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I download the cache data for my lists on my phone every time I go caching so I can use the information if I lose connection. In the last few months, if I lose connectivity the activity posts of the caches I have downloaded do not show up. I've tried restarting the app, restarting my phone, and even clearing my cache without any success. Everything else about the cache shows up just fine. I get the about information, hints, trackables etc, but no activity posts. Any advice would be appreciated. I am using the official geocaching app.
Thanks!
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Ten years ago, I did a series of caches in Columbus, Ohio called Geoquests GC1XBVY. They were based on the old interactive fiction game ZORK. My wife and I loved ZORK back in the late 70s and this geocache series was just as fun to play. I liked it so much, I even created a video game geocache myself, Val the Impaler GC50GZG, and put it up here near my house in Cleveland, Ohio. This past week, I completed a 31 cache series back in Columbus based on another fun computer game EmberQuest GC8QAYM. I still have to find some time to drive down and hunt those caches. My question for the group is, do you know of any other caches that require playing an online game to get the coordinates to the cache? They can be anywhere in the world. It's just fun to play the games, and if I can plan a trip around going to get the cache, all the better!
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No, I did not notify the website. I thought I was notifying them through this forum post. Went out about an hour later to check on a cache of ours and sat in the parking lot for about half an hour trying to get the app to pull up caches in the area. The map would start to appear and then freeze with the little thing spinning, trying to load. Wondering if Groundspeak is having some problems lately. Freaky problems with an Adventure Lab the other day too. The distance to each stage would freeze. The only solution was to close the app and re-start it, then hit resume on the lab. I just got a message from another cacher that had the same problem.
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I can get into the home page, but when I click on my cache name, I got a message that I have never seen before. It said there was nothing I could do about the problem and to notify the website. I tried several times again and only get a 5oo error Message. I'm assuming there is a problem. What's up?
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On 9/7/2019 at 5:22 PM, DragonsWest said:
Hudyny logged a range of improbable bug discoveries 9/7/2019
On the same day you mention, 9/7/2019, we had four of our travel bugs "discovered" by Hudyny. He also "discovered" one of our daughter's bugs that we have a watch on. Every one of these bugs were released WAY back in the early days of geocacaching, before the Discover feature was even possible. These five bugs also went missing quickly, after only one placement or only a few placements and have since been listed as missing. There is no way the numbers could have been shared by the bug thieves. It would be a major coincidence for five bugs that were released in far different areas to be on a list of trackables. There is also no evidence of any photos showing their tracking numbers. The only way I see possible for these tracking numbers to have been found is for someone to run a program that systematically enters numbers into the system and generates hits of actual trackable numbers. It's not a big deal to me since I deleted every one of Hudyny's discoveries of my bugs, but I am amazed that people go out of their way to artificially pump up their numbers. And I am curious if my deduction of the way these nutcases are acquiring these trackable codes is correct. What do others think?
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One day into the Cache Carnival Souvenir run and I believe that favorite points are being bastardized. I use the favorite point feature when I'm planning trips. I'll plan in favorited caches along the way on trips. Already, however, on my leaderboard, one cacher has 400 points and all of the points came from that cacher's caches being favorited. They did not even go out and find any caches. Also another on the leaderboard has 540 points. They logged caches found the day before but also accumulated about 400 of their points from their caches being favorited. There are a handful of others on the leaderboard earning favorite points in the same way. I can tell by clicking into the caches that they all have worked out a deal to accumulate points by favoriting each others caches. As a side note, many of the caches being favorited have been archived for years! Now I know that the response from a lot of folks out there will be, "everyone plays the game the way they want", but it does make a sham of the favorite point system.
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1 hour ago, The A-Team said:
My post wasn't meant as an explanation of what's going on, but rather to point out that your proposed explanation seemed unlikely. I have no idea what type of processes Project-GC uses, nor what the "OPTOUT" notation might mean. They'd be the ones who could give a definitive answer. hzoi's post seems to imply that there's already a discussion of this matter going on over on their forums.
I posted to the thread at project-gc forums but have not received an answer. Not much of a discussion over there!
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2 hours ago, The A-Team said:
Changing the name on an account wouldn't require the points to be removed and added. The new name would immediately be visible everywhere across the site. I guess they could create a completely new account, log in as the old account, remove the FP, log in as the new account, and add the FP, but I don't know why someone would do that.
Your explanation makes no sense because I didn't get a deletion notice from project-gc with the old cacher's name nor a new favorite point notification from project-gc under the new name. I got what everyone else has mentioned as shown in this snip.
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I don't think the above answer is correct. Over the last few days, I've received about 8 of these favorite point changes. I checked every one of those caches and have found that a cacher that started in 2002 has changed his caching name. His new name is one of the favorites on every one of those caches. So, I believe the favorite point is taken away under the old caching name, and reapplied under the new caching name. Could this be true?
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30 minutes ago, SnowstormMK said:
Do you by any chance remember which of the 5 awarded 15 points?
I can tell you the 7 mysteries that I only received 5 points on. GC6V0CA GC6TYKE GC6Z5WE GC7CH7G GC746XB GC6VDRC GC72J8F There were 9 others that I received 15 for.
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7 out of 16 of the mystery caches I logged today received only 5 points. Someone on facebook said to delete the finds since they were logged before the noon reset and re-log them and the points will straighten out. I tried with one of the caches but the points didn't change. We did get our souvenirs for over 200 points. We currently show 233 points but with the points we are missing from only getting 5 points instead of 15 on 7 of the mysteries, we are missing out on 70 extra points which would put us over 300 points and another souvenir.
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On a happy note, our reviewer changed the original coords on our cache this morning. We were then able to change our final coords and adjust our puzzle to reflect the change in the hiding spot.
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38 minutes ago, LivingInNarnia said:
Thanks for sharing your concerns - we're not ignoring you! To update the fake coordinates for you mystery cache to align with the guidelines, there are 2 solutions outlined here in the Help Center. As your posted coordinates are more than 528ft from your Final, we would recommend contacting a reviewer as you have done. As you know the reviewers are volunteers and I would imagine with the holidays it may take some time to receive a reply. There is additional information about the other volunteers available in your area in the regional wiki, reaching out to another reviewer may be an option for you.
Thanks for reply! I will wait a little longer and perhaps contact another reviewer after a while. I understand that during holiday seasons, family obligations help to keep reviewers busy but two new caches I submitted yesterday were published by this same reviewer within 24 hours of submission.
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1 hour ago, dprovan said:
Am I missing something? I thought the problem was that SerenityNow couldn't edit the cache listing at all unless the posted coordinates were moved, all at once, to be within the 2 mile limit. So no underhanded step-by-step approach would work, would it?
Maybe I missed where this was made clear: is this an official policy change that existing exceptions to the 2-mile rule will not be grandfathered, or is it just an unintended side effect of the implementation of the new edit page?
That is correct, dprovan. No edit to the cache page will go through without first moving the original, fake coordinates to within the 2 mile limit. That is fine, but our coordinates are far enough apart that it won't let us move them that far. And as someone mentioned, if you crawl them forward by 500 feet at a time, eventually the reviewer will step in. Perhaps I will try that though. That way I'll at least get their attention.
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7 days ago we emailed the local reviewer who published the first cache in question that needs attention and have received no response. He lists on his profile page that email is the proper way to contact him. He states that reviewer notes will not be seen unless the cache is on his watch list. He states that messaging is not available for reviewers so email is the proper method of contact. Yesterday, we emailed the person that reviewed our second cache that needs attention. No answer yet. I posed a question in my last post to this thread and have gotten no response.We are wondering if we are being ignored because we asked a question that no one can answer until proper response can be retrieved from administration. It seems simple enough and we are sure the problems on these two cache pages can be quickly resolved by the right person. We hope we don't sound as if we're ungrateful for the work the reviewers or Groundspeak do. We're just trying to be a responsible cache owner and trying to resolve a problem that arose from Groundspeak's actions, and not our own. How should we proceed with getting answers?
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I would love to do what you suggested, LivingInNarnia, but since I am moving the cache page coordinates more than 528 feet, I get this message when I try -
You cannot move a geocache more than 528ft from its original position. Again I would like to know who to contact to help change them. I believe it is only a reviewer or Groundspeak that can do this for us. -
We have two puzzle caches that were published in 2008 and 2009. On both caches, the fake coordinates were outside of the 2 mile limit of the final. Reviewers allowed the distance to be further back then. In both cases, we need to move the final spot very slightly, about 20 feet in one case and about 100 feet in the other case. We like keeping older caches so that cachers can fill their Jasmer Challenges. However, with the new editing feature, we cannot make a single change to our cache page because we get a notice that the final is more than 2 miles from the fake coords. We sent an email to our local reviewer about 5 days ago about the issue on the first cache we needed to change and have not heard back. Do we need the reviewer to make the change or does Groundspeak need to make the change. It is our fake coordinates that we need to change to bring them within the 2 mile limit.
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Are you absolutely certain the your GSAK database didn't already have those unfound caches in it? .
IN GSAK, under View, you can add/remove columns. Add the "last gpx" column to see if the found caches are from the same date (download) as the unfound.
Or clear the database completely, and download your MyFinds query again.
I'll pull a MyFinds Query and see what I see.
Yep, all of the unfound caches are from a download on 7-1-16. It must have been a goof on my part. Thanks for the easy solution to my problem.
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Has anyone else run a MY FINDS PQ and when it was downloaded to GSAK it included some caches you had not found? I ran a MY FINDS PQ yesterday and got all of our finds listed but also 426 caches included that we have not found. Some of the unfound caches had our DNF logs but not, by any means, all. It gives the correct total of caches we have found but it is a little disconcerting that it has also included the other caches that we have not found.
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What do you like most about challenge caches?
I've heard the phrase "everyone plays the game differently" in our geocaching community many times. I am in agreement with that statement and challenge caches gives ME the opportunity to enjoy another aspect of this multifaceted hobby. Challenges push me outside my comfort zone in the field and encourage me to review my prior finds which brings back a flood of fantastic memories from specific cache hunts and geocaching trips.
What do you not like about challenge caches?
I feel that signing the logbook prior to fulfilling the requirements of a challenge should not be allowed. Also, challenge caches have seemed to devolve with strange requirements. I am not fond of challenges that have you spell a certain word with your cache finds. Challenges with "finds after this date" also seem to have crossed a line into the realm of absurdity. There are endless possibilities when "spelling" and "finds after" are used and leads to the category becoming less special.
What would you like to see changed about challenge caches?
Give challenges their own category icon. That is the easiest way to clear up the problem of cachers being confused by them. They really are not mysteries anyway since traditionally you need to work out some sort of puzzle to find a mystery cache. Challenges ARE different. No mystery to them.
If you could describe your favorite challenge cache type, what would it be?
I like challenges that have me reviewing my prior finds which sparks memories of past caching adventures.
What types of challenge caches do you avoid?
I may not like some of the challenges such as those I mentioned above, but I will do them. The only challenges I avoid are ones that have requirements specific to a state or city when traveling. That is not to say that I don't like them. It is merely the fact that in the limited time that I will be visiting, there is no way that I can visit every area that is required, ie. all counties or Delorme.
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Have you tried toggling compatibility mode?I've done lots of routes in the past but can't even drop a start and finish now. Is this still a problem that Groundspeak is dealing with or is it just me struggling with my new Windows 8.1 computer?Tried that suggestion just now and it doesn't fix the problem.
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I've done lots of routes in the past but can't even drop a start and finish now. Is this still a problem that Groundspeak is dealing with or is it just me struggling with my new Windows 8.1 computer?
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We are looking at purchasing a Nuvi 2555LMT. Can anyone tell me if this is GSAK compatible. We have a sale in our area for 2 more days and can get it at a fantastic price but we only want it if we can use it with GSAK!!
Anyone have any other advice on this model for geocaching? Good, bad etc. We will use it for routing to the cache area in the car only. We use a handheld to navigate once we are out of the car.
Thanks so much!
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Yep, trying on Firefox and also Chrome and no caches populate the map.