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17 hours ago, Marshmallow2233 said:
What are your typical approaches to word puzzles?
Mostly I will skip puzzles that I can not understand. Sometimes I may ask hint from the CO or someone else who may know. What kind of word puzzle it is? Is there more similar puzzles or just this one of its kind?
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3 hours ago, Goldenwattle said:
Absolutely agree. I have arrived at a 1.5T and been disappointed, and annoyed, to see it way up high in a tree. NOT 1.5T.
This is exactly how I see this.
Couple of weeks ago I arrived to GZ and didn't immediatelly find the cache. I checked the description and saw T4.5. I have forgotten to take the fishing rod with me. Oops...
And here comes the interesting point of view to this matter. Almost every time I realize that I have forgotten to carry the fishing rod to the GZ, I can find some kind of stick from the nearby ground or sometimes I can climb to the tree instead of fishing. No tool or equipment required at all. The only obstacle between me and the cache is the elevated terrain.
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3 hours ago, Deepdiggingmole said:
however it does seem by all the responses that this should be reflected in the D rating
Not by all responses. It depends on how geocachers are used to rate caches in their territory. Ambiguity started by defining special tools both D5 and T5.
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18 hours ago, C3GPS said:
Because I have the same issue with this type of captcha on other websites.
In this case you are tilting at windmills. Your enemy lies inside your computer and replacing captcha in this service will not affect to others. The most effective way is to fix the root cause. For some reason captcha is not trusting your computer. Start by Googling "too many captchas" and you will get ideas how to fix your computer.
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I made a new elevation challenge some time ago. The reviewer questioned the rationality of using elevation because it is difficult to finders to find required caches based on elevation.
After I told that HQ has allowed using elevation as a exception even knowing that it has some difficulties, the reviewer published the cache withtout hesitation.
Elevation is a polygon type challenge. It is using contour lines to define areas. The good thing is that CO can not define those lines and the bad thing is that there is no official source for elevation data. Results are partly random. For example, some caches are actually above 1000 meters but not accepted for above 1000 meter challenges. Many caches are far below the sea level without having a scuba attribute
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16 hours ago, C3GPS said:
Fixing this problem isn't the point of this thread.
How do you know if you don't even try? The root cause is propably the same for both problems.
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9 hours ago, Deepdiggingmole said:
so if the cache is 7m up and requires a special tool as in the extended pole - is the 1.5*T correct or not
There are different ways depending on what country you are in. In Finland, a tool that is used to reach a geocache, is regularly considered a terrain lowering tool. A pole or ladders are examples of this kind of tool. Many geocachers have both of them always available. They use the tool to avoid climbing and the terrain is set from T3 to T5 depending on how high or difficult it is to reach without a pole or ladders. My latest high terrain cache is T3.5 and it is about 3.5 meters from the ground. The description suggests using a pole, but is it still possible to find without any tools.
Some months ago I talked with a reviewer about a D5/T5 traditional cache idea that required some tools to find the cache. The required tools were 5m long ladders and a small hex wrench. The reviewer did not accept requiring a hex wrench but accepted ladders. It should be a mystery cache if it needs a special tool, that was the reasoning behind this decision. I put a hex wrench in a combination locked box next to the cache to overcome this requirement. (Combination was not disclosed, of course, because it is D5) In this context, long ladders were not a special tool but a hex wrench was. In conclusion, if your cache requires a pole as a D5 special tool, the cache must be a mystery cache.
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23 hours ago, C3GPS said:
Accepting cookies for the site doesn't tend to work anyway. For example, the site constantly asks me if I no longer want to be reminded when I click a link in a description that takes me to an alternate site. I check the box to not ask again, it asks again the very next time.
Start by fixing this problem first, if it ask's it on the same link on the same page again. I just tested that the check box works when I click the same link again.
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On 10/21/2023 at 10:19 PM, Tyltt said:
What would have to be the difference between the Mystery Cache and the Multi-Cache in these conditions ?
I think that the answer to your question is "research that goes beyond reading the cache page". The player should be able to solve a multi-cache with GPS receiver and printed copy of the cache description.
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On 10/21/2023 at 1:42 AM, C3GPS said:
Now it's every single one and most of the time I have to solve 4+ captchas.
You’re getting CAPTCHA on multiple times because your online traffic behavior resembles unsafe bots.
That could include the following reasons:
- Your computer is infected with viruses or malware.
- Someone else on your network is running a bot or script.
- You’re using a virtual private network or proxy to hide your IP address.
- Your computer has received an IP address that was previously used in an attack.
- You’re using browser add-ons for security, privacy, or SEO that alter your browser’s normal behavior.
- You have not accepted cookies or you have deleted them.
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On 9/17/2023 at 9:16 PM, Ice and Wind said:
While it may not be a chain I don't believe it would allowed. Here is a link to the Help Center article on Bonus caches.
Quoting from the article: No geocache can have more than one cache dependent on it.
HQ is known for ambiguous guidelines. Here the image explains only chaining but the text rules something else. Chaining was nice idea used in some early days mystery chains where every additional stage was depending on earlier caches published in the chain. For me it is clear that this guideline was set to prevent this kind of "daisy chaining". I haven't seen any geocaches with multiple bonus caches and never tried to make one. After you pointed out this guideline, I must admit that this may be not allowed.
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28 minutes ago, mtekla said:
Could caches A, B and C have clues as to where to find bonus cache X and bonus cache Y?
No problems. This is not a chain.
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2 hours ago, kunarion said:
I've been using WYSIWYG, then after my picture's set up, I switch to Source and save it. After that, it's trivial to edit the text a little without losing the picture formatting.
I have done exacltly the same after I found that no style settings of images do not survive after additional editing.
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11 hours ago, Arcane_Artificer said:
is there a way to have it be that when the puzzle is solved that it unlocks a virtual description of the final location with out needing anything physical at the first location?
Yes, there are many ways to do this. Here is one example:
Set the starting coordinate somewhere outside the library.
Ask the player find a text, numbers or count windows etc. from the starting point.
Add a geochecker to the cache description. Certitude.org is suitable for this.
Use "Keyword" solution and add your virtual description as "Bonus info" in the checker.
This completes the requirement for using GPS.
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1 hour ago, sloth96 said:
Range limits and charging times were an issue.
This needs some planning to be optimal. Basically, you should try to charge both the car and yourself at the same time.
I have used EV for geocaching about 4 years. At the beginning I could use charging time for finding nearby caches until I consumed them all.
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1 hour ago, sloth96 said:
Downsides was my android phone was unable to push the caches to the cars navigation system. It could not push any destination to the car at all.
Start "Android Auto" and then command your phone to use Google navigation for the cache.
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1 hour ago, Deepdiggingmole said:
I did note that if you 'blocked' someone you dont have the facility to hide them
Reloading the page hides blocked users.
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Your example works for me without further checking. This may be related to your browser. I use Firefox.
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2 hours ago, Deepdiggingmole said:
but he will still get the messages popping up on his screen
This is how the "Hide" function works. I now used hide to "block" a user and the hidden user appeared again when posted a new message. Are you sure that he used the block function instead of the hide as the opposite seems to be the case.
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2 hours ago, Deepdiggingmole said:
that is fine up until the moment they send you a message as it all comes back into view again
I didn't see this happening when I tried it. I tried it again now and the message did not bring the blocked user back on the list even after refresh. May be this bug is already fixed?
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17 hours ago, HaSiYoTi said:
On Geocaching you can only access a page if you are a registered member. So i can't imagine any bots or anybody else messing with attempts to check if the coordinates i think as correct are put in the solution checker.
I know many registered users who would use a bot if it is possible.
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12 hours ago, Deepdiggingmole said:
Or simply informing the person blocked when they click on send a message - with a pop-up saying 'this cacher has blocked you, they may therefore not see this message and so not reply'
How do you put this message on e-mail client? Many players use e-mail instead of web. E-mail could reply with an error message but only after sending the message.
What surprises me is that I thought that blocking really prevent sending messages. Maybe it did earlier?
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4 hours ago, Deepdiggingmole said:
Yea - but that wasn't my point
I understand that you want to prevent sending messages when blocked instead of preventing you to see them. Both ways messages are somehow blocked. The system could inform this better in the red warning message that blocking does not prevent sending messages.
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Cache Elevation as Challenge Criteria
in General geocaching topics
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That's why it is called exception. It is in the book of secret guidelines for reviewers. I have been given to understand that the headquarters' opinion on the matter would be as follows: