Slashdot Launches User Achievements 1582
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!
Very funny... (Score:3, Insightful)
Since slashdot is about 14 hours late with the april fools, will we expect this for another 24 hours, well into April 2nd?
Come on (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:ME ME ME! (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:The real question here is... (Score:5, Insightful)
Comedians are Funny. Be funny, and you can be a comedian.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score:4, Insightful)
If there is, it would be impossible to get it :(
Not the worst idea ever (Score:5, 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.
Re:Very funny... (Score:5, Insightful)
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...
OMG Ponies (Score:2, Insightful)
If only I'd remember to log in everytime my consecutive days would be through the roof
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (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...
Mod points (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:This is a violation of my privacy. (Score:5, Insightful)
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:The April Fool (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score:3, Insightful)
I have "The Tagger", even though I have never tagged a story. It's just a really bad joke.
Re:When did this happen? (Score:4, Insightful)
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 (Score:5, 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... (Score:2, 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.
Re:Slashdot achievements (Score:2, Insightful)
Indeed.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score:3, 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:Slashdot achievements (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Dear slashdot (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!!!?
Re:I'm....stumped... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Very funny... (Score:3, 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?
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score:5, Insightful)
I believe it's referred to as karma whoring here.
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score:5, Insightful)
If you want a hideous layout... (Score:3, Insightful)
What about Trophies? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score:3, 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:Achievement Unlocked - The Game (Score:2, Insightful)
I've just lost the game :(
Re:Ok (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:I Just Lost The Game (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Slashdot achievements (Score:1, Insightful)
When the fuck did this turn into failblog?
Re:Come on (Score:5, Insightful)