Cacher Of The Month

[+adambro]

Hi all,

 

Just a quick note to remind people that the Cacher of the Month website is now accepting results for the month of February. The latest date for submitting your stats is the 15th of March.

 

If you haven't taken part before you can now register on the website. If anyone has any problems please let me know.

 

Regards,

 

Adam

[Nediam]

Cheers Adam

 

Another fairly quiet month for me (one less than last month ).

 

But I've had a couple of good caching trips, and had fun falling off stiles and struggling through freezing fog etc

 

Might book some holidays in March and "step it up" a bit I can hear the call of the Peaks

Edited March 2, 2006 by Nediam

[Deego]

Thanks Adam

 

My best entry for 8 months and bigger than the last 3 months added together.

 

Still wont be top though

[+Bud Lightbeer]

Mixed emotions for us this month. A very poor score for COTM as had no time to cache, but on the plus side, we got married, honeymooned and moved 2 house into one! Can't see next month being any better as we now have to move that one house 450 miles and settle into new posts/jobs and schools. Looking forward to the quiet life again

[+HazelS]

I've had a really good month for me...

 

I've been house hunting lots, and so not cached as much as I'd have liked, but I finally plucked up the courage to go Solo caching, which was a big deal for me, as I'd always been very wary of doing so... Instead I've found I really like caching alone!!

[+bargee]

I've had a really good month for me...

 

I've been house hunting lots, and so not cached as much as I'd have liked, but I finally plucked up the courage to go Solo caching, which was a big deal for me, as I'd always been very wary of doing so... Instead I've found I really like caching alone!!

 

another sad and lonely female wandering the wirral streets

ahh Hazel

 

well done for getting out solo, now just got to get you night caching.

 

a good month for me passed my 350 and managed a good 20 more caches than usual., expecting a little bit higher up the mid table

 

Iain the bargee

[+The Hancock Clan]

We'd hardly done any at all this month until Saturday just gone when we bagged 36 in one trip along the Kennet & Avon canal!

[+Pengy&Tigger]

I see the rules page has changed, but I'm not sure everyone reads the rules each time they enter. Did the email ever go out? If so, I must have missed it.

 

Also, I'm not sure the rules on activating non-travelling TBs and coins are very clear. I know I've just had the conversation with some others, and we all find it confusing.

 

T

[+adambro]

P&T, I never did get round to sending that email I'm afraid, I'll get it sorted. I'll add a note on the submit results page.

 

Regarding the rules:

 

3. Travel bugs and Geocoins will be counted on the day you picked them up. All bugs/coins need to be picked up to be moved to be counted. Travel bugs or Geocoins logged out and then back into caches or events do not count.

 

4. Travel bugs released applies to newly activated by you and released that month.

 

Is it #4 that is confusing? Is your point that it should perhaps restrict it to coins/TBs released into caches not activated and sitting in collections?

 

I don't think we should get too worried about the rules as its only for fun but understand that they should be as clear as possible.

 

Thanks for your input.

[+Pengy&Tigger]

I think its the definition of 'released' that's confusing. Maybe just adding 'in caches' would work. That is if that's the intention. I'm quite happy either way.

Edited March 1, 2006 by Pengy&Tigger

[alistair_uk]

Very sensible rules that are to. Can I suggest not mentioning activation in #4 as a TB or coin could have been activated for some time before it makes it to the wild and sourly that should count where it does.

[+adambro]

OK P&T, I have updated the page as your suggestion to clarify that rule. I must add that these are the rules that were used before and I'm just trying to ensure they are understood.

[+adambro]

Also gone with alistair_uk's suggestion.

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

Can't find the submit results page when logged in

This appears below our user name when logged in:-

Thank you for registering to take part in Cacher of the Month. You need to validate your email address before submitting results. Please check your email account for a link to follow to enable your account or contact me if you're having any difficulty.

Clicked on the link in the email and got an error !

Edited March 2, 2006 by Cave Troll and Eeyore

[+adambro]

Should be okay now, sorry about that.

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

Should be okay now, sorry about that.

Thanks all is well now

[DaBeEm]

Posted my results.

 

A good month - would have been a bit better had i not had 14 DNF's! 12 of those in London which was about 25% failure rate! You know sometimes you can have trips where everything falls into place - parking easily found, find right route and cache easily, no muggles, etc (a bit like last night when i did 4 in 35 mins!), well my days in London wasnt one of those! I think at the time i wished i hadnt bothered! I know it comes down to cache selection and i just didnt get it quite right. Maybe next time!

[+adambro]

Yes I know what you mean. Went caching last Thursday and it didn't all go to plan but it still felt good.

[+The Cache Hoppers]

Bet we are bottom of the table this month! None found, no TB's moved, one cache placed!

[Deego]

Bet we are bottom of the table this month! None found, no TB's moved, one cache placed!

 

and managed to enter wothout a reminder email

 

Good work trouble

[+adambro]

I'm in the process of sorting out some reminder emails. Don't want to accidently send out a few hundred emails though so I'm being careful! Initally, I'll send them out to all users but it will have a link to disable future reminders if you so wish.

[+adambro]

Right, I've sorted out sending reminders, they should have gone out to all users with an account enabled who haven't submitted results for this month.

 

If you don't wish to get future reminders, theres an option when you log in to turn them off.

[+adambro]

3 days left to get your results in for Feb. A few more entries and we'll be past the 100 mark!

[+Haggis Hunter]

Right, I've sorted out sending reminders, they should have gone out to all users with an account enabled who haven't submitted results for this month.

 

This is a good idea, what date are they set to go out by?

[+adambro]

I sent them out on the 10th.

 

Edit to say, they were sent out via the webserver so AOL users who didn't get the registration emails that were sent out the same way might not have got a reminder. If this is a problem, I will send them out from my email account instead.

Edited March 13, 2006 by adambro

[+adambro]

This has been a very good month for CotM, over 100 entries, the most ever. Theres still time to get your entry for Feb in if you wish, closing date is the end of tomorrow.

 

Anyone has any problems, please let me know.

[+adambro]

Last day to get in results for Feb is today. Results will be available tomorrow morning.

[Deego]

This has been a very good month for CotM, over 100 entries, the most ever.

 

Good work Adam Its nice to see its growing

[+wizard1974uk]

I'll get the wooden spoon, only 1 find, but then again, I only started on the 22nd of feb

[+Pengy&Tigger]

I cant see all the results for Feb, but I can see one person's. Is it just me?

 

T

Edited March 15, 2006 by Pengy&Tigger

[+wizard1974uk]

Adam did say the results would be available in the morning

[+Pengy&Tigger]

Adam did say the results would be available in the morning

 

Yes but I would expect to see none.

[+wizard1974uk]

Unless he's fiddling.

 

Not been on the site since this morning.

[+adambro]

Opps, sorted now, the results you could see were what I had added manually and forget to set to hide.

 

The results (all of them) will be up at about 7.30am.

[+adambro]

The deadline is drawing near.

[+purple_pineapple]

well, they're published, and I'd just like to congratulate ourselves on making it into the top 10! A lowly ambition, but its done...! And congrats to everyone else who made it on the board!

 

Many thanks again adam, and to Deego for starting this off. Well worth the effort!

 

Cheers!

 

Dave

[+wizard1974uk]

and I got the wooden spoon, yay!!

[+Paul G0TLG]

and I got the wooden spoon, yay!!

 

Did you? dadgum, I rather thought I was going to get that this month

 

Ah well, there will be other chances

[Deego]

Look at me in 27th place !!!! Wont be as good this month been working too hard

 

Cheers Adam

Edited March 16, 2006 by Deego

[Nediam]

Congrats to Mattwaggie for getting the top spot

 

and.....

 

Congrats to DaBeEm for finding the most caches

 

 

Thanks Adam for all your efforts (and for making the "Caches Found" heading sortable).

[+HazelS]

Well done to Matt!

 

I only managed 23rd this month - not bad for me though!

 

Thanks to Adam for his hard work.

[+Haggis Hunter]

I only got half way, but then I always do!

The site is good Adam, thanks for the hard work.

 

On a slightly different note, I have to log in every time I visit the site, is it possible for it to remember my login?

[+adambro]

Thanks for the kind comments, I'm enjoying working on it. I'll be making it so you can sort by other columns and so it will actually show your position for different sorts.

 

Regarding logging in, yes I'm sure I can maintain the sessions for longer, I'll create a 'remember me' type choice.

[+Stuey]

Congrats to Mattwaggie for getting the top spot

 

It was the 19 trackables released into caches that pipped it over DaBeEm. Congrats!

[+The Bolas Heathens]

I'm delighted with our position this month - our 7 year old (who comes on virtually all our caching trips) will be over the moon when he gets back from school and I tell him

Edited March 16, 2006 by The Bolas Heathens

[+Haggis Hunter]

Regarding logging in, yes I'm sure I can maintain the sessions for longer, I'll create a 'remember me' type choice.

 

Thanks that would be good.

[DaBeEm]

Congrats to Mattwaggie for getting the top spot

 

 

congrats? - for spending more money than the rest of us????

 

 

It was the 19 trackables released into caches

????? - cant wait till these coins make their way down to caches down here if they have been released - impressive icon/geocoin list there is there, it would be great to find them! But I dont think they will - they are still sitting a long past event waiting to return to a collection, hardly being released into geocaches!

[+HazelS]

Congrats to Mattwaggie for getting the top spot

 

 

congrats? - for spending more money than the rest of us????

 

 

It was the 19 trackables released into caches

????? - cant wait till these coins make their way down to caches down here if they have been released - impressive icon/geocoin list there is there, it would be great to find them! But I dont think they will - they are still sitting a long past event waiting to return to a collection, hardly being released into geocaches!

 

 

I've never featured high up in the COTM comp, and I probably never will... but I have a real problem.

 

Coin collectors who's coins sit in a folder on their desk and get dragged around Meets to be logged then get "reclaimed" by the owner and then when they get logged out again, they claim the numbers as a move.

 

Now, I'm not saying that Matt, or any other person high up the table did this - but I did overhear a collector at a meet tell another cacher not to replace the coins he logged into the designated cache as he wanted to do it "for the points on COTM"

 

Surely this is not playing ball???

[+Kitty Hawk]

Odd - I'm not on the list - I should be in 105th place.

 

With a score of 30 I am unconcerned except as a technical query that I entered but didn't show.

 

Adrian

[+CrazyL200]

Congrats to Mattwaggie for getting the top spot

 

 

congrats? - for spending more money than the rest of us????

 

 

It was the 19 trackables released into caches

????? - cant wait till these coins make their way down to caches down here if they have been released - impressive icon/geocoin list there is there, it would be great to find them! But I dont think they will - they are still sitting a long past event waiting to return to a collection, hardly being released into geocaches!

 

 

I've never featured high up in the COTM comp, and I probably never will... but I have a real problem.

 

Coin collectors who's coins sit in a folder on their desk and get dragged around Meets to be logged then get "reclaimed" by the owner and then when they get logged out again, they claim the numbers as a move.

 

Now, I'm not saying that Matt, or any other person high up the table did this - but I did overhear a collector at a meet tell another cacher not to replace the coins he logged into the designated cache as he wanted to do it "for the points on COTM"

 

Surely this is not playing ball???

 

Totally agree, coins that just get passed around as part of a collection shouldn't be counted as TBs released even if they are logged into an (event) cache, unless they are REALLY released in to the wild (with a mission of some sort) where they could spend their life as a proper trackable.

In my simple eyes, that's just counting for the sake of numbers !!!

 

The COTM table clearly says Travel Bugs. NOT trackables, NOT coins ............... I thought TBs were thoses dog tag things you can buy to fix to an item and sent it out on it's travels.

 

Maybe the COTM tables should drop TBs altogether as this discussion seems to go on every month.

 

Just count caches.

 

End of rant.......