G.O. Mental

quote:Originally posted by Eckington: He has also said that the idea of the game is to seek a physical objective. Eckington and Lactodorum i agree. but why does the 'physical objective' always have to be some kind of container hidden from sight? at least half the fun for me is going places i havent been and seeing things i havent seen. if this means occasionaly looking at signs, buildings, statues, etc. i dont mind. its a break from poking around rocks and trees. its also a break from snakes, chiggers, poion ivy, etc.

after logging a cache tonight i followed the link back to the cache page. from there i tried to use the tabs to get back to 'my' page. the only tab i could get to work was the one for the forums. i havent logged caches for a while and was trying to catch up. has something else changed?

lowracer said quote: ....what good is the logbook when it is full? emergency tp

it has been raining for a couple of days so i have spent the time to find and read any thread discussing virtuals (yeah i know...kinda sad...but very enlightening!!). ****in my opinion (based on what i have read)**** the overall issue is not the existence of virtual caches. it is not even whether a virtual cache meets the necessary requirements for placement. rather, it seems to be the result of a progression of events. the growing number of cachers submitting any type of cache has overwhelmed the relatively small number of approvers, some of whom began archiving many virtuals in favor of more traditional caches, even when the virtuals met all posted criteria. subsequent commnucation between approvers and submitters often became hostile. approvers were overwhelmed and sometimes used subjective judgement in archiving caches. submitters felt they were not given proper justification for the decision. tempers flared and as the conflicts were made public many other people jumped in to defend one side or the other. as is the case elsewhere in our society the side with influence and favor in 'higher places' were deemed to be 'in the right'. of course this only prompted more disagreement, resulting in at lease one 'forced withdrawal' from the site and many people have left voluntarily. personally i like the choice of having virtuals available. even if i dont like a particular cache, someone might....and that applies to all cache types. what i find most disturbing about all this is that more administrative energy was put into defending administrative position than was used to address the initial condition. if there where more people involved in the approval process, this whole thing might have been avoided. as always, YMMV. 'when i get bored with geocaching.....BOOOOOOM!.....then i can enjoy my view of venus' - geomarvin -t-

geeez....gmta (geocaching minds think alike). i have been working out the details for a possible game and had just decided to try writing a book. glad i found this thread. maybe i can incorporate a book with the game. 'when i get bored with geocaching.....BOOOOOOM!.....then i can enjoy my view of venus' - geomarvin [This message was edited by tkalen on August 10, 2003 at 11:50 AM.]

quote:Originally posted by TinSparrow:I'm reading this thread with great fascination. Is it possible to incorporate these discarded undergarments in a multicache? how about writing coords on them and using them as intermediate waypoins? -t-

i noticed a few texas folks have asked for the idea. have any of you actually placed the cache? -t-

would be nice to be able to attach pics to emails. especially on virts. -t-

quote:Originally posted by canadazuuk:It's the nuisance puppets that give sock puppetry a bad name then? well...yes..but like i said before, one persons 'nuisance' can be a lot of fun for someone else. again...YMMV -t-

quote:Originally posted by elmo-fried: ...perhaps a comment Jeremy wouldn't like.. for instance, questioning why David Ulmer isn't credited with placing the first cache... jeremy can find out who the sock puppet is. if he doesnt like what is said, he can, and has, lock that person out completely without explaination. -t-

quote:Originally posted by canadazuuk: IF I understand you then, it's okay to introduce unpopular or inflammatory ideas anonymously if that should save your good reputation from being tarnished? nope...not even close. the point of the two questions at the end of my previous post was to get people to think about how preconceived impressions about a person can affect how you respond to their posts. it has nothing to do with 'protecting' ones reputation. simply a way to elicit responses not 'affected' by ones reputation. if i am always a smartass, how will people respond on the one occasion i try to get serious? most likely as if i was still trying to be a smartass. why waste time and board space convincing people i am serious when i can create a sock puppet and start off fresh? personally, i take everything i read with a grain of salt. we all have opinions and i find that very often i dont agree with what i read here. some responses i would personally consider rather ignorant. things i find no humor in, others find funny. things others see as a nuisance, i find hilarious. YMMV -t-

okay i wanna jump in here with my 2 cents... ...nope..never mind. i just deleted everything i was going to say. there are many valid reasons to set up and use a sock puppet. if you dont like them, fine. that is your right. changing your stance from longstanding obvious intolerance to supposedly 'humerous' good-natured trolling (ie: 'I was hoping to see more Sock Puppets reply as to why they should have equal posting rights!') is also your right. i have 2 questions... 1) is it valid to say that people form a certain impression of someone by reading their posts? my answer: of course! 2) how can people introduce an idea where the responses would not be influenced by that impression? my answer: sock puppets! -t-

okay so i was so excited i didnt see this topic before starting another one. well anyway.....WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!! -t-

WOOOOOHOOOOOO -t- [This message was edited by tkalen on June 05, 2003 at 09:54 PM.]

i have a 3 month old magellan sportrak (yellow) i'll let you have for $100. i've upgraded to a mapping gps. i was gonna start a new topic but i'll give you first shot at it. email by 1/26

I just bought one today. Haven't actually used it for finding a cache yet, but have been playing with it alot. I think I like it but will know more in a few days.

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