+Insp Gadget Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Just a silly idea maybe, but how about having certificates for Geocaching? Lets say when a cacher hits his (or her) 100th find, a congrats certificate could be e-mailed to them, could be printed out and shwon with pride? Maybe have a certificate for 100, 500 and 1000? I have no knowledge of how the web works, but could it not be an automated process? Link to comment
+geospotter Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Sort of a 'pat on the back' from TPTB. Nice idea. Link to comment
+Markwell Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 It could. But what about those that sit there and log finds on archived caches and in other ways fake their finds? And there's the occassional glitch with someone hitting 100 (or some other milestone), and a cache owner deletes his 43rd find. It would bring him back down to 99 unbeknownst to him, and then his next one would pop him back up to 100. Another certificate? Not saying it's not a good idea (I like it, and actually wish there were "level" pins for 100, 200, 250, 300, etc. available for PURCHASE from Groundspeak). Markwell Chicago Geocaching Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Good enough except that would imply stats. Plus it costs money and so would probably have to be limited to premium members. Or a paid option. Link to comment
+Insp Gadget Posted September 10, 2003 Author Share Posted September 10, 2003 How do you figure this would cost money? If someone made a simple certificate on Microsoft Word or some other word processor and the computer would automatically fire this off to someone when they hit the magic number. Mind you, like I said earlier, I have no idea HOW the actual mechanics of this would work, but I can't see it being very difficult... Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Insp Gadget:How do you figure this would cost money? If someone made a simple certificate on Microsoft Word or some other word processor and the computer would automatically fire this off to someone when they hit the magic number. Mind you, like I said earlier, I have no idea HOW the actual mechanics of this would work, but I can't see it being very difficult... I was thinking of a classy certificate that was printed on special paper and mailed. Your method would work much more cheaply. Link to comment
+Geofool Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Cool idea, but prizes and awards would promote cheating. Plus, so far this site doesn't really acknowledge stats as part of this activity. Maybe one day. GF ******************************************** Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Link to comment
+baloo&bd Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by GeoFool:Cool idea, but prizes and awards would promote cheating. Plus, so far this site doesn't really acknowledge stats as part of this activity. Maybe one day. No shot at GeoFoll, however.... So what if someone cheats? It's not like these are going into someones resume. It is a "self satisfaction" thing to put on your "love me" wall. The people that are going to cheat already have if the stats are important to them. It's like the IronButt in motorcycles. They check the heck out of your ride (1000 miles in 24 hours) butt in the end (sorry), you do it to be able to say you did it, not for the certificate. Baloo - N9SSG "HAM AND EGGS -- A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig." Link to comment
FISUR Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Speaking of milestone awards, RangerRick has been providing Connecticut Centennial Awards to the 1st ten geocachers to log 100 finds in CT. They look very nice. Those crazy Highpointers have milestone pins and patches, and those even weirder Hash House Harriers have their own milestone patches. It would be nice to have something like that for geocachers. Maybe some enterprising geocacher could make that a reality. I'm not really concerned about the stats issue or the cheater issue in regard to such awards. It's just for fun. FISUR Rhode Island Geocaching Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by FISUR:... and those even weirder Hash House Harriers have their own milestone What the heck is that?? I checked out their web site and other than information overload, I cound not make heads or "tails" of it... --------------------------------------------------- Free your mind and the rest will follow Link to comment
Swagger Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 I also thought it was a good idea, so I whipped one up real quick. I'm sure others can improve on it, so feel free to make suggestions. You'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view/print it. This one's for 100 finds - I can easily create more for 250, 500, whatever. Certificate of Achievement -- Pehmva! Random quote: Link to comment
+Runaround Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Birding groups like the American Birding Association have been selling life list pins for years. It's not uncommon to see people on bird hikes wearing their pins on their cap, vest, or fieldbag. See an example here. Now where did I park my car??????? Link to comment
FISUR Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Doc, the Hash House Harriers is sometimes called a beer drinking club with a running problem. These are the award patches that I was looking for yesterday. FISUR Rhode Island Geocaching Link to comment
+xenophon10k Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 quote:And there's the occassional glitch with someone hitting 100 (or some other milestone), and a cache owner deletes his 43rd find. It would bring him back down to 99 unbeknownst to him, and then his next one would pop him back up to 100. Another certificate? That can be avoided by flagging the account that a certificate has been sent for a certain milestone. In fact, I'd be concerned if such a system were designed without that kind of check in place. Put that fweakin' sandwich down! Link to comment
+Team Shibby Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Cruzin! Good job with the certificate! I like it Kar Link to comment
+Grapu etal Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Great certificate. I went ahead and made the certificate editable so that you can scroll through the certificate and enter name, date and number of caches. You will find the certificate here. These are entirely self reported. I really like the idea of patches, certificates and pins. I will make the suggestion to our group. Also, instead of the kudos coming from GC.com, this strikes me as a function of a local GC group. Our group publishes monthly kudos. You will find a recent example here. ========= "The Road goes ever on and on, out form the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, Let others follow it who can!" Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Grapu etal:made the certificate editable so that you can scroll through the certificate and enter name, date and number of caches. You will find the certificate here When I clicked on your link, it gave me a pdf file which is not editable. (good initiative, though!) Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Jenn, it was editable on my PC just fine. Recent versions of Adobe's Acrobat software for creating PDF files allow the use of text-entry fields. I use this all the time in my job when creating forms where I don't want the legalese changed, just the names and dates and stuff. If you cannot edit the open text entry fields, you may need to upgrade to the most current version of the free Acrobat reader software. x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x Next time, instead of getting married, I think I'll just find a woman I don't like and buy her a house. Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 ll give that a shot. Thanks, Lep! Link to comment
+Stump Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 quote:Birding groups like the American Birding Association have been selling life list pins for years. Yep, I've worn my life list pins for years and no one has ever checked my resume to make sure I'm not cheating (I'm not!). If someone is so petty that they have to pretend to earn something they didn't to get a minor little reward I say let 'em. I'd love to put a 100 benchmark and 100 cache pin on my GPS strap. Of course, I'd want to earn them first... Link to comment
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