Accepting your own Challenge

[+Smoglon]

Just set up a series of 6 challenges in my local area but notice that there is nothing to stop me accepting my own challenges??? Should I accept them and clock up my challenge total or is that totally against the spirit of the idea? Discuss.

[+Max and 99]

Sorry my friend, but you don't own any challenges!! So of course you can complete any challenge yourself.

[+lamoracke]

well, challenges do not really count as finds, they are not in your totals...so I have no problem. The one I created I did so. I suppose at some point, depending how many one creates, it would seem they would just padding your challenge totals.

 

However, I do not think there is much energy on "challenges" anymore (as oppose to you doing that on "challenge caches", so go for it.

 

And, you do not own them anyway. You just create them.

Edited September 21, 2011 by lamoracke

[+Smoglon]

Thanks guys - might have a bit of difficulty completing at least one of my own challenges but I have some creative ideas for a couple of them!!

[+baloo&bd]

Thanks guys - might have a bit of difficulty completing at least one of my own challenges but I have some creative ideas for a couple of them!!

 

Even if these counted (as they did for a day or two in the beginning) toward your "totals", it would make logical sense that you can accept and complete them. A cache you hide is not possible to find since you know where it is, however challenges are like events. The difference is rather than a hide, you simply set the criteria. In events, the criteria is attendance, which the organizer hopefully meets. With the challenge, you will complete the steps required (for instance photo looking down from glass enclosure on Willis Tower in Chicago), which would qualify as completed.

 

There is even a suggestion that the owner demonstrate via completion the challenge is possible. While unnecessary, it follows the same logic, albeit in a convoluted manner.

[+Max and 99]

Thanks guys - might have a bit of difficulty completing at least one of my own challenges but I have some creative ideas for a couple of them!!

 

I want to know the number of the challenge you created and might have difficulty completing! Fess up.

[+Smoglon]

Created 6 challenges all relating to musicians of the 60s/70s playing at venues in my home city of Norwich (Norfolk, UK). To complete the challenges you have to be photographed outside the relevant venue with something relevant to the artist in question (see example below)

 

http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/CX21AF_Musicians_in_Norwich_Series_1

 

Although I can easily do the ones relating to The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Pink Floyd, the Hendrix, Bowie and Yes ones may prove a bit more difficult!!!!!

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Created 6 challenges all relating to musicians of the 60s/70s playing at venues in my home city of Norwich (Norfolk, UK). To complete the challenges you have to be photographed outside the relevant venue with something relevant to the artist in question (see example below)

 

http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/CX21AF_Musicians_in_Norwich_Series_1

 

Although I can easily do the ones relating to The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Pink Floyd, the Hendrix, Bowie and Yes ones may prove a bit more difficult!!!!!

 

I have vinyl albums for all of them and have seen three of them live (Stones, Pink Floyd, Yes).

[+Max and 99]

Those are awesome challenges! You need to complete the ones you can. After all, you did come up with the idea.

 

One of our local challenges is to pose at Flaming Lips Alley, named after the rock band. We dragged the guitars out of the closet, dusted them off, and brought them along for the photo.

[+BlueDeuce]

I find that challenge and stats are interfering with my enjoyment of simply going out finding a cache.

[+Smoglon]

Created 6 challenges all relating to musicians of the 60s/70s playing at venues in my home city of Norwich (Norfolk, UK). To complete the challenges you have to be photographed outside the relevant venue with something relevant to the artist in question (see example below)

 

http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/CX21AF_Musicians_in_Norwich_Series_1

 

Although I can easily do the ones relating to The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Pink Floyd, the Hendrix, Bowie and Yes ones may prove a bit more difficult!!!!!

 

I have vinyl albums for all of them and have seen three of them live (Stones, Pink Floyd, Yes).

 

I did actually attend the Stones, Bowie and Pink Floyd concerts at the venues in question and I have seen Yes elsewhere. Think it will be a dragging out the vinyl moment for some of them. Have a good idea up my sleeve for the Stones one though....watch this space!

[+geodarts]

As a personal matter, I would never challenge someone to do something I have not done. Otherwise it is too much like "daring" and "double daring" for my taste. I made three challenges in areas where you could not place a cache, but I had already challenged myself first. And having done that, I would not "complete" a challenge that I created since the challenge is directed to others acting upon it in the future

 

There is a cove that is only accessible after a hike, when the tide is low enough to go through an arch. Caching is not permitted there. I might make that a challenge, but am waiting for the right tide so that I can take the picture before challenging others to do it.

Edited September 22, 2011 by geodarts

[+Smoglon]

I don't think that there's any issues with the locations only on how imaginative you can be at achieving the challenge. Sure that there are lots of creative people in Norwich!!!

[+SwineFlew]

Just do it. You dont own it anyway.

[GOF and Bacall]

As a personal matter, I would never challenge someone to do something I have not done. Otherwise it is too much like "daring" and "double daring" for my taste. I made three challenges in areas where you could not place a cache, but I had already challenged myself first. And having done that, I would not "complete" a challenge that I created since the challenge is directed to others acting upon it in the future

 

There is a cove that is only accessible after a hike, when the tide is low enough to go through an arch. Caching is not permitted there. I might make that a challenge, but am waiting for the right tide so that I can take the picture before challenging others to do it.

 

Some of the challenges I've created are things I have done. Some are things I want to do. All are doable. I would not create an impossible challenge as that would be pointless.

 

But to the subject at hand, I see nothing wrong with completing a challenge you created.

[+Konnarock Kid & Marge]

It's a game. Do as you wish as long as you don't violate any of GS's ten commandments or whatever number there is!

[+Manville Possum]

As a personal matter, I would never challenge someone to do something I have not done. Otherwise it is too much like "daring" and "double daring" for my taste. I made three challenges in areas where you could not place a cache, but I had already challenged myself first. And having done that, I would not "complete" a challenge that I created since the challenge is directed to others acting upon it in the future

 

There is a cove that is only accessible after a hike, when the tide is low enough to go through an arch. Caching is not permitted there. I might make that a challenge, but am waiting for the right tide so that I can take the picture before challenging others to do it.

 

Some of the challenges I've created are things I have done. Some are things I want to do. All are doable. I would not create an impossible challenge as that would be pointless.

 

But to the subject at hand, I see nothing wrong with completing a challenge you created.

I post my photo on most of my challanges as an example, so logging my own would be pointless would'nt it? Or have I just completed my challange while creating it?

[+Smoglon]

As a personal matter, I would never challenge someone to do something I have not done. Otherwise it is too much like "daring" and "double daring" for my taste. I made three challenges in areas where you could not place a cache, but I had already challenged myself first. And having done that, I would not "complete" a challenge that I created since the challenge is directed to others acting upon it in the future

 

There is a cove that is only accessible after a hike, when the tide is low enough to go through an arch. Caching is not permitted there. I might make that a challenge, but am waiting for the right tide so that I can take the picture before challenging others to do it.

 

Some of the challenges I've created are things I have done. Some are things I want to do. All are doable. I would not create an impossible challenge as that would be pointless.

 

But to the subject at hand, I see nothing wrong with completing a challenge you created.

I post my photo on most of my challanges as an example, so logging my own would be pointless would'nt it? Or have I just completed my challange while creating it?

 

I think that's probably what you've done! Well done!

[+popokiiti]

Go for it - you no longer "own" the challenge after 24 hours or the first acceptance anyway! I intend doing any I create, and I am grateful to a fellow cacher for placing a challenge at the same rest stop my cache is at.

[+akkatracker]

I've accepted my own

[+mullyman]

I see nothing wrong with accepting your own challenge. If you're not going to do it then why would anyone else want to? I posted a challenge but have no way of doing it until I can get to the United States. I plan on accepting and completing my challenge when the opportunity comes.

MULLY