Do Adventure Lab stops count as a cache found in that county?

[+Peregrine714]

Does an Adventure lab cache  stop count as a cache found in that county.? Or does it revert back to the county of the lab cache origin? Do Adventure Lab caches count towards a cuonty challenge? Thanks!

[+Lynx Humble]

Hum Lab Cache never counted for county/state/country so NO, NO and NO.

 

Never understood why Groundspeak did that because they have coordinates...

[+barefootjeff]

3 hours ago, Peregrine714 said:

Does an Adventure lab cache  stop count as a cache found in that county.? Or does it revert back to the county of the lab cache origin? Do Adventure Lab caches count towards a cuonty challenge? Thanks!

 

Lab caches aren't allowed as qualifying caches in any challenge.

 

[+Hügh]

52 minutes ago, barefootjeff said:

Lab caches aren't allowed as qualifying caches in any challenge.

 

I interpret that guideline as meaning the challenge setter cannot require ("specify") Lab Cache finds, not that qualifi-ers cannot use them towards the challenge. 

 

A challenge cache like "find five cache types in Washington State" may be qualified for by finding a Traditional, an Event, an APE, a Webcam, and a Lab. 

Edited September 1, 2021 by Hügh

[+Max and 99]

3 hours ago, Peregrine714 said:

Does an Adventure lab cache  stop count as a cache found in that county.? Or does it revert back to the county of the lab cache origin? Do Adventure Lab caches count towards a cuonty challenge? Thanks!

Depending on the challenge, this thread might be helpful:

 

 

[+barefootjeff]

18 minutes ago, Hügh said:

 

I interpret that guideline as meaning the challenge setter cannot require ("specify") Lab Cache finds, not that qualifi-ers cannot use them towards the challenge. 

 

A challenge cache like "find five cache types in Washington State" may be qualified for by finding a Traditional, an Event, an APE, a Webcam, and a Lab. 

 

How would the CO be able to verify a claimed lab cache find since you can't view the lab caches found by other players? When I go to your profile I can see that you've found 1316 lab caches but I can't see which ones they were.

[+Hügh]

14 minutes ago, barefootjeff said:

How would the CO be able to verify a claimed lab cache find since you can't view the lab caches found by other players?

 

Project-GC Checkers have the ability to fetch Lab Cache information, as long as they are configured to do so (most aren't.) This is regardless of whether the individual has a PGC Membership or not. 

Edited September 1, 2021 by Hügh

[+arisoft]

8 hours ago, Hügh said:

 

I interpret that guideline as meaning the challenge setter cannot require ("specify") Lab Cache finds, not that qualifi-ers cannot use them towards the challenge. 

 

A challenge cache like "find five cache types in Washington State" may be qualified for by finding a Traditional, an Event, an APE, a Webcam, and a Lab. 

 

Lab caches have effect on total count and daily counts. These are possible and allowed statistics to use in a challenge even without mentioning them in the cache description.

 

Finding a lab from Washington state is not possible, because Lab caches are locationless caches in the statistics. And there is a very good reason for this.

[+Lynx Humble]

5 hours ago, arisoft said:

Finding a lab from Washington state is not possible, because Lab caches are locationless caches in the statistics. And there is a very good reason for this.

And that very good reason is? Because calling them locationless doesn't make any sense they have a GZ.