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    FTF ethics

    in General geocaching topics

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    Hi all, first time on the forum. Just need to mention something that has really been bothering me.

    I've recently made it my goal to get an FTF (only 150 finds to my name, but it's about time to start trying for one.) I have ended up at two caches FIRST, but wasn't able to find them! OK, so fair and square, I lost the caches- that's part of the reason FTFs are hard to get. Oh well!

    What rubs me the wrong way were the folks who claimed FTF on the last cache I missed. I had seen them go by, and having already gotten the coords for the letterbox cache, said jokingly, "You're too late!" After seeing on their faces that they maybe took that a little too seriously, I said, "Well, I mean, I have the coords, but that doesn't mean I'll find it, so you should probably keep going." (And sure enough, I didn't find it. Too much rushing! Lesson learned!)

    OK, so far so good. The two fellows got the FTF, but in their log, they stated that they had called the CO to confirm the coords! Does that strike anyone else as, well, cheating? Sure, I lost it fair and square: I wasn't going to get FTF for that one. But even if I could have, I wouldn't call the CO to get the coords right. Maybe if I had been struggling with it for a long time, and after several visits to search, but on an FTF? They also conspicuously left out my encouragement for them to keep going, but made sure to state that I was "taunting" them. I can see how it could be perceived that way, so ok (I don't agree, but ok.) But calling the CO? Isn't it clear that not everyone searching for the cache will know the CO, and that calling in order to confirm coords on a possible FTF is... dubious, to say the least?

    Ah, is there no honor in geocaching anymore? LOL. I jest, but I am wondering, would others of you do the same to get an FTF? I wouldn't feel like I earned it if I did it that way.

    Just have to keep trying- no one gets it the first time they try, right? And when I do, I'll get it in a way that seems fair to me, and it will be that much sweeter. I still consider myself relatively new, so there are plenty of other challenges I want to try (24 in a day, fill in the calendar, etc) and I'm having tons of fun. Even introduced my uncle to it this Thanksgiving! (He found the 4 star we were going after! Who would've guessed!? :rolleyes: )

    Thanks for any opinions. Not going to lie, I'm salty about it and want some commiseration. :signalviolin: (Just being honest!)

     

    EDIT: And in retrospect, I'll mention that I probably should have stopped longer to say hi and introduce myself. I was just on such a high thinking I'd gotten there to work on it first, and that my first FTF was mere moments away! I didn't want anyone to pass me up!

    Cheating on puzzles?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I usually solve puzzles myself before I find and log them.

     

    A few times, I have found puzzle caches that someone else has solved. Before I logged them online, I solved the puzzles on my own.

     

    Once, I solved part of a puzzle, and then brute-forced the rest of the coordinates. After I found the cache, I used the solution coordinates to figure out the solution to the rest of the puzzle. Then I logged it online.

     

    A few times, I have found puzzle caches that were solved as part of a group effort, as part of Venona's annual ACTIVITIES. But those puzzles are intended to be solved by a group collaborating on the solution via online forums.

    Cheating on puzzles?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    There is no cheating if you sign the log its found. Im noy as smart as alot of people in this hobby and some of these puzzles are way to brainy for me. If I can ask a friend that found it for the coords in exchange for a future favor that works for me. If I wasn't allowed to do this a would quit thid hobby. Every one plays there own way dont judge.

    Wherigo

    in Wherigo

    Posted

    Why hasnt Groundspeak spent more time on Wherigo? It is so hard to build a game... I love doing Wherigo geocaches but i want to build and make my own. But i am not having any luck with making my own.

    Help

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Yesterday my Garmin nuvi 500 and garmin colorado stopped displaying puzzle caches as quistion marks on the screen. They looked like traditional caches on the screen. I reloaded the gps today and same thing. BRING MY ? BACK PLEASE.

    never mind todays new pocket querry fixed the issues. THNX

    Help

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Yesterday my Garmin nuvi 500 and garmin colorado stopped displaying puzzle caches as quistion marks on the screen. They looked like traditional caches on the screen. I reloaded the gps today and same thing. BRING MY ? BACK PLEASE.

    New cache, old hide

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Apologies if this has already been covered, but I can't find an answer to my question.

     

    A cache near to my home was archived and a new cache has now been hidden at the same place.

     

    I had logged the original cache as a find, but can I log the new cache, which has been hidden by a different person?

     

    I found a guideline, which states that you can't log a new find if you return to a cache, but it's not clear if this also applies to a new cache at the old location?

    "What the game once was"

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    If you don't like power trails don't do them.don't bitch about them. My best time caching was on the e.t highway caches boring the whole experience was awesome. a p&g cache is just as fun as nice hike. I like creative caches the ones the owner built them selfs. So who has the most numbers in your state? But I bet you don't know who cares who's number 367...

    Electrical Box Hides

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by joesdolphins

    I have many hides that are very similar to these. As long as they are not on anything that may hurt some one looking. A fake electrical box on the side of the building is ok as long as its not really close or on a real electrical box.

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