deadly ducks

[+w-way]

am i the only one who waited until he placed the duck to open the page to enter only to find out i am late?

[+Great Scott!]

The instructions were there to follow:

 

How to Join the HQ Duck Dash:

Get a new unactivated trackable! Enter your duck-themed trackable (like these ones!) or any other trackable without prior travel history. (Pro Tip: Do NOT place your trackable in a geocache until July 20, 2016 or later. Movement prior to this date may disqualify your trackable.)

Activate it.

Set your trackable’s mission. (Pro Tip: Include instructions to get your trackable to a geocaching event on August 20, International Geocaching Day.)

Read the HQ Duck Dash Code of Honor. By entering a trackable into this year’s race, you agree to abide by these rules.

Enter your trackable into the race by filling out this signup form by July 17, 2016. (The official Deadly Duck tags will be automatically entered into the race once they are activated, even after the official start of the race on July 20, 2016.) You must be 18 years or older to participate.

Watch your trackable race to a geocaching event on International Geocaching Day!

[+cerberus1]

The instructions were there to follow

I agree, there was plenty of time to figure what the rules were.

 

We see this a lot whenever there's a promotion.

Folks just skim the rules, then ask "why is this happening?" (often, "to me" is in there somewhere...).

 

Lab caches when they first started is a good example...

Lots of people logged 'em without reading, then whined that they didn't count for anything, messed up their stats, " and needs to be fixed asap".

[+Jersey Joan]

am i the only one who waited until he placed the duck to open the page to enter only to find out i am late?

 

Was it a deadly duck from the geocaching store? Those will be automatically entered.