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Re: Adventure Lab
By: walktall Date: September 6, 2020, 3:04 pm
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Still don't like how they are treated differently to other
caches and now no GPX file either :(
BUT saying all that, I can see the enjoyment doing them :)
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Re: Adventure Lab
By: Griff Grof Date: September 11, 2020, 6:54 am
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[quote author=walktall link=topic=821.msg11871#msg11871
date=1599422648]
Still don't like how they are treated differently to other
caches and now no GPX file either :([/quote]
HQ have said that they’ll be on the main geocaching map by the
end of this year. They also said that it’ll be easier to find
caches and complete ALs at the same time - so I assume that the
Lab app will show caches, and vice versa (maybe tapping on a
cache in the lab app will switch you to the geocaching app).
But I agree - even if they do that, there’s still a long way to
go. Why can’t their name be listed on the GC website leaderboard
(it just says “Adventure Lab cache” for each stage)? Why can’t
they show up in your list of finds (clicking on the name could
just send you to the app download page)? Why can’t their size be
listed as ‘virtual’, or simply ‘other’? Why can’t the CO give a
D/T rating for each stage?
I personally don’t mind the requirement to use the app... it’s
just one of many cache types.
One thing that also annoys me, which isn’t HQ’s fault, is that
Project-GC doesn’t count labs (unless you pay). I understood
this when they were exclusive to big events, but there are
thousands of permanent Adventure Lab stages across the world
now. So, surely they should treat them as a normal cache type?
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Re: Adventure Lab
By: walktall Date: September 13, 2020, 3:44 am
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Good to hear they trying to integrate them more onto the main GC
site.
[quote author=Griff Grof link=topic=821.msg11874#msg11874
date=1599825299]
I personally don’t mind the requirement to use the app... it’s
just one of many cache types.
[/quote]
The only problem with only available on the app is that you have
to have an internet connection on your mobile. Last night was a
classic example on a FTF hunt. I found a cache
(
HTML https://coord.inf
o/GC8ZPN6) near Elmley Castle (south of
Evesham) and I like to log the find with a quick FTF FLTF, so
others can see its been found but I had no internet on my
mobile; I wouldn't call where I was "in the back & beyond". I
wonder what areas of the UK will be no go areas for AL's :o
A GPX download for Labs would solve this issue (hang on they
use to have this!) and you log them when you have a connection
again.
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Re: Adventure Lab
By: Griff Grof Date: September 13, 2020, 6:25 am
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I agree that a GPX download should be an option for those who
want it.
I was looking at the 'logs' for the new Labs in Painswick, and
people are reporting poor phone signal there :(
I guess that's why most Labs are tours of larger towns and
cities, rather than more rural areas.
#Post#: 11880--------------------------------------------------
Re: Adventure Lab
By: walktall Date: October 4, 2020, 5:30 am
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Forgot to check to see if there were any AL's about on my
holiday in Cornwall till I read a log on a standard cache :o
So decided to try Kit Hill's AL and nearly gave up doing it :o I
found the AL had to be done in order but according to the CO of
the physical bonus (
HTML https://coord.inf
o/GC8MC9P), you could do
them in any order, I wasn't given a choice and ended retracing
my steps twice, up and down the hill >:(
I checked the physical bonus cache and saw you had to retrace
your steps again and go a bit further, by then I had just given
up, so didn't do the bonus.
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Re: Adventure Lab
By: Griff Grof Date: October 11, 2020, 5:16 am
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That sounds very annoying. :(
I saw a new AL pop up yesterday that covered 3 of the 5 stages
of another (still active) AL in the same town :o - before too
long, most towns/villages of interest will have one, and then
what?
It was inevitable, but several of my ideas have now been taken,
and the way things are going, I don't know whether I'll manage
to set one up before the deadline :( I don't really understand
why there are deadlines, and why they are so close... Virtual
rewards had to be placed within 12 months, not 2 months! :D
#Post#: 11882--------------------------------------------------
Re: Adventure Lab
By: walktall Date: October 11, 2020, 4:02 pm
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My AL ran out of time :o Still trying to get it reactivated or a
replacement
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Re: Adventure Lab
By: walktall Date: October 19, 2020, 5:08 pm
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And now its been reactivated 8)
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Re: Adventure Lab
By: Griff Grof Date: October 31, 2020, 5:01 am
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I see that your labs are now published
[member=3]walktall[/member] - great idea! :)
I still haven’t got round to setting mine up, but I have an
idea... hopefully I’m not beaten to it!
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Re: Adventure Lab
By: walktall Date: November 4, 2020, 3:54 am
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Because I published mine before the deadline, I've now been
awarded another set of 5, to be published by the 15th Dec - this
could be tricky and if I want a Bonus cache, it'll have to be
right to the wire now GC England have decided to suspend new
caches during lockdown :o
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