TimSkells Posted December 28, 2003 Author Posted December 28, 2003 yea CCCooperAgency has aloooot whats with these virtual caches i dont really like them any one else do them? Quote
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 28, 2003 Posted December 28, 2003 whats with these virtual caches i dont really like them any one else do them? uh oh... Quote
Deego Posted December 28, 2003 Posted December 28, 2003 I like them I also like locationless caches and I have only hiden MICROS so far ....... People HATE me . Dont knock it till you've tried it . It takes all sorts..... ect ect ect Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Smurf-boy LOVES virtual caches so much, he sneaks out at night and logs them under a sock-puppet account! Quote
+wildearth2001 Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 In case you were serious (in which case I don't blame you I was the same way) virtual caches are caches without an actuall container or logbook. For an example a roadside memorial can be a virtual cache. To log a find you must answer a question (in the example above it can be a date or name on the memorial) in an email to the cache owner, not the on the logpage. Hope this helps!! Quote
+wildearth2001 Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 he sneaks out at night and logs them under a sock-puppet account! What is a sock-puppet account?? Quote
+Fritz_Monroe Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 What is a sock-puppet account?? Yea, and where can I get one? F_M Quote
+9Key Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Feel free to markwell me on this ~ Where did the term "sock-puppet account" come from anyway? Quote
+Team GPSaxophone Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 he sneaks out at night and logs them under a sock-puppet account! What is a sock-puppet account?? My sock puppet account is "Sparky-Watts" Quote
+shunra Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Feel free to markwell me on this ~ Where did the term "sock-puppet account" come from anyway? And the term Markwell? - I've been wondering about that. Is it names after one of our members, or idid one of our members choose the name by way of a statement? PS - I'm not provoking, I really don't know... Quote
BassoonPilot Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 (edited) And the term Markwell? - I've been wondering about that. Is it names after one of our members, or idid one of our members choose the name by way of a statement? Named for Chicago-land geocacher Kerry Markwell, who way-back-when would, within minutes of a question or topic being posted in the forums, respond with a list of links referencing all related topics and/or posts. It was really quite amazing, and led to the verb "to Markwell." Edited December 29, 2003 by BassoonPilot Quote
+sbell111 Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 who has the most finds on here? CCCooperagency and BruceS have been at the top for some time now. CCCooperagency currently shows 4104 finds. BruceS is currently showing 3403 finds. It looks like he hasn't logged a find in over a month, so he could easily be well over 4000 by now. Quote
+Johnnie Stalkers Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 he sneaks out at night and logs them under a sock-puppet account! What is a sock-puppet account?? My sock puppet account is "Sparky-Watts" You spend alot of time talking to yourself. If you integrated your 2 personas you would be in a better position to challenge the most prolific poster position. Why hasn't the sock puppet question been answered? Is it a secret? Wooo, I just got the creepy feeling that I am the only one who isn't a SP. I gotta go. Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 he sneaks out at night and logs them under a sock-puppet account! What is a sock-puppet account?? My sock puppet account is "Sparky-Watts" You spend alot of time talking to yourself. If you integrated your 2 personas you would be in a better position to challenge the most prolific poster position. Why hasn't the sock puppet question been answered? Is it a secret? Wooo, I just got the creepy feeling that I am the only one who isn't a SP. I gotta go. I'll take the 5th on that one. Quote
+Mopar Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Feel free to markwell me on this ~ Where did the term "sock-puppet account" come from anyway? sock puppet n. [usenet: from the act of placing a sock over your hand and talking to it and pretending it's talking back] In Usenet parlance, a pseudo through which the puppeteer posts follow-ups to their own original message to give the appearance that a number of people support the views held in the original message. Quote
+sbell111 Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Around here, it has mostly been used to describe an account created solely to cause turmoil or to post unpopular opinions. Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 Around here, it has mostly been used to describe an account created solely to cause turmoil or to post unpopular opinions. You are describing GPSaxophone now... we are discussing sock puppets... oops! Quote
+rusty_tlc Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 (edited) I think it's CCCooperAgency Not to get off topic or anything but is CCCooperAgency a team or individual? Aside from that question, how do teams work in geocaching? How would the statistics be compiled? Edit: Doc-Dean was right. Edited December 29, 2003 by rusty_tlc Quote
+Doc-Dean Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 I think it's CCCooperAgency Not to get off topic or anything but is CCCooperAgency a team or individual? Aside from that question, how do teams work in geocaching? How would the statistics be compiled? I have no idea what that photo has to do with the topic... CCCooperAgency is a team from what I have read and they cover some serious ground when geocaching. Over 100 caches in a day one time. Some people think they are legendary, others think they cheat. I have no opinion, someone has to be #1 (and I know it aint gonna be me anytime soon). Quote
+shunra Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 CCCooperAgency is a team from what I have read and they cover some serious ground when geocaching. Over 100 caches in a day one time. Maybe each of the team members has an individual handle as well? If not, it seems utterly silly to do it that way. There is a husband-and-wife team near where I live, where he posts all the logs, and then he adds another log under his wife's handle, which is mostly just 'see XX's post', but sometimes a bit more. From the content it is obvious that it's the same person writing both logs (sometimes referring to what would be herself in the third person, and to her husband in the first, etc.). At least it allows both of them to go out (and log) individually every now and then, which they do... Quote
+Sparky-Watts Posted December 29, 2003 Posted December 29, 2003 I was just scouting a list of cahes to do tomorrow and noticed a lot of them were done in pairs by a husband and wife team. They each posted a log on the cache page under their own account, but it seemed that every other one they would alternate who got the "Found It" smiley and who posted just a note. I thought that was cool, sharing the experience and the count! Quote
+Zinnware Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 I just tabulated the top ten geocachers on 1/23/2003 based on who was in the top 25 on 8/2/2003 and on 1/18/2003. Enjoy: http://zinnware.com/HighAdv/Geocaching/Top...Geocachers.html Quote
+Zinnware Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 (edited) I think it's CCCooperAgency Not to get off topic or anything but is CCCooperAgency a team or individual? Aside from that question, how do teams work in geocaching? How would the statistics be compiled? I have no idea what that photo has to do with the topic... CCCooperAgency is a team from what I have read and they cover some serious ground when geocaching. Over 100 caches in a day one time. Some people think they are legendary, others think they cheat. I have no opinion, someone has to be #1 (and I know it aint gonna be me anytime soon). I have met CCCooperAgency and it is basically one person who brings her husband along. There are a few children that geocache too, but they have their own Geocache Names. It is not uncommon for geocachers to cache with friends and family. I know that they do not cheat. Why would they? I don't think that they individually find separate caches and then record them. I think CCCooperAgnecy has been to all of her finds. You should email CCCooperAgency and ask her? Zinnware Edited January 25, 2004 by Zinnware Quote
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 Zinn I looked at your list and there's a couple of missing Oregon cachers with over 1000 finds each. Logscaler and Rooster_KF. CCCooperAgency has been amazing along with the other top finders. I appreciate that they also have over 300 hides. Quote
+Zinnware Posted January 25, 2004 Posted January 25, 2004 (edited) Zinn I looked at your list and there's a couple of missing Oregon cachers with over 1000 finds each. Logscaler and Rooster_KF. CCCooperAgency has been amazing along with the other top finders. I appreciate that they also have over 300 hides. Thanks for the feedback. I will add them to the list. http://zinnware.com/HighAdv/Geocaching/Top...Geocachers.html I really think Geocaching.com should keep a list. It should be update once per day. Edited January 25, 2004 by Zinnware Quote
+robert Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 I really think Geocaching.com should keep a list. It should be update once per day. Zinnware: We've been through a lot of this in the past about a gc.com "leader board". I wouldn't count on it. Hope to see you at the next gathering! Quote
+Team GPSaxophone Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 Around here, it has mostly been used to describe an account created solely to cause turmoil or to post unpopular opinions. You are describing GPSaxophone now... I don't post unpopular opinions. My opinions are very popular and have been the center of many threads Quote
+wimseyguy Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 I think it's CCCooperAgency Not to get off topic or anything but is CCCooperAgency a team or individual? Aside from that question, how do teams work in geocaching? How would the statistics be compiled? I have no idea what that photo has to do with the topic... CCCooperAgency is a team from what I have read and they cover some serious ground when geocaching. Over 100 caches in a day one time. Some people think they are legendary, others think they cheat. I have no opinion, someone has to be #1 (and I know it aint gonna be me anytime soon). I have met CCCooperAgency and it is basically one person who brings her husband along. There are a few children that geocache too, but they have their own Geocache Names. It is not uncommon for geocachers to cache with friends and family. I know that they do not cheat. Why would they? I don't think that they individually find separate caches and then record them. I think CCCooperAgnecy has been to all of her finds. You should email CCCooperAgency and ask her? Zinnware I have had the pleasure of caching with the CCCoopers' too. She is very high energy and plans road trips to maximize cache density. He is pretty quiet-at least when we were together. Daughter #1 is SBUX. The other two are younger; I don't think they log their finds but do this as afamily activity. Quote
+Mopar Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 [i have had the pleasure of caching with the CCCoopers' too. She is very high energy and plans road trips to maximize cache density. He is pretty quiet-at least when we were together. Daughter #1 is SBUX. The other two are younger; I don't think they log their finds but do this as afamily activity. Exactly right. I too have had the pleasure of caching with them on many occasions. In fact, I think you will find dozens, if not hundreds of cachers spread out all over the right side of the Mississippi River who can say the same thing. That should tell you what sort of ground they cover. Quote
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