+Deepdiggingmole Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I am doing a project and need to have a description of all the various cache types - I am using the list that everyone sees when they check their statistics - there are therefore 20 icons/cache types that I want to have a short description about I am able to do 17 of these as the descriptions can easily be found on the site - however I am unable to do the same for the following :- Groundspeak Block party Groundspeak Lost and Found Celebration Lost and Found Event cache can someone give me a description of these cache types in a few lines for each - also an idea as to whether these can still be 'found' and where Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) Just wait for an HQ blog post as these events will be renamed in the near future to: Quote For those who can’t visit Seattle for the Geocaching HQ Celebration, we’re working on details for community celebration events to mark the 20th anniversary. More information to come! Geocaching HQ Block Party Geocaching HQ Celebration Community Celebration Event Hans Edited June 23, 2019 by HHL 1 Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 All three of those Event types were very limited in nature, so no, you cannot currently "Attend" any of those. As HHL states, there sounds like some rethinking on those particular Event types may be making it's way through HQ. We'll just have to wait and see I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Deepdiggingmole Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 Thanks to the above which answers the second part, - any descriptions of these please Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Block Party was an annual event hosted by HQ in Seattle. I no longer recall the years. It ran for several, (3 or 4?) and some new features were rolled out at some of them. Groundspeak Lost and Found was the 10 Year event hosted by HQ in Seattle. Lost and Found were other events held that year around the 10 year anniversary that had a Lackey in attendance. 1 Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 The Block Party grew out of the success of the Groundspeak Lost and Found Event on July 4, 2010. The Block Party followed each year after that, from 2011 to 2015 (the 15th anniversary of geocaching). They stopped because the event became too popular for its own good, consuming a fair bit of staff resources that were better devoted to maintaining and improving the website, apps, etc. Deepdiggingmole, if you would like to see an example of a profile with all of the available cache type icons, click on my name. You can also click through to see cache pages for the event types you're interested in seeing more details about. 2 Quote Link to comment
+Corfman Clan Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Isonzo Karst said: Lost and Found were other events held that year around the 10 year anniversary that had a Lackey in attendance. Lost and Found events did not need to have a Lackey in attendance. They just had to be applied for ahead of time, accepted, and held within some limited time period. I don't remember what else was required of them but I believe the event name had to start with, "10 Years!" or something like that. 1 Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 And here is the blog entry: https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2019/06/log-your-will-attend-for-the-geocaching-20th-anniversary-celebration/?fbclid=IwAR2MSgVW-1NAf3Nx8JadX3Amd0LwaaBlBKkCVE2TgkiujQ5uw3aIfJRNDAI Hans Quote Link to comment
+GeoElmo6000 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Funny that the Geocaching HQ Celebration (renamed from Lost and Found Celebration) still has the 10 in the icon. :-) Is there a list somewhere of every single cache type past and present? Quote Link to comment
+Corfman Clan Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 hour ago, GeoElmo6000 said: Funny that the Geocaching HQ Celebration (renamed from Lost and Found Celebration) still has the 10 in the icon. :-) Well it is planned to occur every 10 years. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 hours ago, GeoElmo6000 said: Is there a list somewhere of every single cache type past and present? On 6/23/2019 at 12:40 PM, The Leprechauns said: ... if you would like to see an example of a profile with all of the available cache type icons, click on my name. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+Deepdiggingmole Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 hours ago, GeoElmo6000 said: Funny that the Geocaching HQ Celebration (renamed from Lost and Found Celebration) still has the 10 in the icon. :-) I mentioned this in another forum - and the reply was that it is an event to be held every 10 years - I think they have missed a trick not incorporating a 20 as it is the 20th anniversary and in 2020 Quote Link to comment
+GeoElmo6000 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 9 minutes ago, The Leprechauns said: ... if you would like to see an example of a profile with all of the available cache type icons, click on my name. Great! Thank you! You've been busy! 1 Quote Link to comment
+Deepdiggingmole Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Thank you all - I know see that with the change of the three icon names a description has now come up on the site. So all been helpful Quote Link to comment
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