Memory Lane Scoring

[+Gaiter Man]

On 6-1-2020, I found 10 Adventure Labs, 3 Traditionals and 1 Multi. All caches were found AND logged after 12:00 PM UTC, but for whatever reason, the Memory Lane scoreboard shows I've earned only 27 points, when, according to the Memory Lane Scoring Chart, I should have earned 72 points.  It's particularly interesting to note that the digits of the point total seem to be reversed.  In any case, something is definitely amiss.  Help!!!

[nykkole]

Thanks for reporting this. We have discovered that Adventure Lab logs that were logged before noon local time today did not count towards the Memory Lane score. We will look into a fix and award those missing points retroactively!

[+pchappuis]

Hello.

Same problem, I found 11 Tradi, 3 Multi, 2 Mystery and  5 Labs the 1th June.

It was 4 caches with more than 10 fav.

But it counted only 4 caches (only the 4 lasts of the day).

 

I logged all that in evening (so... not the labs, for sure, because visited at morning here (UTC +2)).

Hope the missing points will be retroactively given.

Edited June 2, 2020 by pchappuis

[+Bl4ckH4wkGER]

@pchappuis

If you saved them as drafts in the morning, before noon UTC, it does not matter if you log them in the evening. The time stamp of your draft will still point to the morning hours and hence the points would not count because the caches were logged before the official start of Memory Lane.

Regardless, there is information on how to fix the scoring for caches that were logged too early yourself in the Memory Lane FAQs.

[+green_words]

I logged 5 locations in an adventure lab yesterday morning. Still no points as of today. Nyykole says there will be a fix. Any idea when?

Also will I get points of each location or for the AL as a whole. The scoring text is not clear.

[+pchappuis]

On 6/2/2020 at 4:50 PM, Bl4ckH4wkGER said:

@pchappuis

If you saved them as drafts in the morning, before noon UTC, it does not matter if you log them in the evening. The time stamp of your draft will still point to the morning hours and hence the points would not count because the caches were logged before the official start of Memory Lane.

Regardless, there is information on how to fix the scoring for caches that were logged too early yourself in the Memory Lane FAQs.

But i did the after edit, but it change nothing. And i tried just now too, and still no change. So i no worry because we have time, but if Groundspeak say we can solve when do that and it dont work it make me little bit angry.

Edited June 8, 2020 by pchappuis

[+Max and 99]

On 6/2/2020 at 1:03 PM, green_words said:

Also will I get points of each location or for the AL as a whole. The scoring text is not clear.

Please tell me it's not 5 points per location. 

[+barefootguru]

On 6/8/2020 at 6:41 PM, Max and 99 said:

Please tell me it's not 5 points per location. 

I’ll tell you that at the same time I tell you a whole Adventure counts as 1 find.

 

(I did 6 stages of an Adventure and received 30 points.)

[+Max and 99]

14 minutes ago, barefootguru said:

I’ll tell you that at the same time I tell you a whole Adventure counts as 1 find.

 

(I did 6 stages of an Adventure and received 30 points.)

"I asked you not to tell me that!"

Maxwell Smart ?

Edited June 11, 2020 by Max and 99

[+barefootjeff]

2 hours ago, barefootguru said:

(I did 6 stages of an Adventure and received 30 points.)

 

This is something that really bugs me and turns me off having any interest in ALs. On Saturday I'll be hopefully completing an 11 stage Earthcache. That will count as one find and get me five points in Memory Lane, which I don't have any problem with. But had the CO done it as an AL instead, it would be 11 finds and 55 points in the promotion. If ALs ever become mainstream, it'll likely be the death knell for long multis and ECs.

[+Lynx Humble]

4 minutes ago, barefootjeff said:

 

This is something that really bugs me and turns me off having any interest in ALs. On Saturday I'll be hopefully completing an 11 stage Earthcache. That will count as one find and get me five points in Memory Lane, which I don't have any problem with. But had the CO done it as an AL instead, it would be 11 finds and 55 points in the promotion. If ALs ever become mainstream, it'll likely be the death knell for long multis and ECs.

Right now AL are restricted to 5 locations so it would be 25 pts.

 

But I totally agree with you that I seriously hope they will stop to award new ones soon because geocaching is not a virtual game.

[+Max and 99]

Adventure Labs should be excluded if the point system awards each stage.  

[+barefootguru]

3 hours ago, Lynx Humble said:

Right now AL are restricted to 5 locations so it would be 25 pts.

 

But I totally agree with you that I seriously hope they will stop to award new ones soon because geocaching is not a virtual game.

One of the local ones here is 10 locations.  You can complete it with an hour’s walk.

[+thebruce0]

I'm thinking, and hoping, it's only because of the pandemic and they want to encourage this 'virtual' scoring for places where handling physical containers are still considered taboo.

Having ALs as a 'part' of the geocaching website is one thing, but yeah by scoring ALs and their individual stages as if they are each a physical geocache, that kind of detracts even moreso from the concept of geoCACHING. Geocaching isn't a virtual location-based educational game. That's a small element of it, sure, with some existing cache types, but it certainly shouldn't be at the forefront.  "Language of location" can apply to many different activities.  Geocaching's uniqueness is in the scavenger hunt for hidden containers, that's the core of the hobby and it really should be the most prominent aspect of the hobby...

[+pchappuis]

Hello. Found (and logged) 5 caches yesterday, but memory lane still dont move

[+Max and 99]

12 minutes ago, pchappuis said:

Hello. Found (and logged) 5 caches yesterday, but memory lane still dont move

Your Memory Lane score looks correct to me. You earned 25 points, which is between the first two souvenirs. The first souvenir is on your profile. 

What doesn't look right to you?

[+pchappuis]

2 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:

Your Memory Lane score looks correct to me. You earned 25 points, which is between the first two souvenirs. The first souvenir is on your profile. 

What doesn't look right to you?

I have still 42 points. And I earned these 42 points at 1st June. I should be at 67 points now, and have earned the 2nd souvenir.

Edited June 24, 2020 by pchappuis

[+Max and 99]

2 minutes ago, pchappuis said:

I have still 42 points. And I earned these 42 points at 1st June. I should be at 67 points now, and have earned the 2nd souvenir.

Thank you. 

[+Max and 99]

How did you log the 5 new caches? Just curious.

[+pchappuis]

Did drafts, imported drafts in GSAK and logged by GSAK.

Here my scoring board, we can see all what i found yesterday is missing: 

And all i found more the 1st June too, all what was before Midday that day, even after late edit isnt showing too. (sorry for my basic english)

Edited June 24, 2020 by pchappuis

[+Max and 99]

2 minutes ago, pchappuis said:

Did drafts, imported drafts in GSAK and logged by GSAK.

Here my scoring board, we can see all what i found yesterday is missing: 

Starting from June 1st, that's a lot of points you're missing! I understand the issue with your finds on June 1st, but still, that's a lot of missing points! I hope your points get fixed. 

[+pchappuis]

Hope too. But it really think it s very bugged for me. I m not lucky at all it seems.

[+pchappuis]

Maybe that explains why it dont work?

All my recent activity of yesterday is not displayed.

[+pchappuis]

Edited yesterday logs, now displayed in recent activity, but still not in Memeory Lane

[+hzoi]

3 hours ago, pchappuis said:

Edited yesterday logs, now displayed in recent activity, but still not in Memeory Lane

 

At this point I would offer two potential solutions.  The quickest fix would be to delete the logs that aren't showing up in the Leaderboard and log them again.  Or, contact Groundspeak through the Help Center and ask for assistance.

[+pchappuis]

These from today are good comptabilized.

[+penhead63]

I was caching this weekend and am 10 points short of what I should have received. I'm wondering if it's subtracting points because I registered 2 DNFs???????  I"m thinking of deleting one of those logs and see if I get some of my points back. (I'm trying to think like I do in my day job ... what in the software would make it give me less points, LOL). My husband logged the same caches as me EXCEPT he didn't log our 2 DNFs. He got all his points. 

 

 

[+Max and 99]

3 minutes ago, penhead63 said:

I was caching this weekend and am 10 points short of what I should have received. I'm wondering if it's subtracting points because I registered 2 DNFs???????  I"m thinking of deleting one of those logs and see if I get some of my points back. (I'm trying to think like I do in my day job ... what in the software would make it give me less points, LOL). My husband logged the same caches as me EXCEPT he didn't log our 2 DNFs. He got all his points. 

 

 

LOL 

DNFs do not take away points! 

There are some issues this weekend with caches and logging;  you can see them on the other forums. 

I suspect it'll get fixed soon. 

[+Max and 99]

Were any of your logs a note that you change to a found?

Look on your leaderboard and see exactly which caches he's been counted for this weekend and which ones you been counted for this weekend. Maybe there's one cache that's different between your two lists. 

Edited July 27, 2020 by Max and 99

[+Goldenwattle]

9 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:

DNFs do not take away points! 

Then even less people who log them now, would log them .

[+Team DEMP]

On 7/26/2020 at 9:44 PM, penhead63 said:

I was caching this weekend and am 10 points short of what I should have received.. 

 

 

There was a site wide issue on Saturday that impacted multiple areas including the Leaderboard. Check what your Dashboard shows for Latest Activity and if you are missing caches being listed there too.  See this post from Groundspeak -

 

Edited July 29, 2020 by Team DEMP

[+Dr.MORO]

Quick question, as I cannot find the written answer.

Does attending a geocaching event count for the Memory Lane Scoring, or not?

It seems it does NOT count for the Memory Lane Scoring, as I just attended a drive-in event, but no additional point.

And which ever it is, where on any geocaching.com webpage is this written out?

I know an 'Attended" is not a "Found", but still nothing about events are in writing in at least the Memory Lane webpage

https://www.geocaching.com/play/souvenircampaign/memorylane

[+Max and 99]

20 minutes ago, Dr.MORO said:

Quick question, as I cannot find the written answer.

Does attending a geocaching event count for the Memory Lane Scoring, or not?

It seems it does NOT count for the Memory Lane Scoring, as I just attended a drive-in event, but no additional point.

And which ever it is, where on any geocaching.com webpage is this written out?

I know an 'Attended" is not a "Found", but still nothing about events are in writing in at least the Memory Lane webpage

https://www.geocaching.com/play/souvenircampaign/memorylane

That's a really good question! The blog does not say anything about getting credit for events. Out of curiosity I checked someone on my friends list who attended an event today and that particular geocache is not showing up on the memory lane scoring. Unless I missed it! Maybe someone else can chime in to say something different. 

 

[+K13]

With no mention of Events on the Scoresheet, one could assume that they are not included in the scoring for this promotion.

[+Max and 99]

4 hours ago, Dr.MORO said:

Quick question, as I cannot find the written answer.

Does attending a geocaching event count for the Memory Lane Scoring, or not?

It seems it does NOT count for the Memory Lane Scoring, as I just attended a drive-in event, but no additional point.

And which ever it is, where on any geocaching.com webpage is this written out?

I know an 'Attended" is not a "Found", but still nothing about events are in writing in at least the Memory Lane webpage

https://www.geocaching.com/play/souvenircampaign/memorylane

This is the closest I've seen to answering your question. 

 

[nykkole]

Today, we deployed a fix to award the missing Memory Lane points for Adventure Lab logs on June 1. If you've logged Adventure Labs on June 1 after the Memory Lane promo started but did not receive the points towards Memory Lane, they should now be awarded on your Memory Lane gameboard.

[+ecanderson]

How would one even know?  I see a total, and a chart describing how things are scored ("About Scoring"), but no specific breakdown of how my score actually tallies.  Just one big number.

 

[+Max and 99]

25 minutes ago, ecanderson said:

How would one even know?  I see a total, and a chart describing how things are scored ("About Scoring"), but no specific breakdown of how my score actually tallies.  Just one big number.

 

The breakdown. Under leaderboard. 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2020 by Max and 99

[+ecanderson]

Guess you can see how much attention I've been paying to it.  Where does one find the 'leaderboard'?

The only page I've seen is this one https://www.geocaching.com/play/souvenircampaign/memorylane

 

 

 

and that only because someone pointed it out here as a url, not because I noticed it in my profile or elsewhere.

 

I'm obviously missing something.

 

[+Max and 99]

The leaderboard is found under the friends link. Do you see it?

[Darwin473]

To find how and where you scored on Memory Lane:

 

Go to your Dashboard on the website - click on Leaderboard on the left (should be below "Souvenirs" and above the Geocaches / Friends options). Once on the Leaderboard, click on yourself (should appear as "You" and your current score), and it'll expand into a list of the caches that gave you points for Memory Lane.

 

I wasn't able to find the Leaderboard option in the app, but I'm a Basic member so it may be visible for Premium accounts.

[+Max and 99]

29 minutes ago, Unit473L said:

To find how and where you scored on Memory Lane:

 

Go to your Dashboard on the website - click on Leaderboard on the left (should be below "Souvenirs" and above the Geocaches / Friends options). Once on the Leaderboard, click on yourself (should appear as "You" and your current score), and it'll expand into a list of the caches that gave you points for Memory Lane.

 

I wasn't able to find the Leaderboard option in the app, but I'm a Basic member so it may be visible for Premium accounts.

There is no leaderboard on the app. 

For me, the Friends option is at the top of the page. After you click on Friends, then the Leaderboard option appears at the top right. 

[+ecanderson]

Aha -

You have to be on the NEW dashboard.  I haven't been using that.

 

[+Max and 99]

I use the old dashboard. The leaderboard is under Friends.

[+dprovan]

15 hours ago, Max and 99 said:

The breakdown. Under leaderboard.

Whoa! No kidding? Just yesterday I was looking at the leaderboard, wishing for a way to get the list of the caches behind the scores. Nothing about that list made me think clicking on a name would expand to all the specific caches going into the count. It was only when you brought it up as something so obvious you didn't have to explain how to get it that I figured it out. Thanks!

[+ecanderson]

Right.  Completely intuitive choice (not!)  Nothing about a leaderboard showing up under "Your Friends" or "View Your Friends"  from my profile page, however.

 

 

Edited August 13, 2020 by ecanderson

[+IceColdUK]

4 hours ago, ecanderson said:

Right.  Completely intuitive choice (not!)  Nothing about a leaderboard showing up under "Your Friends" or "View Your Friends"  from my profile page, however.

 

 

> View Your Friends > Get motivated with your Leaderboard! (at the top)

[+dprovan]

39 minutes ago, IceColdUK said:

> View Your Friends > Get motivated with your Leaderboard! (at the top)

Yeah, except you have to notice that "Leaderboard" is a link. It took me a while to figure that jump out, too, but that was a long time ago.

[+ecanderson]

Aha.. dprovan found it!  I missed it, too.  No usual highlighting technique that I can see to indicate that it's a link.

If I had the $ to upgrade to a platinum membership, they would probably explain all of that and more in the secret online instruction manual.