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Badges

A badge is a superlative: a hand-named award, backed by a query, held by whichever fantasy supergroup currently tops it. The names are intended to be humorous. The rarity of badges is dynamic. This page is the translation.

The catalog

  • Miracle Max

    Most upwished mostly-dead supergroup (a majority of the lineup deceased)

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Necropolis

    Most upwished entirely-dead supergroup (the whole lineup deceased)

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • The Djinn

    Most upwished entirely-living supergroup (every member alive and still wishable into existence)

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Weekend at Bernie's

    Most upwished partly-dead supergroup (some members deceased but not a majority)

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • There Can Be Only One

    Most upwished supergroup overall

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Clever Girl

    Most clever reactions

    Floor: 10 clever reactions

    Unclaimed

  • Julia Gulia

    Most funny reactions

    Floor: 10 funny reactions

    Unclaimed

  • Got the Morbs

    Most morbid reactions

    Floor: 10 morbid reactions

    Unclaimed

  • Superb Saiyan

    Most unhinged reactions

    Floor: 10 unhinged reactions

    Unclaimed

  • 66 Million Years Ago

    Longest average time since death

    Floor: 10 reactions

    Unclaimed

  • Mrs. Robinson

    Youngest average age

    Floor: 10 reactions

    Unclaimed

  • Oh, Bela!

    Most upwished goth supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Supersonics

    Most upwished grunge supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Boom!

    Most upwished hip-hop supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Metal Alchemist

    Most upwished metal supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Resistance is Futile

    Most upwished electronic supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Pop Star

    Most upwished pop supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Industrial Revolution

    Most upwished industrial supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Doctor Jones

    Most upwished indie supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Big Country

    Most upwished country supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Giant Steps

    Most upwished jazz supergroup

    Floor: 10 upwishes

    Unclaimed

  • Gnome Panned

    Lowest rated by Bowling Gnome

    1 holder · Mythic

  • Toneutensil Panned

    Lowest rated by Toneutensil

    1 holder · Mythic

  • Toneutensil Approved

    Top rated by Toneutensil

    3 holders · Legendary

  • Gnome Approved

    Top rated by Bowling Gnome

    8 holders · Epic

  • Alpha Tester

    Created before badges existed

    11 holders · Exotic

How rarity works

Rarity describes the badge, not the achievement. It is the live holder count and nothing else, so it recomputes every night: tie the sole holder of a badge and you are both Legendary by morning. A badge held by a hundred supergroups is a common badge, and its color says so.

  • Mythic1sole holder
  • Legendary2–3near-solo tie
  • Epic4–9small field
  • Rare10–24
  • Uncommon25–74
  • Common75+widely held

Exotic is not the top of the ladder. It is off it. The six colors above mean a query counted the holders. Cyan means a person made a decision.

The rules

The floor

Most badges need 10 of what they count. Clever Girl wants 10 clever reactions, not 10 upwishes, because a badge for the admired-but-not-beloved must not be gated behind being beloved. The exception is the review badges: they score on the publication’s rating, so a supergroup nobody has touched can still be the best reviewed one.

Complete lineups only

Badges built on a lineup’s ages or deaths need the whole lineup’s data. One member missing a birth year makes the supergroup ineligible, not averaged over the members we happen to know. Otherwise the badge would measure the gaps in our data.

Ties are allowed

Two supergroups at the top both hold the badge. That is not a bug, and the rarity color tells the truth about how shared it is.

Losing a badge

Lose a badge and it leaves. Past reigns survive as a footnote on the supergroup’s page.

Exotic is granted, not earned

Exotic badges are handed out by a person who looked at a supergroup and decided it deserved something a query could never find. They cannot be earned by grinding.