kikonan
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On 8/8/2021 at 11:49 PM, Team Red Roo said:
There have always been cheats and there always will be cheats - GS will never be able to stop them.
GS has detailed data on times when the stage of AL was found. It would be quite easy to identify the cheaters who find 5 AL stages (labs) in a few seconds. Or even several AL series in different distanced locations in an unreasonably short time. There was a time the owners had access to these detailed data on their own ALs. So we were able to identify the cheater ourselves (though without any impact). However, access to this data has been cancelled in the end of 2020. So I am not sure if GS is even willing to stop the AL cheaters...
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2 hours ago, c-h-b said:
So why does each AL stage count as a found geocache?
How would you introduce the new game to the existing millions of players other way than making it attractive to them (AL easy points)... Who would play ALs if they were completely separated from geocaching?
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5 hours ago, Raven said:
Like many of us, I keep a running list of Found Caches w/in GSAK that includes Adventure Lab waypoints -- since you count those as well in your 'total finds" tally... Trouble is, now that you have blocked the API's -- and you do not provide any support for downloading them via yourself -- I must now MANUALLY create individual waypoints in GSAK for each Lab visit, MANUALLY copy/paste names and descriptions, MANUALLY assign them approximate coordinates, and -- yes -- MANUALLY create a log entry for each in order to be recognized as "Finds" and count towards the total... which, again, ultimately adds up to the same tally shown on your website.
I have realized HQ does not intend to integrate AL with "standard" geocaches. To eliminate above mentioned MANUAL steps I decided to stop searching for AL and deleted all (approx. 500) previous found logs from GSAK (in bulk) and on the webpage (MANUALLY one by one with each one to be confirmed). This way I have the same number of founds from GSAK and geocaching web page. And there will be no MANUAL steps to carry out in future.
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On 7/22/2021 at 7:41 AM, barefootjeff said:
No, you have to do them one by one.
It took me an hour but now they are all gone...
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On 7/12/2021 at 8:24 PM, thebruce0 said:
All that said, right now the best option as described is to
Deletehide the AL finds from the profile. It'd be nice if hiding from stats would be distinct from hiding them from the public though.I would like to delete all my AL finds. Is there a way to delete them in bulk? I have found only very frustrating way of deleting them one by one...
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On 4/9/2020 at 12:30 PM, baer2006 said:
Feedback about who plays my ALC. Is is too much for me as a CO (Lab cache or otherwise) to get some info about who is finding (or claiming to have found it) my cache? If similar rule changes were applied to "normal" caches, i.e. you can claim a find without any feedback whatsoever to the CO, I'd archive my listings the next day.
That is why I archived both of my ALs after the detailed log statistics was removed.
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This is a big disappointment. First the AL owners were revoked the access to data about visits of AL series. That moment I archived both of my series. Now they took the only mean to effectively join geocaching and playing AL during one trip. If this is the direction Groundspeak wants to drive ALs I'd rather get off. This has nothing to do with service for the users. I am very angry and I seriously think of deleting all my previous Lab visits.
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It is not fair Groundspeak changed the API authorization prior to agreeing with the application providers that use the API. And without any prior notice.
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I like this. I am free of any knowledge about chances of particular teams. I choose Florida, as Radko Gudas plays there (I had to google that). He is the son in law of my Czech friends. It could be a good reason to pick this team.
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On 11/26/2020 at 4:35 PM, mustakorppi said:
It has already been more than one month. I do not nderstand why it is necessary to unlist the working application without having the replacement ready...
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On 9/22/2020 at 2:17 PM, Max and 99 said:
I am utterly confused. I thought you did not want to have any found it logs related to your own adventure log. So you just delete them on the website. Now your find count for that Adventure Lab is zero. Isn't that what you want? The first stage of your adventure lab will still be unlocked but the website is not giving you any finds for the lab.
As there is no possibility to reverse in the AL app I assume this to be feature rather than bug. Actually, my AL is combined with Wherigo so the answer to the every Lab stage question is the result of the minigame played. I have played the games several times while I was testing it. So I have no problem counting the finds of my own AL caches. That is why I have undeleted the log and I am currently in the process of completing the AL series. Once I am in the area I unlock the particular stage. 5 caches more o less... The result - the web, the app and statistics will match...
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6 hours ago, barefootjeff said:
Thanks a lot. So I have to undelete the log to have it right.
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As my own created Adventure Lab is visible in the app I tried to answer the question and it worked. I have unlocked my own lab cache. I wanted to rollback this action so I deleted the log from the web page labs.geocaching.com. However, the Adventure Lab app still shows the first lab cache as unlocked. The web page show zero logs for this adventure. So the Adventure Lab is currently in inconsistent state. What should I do to correct it - either to have log and progress in the app or to reverse the progress in the app to zero.
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2 hours ago, wanrex said:
Also, CO is definitely the most precious treasure for geocaching, we can't stop some people hiding low quality cache, but we can reward those hearty CO bring good cache to the others.
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- In your mind, what is a high quality geocache?
Geocaching should be about experience. For me the high quality cache is that one which gives the player a good experience. This can be achieved by:
- interesting/wonderful location (earthcache, traditional cache)
- unusual/sophisticated container
- interesting story/scenario (mystery, Wherigo, letterbox).
The highest quality cache is fulfilling more/all of these.
Quote- In your mind, what is a low quality geocache?
As an opposite to the above mentioned - the low quality cache is that one which does not bring good experience - neither interesting place, nor the container that should be admired. The lowest quality caches are those that are not maintained properly, or even at disgusting places.
Quote- What steps can the community take to improve geocache quality?
Well, the honest logging would do a lot - DNF after not finding the cache, stating own opinion about the cache, using FPs, etc. On the other hand publishing final coordinates on various web pages does not help the quality caches to be created....
Quote- What steps can Geocaching HQ take to improve geocache quality?
The review process currently encourages the quantity of the cache to be published - once the cache listing fulfills the conditions the cache must be published. Some restriction would probably help, at least in the case of less experienced cachers. Maybe a bigger autonomy given to the reviewer who could subjectively judge the cache based on the cache owner's experience, the quality of the listing, etc...
And it would be great if HQ could somehow deal with the web pages with final coordinates databases. However, it is not that easy...
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Well, it seems the cartridge download feature has been touched, too. A cacher has written to me he had problem downloading the game. I have tried another one and received the same Upload error.
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11 hours ago, Keystone said:
Sorry, but no. A Wherigo cache requires a link to an active cartridge on Wherigo.com; otherwise, it can't be published. Thanks for your patience during the maintenance window.
Sorry, but maintenance window (with no improvements) lasting a week? I want to maintain my Wherigo geocaches. This often requires uploading a new version of the cartridge. I have not been able to do that for a week. Could you at least estimate how long this situation will last?
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On 17. 4. 2018 at 6:46 PM, Ragnemalm said:
And now it is tuesday and it still isn't working. :/
And now it is Thursday and it still isn't working...
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On 15. 4. 2018 at 4:02 PM, Ragnemalm said:
Yes, I guess it is tuesday.
But is it not legal to make a Wherigo geocache where the Wherigo is downloaded from somewhere else.
Is it legal to make a Mystery cache using a Wherigo cartridge stored on some place other than Wherigo.com?
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I have been trying the whole day to upload new cartridge version to Wherigo.com. Unsuccessfully. No error message, no message at all, just no new version uploaded. Wouldn't it be just professional to place a message about planned maintenance somewhere on the Wherigo.com webpage?
P.S. You should probably remove the NEW icon next to the Wherigo Player, as we have just celebrated the 10th anniversary of it...
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Weird...I just saw one of those logs pop up today on a cache I'm watching. What sort of stupid scam is this? I gather it's a way to get folks to click the URL link?
I have just received two notifications of found on my cache GC2RHVZ from the fake cachers Horn9311 and Durham7528. It seems to be a robot logging as there were caches from Canada and Germany on their found list today.... Could someone from Groundspeak deal with this?
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Since other people are using the site to host their cartridges................... You'll have plenty of time to copy the cartridge over if one of the player apps begins to use the WF site's API.
Thanks, Ranger Fox, for a quick and complete answer. I have decided to move to your server with all my cartridges. And I shall encourage the cartridge owners in Slovakia and Czech Republic to do the same. I have tried your server only briefly. The provided functionality (searching and logging, the connection to the particular geocache code, etc.) is much better than the one provided by the official server. And what is the most important, it lives. Thank you very much for the effort spent in developing this idea. I hope the agreement with Groundspeak will finally take place and this server will become the official one. I am sure the Wherigo platform (and its fans) deserves it.
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I have just found the Wherigo Foundation site and I am really surpised what you have managed to do. It looks much better than the official version. The first question that I thought was if I could migrate my bunch of ~20 cartridges to your site. I would do that immediately and switch the links from my GC.com listings to these. The question is - is it reasonable? Or should I wait for the site to become official. It can last very long...
Any response is appreciated.
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I think you have to make one to know what it is. It's something like a Wherigo but much easier and also with a mobile website to build it. Just like the I <3 geocaching concept but with much more potential. And you bring the whole thing as a multicache to geocaching.com. I made one in the past and it's much more pleasant then the lab cache. I thought that GS had more something like this in mind but it turned out differently and disappointing if you ask me.
I have made a dozen of wherigos and gave a try to make a Lab cache (on the web), too. I must say it is uncomparable. Plain text to describe the whole adventure is far from the nearly virtual reality in WIG. WIG is far from excellent. However, it is quite popular though Groundspeak cares very little for it (the official builder has stopped as Beta in 2008 and most players and builders have been developed by the community to let it live and to use its potential). The Lab cache may be a simpler form of WIG for the masses. However, I doubt this concept could be successful.
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Wherigo v2: Feature List
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Thanks a lot for the invitation. However, I am more a Wherigo cartridge developer than a platform developer. So I may participate like tester of specific features that are currently (un)supported differently on particular platforms (e.g. moving zones).
Kiko