Deepdiggingmole

I acknowledge the issue around rarity, though I disagree with it, as there is a link with the time factor. The argument that Megas are rare is due to how many there are in a year , but when it comes to time span compare it to a challenge like, for example, 'find 20,000 caches' (a challenge I know has been published) which can take the majority of cachers over 10 years or much longer to complete. looking at both challenges -- both achievable ? yes but to argue that Megas are rare when you are likely to see at least 20 or 30 or more in the UK over the time span it would take to complete the 20,000 caches challenge doesn’t make them so rare.

Hi with regard to the last - I am ware that locationless etc are not allowed - my point was - to qualify for a challenge you cant just rely on caches being available in the future as past finds do count

I am wanting a 11 to 1 challenge where you have to have found 11 types in one country, 10 in a second down to 1 in the 11th I acknowledge that 11 would include mega - but where I am most cachers have been to one or both of the two megas we have held locally in the last few years. Or even to the several megas held in the UK over the last few years I do not think that many cachers would have trouble with 11 icons in their own country if they are interested in this sort of challenge - going to country number 2 requiring 10 again is very achievable.... and so on This sort of challenge would not be for everyone but how many challenge caches are. As far as "Challenge cache owners must demonstrate that there are plenty of qualifying caches to meet the challenge" - Megas are not going to go away, certainly in the UK With regard to the above quote - yup, a list of 10 qualifiers supplied I also feel that challenges are not future based - past finds do counts and many cachers do have the 'mega' ticked off and so it wont matter that there are only 3 or so a year in the UK (my locality) in the future

I am aware that several years ago HQ dictated that the number of icons allowed to be used in a challenge would be limited to 8. I am under the impression that since the moratorium this was relaxed and 11 icons is now allowed Am I wrong ? Is there a maximum number of types allowed ? Is there anything written to verify any 'ruling' around this Many thanks Tim

OK So I discover the program is not efficient in dealing with deleted logs - any deleted logs whether by the 'finder' or ANother (such as HQ) dont get dropped from the Stats page, (viewable by the CO) - in the words of HQ " there is no way to "unplay" an adventure at this point." - I have managed to get all 4 fake loggers to delete their logs - I am taking their word for it and I am quite happy they have done this, but this is not something the stats can verify - which is a shame as the genuine FTF cachers are not given that accolade due to the previous fake logs

Has HQ looked into this and changed anything ? I received a new ad lab only recently and have just made it live, end of July 2019, so that's 4 months down the road - the first 4 'finders' have all cheated and seeing the stats from yours above - I doubt that'll end there

How does this disciplinary action take place Does the CO have to report the fake finders - I have just had an adventure lab go live and the first 4 finders are all from their 'armchairs' - though one has since deleted their 'finds' In addition - can a CO delete adventure lab logs just as they can on GC and finally - as mentioned there are 4 finders of my Adventure lab totalling 7 locations (as per the stats page) (1 finder finding 4 locations, 3 finders finding 1 location each) - one finder (the one finding 4 locations) has deleted their finds, which should take the log count down to 3, however the stats page still shows 7 finds - why hasn't the deletions been reflected in the stats ?

I have just had my Adventure Lab go live and the first 4 finders were all Fake

If you have created an Adventure Lab - does the ownership of one get credited anywhere (other than in the Adventure Lab App) I was under the impression these are similar to Lab caches and as such finding them gets you another lab cache smiley, noted in your stats Does ownership get noted in your owned caches list on the GC website as well ?

My Tester has completed the 5 locations (I only got 5 ) all good there - as you say no history, nothing saved - The tour is now public, so hopefully all will be good

Similar to another thread regarding Adventure lab cache in testing stage and geofencing - this query is with regard to program saving My tester has informed me that she did 2 of the 5 locations today and following discussion around the questions and answers - that bit all worked OK - however back at home she realised that the app had not saved these two locations - she plans to do the other three tomorrow - not to bothered about the saving aspect as she is really testing the locations/questions etc My question, however, is :- Will this be an issue once the tour is published - will the completed locations be saved/locked in - are each of these independent of each other even though they are all part of the same 'tour' and will it matter if they are not saved - again is this a test phase glitch Tim

Saved me doing that if you have already tried it ?

I echo this question I am in the process of getting one tested and this very issue was raised by my tester - other than having to go to the locations to get the answers to questions - when discussing a couple of the locations my tester stated she was able to go into the app and could answer the questions from home over a mile away - I had set the geo-fencing at 500m Need to know if this is just a glitch in testing phase or will it happen once made live

Its not location issue - its website vs app issue website doesn't work - app does I don't use the app as I have a GPS - so waiting to see what happens

So what does it look like when there is the detective clue When I filtered for those that DO have the detective clue I got a cache which had the following :- and I expected that when I found that cache this would change to 1/1

I don't have the mobile app and have never needed to as I use a GPS - I don't see why i should have to download the APP just to get involved in this hunt

Based on what has been said above - I fuilly understood what was required - however having filtered those caches with 'detective' clue and then went on a 30 mile round trip to find the nearest cache on the resulting list (which had the second of the two images shown) to then log the cache and BOOM ..... nothing happened, it didn't go 1/1, tit didn't go youv'e found this one, it didn't go youv'e got the sounvenir !!!!

I am not sure if this has been raised before so apologies if it has (tried searching - couldn't find anything) I had an issue with a new cache I own where a trailhead waypoint ended up being the same as the cache location once the cache was published - I am sure that when the cache page was written up prior to submission and the waypoint added it was given the correct trailhead co-ords. Now, I wouldn't have thought anymore of it and would have put it down to operator (me) error, except for the fact that we have come across several other caches where additional waypoints (mainly parking) have been shown to be at the cache co-ords and not at the location the the CO intended. We have advised those COs each time we have spotted this and every time they have said the same as us - that they are sure they put the correct co-ords when writing up So I feel that a glitch somewhere is reverting the additional waypoint co-ords back to the cache co-ords - I appreciate that this is not happening all the time and maybe only happening on a very small percentage of occasions (this only occurred on one of four caches in the new series (of 12) I submitted that did have additional waypoints) I checked with my reviewer who advised me that on submission the trailhead co-ords did show the same as cache - I asked as I wanted to try and ascertain at what point the error occurred Has anyone else noticed this either on their own new caches or on caches they have found where there are aditional waypoints Could this be a weird - not happening most of the time - glitch Tim

Thank you all - I know see that with the change of the three icon names a description has now come up on the site. So all been helpful

I mentioned this in another forum - and the reply was that it is an event to be held every 10 years - I think they have missed a trick not incorporating a 20 as it is the 20th anniversary and in 2020

Thanks to the above which answers the second part, - any descriptions of these please

I know the guidelines state it is preferred if the 'tour ' is done within walking distance - but how strict is this ? - I have been awarded one of these, I have an idea for a theme but in order for it to work properly I will require visiting 3 towns - between the two furthest is only 8 miles (driving) - in each town there will be some walking required and then onto the next. If this will be rejected due to this then basically my idea for the theme will be lost as it'll be just a case of walking round one town trying to find locations not relevant to the different aspects of the theme - even though that can be done as the content will be shown on the lab cartridge - I prefer the idea of being in a location that is also relevant - only possible if I have three towns visited. My main question is in bold above - seeking an answer to the feasibility of the adventure taking you to three different towns Thanks in advance Tim

I am doing a project and need to have a description of all the various cache types - I am using the list that everyone sees when they check their statistics - there are therefore 20 icons/cache types that I want to have a short description about I am able to do 17 of these as the descriptions can easily be found on the site - however I am unable to do the same for the following :- Groundspeak Block party Groundspeak Lost and Found Celebration Lost and Found Event cache can someone give me a description of these cache types in a few lines for each - also an idea as to whether these can still be 'found' and where Thanks in advance

Always logged in - never had this issue in 16 years - However - have done the above and it worked - I think it was the re-validating the email that did this not so much the signing in and out again - but why would it be OK yesterday but not today

Is it me or is there an issue with the co-ords on the cache page not showing correctly - All i am getting is a line of question marks like N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? When you click on the pencil it shows the co-ords in the 'correcting box' but when these are corrected it shows the same but italicised N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? I am surprised I could not find anyone else making mention of this Tim