We have been given the option this year to opt out of this year's Winterbash. The default is opt-in, so if we do nothing or can't decide, we will get hats. However if we decide that we definitely do not want hats, we can make sure the site remains hat-free until at least a year's time.
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Personally, I don't mind either way. If there was a way to opt-out at the user level, that might be pretty cool, but in the absence of that, I'm not going to stand in the way of those that want it.– FrankNov 19, 2014 at 14:38
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1@Frank Individual users can opt out, even if the site has hats.– Invader SkoodgeNov 19, 2014 at 14:38
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They could last year too.– ArperumNov 19, 2014 at 14:38
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1Then I see no reason to even give us the option; hat haters (hatters, maybe?) can opt-out, and everybody's happy.– FrankNov 19, 2014 at 14:40
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15Only a secret hat hater would even ask this question.– SternoNov 19, 2014 at 15:05
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3Why only hats? I want horse armor– user28015Nov 24, 2014 at 16:00
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[featured] can be removed and [status-completed] added, since the Dec 1 deadline has passed.– DoorknobDec 3, 2014 at 1:04
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We should allow winterbash. It's a fun little thing that lasts for about 2 months, which users can opt out of if they don't want to take part in it, so there's no reason not to do it.
Secondly, I'd like to suggest banning any users who hate hats (That's a bannable offense, right?)
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1@Arperum Yes... it started here as a TF2 reference and spread to other sites the next year. Nov 19, 2014 at 14:42
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6Incidentally, Winterbash tends to get people to do things they normally wouldn't just in order to get hats. It's the "bad" kind of gamification. Nov 19, 2014 at 14:44
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7@Powerlord This was brought up before. Frankly, discouraging and policing this kind of behaviour is the SE team's job, and I'd assume they'd have learned a thing or two by now. Things like voting rings etc. are actively policed regardless of whether or not there are hats. As for some of the most serious gaming going on, last year that was almost entirely to do with one user.– fredleyNov 19, 2014 at 14:46
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Also, why do you have a picture of me wearing my Vintage Towering Pillar of Hats? Nov 19, 2014 at 14:47
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1@fredley IIRC there were a couple users involved, most not as completely devoted as the one you are talking about though.– ArperumNov 19, 2014 at 14:50
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2@Arperum A few people did cross the line from healthy encouragement into unhealthy obsession, but those issues were dealt with. The amount of drama created for non-mods was low. At the end of the day, all the hats go into storage anyway.– fredleyNov 19, 2014 at 14:52
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@shanodin I haven't been an alot in a loooooong time. I was a Wipqalot for awhile (a cross between a turtle and an alot), but I switched from an alot to Turtle around year ago.– Wipqozn ModNov 19, 2014 at 18:45
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I don't care about hats. But if there is one SE site that should have hats, it's this one.
Yes but this time with game related hats please!
Example, I don't know, like one coming from LoL (not necesarily has to be only the Teemo hat, could be Lulu's), or Doom / Master Chief's helmet, Ryu's bandage, Assassin's Creed hood perhaps?
I mean from well known games :D
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7I suspect the lack of votes is because we don't have any control over what SE decides for that.– user11502Nov 20, 2014 at 0:13
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3I agree this would be cool, but a) it'd be a pain to implement, and b) We'd be treading into copyright territory (it shouldn't be an issue, but Stack Exchange would at least have to look into it to make sure they aren't treading on any toes)– Robotnik ModNov 20, 2014 at 3:34
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...we had gaming specific hats in the past before the rest of SE decided to steal our hat dash and repurpose it. Dec 5, 2014 at 17:46
Yes, I hate hats. We should never, ever, ever allow them on the site. Or at least, not this year.
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12This post has 9 upvotes. I think it's time to close the site down entirely.– fredleyNov 20, 2014 at 13:33
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I think only handsome monkeys on this site should have hats, like me and the guy above me
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13Downvoted in the hopes that it ends up below @JasonBerkan's, implying that only you and the hat hater should have hats. Nov 27, 2014 at 9:31
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