+Team Maccabee Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Hi all, I'm designing a (hopefully) unique signature item and need to know what you think is worse than a DNF? I am putting a range of caching outcomes on the item, including: FTF DNF Found/Smilie I want to put something on it that is a worse outcome than a DNF, and want some input. Here are some of my ideas: Generally: Got lost! Lost GPS! Cache gone! Cache muggled! Wet cache! (I'm from Seattle...) For those proud cachers: Need a hint! Need a lifeline! DNF a 1/1!! What are your ideas? Team Maccabee Quote Link to comment
Earthdog Patrick Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 cache pooped on by racoons! Quote Link to comment
bogleman Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 A band-aid, a thorn, an ace bandage, a satellite burning up on re-entry (no signal anymore), Signal-the-frog - smashed on the road????????? - what is this item going to be????? Quote Link to comment
+Team Maccabee Posted December 17, 2005 Author Share Posted December 17, 2005 (edited) It's going to be something like a dice game -- you roll for the outcome of your caching experience. So an FTF is better than a Found is better than a DNF is better than a _______. Team Maccabee Edited December 17, 2005 by Team Maccabee Quote Link to comment
bogleman Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 ..........the satellite burning up on re-entry smashing into the ambulance you are riding in as it is taking you to the hospital. Quote Link to comment
+tands Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Shoot! A DNF bad? No way. DNFs are cooooool. There are two types of cachers, those with DNFs and liars. - T of TandS Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 D N L Did Not Look. Which is derived when you arrive on the cache scene and simply say this cache is not worth a smiley. - I have better things to to with my kids. Quote Link to comment
+frivlas Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 DBP - Detained By Police Quote Link to comment
+Shifty Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 Whats worse than a DNF??? People who refuse to log them......I wish them no finds for a month. Quote Link to comment
+wiseye Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 NHF I acually saw this on a log, "Our quickest time yet to NHF." NOT HAVE FUN Quote Link to comment
+ToTheSummit Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 I had to log a DNF today. I hiked for 5 1/2 hours today over some of the nastiest 4 1/2 star rated terrain to get there so I couldn't NOT log it!! Quote Link to comment
+Team Maccabee Posted December 17, 2005 Author Share Posted December 17, 2005 Ahhh! Understanding dawns! So, for you as a cacher, not logging your DNF is worse than your DNF itself...? Quote Link to comment
+ToTheSummit Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 I log everything (even DNFs). But I've only had 3 DNFs since I just started a month ago. And the first two I went back and found later. Don't think I'll be getting to today's DNF for a while! Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 I'll second DBP, or something similar. Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 DNF, locked myself out of my car while it is still running sometime on thanksgiving afternoon just after i have removed all of my clothing save the thin inner layers. Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 (edited) What’s worse than a DNF? Well, if you perceive DNF objectively,* it is not a bad thing in the beginning, so given that it may actually be a (relatively) good thing, almost anything could be worse than a DNF. *Edit: (or subjectively, depending upon how you look at it) Edited December 17, 2005 by sept1c_tank Quote Link to comment
+Team Maccabee Posted December 17, 2005 Author Share Posted December 17, 2005 What’s worse than a DNF? Well, if you perceive DNF objectively, it is not a bad thing in the beginning, so given that it may actually be a (relatively) good thing, almost anything could be worse than a DNF. I understand that well. Some of my favorite caches are ones that I have not found/figured out for quite a while. My latest DNF, for example, on Totally Tubular V: December 15 by Team Maccabee (47 found) Great cache! It took a little bit of fumbling, but I found WP1 without too much trouble. Although I found WP2, I couldn't figure it out, so I am left to think it through. I'm looking forward to figuring out this one! Thanks for the DNF!! The journey to the cache is what drives me. But I also want to figure out how others perceive caching. I guess the real question is: what makes for a bad caching experience, and how can I write or show it succinctly. NHF (Not Having Fun) is so far my favorite (thanks, wiseye!). DBP (in my opinion only) would not be worse than NHF, because at least I would have a great story to tell in the DNF log. Of course, if I was Nudecacher, I might feel differently about a DBP.... We should have awards for some of those DNF logs. Some of them are great! So, everyone, how can I succinctly put a bad caching experience (BCE?)? Team Maccabee Quote Link to comment
+Airmapper Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 DNC, Died Near Cache. Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 (edited) ...I guess the real question is: what makes for a bad caching experience, and how can I write or show it succinctly. ... That's easy: Lame Cache (LC). Edited December 17, 2005 by sept1c_tank Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 DNGG - Did not go geocaching. Quote Link to comment
kcart Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 NHF I acually saw this on a log, "Our quickest time yet to NHF." I think that must've been mine on a Cableshot hide here. NHF = Not Having Fun. Also used in NHF Rule, e.g., NHF Rule invoked after 10 minutes of searching. ©¿©¬ Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 (edited) Shoot! A DNF bad? No way. DNFs are cooooool. There are two types of cachers, those with DNFs and liars. - T of TandS That's going on my gc.com note pad and may just be my sig line some day. There are two types of cachers, those with DNFs and liars. - T of TandS 12/16/05 Edited December 17, 2005 by Snoogans Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 NHF is worse than DNF and can even apply when you find the cache! The first use of NHF I recall was by Infosponge on the old floridacaching site. It's pretty widely used now in Florida. DBP would be s0ulbAit's siggy phrase. Absolutely even less fun than simply NHF. Quote Link to comment
+radioscout Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 LTF (last to find) is worse than DNF. Or not finding the own caches. Quote Link to comment
kcart Posted December 17, 2005 Share Posted December 17, 2005 The first use of NHF I recall was by Infosponge ... DBP would be ... even less fun than simply NHF. Now I know who gets the credit for NHF. Thanks, IK, for pulling that out of the archives. As for DBP ... I give up. Death By Palmetto? ©¿©¬ Quote Link to comment
+Team Maccabee Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 DBP = Detained By Police Team Maccabee Quote Link to comment
Middle Earth Fan Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 DNLHE--Did Not Look Hard Enough. Quote Link to comment
adampierson Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 ANLPC = Another Lamp Post Cache Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 cache pooped on by racoons! It wasn't the racoons or any other wildlife... Quote Link to comment
+GRANPA ALEX Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 NLE - Nasty Log Entry Making nasty remarks in the on-line cache page - bad taste, bad for the game, bad character - my only negative experience in the game, except for the time on a night cache where I failed to mark the car and rambled aimlessly in the woods to get back through briars, brambles and the six/eight legged critters. Quote Link to comment
+Team Maccabee Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 so another one would be LIW = Lost in the Woods... Quote Link to comment
+hndlbr Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 f2lc (forgot to log car),had to walk an extra mile. Quote Link to comment
+Mary&Dave Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 I was going to say rain, but since you're from Seattle - scratch that. Quote Link to comment
+BigFurryMonster Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 FBCGIO - Found But Couldn't Get It Open Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 AKCIR. Accidentally Knocked Cache In River. Yup, I did that. I logged it as a DNF with profuse apologies. (And e-mailed the owner.) It was a magnetic cache on the underside of the outside of the bridge railing (footbridge). I was feeling for it, felt something, and heard a splash. Quote Link to comment
surferacf1 Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 (edited) The most annoying to me? Searching 3 Hous over 2 days for a D1.5 while on vacation, then returning from vacation never to return to that cache again. (I am referring to my encounter with GCKV3D) I believe that DNF's are a compliment to the cache owner and that later finding the cache is some sort of rite of geocaching passage. Edited January 1, 2006 by surferacf1 Quote Link to comment
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