+Rumager Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 A new Earthcache is published. You rush out, get the required info and email the CO. Do you ... 1. Log your find immediately to claim the FTF (assuming there are no other logs). 2. Wait until you hear from the CO before doing anything, knowing that someone else might claim the FTF. Quote
+Murazor Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 FTF on an Earth Cache should be claimed by the one who sent the correct answers to the owner first (to be confirmed by the owner). The timing of the online log does not matter. Quote
patdhill Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Add a Write Note saying you've sent the answers to make other finders aware. Quote
+fellsmanhiker Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 FTF on an Earth cache!are you for real? Quote
+Mausebiber Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Do you ...1. Log your find immediately to claim the FTF (assuming there are no other logs). 2. Wait until you hear from the CO before doing anything, knowing that someone else might claim the FTF. Sometimes the guidelines will help: You send the answers to the owner and may log right after you sentt the answers. You do not have to wait for the owner to answer. FTF for an Earthcache maybe a waterfall or something? What about the hundred of tourists already there? They all found it before you. MB Quote
+funkymunkyzone Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) FTF on an Earth cache!are you for real? Sure, why not? An FTF is a completely unofficial concept and means different things to different people. I mention who was FTF on my earthcaches - simply the first person to "complete the cache" by sending me the required info. Your mileage may vary. Edited February 23, 2015 by funkymunkyzone Quote
+Bear and Ragged Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Hoe do you know you are FTF? Someone else may have already been, and sent the answers to the CO... Quote
cezanne Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Sure, why not? An FTF is a completely unofficial concept and means different things to different people. I mention who was FTF on my earthcaches - simply the first person to "complete the cache" by sending me the required info. I would not do that. It could for example be that a group visits your Earthcache and one member of the group made the greatest contribution to answering the questions, but sends in the answers later. There are indeed cache owners who then rank the group members as FTF, STF, TFT according to when their logs arrive - completely absurd in my opinion. In my opinion, FTF makes even less sense for ECs than for other cache types. Quote
+funkymunkyzone Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Sure, why not? An FTF is a completely unofficial concept and means different things to different people. I mention who was FTF on my earthcaches - simply the first person to "complete the cache" by sending me the required info. I would not do that. It could for example be that a group visits your Earthcache and one member of the group made the greatest contribution to answering the questions, but sends in the answers later. There are indeed cache owners who then rank the group members as FTF, STF, TFT according to when their logs arrive - completely absurd in my opinion. In my opinion, FTF makes even less sense for ECs than for other cache types. I don't get worked up over it. And as I said, FTF means different things to different people - and that's ok. If a group FTFs any of my caches, I put all of the members of the group in as the FTF. I think there's a lot of angst over FTFs because people forget that geocaching should be fun. My bet is we agree on that. Quote
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