Badge Pioneers are the savvy badge collectors who were first to claim a badge. Yes, we brought back the old school Kings, but named them Pioneers now! If you previously had Kings, you’ll now see them as Pioneers.
I know it sounds silly, but it was Walter’s Tweet that sparked my brain. Call it a brain fart, but I forgot that we took snapshots of the database 3 times a day. When I first thought of the backups I thought well if I restore a cPanel backup, it will overwrite **everything** so any new badges or XP claimed would be lost. When I went to reply to his tweet, I was going to say yeah we do backups 3 times a day but it’s not that simple. And that’s when I remembered the 3 extra backups only contained the database, in text format, so I could actually recover the old Kings.
I hope this resolves any issues. Now as for the name, a Pioneer is a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area. I feel that fits the concept better than King. When I think of King I think of King of the Hill, or the fact that Kings can be overthrown by new Kings. But a Pioneer, you can’t argue that. No matter what Neil Armstrong will be the first man on the moon, nobody can take that away from him.
While I was restoring the Pioneer functions, I realized it was actually a daily cron job doing it. Booooooring. Now when you are first to claim a badge, it alerts you and you get listed as a Pioneer right away.
Great move!
I love it 🙂
Does that mean the panic is over? Cor all those toys people have to pick up now 😉
Good work sir.
Panic? What panic? But, yes, it should be over.
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Nicely done!
WoooooHooooo. Tim rescues Christmas! Nicely done Mr. Linden!
Awesome! Tack 🙂
Thanks=tack in Swedish…..brainfart :p
Good one Tim, and elegant solution.
Nick
Awesome new feature … Can never have too many backups!!!!
Great one Tim.
Sweet! I get my little stash of Kings back! And the go-getters who find a badge first for the day get a reward!
super concept one day i might get one
fabulous – great move!!
Fantastic news – I hope everyone is happy now that they have their pioneer crowns. Great job!
If I know my history, it was pioneers that kicked the King out. So now I can be the pioneer of the 4 cent badge?
Great idea love it
Nicely played!
Great news & I love it!
I nominate Tim as the best darn programmer on the Interwebs then, now and forever!
Co-sign!
Good working brain !!! WTG 😉
I was wondering what I did to become pioneer of the lucky13 badge.
Keep up the good work Tim.
Andrew
It sounds very fair, if you work hard to get a badge you will be rewarded. Instead of being the lucky first one to find it.
Actually now it is both!
Once again you rock, Mr. Linden… that’s awesome! And this news should make EVERYONE happy.
Interesting indeed 🙂
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Changes and Betterment are always welcome…!
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That’s Awesome to hear!
Excellent 🙂
We knew you would find a way to fix it….you’re awesomesause
awesome save 🙂 wtg Tim
Great stuff!
A business listening to its customers…it will never catch on! Lol!
OK now I’m back to where I was. Zero.
[…] Tim said: “Badge Pioneers are the savvy badge collectors who were first to claim a badge. Now as for the name, a Pioneer is a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area. I feel that fits the concept better than King.” Tim’s full missive is right here. […]
Congrats to everyone for getting their Kings back. Great job. TT
I love the idea of Pioneers. The beginners of a new exploration. To go where no man/woman has gone before. A new generation of participation.