieves thou" (for posting In Soviet Russia joke in 5 different threads);
* "First pots" (obviously);
* "Karma Chameleon" (make your Excellent karma Terrible by sparking flame wars).
Re:Missing Achievements by xant · 2009-04-01 11:26 · Score: 1

"Billy Goat Gruff": modded someone (-1) Troll at least 25 times.

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Re:Missing Achievements by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 12:17 · Score: 0

complained about missing option

Needs more achievements by introp · 2009-04-01 01:51 · Score: 1

I'll never get my speedy zhevra at this rate.

Not the worst idea ever by squoozer · 2009-04-01 01:51 · Score: 4, Insightful

This isn't the worst idea I've ever come across but I can't help feeling it's walking down the idle route. I like achievements in games I'm not really sure they fit into a news discussion site. Still there's a good chance they won't be around tomorrow anyway.

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Re:Not the worst idea ever by godfra · 2009-04-01 02:12 · Score: 1

I really like it, it's a good way of rewarding you for contributing positively to the site.. also it encouraged me to log in and actually check, which I don't do that often.
Re:Not the worst idea ever by StreetStealth · 2009-04-01 02:15 · Score: 1

Actually, this was informative to me -- I didn't realize any of my tag submissions had been approved before. Is "ruhroh" in the autocomplete now?

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Re:Not the worst idea ever by getagrip · 2009-04-01 02:24 · Score: 1

I didn't realize I tagged anything. I think I got the achievement just for fumbling around with the interface.
Re:Not the worst idea ever by Lord+Lode · 2009-04-01 02:37 · Score: 1

At least this idea doesn't do any harm... No weird deformed looking frontpage or so for this one. Though I wish they'd improve the Tag system a LOT instead of working on this.
Re:Not the worst idea ever by MaxwellEdison · 2009-04-01 03:16 · Score: 1

achievementsarepants...or rather, pantsareacievement

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Re:Not the worst idea ever by squoozer · 2009-04-01 03:19 · Score: 1

I don't mind the front page but then I view it with ad blocking and most of the new features turned off (and idle hidden!). The comments section "improvements" have been a mixed bag IMHO. I like being able to click and expand a thread but I find that it tends to do unexpected things like suddenly cause a page down if the comment being expanded is near the bottom of the window.
I was quite excited by idea of being able to use the keyboard to step through a discussion but it just seemed to do random things when I tried it so I gave up. I'm sure it wasn't random but it wasn't what I immediately expected - lifes to short.
I wonder if I get a special achievement for a +5 in the april fools thread?

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Re:Not the worst idea ever by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 05:11 · Score: 0

Achievements in video games are a way of convincing your customer that he's doing something more important than playing a game for hours. You see, you are "achieving" something, no matter how worthless. I'd like to think Slashdot provides something valuable on its own merits, without cheap psychological tricks.
Posted as AC because I don't give a shit about getting an "achievement" for posting in this thread.
Re:Not the worst idea ever by Sparton · 2009-04-01 08:06 · Score: 1

I think I have to agree with this.
Nonetheless, I'd like to treat it as I'd treat it in most games I play: go for broke on ones I feel like achieving, and calling it a day.
I suppose this achievements system will start making more random crap appear, but maybe there will be some good of it, like people finding exploits to abuse the system that could be found...

Re:Dear slashdot by NinePenny · 2009-04-01 01:51 · Score: 1

Sounds like someone has a case of the mondays!

Awesome by Shads · 2009-04-01 01:51 · Score: 1

Awesome! I need to go grind.

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Re:Awesome by tygerstripes · 2009-04-01 01:59 · Score: 1

Grinding, of course, means "reading every day".

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Re:Awesome by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 02:18 · Score: 0

Going to need more pictures for me to understand half of what is said.
Re:Awesome by Vendetta · 2009-04-01 02:55 · Score: 1

I just want "The April Fool" achievement.

WoW? What about Eve!! by spiffydudex · 2009-04-01 01:51 · Score: 1

What? Only WoW?!!! What about all of us EVE players...

Re:WoW? What about Eve!! by geminidomino · 2009-04-01 02:12 · Score: 1

Recommend:
Iconoclast - Registered a guild wars character instead of a WoW character.
Re:WoW? What about Eve!! by Molochi · 2009-04-01 04:30 · Score: 1

Or your Steam gamertag.

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Bizarre by DarkSarin · 2009-04-01 01:52 · Score: 1

I are confused. So /. is now an MMO? It's like the silly game 'Achievement Unlocked' a meta game on various flash-game aggregator sites like Kongregate. Bizarre.

Now what? I don't even know what to do.

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Re:Bizarre by zoobaby · 2009-04-01 02:19 · Score: 1

Start grinding like you have never grinded before!
Re:Bizarre by Henry+Pate · 2009-04-01 03:39 · Score: 1

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

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My dream... by ZanySpyDude · 2009-04-01 01:52 · Score: 1

I hope to achieve 'The April Fool' before slashdot finally slashdots itself and becomes a blackhole.

I don't get it. by cout · 2009-04-01 01:52 · Score: 1

Does this have anything to do with CADIE?

Re:I don't get it. by parkrrrr · 2009-04-01 02:21 · Score: 1

OMG Pandas!

Days in a row... by Temkin · 2009-04-01 01:52 · Score: 1

I read 2^4 days in a row. I knew there was a reason I logged out... I'd have made 2^7 easy...

Re:Days in a row... by vlm · 2009-04-01 02:26 · Score: 1

I read 2^4 days in a row. I knew there was a reason I logged out... I'd have made 2^7 easy...
Oh you six digit UID kids... I'd be getting close to 2^12 if I signed up for an account when they came out, instead of just lurking.

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Re:Days in a row... by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:54 · Score: 1

You read 4 days in a row. The base achievement is worth 2 points.
The total for that achievement is 2+4-1, or 5 points.

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Comment removed by account_deleted · 2009-04-01 01:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Comment removed based on user account deletion

OMG Ponies by daivzhavue · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 2, Insightful

If only I'd remember to log in everytime my consecutive days would be through the roof

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Re:OMG Ponies by VisceralLogic · 2009-04-01 06:32 · Score: 1

Unless you're logging in from a different computer every day, you can have it remember you.

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Blake by edsfunsite · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 1

Okay, I'm done playing wow. Thanks guys!

Re:Blake by sapone · 2009-04-01 02:18 · Score: 1

For a second I was afraid you were done playing Slashdot, my new favorite MMOFPG. It's like Forumwarz, but on stuff that matters!

Wow... by epdp14 · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Wow, if this isn't april fools this is flaming retarded. First idle.shittyideas.slashdot.org now achievements.shittyideas.slashdot.org!!! Whats next?

Interesting - but XBox does it better... by luke2063 · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 1

I was hoping for wee little geeky pictures and snappy injokes

Post by AC5398 · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 1

Last post?

Re:Post by saskboy · 2009-04-01 01:57 · Score: 1

No 600,000UID club? Or three 0s in UID club?

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Re:Post by pshuke · 2009-04-01 03:07 · Score: 1

A divisible by two UID club would be better, surely.

A better April Fool would have been.. by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 01:53 · Score: 0

saying that Slashdot was sold to SCO or something.

Re:A better April Fool would have been.. by Kormac · 2009-04-01 07:37 · Score: 1

I think /. is worth more than $.01 ;)
Kormac

What? No Highest Karma achievement? by Colin+Smith · 2009-04-01 01:54 · Score: 1

Why else do you think we're all here?

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Re:What? No Highest Karma achievement? by FTWinston · 2009-04-01 03:53 · Score: 1

Yeah it could be awarded on an ongoing basis, with a never-ending powerstruggle of posting karma-whoring posts. No doubt the top users would be accounts held by many people, operating in a shift system.
Would be kinda ... sad. But I guess, it is /.!

Posting to get an achievement by fprintf · 2009-04-01 01:54 · Score: 2, Funny

Posting in the April Fools story to get an achievement. LOL I like the system, though being in the 5 UID club makes me feel inferior!

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Re:Posting to get an achievement by BeeRockxs · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 1

Me too :)
Re:Posting to get an achievement by latro · 2009-04-01 02:14 · Score: 1

Where are the achievements for "pointless jerky post in response to a low UID mention" and later "trumped by even lower UID"? :-)

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Re:Posting to get an achievement by entgod · 2009-04-01 02:25 · Score: 1

Bleh. At least there are some achievements left for us high UID:s.
Re:Posting to get an achievement by mac.man25 · 2009-04-01 02:35 · Score: 1

I have a 6 digit user ID you insensitive clod!
Re:Posting to get an achievement by FlashBuster3000 · 2009-04-01 02:54 · Score: 1

aye!
Re:Posting to get an achievement by GweeDo · 2009-04-01 03:04 · Score: 1

I am sooo close to 5 digit...

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Re:Posting to get an achievement by SL+Baur · 2009-04-01 08:01 · Score: 1

I like the system, though being in the 5 UID club makes me feel inferior!
Meh.
I hope this sticks around after the 1st.
One of the things I like best about WoW achievements are the titles. You could probably do the same thing here:
"The Explorer" - Post a comment to every category type on the site.
"Twitter" - Reply to yourself from at least 5 different accounts in the same comment thread.
etc. etc.
Re:Posting to get an achievement by PaintyThePirate · 2009-04-01 08:41 · Score: 1

Yep.

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I can haz achievements by tripmine · 2009-04-01 01:54 · Score: 1

I hope they keep this. It's really cool. And yes the only reason I'm posting is to get the April Fools achievement...

Re:I can haz achievements by SilentSheep · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 1

As everyone is.

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Little Lebowski Urban Achiever by CmdrPorno · 2009-04-01 01:54 · Score: 1

Dear Slashdot Tech Support,

I'm a Little Lebowski Urban Achiever. How do I get that achievement on my User Achievement page? Thanks.

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Re:Little Lebowski Urban Achiever by CmdrPorno · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 1

My sig reminds me... I'm also an iPhone owner. Can I get that on my User Achievement page also?

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Slashdot Abstenince Program by Davemania · 2009-04-01 01:55 · Score: 1

Hmmm, I see what they're really doing, trying to emulate WoW. "Slashdot, keeping your son a virgin since 1997."

how about respect to the elders? by ardiri · 2009-04-01 01:55 · Score: 2, Interesting

You can view them from your user page

as a vertern who only checks every now and then compared to every second 5+ years ago - what about us veterns? should there be a 5, 10+ year member status? :) still, fun stuff, gives boasting points :P

Re:how about respect to the elders? by mjeffers · 2009-04-01 02:19 · Score: 1

The UID stuff somewhat does this. However, having seen it in WoW, I really hope that /. doesn't implement an equivalent to /played. Sometimes you're better off not knowing how much time you wasted doing time-wasting things.
Re:how about respect to the elders? by Ihmhi · 2009-04-01 03:03 · Score: 1

How about this one for an achievment?
Grammar Nazi: Correct someone's grammar or spelling in a comment.
(By the way, it's "veteran".)

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Re:how about respect to the elders? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 03:14 · Score: 0

- Consistently misspells the same word at least two different ways in the same post
Re:how about respect to the elders? by MaxwellEdison · 2009-04-01 03:20 · Score: 1

[2] Vtrwn - Can't spell Veteran

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Re:how about respect to the elders? by gbjbaanb · 2009-04-01 03:46 · Score: 1

true, but the UID stuff is static and regressive - newcomers don't get the chance to participate, which is kinda poor. Perhaps the 'lowest x active users' would be better as old accounts become closed or unused for over a year.
Then I'd have a reason for hunting down all those... ahem, erm, ah.. a reason for popping back to read /. regularly.

Damn I'm miffed by tweek · 2009-04-01 01:55 · Score: 1

I have a long lost 3 digit UID that I can never get back because I lost access to the email account. I'll be happy with my 5 digit UID for now =/

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Re:Damn I'm miffed by nschubach · 2009-04-01 05:43 · Score: 1

That's alright, I signed up a long while back and couldn't find that account info either when I created this one.

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Re:Damn I'm miffed by willyd357 · 2009-04-01 20:44 · Score: 1

I have a long lost 3 digit UID that I can never get back because I lost access to the email account
I feel your pain.
Re:Damn I'm miffed by Shadow99_1 · 2009-04-02 01:47 · Score: 1

I know that feeling... It's why I have '_1' in my username... Maybe we should get another achievement "Lost account details and created new account, before Slashdot hit 100k accounts'... Maybe it needs reworded though, that was quite a mouthful...

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A real April 1 story? by nyquil+superstar · 2009-04-01 01:55 · Score: 1

Whoa, this is real?

Re:A real April 1 story? by unfunk · 2009-04-01 01:59 · Score: 1

I can't work out if it's for real or not, but it's a pretty cool idea. I'd like to know how they work some of them out.

Posting for the achievement by viking099 · 2009-04-01 01:55 · Score: 1

I want to get the "The April Fool" achievement!

Re:Posting for the achievement by celester78 · 2009-04-01 02:05 · Score: 1

I'm trying to get it...
Re:Posting for the achievement by rwjyoung · 2009-04-01 02:24 · Score: 1

me too ;-)

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Re:Posting for the achievement by Therilith · 2009-04-01 07:13 · Score: 1

It's all in the wrist, just... like... this!
Re:Posting for the achievement by happykoala · 2009-04-01 17:54 · Score: 1

Same same :P

Haha by KasperMeerts · 2009-04-01 01:55 · Score: 1

Nice one, nice one. Is this going to stay on?

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Re:haha by rbrausse · 2009-04-01 04:35 · Score: 1

pvp would be a nice idea - the winner gets the lower uid :)
Re:Haha by thelastquestion · 2009-04-01 05:59 · Score: 1

seems like it. look at the faqs page.

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Nice, now I have something to do... by fiordhraoi · 2009-04-01 01:55 · Score: 1

While on the flight paths...

Re:Dear slashdot by spiffydudex · 2009-04-01 01:56 · Score: 1

the only problem is that it is wednesday. Perhaps he has a really really bad case of the mondays, in which the hangover has lasted a few days.

Mod points by xorsyst · 2009-04-01 01:56 · Score: 2, Insightful

Gah! What a day to get mod points, nothing serious to spend them on. :(

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Re:Mod points by JeanPaulBob · 2009-04-01 01:58 · Score: 1

So help us all out, by finding the funny comments and modding them up!
Re:Mod points by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:58 · Score: 1

Use 'em up, get the "Spend All My Mod Points" achievement! ;)

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Yay by rapierian · 2009-04-01 01:56 · Score: 1

Mmm, I do love achievements

post here for an achievement! by simcop2387 · 2009-04-01 01:56 · Score: 1

i'm wondering how long there's gonna be trolls about this thing.

Re:post here for an achievement! by geminidomino · 2009-04-01 02:18 · Score: 1

"Heat death of the universe" comes to mind.

LOL by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 01:57 · Score: 0

hah hah hah this is sweet. i kinda hope this sticks around ;)

Re:LOL by mikesd81 · 2009-04-01 02:15 · Score: 1

What the hell, why not try it.

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Re:LOL by eltaco · 2009-04-01 04:13 · Score: 1

agreed!

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Testing for hiding achievements by jibster · 2009-04-01 01:58 · Score: 1

First Post! Last Post? OMGPONIES M$

Re:Testing for hiding achievements by Maddog+Batty · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 1

Did it work?

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So... by kokido · 2009-04-01 01:58 · Score: 1

which story do we comment on for the April Fool achievement. I am kind of a lesser achievement whore, gaining all achievements that require minimal effort on my part possible.

Re:So... by Cristofori42 · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 1

I don't know but I'm posting also to see if posting in this one works.

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Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by TinBromide · 2009-04-01 01:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Its only a matter of time before slashdot comment bots flood the forums, farming EXP and gold and ruining the slashdot economy.

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Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by Bruiser80 · 2009-04-01 02:07 · Score: 1

not to mention having to learn Korean... guess it's time to get that dictionary...

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Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by Barny · 2009-04-01 02:11 · Score: 1

U BAI GOLD?
VERR CHEAP!

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Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by Barny · 2009-04-01 02:12 · Score: 1

Holy crap, how did I get that past the filter?

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Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by corby · 2009-04-01 02:41 · Score: 1

Filter bypass: Achievement Unlocked
Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by derGoldstein · 2009-04-01 02:47 · Score: 1

I'm thinking the site will get DDOS-ed within the week. Just wait until the bot designs start to leak: it'll redefine the term "Slashdotted"...
I'd like to take this opportunity to start a pool -- what happens first:
- The site gets trashed through content submissions
- The servers melt
- They drop this "achievement" thing due to users going berzerk demanding points for stuff that's not listed
- April 1st passes?...

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Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by polle404 · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

What?
I'm already writing the Glider http://www.mmoglider.com/ /. addon!

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Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by FTWinston · 2009-04-01 03:55 · Score: 1

There's a filter? Or am I missing a joke again
Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by Zcipher · 2009-04-01 04:48 · Score: 1

What with all the "firsts," karma-whoring, and the like I think the future is now. Or, rather, the future is the past.
Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by koh · 2009-04-01 06:40 · Score: 1

The filter was busy awarding "obfuscated code" achievements.

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Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by svank · 2009-04-01 08:40 · Score: 1

Ignore me. Just farming...
Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by svank · 2009-04-01 08:41 · Score: 1

Ignore me. Just farming...
Ignore me. Just farming...
Re:Whatcouldpossiblygowrong by svank · 2009-04-01 08:42 · Score: 1

Ignore me. Just farming...
Ignore me. Just farming...
Ignore me. Just farming...

haha by Frenchman113 · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 1

Time to kill some level 5 bunnies to get my achievement points up.

To be or not to be... by Gazzonyx · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 5, Informative

Be insightful and you can be a philosopher!
P.S. - Mods, this one is informative or you'll break the chain.

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Re:To be or not to be... by cixelsyd · 2009-04-01 02:08 · Score: 1

Be interesting, and....aww.

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Re:To be or not to be... by Skrynkelberg · 2009-04-01 02:16 · Score: 1

...you can get laid?
Re:To be or not to be... by GlennC · 2009-04-01 02:19 · Score: 1

Be a troll and you can live under a bridge!

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Re:To be or not to be... by jwriney · 2009-04-01 02:45 · Score: 1

Sorry, you only get that achievement if you quit browsing Slashdot...
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Re:To be or not to be... by Alsee · 2009-04-01 03:31 · Score: 0, Troll

Be informative and you can be a librarian!
P.S. - Mods, this one is troll or you'll break the chain.
No wait! Don't mod me troll!
NoooOOOoooOOoooo! Don't mod me troll! Noooooo! AAAAaaaaiiiiieeeeeeee! NOOOOooooooooooo.........
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Re:To be or not to be... by soapdog · 2009-04-01 04:15 · Score: 1

Can we get godwyn achievement if I compare you all with nazis or something like that?

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Re:To be or not to be... by nschubach · 2009-04-01 05:31 · Score: 1

P.S. - Mods, this one is informative or you'll break the chain.
This is a trick. It's one of those chain comments where the spammers filter out the users and send them spam! Please don't contin... damn it!

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Re:To be or not to be... by cwike · 2009-04-01 07:38 · Score: 1

so what are you if you get ranked as offtopic? an useless lump?

Contradiction by Clarious · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 2, Funny

There is an achievement named : The April Fool -- posted in the April fools story, so if I want to have it I have to post in a April Fool's story, which I doubt this is one. But if I posted here, then it means that there is no real achievement system, so I can't get the achievement.

Can someone tell me how to get that achievement?

Re:Contradiction by Quince+alPillan · 2009-04-01 02:10 · Score: 1

You can get that achievement by posting in an obvious April Fool's story, of course.
Re:Contradiction by xip.dk · 2009-04-01 02:11 · Score: 1

Yes.
Re:Contradiction by Nushio · 2009-04-01 04:00 · Score: 1

So this isn't an obvious April Fool's story?

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Re:Contradiction by jamie · 2009-04-01 04:12 · Score: 1

No.
Re:Contradiction by Clarious · 2009-04-01 04:20 · Score: 1

Thank ;)
I just noticed that the 'faq' pages in the summary (http://slashdot.org/faq/accounts.shtml#ac1300) linked to another page, not the normal faq, so it must be an april fool's day joke.
Re:Contradiction by shermo · 2009-04-01 08:54 · Score: 1

There's also an achievement for getting a post modded down.
Let's see if I can get two achievements for one post!

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Re:Contradiction by d12v10 · 2009-04-05 21:14 · Score: 1

bobblehead

weee by Kayden · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 1

I can already feel my epeen swelling.

No Such Luck, Sorry by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 02:00 · Score: 5, Informative

In a post from 2002, SexyKellyOsbourne did it and has no achievement for it.

Re:No Such Luck, Sorry by r_naked · 2009-04-01 03:18 · Score: 1

You must have some mod in your preferences that is showing that as +5 Troll; they only got +3 Troll on that post...
Also, to the GP, RTFF. There *is* a +5 Troll achievement...
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Re:No Such Luck, Sorry by leromarinvit · 2009-04-01 03:51 · Score: 1

Actually, that must be your settings giving Troll an additional -2 or somthing. I've never changed anything and I see it as +5 too.
As to your RTFF comment, if you meant the FAQ, I did look and there's nothing about +5 Troll there.
As to my OP, I find it kind of funny how people can't decide how to mod it. It's been going up and down for some time now, and honestly nowhere in hell would I have imagined somebody would actually mod it informative. Troll? Fine. Funny? Great. But informative? WTF?

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Re:No Such Luck, Sorry by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:18 · Score: 1

They might not have gone back that far, you know. CmdrTaco didn't say they retroactively gave EVERY achievement you've ever earned....

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Re:No Such Luck, Sorry by againjj · 2009-04-01 07:18 · Score: 1

Out of curiosity, I did a google search for +5 trolls. There are 72 of them.
Re:No Such Luck, Sorry by dotancohen · 2009-04-01 08:54 · Score: 1

In a post from 2002, SexyKellyOsbourne did it and has no achievement for it.
+5 Trolls are not so uncommon:
http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=97784&cid=8356932
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/04/04/05/2037238.shtml?tid=141&tid=176&tid=188
http://slashdot.org/yro/02/03/17/2333207.shtml?tid=109
http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/03/05/11/1959247.shtml
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/22/1842215
http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/02/10/30/1345214.shtml?tid=156

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Le plus ce change by Jagen · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 1

Been a surprising lack of outrageous April Fools on most of the sites I usually visit, unless they're all so subtle I'm just not getting it....

Achievement Whore by phyrz · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 1

meh this is crap

(i'm posting for the april fools achievement)

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Re:Achievement Whore by gr33d · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 1

i second this contradictory post ;)
Re:ACHIEVEMENT WHORE by BrianTaylor · 2009-04-01 02:15 · Score: 1

Same here. The shame.
Re:Achievement Whore by tehsloth · 2009-04-01 02:28 · Score: 1

Third?
Re:ACHIEVEMENT WHORE by A.+B3ttik · 2009-04-01 03:55 · Score: 1

Hey now! Don't do that!!!

What? by Limburgher · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 1

No 6 digit ID club? ;)

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Re:What? by maxume · 2009-04-01 02:29 · Score: 1

Once you go past 90,000 members, it just isn't a club anymore.

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Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 06:08 · Score: 0

That would be a huge club -- and really not mean much. I mean, is a club of 900,000 people really worth having a club for?
Re:What? by againjj · 2009-04-01 07:21 · Score: 1

How about 7?

Apparently, I haven't posted a comment... by Xeriar · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 1

...but have had one modded up.

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Re:Apparently, I haven't posted a comment... by Lionfire · 2009-04-01 02:16 · Score: 1

It just knew you were going to post that comment. Skynet can travel through time *and* hand out achievements.
Re:Apparently, I haven't posted a comment... by maxwell+demon · 2009-04-01 06:38 · Score: 1

...but have had one modded up.
Nor that's an achievement!

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Re:Dear slashdot by ivan256 · 2009-04-01 02:01 · Score: 4, Insightful

Oh, come on... This is the least obnoxious Slashdot April Fool's so far. Do you want them to go back to the entire day being fake stories? Or OMGPonies!!!?

Am I the only one... by geekboy642 · 2009-04-01 02:02 · Score: 1, Insightful

Am I the only person who is completely past the entire concept of April Fool's day? Seriously. It's not funny, it's just dumb. It's like when my 4-year-old nephew squirts milk out of his nose. Yes, hilarious. If you're FOUR.

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Re:Am I the only one... by AmaranthineNight · 2009-04-01 02:50 · Score: 1

I'm four you insensitive clod!
Re:Am I the only one... by locallyunscene · 2009-04-01 03:13 · Score: 1

Am I the only person who is completely past the entire concept of April Fool's day?
Yes.
Re:Am I the only one... by The+Slashdolt · 2009-04-01 03:58 · Score: 1

And get off my lawn!

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Re:Am I the only one... by black_lbi · 2009-04-01 05:03 · Score: 1

So ... you are here only to complain. Is it really the end of the world? It's just a frickin' day, get over it.
It's not like you didn't know that today is April 1st; you made a choice (to read slashdot today), so deal with it.
Re:Am I the only one... by schnipschnap · 2009-04-01 08:45 · Score: 1

So, what kind of things do _you_ find funny then? To me at least April Fool's day is the best day of the whole year.
(Just posting to get an achievement award :D)
Re:Am I the only one... by Auraiken · 2009-04-01 09:38 · Score: 1

I want my ponies back too :(

yay by St0nY · 2009-04-01 02:03 · Score: 1

achievements eh? Slashdot Live!

6 digits need love too by orkim · 2009-04-01 02:03 · Score: 2

1-5 digit club, but no 6? bummer.

Re:6 digits need love too by farjumper · 2009-04-01 02:45 · Score: 1

Might as well add 7 through infinity, too.
Re:6 digits need love too by adamofgreyskull · 2009-04-01 04:06 · Score: 1

You would say that, wouldn't you? I think 6 digits should be the maximum.
Re:6 digits need love too by farjumper · 2009-04-01 04:25 · Score: 1

Meh, I'm fine with 5 being the max. Makes it seem more exclusive and epeenish.
Re:6 digits need love too by Aeolien · 2009-04-01 05:24 · Score: 1

We don't matter. Sad but true.

Help! by YourExperiment · 2009-04-01 02:04 · Score: 1

Could someone help me out? I'm confused as to which story I'm supposed to be posting in to get "The April Fool" achievement. Thanks.

Re:Help! by rarecandy · 2009-04-01 20:03 · Score: 1

I think your best bet is to try all of them.

PWNIES by ThisNukes4u · 2009-04-01 02:05 · Score: 3, Funny

OMG PONIES

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Re:PWNIES by Tyir · 2009-04-01 02:54 · Score: 1

I miss the ponies

No First Post achievement? by stillnotelf · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 1

There doesn't seem to be a first post Achievement. This is probably a good thing, it would encourage the wrong kind of posting - but it's certainly one I would have expected!

Re:No First Post achievement? by Himmy32 · 2009-04-01 16:03 · Score: 1

Yeah, posting "first post" would be shameful simply because it is spelled correctly...

WTF? This sucks! by blackdew · 2009-04-01 02:06 · Score: 0

Where the fuck is my (russian) realm ?

Maybe it's missing because in world of soviet warcraft - your main selects YOU??

Needs a console by auntfloyd · 2009-04-01 02:07 · Score: 1

like in FO3, so you can just 'addachievement N' your way to internet victory.

Slashdot's awkward point of view. by Stan+Vassilev · 2009-04-01 02:07 · Score: 0, Troll

In a concerted effort to compete with more popular MMOs like World of Warcraft

Calling Slashdot a game, even on April 1st, is somewhat disengaging for those of us coming here in an attempt to have an intellectually honest discussion, while flooded by meme trolls and fanboys posting for sport.

Smart way to clamp negative feedback by posting today, though. You can test random stuff on us and call it a joke if the feedback is negative.

You can make it a tradition. April 1st, the "Try to Make Slashdot Worse" day.

Re:Slashdot's awkward point of view. by parkrrrr · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 1, Funny

People seriously come to Slashdot looking for an intellectually honest discussion? Is this some kind of April Fool's joke?
Re:Slashdot's awkward point of view. by Fex303 · 2009-04-01 03:37 · Score: 1

Calling Slashdot a game, even on April 1st, is somewhat disengaging for those of us coming here in an attempt to have an intellectually honest discussion, while flooded by meme trolls and fanboys posting for sport.
How I mine for fish?
Re:Slashdot's awkward point of view. by sean.peters · 2009-04-01 04:37 · Score: 2, Funny

Calling Slashdot a game, even on April 1st, is somewhat disengaging for those of us coming here in an attempt to have an intellectually honest discussion
You must be new here.
Re:Slashdot's awkward point of view. by treeves · 2009-04-01 06:57 · Score: 1

Yes. Next question?

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Re:Slashdot's awkward point of view. by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 07:01 · Score: 1

those of us coming here in an attempt to have an intellectually honest discussion, while flooded by meme trolls and fanboys posting for sport
Oh, so that's what you wanted? Come back tomorrow.

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Re:Slashdot's awkward point of view. by The+Fun+Guy · 2009-04-01 07:19 · Score: 1

Actually, you all look like you're pretty new here.

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Re:Slashdot's awkward point of view. by MindVirus · 2009-04-01 07:21 · Score: 1

Apparently you get an achievement for posting in an April Fool's story.
So, here I am.

ACHIEVEMENT WHORE by Hasney · 2009-04-01 02:08 · Score: 1

Must.... get.... April Fool.... achievement....

...Nothing to see here.... by adder · 2009-04-01 02:08 · Score: 1

Simply posting for the achievement... although I didn't get my 5digit uid achievement... :(

Re:...Nothing to see here.... by adder · 2009-04-01 02:11 · Score: 1

Bah. need my coffee... I meant my 4 Digit UID. -_-;

WTF - MMO? by The+Yuckinator · 2009-04-01 02:09 · Score: 1

"In a concerted effort to compete with more popular MMOs like World of Warcraft"

So... Slashdot is an MMO now?

Can I run a local server instead?

Achievements by Chaldean42 · 2009-04-01 02:11 · Score: 1

I, for one, welcome our new achievement-tracking overlords!

strange comment count by MoreDruid · 2009-04-01 02:11 · Score: 1

What's up with the comment count?

on the front page it says 149 comments, however there are only 17 real comments (as of my posting)

and I'm unable to tag this story as well.

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Re:strange comment count by maxwell+demon · 2009-04-01 06:40 · Score: 1

Did you try clicking on "More"?

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Many of these are not fair by Zarf · 2009-04-01 02:11 · Score: 1

... for example if we really do keep this system I don't think you should get points for things beyond your control. For example I have "member of the 4 digit UID club" which is all nice for me but simply unfair to award points for. There's nothing you can do to get a lower UID as far as I know.

This is my general gripe with achievement systems, they should be based on achievable things. Things that you can do and things you can do something about. I'll continue playing /. but I'm not going to worry about these. I'm not in this MMO for points I'm playing /. to enjoy myself. Engineer more fun not more rules guys! I don't think /. needed this, it needed new expansion packs with new art.

All the big MMO like /. and WoW seem to be trying to engineer social behavior but honestly how much time do you guys spend studying human psychology and group behavior before making these things? Really? There's whole friggin' disciplines called psychology and sociology built to deal with these things.

Ah... the hubris of programmers ... we seem to think that because we can make the machine do anything we want we are also qualified to make the user do anything we want.

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Re:Many of these are not fair by HomerJ · 2009-04-01 02:15 · Score: 1

you'll never be a member of the 5 digit UID club--so it works itself out
Re:Many of these are not fair by Scutter · 2009-04-01 02:36 · Score: 1

5-digit UID FTW! Screw those 4-digit losers! There are TEN TIMES as many of us as there are of them!

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Re:Many of these are not fair by SuiteSisterMary · 2009-04-01 02:42 · Score: 1

If only there was some way to slay a lower-UID user and take their power for your own....there can be only 00000001!

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Re:Many of these are not fair by rgo · 2009-04-01 02:47 · Score: 1

+ 6 digit Insightful...
For us, the ones with 6 digit UID, getting a N digit achievement is impossible...
Unless, you make a 6 digit UID one (please please please!!) ;)
Re:Many of these are not fair by Pingue · 2009-04-01 03:29 · Score: 1

I am not a number, I am a free man!
Re:Many of these are not fair by SuiteSisterMary · 2009-04-01 03:49 · Score: 1

No, you are a number. Look, it's 1393489!

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Re:Many of these are not fair by Zashi · 2009-04-01 03:56 · Score: 1

you could buy a lower ID. Also, some of the achievements are jokes and will be gone tomorrow.

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Re:Many of these are not fair by jwilloug · 2009-04-01 04:59 · Score: 1

*shakes his cane the newbs*
Re:Many of these are not fair by Zarf · 2009-04-01 12:20 · Score: 1

That's exactly the problem. Buying a lower UID. You should have to level up on your own. I've been buffing this account for a long time now and anyone with a low UID like this should have had to spend as much time collecting totems as I have.

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Notification by RCGodward · 2009-04-01 02:11 · Score: 1

Does it makes a noise and tell everyone on the site whenever anyone gets an acheivement?

Re:Notification by Verdatum · 2009-04-01 02:27 · Score: 1

Gratz

Newb by Pup05 · 2009-04-01 02:12 · Score: 1

I created an account just to be a part of this... :)

ACHIEVEMENTS AREN'T WORKING!?!? by vrillusions · 2009-04-01 02:12 · Score: 1

OMGPONIES I've posted in here, added my WoW character, posted a journal entry, and they don't show up!!

Re:ACHIEVEMENTS AREN'T WORKING!?!? by TeknoDragon · 2009-04-01 08:24 · Score: 1

also posting to see if this works...

even if I look bad because I'm posting to get an achievement...

how meta is that?

Just another reason by cha0zmag3 · 2009-04-01 02:13 · Score: 1

not to get anything done during a work day!

Conflicting achievements by MobyDisk · 2009-04-01 02:13 · Score: 1

It is impossible to be both a member of the 5-digit UID club, and the 1-digit UID club. That's not fair. I think members of the N-digit ID club should also automatically be members of the N+1 digit UID club.

Re:Conflicting achievements by maxume · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 1

Men can't have babies, thus forcing women to do it. Life isn't fair.

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Re:Conflicting achievements by Nonesuch · 2009-04-01 02:35 · Score: 1

Wow, three achievements and I haven't even posted yet. Had I waited another week to register my account, I would have lost the opportunity for a 5-digit UID.
I am ambivalent about seeing this hang around beyond April fools. If it doesn't add a lot of server or database overhead, I suppose it can do little harm.

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Re:Conflicting achievements by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 07:55 · Score: 1

But the 1-digit UID is worth 5 points, whereas the 5-digit UID is only worth 1.

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Comment removed based on user account deletion

I don't waste my time on achievements by stickrnan · 2009-04-01 02:15 · Score: 1

What with all the achievement and stats losses reported on the major consoles, it's just not worth it to start hoarding achievements on another platform. I'm totally over this carrot on a stick.

*checks for his April Fool achievement*

Monkeys by zephris · 2009-04-01 02:15 · Score: 1

You know what I have to say to this? Monkeys. Pure, unmitigated, unadulterated monkeys. And not just the flying kind either. We're talking the regular monkeys that fling themselves from tree to tree. They dance. They sing. They commit acts of war and bob up and down. And they throw feces when they're mad. So don't make the monkeys mad.

Why Can't we have a 6 user ID club??? by Wisconsingod · 2009-04-01 02:16 · Score: 1

Are you segregating me out just because I lost my original slashdot ID to the Y2K virus.? I hear it was picked up by scavaging monkeys out in the african jungle. Later, when I crossed paths with them again in SecondLife, they told me they sold my ID to a character on WOW for 50 bucks and a case of beer. I have come to find out that user was Rob Malda.... Damn you Y2K!!!

Re:Dear slashdot by Goobermunch · 2009-04-01 02:16 · Score: 1

Hell. It's even kinda fun.

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This should be interesting by flatluigi · 2009-04-01 02:17 · Score: 1

I'd be incredibly amused if this system stays after today, but even if not I'm here for the AFD achievement.

At first I didn't know how to react to this... by FrostPaw · 2009-04-01 02:18 · Score: 1

... then I remembered what day it is.

Re:At first I didn't know how to react to this... by KevinKnSC · 2009-04-01 06:10 · Score: 1

And now you can't help but react!

Wont be getting many. by Icegryphon · 2009-04-01 02:19 · Score: 0

If this is anything like xbox achievements I know I will have to fight tooth and nail to get any. To bad my Account number didn't end in a 5, The I could be considered a King of Gets.

Posting for the Achievement by khendron · 2009-04-01 02:20 · Score: 1

It makes me feel dirty somehow.

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woot by FireBreath · 2009-04-01 02:20 · Score: 1

woohoo achievements achievement.

the fool by carlcmc · 2009-04-01 02:20 · Score: 1

posted obviously for the score

Achievements by Stormcrow309 · 2009-04-01 02:20 · Score: 1

I think this will be even more ground in then my ui is lower then yours.

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Keepers! by Jahf · 2009-04-01 02:21 · Score: 1

Nice :)

Maybe a joke at first, but I think you should keep them :)

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I've been a member for what...4 years now by MediocreGuy · 2009-04-01 02:21 · Score: 5, Funny

And my first post is to get an achievement? Way to pop the cherry /.

Re:I've been a member for what...4 years now by Archangel+Michael · 2009-04-01 03:43 · Score: 1

LIAR!!!!
Nice try buddy! ;)

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Re:I've been a member for what...4 years now by au3 · 2009-04-01 04:19 · Score: 1

Tell me about it, this is my first post in eight years!
Re:I've been a member for what...4 years now by Invicta{HOG} · 2009-04-01 06:37 · Score: 2, Funny

My second post today!
Re:I've been a member for what...4 years now by RuBLed · 2009-04-01 12:28 · Score: 1

in for achievement
Re:I've been a member for what...4 years now by Neoncow · 2009-04-06 06:51 · Score: 1

Since there is an achievement for posting in this historic April Fools story, I might as well get it.
Re:I've been a member for what...4 years now by Single+GNU+Theory · 2009-04-06 07:57 · Score: 1

I'm only doing this for the achievement myself.

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Fascinating! by Mike73 · 2009-04-01 02:21 · Score: 1

Well, this is a intriguing move! I believe that it may result in a variety of new social dynamics within the Slashdot userspace, although possibly resulting in a net degradation of... of...

Okay, you got me. I'm posting for my achievement too.

*grabs achievement and scampers away*

ZmdrTaco's Onyxia Scale Cloak by Boetsj · 2009-04-01 02:22 · Score: 1

... not even enchanted, slacker alert! :)
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Chromaggus&n=Zmdrtaco

Score by tripdizzle · 2009-04-01 02:22 · Score: 1

This is me, winning, hard.

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Re:Dear slashdot by Literaryhero · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 2, Insightful

Oh, come on... This is the least obnoxious Slashdot April Fool's so far. Do you want them to go back to the entire day being fake stories? Or OMGPonies!!!?

OMGPonies!!!?

More achievements by rafa · 2009-04-01 02:23 · Score: 1

I'd like to see some PvP achievements added to /.

Cutting retort modded funny.
Successfully goatsed someone with the /. badge.
Made another poster cry with a crushing, accurate observation.
Corrected the factual contents of a +5 funny post.
Followed up someone's +4 Funny with a +5 Funny.
Derailed a +N informative thread with a +M other.
Corrected another member's unix syntax.

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Re:More achievements by FTWinston · 2009-04-01 03:57 · Score: 1
- Corrected the factual contents of a +5 informative post.
- Explained something by means of a car analogy.
- Modded an "In soviet russia" joke into oblivion
Re:More achievements by InfiniteLoopCounter · 2009-04-01 04:26 · Score: 1
The current lot plus these suggestions are, with exception of the UID length related and the April Fools achievements, still relatively easy to get.
Here's an achievement that would be really rare and may actually take some time before any single /.er would have it:
- RTFA.

Oh, great. by Millennium · 2009-04-01 02:24 · Score: 1

As if Achievements haven't poisoned the gaming industry enough, now forums are starting to use them? This is nuts.

Achievement Whoring by NextGen · 2009-04-01 02:27 · Score: 1

According to this: http://news.slashdot.org/faq/accounts.shtml#ac1300 you can get an achievement just by posting here. Let's see if it works.

Re:Achievement Whoring by Captain+Segfault · 2009-04-01 20:10 · Score: 1

Unlikely.

Achievement Tetris by Rary · 2009-04-01 02:27 · Score: 0, Redundant

Okay, this is an attempt to get the April Fool achievement by posting a comment in the April Fool's thread. However, in order for it not to be a completely wasted posting in an otherwise insightful discussion, I am going to try for multiple achievements in this one post (well, at least two achievements).

The first achievement will be the "April Fool". Easy.

The second achievement will hopefully be the "Comment Modded Up" achievement, assuming someone sees this and is generous enough to mod it up.

The third achievement will hopefully be the "Comment Modded Down" achievement. The order of this and the previous achievement is unimportant. So, come on mods, abuse your powers. You know you wanna.

I suspect that the "Score 5" achievement is unlikely, but hey, I can dream.

I'm not sure what else I can get in just one comment, so let's just roll the dice and see what happens.

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Re:Achievement Tetris by Rary · 2009-04-01 02:29 · Score: 1

Oh, hey, I wonder if there's a "Replied To Own Post" achievement....

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Re:Achievement Tetris by TACD · 2009-04-01 03:25 · Score: 1

Oh, hey, I wonder if there's a "Replied To Own Post" achievement....
Or 'have a post replied to'? ;)

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I hope I'm not the first one to say this. by icannotthinkofaname · 2009-04-01 02:28 · Score: 1

It's a little tough to wade through the sea of comments just for the April Fools' Story achievement, so I skipped a bunch of it. But...

We've retroactively granted around 900,000 achievements to our logged in users.

IT'S OVER 9000!

I'm sorry. I just had to say it. Sorry if I'm being -1, Redundant here.

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Insensitive clods . . . by Rambo+Tribble · 2009-04-01 02:29 · Score: 1

. . . what if I'm a chronic underachiever?

Great... by Dharkanjil · 2009-04-01 02:29 · Score: 1

...another thing I can become obsessive about. :)

April fools post achievement? by NoisySplatter · 2009-04-01 02:29 · Score: 1

I think this is pretty funny and hope it stays around.

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Re:April fools post achievement? by Reibisch · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 1

Likewise
Re:April fools post achievement? by boiert · 2009-04-01 02:35 · Score: 1

Seconded!

I'm still patiently waiting... by gzipped_tar · 2009-04-01 02:29 · Score: 1

for my +5 Troll Achievement.

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wooo by Sir_Lewk · 2009-04-01 02:30 · Score: 1

I'm assuming this is an April 1st thing so I'm posting here to get my April 1st acheivement!

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Re:wooo by Tom90deg · 2009-04-01 02:38 · Score: 1

I shall also post, and get another achievement, as whoever has the most achievements is the best! :-D And I shall take that crown, oh yes...one day...

No category for self discipline by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-01 02:30 · Score: 4, Funny

If I had any character at all, I would spend less time on Slashdot. That would be an "achievement" to eclipse all the others. But, alas, I am enlisted in the service of Cmdr Taco and the other Slashdot overlords, and unable to break those ties.

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Re:No category for self discipline by averner · 2009-04-01 07:37 · Score: 1

It's only hard for people like us, who are addicted to this site.... For some people it might be pretty easy :)

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Re:No category for self discipline by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-01 11:50 · Score: 1

It's only hard for people like us, who are addicted to this site.... For some people it might be pretty easy :)
Yes we of the weak willed, subservient class of drones and laborers. I for one welcome the daily supervision of the Slashdot Overlords.

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Color me surprised by Shai-kun · 2009-04-01 02:31 · Score: 1

Reading the front page I was thinking "Well, there's the April Fool's story". Surprised me good when I found out it's a real system! It's pretty funny though - kudos to taco.

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Grrr. by pvera · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 1

There goes my work day. Again.

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Cool... by Joseph+T · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 1

... Do we get modding upgrades after so many achievements, ala Team Fortress 2?

Posting for Achievement by Nathanbp · 2009-04-01 02:32 · Score: 1

>_>;;

argh by syrinx · 2009-04-01 02:33 · Score: 1

There should be a "would have gotten a 5 digit UID if he'd signed up like a month earlier".

Also should be a "banned from modding" achievement, since I am apparently that, not having gotten mod points for about 5-6 years now.

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Well, this could be fun by blackholepcs · 2009-04-01 02:33 · Score: 1

It certainly would be an interesting feature, if it actually stays after today.

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To hell with "achievements" by Amazing+Quantum+Man · 2009-04-01 02:33 · Score: 1

Where is my OMG!! PONI3S!!!????

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Re:To hell with "achievements" by Jeremy+Erwin · 2009-04-01 03:22 · Score: 1

Shield your eyes

UID club... help me boost by bryansj · 2009-04-01 02:34 · Score: 1

I'm in the 5 digit UID club. I need help getting the 4, 3, 2, and 1 UID achievements.

Re:UID club... help me boost by JASegler · 2009-04-01 02:44 · Score: 1

John Titor would be the person to help you out with that.
Re:UID club... help me boost by jcoleman · 2009-04-01 03:03 · Score: 1

Only if you help me get the 5 digit.

Great idea! Achievements! by Gizzmonic · 2009-04-01 02:34 · Score: 1

Hey, I love the achievements!

Except for one thing...you should have called them "trophies"!

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woohoo! by Sharkyfour · 2009-04-01 02:34 · Score: 1

Woohoo! Made it into one of the UID clubs! Now if only I had registered when I actually started reading it, I'd be in the 4 digit club... Oh well...

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april fools! by Saint+Stephen · 2009-04-01 02:35 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm guessing posting here will get me the April Fools achievement!

Re:april fools! by moose_hp · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

Ditto

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Re:april fools! by DeHar · 2009-04-01 04:40 · Score: 1

Me too.
Re:april fools! by jstanzel · 2009-04-01 06:50 · Score: 1

Doesn't seem to be on your achievments list yet. I wonder in what intervals they are generated?
Re:april fools! by Saija · 2009-04-01 07:20 · Score: 1

i can haz achievements? heh

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Re:april fools! by travdaddy · 2009-04-03 10:52 · Score: 1

Me too.

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Talk about future proofing by Tiber · 2009-04-01 02:36 · Score: 1

Now all I need is my XBOX browser to start working so I can rack up LIVE achievements AND slashdot achievements all in one!

Where's pink theme?! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 02:37 · Score: 0

I loved pink theme we seen year or 2 years ago, much better than this year's ;)

Hah. by jonnythan · 2009-04-01 02:37 · Score: 1

I think I like it!

Achieved by revoltingdevelopment · 2009-04-01 02:38 · Score: 0

Hi, just posting to get another achievement. Thank you.

Interesting by falcon9x · 2009-04-01 02:38 · Score: 1

Pretty interesting system. Checking out my achievements now.

The best joke this year by EthanV2 · 2009-04-01 02:38 · Score: 1

This must be the best April fools' joke I've seen this year. Over engineered, but awesome.

If you want a hideous layout... by orthancstone · 2009-04-01 02:39 · Score: 2, Insightful

idle is that way --->

Re:If you want a hideous layout... by Alsee · 2009-04-01 02:59 · Score: 3, Funny

It's in my scroll bar?
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Re:If you want a hideous layout... by Bigjeff5 · 2009-04-01 03:23 · Score: 1

Indeed so!

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Re:If you want a hideous layout... by tag · 2009-04-01 04:09 · Score: 1

It's on my other monitor?
Nope, that's email and Trillian.
Re:If you want a hideous layout... by nazrhyn · 2009-04-01 05:20 · Score: 1

It's pants.
Re:If you want a hideous layout... by ngrier · 2009-04-01 05:48 · Score: 1

About as interesting most of the time...
Re:If you want a hideous layout... by DMUTPeregrine · 2009-04-01 06:36 · Score: 1

Yes. The level of discussion provided by your scrollbar and the idle section of slashdot are about the same.

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Re:If you want a hideous layout... by Camann · 2009-04-01 06:40 · Score: 1

It's in ur scrol bar, movin' ur pagez

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Re:If you want a hideous layout... by drinkypoo · 2009-04-02 04:10 · Score: 1

No, but that's about how much room you have to type your comments.

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Is there an Achievement... by gzipped_tar · 2009-04-01 02:39 · Score: 1

for slaying all Slashdot editors? ;)

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Re:Is there an Achievement... by Soulskill · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 1

Unfortunately, due to the difficulty in evaluating such an achievement, it did not make it through our beta-testing process.
Neither did ScuttleMonkey.

In Other News by CDOS_CDOS+run · 2009-04-01 02:39 · Score: 1

Slashdot has moved its website to be hosted on a Mac emulating Windows to get that fresh feeling from running on IIS

April Fool by fava · 2009-04-01 02:40 · Score: 1

I wonder how many idiots are going to post in this thread just to get the April fool achievement.

Not that I would ever do a thing like that.

Not me.

Never.

Re:April Fool by RalphSleigh · 2009-04-01 02:45 · Score: 1

How about posting in the April fools thread and undoing moderation to said thread at the same time?

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Re:April Fool by uxbn_kuribo · 2009-04-01 02:55 · Score: 1

It's both real and fake, therefore it is a paradox. Doc Brown warned us about this. :( See y'all on the other side. :(

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Re:April Fool by Rynor · 2009-04-01 02:56 · Score: 1

I agree, I would never do that either.
Re:April Fool by mttlg · 2009-04-01 03:13 · Score: 1

I wonder how many idiots are going to post in this thread just to get the April fool achievement.
That one's probably just a joke anyway. And considering that this is a real feature, I doubt these posts would count. Anyone who posts here just to get a possibly-fake achievement truly is an April Fool. Um... Conficker made me do it.
Re:April Fool by Anonymous+Matt · 2009-04-01 05:50 · Score: 1

I wonder how many idiots are going to post in this thread just to get the April fool achievement.
Not me. This is a Woodstock post. It's just to prove I was here on April 1.
Or is it?

as if by C0vardeAn0nim0 · 2009-04-01 02:40 · Score: 1

karma whores weren't bad enough...

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Re:Dear slashdot by ibsteveog · 2009-04-01 02:40 · Score: 1

Previous prank of a theme change... Some of us liked it ;D

Just missed and achievement. by Ralman · 2009-04-01 02:41 · Score: 1

Drat, just missed out on the 5 number UID by only 3000+. I knew I should have registered earlier.

btw by Daimanta · 2009-04-01 02:41 · Score: 1

"Days Read in a Row -- your largest number of consecutive days reading Slashdot "

I sense scripts coming up which frequent /. once a day.

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Re:btw by Tubal-Cain · 2009-04-01 03:24 · Score: 1

I sense scripts coming up which frequent /. once a day.
Unnecessary. Some of us don't use /.'s RSS feed because it isn't updated often enough.

So where's the full list? by JTsyo · 2009-04-01 02:41 · Score: 1

I assume we only have a day to get as many as we can. Can't wait to see what kind of prizes there are for these.

Achievements Whore by SolitaryMan · 2009-04-01 02:42 · Score: 1

Here goes my April Fool and The Maker. Woo Hoo!!!

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All those years weren't wasted afterall by LingNoi · 2009-04-01 02:42 · Score: 1

After all these years of posting on slashdot I began to think I was wasting my life, but now I have a new goal in life, I must collect them all.

"Karma Whore" achievement by Myria · 2009-04-01 02:43 · Score: 1

Can those of us with "Karma: Excellent" get a "Karma Whore" achievement?

Just whoring out for points =)

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Re:"Karma Whore" achievement by Valtor · 2009-04-01 02:52 · Score: 1

Can those of us with "Karma: Excellent" get a "Karma Whore" achievement?
Good idea !
Right now I'm just proud of this achievement.
* Member of the 5 Digit UID Club
Cool :)
Valtor

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Re:"Karma Whore" achievement by tpjunkie · 2009-04-01 03:56 · Score: 1

There should be a threshold above "Excellent" that gives the "Karma Whore" achievement, it would actually motivate people to make useful posts for longer. Then again, this is /. and I'm only posting this for the April Fool acievement.

Great! by Chyeld · 2009-04-01 02:43 · Score: 1

I mean I had just finished this game and now I can play again here! ^_^

hmm by MagicM · 2009-04-01 02:44 · Score: 1

Seriously? This is how you "improve" slashdot? You ignore the myriad things that can be improved and you do this?

I feel like I'm playing a bad sequel to a video game. Slashdot 2: same bugs, now with achievements!

Bah, humbug.

When do they take effect? by maotx · 2009-04-01 02:44 · Score: 1

I already have a few achievements listed, but some that I would expect (such as Posted a Story) is not listed.

How far back do these things go?

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Re:When do they take effect? by maotx · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

/me scrolls to bottom of page
Yeah, nevermind...
Posted a Story is different than Submitted a Story That Was Posted

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Re:When do they take effect? by Single+GNU+Theory · 2009-04-06 08:37 · Score: 1

I submitted a story that was posted, and didn't get the achievement:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/04/09/1342256
Yeah, almost 10 years ago! Maybe they didn't go back that far for the achievements, heh heh.

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Open source advocate achievement by rgo · 2009-04-01 02:45 · Score: 1

How about an open source achievement, given to people that has never logged in using a Windows user agent :-)

World of /. ? by saphert · 2009-04-01 02:45 · Score: 1

Where's my OMGPWNIE achievement?

Re:Dear slashdot by gaspyy · 2009-04-01 02:45 · Score: 1

OMGPonies -- Just be glad you weren't here when it happened:)
I nearly had a heart attack that morning.

Move along, nothing to see here... by FlatWhatson · 2009-04-01 02:46 · Score: 1

I'm just doing this for the achievement!

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Re:Move along, nothing to see here... by StonedYoda47 · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 1

Whoring for achievement, check.

April Fool by DigitalSorceress · 2009-04-01 02:46 · Score: 1

Ok, so the achievement system is real, but it's also a joke... MY BRAIN HURTS.

I will admit that I play WOW, and for the most part, I could care less about the achievement system there. However, there have been some games where I HAVE gone after the achievements for no discernible reason. Ghost Recon and Portal come to mind. I dunno. I guess in a video game, they can help with "replayability" but on Slashdot? ~shrug~

Ah well... At least I knowingly took the bait on THIS April Fool joke. 4/1 is always a bit of a paranoia theater day for me cuz I have some rather mischievous co-workers.

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April 1st achievement? by revery · 2009-04-01 02:46 · Score: 1

sounds good

no, just...no by Slashboo · 2009-04-01 02:46 · Score: 2, Funny

Oh no...is this a joke, because although I thought it was at first, the FAQs appear to state otherwise. Please, turn this off. Don't let this happen. The last thing /. needs is a bunch of achievement whores desperately spamming for their +5 funny.

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Re:no, just...no by RockMFR · 2009-04-01 03:05 · Score: 1

That's exactly what I'd expect to hear from someone without the Comedian achievement.

Achievement Unlocked - The Game by KlaymenDK · 2009-04-01 02:46 · Score: 1

I do suppose you know the game "Achievement Unlocked"?
http://armorgames.com/play/2893/achievement-unlocked

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Re:Achievement Unlocked - The Game by bFusion · 2009-04-01 02:52 · Score: 1

I do not, but I will check it out when I get home (work blocks informative websites such as armor games)
Re:Achievement Unlocked - The Game by HanClinto · 2009-04-01 02:59 · Score: 1

Hilarious meta-game. :)
Re:Achievement Unlocked - The Game by OK+PC · 2009-04-01 03:28 · Score: 2, Insightful

I've just lost the game :(

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Re:Achievement Unlocked - The Game by Klatos · 2009-04-01 03:45 · Score: 1

I found this game to be quite enjoyable. The collections of meaningless praise that is easily tracked is good for my self esteem!
Re:Achievement Unlocked - The Game by Shadin · 2009-04-01 03:48 · Score: 1

Same

can't-believe-it-took-so-long? by SJ2000 · 2009-04-01 02:46 · Score: 1

How long did it take?

wheregolds by Steneub · 2009-04-01 02:47 · Score: 0

hai2u posting 4 aprilfoosl acheivemnt kekek ^__^

Seriously, the inanity of posts and comments will rise because of this system if people think it's a game. It will flare like a fad, but then people will stop after a short while. I give it a couple weeks before everything returns to normal.

Re:wheregolds by nailBnny · 2009-04-01 03:51 · Score: 1

It won't turn to normal. Achievements will be like crack to karma whores. Now there are 50 ways to get Karma: Excellent. O_O

Achievement? by tbi · 2009-04-01 02:47 · Score: 1

After lurking for a tad over a year and never posting I've now decided to make my first by putting my neck on the line for the April fools day achievement system. Is it a prank? probably. Am i going to fall for it? yes. Can I have my achievement now?

well done! by adavies42 · 2009-04-01 02:47 · Score: 1

and here i was thinking they'd just reprise last year's ceci n'est pas une prank and leave us all twitching in our chairs, desperately trying to guess which stories were real. instead, the google route....

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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Comedian"? by Em+Emalb · 2009-04-01 02:47 · Score: 1

"You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?"

"Just... you know, how you tell the story, what?"

"No, no, I don't know, you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the fuck am I funny, what the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!"
[long pause] "Get the fuck out of here, Tommy!"

Joe Pesci is pissed off because he's not a comedian.

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I wonder... by Runefox · 2009-04-01 02:48 · Score: 1

If the achievements thing will actually stick around. While funny, it really is kind of interesting, in a sick, metagaming way. Sort of like Achievement Unlocked.

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Re:Dear slashdot by bidule · 2009-04-01 02:48 · Score: 1

OMGPonies!!!?

Stop saying that. I found a coworker under my desk. He was curled into a ball and kept mumbling "Oh my God!". It took 3 moccachinos and a bagel to tempt him out of there.

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Anyone knows? by Lazypete · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

When the next update is due? I already have made it through, so I need new content ;-)

Yar! by NoSleepDemon · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

Can I haz my achievement plx?

Madness by Mystra_x64 · 2009-04-01 02:49 · Score: 1

I see. Madness of Apr, 1 is spreading. On the other hand "Achievements" isn't that bad idea either. It lacks images for them though.

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score! by toupsz · 2009-04-01 02:50 · Score: 1

This is totally going into my talk on score and UI engagement this weekend... :) -Z

The Tagger? by allcoolnameswheretak · 2009-04-01 02:50 · Score: 1

I have a "hitler" tag under my "tags". I don't remember ever creating a tag. I don't like hitler, so I hope it doesn't mean that I'm especially interested in hitler stories or something. How do I remove it?

Fun interactive idea by Lifyre · 2009-04-01 02:50 · Score: 1

but I find that it lacks pants. I think we need a Pantsless Achievement

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The Comedian by EdMcMan · 2009-04-01 02:50 · Score: 1

I knew all of those "... PROFIT!" jokes would count for something one day!

Achievements by coandco · 2009-04-01 02:50 · Score: 1

Must... get... achievements...

April Fools by jnaujok · 2009-04-01 02:51 · Score: 1

Every year I dread the twenty-four hour period that makes most of the web useless. This year, I find, much to my surprise, that SlashDot has actually done something that I not only don't despise, but actually think is a moderately good idea.

Hooray SlashDot.

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Re:April Fools by emilv · 2009-04-01 09:20 · Score: 1

This is probably the worst comment ever.

ID Threads by Cadre · 2009-04-01 02:52 · Score: 1

ID threads are the best.

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Seriously? by PadRacerExtreme · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

seriously? (yes, I wanted the achievement)

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Re:Seriously? by FearForWings · 2009-04-01 03:29 · Score: 1

So long as there isn't a "Seriously 2.0" achievement that requires you to make 100,000 posts in this story.

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DONT MIND ME by FMZ · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

JUST ACHIEVEMENT WHORING...

Achievement Unlocked - The Game by KlaymenDK · 2009-04-01 02:53 · Score: 1

I don't suppose you're familiar with the game, then?

http://armorgames.com/play/2893/achievement-unlocked

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Need DLC.. by Junta · 2009-04-01 02:54 · Score: 1

slashdot is in obvious need of DLC..

(but mostly I'm just getting an acheivement).

Slashdot jokingly stumbles upon the next big thing in social networking websites...

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Re:Need DLC.. by glavenoid · 2009-04-01 04:05 · Score: 1

Please not let this be so

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Possibilities... by angryphase · 2009-04-01 02:54 · Score: 1

I'm still waiting on the achievement for meta-moderating 1000 comments.

Let's start the whoring by SalaSSin · 2009-04-01 02:54 · Score: 1

finally... i'm a member of the 7-digit UID club... OK, i think i'm can go back to being an anonymous coward now

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Re:Let's start the whoring by SalaSSin · 2009-04-01 02:55 · Score: 1

Damn, can't even type anymore

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waht I really want to know... by Harin_Teb · 2009-04-01 02:55 · Score: 1

what gives "the contradictor"?

you bastards just totally F'd up my productivity for the day.

Re:waht I really want to know... by maxume · 2009-04-01 04:45 · Score: 1

It's in the faq: "The Contradictor -- !tag a story"

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best. achievement. ever by dknight · 2009-04-01 02:57 · Score: 2, Funny

Let's face it, this is the best thing to be on slashdot since OMGPONIES!
*sighs* I kinda LIKED that theme too... ah well, such is life

Nooooooooo! by yoshi_mon · 2009-04-01 02:58 · Score: 1

I'll toss you one freebie: you can register your wow main for points if you're that kind of person.

I broke free of WoW during the last x-pack! As a result I came back and started reading Slashdot more. And now you want me to go back?!

Damn you! Damn you to hell!

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All I Have to Do by Dripdry · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 1

So all I have to do now is post random idiocy ad nauseum, like the monkeys and their typewriters, and eventually I'll get all the achievements?

Put all my calls on hold, Ms. Secretary, I have some real work to do!

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Re:All I Have to Do by gleffler · 2009-04-01 03:15 · Score: 1

How would this be a change from your regular posting?

PS3 Achievements by JoelG · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 1

I like my PS3 Achievements better, but this is still cool.

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Re:PS3 Achievements by pudge · 2009-04-01 03:10 · Score: 1

PS3 Trophies FTW. I am level 6!
Re:PS3 Achievements by pudge_confirmer · 2009-04-08 21:09 · Score: 1

I confirm pudge posted
"FTW".
I confirm obscenity is just not like him. I confirm he is not just some newbie.

points by alphatel · 2009-04-01 03:00 · Score: 1

Okay I officially posted in the April Fools story. Points!

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HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT by James_Duncan8181 · 2009-04-01 03:02 · Score: 1

BRING THE AWESOME:

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Re:HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT by James_Duncan8181 · 2009-04-01 03:08 · Score: 2, Funny

I LIKE BIG CAPS AND I CANNOT LIE.
YOU SLASHDOT BROTHERS TESTIFY
WHEN A COMMENT COMES IN
WITH A CHUNKY TYPEFACE
AND THOSE CAPS ALL IN YOUR FACE
YOU GET SPRUNG[1] AND YOU
WANNA TROLL REAL TOUGH
BUT THAT GNAA BUTT GOT STUFFED
THOSE CAPS CAN BE QUITE WEARING
BUT I'M HOOKED AND I CAN'T STOP STARING
OH CAPS LOCK, I WANNA GO HOLLA
YOU'RE SO COOL LIKE A POPPED COLLA
THOSE MODS THEY TRIED TO WARN ME
BUT SHOUTING IN CAPS JUST MAKES ME HORNY
I'M TIRED OF STYLE GUIDES
TELLING ME TO WRITE SMALL SIZE
TAKE THE AVERAGE CRAZY AND TELL HIM THAT
HE GONNA PACK MUCH CAPS
SO TROLLS IF YOU WANNA CAUSE A FROWN
THEN THROW THAT CAPS LOCK DOWN
TYPE WWW.SLASHDOT.ORG
AND COPYPASTA THOSE NASTY THOUGHTS
JAMES_DUNCAN8181 GOT CAPS.
[1]REPRESENT, MODEL M USERS
Important Stuff
* Please try to keep posts on topic.
* Try to reply to other people's comments instead of starting new threads.
* Read other people's messages before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said.
* Use a clear subject that describes what your message is about.
* Offtopic, Inflammatory, Inappropriate, Illegal, or Offensive comments might be moderated. (You can read everything, even moderated posts, by adjusting your threshold on the User Preferences Page)
DAMN YOU, FILTER!!!!

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Re:HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT by Daravon · 2009-04-01 04:41 · Score: 1

BRING THE PAIN!

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Re:HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT by ULTRAJOE · 2009-04-01 06:49 · Score: 1

BRUNG
Re:HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT by cowartab · 2009-04-01 11:53 · Score: 1

lol
Re:HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT by laptop006 · 2009-04-01 12:57 · Score: 1

shift key solo 111

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Re:HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT by nacturation · 2009-04-01 16:27 · Score: 1

WILL DO

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Re:HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT by MidoriKid · 2009-04-01 18:02 · Score: 1

ridiculous

Hilarious by HunterZ · 2009-04-01 03:02 · Score: 1

Much more funny than fake news posts.

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What about Trophies? by grodzix · 2009-04-01 03:04 · Score: 2, Insightful

To be politically correct they should introduce /. Trophies for all the 360 haters out there [:

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Filter suspension achievement? by BobGod8 · 2009-04-01 03:06 · Score: 1

On a completely unrelated topic, pumpernickel.

Gratz! by squiggly12 · 2009-04-01 03:09 · Score: 0

LOL more ways to waste my time during the day today. :)

oh noes by astrokid · 2009-04-01 03:11 · Score: 1

dammit /sigh

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Meta-fooled by sixintl · 2009-04-01 03:11 · Score: 1

Does it make me more of a fool that I called this as a joke until I saw it on my own page and saw that it was real and accurate? And I'm still not entirely sure that it's real. "The greatest trick Slashdot ever pulled was convincing the world it was all an April Fool's joke" - KysrSoze

April fool by darkvad0r · 2009-04-01 03:11 · Score: 1

/me achieves "April Fool" So much for my karma, give me my achievement !

Or was this the april fool joke? by ericrost · 2009-04-01 03:11 · Score: 2, Informative

Trying to get the "April Fool" acheivement.

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Re:Or was this the april fool joke? by thadeus+finn · 2009-04-01 03:57 · Score: 1

Aren't we all?
Re:Or was this the april fool joke? by dfdashh · 2009-04-01 03:59 · Score: 1

Seconded. Hear, hear!

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Re:Or was this the april fool joke? by lc_overlord · 2009-04-01 07:10 · Score: 1

true

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Re:Or was this the april fool joke? by sgt_getraer · 2009-04-01 09:19 · Score: 1

I have no idea what you're talking about.
Re:Or was this the april fool joke? by seraph1m · 2009-04-01 10:49 · Score: 1

And so it begins...
Re:Or was this the april fool joke? by Spacezilla · 2009-04-01 19:16 · Score: 1

I don't get it.
Re:Or was this the april fool joke? by Zirnike · 2009-04-03 08:48 · Score: 1

/. is my first MMORPG, apparently.

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Achievements? by Octogonal+Raven · 2009-04-01 03:12 · Score: 1

There's an April Fools achievement? Cool.

In other news, the idea is made of win.

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Re:Achievements? by Kryis · 2009-04-01 04:47 · Score: 1

You just posted that to get the achievement!

YOU ARE SO FIRED! by YOU+ARE+SO+FIRED! · 2009-04-01 03:12 · Score: 1

Who authorized this?? I'M SERIOUS WHO AUTHORIZED THIS??? It wasn't me, I'm certain of that, and that's the only authorization you should be interested in. I'm certain of a couple other things too: Your wife's about to leave you. Your children are about to starve. Your car is about to be repossessed.

How do I know all this? Oh I'm glad you asked. It's because you're sooooo fired. So fired. Get out. So fucking fired. Janet will have your stuff packed up and available after 5. Say hi to your wife for me and tell her I'll see her tonight.

Mmm... Achievement Whoring... by sarlos · 2009-04-01 03:13 · Score: 1

Thank you.

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Re:Dear slashdot by Obliterous · 2009-04-01 03:13 · Score: 1

Indeed, it's the least obnoxious, but still annoying.

As to it being a case of the mondays, Oh Yeah. Especially with every executype in a paranoid media-driven panic about this damned virus/worm. If I ever meet the autor of that thing, I'll buy 'em dinner and a drink or two. Right before I put two .40 rounds into each of their knees.
(with one exception: if it patches the system and unilstalls it self with a `haha fooled you' pop-up, I'll laugh)

Re:Dear slashdot by slthytove · 2009-04-01 03:14 · Score: 1

I for one heartily agree. (And yes, this comment is me doing some achievement-grabbing).

sigh by Mordac · 2009-04-01 03:14 · Score: 2, Interesting

Only 2 points for my ID, i'm so sad. Why no achievement for meta-moderating 5 days in a row?

Re:sigh by MonkWB · 2009-04-01 04:57 · Score: 1

That kind of behavior isn't rewarded; you must be new here.
Re:sigh by illuvata · 2009-04-01 10:15 · Score: 1
What do you mean? The FAQ specifically says:
- Days Metamoderated in a Row -- your largest number of consecutive days metamodderating
Re:sigh by Hamusutaa · 2009-04-01 10:32 · Score: 1

Aw, and you were so close to the three digit club.

Ok by theillien · 2009-04-01 03:14 · Score: 1

I'll bite. Gimme my achievement.

I wonder when Microsoft is going to start suing all the websites that have started doing this. I know of this one and Rooster Teeth off the top of my head. I'm sure there are others.

Re:Ok by Chlorine+Trifluoride · 2009-04-01 03:32 · Score: 2, Insightful

Only if they patented "Method of keeping people addicted to online entertainment".

Vanity Pets? by Talahamut · 2009-04-01 03:16 · Score: 2, Interesting

So does this mean we're gonna start getting Slashdot vanity pets at holidays? :)

Everyone who logs in on New Year's Day gets a "Red First Postling"!

Kull Wahad! by jholder · 2009-04-01 03:17 · Score: 1

I want me The Maker! Where did I put my thumper?

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keep it! by mu22le · 2009-04-01 03:17 · Score: 1

I completely agree, Achievements are fun! Since you have some working code already why not keep it?

Cheers,

Emme

Ding by mrex · 2009-04-01 03:18 · Score: 4, Interesting

Don't mind me... on my way to achievement whoring.

Re:Ding by rsilk · 2009-04-01 03:57 · Score: 1

What he said... go go gadget achievement!
Re:Ding by ndazza · 2009-04-01 18:06 · Score: 1

uh oh, karma whoring, achievement whoring, where will it end?
Re:Ding by Captain+Chaos · 2009-04-01 18:24 · Score: 1

Maybe they'll display the total number of posts each user has made like on many forums. I can't believe how many people obsess about having huge post counts thinking it makes them cool, when really it shows they have no life.
Re:Ding by ndazza · 2009-04-01 18:30 · Score: 1

Maybe they'll display the total number of posts each user has made like on many forums. I can't believe how many people obsess about having huge post counts thinking it makes them cool, when really it shows they have no life.
I know! It encourages people to post frivolous replies just to increase their post count.

... Like this one.
Re:Ding by inio · 2009-04-02 04:58 · Score: 1

Me two.
Re:Ding by purpleque · 2009-04-06 05:01 · Score: 1

Selling or buying?

"The Maker" = made a fan? by ThesQuid · 2009-04-01 03:18 · Score: 1

Perhaps if you have a fan? I do (which surprised me) and have Maker. Report, please!

Re:"The Maker" = made a fan? by maxume · 2009-04-01 04:53 · Score: 1

Nope. I have fans but not "The Maker".

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Re:"The Maker" = made a fan? by ADRA · 2009-04-01 04:54 · Score: 1

Nope. I've got a few fans and I'm not a maker. Did you ever submit a story? That'd be my guess.

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Re:"The Maker" = made a fan? by ThesQuid · 2009-04-01 05:12 · Score: 1

Submitted a few, got 2 posted, but that's listed separately. Hmmm.

why? by WarpCode · 2009-04-01 03:23 · Score: 1

I remember when slashdot was about enjoying the articles and not about grinding for achievements. What lengths will you go to to keep your subscribers? Whats next? An Item Shop or Auction house? I hope Slashdot 2 doesnt include this unneeded grind!

/sarcasm

Fail by Mobius01 · 2009-04-01 03:24 · Score: 1

Sorry guys, but this doesn't top the OMG Ponies edition.

Time Wasted by bobbagum · 2009-04-01 03:24 · Score: 1

Time read should be called Uptime

Agism in the achievment system! by jholder · 2009-04-01 03:25 · Score: 1

I submitted at least one story that was posted (thought I think it was far more than that) back in the very early days of slashdot. But WAH! No achievement for me. I want my Ponies!

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Re:Agism in the achievment system! by jholder · 2009-04-01 03:28 · Score: 1

Found one: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=98/06/16/1047201
From 1998 -- Predates the linking of submissions with user accounts, so that explains it.

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PVP Sucks by Calsar · 2009-04-01 03:27 · Score: 1

The moderator class is over powered. I'm a 60 level poster and a first level moderator can pown my post.

FTW by Clovis42 · 2009-04-01 03:27 · Score: 1

Posting FTW!!

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Take That, Mom by TLCowart · 2009-04-01 03:27 · Score: 1

For years and years I heard how I would never amount to anything. Then, in only ONE day, I have TWO achievements. Life is lookin' pretty good right now....

I Just Lost The Game by Millennium · 2009-04-01 03:28 · Score: 1

And here I thought your post was going to be about announcing losses of The Game.

Quick summary, once again:
1) Everyone who is aware of The Game is playing The Game.
2) Every time you think of The Game, you lose The Game.
3) You must announce whenever you lose The Game.

Welcome to Hell. Have fun!

Re:I Just Lost The Game by Kadagan+AU · 2009-04-01 05:25 · Score: 2, Insightful

I just lost The Game as well. The Game is very difficult.

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Re:Dear slashdot by mogul · 2009-04-01 03:28 · Score: 1

But its a quite fun one anyway. Think about it, achievement whoring is what life is all about anyway.
You see it all over all day long, it fits perfectly in here too.

Which to do...? by molotovjester · 2009-04-01 03:29 · Score: 1

Hmm, I can either mod the parent up, or post to get achievement...

Clown armor by iamsure · 2009-04-01 03:30 · Score: 1

This is nice and all, but can we do something about the clown armor? Trying to keep my flame resist up, but man, its ugly!

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GIMME by immortalpob · 2009-04-01 03:30 · Score: 1

GIMME TEH ACHIEVMETN

CmdTaco is Slacking here! by charleste · 2009-04-01 03:31 · Score: 1

What? No music to go with the dancing hamsters?

Re:CmdTaco is Slacking here! by PFactor · 2009-04-01 03:45 · Score: 1

Agreed. This egregious display of laziness cannot be tolerated.

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Re:CmdTaco is Slacking here! by f1vlad · 2009-04-01 03:48 · Score: 1

Indeed, lazy MoFo's!

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Grammar Nazi Achievment? by xgr3gx · 2009-04-01 03:32 · Score: 1

Is being a Grammar Nazi something you can earn achievements with? ....
I mean, with which you can earn achievements?
Sorry... Sorry everybody!

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/Glider by vincanis · 2009-04-01 03:32 · Score: 2, Funny

And automated stroking is strictly against the TOS and you *will* be banned if caught.

After you get out of the hospital.

hey malda, you're missing one: by larry+bagina · 2009-04-01 03:33 · Score: 0, Troll

the gnaa pinata: get slapped in the face by a bunch of black dongs in the bathroom at a mexican restaurant. Yeah, it's just another friday night for you, but it's still an achievement.

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These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

More points? by puregen1us · 2009-04-01 03:34 · Score: 1

Wow, as if my excellent karma didn't give me enough reason to be proud.

So, more points to work hard and get? I can't wait to devote myself to Slashdot even more slavishly.

Well, at least for posting here I get something.

The fool by Putz962 · 2009-04-01 03:34 · Score: 1

achievement! +1!

Special award/icon? by Sepiraph · 2009-04-01 03:34 · Score: 1

Is there a life-time /. achievement award? Maybe they'd get a CowboyNeal icon or something. =P

So... by armydillo2025 · 2009-04-01 03:35 · Score: 1

I can really get another achevement just for posting something today? "The leaning envy cards the multiplied convict!"

Achievement Whoring by numbware · 2009-04-01 03:35 · Score: 1

It's what I'm doing with this post. Perhaps we should make this like Team Fortress 2, and give unlockable weapons to those with lots of achievements. Like a rocket launcher that mods down anyone near you who disagrees with you ideas.

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i'm starting my own thread by blackest_k · 2009-04-01 03:37 · Score: 1

probably wrong but this post might get me 2 achievements 3 if i get modded funny for some reason

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Re:i'm starting my own thread by kishkumen · 2009-04-01 03:47 · Score: 1

Good luck with that.

Have I unlocked the Ubersaw yet? by mahsah · 2009-04-01 03:37 · Score: 1

These achievements are a pain...

Glory of the Poster by Colonel+Korn · 2009-04-01 03:38 · Score: 1

The Proud, the Few: Complete a 250 word comment using fewer than 21 unique characters.

The Invincible: Read /. all day without dying.

Make Him Watch!: Defeat Commander Taco without first slaying KDawson.

Justice: Slay KDawson using only Microsoft equipment.

Reckless Judgment: Use 15 mod points in fewer than 6 minutes.

Commuter Boredom: Post on /. from work, from home, and from public transportation.

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7-digit UID? by Laukei · 2009-04-01 03:41 · Score: 1

Woot for being a member of the 7-digit UID club! Sigh.

Forums ARE PVP by hitnrunrambler · 2009-04-01 03:41 · Score: 1

I'm queued up for the "Linux Rules Mac Droolz" arena.

Slashdot hates its players by omnilynx · 2009-04-01 03:42 · Score: 1

This game has been so unbalanced since they nerfed funny. Interesting is way OP'd. They'd better at least throw us a bone in this world event.

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obtaining achievement by kramerd · 2009-04-01 03:43 · Score: 1

Nothing to see here.

Move along

buh by Quintar · 2009-04-01 03:43 · Score: 1

I wish I could hearth to April 2nd.

If I get enough Achievements can I lower my UID? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 03:43 · Score: 0

Really. I'm shooting for a low 4 digit here. Then I can get watanabe (27967) to send me his post filtering software, and then maybe I won't waste my whole day here reading posts...

Re:Dear slashdot by Obliterous · 2009-04-01 03:44 · Score: 1

well, almost two hours later, and every story posted has been an april-fools prank...I swear, if I didn't have to be at work, I wouldn't even turn on a computer today, I have lots of books.

can't resist by Takichi · 2009-04-01 03:46 · Score: 1

I got sucked in...

Great Idea by JD-1027 · 2009-04-01 03:46 · Score: 1

Why not make discussion sites more interesting? Keep it please!

Can Achievements be Outsourced? by Tweezer · 2009-04-01 03:46 · Score: 1

I can see it now. People will start an achievment service that will help you accomplish you goal. They just get enough accounts and start moderating you +5 Funny to get tge comedian etc.

Is it wrong... by Catiline · 2009-04-01 03:47 · Score: 1

Is it wrong that my first response to seeing these achievements is "Good, now I have an excuse to avoid posting on Slashdot more often"? I *like* the fact that my achievement score is so low. Here's to not raising it....

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meh by game+kid · 2009-04-01 03:47 · Score: 1

They want to add more daemon threads to their site, let 'em.

Me, I'm all for it; I love the smell of pointless data analysis in the morning.

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i can by Bob+The+Cowboy · 2009-04-01 03:50 · Score: 1

has achievement?

If I get enough achievements can I lower my UID? by Mr_Magick · 2009-04-01 03:50 · Score: 1

Really. I'm shooting for a low 4 digit here. Then I can get watanabe (27967) to send me his post filtering software, and then maybe I won't waste my whole day here reading posts...

This is very confusing by Frac+O+Mac · 2009-04-01 03:53 · Score: 1

The faq says its real, is that part of the joke??

Re:This is very confusing by Qetu · 2009-04-01 04:07 · Score: 1

The system seems real.
Re:This is very confusing by default+luser · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

But, it only goes back into recent history. Taco would have had to keep around a lot of useless data around for many years to give us all our real acheives.

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Re:This is very confusing by StuartFreeman · 2009-04-01 05:34 · Score: 1

looks real to me

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Reading the FAQ reminds me by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 03:57 · Score: 0

Why the hell am I no-longer given mod points? I haven't had any since 2005! Grumble, grumble...

Here only for the achievement by tetlowgm · 2009-04-01 04:01 · Score: 1

I'm only here as part of the grind. I can't believe I would actually post here.

The real problem is people won't moderate this story because it would prohibit them from posting and thus getting the achievement.

Re:Here only for the achievement by glavenoid · 2009-04-01 04:14 · Score: 1

Crap, you're right!! We better all start posting AC in case we get mod points later!

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Achievement Whoring by Ceiynt · 2009-04-01 04:03 · Score: 1

I love achievements, it gives me purpose to pointless things.

Just for the achievement by Ghost+Hedgehog · 2009-04-01 04:04 · Score: 1

Well my posts of today did already make a mess of my posting archive.

Finally by alienzed · 2009-04-01 04:05 · Score: 1

something else I can feel inferior about!

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So, it's possible to achieve after all! by LoganTeamX · 2009-04-01 04:07 · Score: 0

Thanks Slashdot, for doing for me what Sylvan's creepy, happy instructors couldn't - not while Mom was around, anyways!

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LFG by eieken · 2009-04-01 04:07 · Score: 1

1 Digit UID Raid, Looking for mage

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First WoW.. by StikyPad · 2009-04-01 04:08 · Score: 1

Will I now have to quit slashdot too? Only time will tell.

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Wait, is spending ALL mod points good? by beetle496 · 2009-04-01 04:11 · Score: 1

Should there not be an achivement for NOT frivously modding?

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Re:Wait, is spending ALL mod points good? by clone53421 · 2009-04-02 02:00 · Score: 1

That's what the metamoderation system was supposed to reward. This achievement is to reward the people who take the time to find good or bad comments and moderate them appropriately until they've run out of mod points.

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Thanks by Sinryc · 2009-04-01 04:11 · Score: 1

This is a terrible terrible idea. I will spend even more time on Slashdot now! Thanks!

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April Fools by pcgabe · 2009-04-01 04:12 · Score: 1

I know this is the AF joke for this year, but to be honest, I'm Type A, and achievements tickle me. Hence this completely unnecessary post, to get the April Fool achievement.

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Lame by Kachii · 2009-04-01 04:13 · Score: 1

I demand a woosh and a pop-up when I get new achievements.

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I play Warhammer Online by donatzsky · 2009-04-01 04:13 · Score: 1

you insensitive clod!

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Up by Tetsujin · 2009-04-01 04:13 · Score: 1

There's going to be an expansion out soon, upping that to level 60.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen - not only is "up" a verb, but it's transitive! :D

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Re:Up by Nefarious+Wheel · 2009-04-01 09:48 · Score: 1

There's going to be an expansion out soon, upping that to level 60.
I have a fundamental dislike of gerunding.

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Re:Up by richie2000 · 2009-04-02 10:28 · Score: 1

You will get your comeuppance, dear Sir, come the revolution. :-P

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I'm posting in this story just to get the drop by default+luser · 2009-04-01 04:13 · Score: 1

GIVE ME MAH ACHEVIES BABY!

This is the story about the hare who lost his specetacles!

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Anti-achievement by halcyon1234 · 2009-04-01 04:15 · Score: 1

I don't want to earn The April Fool achievement. How do I avoid that?

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Redundant? by hywyhy · 2009-04-01 04:16 · Score: 1

Oooh, Shinies!

Achievement Unlocked: The Comedian by Tetsujin · 2009-04-01 04:17 · Score: 1

All we need is an AJAX box that blips and says "Achievement Unlocked - 5G The Comedian" and the transformation will be complete ...

Is that the one you get for getting pushed out a window?

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Re:Dear slashdot by AdrocK · 2009-04-01 04:17 · Score: 1

Don't hate. OMGPonies!!! was hilarious.

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Member of the 1 Digit UID Club by viruswatts · 2009-04-01 04:18 · Score: 0

Member of the 1 Digit UID Club

That is so a Feat of Strength.

We're all doing it... by HexOxide · 2009-04-01 04:18 · Score: 1

The only reason any of us are even posting comments on this story is to get the April Fools achievement...

I'm just being honest about it.

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Re:We're all doing it... by dysprosia · 2009-04-01 16:51 · Score: 1

Me too!

So uh.... by Premo_Maggot · 2009-04-01 04:19 · Score: 1

where are the ponies at? I'm very disappointed.

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i can't wait by PJ1216 · 2009-04-01 04:20 · Score: 1

for the walkthrough on how to beat Slashdot and get all the achievements.

5 digit club by Tetsujin · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

1-5 digit club, but no 6? bummer.

Missed it by that much...

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Re:5 digit club by vlm · 2009-04-01 06:16 · Score: 1

Missed it by that much...
Yeah, by a whole third of the ENTIRE 4 digit club.
Now, the prime number achievement, that actually was a real near miss by you.. the guy one before you, 103069, is in the prime number club.
(would be real funny if he posted a response to this)

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Re:5 digit club by Tetsujin · 2009-04-01 06:31 · Score: 1

Missed it by that much...
Yeah, by a whole third of the ENTIRE 4 digit club.
I prefer to think of it as "3% of the entire 5 digit club". Doesn't make a lot of sense to talk about how far off I was from the 5 digit club in terms of the size of the 4 digit club...
Though, yeah, 3000 is still pretty far. The joke would have been funnier if I'd been UID #100002 or something. But, you know, any excuse to roll out a classic Max Smart line...

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mmo? by erko · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

eh, maybe -- this place always feels more like a twisty little maze of passages, all alike.

Question... by Bender0x7D1 · 2009-04-01 04:22 · Score: 1

How do we find an April Fools story to post in?

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Refer to a quantity of information... by sean.peters · 2009-04-01 04:24 · Score: 1

... in terms of how many "library of Congress" equivalents it represents.

I, for one, welcome our new high-achieving overlords.

Play my level by Tetsujin · 2009-04-01 04:24 · Score: 1

Don't mind me... on my way to achievement whoring.

H4H

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Re:Dear slashdot by mckinnsb · 2009-04-01 04:25 · Score: 1

Yes, yes it was.

Admin? by statemachine · 2009-04-01 04:31 · Score: 1

What's this Admin For A Day achievement?

Awesome by uberjack · 2009-04-01 04:32 · Score: 1

This is the best thing since sliced bread (sliced bread being invented the previous winter and all)

Sure... by archen · 2009-04-01 04:34 · Score: 1

Well the achievements thing is cute, but I honestly think they need to work it a bit more like the world of warcraft armory. Where you can click the achievement and it reveals the text to tell what it actually is.

Also taco's page link should leave this story open to the tag itsatrap.

Stealth nerf by DoubleDownOnEleven · 2009-04-01 04:36 · Score: 1

Cmdr Taco - this wasn't in the upcoming patch notes!
They totally stealth nerfed 6 digit UIDs :(. Can blue post on this please?

Where is my notification by sloomis · 2009-04-01 04:45 · Score: 1

I was really hoping for an instant notification when I did something to earn a new achievement. For example on the PS3 you get a box in the upper right hand corner that flashes. "You have earned Trophy 'You play way to many f-ing video games'".

Come on Taco make it so, and make the pop over pink please.

UID remapper script by Tetsujin · 2009-04-01 04:46 · Score: 1

For a number of years I've wanted a slashdot greasemonkey extension called something like "slashback" which would restrict all comments to people with UID lower than your own, thus returning slashdot to the same user community that got you to sign up in the first place.

I have another, somewhat related greasemonkey extension installed: it remaps the Slashdot UID space any time I view a Slashdot page, giving some users significantly lower UIDs, and others higher UIDs.

Honestly I can't remember why I installed it, though. I mean, it's not like I think any less of watanabe because he has an 8-digit UID, and I feel no need to replace my own, 3-digit UID with a shorter one...

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Brilliant by brkello · 2009-04-01 04:46 · Score: 1

If they implement an achievement for being a paid member, I bet subscription numbers will go way up. I am serious. People are that crazy about achievements.

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achivments by chris+mazuc · 2009-04-01 04:55 · Score: 1

eh?

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More interestingly... by Balinares · 2009-04-01 04:57 · Score: 1

When are achievements computed? Instantly, as a batch? How much additional database load do they cause, how were the necessary schema modifications applied over a million+ users? Were some possible achievements dropped due to technical complexity?

C'mon, we're all geeks here, give us the interesting geeky stuff!

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Re:More interestingly... by clone53421 · 2009-04-03 03:55 · Score: 1

It appears that they're updated on a daily basis, not in real-time; however, certain achievements seem to be updated immediately (the Level 80 for a WoW character in particular).

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the one missing Achievement... by Whatistehmatrix · 2009-04-01 04:59 · Score: 1

this UID is over 9000!!!

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I am a fool by Hogwash+McFly · 2009-04-01 05:03 · Score: 1

Enough said.

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7 Digit UID by dcm684 · 2009-04-01 05:04 · Score: 1

Once we get 100 million users, hopefully there will be a 7 digit UID award. And then I will finally feel special. Someday...

Cowboyneal by HannethCom · 2009-04-01 05:08 · Score: 1

What, no vote Cowboyneal in a /. poll?

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Who is it? by sking · 2009-04-01 05:08 · Score: 1

Just who is it that has logged in the most consecutive days in a row?

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Huh by Obyron · 2009-04-01 05:08 · Score: 1

I have to wonder if this will be gone tomorrow, and yet I can't resist the urge to stroke that sweet, sweet epeen. I could see this being great just for getting more people to metamod, but if it's just a joke it's a good one.

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Drupal Userpoints by kbahey · 2009-04-01 05:10 · Score: 1

Ha!

Looks like the userpoints system that I wrote for Drupal. Also has a plethora of contributed modules that integrates with lots of stuff.

Can be used as a site currency, reputation system, motivation for participation and much more.

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Achievement Whoring by Majikk · 2009-04-01 05:11 · Score: 1

Ignore. Just posting for an achievement.

ObWhoring: This will probably get modded down.

I hope by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 05:12 · Score: 0

Let this be a lesson.

*This* is the ultimate Slashdot acheivment by Pinball+Wizard · 2009-04-01 05:13 · Score: 1

I don't even think CmdrTaco has one of these:

Score 5, Troll, bitches.

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=27217&cid=2932562

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Elevated by BlueHands · 2009-04-01 05:13 · Score: 1

weird, the achievement got me to post today. My brain has been hacked.

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Re:Elevated by drivers · 2009-04-01 05:27 · Score: 1

I last posted exactly (1 year - 1 day) ago. I guess it's time to post. Besides, I want the achievement of posting in the April Fools thread. I hope this is it. :)

Oops. by castorvx · 2009-04-01 05:13 · Score: 1

This is a disaster.

We're doomed by Povno · 2009-04-01 05:19 · Score: 1

Mixing Slashdot and WoW is like mixing Coke and heroin.

Neither one are good separately but at least before they were mixed at least a small semblance of life still existed.

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Re:We're doomed by LoganTeamX · 2009-04-01 05:33 · Score: 0

Mixing Slashdot and WoW is like mixing Coke and heroin.
...Mom?

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Achievement Haiku by spoonboy42 · 2009-04-01 05:21 · Score: 1

Achievements, slashdot?
Remember Karma numbers?
Whoring has returned.

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Re:Achievement Haiku by wernox1987 · 2009-04-01 05:30 · Score: 1

Once more in Iambic Pentameter

Some achievments by SharpFang · 2009-04-01 05:28 · Score: 1

...maxing out karma in less than two weeks ...maxing out karma posting nothing but false information ...reviving a deep-ghost (posts at -1) account. ...+5 Troll ...-1 Insightful ...metamoderated moderation of your own post. ...got >1000 replies to your post ...went between -1 and +5 with one post ...got moderated +5 <i>normal</i>. ...got first post moderated to +5 ...got first post saying "First post!" moderated to +5

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Chrone 3D rpckz! by BitwiseX · 2009-04-01 05:28 · Score: 1

Postwd using cheomea 2d! Thesse glassrs are awe2somen! Achivement whorinh 4tw!

Re:Dear slashdot by BondGamer · 2009-04-01 05:31 · Score: 1

I am only replying here for my achievement. Don't mistake this for a reply to your actual comment.

Wait.... by Korey+Kaczor · 2009-04-01 05:32 · Score: 1

This ISN'T a joke?!?!

Achievements? by ningeo · 2009-04-01 05:33 · Score: 1

OMG WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?

I like it by Paxtez · 2009-04-01 05:37 · Score: 1

I like the achievements, I really hope they stick around. Much better then posting a whole mess of 'funny' stories.

Gotta catch 'em all by Red+Flayer · 2009-04-01 05:37 · Score: 1

Just for the achievement

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Ugh by molrak · 2009-04-01 05:39 · Score: 1

It's bad enough to do something like this, but to do it on April 1 is just ridiculous. Even if it survives through tomorrow, who honestly cares? (That or I am bitter for not having a low uid.)

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So like CADIE said I should come here and say hi by techess · 2009-04-01 05:40 · Score: 1

So I emailed this chick CADIE whose blog I read today and she said I should post here. She seems really cool in her emails (though why does she spell her first name in caps?) We compared pictures of unicorns and rainbows for a while. I think she'll be my bestest friend in the whole world.

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gimme the by Nocts · 2009-04-01 05:41 · Score: 1

give me the achievement

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Posting by LowSNR · 2009-04-01 05:42 · Score: 1

Posting for great achievement!

Request: The Destroyer by DahGhostfacedFiddlah · 2009-04-01 05:42 · Score: 1

Applicable only to me, and perhaps a few other overflowers I'm not aware of (see sig)

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Gold/Achievements farming services offered by Imazalil · 2009-04-01 05:47 · Score: 1

Actually working? not living with Mom anymore? Left behind by your peers at Slashdot?

For only $19.99 + S&H, our team of proffesional Slashdot posters will take your lowly Slashdot character and take them to your desired level.

Show off to co-workers, impress your manager, surprise your wife, makes a great gift for any occasion!

This is a limited time offer, send your credit card information NOW!!

Slashdot meme to honor this occasion? by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-01 05:49 · Score: 1

Is there an appropriate Slashdot meme for just such an occasion as Cmdr Taco's announcement of these important, new Achievement awards?

Is there a reliable official guide to traditional Slashdot memes to which one can refer? I believe I've seen a hardcover version, but its cost was prohibitive, so a paperback would be preferable.

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Re:Slashdot meme to honor this occasion? by complete+loony · 2009-04-02 02:04 · Score: 1

Slashdot's wiki page includes a reasonable list of the more common meme's and their meanings, though there may be frequent edit wars as people try to add more obscure meme's that pop up from time to time, and there used to be a whole page related to trolling.

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So.. by qa'lth · 2009-04-01 05:50 · Score: 1

What's the "The Contradictor" achievement for?

Where does one go to purchase a low UID? by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-01 05:52 · Score: 1

I paid someone $2600 for his 2-digit UID, but he never delivered the transfer documents.

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Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID? by CmdrTaco · 2009-04-01 12:35 · Score: 2

sounds like he april fooled you ;)

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Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID? by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-01 23:23 · Score: 1

sounds like he april fooled you ;)
Actually it sounds more like I april fooled you; except that I didn't think anyone was going to actually believe me.

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Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID? by CmdrTaco · 2009-04-02 00:29 · Score: 2

We've seen UIDs on eBay before. We've also messed with the accounts when we saw them :) (Karma? What karma!)

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Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID? by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-02 02:19 · Score: 1

Knowing, as you do, how I spend a great deal of my time, how could you possibly think I would have 2600 disposable dollars?

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Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID? by CmdrTaco · 2009-04-02 02:21 · Score: 2

I assumed you were kidding Ray ;)

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Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID? by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-02 02:59 · Score: 1

I assumed you assumed I assumed you assumed I was kidding. In any event, you guys did a fantastic job for April Fools Day. The Microsoft one was my favorite. Keep up the great work.

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Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID? by calfuris · 2009-04-02 08:02 · Score: 1

Well...your best option would be to find a time machine.

new achievements by Kadagan+AU · 2009-04-01 05:53 · Score: 1

I HEARD RUMORS ABOUT ACHEIVEMENTS FOR TYPING ALL IN CAPS AND FOR NOT USING ANY PUNCTUATIONS ok i guess i cant have too many caps or i cant post you learn something new every day i suppose

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Oblivious Reference by 13reed · 2009-04-01 05:54 · Score: 1

Gotta' Catch 'Em All!

Hello World! by SPBesui · 2009-04-01 05:54 · Score: 1

Achievement.

1053 post! Whoohoo! by jbeaupre · 2009-04-01 05:56 · Score: 1

Yes? No? Crap!

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Thanks for all your work by riffzifnab · 2009-04-01 06:04 · Score: 1

Keep fighting the good fight.

Re:Thanks for all your work by NewYorkCountryLawyer · 2009-04-01 06:25 · Score: 1

Keep fighting the good fight.
Do you mean fighting the RIAA?

Or do you mean my personal struggle to break the addiction that keeps me tethered to Cmdr Taco and his cult?

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i've got a question by sebee · 2009-04-01 06:06 · Score: 1

What should my first comment be?

Sagacity by Chaos+Incarnate · 2009-04-01 06:08 · Score: 1

Who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?

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The April Fool -- posted in the April fools story by jawtheshark · 2009-04-01 06:10 · Score: 1

I need that achievement....

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Achievement whoring by argux · 2009-04-01 06:10 · Score: 1

Now I'm going to post something funny and positive in the April Fool's thread. Then I'm going to tag this story aprilsfools so that someone else has the chance to !tag it. I will !tag something else, too. I will metamoderate and hope to God I get some modpoints so I can splurge them around with no regard to consequences.

Thank you, Slashdot! Now we have more reasons to participate, even if we have nothing to add to a discussion! :D

Dude by ChinaLumberjack · 2009-04-01 06:13 · Score: 1

April fools jokes aside, this isn't a bad idea.

April Fools Achievements by Aparthy · 2009-04-01 06:20 · Score: 1

I find these achievements far more interesting then the karma system.

Eventually could we filter posts based on the achievements of the poster?

w00t! by scientus · 2009-04-01 06:31 · Score: 1

achievement!

So what's next... by XavierFan · 2009-04-01 06:34 · Score: 1

a virtual currency and buying Achievements with Slashbucks? =)

Re:So what's next... by recanem · 2009-04-01 06:38 · Score: 1

Your Achievement level has increased! Achievement(2)

Hurray! by DJKaotica · 2009-04-01 06:36 · Score: 1

I can has achievements? Time to achievement whore!

Incoming Achievement whoring... by HeliosTrick · 2009-04-01 06:36 · Score: 1

Some of you may laugh, but most of you will still be chasing after these achievements. Lord knows I will be. MUST... GET... ACHIEVEMENTS.

Another achievement? by TimmyDee · 2009-04-01 06:36 · Score: 1

Can't pass this up. 'Nuff said.

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Screw this by Veggiesama · 2009-04-01 06:37 · Score: 1

I'm going to an achievement server.

Re:Dear slashdot by cbhacking · 2009-04-01 06:39 · Score: 1

In terms of stuff to come out on the first of April, I'd rate it somewhat above OMGPonies, but well below GMail. That said, I'm only posting here so I can get an achievement out of it...

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Effort/Creativity by Jared555 · 2009-04-01 06:40 · Score: 1

At least they were somewhat creative and put a little effort into this one rather than linking to other stupid jokes.

Re:Dear slashdot by clone53421 · 2009-04-01 06:50 · Score: 1

Do you want them to go back to the entire day being fake stories?

Have you read the headlines?

Ok, so they're other news sources' April Fool's jokes, but it's the same, really... they're all fake.

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Re:Dear slashdot by Bluesy21 · 2009-04-01 06:54 · Score: 0

OMGPonies??!!! Where??!!?!111one!!!

Damn you Slashdot! by ar1550 · 2009-04-01 06:55 · Score: 1

Now collecting achievements will become compulsory to all of us with CDO!

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Re:Dear slashdot by guga31bb · 2009-04-01 06:58 · Score: 1

Wow there are a lot of comments in this thread.

April fool!

Emerges blinking... by Rellik66 · 2009-04-01 07:04 · Score: 1

Is April Fools over yet? no? returns to cave grumbling

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Trying to get the april fool achievement by Zakabog · 2009-04-01 07:09 · Score: 1

Trying to get it, haven't figured it out yet...

Maybe I have to post in this article?

Eh, the achievement system will be gone soon anyways...

For the Achievement! by Jurph · 2009-04-01 07:10 · Score: 1

Toasting in an epic bread.

Missing but obvious category by eagl · 2009-04-01 07:11 · Score: 1

There is an achievement for submitting a story, but how about a counter for number of discarded submissions?

Re:So like CADIE said I should come here and say h by taco8982 · 2009-04-01 07:16 · Score: 1

Poor Dr. Norvig. I hope Dr. Russell is there to help get him through this.

The April fools archievement by Yogiz · 2009-04-01 07:19 · Score: 1

Posted to this thread yet did not get it. Guess I got April fooled.

A suggestion by thetoadwarrior · 2009-04-01 07:24 · Score: 1

Needs more Hitler.

As if I don't have enough to distract me from work by Telzwin · 2009-04-01 07:26 · Score: 1

now I am going to spend my day getting achievements.

ZOMGWTFROFLMAO by Torodung · 2009-04-01 07:31 · Score: 1

oh for the love of god my post is getting screened for too many caps it's april fools day everyone should post in nothing but caps on april fools day lets see if this messes up your bayesian filters pope turlingdrome banana requiem lameness filter like fer sure

IANALAFAIKYMMVYASNDBASHGREPJUYEDAWKYAKK

it's going to be tough... by thenewguy001 · 2009-04-01 07:35 · Score: 1

how many nerd emoticons can you draw before they all look the same?

So just like WoW.... by cwiegmann24 · 2009-04-01 07:35 · Score: 1

I now have to stay up all night reading /., slam 24-packs of Mountain Dew, and forego all social interaction outside of reading and replying to others' comments?

Mod parent up!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 07:41 · Score: 0

N/T

Achievements for everyone by FoxDude0486 · 2009-04-01 07:47 · Score: 1

I don't mind everything having achievements as it gets people to try and do everything at once. But at the same time you'll just get people doing something, just for the achievement, ending up with a dumb comment or tag or whatever they want to achieve just to get that phrase on their account.

achievement achieved by revlayle · 2009-04-01 07:48 · Score: 1

can i get rated "+1 achieve"?

So /. is the "Achievement Unlocked" MMO? by Briareos · 2009-04-01 07:48 · Score: 1

As in, this MMO'd...

np: Fennesz - Glide (Black Sea)

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Achievement Unlocked by DeePCedure · 2009-04-01 07:54 · Score: 1

This game seems to be entirely relevant. Especially since posting this unlocks the "April Foll" achievement. :P

http://armorgames.com/play/2893/achievement-unlocked

Well Then by Praeluceo · 2009-04-01 07:55 · Score: 1

I guess I am achievement whoring then, because I can't let April 1st pass by without actually getting anything out of the deal, right? So here goes, please no-one mod me, I just want to disappear into the background! At least this is better than ponies, I still suffer from partial blindness in my left eye when I accidentally looked at Slashdot in the ponies theme before I turned away.

Eh... by Yert · 2009-04-01 08:00 · Score: 1

What the hell. You do realize that by making an achievement system, people are going to post a comment now simply because they want to gain another achievement?

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Re:Eh... by olego · 2009-04-01 10:10 · Score: 1

I realize that. And today only, I can earn "The April Fool"... I don't know, I've always had the "collect-them-all" mentality, especially with things that don't really matter.

Thinly veiled ploy... by nwf · 2009-04-01 08:13 · Score: 1

...to drive up those advertisement dollars? "But look at how many people posted in April! Clearly our user growth is astounding!"

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Hm... by JAlexoi · 2009-04-01 08:16 · Score: 1

As the FAQ says, this is for the The April Fool :)

Comment removed by account_deleted · 2009-04-01 08:18 · Score: 1

Comment removed based on user account deletion

ugh by kuzb · 2009-04-01 08:20 · Score: 1

All I can really say is: /facepalm

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points by Kebis · 2009-04-01 08:21 · Score: 1

There should also be an achievement for getting an achievement point. - But one for getting that achievement, we don't need an endless achievement feedback loop.

wow? by superpaladin · 2009-04-01 08:22 · Score: 1

how can getting achievements is copying wow and not xbox live?

My first comment... by duhriddler · 2009-04-01 08:26 · Score: 1

...is simply being used to get an achievement. What a waste of a perfectly good commenting virginity!

April Fools by celardore · 2009-04-01 08:34 · Score: 1

\o/

i think the real joke here by Anil · 2009-04-01 08:43 · Score: 1

... is an attempt to kill all of our browsers by forcing us to load up a thread with thousands of comments.

lets just hope everyone on ./ doesn't go for the bs april fools achievment.

or maybe taco made an achievment for starting a post with 7digit number of comments and it just trying to unlock it.

Re:i think the real joke here by lorax · 2009-04-01 09:06 · Score: 1

I agree.

Achievements are nice... by cavefrog · 2009-04-01 08:45 · Score: 1

... but how do I go about collecting /gold? Can I (data) mine archived posts? Combat Trolls? Auction new memes to the highest bidder?

And just where is the /auction house anyway? I can't find the link...

Obligatory: I for one... by automag · 2009-04-01 08:55 · Score: 1

...welcome our new achievement... Awww, screw it. You know the joke.

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Achievements by TuringTest · 2009-04-01 09:10 · Score: 1

Is it still April 1st over there?

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Epic (Mount) FAIL by dohadeer · 2009-04-01 09:12 · Score: 1

I hope you're ready to open a Slashdot rehabilitation clinic in Korea...

My new goal: by allanc · 2009-04-01 09:22 · Score: 1

Get all of the "X Digit UID club" achievements on my primary account!

Wait, what?

OMG Ponies? by N30V3RL0RD · 2009-04-01 09:35 · Score: 1

I have absolutely nothing to say, but want the achievement.

Freekin Genius by ClubPetey · 2009-04-01 09:37 · Score: 1

I'm soooo gonna collect all the achievement. People will do anything for points...

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april fools by Braino420 · 2009-04-01 09:38 · Score: 1

meh, tar intarweb is unreadable today

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Anyone want to boost up my Achievement points? by freaker_TuC · 2009-04-01 09:43 · Score: 1

I need a achievement boost badly, running around in Twink gear! ;)

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Catching on... by thegoofeedude · 2009-04-01 09:48 · Score: 0

This is the first year that I actually remembered it was April Fool's day before I read Slashdot. The last few years were... interesting. I would relay a incredible story I read on Slashdot (I know! Can you believe it?) and it would turn out to be an April Fool's joke.

Then I found five dollars.

Actually, they are good if used well ... by freaker_TuC · 2009-04-01 09:51 · Score: 1

Achievement points show some progress in the game if used wisely. If it's used to do Achievement whoring it's mostly causing only competitive behavior.

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Re:Actually, they are good if used well ... by Millennium · 2009-04-02 01:47 · Score: 1

But the whole point behind Achievements is to promote Achievement-whoring: get people to overplay their games to death as quickly as possible, so that they get bored and buy new games for MOAR POINTZ. Replay value isn't profitable, and Achievements were designed as a cure.
If the 360's attach rates are any indicator, it's worked brilliantly.

Just posting. by Restil · 2009-04-01 09:54 · Score: 1

I'm just posting to get the achievement. Don't mind me. ;)

-Restil

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Another year, another crop of stories... by Solarch · 2009-04-01 10:13 · Score: 1

Oy. Just oy. A tip of the hat to you guys - and some great aprilfools posts on the front page too.

Achieve! by VoltageX · 2009-04-01 10:16 · Score: 1

Slashdot: Episode 2, now on Steam.

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Everyone else was doing it... by kishkumen · 2009-04-01 10:34 · Score: 1

Will have to try some heroin next!

Mmmm, April Fool Achievement by OverZealous.com · 2009-04-01 10:36 · Score: 1

I just want the April Fool achievement.

Nice one by dysfunct · 2009-04-01 11:15 · Score: 1

That one seems like it took a lot of work and preparation. Better than the last 2 years, /. :)

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huh? by ekhben · 2009-04-01 11:18 · Score: 1

... wait, this is only partly an april fools? gawd.

More achievements suggestions by lupine · 2009-04-01 11:21 · Score: 1

2^N for number of fans
listed as a friend of a /. admin - brownoser/suckup
wasted mod points by modding and then posting
5000+ friends of friends = kevin bacon

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Re:More achievements suggestions by drinkypoo · 2009-04-02 04:16 · Score: 1

# 2^N for number of fans
Can't do this without subtracting the number of foes. I like the fact that slashdot has the popularity contest, yet the number is not displayed up front (though it's easy enough to discover and calculate.) Besides the big jerkoff clusterfuck of wankerhood that would surely permeate the site if the positive numbers were displayed, displaying a negative number would be horrendous. Without it the possibility of showing the positive one is meaningless, but with it the trolls are fed in a way that makes a pornographic version of Gremlins look like Sesame Street.

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Achievement unlocked? by GBC · 2009-04-01 11:24 · Score: 1

Just testing.

wow.... by Foo2rama · 2009-04-01 12:01 · Score: 1

I loaded my wow main and it did not save ... I am a now a sad panda...

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woah by SaintNicster · 2009-04-01 12:02 · Score: 0

weird....

Am I a fool... by nog_lorp · 2009-04-01 12:05 · Score: 1

...if I think that posting here will give me the April Fool achievement?

Re:Am I a fool... by mindstormpt · 2009-04-01 12:18 · Score: 1

No.

The April Fool by me+at+werk · 2009-04-01 12:16 · Score: 1

I'm posting to get The April Fool

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One more? by mindstormpt · 2009-04-01 12:19 · Score: 1

I suppose it can't hurt.

SO... by koterica · 2009-04-01 12:19 · Score: 1

Do I get an Achievement for this?

Need Achievement by aaron.axvig · 2009-04-01 12:33 · Score: 1

I can't beleive this...

Achievements? by SeanTobin · 2009-04-01 12:54 · Score: 1

...Proceeding to go forth and achieve!

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Achievement by PixelScuba · 2009-04-01 13:26 · Score: 1

Posted in the April fools story.

Need more achievements by definate · 2009-04-01 13:32 · Score: 1

Finally, a reason to read and respond on slashdot more.

Only posted this for the April Fools achievement. Hope I still get it.

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EPIC. by Masque · 2009-04-01 13:38 · Score: 1

Why is there not an achievement for having, say, better gear than CmdrTaco?

The possibilities of WoW tie-ins are endless... and terrifying.

Moar! by ViennaLen · 2009-04-01 13:48 · Score: 1

... Because slashdot is totally an MMO! -20 common sense.

simple plan, really by rediscoverorange · 2009-04-01 14:12 · Score: 1

1. Encourage people to register new accounts, post comment threads in the April Fool's story, whore karma, and then break out tired memes

2. ????

3. Profit!

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Brilliant by Xenophon+Fenderson, · 2009-04-01 14:17 · Score: 1

This will make reading Slashdot a lot more fun! And now I have a good reason to meta-moderate. W00t!

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I like it. It's kind of fun. How about.... by Degrees · 2009-04-01 14:49 · Score: 1

How about adding these achievements?

"The Fan" - posts from two IP addresses during a single 24 period.
"The Addict" - posts from two IP addresses during a single 24 period, eight days in a row.
"The Connoisseur" - has KDawson on the do-not-show-articles-selected-by list.
"The Content-Maker" - total quantity of comments put the poster in the top ten percentile of all posters (excluding anon. coward).
"The Heart of Gold" - total up all the +5 posts per person, apply to the top 5 percentile.
"The Defender of Good" - this one is trickier. Find the top five percentile posters with the most Foes. Find the set of people whom have been foe'd by the foes. Scan that set for +5 insightful, and total. Top five percentile gets "The Defender of Good" achievement.
"Help! I'm Being Oppressed!" achievement - any user that gets down-modded by an Editor. Ever.

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# of Achievments by teknognome · 2009-04-01 14:51 · Score: 1

Why does it say I have 11 achievements, but then only show 7 of them? If I had the numbers, it comes out to 10...

(Also, I want my April Fools one)

LAST POST by Myriad · 2009-04-01 14:52 · Score: 1

Please, PLEASE make the hurting stop - I beg of you!

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...leads to by DBHolder · 2009-04-01 15:06 · Score: 1

Obligatory post

Logging out all the time by BlackMesaLabs · 2009-04-01 15:30 · Score: 1

Sounds like an interesting system, but slashdot always logs me out when I don't want to!

Just in case by rockNme2349 · 2009-04-01 15:32 · Score: 1

Achievement Unlocked

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When will this end? by Mufasa245 · 2009-04-01 15:39 · Score: 1

I'm so tired of April Fools on the internet. It's never ever funny. Just annoying weeding out the real news from the uninspired 'jokes'.

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Woohoo! by phantomfive · 2009-04-01 16:39 · Score: 1

Mod me troll!

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I hate achievements. by Ezzelin · 2009-04-01 16:48 · Score: 1

I hate achievements. Did I mention that?

Too late to whore the April fool achievement? by internewt · 2009-04-01 17:23 · Score: 1

Additional: Just adding to this massive discussion.

I don't think I've ever seen an article with so few AC posts either!

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Cool by Captain+DDL · 2009-04-01 17:26 · Score: 1

Sounds like fun.

Thousands of useless comments by SmokinJebus · 2009-04-01 17:30 · Score: 1

This story is bound to have thousands of useless comments just so that Slashdotters can get their April Fools achievement. This post is no exception ;-)

lol wut by Alex+Belits · 2009-04-01 17:33 · Score: 1

(pear goes here)

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Re:Does this mean we've stopped doing the sack rac by street_astrologist · 2009-04-01 17:44 · Score: 1

Two posters enter - One poster leaves!

Re:Does this mean we've stopped doing the sack rac by RockWolf · 2009-04-01 17:44 · Score: 1

And the pissing contests...well, those just smelled bad and created a mess.

At least you could always find some kinky AC to clean them up.

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I am by gottebag · 2009-04-01 20:49 · Score: 1

The Maker!

Let's see if you can still get the ach. AFTER 4/1 by achurch · 2009-04-01 20:51 · Score: 1

Because poking around the edges of code is so much fun...

Wanted achievment by fbartho · 2009-04-01 21:25 · Score: 1

Posting to see if I get the "April Fool" achievement

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Who'll be the first? by Anonymous Coward · 2009-04-01 22:30 · Score: 0

So who'll be the first to get the RTFA achievement?

Achievement suggestions as reference? by afranke · 2009-04-02 00:21 · Score: 1

Some of the achievements proposed in the comments are actually good references about the slashdot folklore. Keeping a list of them available somewhere could be a good way for newcomers to become familiar with the community they're getting into. P.S.: I wonder if replying to this on the 2nd also gets you the April's fool achievement.

Achievements by Atzanteol · 2009-04-02 00:32 · Score: 1

This is actually a pretty nifty idea - adds a bit of 'strangeness' to /.

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This is a test... by Cerberus7 · 2009-04-02 00:37 · Score: 1

Just out of curiosity, I want to see if it's possible to get "The April Fool" by posting here AFTER April 1. I posted in other threads on April 1 and didn't get the achievement.

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Re:This is a test... by nizo · 2009-04-02 06:05 · Score: 1

So far it doesn't seem to work for me :-(

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So wait... by 0xdeadbeef · 2009-04-02 00:55 · Score: 1

We get an "achievement" for posting to this thread maybe?

Re:So wait... by NivekEnterprises · 2009-04-06 05:11 · Score: 1

I hope so!

tag for achievement by everett · 2009-04-02 01:02 · Score: 1

tag for achievement

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Achievement Hunt in Progress by JamesonLewis3rd · 2009-04-02 02:01 · Score: 1

Be vewy, vewy quiet.....

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both cure and motivation ? by freaker_TuC · 2009-04-02 02:13 · Score: 1

For some they do motivate, which could be seen as a supporting pillar in the game.

After level 80, there's heroics .. heroics .. heroics ... raiding ... raiding ... raiding .... raiding ... and more raiding ... leveling 10 more with expansion ... heroics ... heroics .. heroics .. raiding .. raiding .. raiding ... rinse, leather, repeat ...

Achievement points do break the cluster by adding an extra factor to the game ; some even give nice rewards to stand out the rest. They could be used better though in ways like getting haircuts, gear coloring or tattoo's. Just killing for "just a title" doesn't suit me either to be honest, just because it's too boring....

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Achievement for making it through April 1st? by teamhasnoi · 2009-04-02 02:31 · Score: 1

'cause it's tough. Congrats.

Re:Achievement for making it through April 1st? by Kowh · 2009-04-02 04:47 · Score: 1

My suggestion is to take the day off and sleep in. Worked pretty well for me.

Achievement unlocked a day late? by Verteiron · 2009-04-02 03:34 · Score: 1

I hope so.

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Re:Achievement unlocked a day late? by wojtalsd · 2009-04-02 04:19 · Score: 0

Maybe, We will soon see. lol
Re:Achievement unlocked a day late? by iONiUM · 2009-04-02 05:19 · Score: 1

yes

Sadness by bazald · 2009-04-02 04:00 · Score: 1

I have control over the webpage of a student group, and nobody even seemed to notice my changes yesterday... :-(

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Die Aldor missing by krischik · 2009-04-02 04:58 · Score: 1

Right - only english spoken WoW domains.

I must post here by nizo · 2009-04-02 06:00 · Score: 1

I gotta post, just to add "April fool" to my achievements.

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you get "Wanker" by rodney+dill · 2009-04-02 06:19 · Score: 1

for the most gratuitous Weebl and Bob reference

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Posting for the achievement before the page gets by LiquidFire_HK · 2009-04-02 06:39 · Score: 1

...archived. They asked for it!

Comments by SuperMog2002 · 2009-04-02 06:53 · Score: 1

This story has a lot of comments. Here's another one.

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I am a whore by Captain+Splendid · 2009-04-02 08:22 · Score: 1

This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original...

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Re:I am a whore by AvitarX · 2009-04-02 13:36 · Score: 1

This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original...
Does adding re: to the subject count?

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Goth April Fools by Hyperhaplo · 2009-04-02 14:30 · Score: 1

Hey, don't disparage the ponies!
I'm waiting for the Goth April Fools where Taco announces that he's accepted a position with IBM and is now officially part of a Collective.

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Is stat padding allowed? by GodfatherofSoul · 2009-04-02 14:43 · Score: 1

Well, I am any way! AChIeVeMeNt PwNaGe BiTcHeS!!!

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The post by hansamurai · 2009-04-03 06:31 · Score: 1

Oh man, I want this dang achievement, otherwise it will hang over my head forever!

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Re:The post by hero · 2009-04-03 19:26 · Score: 1

Agreed! Regrets suck.

So how long does it take... by Turken · 2009-04-03 09:31 · Score: 1

How long does it take from submitting a post until you get the achievement *ding*? I posted in a different april fools story, but still have yet to see the achievement come up in my profile.

And like several other posters here, I'm also confused at to how the numbers add up.

Question by momerath2003 · 2009-04-03 10:05 · Score: 1

Does this count as achievement farming?

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Remember the days... by Minwee · 2009-04-03 13:19 · Score: 1

...when April Fools' jokes weren't real?

I blame Bush for this all. Somehow.

It's just easier that way.

Achievements? by boarder8925 · 2009-04-03 15:30 · Score: 1

You mean, just like for an Xbox 360 game, only with more purpose?

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wait by Aurisor · 2009-04-04 09:46 · Score: 1

Is this actually real?

/sigh by Criliric · 2009-04-05 08:46 · Score: 1

like i really need another place to try and get achievements, well at least i can solo these :P

April Fool achieved! by Hal-9001 · 2009-04-06 04:07 · Score: 1

Woohoo!

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Another one bites the dust! by warmgun · 2009-04-06 05:27 · Score: 1

Woot. Another achievement! I hope we win something...

Plus one, lame by Ben+Rigas · 2009-04-06 07:01 · Score: 1

WTB achievement PST

Last post by Winckle · 2009-04-06 11:42 · Score: 1

well, last post until the next one

Re:The April Fool -- posted in the April fools sto by blibbler · 2009-04-06 13:28 · Score: 1

someone really should moderate down all of these achievement whores... like me...

April fools by Minupla · 2009-04-07 14:55 · Score: 1

Wonder if I can still get my april fool's achievement?

Min

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achievement by cecille · 2009-04-08 02:33 · Score: 1

seems a lot of people, like me, are posting just to get the achievement.

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Someone told me... by MoToMo · 2009-04-10 03:23 · Score: 1

...that all it takes is a lame comment here to get an achievement.

I'm lame...

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