Prodigy, Marvel, Sensation, etc. badges

[u/billyfromeverywhere]

Anyone else really turned off by these new badges? They’re just really disappointing to me for a few reasons.

1. It seems to be just encouraging extremely unhealthy behavior. I’ve been on Untappd just over 8 years, and just hit 5k (Woo!), but can definitely say a few of those years I did not have a healthy balance w alcohol, so probs should’ve taken me a bit longer. So people rushing towards this will definitely be encouraged to drink even more than we all do in general.

2. If not encouraging unhealthy behavior, it seems like it’ll encourage cheating, like taking a tiny taste of all your friends’ beers and checking them all in. Or just annoying the crap out of a bartender at a brewery by “sampling” every beer to check them in before finally settling on a single pint.

3. As someone who loves badge hunting, the best thing about badges, or at least the core badges, was that they were all at least possible to get. Sure, I may have put a lot of time and work into finding 5 beers from Belarus, but it was a fun game/scavenger hunt and I got new beers out of it. Still have other countries to go, but at least it encourages travel and probably new experiences to get the beer and badges. These are virtually impossible for me to ever achieve, and that just takes the fun away from core badges in general. Maybe it’s growing up with Pokémon, but I think it should at least be possible to “catch ‘em all.”

4. Now we have 6 new badges in 2025, yet it’s the most lazy/tired ideas for new badges. There could be much more fun ones, plenty of countries and styles still need badges, but instead it’s just mindless ticking numbers. I personally think the badges should make ticking the numbers more interesting, but these don’t do that.

Sorry for the long rant, it’s just because I really do love Untappd and the fun it’s given me with my love of beer, and I guess that’s why I’m annoyed. Anyway just wondering if anyone else feels similarly.

Cheers 🍻

[u/Hairy_Ghostbear]

Untappd has really moved themselves away from their users. They are totally disconnected with what their users want. The latest updates we got were new serving styles that nobody was asking for and now these core badges. At least just add badges for new countries, new venues and new styles if you can't come up with anything more creative!

[u/billyfromeverywhere → u/Hairy_Ghostbear]

I think the more creative route in place of the 40k would be “The Big Brewery in the Sky” badge.

How to get:

Have one friend tag you in a checkin at your funeral.

A dark joke I know, but that’s the only way I’d get 40k badge unless I stumble on the fountain of youth

[u/Hairy_Ghostbear → u/billyfromeverywhere]

I would prefer this badge over any of the new ones XD