Puzzle Or Multi

[CamoCachers]

just wanted some opinions. im placing a cache and im undecided what i should label it.

 

the entered waypoints will take you to a parking area of a lake. youll need to answer a few questions about your surroundings once youre there. the answers to the questions will help you figure ut the coords of the cache. which is located somewhere around the lake.

 

puzzle? multi? what would you call it?

[Team Misguided]

It sounds like a multi to me. The posted coordinates take you to a place where you will begin your hunt for the cache. For most puzzle caches the puzzle coordinates are somewhere in the nearby area but a visit to those coordinates is not required to find the cache.

[+WeightMan]

Since the posted coordinates take you to the first place you need to be, I would call it a multi.

 

If the posted coordinates were bogus, then I would call it a puzzle.

[+Adventure.AS]

just wanted some opinions. im placing a cache and im undecided what i should label it.

 

the entered waypoints will take you to a parking area of a lake. youll need to answer a few questions about your surroundings once youre there. the answers to the questions will help you figure ut the coords of the cache. which is located somewhere around the lake.

 

puzzle? multi? what would you call it?

 

It depends upon your reviewer. I thought mine would be a multi, put was changed to a puzzle. (Etienne Brulé on The Humber GCTCGG)

[Tahosa and Sons]

Sounds just like a multi.

[+Lil Devil]

The rule of thumb

• If the cache is at the posted coords, its a traditional.
  
• If there is something at the posted coords (physical or virtual) that will lead the finder to the cache elsewhere, its a multi.
  
• If the posted coords are bogus, or nothing more than parking, its a mystery/puzzle.
  

[+jimmyreno]

It's a puzzle with several waypoints

[+BigFurryMonster]

Depends on the information needed. If it's at the parking area, I'd call it a multi. If it's just a parking area with no additional value, I'd call it a puzzle.

Unfortunately, gc.com still calls it an 'unknown' cache.

[CamoCachers]

i labeled it a multi and it was approved as one. works for me! thanks for the help

[+fox-and-the-hound]

I asked a similar question once and was told "It's an offset multi". So what's the clarifying difference between a multi and offset multi?

[+Polar B's]

An offset multi would be something like you go to the coordinates and then are told to go 40 feet at a 160 degree bearing. A regular multi would have another set of coordinates to go to.

 

edit to add: there are other types of offsets, I just used that one as an example of the differeence

Edited March 17, 2006 by Polar B's

[+Moose Mob]

Finding something to answer the question at the given coordinates qualifies this under either a puzzle or a multi. My personal opinion is that it be a puzzle, but there is no requirement that it be one.