+wattlereptile Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Hi I got a couple of my first FTF the other week. .....and in the space of time of me getting back to my PC to log it, two other finders had logged their visit on the website. So I am first in the book in the cache, but shown as only third on the website log. Can I change this? You should be able to select the time as well as date... Thanks Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Start a list on your profile page. TPTB are unlikely to make any changes to accommodate FTF competitions. Quote Link to comment
Motorcycle_Mama Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Yeah. And first to find is still first to find. First to log doesn't change that. Quote Link to comment
+nittany dave Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Unless one of the other loggers claimed FTF over you does it really matter? Quote Link to comment
+hudsonfam Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Hey, congrats on the FTFs. You know you got there first and the log book proves it. When you log your find on the website, you can still jot down in your notes that you were the FTF and do a little happy dance. After that, you move on. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Log quicker. Congrats on the FTF's and have fun. Quote Link to comment
+Unkle Fester Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 When I go to log a cache and the first finder has not posted his log, I'll put in mine something like "First to log, a cheap an meaningless victory is better than none" Don't worry about not being posted first, stick an FTF in the notes and move on. Besides, I'd hate to select date and time when logging every cache... Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 ....Besides, I'd hate to select date and time when logging every cache... ...and what would we do with the countless logs that have no time on them? Quote Link to comment
+Unkle Fester Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) ....Besides, I'd hate to select date and time when logging every cache... ...and what would we do with the countless logs that have no time on them? We could play "Louis the XVI" and shout "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!" (Edit to add:) Maybe that was Henry the XIII... Edited August 26, 2009 by Unkle Fester Quote Link to comment
+bittsen Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I understand what you are asking about and probably why you are asking. Some stat generators will "guess" the FTF on a cache by selecting the first found log on the page and lebeling that person (in their own datbase) as FTF. Logging second nullifies your FTF as far as the stat generator goes. I wondered the same thing but then realized that since I really don't care that much about how many I have of what, it's not important to me. There are more stats that interest me in my own profile. Quote Link to comment
+Buddies-Buddies Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 If you are using some sort of stats program as bittsen suggests, I suppose you could edit your log and change the date to the day prior - it would'nt truely reflect the date that you found the cache, but it would place your log ahead of the first logger... just a thought... Quote Link to comment
+fegan Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Actually, every stat program I've seen taht auto-detected a First To Find did it based on the content of the log (e.g. putting "FTF" in your log), not the order of the logs. Keep in mind, most of the stat generators work off the MyFinds Pocket Query and that PQ only includes YOUR logs...so there's no way for those stat programs to know if it was the FIRST LOG. Have a nice day! Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Actually, every stat program I've seen taht auto-detected a First To Find did it based on the content of the log (e.g. putting "FTF" in your log), not the order of the logs. Keep in mind, most of the stat generators work off the MyFinds Pocket Query and that PQ only includes YOUR logs...so there's no way for those stat programs to know if it was the FIRST LOG. Have a nice day! GSAK works with the MyFinds Pocket Query and Stats can be produced using the popular FindStatsGen macro. In this case, if you add the FTF field to your MyFinds database, and put a checkmark on caches for which you were FTF it will display a list of FTFs in your stats. I did that for awhile but now I don't even bother marking FTFs in the database. I only update my profile page stats about once a month so they're rarely accurate anyway. Quote Link to comment
+ras_oscar Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 As far as I'm concerned, I'm the first to find every cache I find, since I haven't found it before. Quote Link to comment
+bittsen Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Actually, every stat program I've seen taht auto-detected a First To Find did it based on the content of the log (e.g. putting "FTF" in your log), not the order of the logs. Keep in mind, most of the stat generators work off the MyFinds Pocket Query and that PQ only includes YOUR logs...so there's no way for those stat programs to know if it was the FIRST LOG. Have a nice day! COOL, so I can pad my FTF count in stat generators by saying "Not FTF" in my logs? NICE! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 (edited) Unless one of the other loggers claimed FTF over you does it really matter? Even if one does, does it really matter? The order people log, or what they claim doesn't change the facts. You are FTF or you aren't If you count FTFs just carve another notch in your bed post and nothing else matters. Edited August 27, 2009 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
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