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a question about badges and my old account

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July 16, 2014 1:32:47 AM

i havent been on here in a long while. (my avatar? shes 6 now) all my badges are gone. how do i get them back? i couldnt find the relevent question in faq's or the stickies

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July 16, 2014 1:44:06 AM

We had a big change maybe 18 months ago that changed badges from being category-based to tag-based. That wiped some badges and added some new ones.

However, I'm not seeing any Solutions/Best Answers awarded to you. That means that you probably didn't have any badges in the previous forum software, but I'm not too sure about the ones before that.

I've heard that the counters get a little iffy the further back you go, so I'm not sure if they didn't survive a move or something.
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July 16, 2014 2:06:23 AM

ya i have night owl, ancient,at home, elder,and initiated. and on the top of my profile says 84 best answers but no badges. hmm weird that.
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July 16, 2014 2:15:23 AM

85 answers (posts), not best answers. Best answers changed to Solutions a while ago.

How many BAs do you remember having? It's possible that they didn't make one of the forum software transitions, but it's a bit hard to get to all your old posts.
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July 16, 2014 2:27:00 AM

thats weird. i only just started back around the 10th of july. noway i have 85 answers. i had maybe 30-40 ba's. i had well over 300 posts total posts.

is there i way i can show my ancient badge? i used to able to do that in my profile.
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July 16, 2014 2:41:01 AM

Google pops up about 73 pages on a site specific search for your username. Given a few threads with multiple posts, that sounds about right.

Ancient badges require you to have had a badge in the last forum system. Without BAs, you can't have had any badges.

You don't appear to have posted between the start of 2009 and now. Are you sure you don't have another account?
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July 16, 2014 2:56:23 AM

i see, that ancient badge is an "achievement" and not a badge?
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July 16, 2014 3:05:35 AM

You don't appear to have any ancient badges.
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