+Max and 99 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Well this was a surprise! The U.S.A. now has a souvenir! I wonder how many of those were awarded today! Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 The other new souvenirs are for Chile, Cyprus, Indonesia and Morocco. Five new country souvenirs, five different continents! Read more details in this Geocaching Blog post. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 43 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: Well this was a surprise! The U.S.A. now has a souvenir! I wonder how many of those were awarded today! Well, one less than should have been... I don't see it in my 'stack' of souvenirs. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 12 minutes ago, The Jester said: Well, one less than should have been... I don't see it in my 'stack' of souvenirs. Yep, yours has not been awarded! Quote Link to comment
+2-hobbits Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I like the idea of new country souvenirs - I will qualify for two of these immediately. It is however, anti-climatic. When you earn something it is a reward when you achieve. When you qualify for one in the last year, and the other seven years ago, not so much. I'll likely look at them once. A good idea would be to have a souvenir designed for each and every of the two hundred some odd countries listed on GC.com, and they will feel like a goal, and then a reward. Just saying! Thanks anyway! Quote Link to comment
+GrateBear Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 How about one for Gibraltar? Any plans for one? Quote Link to comment
+GeoElmo6000 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Still waiting for my Bermuda souvenir... ?☀️?️?️?️ Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I'm still waiting for my USA souvenir. It hasn't appeared yet. Quote Link to comment
+NanCycle Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 45 minutes ago, K13 said: I'm still waiting for my USA souvenir. It hasn't appeared yet. Mine hasn't either. Quote Link to comment
+zeze1 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I qualify for two of the new souvenirs and got none. Quote Link to comment
+thebruce0 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 yeeshk, patience. They're rolling them out and they just started. There's no rush in getting these souvenirs... 1 Quote Link to comment
HiddenGnome Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Souvenirs are being retroactively awarded at this moment. USA is going to take awhile ? 1 Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Just now, HiddenGnome said: Souvenirs are being retroactively awarded at this moment. USA is going to take awhile ? Haha. I can imagine! Quote Link to comment
+fizzymagic Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I would imagine that your USA souvenir will appear the next time you log a cache in the USA. Thst's how I would implement it. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) 45 minutes ago, fizzymagic said: I would imagine that your USA souvenir will appear the next time you log a cache in the USA. Thst's how I would implement it. Yup. Logged a cache today, got the souvenir. Only fourteen years after my first find in the US of A! Though it says I earned it today, not 07/03/2004. Edited December 10, 2018 by Harry Dolphin Update Quote Link to comment
+Lynx Humble Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Harry Dolphin said: Yup. Logged a cache today, got the souvenir. Only fourteen years after my first find in the US of A! Though it says I earned it today, not 07/03/2004. I got the same issue when they released the Canada one last year. It say 2017 but I began in 2015. It's nice they finally added some country souvenir but they will finish around 2050 at that rate... Edited December 11, 2018 by Lynx Humble More info Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 26 minutes ago, Lynx Humble said: I got the same issue when they released the Canada one last year. It say 2017 but I began in 2015. My Canadian one has the date, 16/Sep/2014 . Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I still want souvenirs for, Hong Kong, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. All places well frequented by tourists. Hong Kong also has a of of geocaches. Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Goldenwattle said: I still want souvenirs for, Hong Kong, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji. All places well frequented by tourists. Hong Kong also has a of of geocaches. Groundspeak's popularity contest (choosing popular countries) is so arbitrary, I can't take it seriously, and it wouldn't change anything for me if Hong Kong was finally anointed. (I enjoy Hong Kong trail caching so much, I now go annually, willing to suffer fourteen hours in economy, without needing the incentive.) Edited December 11, 2018 by Viajero Perdido Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 8 hours ago, The Jester said: Well, one less than should have been... I don't see it in my 'stack' of souvenirs. It has been awarded! Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 6 hours ago, NanCycle said: Mine hasn't either. NanCycle, your souvenir has arrived! Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: It has been awarded! Yep, and it has the date of my first find 4/24/2001! Woo Hoo! Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Sorry, but I see now point in awarding a country souvenir when each State has a Cache. Every Country has a number of reagion, only a few of the countries have reagion / state Souvenirs. Will all the regional / State Souvenirs disappear? Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, speakers-corner said: Sorry, but I see now point in awarding a country souvenir when each State has a Cache. Every Country has a number of reagion, only a few of the countries have reagion / state Souvenirs. Will all the regional / State Souvenirs disappear? I doubt it. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 But what is the sense in awarding a double souvenir for something? Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I notice the US states now have 'state' after them, eg Hawaii State. I still don't have a USA souvenir, or is this not retrospective. Quote Link to comment
+CAVinoGal Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 My USA souvenir showed up today, when I logged a cache today. The date shows I acquired it today, 12/10/2018. Seems a bit redundant, to me, but whatever. SInce each STATE has a souvenir, seems the COUNTRY is a given. Not all countries have "states" - or souvenirs for different regions, just the country. Do other countries have regional/state/territory/etc souvenirs, or is that a US thing? So someone new to the US finds one cache and gets 2 souvenirs - one for the US (Country) and one for the state? Cool! Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 minute ago, CAVinoGal said: My USA souvenir showed up today, when I logged a cache today. That's a long flight for me to log a cache, if that is necessary. During a trip to the US I found 229 caches, but this souvenir does not appear to be retrospective at present. " Do other countries have regional/state/territory/etc souvenirs, or is that a US thing? " Australia has souvenirs for each of it's states and mainland territories. It would be nice though to have the states split up on the maps to show the cache finds for each state, as Australia is a large place and it can be a long drive to log a cache in another state/territory. I drove 12,000kms return to log my first Western Australian cache. (Okay, I could have picked a shorter route, but still many thousands of kms.) Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, Goldenwattle said: I notice the US states now have 'state' after them, eg Hawaii State. I still don't have a USA souvenir, or is this not retrospective. Yeah, I'm still waiting for mine too. I have a couple Drafts to log, so I expect the USA souvenir will show up after I submit my next log. 8 minutes ago, CAVinoGal said: My USA souvenir showed up today, when I logged a cache today. The date shows I acquired it today, 12/10/2018. Seems a bit redundant, to me, but whatever. SInce each STATE has a souvenir, seems the COUNTRY is a given. Not all countries have "states" - or souvenirs for different regions, just the country. Do other countries have regional/state/territory/etc souvenirs, or is that a US thing? So someone new to the US finds one cache and gets 2 souvenirs - one for the US (Country) and one for the state? Cool! Yes - Germany and Canada already work similarly. Find a cache in a German Bundeslander(?) and you'll get that regional souvenir, as well as the Germany country souvenir. Same with Canada and their provinces. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 10 minutes ago, CAVinoGal said: My USA souvenir showed up today, when I logged a cache today. The date shows I acquired it today, 12/10/2018. Seems a bit redundant, to me, but whatever. SInce each STATE has a souvenir, seems the COUNTRY is a given. Not all countries have "states" - or souvenirs for different regions, just the country. Do other countries have regional/state/territory/etc souvenirs, or is that a US thing? So someone new to the US finds one cache and gets 2 souvenirs - one for the US (Country) and one for the state? Cool! Canada and Germany also have country and region souvenirs. Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Goldenwattle said: That's a long flight for me to log a cache, if that is necessary. During a trip to the US I found 229 caches, but this souvenir does not appear to be retrospective at present. I suspect you will see the souvenir after your next logged cache, even if that cache is not in the US. Let us know if that happens. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, noncentric said: Yes - Germany and Canada already work similarly. Find a cache in a German Bundeslander(?) and you'll get that regional souvenir, as well as the Germany country souvenir. Same with Canada and their provinces. Wow - your right. I live in Germany and never knew that there were both, but I still think its stupid having both. Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, speakers-corner said: Wow - your right. I live in Germany and never knew that there were both, but I still think its stupid having both. Some might also consider it "stupid" to have a country souvenir named "Washington" or "Brandenburg" or "Hessen" or "Alberta" or "Queensland". After all, those are not countries. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I said it was stupid to have both, either a country or states / regions. Whereby I would say a country is enough. Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, speakers-corner said: I said it was stupid to have both, either a country or states / regions. Whereby I would say a country is enough. Yes, but can you imagine the uproar if "country souvenirs" were standardized and all the state/province/bundeslander souvenirs were removed? They already started those long ago, so there's no going back. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Just my opinion. GS decide what happens and I take it (or leave it) as it comes. Im not mad on the souvenirs, some of them are good. Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, speakers-corner said: Im not mad on the souvenirs, some of them are good. I am only interested in the countries and state souvenirs. I lost interest in the others when they became too frequent and easy. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I can understand that. Quote Link to comment
+noncentric Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 43 minutes ago, noncentric said: 55 minutes ago, Goldenwattle said: I notice the US states now have 'state' after them, eg Hawaii State. I still don't have a USA souvenir, or is this not retrospective. Yeah, I'm still waiting for mine too. I have a couple Drafts to log, so I expect the USA souvenir will show up after I submit my next log. Or maybe it just takes time. I didn't see the USA souvenir when I checked 20 minutes ago, but just checked again and see it now. Logging a cache might've sped up the process, but is apparently not required to get the retroactive souvenir. Just have to wait. BTW - the date of my souvenir is the date of my first USA cache find, not today's date. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Goldenwattle said: I notice the US states now have 'state' after them, eg Hawaii State. I still don't have a USA souvenir, or is this not retrospective. You do now! Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, Max and 99 said: You do now! So I do :) Quote Link to comment
+zeze1 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Yay! Both Cyprus and USA arrived overnight.The souvenirs show the date on which I found my first cache in these countries. Nice. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, Goldenwattle said: So I do the hamsters are working hard 1 Quote Link to comment
+Rikitan Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 12 hours ago, fizzymagic said: I would imagine that your USA souvenir will appear the next time you log a cache in the USA. Thst's how I would implement it. And trillion of players would start deleting their logs and logging again Have trust, it's good as it is. Quote Link to comment
+Rikitan Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 4 hours ago, speakers-corner said: Wow - your right. I live in Germany and never knew that there were both, but I still think its stupid having both. Don't see anything stupid there. Quote Link to comment
+speakers-corner Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 34 minutes ago, Rikitan said: Don't see anything stupid there. As I said, its just my opinion 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 13 hours ago, fizzymagic said: I would imagine that your USA souvenir will appear the next time you log a cache in the USA. Thst's how I would implement it. Sounds like you don't like past tourists having the souvenir and it should be harder for foreigners to get. Fortunately it was done fairer. 1 Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 5 hours ago, Goldenwattle said: That's a long flight for me to log a cache, if that is necessary. During a trip to the US I found 229 caches, but this souvenir does not appear to be retrospective at present. " Do other countries have regional/state/territory/etc souvenirs, or is that a US thing? " Australia has souvenirs for each of it's states and mainland territories. It would be nice though to have the states split up on the maps to show the cache finds for each state, as Australia is a large place and it can be a long drive to log a cache in another state/territory. I drove 12,000kms return to log my first Western Australian cache. (Okay, I could have picked a shorter route, but still many thousands of kms.) Germany, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and the U.S. all have "state" (or there equivalent) souvenirs. Germany, Canada, and Australia, and now the U.S. all have country level souvenirs (but I didn't see any "complaints" about having both country and states souvenirs until now). Ireland still only has it's regional souvenirs. I still have 8 countries in which I"ve found a cache which don't have a souvenir and will only get the one for the U.S. in this years batch. I had heard a rumor that GS was working with a 3rd party to release souvenirs for the rest of the countries but it looks like we're only going to get these five this year. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 5 hours ago, noncentric said: Some might also consider it "stupid" to have a country souvenir named "Washington" or "Brandenburg" or "Hessen" or "Alberta" or "Queensland". After all, those are not countries. That's why I usually refer to them as region based souvenirs, not country souvenirs. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 14 hours ago, fizzymagic said: I would imagine that your USA souvenir will appear the next time you log a cache in the USA. Thst's how I would implement it. For all other region based souvenirs they have been retroactively awarded. As much as I enjoyed my visit, I'm glad that I didn't have to spend two days flying to Malaysia again to acquire the souvenir. Quote Link to comment
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