+GeoLobo Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 A new account on geocaching.com "JoeyBot" in 24 hours has racked up 1263 geocaches and counting Member Since: Saturday, 02 October 2010 Last Visit: Sunday, 03 October 2010 Is this the new World Record? LOL! Link to comment
Motorcycle_Mama Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 That account has been reported to the administrators. Link to comment
k_statealan Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Yeah, one cache every minute and twelve seconds for 24 hours = not physically possible. Considering it would take 10-15 seconds min to grab the container and sign the log, that leaves about a minute to drive the .1 mile and find the cache. There is no power trail long enough to be able to do that. Nevermind that you'd be having to relieve yourself while moving and/or signing the log. The "bot" on the end of the name is a good clue. Hacker. Link to comment
killthewhelp Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Now I have to go through and delete all "his" logs on my caches! Link to comment
+gpicard Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Now I have to go through and delete all "his" logs on my caches! Same here...... Link to comment
sabrefan7 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 The programing effort behind Joeybot is much more impressive than other boasters from a west coast state Link to comment
+keehotee Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Yeah, one cache every minute and twelve seconds for 24 hours = not physically possible. Considering it would take 10-15 seconds min to grab the container and sign the log, that leaves about a minute to drive the .1 mile and find the cache. There is no power trail long enough to be able to do that. Nevermind that you'd be having to relieve yourself while moving and/or signing the log. The "bot" on the end of the name is a good clue. Hacker. Why? The latest "legitimate" record was done under a team name, with not dissimilar results. What's to stop a team having 1263 members - or more - and each member finding one cache and logging it in a 24 hour period??? Or is there a limit on team sizes now? I don't remember reading anywhere that records needed to be based on power trails either Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Yeah, one cache every minute and twelve seconds for 24 hours = not physically possible. Considering it would take 10-15 seconds min to grab the container and sign the log, that leaves about a minute to drive the .1 mile and find the cache. There is no power trail long enough to be able to do that. Nevermind that you'd be having to relieve yourself while moving and/or signing the log. The "bot" on the end of the name is a good clue. Hacker. Why? The latest "legitimate" record was done under a team name, with not dissimilar results. What's to stop a team having 1263 members - or more - and each member finding one cache and logging it in a 24 hour period??? Or is there a limit on team sizes now? I don't remember reading anywhere that records needed to be based on power trails either Or reallity. Link to comment
+Team Troglodyte Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Looks like JoeyBot has morphed into AutoJoey http://www.geocaching.com/profile/default....3f-7935310c712d Link to comment
Keystone Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 JoeyBot is no longer a valid account. Let's use the "Possible Bot Alert" thread as a central discussion point for reporting similar accounts. (The community's reports are appreciated!). Giving each account its own thread only strokes the botmaster's warped ego. Closing this thread. Link to comment
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