+QFC Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 It's official, our evil countdown timer is a counting down to the death of Geocaching.za.net... it's soo sad, but shortly after the 15th of August our new uber cool site will be in place, probably on Saturday the 19th of August. This site will have a proper design to it (done by a professional, my brother - thanks John) and it will have some funky cool features. We have decided on a better ranking system, practically the same as the current one, except you will need far more finds to make it to higher ranks like for instance you will need 200 finds to be a First Lieutenant and 3000 finds to be a General, but don't worry we have included a few officer ranks and there are 7 ranks from 0 to a 100 finds to get through, hopefully keeping it fun for any noobs. colours will relate directly to your rank name, and there will be an added Fruit title. This is my personal favourite. You are labeled a particular type of fruit based on your Find to Hide ratio, like we are proud to say that we are currently a Second Lieutenant Pineapple! We might expand further on what we will include in the site, but for now we are interested to hear if anyone has any suggestions or comments about a new Geocaching Ranking site. Thanks for all your support! Charlie from QFC Quote Link to comment
+batsgonemad and his squirrel Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 yeah!!!! cant wait to see it, how will it affect the present rankings will the people be demoted or what Quote Link to comment
+ZAlandyman & Susieq Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 mixed feelings... personally I was hoping to see the QFC chaps disable a thermonuclear device while wearing underclothes over their jean pant, but I guess that was hoping for too much. On the other hand... this new website sounds dandy and I'm sure that it'll be a lot of fun!! About the fruit thing though... I suppose that suspicion that our geomuggle friends have about us being a load of fruit cakes is only confirmed, I mean, why don't they understand that us running around the countryside looking for ice-cream containers filled with junk and a log book and taking something out and then putting something back in is ACTUALLY a LOT OF FUN!!! Oh... and were not actually competitive about this whole lot are we? Thanks QFC for making it more funner Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 yeah!!!! cant wait to see it, how will it affect the present rankings will the people be demoted or what Yeah, people are going to be demoted, but least we will all be in the same boat, when we started the rankings last year TVM made it to the top of the list in September with about 290 finds... so we thought if we made the highest rank worth 500 finds it wouldn't be hit too soon. but now with the top 10 cachers all having achieved over 300 finds, we decided to make the top rank out of anyones league... and it should stay that way for a good few years to come. Highest rank is a "Geocaching Marshal" and you ony have to find 5000 caches... hehe. There are only 43 listed cachers in the world that have achieved 5000 finds - Geocacher Rankings - 1-125 Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 There are only 43 listed cachers in the world that have achieved 5000 finds - Geocacher Rankings - 1-125 Oh cool. I ONLY have 4965 caches more to find!!! Quote Link to comment
+Team_Farmers Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 and there will be an added Fruit title. cool, so we get to call each other a paw-paw? I always thought QFC reminded me of a pineapple Quote Link to comment
+Whostops Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Don't forget the Cache Page HTML "Helper" I suggested Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 7, 2006 Author Share Posted August 7, 2006 The cache page HTML helper is in the "Project Plan" though with 7 days left, it has been pushed a little further down the list. WE WILL MAKE IT! (part 2) Quote Link to comment
+Brick Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Well based on the 'Find-to-Hide' ratio, I'm sure Fish Eagle will be an entire fruit salad And GlobalRat has to be some kind of NUT....now is That a fruit ???? Great fun !! Cannot wait !! PS: Tounge very firmly in cheek..... Quote Link to comment
+vespax Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 but now with the top 10 cachers all having achieved over 300 finds, we decided to make the top rank out of anyones league... and it should stay that way for a good few years to come. Highest rank is a "Geocaching Marshal" and you ony have to find 5000 caches... hehe. There are only 43 listed cachers in the world that have achieved 5000 finds - Geocacher Rankings - 1-125 I predict an atomic cache find happening towards the end of the year. Be afraid everyone, very afraid of it.... Quote Link to comment
+Fish Eagle Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Well based on the 'Find-to-Hide' ratio, I'm sure Fish Eagle will be an entire fruit salad Hey, fruit salad's cool - and plenty fun seeing all the logs coming in at the end of the weekend. But, we might soon have a blemish on our record of no archived caches vrot fruit? - someone's busy putting up a bl**dy great game fence around one of our caches. Wonder if lodging a land claim will work?? Quote Link to comment
+Larks Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 So glad we have QFC to give us our very own little ranking system! Because worldwide, our top dogs (CnC) are ranked a huge.... 3169!!!! Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment
+BornAdventures Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Sounds Cool! I just hope we're not Brussel Sprouts. You should add in a monthly interprovincial league, so that provinces can compete against each other. Can't wait! Daniel from TGF Quote Link to comment
+ZAlandyman & Susieq Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I predict an atomic cache find happening towards the end of the year. Be afraid everyone, very afraid of it.... Where??? Who?? Mwhahahahaha.... I hope their paws don't get cold in the snow!!! Quote Link to comment
perdix Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Sounds great - hope you guys can also include some SA cache photo's. A pet project of mine that is not going anywhere at the moment Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 10, 2006 Author Share Posted August 10, 2006 Sounds Cool! I just hope we're not Brussel Sprouts. You should add in a monthly interprovincial league, so that provinces can compete against each other. Can't wait! Daniel from TGF About the Inter-Provincial league idea, this is something I'm quite keen to build into the system, but it might not be put in before the site goes live. One problem about competing provinces is to work out a good way to make the competition fare. I was thinking of working out the average finds per cache per month or something... Does anyone have any idea how this could work. GlobalRat would probably be a good person to ask Charlie from QFC Quote Link to comment
janputte Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 With the new fruit thing, may have to change my handle janputte to jan pitte (pips). You guys make this a whole load more fun. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 Anyone currently checking their (much debated ) stats on geocaching.za.net today will notice that the countdown timer is ticking past rather quickly and we are down to mere hours. In 11 hours, 9 minutes and a few seconds, at the time of writing this, the stats site will come crashing down. Luckily QFC at position 22 will not have too far to fall, but we suggest that the upper cachers (not saying that they are better than others ) invest in a parachute, plane or bungee cord to make the fall a little less shocking. The bungee cord would be more apt because as soon as the site is down QFC will be working well into the night and next few days to get www.GeocachingRanking.com off it’s knees and up into the flying electronic bits that is the internet. (we are taking leave on wednesday... ) We hope that all have enjoyed the site, the rankings, the competitiveness (each to their own remember), the nifty features and the friendships that it has provided. We have! To quote Brick: “They are doing this as a labour of love." We are not here to police the sport (each to their own again), we are merely here to help caching in SA and have fun while doing it. See you all in 11 hours to bid goodbye to our contentious friend (www.geocaching.za.net) and then again on Saturday for the birth and launch of www.GeocachingRanking.com. Don’t make any plans, we have made them for you. Play the game as you want to play it. Quote Link to comment
+Team JSAM Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 2 questions; 1. Can US cacher be involved? 2. How do I get a username and password? thx -TJ Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 Welcome to the SA forum Team Jsam. The site has been designed to be available to the US and rest of the world, but for the moment we plan to just release in SA. So the answer to question 1 would be yes, but not yet. We will keep you informed on that. 2. Currently www.GeocachingRanking.com is only up for testing purposes. I am sure that we will soon see one of those irritating QFC counters on the home page telling you how much longer is left. Until that time... "Were still not telling.. " Keep your eyes on the site and we will keep you updated. Quote Link to comment
+Cougar21 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 ... The site has been designed to be available to the US and rest of the world, but for the moment we plan to just release in SA. So the answer to question 1 would be yes, but not yet. We will keep you informed on that... Count me in on this please... Sent an email to the old site a few days ago.. I am based in the UK but from SA originally.. Hope to do some caching in the EasternCape in September There is a TB (i think its still there) in PE which was at my one of my local caches just a short while back! Small world! Quote Link to comment
+Noddy Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I would like to put in writing my thanks to the terrible twins for all the work that they have put into the old site and even a bigger thank you for the world to come, but I will hold my thanks just in case I end up as a pumkin. It has in my opinion the site revolutionised caching in SA, and hopefully there are only better things to come. THANK YOU Quote Link to comment
janputte Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I go along with Noddy. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 Just minutes left..... Q's just a little scared.... Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 AHHHHH....! Geocaching.za.net is no more. Please excuse the long redirect time between sites, this will be sorted out once the wine goggles have been removed. For speed purposes, we suggest heading straight over to www.geocachingranking.com and watch the PRETTY numbers fly by. Please update your favorites/ bookmarks to reflect the site change. See you in 294267593 milli seconds time... Quote Link to comment
+ZAlandyman & Susieq Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 oooooooo..... I like the new countdown timer.... look at all the pretty numbers Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 19, 2006 Author Share Posted August 19, 2006 For all those who have been watching the countdown timer tick by, you will be pleased to know that our site is finished, but we are having a few technical issues... ie: uploading!!! Just blame it on telkom We are hard at work trying to get it all set up, I say give us an hour or two, and check back again... go find a cache maybe Quote Link to comment
janputte Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 He He He. Been watching ... Now seems to loop between 2 sites without loading a page ... Keep at it - you have watchers! Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 19, 2006 Author Share Posted August 19, 2006 WOOOO HOOOOO!!! 5 Hours later and endles data moving back and forth from the old site to the new... it is finished... you can go there now: www.GeocachingRanking.com Quote Link to comment
+Team_Farmers Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 WOOOO HOOOOO!!! 5 Hours later and endles data moving back and forth from the old site to the new... it is finished... you can go there now: www.GeocachingRanking.com hey guys, well let us be the first to say: a job well done! looks awesome! see you guys tomorrow! Quote Link to comment
janputte Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 WOOOO HOOOOO!!! 5 Hours later and endles data moving back and forth from the old site to the new... it is finished... you can go there now: www.GeocachingRanking.com Jolly smart. Well done, QFC! Quote Link to comment
+bear&fox Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Hey! Looking good, nice work. B&F Quote Link to comment
+vespax Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Very nice update to the site. It really looks very good. One complaint: non-geocacher is not listed on the rankings! Quote Link to comment
perdix Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Hey hey, well done marvelous new feel to the site. Like the random cacher and photo add links. If this is the quality of work you guys do for "labour of love" then the work you get paid for must rock! Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 22, 2006 Author Share Posted August 22, 2006 Greetings all, As you may have guessed the site is in a reasonably BETA state. And yes, we know that the previous site never left BETA, but we are working hard to getting the new site complete. we are hoping to have the checkstats up by the end of the week if not tomorrow, till then we ask that you bare with us. For now you can upload images and setup your profiles with links to YOUR home page. These links will then appear on the Links Page for all to see. (just some free advertising for us important SA Cachers ) If you check out the Ranking Page you will also see that there are now some images for various fruit. It's up to you to decide if the fruit is a good fruit or a bad fruit The page may take a while to load, sorry for those with slow connections. Have fun caching... and if the site goes boom... remember that [ctrl] + [F5] is your friend! QFC Quote Link to comment
+vespax Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Hey, QFC.... What am I, a cheese puff? Good job guys. Quote Link to comment
+Brick Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 I have been haggling part 2 of QFC, endlessly about the site, to the point of him typing replies in capital letters, but hey guys, good job !! Well done. Keep it up. Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 23, 2006 Author Share Posted August 23, 2006 Hey, QFC.... What am I, a cheese puff? Good job guys. Vespa, you are a cashew, but dont worry we all know you are a cheese puff..... Hover over the image to work out what you are should our cherry look like an apple. Quote Link to comment
cache-fan Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Hi QFC, the new site is realy cool, but what about the RSA trackable items, when will this be available? Greetings from Cache Fan Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 Hi QFC, the new site is realy cool, but what about the RSA trackable items, when will this be available? Hey... Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines... Cant one just cache in peace. We will start work on this feature in the next week or so. We have just been ironing out some of the bugs in the current section before adding more bugs to the system Hopefully this will be done soon so that Noddy can keep on tracking the two SA TB races that are currently happening. With luck we will design this section better so that the RSA coins can be tracked easier. Sorry to all for the delay and lack of response... The number 200 was calling... Quote Link to comment
+BornAdventures Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Thanks QFC for a great new site! Quote Link to comment
+BornAdventures Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Im not sure if this is the correct place to ask this question, but I didnt want to start a whole new topic. Where can we find out about the South African geocaching records? E.g The most finds in a month/day etc. I see that Crystal Fairy has 70 finds this month alone (Well done!!!) that must be some kind of record. Will you be adding this feature to GR.com any time soon? Cheers Daniel from TeamTGF Quote Link to comment
+QFC Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 Hmmmm... an interesting one! The most caches found in a month we could do. The most caches found in a day is a whole lot harder and may require input from the cachers themselves. This would also require honesty on the cachers behalf.... We probably will not be able to do the most caches found per day automatically since we have no clue when you found which cache. We only know that as of the update at time x and date y that you have found p caches. We work out hoe many caches you found in the last week by saying [number of caches found today - number of caches found as close as possible to 7 days ago]. Hope the above makes sense. Feel free to offer suggestions if you have them. <back to work> Part 2 Quote Link to comment
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