+Original A1 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 There's some new caches out today. In case you haven't seen them, I won't spoil the fun, but for those who have solved them and logged, or tried to, a number have already been locked before anyone has FTFed them, and I've found a couple of my logged finds have been deleted with no explanation. Given they've come from the very top, surely this isn't in the spirit of the game? Quote Link to comment
+Great Scott! Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 What is not in the spirit of the game? Fake caches or logging finds on fake caches? Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) -------------------------- EDIT: Sorry, I'll keep my mouth shut Edited April 1, 2013 by Gitchee-Gummee Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 This is the 1st, so maybe the OP's comments are in jest. Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) I believe line 1521 of the source code is relevant here. Edited April 1, 2013 by 4wheelin_fool Quote Link to comment
+ByronForestPreserve Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Someone commented that maybe the log and its effects won't stick after today...so of course I had to try it. Hm, lookit that shiny new souvenir on my page... If they're loggable...and meant to be silly fun... Quote Link to comment
+CanadianRockies Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) Someone commented that maybe the log and its effects won't stick after today...so of course I had to try it. Hm, lookit that shiny new souvenir on my page... If they're loggable...and meant to be silly fun... The irony is that these joke finds aren't all that different from what some people consider acceptable "Found It" logging practices. I'm guessing Groundspeak didn't expect to see any find logs and therefore didn't bother to initially lock the pages. Edited April 1, 2013 by CanadianRockies Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) There's some new caches out today. In case you haven't seen them, I won't spoil the fun, but for those who have solved them and logged, or tried to, a number have already been locked before anyone has FTFed them, and I've found a couple of my logged finds have been deleted with no explanation. Given they've come from the very top, surely this isn't in the spirit of the game? Get in the spirit and tell the rest of us what you're talking about. Viewing your recent finds (not the usual way I get a cache list ), I found a bunch of strange "puzzle caches", solved the Seattle one, and I'm not sure I solved the puzzle fully, but I watched a video. Edited April 1, 2013 by kunarion Quote Link to comment
+ByronForestPreserve Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Someone commented that maybe the log and its effects won't stick after today...so of course I had to try it. Hm, lookit that shiny new souvenir on my page... If they're loggable...and meant to be silly fun... The irony is that these joke finds aren't all that different from what some people consider acceptable "Found It" logging practices. I'm guessing Groundspeak didn't expect to see any find logs and therefore didn't bother to initially lock the pages. I have no idea! Some of them have many, many found it logs...whoops! Obviously they go along with their new cache sizes, so that's part of the joke...maybe they thought that everyone would log DNF "Too small to even see, let alone log!" but really...they should have known! Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Someone commented that maybe the log and its effects won't stick after today...so of course I had to try it. Hm, lookit that shiny new souvenir on my page... If they're loggable...and meant to be silly fun... The irony is that these joke finds aren't all that different from what some people consider acceptable "Found It" logging practices. I'm guessing Groundspeak didn't expect to see any find logs and therefore didn't bother to initially lock the pages. I have no idea! Some of them have many, many found it logs...whoops! Obviously they go along with their new cache sizes, so that's part of the joke...maybe they thought that everyone would log DNF "Too small to even see, let alone log!" but really...they should have known! Some claim that there's actually a puzzle to be solved (more than watching the video, I assume) and there actually caches to be found (and have posted pictures, but I'm not convinced the "real" finds and photo's aren't april fools jokes as well. Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I found one this morning, no Fools Day theme involved, a rare FTF for me, too. Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I believe line 1521 of the source code is relevant here. However on another page I found it on line 1550. // all these finds, make me feel dirty Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I believe line 1521 of the source code is relevant here. However on another page I found it on line 1550. // all these finds, make me feel dirty This is Hamster Caching source or non-Hamster Caching source code? Quote Link to comment
+Road Rabbit Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Someone commented that maybe the log and its effects won't stick after today...so of course I had to try it. Hm, lookit that shiny new souvenir on my page... If they're loggable...and meant to be silly fun... The irony is that these joke finds aren't all that different from what some people consider acceptable "Found It" logging practices. I'm guessing Groundspeak didn't expect to see any find logs and therefore didn't bother to initially lock the pages. There is at least one that is in an area not accessable to the public. I know, because I'm there, too. Go figure! Quote Link to comment
+AutisticMajor Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I believe line 1521 of the source code is relevant here. However on another page I found it on line 1550. // all these finds, make me feel dirty Found it on line 1545 Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I found one this morning, no Fools Day theme involved, a rare FTF for me, too. Did you get your Romanesque FTF code too prove it? Quote Link to comment
+AutisticMajor Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Someone commented that maybe the log and its effects won't stick after today...so of course I had to try it. Hm, lookit that shiny new souvenir on my page... If they're loggable...and meant to be silly fun... What souvenir? I don't see any. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Someone commented that maybe the log and its effects won't stick after today...so of course I had to try it. Hm, lookit that shiny new souvenir on my page... If they're loggable...and meant to be silly fun... If they would have thought this through a bit more they could have mucked with the javascript a bit and had the "Log as Found" button go to an "April Fools" page. Instead they're going to be spending programming time to delete logs and redacting inadvertently awarded souvenirs that they could be spending on bug fixing and working on some of the features that haven't been implemented. Quote Link to comment
+M 5 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 It's funny when a joke shines a spotlight on a bigger joke! Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I noticed that the number of caches owned by "Catches Her Arm" (which is an anagram for Charter Scam Eh...I figured a Canadian was behind this) is down from just over 100 to 85. Some are marked as disabled, apparently some have been archived and deleted, and I found a few that were archived with the following reviewer note: "All volunteer reviewers have been informed to pass this information along. Because geocaching has reached a level of saturation, the Lackey Team has decided that the number of caches should now remain constant. New cache submissions for placements will now be placed in a queue until an existing cache gets archived. If the next cache in the queue has any guideline issues or questions, that question will be deferred to the cache owner and the next cache will be reviewed. Once the issue is settled, it will return to the queue in the back of the line. Requests for unarchival will also be placed at the end of the queue" I suppose if reviewers are tasked with cleaning up the mess at least one has a sense of humor about it. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) // all these finds, make me feel dirty It's a red herring, guys. Someone's not proud of their JavaScript, which is heavy on the find() function and therefore potentially slow. Though given the context - parsing user-entered text when updating coords of a puzzle - it shouldn't matter. If it works, ship it. EDIT: Having looked at it some more, wow, that's an amazing code statement, split as it is across ten physical lines, and relying on a whole pile of intermediate steps to all work. Hmm, maybe I'll keep backup copies of my puzzle solutions for a while... Edited April 1, 2013 by Viajero Perdido Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 There's some new caches out today. In case you haven't seen them, I won't spoil the fun, but for those who have solved them and logged, or tried to, a number have already been locked before anyone has FTFed them, and I've found a couple of my logged finds have been deleted with no explanation. Given they've come from the very top, surely this isn't in the spirit of the game? Already read about them in this thread: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=309240 B. Quote Link to comment
+Great Scott! Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I noticed that the number of caches owned by "Catches Her Arm" (which is an anagram for Charter Scam Eh...I figured a Canadian was behind this) Also an anagram for Hamster Cache Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I noticed that the number of caches owned by "Catches Her Arm" (which is an anagram for Charter Scam Eh...I figured a Canadian was behind this) Also an anagram for Hamster Cache Doh! One of the sillier April Fool I've seen. How much time and effort went into this? And how much to delete all the finds and souvenirs? And, no notice that my find had been deleted! Thanks. It was fun! Quote Link to comment
+ByronForestPreserve Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Aw, the find and souvenir are gone...but no April Fool's souvenir to replace. Oh, well. Fun while it lasted! Quote Link to comment
+ArtieD Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I know all the finds I logged today on those caches were completely silly, but I knew they'd probably delete them. Oddly, it doesn't bother me at all. Quote Link to comment
+ArtieD Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Aw, the find and souvenir are gone...but no April Fool's souvenir to replace. Oh, well. Fun while it lasted! You know, they should have given an April Fool's souvenir for those that played along. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Aw, the find and souvenir are gone...but no April Fool's souvenir to replace. Oh, well. Fun while it lasted! You know, they should have given an April Fool's souvenir for those that played along. You know: That's what I thought. A souvenir would be appropriae for those of us fools who played along with the April Fool joke. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Did anyone here dip trackables in any of these caches? I'm curious if those trackable logs have been deleted. I'd check myself, but all of the caches have been retracted now, and I didn't have the foresight to bookmark one such trackable. It sounds like the souvenirs have been automatically cleaned up, though. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Aw, the find and souvenir are gone...but no April Fool's souvenir to replace. Oh, well. Fun while it lasted! You know, they should have given an April Fool's souvenir for those that played along. You know: That's what I thought. A souvenir would be appropriae for those of us fools who played along with the April Fool joke. A souvenir that said, you got pwned! Quote Link to comment
+ArtieD Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Aw, the find and souvenir are gone...but no April Fool's souvenir to replace. Oh, well. Fun while it lasted! You know, they should have given an April Fool's souvenir for those that played along. You know: That's what I thought. A souvenir would be appropriae for those of us fools who played along with the April Fool joke. A souvenir that said, you got pwned! Precisely. Quote Link to comment
+ByronForestPreserve Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Did anyone here dip trackables in any of these caches? I'm curious if those trackable logs have been deleted. I'd check myself, but all of the caches have been retracted now, and I didn't have the foresight to bookmark one such trackable. It sounds like the souvenirs have been automatically cleaned up, though. Nope; didn't think of it until after I'd logged my one find. I would guess so, but I'm curious, too. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I was going to ask if they played any pranks today. But guess I got my answer. There is a new one near me but something doesn't add up, cached since 2009, 5 finds from SF who never heard of and two cachers from other areas congratulate the CO. But our reviewer published it and usually on the 1st it's outsiders or Lackeys. It's only up the street from me but I am stuck here til 12midnight. Quote Link to comment
+sawblade5 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Yea I discovered a site bug when my find log the KS Speedway Signal'S Time Machine was Archived. It knocked my counts out of sync where one part of my profile would show 430 finds while another part shows 429 finds. I did some tests to reproduce the issue on another cache (and the bug happened on my cache) and discovered a work around to fix that Profile issue. The work around is to log a new find somewhere and it should bring the counter back in sync, you can also change that find log into a note if it wasn't a actual find. I also reported the bug to the Site Bug Reporting Fourm. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Yea I discovered a site bug when my find log the KS Speedway Signal'S Time Machine was Archived. It knocked my counts out of sync where one part of my profile would show 430 finds while another part shows 429 finds. I did some tests to reproduce the issue on another cache (and the bug happened on my cache) and discovered a work around to fix that Profile issue. The work around is to log a new find somewhere and it should bring the counter back in sync, you can also change that find log into a note if it wasn't a actual find. I also reported the bug to the Site Bug Reporting Fourm. Not sure how this relates to this topic. This about April Fool's Day caches. Quote Link to comment
+ArtieD Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Yea I discovered a site bug when my find log the KS Speedway Signal'S Time Machine was Archived. It knocked my counts out of sync where one part of my profile would show 430 finds while another part shows 429 finds. I did some tests to reproduce the issue on another cache (and the bug happened on my cache) and discovered a work around to fix that Profile issue. The work around is to log a new find somewhere and it should bring the counter back in sync, you can also change that find log into a note if it wasn't a actual find. I also reported the bug to the Site Bug Reporting Fourm. Not sure how this relates to this topic. This about April Fool's Day caches. Well, it does relate. If people logged the April Fool's caches, their finds were deleted. However, a site bug has the correct count in one place and the original, pre-deletion cache count in another spot. It doesn't go away, either. So, if you wish to make things right in the world, you need to follow sawblade5's advice. It does work...and it worked for me. Quote Link to comment
+coman123 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 When I went to the fake coords on Google Street View on the Time Machine near me, this is what I found Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 (edited) It looks like they are still bouncing in and out of the space time continuum. Signal's Time Machine Edited April 2, 2013 by 4wheelin_fool Quote Link to comment
+CanadianRockies Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 It looks like they are still bouncing in and out of the space time continuum. Signal's Time Machine It looks like a legitimate puzzle cache that uses the same name and theme. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 It looks like they are still bouncing in and out of the space time continuum. Signal's Time Machine It looks like a legitimate puzzle cache that uses the same name and theme. The cache owners name is also similar (Catches Hericles Arm). Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Did anyone here dip trackables in any of these caches? I'm curious if those trackable logs have been deleted. I'd check myself, but all of the caches have been retracted now, and I didn't have the foresight to bookmark one such trackable. It sounds like the souvenirs have been automatically cleaned up, though. Nope; didn't think of it until after I'd logged my one find. I would guess so, but I'm curious, too. Yes. My geocoin's visit was eliminated. Quote Link to comment
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