+Brian - Team A.I. Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Breaktrack:Well, I'm going to go out on a limb here and state what I think is obvious. We all knew this sort of thing was a possibility, but we all hoped no one would actually be so immature as to do anything like *pirating* caches. Plunders had already taken place, just not with an organized method, as far as we knew. I'm now against all pirates. Whether they be *good* pirates, or *bad* pirates, they be pirates! I was in sympathy with some who just wanted to come up with an interesting variation on the game, but it is not a variation, it's now an interuption. Down with pirating! Down with pirating! Down with pirating! http://www.texasgeocaching.com "Afghanistan was a battle. Iraq was a battle. The war goes on." I couldn't agree more. Brian Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
+Xitron Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I usually agree with breaktracks statements, but not this time. If someone is making a bad pirate a good pirate then more power to em. One quick question, would you, 1. Rather see you caches taken and not logged or returned. or 2. You caches moved 100 feet away and returned by the next cacher? I do not condone moving of the caches, I see why people would be pi$$ed if that happened, but if you had a choice of either losing the entire cache or having it moved a little distance and then replaced by the next cacher which would you perfere? Quote Link to comment
+Breaktrack Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Xitron:I usually agree with breaktracks statements, but not this time. If someone is making a bad pirate a good pirate then more power to em. One quick question, would you, 1. Rather see you caches taken and not logged or returned. or 2. You caches moved 100 feet away and returned by the next cacher? I do not condone moving of the caches, I see why people would be pi$$ed if that happened, but if you had a choice of either losing the entire cache or having it moved a little distance and then replaced by the next cacher which would you perfere? You make a good point, no doubt, but my point was actually that it has simply gone too far to be made into a *good* activity at this point. If those who want to participate can do so, great, but those who do not want to participate should be respected and left alone. Without question that is my greatest requirement. However, right now just seems to be a bad time to try and modify the habits of the pirates and tell everyone, *It's okay now, they're tame!* I'm just not so sure...... "Afghanistan was a battle. Iraq was a battle. The war goes on." Quote Link to comment
+Xitron Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Sigh yep you're right. i think those that do not want their caches looted should have that choice, and those that do want to be involved should place their cache on a list. Guess what? that wouldn't work. The "good" pirates would respect that and only loot those caches, but the "bad" pirates would continue to loot everyones. I do not think we will be able to stop the pirates, but i do think we may be able to minamize the damage they do. It will never be seen as a good part of geocaching, but I do think it is something we will have to deal with for some time. Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Squealy:Buccaneer here. anyone who breaks theirs over a pirates a$$ Better yet, bust them upside their buccaneers. Quote Link to comment
+MountainMudbug Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Geocaching has become something of a interruption for the letterboxing community - it seems many letterboxes get confused/combined with the abundance of geocaches popping up out there (which greatly overwhelms the number of letterboxes) Guess some of them might feel pirated by us cachers when that happens Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by MountainMudbug:Geocaching has become something of a interruption for the letterboxing community - it seems many letterboxes get confused/combined with the abundance of geocaches popping up out there (which greatly overwhelms the number of letterboxes) Guess some of them might feel pirated by us cachers when that happens I bet they do. We just had a cache placed just 10 feet from an existing letterbox. One of my caches had a letterbox placed within 20 feet of it. Apparently, it goes both ways. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
Dorkus&Co. Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 quote:quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by MountainMudbug: Geocaching has become something of a interruption for the letterboxing community - it seems many letterboxes get confused/combined with the abundance of geocaches popping up out there (which greatly overwhelms the number of letterboxes) Guess some of them might feel pirated by us cachers when that happens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I bet they do. We just had a cache placed just 10 feet from an existing letterbox. One of my caches had a letterbox placed within 20 feet of it. Apparently, it goes both ways At least your not stealing their stuff and claiming rights to it. Quote Link to comment
+MountainMudbug Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dorkus&Co.: quote:quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by MountainMudbug: Geocaching has become something of a interruption for the letterboxing community - it seems many letterboxes get confused/combined with the abundance of geocaches popping up out there (which greatly overwhelms the number of letterboxes) Guess some of them might feel pirated by us cachers when that happens -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I bet they do. We just had a cache placed just 10 feet from an existing letterbox. One of my caches had a letterbox placed within 20 feet of it. Apparently, it goes both ways At least your not stealing their stuff and claiming rights to it. I'd imagine if someone took your handcarved stamp out of your letterbox, thinking it is a 'trade item', you'd probably consider it stolen Quote Link to comment
+Squealy Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 I can't believe this one died down. If you guys burned them without inviting me I am going to be PISSED!!!!! Shut up and cache! Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 You're a day late and a stack of twenties short Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
+Mark 42 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I think I'm going to do a multi with each part of the multi giving one of the numbers to a padlock combination on a cache in a 1/4" thick metal plate box bolted to a multi-ton boulder. And fill it with happy meal toys! Quote Link to comment
+canadazuuk Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Xitron: Sigh yep you're right. i think those that do not want their caches looted should have that choice, and those that do want to be involved should place their cache on a list. You objected to this for a good reason. Furthermore, why should I have to opt-out of something? Why automatically include caches? This whole diatribe is getting nonsensical. Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 x [This message was edited by Cholo on September 27, 2003 at 10:13 PM.] Quote Link to comment
Cholo Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Cholo: quote:Originally posted by Jeremy (Admin):I now know who the pirates are, Sure, they may continue their obnoxious attempt to take this sport to a place most people find abhorrent, At this point I hope that they will stop. Otherwise I'll start outing the pirates. Jeremy Irish Well, they're going to be at Wrigley Field in Chicago this weekend. Most people (Sox fans excluded) think it's a very nice place. If you could do something debilitating to the Pirates' balls, it would be appreciated by all Cubs fans. They might even pull some strings and move Boeing back to Seattle. Sounds like a good deal to me. Thanks Jeremy. I don't know what you did, but it sure worked. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 There is no spoon There is no cache There are no pirates Do you think this thread is real? Quote Link to comment
+canadazuuk Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight: Do you think this thread is real? For the 4049th time, YES, it is real... Quote Link to comment
ju66l3r Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 quote:Originally posted by canadazuuk: quote:Originally posted by Renegade Knight: Do you think this thread is real? For the 4049th time, YES, it is real... RK: You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. ju: Somebody must have taken the blue pill. -- http://www.piratetravels.com/pirate.htm Quote Link to comment
+canadazuuk Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 quote:Originally posted by ju66l3r: ju: Somebody must have taken the blue pill. Avatar bootlegger, you may take the red pill, and the consequences can be arranged afterwards... (and oh yeah: ) Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Webfoot:BTW - that was my first post on this subject and this one will probably be my last. Webfoot _Veni...Vidi...Vicachi._ I came...I saw...I geocached. http://www.scgeocachers.org Webfoot's a pirate, Webfoot's a pirate, Webfoot's a pirate....? -------------------------------------------------- When everything is comming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Quote Link to comment
Vacman Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 Yep - that survey listed above says I should be a mad scientist as well. -------------------------------------------------- When everything is comming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Quote Link to comment
+Mark 42 Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Brian - Team A.I.:A Test for the pirates. According to that site, I should be a: Brian, Team A.I. Ditto "I'm not Responsible... just ask my wife, She'll confirm it" Quote Link to comment
+TMAN264 Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I really don't want to read through 9 pages, who are these *** clowns???? Do we know yet? Make a sanity check. Quote Link to comment
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