At 2015-06-05-21-50-55 UTC the button has finally shut down.

This is not a technical outage, and this is completely legit. The problem is that the zombie that was scheduled to press the button -- /u/stilesbc -- turned out to be a can't presser. This slipped through the legibility check because it checked whether an account has presser flair, and if it does not (meaning it has never been changed) it assumed it is a 'non-presser' and not a 'can't presser'.

There were about 800 more zombies in stock and about a hundred not yet converted.

I am thankful to all who donated their accounts. I will change the passwords back tomorrow because it is the middle of the night in my timezone.

I thank all the knights who have kept the timer ticking. I am sorry to have failed you all, but to err is human.

Edit: Necromancer used less than a tenth of all zombies. This sums up the experience.

"The countdown ticks, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my click. I shall not unlock, nor even hover, but will watch the timer, biding my time. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the mouse in the monitor. I am the finger on the touchpad. I am the shield that guards the realms of Button. I pledge my click and honor to the Button's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."

Prepare for an onslaught of new recruits. This is possibly the best thing that could have happened to us.

We are the top trending sub on reddit at the moment, now is that advertisement or what!?

Hey guys, I'm proud to announce that our ad was approved, and is now circulating on reddit! [Here's the ad, if you haven't seen it yet.] (http://i.imgur.com/lMkNSQZ.jpg)

Too many knights have lost their lives (including myself) by clicking when they're computer froze or something, and they clicked it at what they thought was a 1s, but really was a 60s.

I estimate this has happened to about 100 knights, and probably about 5000 non-Knights. That's a potential 85 hours lost. We can't bring them back, but we can inform others. Even if this post only saves one Knight, that's 60 seconds of button saved.

EDIT 2: at the request of numerous people we are removing all instances of the sub's name. Do not post it here or your post will be removed. Hype still available [here] (http://imgur.com/YavXMDR).

EDIT: THE SUBREDDIT HAS BEEN MADE PRIVATE PLEASE DO NOT SPREAD ANY LEAKS

Due to this and not to bring down the terror of the admins all references to information inside will be censored.

At this point we have no knowledge if we are getting punked or if this is the legitimate april fools this year. We will release our official stance once more information is given, and once whether or not this is a troll campaign.

Everybody wake up- feel free to check important information that may arise later in the future. If nobody has any objections we have suggested a crack mod team consisting of button veterans, such as /u/ghostise and /u/wicro_. More information and hype to be delivered as needed.

Please upvote this post- it's text anyways. Try not to get too hyped, just know that the knights will do the right thing.

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Previous thread

Announcements

v 4.2.0 -- http://www.reddit.com/r/Knightsofthebutton/comments/34dzt7/squire_v_420/

What's all this?

The Squire is a Chrome extension that helps the knights coordinate their efforts. It adds a few useful things on the page, keeps track of the knights, and coordinates them to be as efficient as possible.

If you check 'autoclick' your client will press the button automatically at the second of your choosing when the server selects you. This is done to avoid 'wasted' clicks, occurring when several people press at once. Autoclicking may take a while because Squire only selects one random knight for every second, but it randomly changes its selection every minute.

There are also neat graphs and beeps!

FAQ

• Q: I don't see anything on /r/thebutton!

  A: We need to go deeper

  • Q: I cannot open http://abra.me/static/presses_all.png

    A: Looks like the server is down or over capacity. It is likely that I will wake up soon and fix it.

  • Q: I get security errors when I try to open https://abra.me/static/graphs.html

    A: I don't have a very good SSL sertificate and some machines don't trust it. Since you are not sharing any sensitive information with abra.me, you can safely manually add https://abra.me/ to the list of exceptions.

  • Q: I still don't see anything on /r/thebutton

    A: Looks like Squire can't inject its code into the webpage. Check that the extension is installed and enabled, and that you are trying to access http://www.reddit.com/r/thebutton and not some other website. If it still doesn't work, please PM /u/mncke or leave a comment with contents of your JS console (Ctrl-Shift-J on Chrome)

• Q: Can I minimize the browser or go to another tab?

  A: Yes, Squire will still work.

• Q: Can I close the browser or shutdown the computer or let it go to sleep?

  A: No, your machine and browser should be active.

• Q: What is true timer?

  A: The big and pretty timer animation that you see near the pie-chart thingy is inaccurate. True timer shows the actual range where the timer is right now. In-depth explanaition here.

• Q: I saw the true timer hit my second, but nothing happened!

  A: While you are guaranteed to click at your second of choice, Squire attempts to avoid collisions (several people clicking at the same time) by choosing a random person from each second's pool to click at the next opportunity. It also changes its choice every minute. If you see status of online/armed instead of online/standby, rejoice! You are the chosen one!

• Q: I have a question/suggestion/concern/idea/thought/anything!

  A: Feel free to leave a comment or shoot a PM to /u/mncke.

Changes:

• 'Manuals' functionality has been removed from Squire.

• 'Autoclick' functionality has been significantly changed: you are now free to choose a time, and Squire will autoclick at exactly this second.

• Absolute click precision: instead of literally clicking the button, Squire now pings a reddit API method with data from reddit's feed's message corresponding to the second of your choosing. From reddit's point of view you've clicked exactly on the second you wanted.

• 'Armed' mechanic has been revamped: everybody is disarmed by default. Every 20 seconds, everyone already armed is disarmed, and for almost every second a random autoclicker is selected and armed. If an armed client sees that everything is in sync and it is the second you wanted, it clicks.

Edit 4.0.2: There's now an option to show jamesrom's awesome graph on the page.

Edit: I keep getting requests for some proof that this will indeed work. Here's two pieces of anecdotal evidence:

• /u/WillieTheWimp 's alt became a hitchhiker yesterday as a test.

• I also did a live demonstration on irc yesterday:

01:05 abra0: guys, give me a time from 49 to 60

01:06 TheMonkeyJoe: 52

01:06 abra0: 52, thx

01:13 abra0: TheMonkeyJoe: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebutton/comments/32hiyh/test_post_plz_ignore/

Edit: please read this to get a better understanding of how clicking and the button itself work.

Edit: graphs are now also available as a separate page.

Edit: At 2015-04-19T02:15:04 UTC the server went down. It is up now, and the bug that brought it down is fixed. Those who had Squire running will not be able to reconnect automatically this time and should reload the tab.

Edit: The UI has been a bit redesigned and should now be a little bit more understandable.

Edit: For some users Chrome has automatically disabled the extension because I had added np.reddit.com/r/thebutton to the list of pages it affects. Please reenable the extension in the settings (chrome://extensions/).

Edit: the first ever 15s used Squire.

On today, June 5th, 2015, at 5:37 PM EDT, the Button was archived, thus ending the experiment. 1,008,316 people participated in the Button, as well as countless others who didn't or couldn't press. We were able to keep it going for a whole two months and 5 days, which is pretty freaking awesome. We do not know why the button was ended and archived, but we will find out. but that's not what's important here.

Now where does this leave us? Well, 24 hours after this post, this subreddit will be made into a private community, with all existing subscribers a member. This will now serve as a lounge for us, where we can all live the good life and have some casual conversation with our friends that we've made here. This has the added benefit of the chance if there's another April Fool's prank, we will be organized and together already.

Now, I'd like to take the time to do some "thank you's". I'd like to thank my fellow mods for their help in this incredible journey. I'd also like to thank /u/mncke in particular, who was our public face and whose countless hours sunk into the squire have been invaluable. I'd like to thank all of our allies, and those who helped us in some way, shape or form. I'd like to thank anybody who ever coded some software, created OC, or contributed to the community in some way. I'd like to thank anybody who ever cast a vote in our elections, whether it was for me or not. Finally, I'd like to thank you, our community for helping us on this incredible journey. regardless of if you were able to serve or not, I thank you. I've made many new friends on here, and it's been an incredible way to spend two months of my life.

The Knights of the Button are truly an incredible group, from those who were on the IRC chat, on this sub, or anybody who joined us and our community. We've done some incredible things because of the Button, like helping charity in the Button Olympics and being socially conscious of the world around us.

Our watch has ended. Congratulations om defying the odds and going up against what everyone thought would happen. I salute you, my fellow Knights. It has truly been a pleasure to serve you.

Ok, so I am volunteering to be the scribe for the knights. If you have joined the KotB (Knights of the Button), please reply to this thread. I will record your username through edits so that the battalion leaders can organize users into their respective battalions once we figure out a way to set up watches at particular hours.

PLEASE ONLY COMMENT ONCE IN THIS THREAD, THIS WILL CUT DOWN ON KNIGHTS BEING RECORDED TWICE

NOTE If you notice any irregularities, such as a knight being in a battalion and unassigned, please PM me. In addition, any battalion leaders who have recruited Knights who were previously unassigned, please PM me with their username and new battalion.

I am not able to organize Knights into battalions based on when they are available, so if you are interested in joining a battalion, please first ask the leader of that battalion and they will tell me if you have joined.

If you want a nickname, PM me. Its gotta be awesome though.

SECOND NOTE

We have battalion flairs now! If you wish to join a battalion manually through flair, you may do that in addition to your name in the roster. However, Battalion Leader flairs will be given by /u/RyanKimbrell, so PM him if you want to become an official battalion leader!

THIRD NOTE

Battalion Leaders! Please personally PM me with new recruits if they have not yet been added to the Offical Roster! It will save me much time diving back through the thread. Once again, if you find any discrepancies or inaccuracies, please PM me and I will fix them as fast as possible.

FINAL NOTE

Ok, so I've been doing this for four hours straight, and I need to eat/clean/be a person like I actually planned today, if only for a few hours. So, because I won't be able to continue the constant updates on this thread. When I come back, I will make a new Official Roster Thread and continue taking recruits and updating Battalion memberships. Keep the your cursors close Knights! The End of the Button draws closer, and so we must be forever vigilant, watching the counters mad dash to the end. Stay strong.

KNIGHTS:

UPPER MANAGEMENT

/u/eclipsed (The Founder of our Holy Order)

/u/whiterook13 (Scribe)

/u/turtlesoup23 (PR Guy)

/u/eaglessoar (Soars With Eagles)

/u/TH-J (CSS wizard)

/u/RyanKimbrell (Flair Editor)

UNASSIGNED

/u/TotalMelancholy (Raven Scene Queen Dragonslayer)

/u/zee5229

/u/caelum

/u/pbrunk

/u/sm3llyoud13 (Second account of Knight Kokomojeezus)

/u/acrb101

/u/TheAwesomePipes

/u/zulzedd (Seeker of the Code [UTC +3 on duty]

/u/Joanton120

/u/StonerSpunge

/u/Aruec

/u/sloppybuttmustard

/u/Running_Turtle

/u/sbhansf (can take 02:00 UTC.)

/u/JimmyGotGat

/u/archaic_wisdom

/u/Forever_Heavy

/u/SychicCatalyst

/u/Llamainthepool

/u/Prize_fighter_infrno

/u/bigfoot8fred

/u/subzerostig (available GMT+1)

/u/Bacon_of_D00m

/u/GotGasLikeShell

/u/drunkspaniel

/u/harry_h00d

/u/AceStar

/u/bpforme

/u/lunarstardust

/u/LucioRossari

/u/Admiral529

/u/Freddies_Mercury

/u/Kalmanation

/u/pmicka

/u/phoenix130

/u/Bl00dnFl4mes (William of Orange, Heir to the 20s)

/u/Archery1997

/u/who_is_mac

/u/TrustTheDr (Suspicious of the Pressers)

/u/liorkim

/u/Conatus78 (Converted Non-Presser)

/u/Fornm (Great Banner Knitter, has already pressed the button)

/u/kungfu_jesus (Second Banner Knitter)

/u/DyJoGu (Here for DANK MEMES)

/u/GalahadtheVigil

/u/iamablueberrymuffin

/u/Kjeldoran0

/u/iamcallegari (Airman)

/u/fawkes2198

/u/cornpollen

/u/TheNarraturgist

/u/gecker

/u/scrblue

/u/chehnly

/u/RoosterHunter

/u/amstoneberger

/u/Elucin

/u/Ub3rfish (Arando Kole

/u/stormskater216

/u/not_a_weirdo (Is really a weirdo)

/u/wes9523

/u/jdovew

/u/tantedassassin

/u/DrubieDaGuru (Sleepy Knight)

/u/DarkHorse02GT

/u/smashadam4

/u/peper757

/u/Colonel_

/u/gint271

/u/MattyMickyD

/u/Giminiman (Destroyer of Pushers)

/u/colinvern1994

/u/StaphY

/u/IslandIdealist

/u/Ninjacaterpillar95

/u/ThatWeirdGinger (Probably has no soul)

/u/sharpeshooter96

/u/ThatChickenSandwich (The Preserver of the Button)

/u/Vergal

/u/AdamSC1 (Thankfully has no life)

/u/5aucy

/u/Motha_Effin_Kitty_Yo

/u/Thejsword

/u/Clefspeare13

/u/EpicGeniusness

/u/tacobelyea

/u/Sadnot

/u/Black_Table

/u/Sir_Dingus_Turducken

/u/dsty292

/u/FlarkFlent

/u/knightofseniram

/u/Docter_egg1

/u/finitehorizons

/u/Wibbmer

/u/toad26b

/u/MyShadows

/u/etchisketchD20

/u/TheCosmicCactus

/u/coldcoffeereddit

/u/shift_four

/u/2wenty4our

/u/Fanboy_

/u/ureka82

/u/KwantumFizzicks

/u/pigonawing

/u/Sperrel (Seeker of the Zero)

/u/Dr_egg1

/u/Warbigold

/u/gregster

/u/Todd_The_Sailor

/u/giant_jesse (Has already clicked...)

/u/AdamW-AdamD

/u/paultheruler

/u/3p1cpunchl1n3z

/u/RememberYourSoul

/u/Servant-of_Christ

/u/BrosephMcBromigo

/u/unbidframe

/u/HELL0_MARLA_HOOCH

/u/Dallaslum

/u/happybuddyclub

BATTALIONS

REDGUARD KNIGHTS

/u/stareatme (Battalion Leader for RedGuard-1)

/u/stubborn_Analyst (Grand Master)

/u/DumbAndFineWithIt

/u/one_big_tomato (Knight of the Tomatoes)

/u/aaronly

/u/DecibelDiscord

/u/Firescar96 (Burning Knight)

/u/CptChipmonk

/u/JFKingsley (The Crimson Clicker)

/u/alltheletters

/u/BrosephMcBromigo

KNIGHTS OF THE 5th HOUR

/u/JasonTheHuman (Battalion Leader for Kot5)

/u/medic2044

/u/Good_Stuff_Indeed

/u/The_Comments_Lie

/u/Daveeday

KNIGHTS OF PST

Here is their sub

/u/yankeed00dledandy (Battalion leader of PST)

/u/kokomojeezus

/u/sebastiantelan

/u/DemonicPanda11

/u/AndreMariner

KNIGHTS OF 420 BUTTON BLAZE-IT

/u/RyanKimbrell (Battalion leader of 420BB-IT)

/u/LandoCity

/u/frequentlyfaux

/u/psychodagnamit (#420yoloswagforthebuttondankmemetime)

KNIGHTS OF MI6

/u/occultism (Battalion Leader of MI6)

KNIGHTS OF THE GULL

/u/mahelious (Battalion Leader of KotG)

KNIGHTS OF THE BRITGUARD

/u/georgepennellmartin (Battalion leader of KotBG)

/u/InternetCitizen69

/u/Ross013

/u/chris333999

/u/Forever_Heavy

/u/cookie_chan (Knight of Fortune and Favor)

/u/InterruptingPumpkin

/u/Running_Turtle

/u/Tomahol

KNIGHTS OF THE 13th HOUR

/u/VinnyTheFish (Battalion leader of Kot13H)

JEDI KNIGHTS

/u/SibylUnrest (Battalion leader of JK)

/u/JediBoB2000

/u/Anon_mama

THE HOURLESS KNIGHTS

/u/frogamazog (Battalion Leader for the HLK)

/u/LazyPoodle

/u/AwfulGrammarNazi

/u/PonKatt

/u/Pricky603

/u/decadillac

/u/samanor

/u/PresidentChef

/u/ShadowScythe13

/u/pastrypalace

/u/kman2010

/u/mcmeaningoflife42

/u/Eddemundos

/u/LostTheGameOfThrones

/u/SirReuben

KNIGHTS OF NEVERMORE

/u/knightofseniram (Battalion Leader of KoN)

1st CST Volunteer Button Brigade

/u/The_Three_Toed_Sloth (Battalion Leader of VBB)

/u/DumbAndFineWithIt

/u/The_Comments_lie

/u/coldcoffeereddit

/u/luciorossari

/u/RowahPhen

/u/DoubleJesusPower (He's Jesus x2)

/u/gecker

/u/mislmunky

/u/bigfoot8fred

/u/xzenon

/u/Goalem

/u/5aucy

Knights of EST: The Mighty Wilde-beast

/u/gotbass210 (Battalion Leader of MWB)

Mobile Knights

/u/stpatty (Battalion Leader of the MK)

Do not fret, rash and foolish Purples. Those who believe they have given their click in vain are not useless to the Order. Before you understood, before you could even begin to discover that the counter must not reach zero, you clicked. And clicked, and clicked, and clicked.

Without you, we would not be here today, organizing ourselves to Fight the Zero. The counter would have reached zero before any of us could have understood it. Where would we be then? Wandering, aimlessly, ignorant of the difference we could have made.

Even you, 60s pressers, are not without your own shred of dignity, nay, glory. For many of you lept at the chance to fulfill your duty, to protect the Order, to Fight the Zero, and though only one may receive his mark of glory, you all have shown that your click belonged to the Order, and you are not without our respect.

There is no denying that a click given for Purple does not benefit the Knights of the Button as a click for Red. But, as God as my witness, no click, however soon, shall be in vain. A Grey Hopeful has said,

Do you know what the very last presser of the button will be called?

A presser.

He is right. Seconds back on the the counter are seconds given in the name of The Order of the Knights of the Button. Wear your badge with pride, purples and greens and blues. For though you are not of the esteemed Redguard, you have given your click to the Order. You are a Presser, and for that you will not be forgotten.

Disclaimer: this is /u/mncke writing this post. This account hasn't been donated to me, more below. This account has not been donated by the assassins and it being in the zombie pool is not an intentional sabotage.

As you all know, this account being a can't presser is the reason the button ended yesterday. Ineligibility of this account has slipped through the filter and it has been chosen to press.

Here's the full story of the Zombie project. I've touched this a bit during the talkshow, but tried not to put the project in danger. It doesn't matter now.

In early April I've met /u/memyselfnirony. He proved out to be a very efficient contributor to the cause. In discussion with him the idea of zombies has been born. Researcher by trade, he managed to find a few working account dumps on the internet. He also managed to get a few hundred of mostly shadowbanned accounts from reddit bot wranglers. (Apparently asking nicely for things people don't need actually works). Thus we've got some accounts to work with. I used them to investigate latencies and cheater flair assignment. Being good citizens, we decided first to check with /u/powerlanguage about the project because it walks on the brink of violating TOS. MMNI asked PL whether he is against the project or not and provided a list of about a thousand accounts MMNI dug up so far as a sign of our good will. Without a response, /u/powerlanguage carpetbanned all the accounts we've listed and changed their passwords.

Due to the dickish behaviour PL demonstrated during the great glitch, we decided to continue with the project, even in spite of reddit admins. MMNI dug up another thousand of accounts (among them /u/StilesBC), Necromancer infrastructure has been implemented, a call for donations has been issued and the rest is history.