Wrongly awarded badges

[Craig FTW]

I just got 2 badges, 1 for watching the Apocalype Lane pilot.
I've never watched it.
The other was for watching 5 Doomsday Arcdace episodes.
I've watched 2 on this account.

Anyone ever get wrongly awarded badges?

 

[Arkhangelsk]

I got one for watching two episodes of The Escapist Show.

 

[Hoppetussa]

No, but why do you get badges for watching things. Are they getting desperate for views?

 

[AboveUp]

Maybe someone on your computer watched them while your account was logged in? Or you forgot to log out elsewhere and whoever was using that computer watched them?

I haven't gotten any wrongly awarded badges as far as I'm aware.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

No, but why do you get badges for watching things. Are they getting desperate for views?

Apparently. It's quite sad actually.

In my time, badges meant something.

 

[Armored Prayer]

I got one for watching 20 episodes of the Escapist Show. I cant remember if I actually did that or not but I'm not really complaining.

I do love this Sexy Elf badge and the Lazer Cat Badge.

 

[Lukeje]

No, but why do you get badges for watching things. Are they getting desperate for views?

Apparently. It's quite sad actually.

In my time, badges meant something.

Badges? We didn't need no stinking badges! Why back in my day 'twas post count alone that determined one's status!

 

[Skeleon]

I got a whole bunch for watching various videos. Not really something I need a badge for, but whatever, I won't complain. *strokes the mushroom badge*

 

[El Poncho]

No, but why do you get badges for watching things. Are they getting desperate for views?

I'm guessing it's to encourage people to try everything on the escapist to see what it's like.

 

[walls of cetepedes]

I got the 7 episodes of AL one, but not the 15 or pilot episode.

Where are they?
I'm curious.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Yeah I logged on and got a bunch today. Kinda weird, but the Doomsday Arcade one is sweet.

 

[toapat]

i got 4

the 2 you named, and 2 for the daily escapist series

look, the last thing fun where milestones (you know, those things from way back in the roman empire even) mattered is Achievement Unlocked where the absurdity of the number of achievements per second is hilarious

 

[Distorted Stu]

i wish i joined the TEM community ealrier, i would have loads of badges, ive pretty much seen every ep of everything lol

 

[Fraught]

No, but why do you get badges for watching things. Are they getting desperate for views?

Apparently. It's quite sad actually.

In my time, badges meant something.

Yeah, especially the "Has watched x number of y" badges. Desperate? Very much so.

 

[MarsProbe]

I got one for watching the Apocalypse Lane pilot, one for 3 episodes of There Will Be Brawl and one for 5 episodes of Doomsday Arcade.

All episodes I have watched, but still, these badges do seem a little superfluous in my opinion.

 

[thiosk]

I clicked the wrong button on the L4D quiz and didn't get that awesome badge.

I'm upset about it.

 

[Random Argument Man]

I don't know why you guys are complaining. I think it's a way for the staff to say "Thanks for supporting us".

 

[WittyName]

I got one for winning more than one consecutive match in genre wars.

When I haven't.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

I don't know why you guys are complaining. I think it's a way for the staff to say "Thanks for supporting us".

I think it's just their way of saying "Hey, nobody is watching these videos, so here, have some rewards; Easy badges! You don't even have to pay attention! Just sit back, and reap the rewards!".

Which is why there are no ZP-related badges.

 

[NeutralMunchHotel]

No, but why do you get badges for watching things. Are they getting desperate for views?

Apparently. It's quite sad actually.

In my time, badges meant something.

I viewed it as more: people like badges, people don't watch shows.

Put the two together, and...