+travisl Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Leseee... here's last year's discussion, and the rules, and an overview. Last time, the teams were divided on a line splitting King County in half, essentially along I-90. This time, I'm thinking about making it a King vs. Pierce county battle. Anyone interested? Link to comment
Peanut Butter Brigade Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 The Peanut Butter Brigade will avidly catch and toss that hot potato around King Co. Link to comment
+Bull Moose Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 I was going to complain that Kitsap wasn't involved, but looking at the map, I see we are! I'll play! Link to comment
lucyandrickie Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Oh my dear Travis, Did I infer a double dog somehow? I will up your ante and Triple Dog Dare Ya!!! ~Lucy~ Link to comment
+Bull Moose Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Wow! Looking a little closer I'm right on the border, too! (Just north.) Bring it! Link to comment
+Bull Moose Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Whoops. Sorry again. Re-reading your first message, we'd be excluded. Link to comment
+travisl Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 Re-reading your first message, we'd be excluded Yeah, that was last year's game, but me, being in Lakewood and Federal Way, didn't get much of a chance to play. This year, the map would look something like this: Gaviidae has volunteered to be the impartial ref this time. Does this map look fair? (The flat right side is W 122; the flat bottom is N 47) Link to comment
+WeightMan Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 At the farthest how far was the hot potato from the boundary last year? As I recall it was not that far and it was never west of the sound. How about raising the five mile limit this year? Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 So if I read this right, those in King Co. try to move it to Pierce Co. and vice verse. The team that moved it has to wait three hours to move it again and can move it deeper into the opposing team's territory so long as it doesn't move past the max distance and stays within the boundaries as outlined. I'm in for King County. Link to comment
+Right Wing Wacko Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Looking at the new map, it seems to leave out many of the most prolific cachers in the north end and on the east side Link to comment
+CachinCin Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 After PaulW's comment above, I looked at the map again -- this doesn't get up into my area. Does that mean I can't participate, or does it mean the caches that hold the geo-hot potato need to be in that area? Cin Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Looking at the new map, it seems to leave out many of the most prolific cachers in the north end and on the east side yep, I noticed that too. I'm on the King county side of things if I happen to grab that bug. Link to comment
+travisl Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 The blue line on the map shows the boundary of where the hot potato can travel. The red line is the line between the teams. Even if you're outside of the boundary, you can still come inside and move the bug (within 5 miles of its current position). The blue line boundaries are (starting from the southwest corner): From the intersection of N 47° and SR 165, north along SR 165 and SR 410 into Enumclaw, Through Enumclaw northwest eight blocks on SR 164, From Enumclaw northward up SR 169 to W 122°, North up W 122° to I-90, Westward along I-90 to Lake Washington, around the northern end of Mercer Island, then westward along I-90 to Royal Brougham Way, continuing into Elliot Bay, Westward along the Seattle-Bremerton ferry route, but continuing through the water to the intersection of SR 16 and SR 3, Southwestward along SR 3 to the Kitsap/Mason county border, South along the Mason county border to the Pierce/Thurston/Mason county border Southeasterly along the Pierce county border to Fort Lewis (at the railroad crossing of the Nisqually River), Southeasterly along a line drawn to the intersection of SR 607 and N 47°, East along N 47° to SR 165 The red dividing line is Pierce county's northern border, from the Mason/Pierce/Kitsap county point, east to SR 410. I'll tweak the rules and place the potato tonight. I guess I better declare myself on the Pierce County team. Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 (edited) Ok. How do we monitor this so we know when the ball has been moved? Edited January 8, 2004 by TotemLake Link to comment
+NomadRaven Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 The hot potato has been revived? Hooray! I had a lot of fun with this last year as a newbie cacher. This is probably the one thing that will get me out caching in all of this snow and slush... I'd better get out some warm socks and try to regain some of my Eastern Washington toughness! I'm in Federal Way, so I'll play for King county. Bring it, Pierce county! Link to comment
+Criminal Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 What team is Travis on again? Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 What team is Travis on again? I guess I better declare myself on the Pierce County team. So where's that going to put you Criminal? Link to comment
+travisl Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 Ok. How do we monitor this so we know when the ball has been moved? Add the Puget Sound Geo Hot Potato bug to your watch list by clicking here. With the newly revised bug pages, I don't see how to add bugs, but I guessed lucky on the URL. Link to comment
+runhills Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 I wasn't caching last year but this sounds like a lot of fun! Is there a limit on players per team or is it county against county? Link to comment
+travisl Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 Pierce against King (and a little Kisap). North vs. South. Us vs. them. Which, of course, gives a little incentive to drag more people into the game. Link to comment
+Wander Lost Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I declare myself for King County! Link to comment
+Stump Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 TravisL will soon be dropping off the Hot Potato at an undisclosed location. The game will start on my Go at about 7:00 PM tonight. Weather reports forecast the area to stay above the freezing level all night so no reason someone couldn't go night caching and move it tonight. Good luck everyone. Link to comment
+runhills Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Yea King County!! I will keep my eye open and support as I can! Link to comment
+CachinCin Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Yup, I'm beyond the boundaries, but I'll do my best to keep that darned potato to the south. Cin Link to comment
+travisl Posted January 9, 2004 Author Share Posted January 9, 2004 I placed it at a cache, but the cache appears missing (or I'm blind - no surprise there), so just look for the hot potato's plastic bag. Link to comment
+runhills Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Yup, I'm beyond the boundaries, but I'll do my best to keep that darned potato to the south. Cin Cindy, Did you get posted as being on the South Team by mistake? If not, how can you and the PBB be on opposite sides? Link to comment
+Stump Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 The game has started. The Hot Potato has been placed at the location of Acorn On The Rocks pretty durn near the border. Unfortunately, this cache was buried by snow, moved, or it's gone so the Potato was left in a ziploc bag in the hollow space under a rock where the cache used to be. You can follow the score at the following website: http://users.techline.com/stump/gc/potato.html or just track the TB. Points will start to accumulate as soon as the TB is moved and then logged. Please remember when logging the TB to log the time the TB was LOGGED not when it was placed in a cache. Game on. Link to comment
+Stump Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Did you get posted as being on the South Team by mistake? If not, how can you and the PBB be on opposite sides? CachinCin is on the North team. The North team wants the "ball" to stay in the south. Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Did you get posted as being on the South Team by mistake? If not, how can you and the PBB be on opposite sides? CachinCin is on the North team. The North team wants the "ball" to stay in the south. Another way to look at it is this, our turf is the north half and we want to drive the ball into the south or the other side of the 50 yard line and into thre end zone. Since you don't actually score touchdowns here, the scoring has to be different thus the goal of keeping it on the other side of the 50. Link to comment
+runhills Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I understand the game, when I first viewed the Teams, Cindy was listed on the South thus the reason for my post! The listing has been corrected and she is on the RIGHT team Link to comment
+Stump Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I understand the game... Then you're doing better than me! I didn't realize you'd already found the website and my mistake... Link to comment
+runhills Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 gavidae, What dirt does somebody know to con you into being the referee? I tried to post indicating a possible error without pointing a finger at the referee! By the way, I probably just think I understand the game! Link to comment
+Perrin Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Pierce County can count on the support of Perrin and Faile! Hope we can still play even though the game has started Link to comment
+Ajetpilot Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I'm in. I live in Olalla, so I'm a Northerner. Link to comment
+Ajetpilot Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Wait a minute. I guess that since the game has begun, then my team is determined by the location of the first cache I ever found within the game boundaries. Have I got that right? The first one I found in this area was GC1027, which is definitely in the south. Or I'm I completely confused? Link to comment
+Stump Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Yes, ajetpilot you would be on the south team. Welcome to the game. Link to comment
+Stump Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 What dirt does somebody know to con you into being the referee? As long as I'm a ref I can't play. And if I can't play I won't be tempted to drive 2 hours to move the ball. And if I don't drive 2 hours to move a little ball my wife will be happy. I tried to post indicating a possible error without pointing a finger at the referee! Thanks, as soon as I read it I recognized my error. I just didn't realize Travis had already posted the site and thought you were making the same mistake I did! Link to comment
+runhills Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 (edited) Game On! Thee Ball has moved! Edited January 9, 2004 by runhills Link to comment
+WeightMan Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Count me in. Since I only have one find in Pierce County, I am on the King team. I would have tried to move it today, but I won't be able to log it until Sunday at the earliest so I will have to sit out the first few days. Link to comment
+Drinksmith Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Count me in for this! I'm definitely a northerner, with my first-found being GC6170. Time for ninja caching of doom! Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Game On! Thee Ball has moved! Good going Runhills! Link to comment
+wildwillys Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Go, fight, win! Peirce Co. count us in. Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Travis has the ball now. Link to comment
+Criminal Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Can we have a vote about that 5 mile rule? 15 would be better, no limit would be even better than that. Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 LOL The 5 mile rule just bought Travisl a second trip to fix his placement. Link to comment
+Stump Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Travis has the ball now. And fumbled it...! BTW - Heard from Black Acorn and it looks like Acorn On The Rocks has been moved from it's original location. He couldn't find it at 10:50 this morning. Link to comment
+runhills Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I am having problems with my email. Have Black Acorn email his phone to flyingdogs if he wants help locating his cache? Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I looked at the previous threads and all the links I could find, but couldn't see how the point accumulation works. So that we're not playing somewhat blind to this, can a summary be posted here and have the rules updated to include the mechanics of the point accumulation? Link to comment
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