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11/14/2008 at 6:06 pm #1727316
We had wonderful feedback from everybody for the 2008 Cache Bash, but planning is starting for next year for our August 15, 16 event.
We would like to know from those who attended if there is anything you would like to see at next year’s event? What would you like to stay the same?
One thing I can tell you is we will not be doing any sort of “race” to see who finishes first, too risky with that many people, parking restrictions, etc… but we are open to any other suggestions. 😀
We will be adding more parking coordinates this year, that was a big response we got back on the sheets everybody filled out at the end of the day. Will be done. Sooo…
Bring it – – what do you want? 😆
11/14/2008 at 6:21 pm #1897838An extra hour to cache. We would have been able to find all of them if we had just one more hour before having to check in. 😀
11/14/2008 at 6:58 pm #1897839I vote for free beer.
11/14/2008 at 7:00 pm #1897840I would agree….50 caches in the time allowed was tough! I managed it with some time to spare but having more time or a few less caches would be great…and perhaps offering a chocolate prize or two 😈
11/14/2008 at 7:01 pm #1897841dee – you are going to need it, remember you guys have to approve 50 more caches 😯 😛 One more hour may be doable, we wanted to get the prize drawing done and people home before it got too late, figured they could come back on Sunday or whenever since they are permanent, but I will definitely mention it! Thanks for the feedback so far. 😀
11/14/2008 at 7:03 pm #1897842@Team Deejay wrote:
I vote for free beer.
Can I second this?
11/14/2008 at 8:02 pm #1897843Sure, I’ll third it – ha! 😀
So how do ya all feel about adding a bit of variety. This year, most of it was pretty straight forward caching.
We were discussing a few multis, a puzzle or two (easy), coordinate only caches (no hints, info, nothing, just coords) to add a little something different and spice it up a notch, what do you say?
Last question, would you still come if there was not a large prize drawing at the end? I am pretty sure there will be, but would that make a huge difference on your wanting to attend next year?
11/14/2008 at 8:11 pm #1897844We still haven’t even found even half of the hides from the event. Since most of them are not going away for a while the more important part of the event for us was the social part. Shortening that would impact our decision to attend more than the quantity and type of caches. We go out caching at least twice a week so when we attend events it’s to see all of the friends that we.’ve made and meet some new ones.
11/15/2008 at 12:00 am #1897845@LDove wrote:
We had wonderful feedback from everybody for the 2008 Cache Bash, but planning is starting for next year for our August 15, 16 event.
We would like to know from those who attended if there is anything you would like to see at next year’s event? What would you like to stay the same?
One thing I can tell you is we will not be doing any sort of “race” to see who finishes first, too risky with that many people, parking restrictions, etc… but we are open to any other suggestions. 😀
We will be adding more parking coordinates this year, that was a big response we got back on the sheets everybody filled out at the end of the day. Will be done. Sooo…
Bring it – – what do you want? 😆
Is was an excellent event, and if ya just repeat what ya did last time, I am sure it will be a success again. Personally, I think that the best bet would be to not change anything much. Why tamper with a winning formula?
zuma
11/15/2008 at 12:09 am #1897846This was a great event! I agree about having more time, but I am fairly new to this and need as much time as I can get. It got long at the end going through all the prizes, especially having a distance to drive home, but I can see Mister Greenthumb’s point about using that time as a social. Having a big prize was an incentive to stick around, though. Still, my main reason for attending would not be the prizes. I like the idea of having a variety of cache types. Maybe you could also include a list of last year’s coordinates, or any in the area, for those who are staying for the whole weekend. Although, that could be a lot of work that we could do on our own. All in all, it was organized very well. I especially appreciated the coordinate download, not having to spend half my morning entering them by hand, and a map of the area.
11/15/2008 at 1:21 am #1897847@Team Deejay wrote:
I vote for free beer.
I always knew Team Deejay was smart, but this boarders on genius!!
11/16/2008 at 3:35 am #1897848OK, I thought of something. While you should still provide downloads to those who need it, I’d like to see a download file made available on the event page or WGA site at around 10PM on Friday before the event. This would ease the burden on those helping with the downloads and also let those starting early avoid some of the lines. You can still control the start time with handing out the stamp sheets.
While easy multis would add variety, I’m not sure that would really add to the game. When we arrived at the one offset cache you had this year, we found a team doing a full cavity search on the park sign which happened to be the START of the offset, not the finish. I took the opportunity to teach them about offsets and then we went for the cache together. As far as puzzles go, I don’t believe they are appropriate for an event like this, other than field puzzles (take the numbers off the sign to make the coordinates…) which are perfectly fine.
Like Zuma said, I wouldn’t mess too much with success here. Maybe spread out a bit to the west and north to get more territory. Otherwise, you’ve got a winner.
11/16/2008 at 4:15 am #1897849@Team Deejay wrote:
I’d like to see a download file made available on the event page or WGA site at around 10PM on Friday before the event. This would ease the burden on those helping with the downloads
I second this thought. With the wide variety of gpsr’s out there, we ran into some really “old” ones and fancy-smanchy new ones that, frankly, I had no idea how to download to. This would ease the burden of….”Hey Jeremy, come help here,” and would ease the frustration of cachers who were annoyed when the volunteer downloaders didn’t “know” every nuance or how to operate their unit.
11/16/2008 at 4:00 pm #1897850For what it’s worth, I too would like the ability to do downloads the night before the event starts.
Controlling the start time with hand out of the official forms at the park at a specific time appears to be a winner too.
You could also provide free coffee and donuts for ALL the local law enforcement – say an hour before the event starts.😀
11/17/2008 at 3:00 am #1897851I’d love to have some puzzle caches! The harder the better! But, it would be better if the puzzles were available a day or two earlier. Of course, if that’s too much work for the event planners, easy ones are ok too. I agree that if we were able to download the file the night before it would really make things easier on the day of caching.
Have my calendar marked and I’m ready for the challenge whatever it may be!
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