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Regarding your Mortarboard badge, here's the relevant snippet from the official Badge FAQ:

The site admin has stated multiple times that, by design, badges cannot be lost or revoked. There are two exceptions to this rule...

Basically, what happened is:

1. You hit the rep cap at some point before the recalc.
2. The mechanism for awarding badges saw that, and credited you Mortarboard.
3. After the recalc, you dropped below the cap for that day.
4. Since you didn't actively cheat, you get to keep that Mortarboard forever
5. But, the day for which you were awarded that Mortarboard for will not count towards the Epic or Legendary badges.

Regarding your Mortarboard badge, here's the relevant snippet from the official Badge FAQ:

The site admin has stated multiple times that, by design, badges cannot be lost or revoked. There are two exceptions to this rule...

Basically, what happened is:

1. You hit the rep cap at some point before the recalc.
2. The mechanism for awarding badges saw that, and credited you Mortarboard.
3. After the recalc, you dropped below the cap for that day.
4. Since you didn't actively cheat, you get to keep that Mortarboard forever
5. But, the day for which you were awarded that Mortarboard for will not count towards the Epic or Legendary badges.

Regarding your Mortarboard badge, here's the relevant snippet from the official Badge FAQ:

 

The site admin has stated multiple times that, by design, badges cannot be lost or revoked. There are two exceptions to this rule...

Basically, what happened is:

1. You hit the rep cap at some point before the recalc.
2. The mechanism for awarding badges saw that, and credited you Mortarboard.
3. After the recalc, you dropped below the cap for that day.
4. Since you didn't actively cheat, you get to keep that Mortarboard forever
5. But, the day for which you were awarded that Mortarboard for will not count towards the Epic or Legendary badges.

Regarding your Mortarboard badge, here's the relevant snippet from the official Badge FAQ:

 

The site admin has stated multiple times that, by design, badges cannot be lost or revoked. There are two exceptions to this rule...

Basically, what happened is:

1. You hit the rep cap at some point before the recalc.
2. The mechanism for awarding badges saw that, and credited you Mortarboard.
3. After the recalc, you dropped below the cap for that day.
4. Since you didn't actively cheat, you get to keep that Mortarboard forever
5. But, the day for which you were awarded that Mortarboard for will not count towards the Epic or Legendary badges.

Regarding your Mortarboard badge, here's the relevant snippet from the official Badge FAQ:

 

The site admin has stated multiple times that, by design, badges cannot be lost or revoked. There are two exceptions to this rule...

Basically, what happened is:

1. You hit the rep cap at some point before the recalc.
2. The mechanism for awarding badges saw that, and credited you Mortarboard.
3. After the recalc, you dropped below the cap for that day.
4. Since you didn't actively cheat, you get to keep that Mortarboard forever
5. But, the day for which you were awarded that Mortarboard for will not count towards the Epic or Legendary badges.

Regarding your Mortarboard badge, here's the relevant snippet from the official Badge FAQ:

 

The site admin has stated multiple times that, by design, badges cannot be lost or revoked. There are two exceptions to this rule...

Basically, what happened is:

1. You hit the rep cap at some point before the recalc.
2. The mechanism for awarding badges saw that, and credited you Mortarboard.
3. After the recalc, you dropped below the cap for that day.
4. Since you didn't actively cheat, you get to keep that Mortarboard forever
5. But, the day for which you were awarded that Mortarboard for will not count towards the Epic or Legendary badges.