Slashdot Launches User Achievements

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!

Comments

Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[eldavojohn]

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.

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[Jeremy Erwin]

I thought we were capped at Level 50.

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[rossdee]

My guess is its the Giant Sandworm from Arrakis "Shai Halud"

BTW I don't play WoW you insensitive clod!

Since its the first day of the fourth month please think of the poor children in Fargo who are unable to celebrate this 'holiday' with their teachers. (schools are closed due to the flood)

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[richie2000]

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

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[Rary]

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?

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[AlterRNow]

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

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[bFusion]

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"?

[robably]

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

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[vrillusions]

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"?

[Glothar]

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"?

[pjt33]

I have "The Tagger", even though I have never tagged a story. It's just a really bad joke.

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[synthparadox]

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"?

[Verdatum]

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"?

[L4t3r4lu5]

Leeeerooooooooooy Jeeeeeeeeeennkiiiiiiiiinsss!!!

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[orclevegam]

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

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[rchatterjee]

I believe it's referred to as karma whoring here.

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[bentcd]

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!

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[cheezitman2001]

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"?

[vamin]

better start karming?

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[OglinTatas]

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.

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[Jurily]

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"?

[Xzzy]

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"?

[mariushm]

I thought it was going to be over 9000 :(.

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[Tetsujin]

I thought it was going to be over 9000 :(.

Or 8000 in the original Japanese...

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[Maxo-Texas]

They should definitely have both first post and frist post achievements.

And one called Redundancy Lord (for 10+ redundant comments within a month)

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[joaobranco]

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"?

[rholliday]

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

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"?

[Cube Steak]

But what about the "frosty piss" achievement?

[2. Trade]

[Norsefire]

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

Re:[2. Trade]

[L4t3r4lu5]

Amagad reportard!!!11q

Very funny...

[Tony Hoyle]

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...

[Anonymous Coward]

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...

[Rob Kaper]

No, it doesn't depend on where you are, at the moment of writing it's 14:51 UTC. Everywhere.

Re:Very funny...

[pla]

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...

[Anonymous Coward]

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...

[Tim C]

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?

Re:Very funny...

[BrettJB]

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...

This public service announcement brought to you by the letter i and the number pi

Come on

[zaibazu]

A good april fools is less obvious

Re:Come on

[Q-Hack!]

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

 

Re:Come on

[ptbarnett]

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

[tweek]

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.

Re:Come on

[tweek]

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

Re:Come on

[CmdrTaco]

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).

Re:Come on

[CmdrTaco]

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

Re:Come on

[IceFox]

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.

Does this mean we've stopped doing the sack races?

[elrous0]

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.

This is a violation of my privacy.

[Zexarious]

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.

[pla]

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.

[Anonymous Coward]

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:ME ME ME!

[f1vlad]

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

+5 Troll

[leromarinvit]

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

Slashdot achievements

[sakdoctor]

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

[Sylvestre]

Obviously!

Re:Slashdot achievements

[menkhaura]

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

Re:Slashdot achievements

[Anonymous Coward]

Indeed.

Re:Slashdot achievements

[kfischer100p]

Quite.

Re:Slashdot achievements

[Alphager]

naturally.

Re:Slashdot achievements

[Joe U]

Pink slashdot hurt my brain. No, really.

So, is this place a MMOBBS now?

Re:Slashdot achievements

[Hoi Polloi]

- 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."

Re:Slashdot achievements

[RogueyWon]

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"

bugged

[farker haiku]

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.

Re:bugged

[erlando]

What are you talking about? 5 digit UID was easy.

Oh wait...

Re:bugged

[watanabe]

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

[The Rizz]

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

[Pollardito]

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

[Mordac]

I like this idea, sadly I would have never found it from a plebeian like yourself.

Re:bugged

[CmdrTaco]

Stop Taunting Me ;)

Re:bugged

[CmdrTaco]

yeah that's slashteam pranking me ;)

Re:bugged

[jamie]

We love you man.

Re:bugged

[CmdrTaco]

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 ;)

Re:The real question here is...

[Jeremy Erwin]

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

Remember Gmail?

[Anonymous Coward]

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?

[notarockstar1979]

Yeah, because stroking something is EXACTLY what slashdotters need more of.....

Re:Remember Gmail?

[James_Duncan8181]

Just remember gold farmers....epeen stroking is entirely ethical unless you pay someone else to do it for you.

Grinding reputation

[dmleach]

How do you grind reputation with CmdrTaco anyway? And what are the faction rewards, Slashdot tabards?

Re:I'm....stumped...

[Daniel_Staal]

Then how come I've gotten about 10 "page load error" messages this morning?

I figure the server was Slashdotted.

Re:ME ME ME!

[RingDev]

I WANT A PONY TOO!

Re:Oh good god...

[Shining Celebi]

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.

Missing Achievements

[shogun]

* 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

[haeger]

I can't believe that they left out "UID as a prime".

I would have had it.

*sigh*

Not the worst idea ever

[squoozer]

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.

Re:I'm....stumped...

[Camann]

Achievement or it didn't happen

Comment removed

[account_deleted]

Comment removed based on user account deletion

OMG Ponies

[daivzhavue]

If only I'd remember to log in everytime my consecutive days would be through the roof

Re:The April Fool

[friedegg]

Now we just need little icons representing each of our achievements next to our names.

Re:So ...

[dedioste]

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

A new Firefox extension appears!

Posting to get an achievement

[fprintf]

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!

how about respect to the elders?

[ardiri]

• 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

Mod points

[xorsyst]

Gah! What a day to get mod points, nothing serious to spend them on. :(

Re:The April Fool

[GTarrant]

That is the best game ever. Achievement Unlocked!

Re:Oh for fucks sake.

[th1ckasabr1ck]

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.

Whatcouldpossiblygowrong

[TinBromide]

Its only a matter of time before slashdot comment bots flood the forums, farming EXP and gold and ruining the slashdot economy.

To be or not to be...

[Gazzonyx]

Be insightful and you can be a philosopher!
P.S. - Mods, this one is informative or you'll break the chain.

Contradiction

[Clarious]

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:So ...

[fastest fascist]

So are we getting a new mod option to go with this? Something like "Achievement Whore"?

No Such Luck, Sorry

[Anonymous Coward]

In a post from 2002, SexyKellyOsbourne did it and has no achievement for it.

Re:When did this happen?

[pla]

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:Dear slashdot

[ivan256]

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!!!?

6 digits need love too

[orkim]

1-5 digit club, but no 6? bummer.

PWNIES

[ThisNukes4u]

OMG PONIES

Re:So ...

[geminidomino]

A new Firefox extension appears!

> Fight Spell
    Item Run

Command?

Re:ME ME ME!

[danieltdp]

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!

Re:ME ME ME!

[nmb3000]

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

I've been a member for what...4 years now

[MediocreGuy]

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

[Invicta{HOG}]

My second post today!

Re:Dear slashdot

[Literaryhero]

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!!!?

Re:Posting in the april fools article

[jfclavette]

I want to see if that feature actually works in real-time.

Re:I'm....stumped...

[glavenoid]

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

No category for self discipline

[NewYorkCountryLawyer]

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.

april fools!

[Saint Stephen]

I'm guessing posting here will get me the April Fools achievement!

If you want a hideous layout...

[orthancstone]

idle is that way --->

Re:If you want a hideous layout...

[Alsee]

It's in my scroll bar?

-

Re:ME ME ME!

[Ender_Stonebender]

ME TOO!

</AOL>

Re:ME ME ME!

[Ender_Stonebender]

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

no, just...no

[Slashboo]

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.

best. achievement. ever

[dknight]

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

Re:The April Fool

[Remus Shepherd]

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.

What about Trophies?

[grodzix]

To be politically correct they should introduce /. Trophies for all the 360 haters out there [:

Re:HOW TO GET YOUR CAPS ACHIEVEMENT

[James_Duncan8181]

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.

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DAMN YOU, FILTER!!!!

Or was this the april fool joke?

[ericrost]

Trying to get the "April Fool" acheivement.

sigh

[Mordac]

Only 2 points for my ID, i'm so sad. Why no achievement for meta-moderating 5 days in a row?

Vanity Pets?

[Talahamut]

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"!

Ding

[mrex]

Don't mind me... on my way to achievement whoring.

Re:Achievement Unlocked - The Game

[OK PC]

I've just lost the game :(

/Glider

[vincanis]

And automated stroking is strictly against the TOS and you *will* be banned if caught.

After you get out of the hospital.

Re:Ok

[Chlorine Trifluoride]

Only if they patented "Method of keeping people addicted to online entertainment".

Re:So ...

[CmdrTaco]

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 ;)

Re:Slashdot's awkward point of view.

[sean.peters]

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:I Just Lost The Game

[Kadagan AU]

I just lost The Game as well. The Game is very difficult.

Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID?

[CmdrTaco]

sounds like he april fooled you ;)

Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID?

[CmdrTaco]

We've seen UIDs on eBay before. We've also messed with the accounts when we saw them :) (Karma? What karma!)

Re:Where does one go to purchase a low UID?

[CmdrTaco]

I assumed you were kidding Ray ;)