The ribbon show

[Urban_K]

Edited September 27, 2013 by Urban_K

[Spatzimaus]

Ribbons are somewhat of an ego thing, yes. But they do serve a purpose; if you're trying to do something difficult, and someone who responds to your thread has the ribbon you're looking for, then his advice just might be a bit more useful than a newbie's. And you don't have to just take his word for it; go look for other posts by the same person, and see if there are pictures and such to back up his claims. Trust, but verify.

For instance, I've done a Grand Tour (every planet and moon with a single vessel, although Eve required a strap-on booster module to escape), as you could probably guess from my ribbons. But in other threads, I've posted screenshots of that trip, so you can probably trust that I've actually done it. Therefore, if you're asking about a design that can fly to Jool and land on all of its moons, I can give you advice that's more than just speculation.

In the end, though, you're responsible for your own accomplishments. Informed advice can make things much, much easier, but you should never just blindly copy someone else's designs; this game is all about learning the intricacies of design for yourself. (And explosions.)

[Cydonian Monk]

I leave the forum sigs turned off, so I wasn't really aware how detailed these things are. I'm impressed!

As for game accomplishments, I still haven't done much outside of Kerbin and her moons, but here are my service ribbons:

(Removed)

Edited October 7, 2014 by Cydonian Monk

[UH60guy]

Mine are below in the sig. I basically lobbed something at every planet in the first few launch windows before I perfected the technology, so I have a lot of hardware en route that I know will likely turn into impactors (aka, every rover I sent to Moho). I also haven't had any alignments for return trips just yet.

I am proud of my Kerbol SOI rendezvous and ship building... halfway to Jool, I had a ship get crippled, and had to send another over to rescue the crew and combine into a new ship somewhere outside the orbit of Dres. I'll add the rescue cross and return chevron when (if?) they make it back to Kerbin, though they're only now just about to Jool.

[MaverickSawyer]

Completed:

In transit/ awaiting launch window (but loitering in orbit):

The Jool system mission will use the same single probe to visit all the different moons (100 days to SOI shift), and the Dres mission carries two orbiters and two landers (parked in LKO, awaiting launch window in 17 days.)

[Specialist290]

Here's mine:

NO MODS 4 LYFE #YOLOSWAG420NOSCOPE

You forgot to Photoshop the Challenge badge onto all the ribbons.

On topic: Mine are in my signature below. I try to keep honest about what I've done for what it's worth, even to the point of counting those three kerbonauts in Moho orbit as "Lost." (They never actually perished or left the solar system, but I'm likely never going to revisit that save file, since it's in a much older version of the game.)

Edited September 27, 2013 by Specialist290

[RocketPilot573]

Nice, the ribbons got updated! And no, mechjeb did not do this for me... (I have it installed, but not for the autopilot) ...and no part packs either...

I'll start it over when .22 comes out for career mode.

[Zeroignite]

I think the most ribbons-ing I've gotten done so far was back in 0.18, which has since been replaced in my sig by the newest game version. I was sticking bases everywhere

The x I added on Laythe was a botched rescue mission that ended up killing more kerbals.

[duncan1297]

You will see mine below. i have been playing for over a year now.

[zekes]

ribbons are irrelevant, IMHO. I can have 100 times more fun on Kerbin than exploring other places...

[Guest]

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Zero mods, 100% safety record.

Yay for mostly unmanned probes!

[wolfiie]

Being that I've worked on my epic KSP save file for a VERY LOOOONG time, and use only the Kethane and B9 pack mods, here's what I got (I also updated it literally 5 minutes ago):

[Temstar]

Here's mine, I'll throw in some screenshots to prove it too since it seems we're a bit skeptical in this thread:

Strategic Kethane Reserve and Refining Complex – Glushko Refinery

Duna-Ike Exploration Fleet (double landing)

Jool Exploration Fleet (quad landing, Pol didn't exist then)

Eve Exploration Fleet (double landing)

Low Kerbolar Observatory

"Mohole" Explorer Program

[Van Disaster]

I use 'em to remind myself what I've done ( I've already remembered a mission I'd forgotten I'd landed from updating the ribbon page... ). I like looking at other people's ribbons & wondering about how they did what they did & what stories lie behind too.

[ArmchairGravy]

As soon as the window opens I'm bringing my guys back from Duna, and scoring my first interplanetary return chevron!

[thereaverofdarkness]

I run a stock space program with a DIY mentality when it comes to learning maneuvers. 90% of what I do in-game is self-taught. I think that makes my measly ribbons have more meaning.

Oh yeah, I have a Kerbin challenge ribbon. It's tied to my Laythe flight wings, actually.

Edited September 28, 2013 by thereaverofdarkness

[Scarecrow88]

I think mine is up to date.

[Scotius]

Places i've visited so far in this save. Will be more when my Moho Research Station reaches operational state

[magnemoe]

This one was from my previous mission, the 100 ton from LKO grand tour.

[Crown]

My achievements in all my KSP life:

My achievements in my current save game (as of today):

of course not counting what I did by using savegame edits.

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

Here's how useless your ribbon things are:

There's nothing stopping you from making up stuff.

You can't proof that I didn't finish all these missions by playing 24/7 for a few months.

What about your clean conscience?

To me it is worth more than anything!

[Lohan2008]

/weeps

The plane (probe) ran out of fuel, which means I miss out on the "wings" icon over Laythe.

[magnemoe]

There's nothing stopping you from making up stuff.

You can't proof that I didn't finish all these missions by playing 24/7 for a few months.

Have basically done almost all of them except the land navigation and flight ones over half an year. Not sure if all my mapping orbits did qualify as polar ones and not done Sun and Jool polar orbits, but the Jool one is simple.

One question the challenge marker Kerbin is SSTO, For Eve and Tylo is it any other requirements than getting back? Eve SSTO is impossible with stock.

[Epthelyn]

Current save, attempting to visit every body in the system including some I have never been to before without infinite fuel etc.

W.I.P obviously, and I need to get back to Eve to wipe off that crash; the parachute failed because it was accidentally deployed half way between Gilly and Eve.

[TheDarkStar]

I have been everywhere and returned from almost everywhere. Most of my missions ended up involving two parts (a lander and then a rescue ship), so I started just seperating the lander from the return ship when I get there so I can rendezvous with it later.