I see all those unplayed games you have. Stop ignoring them and get them on your tag where they belong. You never liked your completion percentage being that high anyway, so join me in dragging it down a few pegs via the annual Bean Dive event. This year, we’ve again incorporated the Bean Dive into the July TA Targets, with a gold medal up for grabs for starting just three new games… rookie numbers for any master Bean Diver!
The new hub is here, and it’s where you can start your dive from.
Bean Dive 2024: Everything you need to know
When is Bean Dive 2024 happening?
This year, Bean Dive will start on July 5th from 10:00 UTC. If you can’t start then, the event will continue until 23:59 UTC on July 14th. You can still start a Dive after this point, but it won’t be included in the event stats.
What is a Bean Dive?
You are cordially invited to pop a single achievement in as many of your unplayed games as you can manage, so you can stop pretending that they don’t exist. Please have a look at the first thread about the Bean Dive for some background.
What’s the point?
The idea behind a Bean Dive is to force you to play all those games you picked up in a sale or just never got around to playing. It also destroys your completion percentage. Hopefully, you’ll take up the challenge to get it back up to it’s pre-Dive glory before the next Dive rolls around. You may accidentally get more than one achievement but this is okay.
How do I join in?
- To start your Dive, simply press the Start My Dive button on the event page once the event begins.
- This instantly starts Dive tracking and captures your stats at that exact moment.
- When you start your Dive, a ‘Dive Started’ message will appear in your feed.
- All achievements in new games earned while Diving will be grouped into a single, expandable item on your feed.
- You’ll see a new ‘Dive Summary’ box on the right side of your home page, giving you various Dive-related information.
- Friend feed items and Summary box can all be turned off, if you want, by editing your Site Settings.
- All Dives will have their own Bean Dive page on the site, which lists changes in stats and lists all the games Dived.
- When you finish your Dive, go to that page and click ‘Finish my Dive’. Do not press this button until all Dived games have scanned in, or they won’t be counted!
- You’ll get a ‘Dive Finished’ message on your feed, listing the number of games Dived and the completion percentage drop.
- As you recover, you’ll get milestones to say how far you’ve come. If/when you return to your pre-Dive completion percentage, you’ll get another feed message to congratulate you.
- Be absolutely sure you’ve finished your Dive before you press the Finish button, as all recorded stats will be reset if/when you decide to start another.
What milestones do I get?
Your Bean Dive recovery milestones will depend on how many achievements you require to recover your Dive. It works like this:
- If you require less than 100, you get a single recovery message at 100% recovery.
- If you require 100-249, you’ll get two recovery messages: one at 50% recovery and another at 100% recovery.
- If you require 250 or more, you’ll get four recovery messages: one for every 25% of recovery.
I’ve finished my Dive and want to do another one…
You ridiculous fool! But okay, you can start another by clicking the Start My Dive button again. To stop people from spamming Dives, however, you’ll be limited to four a year.
More than one achievement popped when I started playing… does it still count?
Yes. Although the idea is to pop as few achievements as possible and then move on to the next game, we know there are certain games where you can’t help but pop multiple achievements when starting. Just try and keep it as low as possible, for maximum effect. Unlocking five or more achievements will prevent the game from being included in your dive stats.
Is there a minimum amount of games I need to make it a Dive?
No, not really, but to make it worthwhile, I’d say make it at least ten if you can. You can only Dive games you’ve never unlocked an achievement in before. Therefore, you cannot Dive DLC achievements if you’ve already unlocked achievements in the main game.
Where can I find out more and ask questions?
Check out the Bean Dive 2024 FAQ thread and the Bean Dive 2024 Discussion thread.