2288: Collector's Edition - Revision history

Melrulez14: it is not 880: Headache. it is 292: goto.

2026-05-19T19:35:04Z

it is not 880: Headache. it is 292: goto.

SomebodyElse: /* Explanation */ whoops-typo now fixed

2026-05-19T12:33:23Z

‎Explanation: whoops-typo now fixed

SomebodyElse: /* Explanation */ adding a link to 1450, which is where the central image is from.

2026-05-19T12:32:53Z

‎Explanation: adding a link to 1450, which is where the central image is from.

DollarStoreBa'al: cat

2026-03-31T16:58:57Z

cat

FaviFake: /* Trivia */ by This isn't a good name (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2026 (UTC) on talk

2026-02-06T19:11:11Z

‎Trivia: by This isn't a good name (talk) 18:27, 3 February 2026 (UTC) on talk

81.179.199.253: /* Hints */ Changed "with swears[/swearing, you mean?] in their name" to make more sense and be more technically accurate. And I suspect that 111 got included because it had six \b\S+\b instances in it (but not \b\w\b).

2026-02-02T20:54:02Z

‎Hints: Changed "with swears[/swearing, you mean?] in their name" to make more sense and be more technically accurate. And I suspect that 111 got included because it had six \b\S+\b instances in it (but not \b\w\b).

38.212.4.81: Changed obtainment method for "bleeped" and added obtainment method for "why waste time say few word when lot word do trick"

2026-02-02T06:41:55Z

Changed obtainment method for "bleeped" and added obtainment method for "why waste time say few word when lot word do trick"

Qwertyuiopfromdefly: fixed number

2026-02-01T04:35:14Z

fixed number

Explainyourself: Added description for "Compiling..."

2025-10-29T20:31:36Z

Added description for "Compiling..."

FaviFake: +Category:Animals; +Category:Turtles using HotCat

2025-07-28T13:00:55Z

+Category:Animals; +Category:Turtles using HotCat

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 |[[File:loot 033.png|75px]]
 |Fool me twice
-|Maybe [[880: Headache]]? Need confirmation.
+|Maybe [[292: goto]]? Need confirmation.
 |Raptor Attack
 |The second April Fools' Day comic

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 This comic is a large draggable image that acted as a shared virtual sandbox for users to interact. Chests are "Items" (small and often humorous images) which could be collected from other comics, and then placed in this image by viewers, but today they are no longer dropped. The collection then updated for all viewers in real-time. Multiples of the same item are often seen. There is a "backpack" at the bottom, similar to backpacks in video games containing items collected by the player. As hinted by the title text, items could be found by visiting different xkcd comics/pages. Randomly, some pages would have a treasure chest which contained the sticker related to the page. The hint would refer to the page which currently had a chest.
-The image at the origin is a reference to [[1450: AI-Box experiment]].
+The image at the origin is a reference to [[1450: AI-Box Experiment]].
 The comic contains 32993 separate images. The sticker images can be seen at xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_'''XXX'''.png, where XXX is a number from 001 to 253. Additionally, some images can be found at custom URLs, for example the periodic elements can be found at <nowiki>h</nowiki>ttps://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-'''XX'''.png, where XX is the element, and text loot at xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-'''X'''.png, where X is the sentence. The [https://github.com/xkcd/maple source code] for the comic was released on GitHub.

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 {{incomplete|Need to finish uploading the few files of loot missing (UPDATE: Only a few are missing!!!) and loot descriptions.}}
 This comic is a large draggable image that acted as a shared virtual sandbox for users to interact. Chests are "Items" (small and often humorous images) which could be collected from other comics, and then placed in this image by viewers, but today they are no longer dropped. The collection then updated for all viewers in real-time. Multiples of the same item are often seen. There is a "backpack" at the bottom, similar to backpacks in video games containing items collected by the player. As hinted by the title text, items could be found by visiting different xkcd comics/pages. Randomly, some pages would have a treasure chest which contained the sticker related to the page. The hint would refer to the page which currently had a chest.
 The comic contains 32993 separate images. The sticker images can be seen at xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_'''XXX'''.png, where XXX is a number from 001 to 253. Additionally, some images can be found at custom URLs, for example the periodic elements can be found at <nowiki>h</nowiki>ttps://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-'''XX'''.png, where XX is the element, and text loot at xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-'''X'''.png, where X is the sentence. The [https://github.com/xkcd/maple source code] for the comic was released on GitHub.

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 ==Trivia==
-This comic is the 2020 April Fools' Day comic and was supposed to be released on Wednesday, April 1st. However, it did not go live until Friday, April 3. Meanwhile, Friday's comic, [[2289: Scenario 4]], was published a day later for a [[2289: Scenario 4#Trivia|very rare Saturday release]]. The message below was displayed on the [[Header text|header text]] of the site from Wednesday until the comic finally went live:
+*This comic is the 2020 April Fools' Day comic and was supposed to be released on Wednesday, April 1st. However, it did not go live until Friday, April 3. Meanwhile, Friday's comic, [[2289: Scenario 4]], was published a day later for a [[2289: Scenario 4#Trivia|very rare Saturday release]]. The message below was displayed on the [[Header text|header text]] of the site from Wednesday until the comic finally went live:
-<blockquote>
+:<blockquote>Note: For technical reasons Wednesday's comic will be posted Thursday instead. Apologies for the delay!</blockquote>
-Note: For technical reasons Wednesday's comic will be posted Thursday instead. Apologies for the delay!
+:This is one of the few comics released four days after the previous one. The last time this occurred was [[2224: Software Updates]].
-</blockquote>
+*On [[unixkcd]], [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/collectors_edition.png this image] is displayed when you try to display this comic.
 {{comic discussion}}

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 |[[290]], [[398]], [[430]], [[447]], [[533]], [[549]], [[677]], [[724]] or [[1671]]
 |*$@#!
-|Comics with swears in their title
+|Comics whose titles involve profanities or similar insults.
 |-
 |[[File:loot 159.png|75px]]
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 |[[7]], [[111]], [[139]], [[143]], [[179]], [[217]], [[445]], [[470]], [[822]], [[823]], [[1022]], [[1247]], [[1491]], [[1921]], [[1991]], [[2182]] or [[2231]]
 |First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart
-|Comics with titles that are six or more words (with the exception of [[111]], which has five)
+|Comics with titles that are six or more words (with the exception of [[111]], which has five and a spaced dash).
 |-
 |[[File:loot 006.png|75px]]

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 {{series
 | series        = April
-| number        = 11
+| number        = 12
 | date          = April 3, 2020
 | days_late     = 2

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 |Compiling...
 |[[303: Compiling]]
+|Two Cueballs fighting with swords while on chairs
+|
 |-

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