+macroderma Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Archaic Charmer I notice he has just FTF this cache , on the day it was published (possible but rare, especially as he isn't a local cacher)Barnsley Park Walk by the Haigies Did he actually visit? Quote Link to comment
DragonLass Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Funny thing is though that He/she DID NOT claim FTF! Wouldn't you if you were a propoer cacher? Looks like the ARM CHAIR CACHER is playing again Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Archaic Charmer I notice he has just FTF this cache , on the day it was published (possible but rare, especially as he isn't a local cacher)Barnsley Park Walk by the Haigies Did he actually visit? Macroderma If I was you I would go and get a real FTF on this, the account is just some Armchair Cacher and as SP pointed out in a previous thread, it is an anagram Archaic Charmer ~ Armchair Cacher. Also I would email the owner and see if he will delete the logs. Archaic Charmer has logged many caches I own and now I just delete without visiting; he/she can log then 100 times if he likes and there will be 100 deletions, he/she will get fed up soon. Moote Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Looks like he/she is going for a run of FTF's Another AC NOT FTF Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 so this is where it does start to affect other cachers. I use a PQ set as m home page to keep me bang up to date on FTF opportunities (together with other methods) and both of these would not appear now. Also, if there was a problem with the new caches (mistake in coords or something - always possible!) then this wouldn't be apparent. I know there is nothing we can do really (or can TPTB close the account?) so maybe a quiet word in the owners ear would be good? Oh, and point them at these forums! I'm with Moote here - not even going to check if a log shows up. Dave Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Well I published my first 2 caches over the weekend just gone. Having seen AC had logged some caches in my area recently I'd already decided that if he logged mine I was going to delete the logs without hesitation, he hasn't logged them yet though. Martyn. Quote Link to comment
+macroderma Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Archaic Charmer I notice he has just FTF this cache , on the day it was published (possible but rare, especially as he isn't a local cacher)Barnsley Park Walk by the Haigies Did he actually visit? Macroderma If I was you I would go and get a real FTF on this, the account is just some Armchair Cacher and as SP pointed out in a previous thread, it is an anagram Archaic Charmer ~ Armchair Cacher. Also I would email the owner and see if he will delete the logs. Archaic Charmer has logged many caches I own and now I just delete without visiting; he/she can log then 100 times if he likes and there will be 100 deletions, he/she will get fed up soon. Moote Funnily enough I was up in Ablington the other day and bagged a FTF on Ablington Downs - I beat AC to that one! I won't be able to get up there for a few days, so I expect someone else will visit before me Quote Link to comment
+CANTOR CLAN Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 He`s certainly been busy he apparently did 18 caches around winchester on the 21st rather alot seeing he would of had to come all the way from scotland .we came from devon yesterday to winchester and after a 3.30am start we did 17 Quote Link to comment
Spicefamily Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 He also posted yesterday as the first finder for our new cache near Cambridge - a cache we didn't submit for review and posting until gone 5pm. Plus there's no note in the logbook. I think it's fair to say that he didn't visit it yesterday. Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 (edited) i contacted both these owners with an explanation and also a link to this thread. Macefamily have already replied to the effect that they went to the cache this morning and he hasn't logged it, so they deleted it. Edit to say beaten to it by macefamily, and welcome to the forums!!! Edited January 30, 2006 by purple_pineapple Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Here's a log by another virtual cacher, although at least HarryKrishna puts a bit of effort into it and seems to have a sense of humour: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?II...d2&LID=12508579 Quote Link to comment
+Mr Nibbler Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 (edited) I have to admit that HarryKrishna's pics are quite fun and I would be happy for him to log mine (but not an FTF, obviously). Harry's gallery Also he's been extensively discussed (mostly with breathless disapproval on the main boards: Thread Edited January 30, 2006 by Mr Nibbler Quote Link to comment
+maporter Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 You really shouldn't have made reference to the HarryKrishna discussion thread, I was reading the comments and happened to come across this..... http://www.geocaching.com/profile/Default....dc-99c45925303b Here's an entry on one of his cache logs: "I packed up and was ready to leave when I was joined by a Burlington police officer who gave me a citation. Apparently I wasn't discrete enough this time and someone spotted me and called them. I have a mandatory court appearance at 8:30am on Wednesday the 17th at the Burlington Municipal Court nearby. I plan to plead 'Not Guilty' to the charge 'made an open and obscene exposure of his person to another, knowing that the conduct was likely to cause reasonable alarm.' I'll start a thread in the Northwest Forums to post the law and my defense and to keep everyone up on the details. Wish me luck." Takes all sorts I guess Quote Link to comment
+Kryten Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I guess you'd have to be extra careful when closing those ammo cans Quote Link to comment
+The Haigies Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Hurrah, my first post, but wish it was for something more enjoyable. Fancy some-one doing a virtual Gate / Cache Crash. The Wombles told me they existed but didn't really understand what they get out of it. The location was only posted last night and there was no way he could have found it straight after that, unless his GPSr has the optional WSTT (Warp Speed Time Travel) attachment. Ho hum. I've deleted his post and the race is back on to find my Barnsley Park Walk Cache Good luck and hello to all my new found friends Steve (The Haigies) Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 So thats two new posters on the forums! Hello both of you! You will probably now find that you spend all your time posting on a caching forum without actually going caching... just ask Deego.... Anyway, glad to see you here!! Quote Link to comment
Dill the Dog Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 ARCHAIC CHARMER A man of few words. "thanks", or "thanks, great cache", or "thanks, nice cache". Never, it has to be said, does it include "Signed Log". He was certainly busy on 18Jan06 when he 'visited' Wild Boar Fell (GCQC71). It took me 4 hours today of hard walking to do my maintenance visit. I think I need to borrow his helicopter. What with all the other caches he visited that day it's hardly surprising he didn't have time to sign the log ... Quote Link to comment
+Sensei TSKC Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 ARCHAIC CHARMER A man of few words. "thanks", or "thanks, great cache", or "thanks, nice cache". Never, it has to be said, does it include "Signed Log". He was certainly busy on 18Jan06 when he 'visited' Wild Boar Fell (GCQC71). It took me 4 hours today of hard walking to do my maintenance visit. I think I need to borrow his helicopter. What with all the other caches he visited that day it's hardly surprising he didn't have time to sign the log ... ARCHAIC CHARMER is an anagram of ARMCHAIR CACHER He doesn't do them! Oss! Quote Link to comment
+G Force Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Just delete his logs they will soon get bored. I've deleted 2 of their logs from my caches as have many from the NE has but looks like they have gone further south. Quote Link to comment
The Royles Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 Do people not think that discussing this person like this is just what (s)he wants ? I suggest that people just delete the logs, and not bring it to the forums. Contact people by PM if you need to, but dont give them the notoriety they crave. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 As already mentioned he is now affecting peoples stats, not on GC.com, because a FTF is just noted as the first to log the cache, and if his log is deleted then it doesn't make much difference. But for the people who keep an eye on their stats on G:UK.com then a FTF does affect the stats, as that records the first person to log the cache as a find, and keeps that record. So it may not affect GC.com but it does affect it's customers. I see other sock puppets getting banned for saying something wrong on the forums, but this one gets left despite annoying people within the community. As a note I am fairly sure that the person reads these forums, better getting a kick out of this on the internet rather than looking at pornography I suppose? Quote Link to comment
+adambro Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 G:UK seems to class it as a FTF if you find it on the first day it is found, I've got a few FTF in my G:UK stats that were second to find etc... Quote Link to comment
+BikerKats Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 G:UK seems to class it as a FTF if you find it on the first day it is found, I've got a few FTF in my G:UK stats that were second to find etc... That's interesting - we had one FTF on GUK, but didn't remember being FTF at all. We now have 5, having been 2nd TF four times on the same day recently. I still don't remember what the first one was. Thanks for clearing that up. Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 G:UK seems to class it as a FTF if you find it on the first day it is found, I've got a few FTF in my G:UK stats that were second to find etc... Yes we do, there is no log time in the data so all logs on the first day count as FTF Quote Link to comment
+BikerKats Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 G:UK seems to class it as a FTF if you find it on the first day it is found, I've got a few FTF in my G:UK stats that were second to find etc... Yes we do, there is no log time in the data so all logs on the first day count as FTF Thanks for that. Having looked at our logs again, I think the "FTF" I couldn't remember must have been the event we attended. All is clear now. Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 (edited) G:UK seems to class it as a FTF if you find it on the first day it is found, I've got a few FTF in my G:UK stats that were second to find etc... That's interesting - we had one FTF on GUK, but didn't remember being FTF at all. We now have 5, having been 2nd TF four times on the same day recently. I still don't remember what the first one was. Thanks for clearing that up. Barrys cache stats say no FTF's Bikerkats stats I am not sure how Barry does it (I must ask him) but I am guessing he only counts logs that also say FTF or first to find etc So cachetools page will give a better guess on ftf Edited February 10, 2006 by Deego Quote Link to comment
+BikerKats Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 G:UK seems to class it as a FTF if you find it on the first day it is found, I've got a few FTF in my G:UK stats that were second to find etc... That's interesting - we had one FTF on GUK, but didn't remember being FTF at all. We now have 5, having been 2nd TF four times on the same day recently. I still don't remember what the first one was. Thanks for clearing that up. Barrys cache stats say no FTF's Bikerkats stats I am not sure how Barry does it (I must ask him) but I am guessing he only counts logs that also say FTF or first to find etc So cachetools page will give a better guess on ftf I'm even more confused now! I was looking here: BikerKats stats where it says 5 virgin caches defiled. I asumed that meant FTF! Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted February 10, 2006 Share Posted February 10, 2006 PM sent so not to drag this off topic anymore sorry Quote Link to comment
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