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New Achievement Proposal

The "Horse-Not-Quite-Dead-Enough" badge for all who participated in the most epic 'can we just settle this. family game or not?' thread!

Posted 15 months ago by serfer0 Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • oooooh!  I am due one of those!  I want my badge and I want it now!

    (Especially as I made no useful contribution to the debate at all.)
    Posted 15 months ago by Cassandria Subscriber! | Permalink
  • bump
    Posted 15 months ago by GavinLeigh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oooo, I want one!
    Posted 15 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • a GIANT thumbs up serfer0!
    Posted 15 months ago by gallagirl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 serfer0 while we're at it, let's make some badges for feeding trolls...
    Posted 15 months ago by Niqster Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 Niqster!!
    Posted 15 months ago by Hawkwell Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Why feed the trolls when baiting them is so much easier?!
    Posted 15 months ago by Skwid Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "I'm not dead yet!  I think I'll go for a walk!"

    "You're not fooling anyone, you know."
    Posted 15 months ago by jasbo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • actually, NOT participating is much harder than participating, to judge from the number of responses.   Which means I am out!  Can I get a badge for "Minimal Flogging"--just two responses?
    Posted 15 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nanookie you are so right!  I went on when the discussion was only a third of the way down the second page, said my piece and told myself I would not look at it again.  Now I have to hang my head and admit to you all that I am a rubbernecker : (  

    I will send myself to the penalty box for three minutes now and feel shame...

    It really was like watching a train wreck, fascinating and disturbing all at once.   Then finally the discussion got on track and I believe an informal marching band is being formed.  I will be the pianist for the band once I figure out the appropriate dolly and harness system.
    Posted 15 months ago by Menoboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @menobo:

    check instrumental music catalogs. school pianos are often equipped with dollies that make them easy to move, and marching bands have cute little trailering systems that work as hand carts.

    one thing i KNOW i want for the band is big, shiny uniforms with puffy hats and a certain word embroidered across the front.
    Posted 15 months ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • flask: I have just laughed so hard I had to stop noodling on the guitar. You're *funny* :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Theremina Lute Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It's true: it is hard not to participate. Achievement badge for the iron-willed? Yes!
    Posted 15 months ago by serfer0 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I want that badge!!  oohh... let me go post....lol
    Posted 15 months ago by im4noles2 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I participated and had my name mentioned by the people!

    Can I get a badge please? 

    And will you have fan t-shirts for your band? lol 
    Posted 15 months ago by Tenebrae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've been refreshing the thread on my phone since yesterday! The horse was dead when it was brought in! In fact, I'm not even sure if it's a horse, it might just be a very lumpy towel! It's just a very impressively-long thread, to me. I'm curious to see if there's a way to find out exactly how many people replied in it. 
    Posted 15 months ago by Jia-pop Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I want an achievement for this too. Especially since my means of participation was inserting ridiculous mental imagery in the middle of my reply to see if anyone was actually reading the thread.

    (They weren't.)
    Posted 15 months ago by The Crepeist Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wasn't there a flowchart correlating your troll-level with how much you dump into any given Internet flamewar?
    Posted 15 months ago by Blitz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ The Crepeist - I so DID pay attention to the part about rubbing ketchup on ones butt :) 
    Posted 15 months ago by gallagirl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yup - there should be a badge for not participating! Seriously!
    Posted 15 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So....I admit...I had a comment...but my only comment was back on the first page, just to +1 a funny comment...does that count for non-participation?
    Posted 15 months ago by Jia-pop Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL
    Posted 15 months ago by Jellybelly Baby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm proposing another new achievement, the Bury the Damned Horse Already badge. To get it, you must accept the Postal Sunday quest, in which you must post in every other thread but the evil undead one until it is firmly packed into the ground--or until the game opens on Monday, whichever happens first.
    Posted 15 months ago by Ooloi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think both participants and non-participants should each get a different badge. :) Then the thread will be memorialized in every single Glitch's achievement page. :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • jebus christo! that thread is still going! this might eclipse mere badges. we're through the looking glass here people...
    Posted 15 months ago by serfer0 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Let's just settle this once and for all.  Is the horse dead or is it not dead?  Personally, I couldn't find a commonly agreed upon definition of a dead horse, so this is going to be a long and annoying thread.
    Posted 15 months ago by larky lion Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think it's a Schrödinger's Box kind of situation. ;P The horse is both dead and not dead because there is no way to open the thread and actually comprehend what is going on.
    Posted 15 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't like the idea of dead horses, could we all agree to not mention dead horses?
    Posted 15 months ago by Menoboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What dead animal would you prefer we use? Rhinoceros beetle? They're my favorite insects. :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • No,not Rhinoceros Beetles, they're kinda cute, how about ticks?  Unless someone has a fondness for ticks, in which case I'm happy to suggest others : )
    Posted 15 months ago by Menoboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ew, I hope nobody has a fondness for ticks. They are quite... Well I don't like them.

    Anyway, that sounds good. :) Ticks it is.

    Is the tick dead, alive, or in a metaphorical/simileic box such that it exists as both?
    Posted 15 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It can be in any kind of box that makes you feel ok with talking about dead ticks : )  Or we could just go back to the horse thing...
    Posted 15 months ago by Menoboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nah, I'd prefer not to think of dead horses either, now that you've brought it up... That's icky. :(
    Posted 15 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like you DaveJohn, you play well with others : )
    Posted 15 months ago by Menoboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Why, thank you. ;)
    Posted 15 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have to admit though, I did give that tick a beating.  I don't feel great about kicking a tick or anything, but it was just too easy, my bad : (
    Posted 15 months ago by Menoboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That tick is tougher than you think. It's still kicking. Do you have any idea how tough it is to kill a tick IRL? You picked an appropriate metaphor.
    Posted 15 months ago by YoYo Mama Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, I added a fair bit of violence to that tick as well. :l I feel pretty neutral towards it though. Mr. Dawgg has expressed his uncaringness for what is said in the thread, so I guess nobody is hurt.

    @ Menoboo Though my contributions paled in comparison to yours, little Ms./Mr. One word posts to extend the thread to a new page. ;P
    Posted 15 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I want to ride ponies in Glitch. Why can't we do that?
    Posted 15 months ago by Linar Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have absolutely no objections to riding ponies!!!   Just don't kick them too hard : )  A little nudge here or there is cool.
    Posted 15 months ago by Menoboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @DaveJohn, my contributions were admittedly self serving, and I have to tell you that if you post things in that format you don`t get to see any responses while you are doing it.  If I had been able to see the requests to stop I would have stopped immediately, explained my actions and then continued merrily on.  However, I bow my hat to those that interjected well thought out, intelligent posts.  My posts do not belong or deserve to be in that category :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Menoboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • By self serving I, of course, wanted to be included if there was even the most remotely miniscule possibility of getting a badge : )
    Posted 15 months ago by Menoboo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah I'd like to ride some ponies. :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Would I be totally dating myself if I made a "White Horse" reference? Yes, I think I would, but I'm doing it anyway.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8j...

    Ride the white pony!
    Posted 15 months ago by YoYo Mama Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've actually been steadfastly avoiding the thread all along. I think I concluded before there was anything to conclude that this would be a tedious read, and even if I slogged through it I wouldn't say anything.

    But I am some kind of glutton for punishment, so I'm pretty sure I'll wait until sometime after the next test starts, when I can safely bet it's at least a pretty bloated and sluggishly-moving tick, if not a tick fully deceased, and then read the all of it. 

    I'm pretty sure my judgment is bad. 

    BONUS: My god this song. This song. Why have you done this to me. I haven't listened to this in ages and now I'm playing it. 
    Posted 15 months ago by Haiku Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I shall respond to Haiku in the form of haiku:
    If you wanna be
     rich, you gotta be a bi...
    Don't ride the white horse.
    Posted 15 months ago by YoYo Mama Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm afraid I contributed to keeping the tic undead. I thought I could wave my magic rhetorician's wand and turn a tic into a rational debate. Silly me. I must do penance.
    Posted 15 months ago by Ooloi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Unfortunately, Ooloi, I think that is what someone else thinks he will be able to do as well.  You catch on a lot quicker!  :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Varekai Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'll pass that thread ended up really being annoying
    Posted 15 months ago by xoxJulie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hooves Up Badge.
    Posted 15 months ago by g33kgurrl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wonder if the bureaucracy stuff is inspired by Douglass Adams at all? (sorry to go off topic, just trying to bump this thread above the undead tic)
    Posted 15 months ago by Ooloi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I thought about posting something on that thread after reading through all 960 odd comments but really couldn't think of anything that would accurately sum up my amusement/incredulity/slight dismay, so decided not to. It's still going you know!
    Posted 15 months ago by KrisModem Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I must be the only one to see all the ugh comments in my feed so I refused to look.
    Posted 15 months ago by HarleyQuin Subscriber! | Permalink