dogbomb
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I'm currently on a hunt for a "cool" travel bug number, so I can finally get around to the travel bug tattoo I've been promising myself. I'd like something that's readable from a distance (clear what the characters are), possibly with repeating letters/numbers or which spell a word or somesuch.
You should list what artists or albums or movies you love. Hobbies, dogs, cars, anything.
Someone looking through their Tracking Numbers (Coin numbers might also be OK), and say you love "The Black-eyed Peas" and someone has "BLKYDP", then they might be all like, "That might kind of work". Or something...
Hm. Neat idea. Thank you. Geocaching (obviously), Running, Magic, Videogames, anything with Dog or Bomb related words. Thanks in advance all. x
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Hi All,
I'm currently on a hunt for a "cool" travel bug number, so I can finally get around to the travel bug tattoo I've been promising myself. I'd like something that's readable from a distance (clear what the characters are), possibly with repeating letters/numbers or which spell a word or somesuch.
Just wondering if anyone had one squirrelled away they'd be willing to sell/trade, before I start buying them in bulk until I find something I'm happy to have permanently marked in my skin.
Thank you in advance
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However, of 6 completions, I'd really like to delete 5, as clearly they haven't done what was asked, e.g. Go to The London Eye area and have your photo taken with your thumbs up ( eye in background).
I've been flagging logs like that, as "prohibited". No idea if it's made any difference, but doing so all the same.
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So why did Groundspeak come up with "kiss a toy frog" and then get all surprised and upset when everyone else followed their example?
I think this has been their biggest mistake so far. They should have had an initial bunch of challenges to give a flavour of what challenges were all about. I think they had the frog one so EVERYONE could get involved and check out the app/challenge with minimal effort - but it's backfired due to all of the other silly kiss/hug/poke/prod challenges which popped up.
Challenges could have their place, but due to some mis-steps people are getting awfully upset.
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Our newsletter arrives by email and, judging by posts elsewhere, probably later than a lot of other people get their copy .....
Mine too. You realise only a percentage of geocachers opted in to get that newsletter, right?
Also, of that percentage, not everyone suddenly leapt onto geocaching.com to complain - what you are hearing is a vocal minority. It's possible there's more people think this way, I concur - but you can't speak for the majority just because the majority ain't speaking.
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The evidence suggests otherwise.
What you are using as evidence is feedback in the forums and in the feedback topics. This is such a small slice of the geocaching community at large.
As I said before, it's a vocal minority. Most just aren't aware.
Of course not, they are only mentioned on the gc.com homepage, plastered all over your account and the lead item in this week's newsletter
.Not everyone logs into geocaching.com every single hour/day like you and I!
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Even those commenting don't represent most people though. Pedantic or not. Even if you limit it to "people aware of geocache challenges", I'd say most people are either indifferent to the change, or are feeding back in the hope it gets better. I'm in the latter of those. There's a VERY vocal minority who are treating it like a joke - and that's probably the worst course of action to take.Done thumbs up and down, not flagged any. Some are locationless but then not locationless... If that makes sense. "Most people" for the non-pedantic out there would mean most people commenting... It's fairly obvious that most challenge setters think the whole thing is a joke.
Feedback... Yeah, left that... Groundspeak didn't like it... It got deleted. So that's a pointless route to try!Not pointless. I left feedback (3 points, even) on that one topic which got deleted by Jeremy. If you'd been back into the feedback forum, you'd see there's a lot of back and forth discussion now. That's also the right place to get vocal, because there's more chance of being seen than leaving a comment in an unrelated forum, or via a challenge log.
Right now... Hate them... But treating them like a gold mine... Lots of smelly dirty stuff to search through!I've been through the "hate them, get rid of them phase" and now I've seen some local ones pop up I'm in the "Actually, treated right, these could be a fun addition". I realise they're not for everyone and I hope people get the choices and options they desire, but I'm going to keep feeding back my thoughts in the hope it improves positively.
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I'm basically laughing at the challenges... As are most people... And grateful that it only half breaks the stats to do so.
Most people? I beg to differ. Most people aren't even aware of geocaching challenges.
Why not offer some constructive feedback instead? Thumb up challenges you like, thumb down those you don't. Flag those which are blatantly "location-less" (but not Worldwide challenges).
You don't like the idea of challenges? Fair enough, don't touch them, you don't HAVE to. Also, there's a feedback topic or two you can input on.
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Then there is the 'Meet A Lackey' challenge where someone has photoshopped (badly) themselves next to Jeremy.
I saw this earlier and burst out laughing. The lengths some people will go for a no-value-virtual-point no longer surprise me.
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Yes... It's my challenge point, which is a house in a park... You said I'd failed?!
You did. You didn't GO and "pick up litter" anywhere. You "created litter then picked it up without actually going anywhere". You failed the challenge set, which was set in good faith to promote the idea of CITO, to try and better the world around us while having a bit of fun!
But... it's your challenge point! Well done! *applause*
As with Geocaching, everyone is going to play the game their way. Me? I'm choosing to report the challenges which need reporting, thumbing those ones up which are good (and maybe *gasp* DOING some of them) and thumbing those ones down which follow the guidelines but are a bit crappy.
You?
Shhh! You'll give Groundspeak ideas for their next Worldwide challenge!
Pffffffft...
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And I'm in a house in a national park? Does that not mean the street, or indeed anything past the front door, is in the park? Obviously so is the house... But I was trying to stay outdoors... Oh, and it's not my house!
I don't care. It's YOUR "challenge point". It means nothing to me. If you decided to spin on your chair ten times before clicking "challenge completed" then that's your prerogative.
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There wasn't any rubbish outside my front door... so I threw the contents of the waste paper bin into the street... and picked them up again. Few strange looks from the neighbours, but I've done my bit to save the local area from being covered in little bits of screwed up paper.
Then you failed the challenge. It clearly states "Go to a local park and pick up 10 pieces of litter."
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Just got in from my #100th! (and 101st and 102nd... gotta keep rolling...)
Here's to the next 100!
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Looking for a "cool" travel bug number
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No problem. Get in touch via private message or email: dogbomb@dogbomb.co.uk and we'll work something out.