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Bean Dive FAQ 2016

  • BeanpotterBeanpotter1,994,258
    Posted on 28 June 16 at 10:34
    dive Bean Dive 7 is upon us! dive

    Hi, Beanpotter here, the idiot responsible for this annual invitation to drag you down to my level of stupid. wave

    There have been some excellent events and competitions on TA this year, this isn't one of them. It's time to put all of those unstarted games you've been hording, on to your gamercard and, as an added bonus, destroy your completion percentage! Great, right?

    Over 1000 of you joined me in this foolishness last year and a couple of you managed to dive over 450 games which is just silly! I only managed a comparitively paultry 35 games but recovered quicker this year, mainly due to the UHH event, which was great fun. My favourite part of the Bean Dive is discovering all those great games you may have forgotten you bought or not had time to start. Anywhoo, enjoy and have fun. Here's everything you need to know: -

    The new hub is here: - Bean Dive 2016 where you can start your dive from. There's also a helpful thread here: - Bean Dive Guide - Version 2 which is a list of games and suggested quickest achievements in each.

    The functionality of the hub and how to take part in the event remain the same so I shall repost most of the stuff from last years FAQ: -

    When is Bean Dive 2016 happening?
    Officially, Bean Dive day is the 7th of July but we'd like as many people as possible to start on Saturday, 2th of July and, if you can't start then, the 'Event' will continue until the 10th of July (July 2th 0:00 (GMT +0) through to July 10th 23:59 (GMT +0)). You can still start a Dive after this point but it won't be included in the event stats.

    What is a Bean Dive?
    The idea invites you to put all those backlog games you own onto your tag by popping a single achievement in each (or try to pop an absolute minimum), so you can stop pretending that they don't exist. Original thread here.

    What’s the point?
    The idea behind it was to force you to play all those games you picked up in a sale or just never got around to playing. It also destroys your completion percentage. Hopefully, you'll take up the challenge to get it back up to it's pre-Dive glory before the next Dive rolls around. (You may accidentally get more than one achievement but this is ok.)

    How do I join in?
    -To start your Dive, simply press the Start My Dive button on the event page.
    -This instantly starts Dive tracking and captures your stats at that exact moment.
    -When you start your Dive a 'Dive Started' message will appear in your feed.
    -ALL achievements in new games earned while Diving will be grouped into a single, expandable item on your feed.
    -You'll see a new 'Dive Summary' box on the right side of your home page, giving you various Dive-related information.
    (The Friend feed items and Summary box can all be turned off, if you want, by editing your Site Settings.)
    -All Dives will have their own Bean Dive page on the site which lists changes in stats and lists all the games Dived.
    -When you finish your Dive, go to that page and click Finish my Dive
    -You'll get a 'Dive Finished' message on your feed, listing the number of games Dived and the completion percentage drop.
    -As you recover, you'll get milestones to say how far you've come and, when you return to your pre-Dive completion percentage, you'll get another feed message to congratulate you.
    -Be absolutely sure you've finished your dive before you press the FINISH button as all recorded stats will be reset if/when you decide to start another.

    What milestones do I get?
    Your Bean Dive recovery milestones will depend on how many achievements you require to recover your Dive. It works like this: -
    If you require less than 100, you get a single recovery FF message at 100% recovery.
    If you require 100 - 249, you'll get 2 recovery FF messages, one at 50% recovery and the other at 100% recovery.
    If you require 250 or more, you'll get 4 recovery FF messages, one for every 25% of recovery.

    I've finished my Dive and want to do another one
    You ridiculous fool! But, ok, you can start another by clicking the Start My Dive button again but, to stop people from spamming Dives, you'll be limited to 4 a year.

    More than 1 achievement popped when I started playing, does it still count?
    Yes. Although the idea is to pop as few achievements as possible and then move on to the next game, we know there are certain games where you can't help but pop multiple achievements when starting it, just try and keep it to a minimum, for maximum effect. 5 or more will prevent the game from being included in your dive stats.

    Is there a minimum amount of games I need to make it a Dive?
    No, not really, but to make it worthwhile, I'd say make it at least 10 if you can. You can only 'Dive' games you've never gotten an achievement in before. So, you cannot 'Dive' DLC if you've already gotten achievements in the main game.
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    Beanpotter will gladly listen to any regrets you may have after your Bean Dive, guaranteeing to give you zero sympathy and shall openly mock you for not listening to the many warnings surrounding his ridiculous idea.
    Mame Tobikomi!
  • KanchanaburiKanchanaburi1,328,653
    Posted on 02 July 16 at 17:14
    Very well written, but it still hasn't convinced me to lop the head off of my completion % with a spatula and dance on its grave with bunny slippers.
  • BeanpotterBeanpotter1,994,258
    Posted on 03 July 16 at 12:28
    You make it sound even more fun than it already is!
    Mame Tobikomi!
  • RWarbzRWarbz137,329
    Posted on 05 July 16 at 15:45
    Damn I do this anyway with every game I get on Games with Gold :/
  • Posted on 06 July 16 at 21:53, Edited on 06 July 16 at 21:54 by Mystic Typh00n
    Bean, I recall last year that if you didn't finish your dive before a certain point that it wouldn't count for stats or something along those lines. Does that apply this year?
    How much for the whole kitten kaboodle?
  • zzUrbanSpacemanzzUrbanSpaceman1,479,968
    Posted on 07 July 16 at 03:08
    Mystic Typh00n said:Bean, I recall last year that if you didn't finish your dive before a certain point that it wouldn't count for stats or something along those lines. Does that apply this year?I don't believe that was the case, I didn't complete my dive for at least a month or two after the official period and the stats counted, and other people were still going after me.
    Zed to Zed achievement podcast! http://zedtozed.com
  • BeanpotterBeanpotter1,994,258
    Posted on 07 July 16 at 08:18
    I thought that was the case but I saw people still Diving way after the closing date so I guess not.
    Mame Tobikomi!
  • SaucySlingoSaucySlingo880,654
    Posted on 09 July 16 at 06:04
    Nice I need a few extra days to dive since I was on vaca all week. Tried to get a few in today but the Witcher took longer than expected to pop one so this will let me spread the workload out a little. I want to drop my completion lower than my friends and then challenge myself to beat their completion once more. I am going to hold you responsible zz if this doesn't work! You will have to come back to the podcast full time! I did however get a cronusmax after the last podcast so I could forgive you....
    ~Saucy
  • zzUrbanSpacemanzzUrbanSpaceman1,479,968
    Posted on 09 July 16 at 06:14
    The behind the scenes discussion was that the bean dive statistics on the hub would freeze at the official end of the bean dive period, but people could continue their dives after that without impact, and those dives would still be considered part of the event. I'm not sure if the code changes necessary for this particular change made it in before this year got started though.

    Either way, you lose nothing continuing your dive beyond the official window other than your stats not counting any further on the official hub.

    For my own part, my dive is effectively on pause while the Leap Frog event is going (or until I get knocked out), so my planned monster/BALROG dive will likely happen well after the event officially closes.

    @Saucy aww do you miss me already? ;) Glad the Cronus works for you. toast
    Zed to Zed achievement podcast! http://zedtozed.com
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