Challenge Cache Idea - Uncertain After Reading Guidelines

[+myrthman]

I've read thru the challenge cache guidelines and I'm not sure if my idea would be acceptable. Can I ask that someone "avenge" a DNF __ times? It would require DNF and Found It! logs on the same cache with some period of time between them, say 24 hours. I realize that requiring a DNF is a negative, but avenging one is positive. What do you think?

[+barefootjeff]

22 minutes ago, myrthman said:

I've read thru the challenge cache guidelines and I'm not sure if my idea would be acceptable. Can I ask that someone "avenge" a DNF __ times? It would require DNF and Found It! logs on the same cache with some period of time between them, say 24 hours. I realize that requiring a DNF is a negative, but avenging one is positive. What do you think?

 

I doubt it, since as you say, a DNF is considered a "negative" log. In any case, people would just log fake DNFs in advance of whatever caches they wanted to use as qualifiers.

[+myrthman]

I thought of that. Oh well. 

[+scimgeo]

You could maybe stipulate that the DNF needs to be before the date of the challenge publication?

[+Hügh]

The slightly more technical answer is: you have to be able to offer a Project-GC challenge checker for your challenge, and the checker scripting system does not provide data on DNF logs.

[+MartyBartfast]

It would also be too easy to game the challenge: I'm gonna go caching tomorrow so I just log a DNF on one of those caches today without even leaving home, then when I find it tomorrow I qualify for your challenge, meanwhile the Caches health score took a hit.

[+GerandKat]

Sorry this is clear NO, it's not possible:

The guidelines states:

 

and 

 

 

So a DNF as a requirement is a nogo.

[Keystone]

3 hours ago, scimgeo said:

You could maybe stipulate that the DNF needs to be before the date of the challenge publication?

 

Besides DNF logs not being allowed as part of a challenge cache's requirement, this would be an unacceptable date restriction.  Challenge caches should be available for anyone to find, provided they meet the requirements.  A person who discovers the sport for the first time and signs up for a geocaching account on the day after this challenge cache is published could not, by definition, log a legitimate DNF log on a date prior to challenge publication.

[+TeamRabbitRun]

7 hours ago, scimgeo said:

You could maybe stipulate that the DNF needs to be before the date of the challenge publication?

 

You can back-date a log.

Make it look like you originally looked for it years ago.