Well if I don’t see the badge in the next 72 hours I have no clue what I missed since I have posted at least once every day since March 13th, 2019. 
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That is a whole next level of devotion!
It allocates as a background job. If it doesn’t work I’ll find out why and flip the bit manually - you’ll get your badge wheels. 
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It’s just visiting I thought, not posting?
I do admit that I want the badge but I also am curious to know what triggers the site to award the badge. If it is based on visiting the site within a 24 hour period and not on an actual calendar day there does exist the possibility that the badge would not be awarded by the forum software.
That was done so I would have a record I could use to confirm that I was actually logged into the site every day.
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Cheers! 
Mudspike is a really good bunch - I’m spending most of my days between working in the city and parenting at home, with limited time to go catch up with friends. You guys are an important social channel for me 
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yo @wheelsup_cavu, shouldn’t you be sporting that coveted Devotee badge by now?
Yeah, same here. That’s why I’m so happy a certain former intelligence officer who’s had his intelligence called in question by questionable sources just couldn’t stay away 
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Still in the holding pattern. I thought I should get the badge on Friday the 13th but that did not happen. If I do not see it by Friday the 20th then I must have missed something. 
Edit:
Link to Devotee badge page
https://forums.mudspike.com/badges/47/devotee
Wheels
Me too. It wouldn’t be the same here without the Sea Stories. They are probably my favourite bit about this site apart from the people
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Of course road stories, mat stories, air stories all count as well. Albeit, rarely anyone tells them so good as a man who’d been spinning yarns of reputedly questionable intelligence for a whole successful career in uncle sams yaughting club.
(“This is a Kirov class cruiser. It’s big and dangerous. If you see it this close, and it is hostile, you will not see your lass back home again.” ← those sort of yarns 
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Counterpoint: if you see it this close, hostile, and above you, you are either drowning or in a submarine. In the latter case, your position is likely good as they haven’t detected you yet. In the former, you may not want to be detected because you’ve been shot down and they are very angry.
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Option 3… you are Maverick… or Chuck Norris. Probably Chuck Norris inverted in a F/A18E, blowing red smoke and under the radar.
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So took a look, and the Devotee algorithm uses the underlying database time, which is UTC (Universal Time, like GMT +0). When you see your post times, it applies the local timezone as needed.
For the badge, if you access the forum in a 24 hour sequence that fits UTC then you’re fine, if you don’t (like you’re in a timezone where you’re +8 hours past UTC) then if you post early morning one day and then late at night the next day then you could miss the entire ‘UTC day’. Mystery solved.
Having said that, if this does happen then let us know in a PM and you’ll get the damn badge anyway, as that seems like a pretty weak technicality for a ‘1 year run’ not to count.
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I’m filing this away for when I’m ferrying back and forth from Fiji to Tahiti across the date line after I hit the lottery (or my cornering of the NC toilet paper market pays off)… 
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If it is possible I think @fearlessfrog’s post should be marked as the solution for this thread so it is easy to find later since this situation will likely happen again and again until Discourse alters their algorithm for awarding the Devotee badge.
Wheels
I should have this badge 5 times. I’m that devoted.
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I took off the answers/solutions thingy from Meta as it would appear on every topic, and was only really applicable for a small few. People would also do the ‘mark as solution’ for a bit of a joke as well. We allow no humor here.
@Troll is on a 1198 continuous day streak. You had a 732 one between 2016 and 2018, but your current streak value is 431 days. @komemiute broke a 1245 run with a day off on 2018 June 20th, and is on a 637 days without blinking. @PaulRix is going for 1221 days, @Navynuke99 broke a 1276 high score, with a day off on 2019 June 29th. @BeachAV8R is on a lowly 600 day run, which really makes you question his commitment to this site. My highest streak between tantrums is about 194 days, so rookie numbers.
EDIT: If anyone wants me to run the report for them, either for a summary here or in private then holla on PMs. We had to do a query to find out what was going on with @wheelsup_cavu’s badge, so it’s easy to find out if anyone is curious.
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