+Scubasonic Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I was just wondering how many Favorite points do you own, Meaning how many do you have to give out on caches that you find. Scubasonic Quote
+Icenians Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I have 60 and have used 5 of those. Guess I need to find better caches. Quote
+Scubasonic Posted April 22, 2011 Author Posted April 22, 2011 I have 60 and have used 5 of those. Guess I need to find better caches. Me 2 had 1092 now down to 1027.......can we trade thm in for CASH??? Scubasonic Quote
+popokiiti Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I seem to be stuck around 88 - I've given some to caches and Earthcaches I have really enjoyed, about 10 to 15 in total. Then we go caching, and I've earned them back again! Quote
+lamoracke Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I still have 165 remaining. With 4970 something finds that means I had 497 to use which means I have given out about 320. Course, I am one of those who actually went through their past finds to figure them out, so many folks I know just do them going forward minus the absolute creme de la creme ones of the past. Quote
+bflentje Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I have about 400 to give away. I've already given away about 100. Quote
+Chrysalides Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 .......can we trade thm in for CASH??? I'd type something about setting up a clearing house for favorite points trading, but it's already well after April 1st, and I'm too depressed from working on obscure bugs all day. Quote
AZcachemeister Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I have 705 on hand now, and am running out of room in the sock drawer... Quote
+Icenians Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I still have 165 remaining. With 4970 something finds that means I had 497 to use which means I have given out about 320. Course, I am one of those who actually went through their past finds to figure them out, so many folks I know just do them going forward minus the absolute creme de la creme ones of the past. 1of the 5 I've awarded went to one of the first caches I found some 9 years ago. I went back recently and found it srill had all the old log books. Another awarded to a long archived cache. I just can't find that many caches that are that memorable. Maybe I have too high a bar. Quote
+briansnat Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Looks like I've given out 63 favorites and have 24 remaining. Quote
+Scubasonic Posted April 22, 2011 Author Posted April 22, 2011 Had to go back a find a cache that I had swam to (1.06 Miles one way) in January in the Pacific Northwest to get the FTF if I could have given more then 1 point I would have. Scubasonic Quote
+lamoracke Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) just depends on your perspective. You even admit you only do traditionals right? Well, you are basing your favorite points SOLELY on the hide. Well, maybe the view/experience too. However, if it was a puzzle, well, maybe I give a favorite point because of the puzzle. Maybe the Earth cache was really educational. Maybe the virtual was in a great spot (Dungeness Spit comes to mind). Maybe the letterbox had the coolest stamp ever. Maybe the multi had 2 other great waypoints even if the cache itself was boring. Thus, at least for me, solving/doing a lot of puzzles will give me more incentive to give a favorite point vs just driving up to a cache and finding it, but thats me. Could be one reason for ya. Of course, yeah, you could be setting the bar too high too, or I could be too low. I did 25 caches yesterday (I think it was 25). I gave 1 favorite point for the 1 puzzle I found because the container was large, had lots of great swag and was nicely made. Besides, it had no favorite points yet and I felt needed at least one. I gave another one to a traditional for a good hide. 2 out of 25 yesterday got one. One cache I DNFed would have gotten it if I could have found it I bet. Edited April 22, 2011 by lamoracke Quote
+lamoracke Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Had to go back a find a cache that I had swam to (1.06 Miles one way) in January in the Pacific Northwest to get the FTF if I could have given more then 1 point I would have. Scubasonic I bet I know which one that was, I remember reading your log on such a cache once. Quote
+BaylorGrad Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 I have 32 total and have 12 remaining. And to be perfectly honest with you, I haven't geocached anywhere absolutely spectacular yet, so I consider my favorites list to be very temporary. Quote
+GrateBear Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 More than I'll ever use. Do you suppose I could use them all on one very challenging LPC? Quote
+DanOCan Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 I have 188 of my 311 remaining, even after I awarded Favorites to the great caches I have done in the past, including the Archived ones. I certainly am earning them faster than I give them out -- I wish my paycheque worked that way! Quote
+joranda Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 I had 906 but now I am down to 878. It is had to find caches to give them to. Quote
+TheGrey Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 I'm wondering if the people who are having problems finding enough worthy caches for favorite points have went on a lot of powertrails? That would kind skew the ratio of finds vs. quality finds. I used all my favorite points, but I tend to be more selective in the caches I search for. Quote
+LewisClan77 Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 128 Favorite points remaining Logs Until Next Favorite Point: 9 Total Favorite Points: 466 Quote
+lamoracke Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 I'm wondering if the people who are having problems finding enough worthy caches for favorite points have went on a lot of powertrails? That would kind skew the ratio of finds vs. quality finds. I used all my favorite points, but I tend to be more selective in the caches I search for. I would agree this is a factor of it. I imagine most of these "power" trails get a lot of favorite points for the first or last one but hardly any in between. I wonder why? Hrm. Actually, I do not wonder why. Quote
+Scubasonic Posted April 24, 2011 Author Posted April 24, 2011 just depends on your perspective. You even admit you only do traditionals right? Well, you are basing your favorite points SOLELY on the hide. Well, maybe the view/experience too. However, if it was a puzzle, well, maybe I give a favorite point because of the puzzle. Maybe the Earth cache was really educational. Maybe the virtual was in a great spot (Dungeness Spit comes to mind). Maybe the letterbox had the coolest stamp ever. Maybe the multi had 2 other great waypoints even if the cache itself was boring. Thus, at least for me, solving/doing a lot of puzzles will give me more incentive to give a favorite point vs just driving up to a cache and finding it, but thats me. Could be one reason for ya. Of course, yeah, you could be setting the bar too high too, or I could be too low. I did 25 caches yesterday (I think it was 25). I gave 1 favorite point for the 1 puzzle I found because the container was large, had lots of great swag and was nicely made. Besides, it had no favorite points yet and I felt needed at least one. I gave another one to a traditional for a good hide. 2 out of 25 yesterday got one. One cache I DNFed would have gotten it if I could have found it I bet. Well I do mostly traditionals but I still do other did a Virtual on Mt Vesuvius. That was cool! SS Quote
+Scubasonic Posted April 24, 2011 Author Posted April 24, 2011 I'm wondering if the people who are having problems finding enough worthy caches for favorite points have went on a lot of powertrails? That would kind skew the ratio of finds vs. quality finds. I used all my favorite points, but I tend to be more selective in the caches I search for. I would agree this is a factor of it. I imagine most of these "power" trails get a lot of favorite points for the first or last one but hardly any in between. I wonder why? Hrm. Actually, I do not wonder why. It is pretty common on Power trails to only post Fav to the 1st one in the series, or the experience you had. SS Quote
+d+n.s Posted April 25, 2011 Posted April 25, 2011 3 remaining. I think people are too stingy with them. I give them to caches that take me to nice places. I don't worry too much about gimmick containers and stuff... but they can be fun too. Quote
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