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Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: walktall
Date: December 12, 2012, 4:18 pm
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--- Quote from: Griff Grof link ---
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> Yes it's almost as if they don't deserve our money :o Having
said that, they do a lot... Well, run a website, not the game.
And I think for the features you get for being a PM it's a
little overpriced in my view :-\ But it's a super website, with
a huge database of caches to fit every mood - the biggest
community too... Sadly I think all the other sites started up
too late. Geocaching is like a different game on sites other
than GC.com :o I wouldn't leave the GC.com site, whatever they
do, and I still would like my premium membership as it does
support their great efforts - even if they get it wrong
sometimes, but we all make mistakes :)
>
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Perhaps we should all join another geocaching site and start
placing caches in the area ???
I'm like you Griff, I will not leave geocaching.com but they
keep putting their feet in their mouths :o
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Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: SangueG
Date: December 12, 2012, 4:53 pm
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Or go one step further and start hosting hidden caches on this
site ;D
What I get out of paying groundspeak currently, is: Being able
to award favourites. Having a few more caches available to me to
do (this was my original reason for paying up). And PQs, though
I honestly have only run a few over the past year. Yes I know
premiums have other extras, but those are the few that I am
making use of.
#Post#: 3359--------------------------------------------------
Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: cx6
Date: December 13, 2012, 1:41 am
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I think the $30/year is reasonable value. I don't pay simply
because I don't like the way GS conducts its business. If
everyone felt the same and GS went under, it wouldn't bother me.
Whoever stepped into the void would surely give a damn about
their customers more than GS does.
#Post#: 3362--------------------------------------------------
Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: Griff Grof
Date: December 13, 2012, 2:15 am
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The first UK Challenge? :o :-\ Another clue please! :D
I think that all another site needs to take off is an active
community like on GC.com :) I like how Cotswold Caching hosts a
couple of caches oh there too - I thought that was a very good
idea ;D
#Post#: 3395--------------------------------------------------
Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: SangueG
Date: December 14, 2012, 5:26 pm
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Hosting caches; I don't think we'll ever rival GC.com, but that
wasn't my intention. More it was a way of providing a little
extra fun to do outside. For the very local Cirencester one I
though it would be good for families who can't travel far, to
hide and seek it during school holidays, that didn't really
work, but I will hide another and try again soon.
cx6, for that first UK challenge, if I remember correctly of
it's history, it must of also of been one of the first to be
archived by the public and then un-archived again by
groundspeak. Would I be right in saying that?
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Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: walktall
Date: December 14, 2012, 5:45 pm
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My thought was if we also started to used, for arguments sake,
opencaching.org.uk
HTML http://www.opencaching.org.uk
, we could start to build up
numbers of caches in this area and be able to have cache types
that GC.com will not allow.
Don't expect to get to the loft heights of GC.com but you have
to start somewhere. We could get some really good caches that we
could not have placed due to GC.com's limitations.
#Post#: 3401--------------------------------------------------
Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: walktall
Date: December 14, 2012, 6:22 pm
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opencaching.org.uk also has Moving cache type ;D
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> A moving cache changes its location after each find. Everyone
who found it, moves it to a new location and publishes the new
coordinates in its log in the service. Log a note of your intent
to hunt for it so others know you going after it. If you find it
and take it, please log your find quickly. If possible leave an
indicator like an "X" on the ground in its place to signal to a
following geocacher that it's gone. When you rehide it, please
conceal it well and make sure your coordinates are accurate.
When you post that you have rehidden it, please include the new
coordinates and new difficulty/terrain rating. When you report
the new location, please make a new entry (Post a Note) so owner
cache receive an email message to alert of the new position.
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Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: Griff Grof
Date: December 15, 2012, 4:09 am
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--- Quote from: walktall link ---
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> opencaching.org.uk also has Moving cache type ;D
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>
>
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That sounds great ;D
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Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: cx6
Date: December 15, 2012, 9:43 am
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I would happily cross-list all of my caches on oc-uk, but those
running the site have declared it "pointless" to do so. I think
it's far from pointless. By having an entry on gc.com as well,
you are bagging the space. And how else does oc-uk ever think
it's going to grow?
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Re: RIP Challenges
DIR By: walktall
Date: December 15, 2012, 9:53 am
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I've now only got two oc-uk caches but like to keep them
separate from gc.com.
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