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Brian, Hi there, i have registered today with my accountname written as langzaam instead as Langzaam. could this be the problem i cannot add the coin to a race as the dropbox is empty. I seem not able to change this. How to solve this problem. Problem seems to be sort of the same as previos poster. my coin (TB3V07G) should enter race 138. This post has been edited by Langzaam: Yesterday, 12:21 PM Could be the apostrophe. Let me check into it. I am traveling at the moment. Please contact/post me again if you don't hear something within a week. Sam PROBLEM SOLVED, after two days of waiting the TB-code was available in de pulldown which made it possible to join the race. Langzaam, Good to hear! I am currently in contact with Groundspeak to get direct access to their TB database. This will elimate several issues, such as your 2 day delay.

Brian, Could be the apostrophe. Let me check into it. I am traveling at the moment. Please contact/post me again if you don't hear something within a week. Sam

This has been fixed. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. It was actually affecting all races. I have always intended to have the website email me if it encounters these types of errors. Perhaps I will add this self-notification so issues don't go unattended for a month.

Cernunnos, Thank you for contacting me. I was not aware (or I have forgotten) there was an issue with this race. I will check into it ASAP. Sam

Marpaut, Please try to register again and tell me the result. Hopefully, I have fixed the issue. Sam

Bonjour Marpaut, Yes, there have been some registration issues in the past which I fixed. However, you may have uncovered another "bug". The previous errors were caused by non-standard characters in the user name. However, your username is all standard characters. Perhaps it is something about the travel bug number, or perhaps the formating of the TB page has changed. Please tell me the Travel Bugs you have tried, which did not allow you to register. Sam

Hi Frank, Thanks to you and others who brought this to my attention. I think I now have it under control. Groundspeak changed the format of the TB pages, and that interfered with my site. Check your race. TBrace.com is updating now. Your race should be correct after it finishes updating. Sam

Your TB has been removed from that race.

Registration is for your user account. The site is designed so that you add TB's to your account. The requirement to add TB's is that you own the TB (on geocaching.com). Therefore, you must use the same username (spelled exactly the same) which you registered for geocaching.com. Note that the password should be unique, and does not need to match your geocaching.com password. I like the "Cops and Robbers" race idea. Thanks!

Good suggestions. Thanks!

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Answers: 1. You do not need a NEW TB. The races are designed to track the miles accumulated by the TB after the race starts. Therefore it can be a new TB (no miles/km) or one you have had for a while which has traveled some distance. The requirement is that you OWN the TB (not that it is in your possession). 2. There is no requirement for premium Groundspeak membership (although I do highly encourage it to support the website which enables the fun we enjoy).

Hi Peter, Currently there is no way for users to edit a race. This capability is certainly on the long "To-Do list" I have changed the max number of participants to 250 for your race (ID=89). Sam

The map capability is the most requested upgrade. It is on the top of the 'to do' list.

Yes, the TB data only gets updated 1/night (and when you register the TB). Yes, you can link. The format for the URL is: http://tbrace.com/index.php?rid=33 change the 33 to the race id for your race. You can also go to your race page and copy link. Sam

The site has now been updated to accept non-standard characters in your username. I also added units of kilometers. Continue to give me feedback. You can expect to hear about TBrace.com on an upcoming Podcacher broadcast. Other known issue: 2 cachers have had trouble adding additional TB's after registering for the site. I believe this has been fixed. However, if you run into this issue, logout and login again. Then you should be able to add your TB.

www.TBrace.com I signed up today at above site, I noticed the upcoming public race Holland2009. is this a Holland race only? Strictly speaking, public races are open to anyone. However, the owner may have other ideas. If one wants to restrict access to join the race, you can create a private race and give the codeword to anyone you want to join. What type of specific goals would you like? The first race goal I think of is a race to a specific location/cache. Instead of the race being who logs the most miles, the race is who comes closest to the goal. What are your ideas?

The special character in your name SHOULD NOT cause a problem. I will have to look into this.

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The script to start the races is working properly. It was not being called automatically. I believe this has been fixed. I have created a private race to test it and will confirm it is fixed after tomorrow.

Geocoins should work fine. Have you had a problem using a geocoin with TBrace.com? If so, please post the details.

Great suggestion! I need to: 1. fix the race start logic (This used to work. Don't know when it broke.) 2. Confirm this works for geo-coins 3. Display km Would you rather a option to change mi>km (site wide), or is displaying both good enough?

The new races do not appear to be starting properly. This is probably another bad side-effect of server-side changes. I will look into it this weekend, and give you an update.

I deleted your public race. This would be a good feature to add. Except... How do you keep 'sore loser' race owners from deleting the race. Perhaps you could delete the race ONLY before it begins.

i had the same problem. It keeps saying "GC.com Username does not own TB. Check spellings. Please try again." but im pretty sure i own my travel bug. Thank you for telling me about this error. I was not aware of it. Of course, this functionality was tested and used to work. However, my server has had changes which affected other parts of tbrace.com. I was not aware the registration was affected as well. I will post an update here once it is fixed. Sam The Registration error has been fixed. Please register. If you run into any more problems like this or anything else, please let me know. Thanks, Sam