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Slashdot Launches User Achievements

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-believe-it-took-so-long dept.

In a concerted effort to compete with more popular MMOs like World of Warcraft, we've decided to add an Achievement system to Slashdot. We've retroactively granted around 900,000 achievements to our logged in users. You can view them from your user page, or you can see my list if you're curious what a REAL achiever looks like. Many achievements have been sprinkled throughout the system and are awaiting discovery by dedicated Slashdot users, but a starter list of achievements is in the FAQ. I'll toss you one freebie: you can register your wow main for points if you're that kind of person. Now go forth and achieve!

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  1. Re:The real question here is... by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Comedians are Funny. Be funny, and you can be a comedian.

  2. Re:Very funny... by pla · · 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...

  3. Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by robably · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm guessing "The Maker" is starting a comment thread, rather than just replying to a comment.

  4. Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by cheezitman2001 · · 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.