werla
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2 hours ago, SDBH-R said:
How about e.g. if I want to see to my very first geocache find? Do I have to scroll endlessly to the the bottom of the list?
You wouldn't see it anyway, regardless how far you scroll. The new search is limited to 1000 finds.
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Just like many other players, I think the new update is terrible. The updated search, which is reduced to 1000 finds, is a disaster. Not only are many old functions missing, such as when the cache was last found, trackables and location, as well as the amount of space wasted, turns this update into a downgrade. And it doesn't even work properly! Look at the screenshot of a friend's list of finds and take a look at the order of the finds! Does that show "newest finds first"??? I don't think so.
Please give us the old version back!
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11 hours ago, barefootjeff said:
I might be old fashioned, but I see integrity in the game as an important facet and widespread cheating becomes a stain on everyone. In this case it would appear, from what's been said in this thread, that this particular AL is designed to be completed by armchair logging using location-spoofing apps, which I don't think is in the spirit of the game.
Thank you. This is exactly what I feel. And if that's old-fashioned, then I'm happy to be that way.
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12 hours ago, frostengel said:
I don't see it as the owner's fault if cachers cheat.
My impression is rather that the owner is cheating. I still can't imagine that GS intends ALCs to be like that. But as there is no review of ALCs, owners can, of course, do whatever they like.
Well then. Using fake GPS is not an option for me. As a consequence, I will ignore that kind of ALC completely.
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I've also played ALCs like the one you described. I have no problem with distances of 20 to 30 km. But the type of ALC, as I described above, is somewhat different. Its stations are located in different countries with distances of hundreds of kilometers. One is 1,700 kilometers away. In the first days after publish already 8 players finished this ALC (during the pandemic and travel restrictions!), some of which wrote about "good teamwork". I contacted one player and asked how he did it: He frankly admitted that he had solved the ALC in "home office".
And that's exactly what I meant.
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I am member of a geocaching telegram group where other members were discussing this new "trend" only recently.
I couldn't imagine why owners would have to create such an ALC until exactly one of those was released in my area (Central Germany) a few days ago. The first stage is 35 km away from me, the next one is located 200 km north. One is 300 km further west, one is in the Netherlands and one on a tiny island in the ocean near Montenegro! I asked the owner what his intention is and whether players would have to travel to all of these places. His answer was: "You don't have to. Nobody forces you."
I don't understand the owner's intention or the point of ALCs like this. In my opinion, it is impossible to complete them without fake GPS.
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A new trend seems to have emerged recently for ALC. Some owners have placed their 5 stages hundreds of kilometers/miles away from each other, sometimes even in different countries. What is the intention for that? Should the players use fake GPS and Street View to solve the tasks and answer the questions? Doesn't that violate any rules of the game?
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What does "blocking cookiebot" mean?
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Go to "settings" and accept necessary cookies. Then everything works fine again.
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O.k. accepting necessary cookies did the trick.
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Firefox works fine, but Chrome doesn't.
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I just realized that since this morning the new dashboard doesn't work anymore in Google Chrome. If I go back to the old page, everything works fine. Firefox and Android Browser have no problems showing the new dashboard correctly. Am I the only one affected?
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The problem is that most of the newbies create their GC account via app and don't validate it on the website (in fact, they don't visit the website at all, let alone the help section). As a result, you can't e-mail them. I found this out when I tried to contact a newbie to tell him/her about writing logs with more than one word.
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Just looked into GC8FR0G which has been enabled again. And the cheating continues...? Photo Shop, plushies, pictures of events long past, and so on. One of the geocachers even mixed it up with GC8NEAT, posting the picture of a daisy!
I would really like HQ to delete ALL these "creative" logs. It's really unfair to the people who logged according to the requirements.
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Same here. However, there seems to be a difference as to which browser i choose to show my profile. Google Chrome does not show some of the banners anymore, but Firefox is showing everything just fine.
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The last post in this thread might be helpful.
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I updated my request last Sunday by informing the HQ Support team about another maybe interesting detail:
"Your Geocaching Details" where max. 15 logs are shown, shows the correct order of logs! However, "Your Geocaching Logs (All)" shows the wrong order. On Sunday I found 1 CC Event - 1 Traditional - 1 Mystery and the CC Event appeared (again) as my last find of the day in the list "Your Geocaching Logs (All)".
The HQ Support team's answer on Monday was that they hope to have a fix soon.
I didn't log an event this week, so I don't know if the finds are still listed in the wrong order.
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Did you contact you local reviewer? He can unarchive the listing.
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2 hours ago, barnold said:
I don't know if this is related: since a couple of days I noticed a difference in my total finds as shown on the one hand on the GC website (and app) and on the other hand as shown in the Adventure Lab app.
Th niumber on the GC site and app is correct, the number in the Adventure Lab app is 5 lower.
This a known bug. In order to see the correct number of your finds in the Adventure Lab App, you have to log out (of the app) and log in again.
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4 hours ago, Marška said:
Having the same problem, logged two events along the other caches we found with a friend yesterday. I always log caches in order of find, however, one of the events (CC) got placed before four caches logged before that and the second one got placed at the end of the day, even I have found 10 caches after the event. I believe this is related to the latest update, since you are unable to select date of log for events now.
In the meantime I received an answer to my direct request to the HQ support team:
"Thank you for contacting Geocaching HQ.
We are aware of an issue with logging Events and the order of the logs. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to get this issue resolved soon."
So, let's hope they will fix it soon.?
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And it happened again!
This time with a Community Celebration Event which was my fifth find of yesterday. I logged all nine finds of yesterday in their correct order. However, Groundspeak shows the CC Event as my LAST find of the day. I checked this phenomenon with fellow geocachers, same there.
I would be very grateful if this issue could be fixed as soon as possible, please!
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I logged everything with the same device. So did my friend. We both got the event sorted before the other caches. The order of the other caches is correct.
So it seems to have something to do with the cache type "event"?
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Last Sunday I found 6 caches and I logged them in the correct order: Tradi - Mystery - Event - Mystery - Tradi - Multi. However, Groundspeak shows the Event as my first find of the day. I was caching with a friend on Sunday and he has the same problem, the event appears first, although he has found and logged three traditionals and one mystery before the event. Is this a bug and - if yes - how can it be solved?
I started Geocaching in 2011 and have never experienced something like that.
The finds of last Sunday were not that important but if I do a special milestone cache (e.g. as the 5000.) on a special day I would like to rely on the right order of my logs.
Regards from Berlin!
werla
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This time with a Community Celebration Event which was my fifth find of yesterday. I logged all nine finds of yesterday in their correct order. However, Groundspeak shows the CC Event as my LAST find of the day. I checked this phenomenon with fellow geocachers, same there.
Release Notes (Website: Links now point to new search results) - April 20, 2021
in Geocaching HQ communications
Posted · Edited by werla
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You can bookmark the old search with this URL:
https://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?ul=SDBH-R
However, nobody knows how long this will work.