Apology accepted, but that wasn’t the one I expected!

@seldom|seen wrote:

I wish to express my personal apologies to anyone who searched for S|S caches while participating in a puzzle tour or being directly affected by my actions to abate them. It was not up to the standards that I have set for myself in this sport and my interest in making puzzle solves worth the effort. Not only that, but to do so by perpetrating an alias and pretending it wasn’t me, was beyond the pale and anyone caught in the crossfire has my sincerest apology.

I will continue to express my disappointment with this manner of caching, but will no longer use these public forums to do so. All of you deserve better of me, especially those who side with me on the issue and feel like you were taken advantage of. Know that my actions represent the degree of passion I put into this sport and the value I seek to add, and maintain, to the experience beyond the rudimentary elements of finding a container with a GPS.

All S|S caches will be up and running again soon after I find the time to determine which ones I wish to adopt out, in the meantime, feel free to log any disabled caches, provided you can find them…

I couldn’t have said it any better myself….

@seldom|seen wrote:

I wish to express my personal apologies to anyone who searched for S|S caches while participating in a puzzle tour or being directly affected by my actions to abate them. It was not up to the standards that I have set for myself in this sport and my interest in making puzzle solves worth the effort. Not only that, but to do so by perpetrating an alias and pretending it wasn’t me, was beyond the pale and anyone caught in the crossfire has my sincerest apology.

I will continue to express my disappointment with this manner of caching, but will no longer use these public forums to do so. All of you deserve better of me, especially those who side with me on the issue and feel like you were taken advantage of. Know that my actions represent the degree of passion I put into this sport and the value I seek to add, and maintain, to the experience beyond the rudimentary elements of finding a container with a GPS.

All S|S caches will be up and running again soon after I find the time to determine which ones I wish to adopt out, in the meantime, feel free to log any disabled caches, provided you can find them…

Hmm – an apology from the aggrieved party? That was not something I was expecting.

The fact you felt a need to apologize shows you have a concern for people above your own needs and demonstrates good character. This is something I respect! However I’m not sure that you needed to apologize for anything. I do NOT feel as if your actions were that of a bratty child saying “if you can’t play in the sandbox the way I tell you, then we’re not playing at all!”

Quite the contrary… I feel your sentiments are quite justified. If you had decided to archive your caches permanently I would be quite saddened but understanding. Everyone who geocaches would have lost something that day. Some people don’t understand what it means to be in charge of a couple hundred caches, don’t understand what kind of effort goes into creating an elaborate thought out puzzle cache… and unless they were in your shoes – would not understand how it feels to see all that hard work casually dismissed. So I think you were justified in feeling like “why should I even bother anymore”.

In light of your announcement to reinstate the majority of your caches – I am thrilled to no end!! See the wonderful thing is, there are far more people (I feel) who DO honestly and genuinely appreciate what you and other CO’s do for the game.

But I urge you please do not beat your self up and feel as if you were wrong to feel how you felt.

As for using this public forum to vent and let your feelings be known? What is wrong with that? Personally I think these forums were the perfect place to discuss things. The conversations here have been civil and intelligent. You brought an issue to the table that affects Geocachers, in a forum for Geocachers. Again I see no harm in that. I prefer to get things out in to the open… let the facts be known… I despise closed doors affairs… had you not said anything here – I wouldn’t have had any idea what was going on! It has also allowed everyone who does care, an opportunity to state so! It has shown that there are far more good people in our sport, than trouble makers. Something I am proud of!

I have a busy weekend ahead of me, which will unfortunately not have time for any geocaching (at least I don’t think I’ll have time). But I will be watching closely to see how things progress 🙂 Perhaps I’ll try to make another attempt at the Doctor Visits cache… my arch nemesis which I WILL find some day heh…

TerribleTom

@terribletom wrote:

But I urge you please do not beat your self up and feel as if you were wrong to feel how you felt.
As for using this public forum to vent and let your feelings be known? What is wrong with that?

Just a clarification for readers. I’m not “beating myself up” for the way I feel about this subject matter, nor am I apologizing for any venting of my frustrations in these forums or for defending my viewpoint, and those of others who share it, about the value of going the distance on puzzle solving. My apology was intended directly for those deserving individuals who spent time looking for caches, that weren’t there to find, as a result of my attempts to thwart recent puzzle tours. Having gone down every other avenue of appeal without success, I took the dark alley… and matters into my own hands. Insomuch as I violated the WGA forum terms of use, I take full responsibility for my actions and wholly accept any tarnishing of character that follows it, as must the other primary party in this controversy.

Everything that can be said has been said. Everything that could be laid bare has been laid bare. Now it’s time to own up, accept and move on…