The Geo-Secret Agent
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Agree with the OP. I quit when the "micro and power" phase craze came to be. I rarely do it anymore except to break up boring drives or in passing. Time for a new HOBBY....not a sport.
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I Geocache because it is there, says I.
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I know it's early but I'm almost ready to add Challenges to the pile with Wherigo, Souveniers and Chirps.
Bingo. Did some at first but lost interest VERY QUICKLY.
Hey Groundspeak, sometimes more in NOT better. Back to basics anyone?
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I thought this thread was supposed to be about Geocacher Magazine, not a debate on picture posting.
Back on target please. Lots of us out here only received the first edition and nothing more. RIPPED OFF!
Why apologize for expressing your frustration with his SCAM? Kid situation, any other excuse for his shortcomings are not in question nor the topic. Everyone has some difficult situation to deal with however this should not stop their commitments and give an opportunity to scam folks. Let the "hearts bleed" in another thread. Pfft
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What up HOE?
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Guardrail hides are generally magnetic micros anyway which suck eggs.Guardrail = Senseless micro, boring, no creativity, worth (NUTHIN')Why even bother with them? Go out and hide a small or better and do everyone a favor. Something big enough for SWAG.NUF SAID
you like stereotyping, don't you?
there are always exceptions and the view you get from going for this magnetic guardrail hide is one of them
i thought geocaching is about taking people to a nice spot, well some nice spots can't accommodate anything bigger than a micro
Thank you for double confirming my point. The pictures you show here confirm my quote. Judging by the pictures shown, I could find a spot here for a nice sized container for certain, instead of just a drive by like the guardrail you show in the pictures. This area doesn't even look like it would be safe to park in, let alone a park and grab guardrail cache. So, without furthering any discussion I'll just state MY opinion (not speaking for anyone else). Guardrail drive by caches don't even set a person up for enjoying a nice view like these pictures. I'd rather pull off to park and take a short walk which would allow me more time to enjoy instead of standing next to the road, (in the open) grabbing a micro. DONE.
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Guardrail hides are generally magnetic micros anyway which suck eggs.Guardrail = Senseless micro, boring, no creativity, worth (NUTHIN')Why even bother with them? Go out and hide a small or better and do everyone a favor. Something big enough for SWAG.NUF SAID
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Micros are only good for special view locations that will not support a larger container, high muggle areas that have a special something to see or do and historical places that do not have the spot or room for a larger container. Other than that they STINK.
Anyone for a bison in a bush or a nano in a pine tree in the forest?
Didn't think so.
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My Friend has recently started caching and he's always trying to "beat" me and find more than me. He needs to realise that it's not about the numbers. How?
Easy. "My Friend"...if this person is truly "your friend" then just TELL HIM. No need to sugar coat it or use any form of political correctness, just give him your straight opinion, period. "Friends" should be able to do this.
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Is it possible the person was doing "catch up logging" and forgot to change the date to the actual dates he/she found the caches? I know a few cachers who do not log their finds immediately or "promptly" and get a few hundred behind before they do a marathon of logging. Not the best method, but RL gets in their way I suppose. Did you by chance ask this person if this might be the case?
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There's always gool old: Nudecacher
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Okay, we've been caching for around six years, we've cached in the western states, Canada and a little in Mexico, we've met lots of geocachers in the field and at events and have almost always found them to be really nice. So why is there so much attitude on the forums? I freely admit, that maybe it's my perspective, but it just seems that there are a lot of folks who worry too much about how others play the game. Okay, so you sign every single log, and don't count a find unless you can physically sign the log, what does it matter if someone else sees the cache, has their hand on the cache, but doesn't feel the need to sign the log? I don't ever trade swag, so what difference does it make if I open the container or not? We cache because we enjoy it, it's not work, we equally enjoy urban caching as well as nice hikes in the woods, some days we do 2, some days we do 30. But I've read so many posts on the forums, where people seem to be judging others for caching "for the numbers", or just doing urban micros, again, who cares? Is a day spent caching in a big city hunting wicked nanos somehow less than a day spent hiking 15 miles to pick up a cache or two?
I'm just venting, we love the sport, and now that we're retired we cache most days, and since we live in our motor home, we cache somewhere new constantly. We so appreciate all the people who take the time and effort to place caches, good and bad, because what I think is a "stupid" cache, some one else might call a favorite. Let's enjoy caching and not try to dictate how others cache. Just my two cents.
WELL DONE !!! Could not have said it better.
Cheers
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IMO your challenge is just dandy. As stated earlier there are the element of those "cachers" out there that seem to love expressing their opinions on the challenges from behind their screens (gutless) and thumbs down is their way of just being themselves...in other words, SMALL AND NOT WORTH PAYING MUCH ATTENTION TO. I'm not sure why so many out there are against the challenges other than they hate change and are not sharp enough to realize that change is good. Anyhoooo, challenges are here so go out and enjoy them and just stick to your principles and don't let the "hide behind the screen crowd" dampen your day.
CHEERS
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FIXED !
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2:30 PM PST and still not working..................hotfix or frozen coldfix that is stuck in LIMBO?
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adoption request link in email is broken since site update
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3 votesTeam T.A.P.A. shared this idea · August 19, 2011 · Flag idea as inappropriate…STARTED ·
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Moun10Bike (Admin, Geocaching) responded · August 23, 2011Aug 23, 2011: This is currently planned to be implemented in a hotfix scheduled for tomorrow. (30496)
TY Moun10Bike -
Folks, the avatars and find counts have only been temporarily removed from logs while we investigate the site slowdown that has occurred since Thursday's update. When that issue has been tracked down and fixed, they will return.
Most of the day today we had a banner stating your working on technical issues. The banner is gone but the sucky logs have not changed. Does this mean the problem is fixed and we're stuck with what we got? Or did you just decide to take the banner down and are still working on the problem? Any chance you can roll that part of the code back and restore what we had before? Or is this strictly a one way street? If so, strange way to run a train, or is it that windows does not have a good RCS tool?
We fixed the site slowdown issue. We will soon be releasing a hotfix to make other desired adjustments, including "repairing" the logs and tweaking Challenges. Thanks for your understanding and patience.
Does the Hotfix include the adoption issue?
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Still not working today (8-22-11)....is this still a problem for everyone??
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I'd rathter give up the hobby instead of designing another website to compete with gc.com. Not because I regard it as something holy and untouchable, but because I don't want to deal with the headaches.
Anyway, what makes gc.com great are many of the players, and I'd never be able to convince a significant number of them to move over. Actually, I doubt I'd be able to convince even one.
I'm glad GOOGLE didn't feel that way when yahoo, msn, alta vista and a few other search engines were the staple. Anyone else remember Facebook's launch when competing with myspace? Competition breeds improvement. Still hoping here. I think it would be great to have more choices out there that had good quality (unlike the current endeavors). The monopoly GS has on this hobby right now will simply allow them to dictate the entire structure, which apparently isn't pleasing the masses as much any more, judging from the posts going around. So unlike the poster listed above, I would not rather give up the hobby but rather have other GOOD choices. Of course if the powers that be here at GC.COM get things rolling again as in the past the competition would be a hard sell.
CHEERS
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0830 Monday PST and still no fix. Time for a competition site me thinks.....Mark Zuckerberg out there anywhere?
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Hi,
whenever I read that the site is going down for maintenance, I have a bad feeling.
This time it got topped.
Beside the site is not reachable for times, what is the update benefit?
I see challenges, YEAH...what is this, i will check later.
I see icons next to the logs...YEAH...when I look online from my mobile, it cost me extra for this pictures...
But most impressive feature is that the improvements stop the site from working.
It took me 3 times for a log and I need to type 2 times the message to a fellow cacher.
May I ask to make improvements that is good for the community instead get dead of your own created traffic?
Just my 2 cents
100% Agree....Maybe it's time for a step back and go to good ole: Find 'em, log 'em, drop 'em. Who needs the frills of all the icons, pictures and "special features" if it means not being able to use the site. Hey GS, nice looking stuff....just wish it worked as well as it looks. Reminds me of the MGB car.....looked great, ran like a turd.
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I think they need a better server to handle all the new "features"...
More servers... (GC com does have more than one server... for sure
)Bring it on! More iron, more workhorses, more servers, more, more!
Less of these "silly" services and back to the game and "valued" services, less ads, party's, videos, etc. that FEW people use often. They ARE the only game in town right now however much more of this GARBAGE and another game will take advantage and bye bye GS.....
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I don't have anything to complain about since I've got a free account, but if I were a paying customer, i'd be a bit angry.
Used to be a premium member, but the performance of this site keeps my measly $30 in my pocket for now.
ADOPTIONS still not working..............c'mon GS you charge for these codes....can we please have the use of them as promised in the sale?
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adoptions still not working. Party on Wayne.....errrr Signal
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New Maps - HORRID!
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Yep, the new maps suck