Questions tagged [winter-bash-2012]
For questions about the Winter Bash (or holiday hats) to celebrate the end of the year 2012.
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Winterbash 2012 leaderboard
How can we see the leaderboard from last year's winterbash (2012)? http://winterba.sh/leaderboard Seems to forward to the promos page now and not the old leaderboard. Is there any way to get that ...
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7 votes
2 answers
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Winter Bash Icon broken on Apps Page
On the My Apps page of the user profile, the icon for Winter Bash is broken: The image points here which gives a 404.
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5 votes
1 answer
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The Winterbash hats left a nasty residue!
Okay, maybe not a nasty residue, but they did leave behind persistent "super cookies" in my browser's localStorage. Each Stack Exchange site left four three values: wb:isparticipating, wb:unreadcount,...
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1 answer
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The secret behind the Epic Punyon Beard [duplicate]
I know, the Winterbash has ended (it makes me cry everyday) and still asking questions about it is futile. However, I was really fascinated by the mystery surrounding the mysterious Epic Punyon Beard. ...
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-2 votes
1 answer
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Are those Hats from StackOverflow has gone?
I don't see hats in my profile/top bar anymore, neither in others, are those gone ?
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42 votes
3 answers
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The quest for the winter unicorn of the bash [closed]
There are many rumors running about the winter bash site. Many voices of an easter egg hidden somewhere. Beards growing overnight. Yet, one of the legend lies unspoken. The legend of an unicorn. A ...
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6 votes
1 answer
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What will it do if I click "I hate hats" this link? [closed]
What happens if I click the "I hate hats" link in the winter bash menu? The mouse pointer tooltip showing "opt out of winter bash", what does it mean?
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166 votes
40 answers
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What do you think of Winter Bash? [closed]
As Winter Bash winds down, I'm interested in hearing your feedback about the event. While I've been pretty responsible about monitoring (and responding to) questions in winterbash, I'm more interested ...
4 votes
2 answers
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Less/more info on profile page mucks up winter bash hats
Two issues here. Firstly, the hat isn't shown in less info profile view. To reproduce navigate to the profile page of someone with a hat and click Less Info (if it's not already in that view). ...
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4 votes
1 answer
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Add description tooltip directly to selected hat
Is it possible to add the hat description tooltip directly to the hat element overlaying the gravatar? An illustration of what I mean (with apologies to hims056): I ask because I often spot someone ...
user200500
14 votes
2 answers
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New Year's Eve hat still not awarded?
I have had two messages in chat starred multiple times: http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/transcript/message/1227296#1227296 http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/transcript/message/1227343#1227343 Yet ...
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-3 votes
1 answer
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Why didn't I get the pirate hat? [closed]
According to How do you get a pirate hat, the highest answer that outscores an accepted answer with a score of 3 or more or by 2x or more wins a pirate hat. I remember that a few days ago, as it ...
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-4 votes
2 answers
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How long could I keep my hat? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: What do hats get me after January 4th? I love my hat! How long could I keep it? Is it a permanent system (which I want)? I had thought that I could save my image with the hat ...
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-5 votes
1 answer
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Do we lose our hats? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate: What do hats get me after January 4th? On the Winter Bash page it says "but be quick – the hats get put back in their boxes on January 4th!". Does this mean that we cannot ...
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4 votes
1 answer
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Add Winterbash and other special event results to user profile page in perpetuity
Since they plan on doing specials like Winterbash in the future, maybe they could add a section on the profile for Legacy Awards or something like that, that will show the temporary awards earned in ...
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