Challenges

[Team Black-Cat]

Amazing.
Groundspeak must have spent many exhausting minutes planning this out.

[Team Black-Cat]

@huffinpuffin2 wrote:

This is just like a chemistry experiment:
http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CX1D1

Really?… 🙄

[Cheesehead Dave]

Jeremy’s blog post on Challenges: http://blog.geocaching.com/2011/08/the-eureka-moment-challenges/

It looks like the idea was to find something that would appease the still-vocal masses who want Virtuals returned, but would not bring back all the angst and problems that they brought.

One note that many early Challenge creators are missing is that these aren’t exactly Locationless caches; you must tie your Challenge to a specific location. So if you feel the need to create a planking challenge, it has to be “Post a picture of yourself planking on this specific park bench” and not “Post a picture of you planking on a park bench anywhere.”

That said, I’m not sure why this was folded into the full site and not made into a separate game like Waymarking or benchmark hunting.

Just for fun, I published one anyway: http://coord.info/CX287

[CodeJunkie]

@CodeJunkie wrote:

Here’s a twisted theory to double your “found” count.

I could publish a “challenge” for every cache that I own which states, “Find cache XXX”. By doing so, you’ll get a “found” for the cache and another “found” when you complete the challenge.

Well this theory has already caught on.
Virtual Cache – So many Storeys, So Little Time (GC47A4)
Challenge – Don’t Look Down! (http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CX287)

[lone_gunman]

Here’s a question…..how does one create a worldwide challenge? or is that groundspeak only?

[Team Black-Cat]

I hope they don’t show up on the maps, and I REALLY hope they don’t show up in PQs.

BTW, Cheesehead Dave’s challenge is more like what I was expecting…

[huffinpuffin2]

@huffinpuffin2 wrote:

This is just like a chemistry experiment:
http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CX1D1

And it’s Cantrell with the FTChallenge! Ka-BOOM! :lol3:

[huffinpuffin2]

@Team Black-Cat wrote:

@huffinpuffin2 wrote:

This is just like a chemistry experiment:
http://www.geocaching.com/challenges/view.aspx?cx=CX1D1

Really?… 🙄

OK, then. Like checking spaghetti – throw it on the wall and see if it sticks. Closer? 8)

And, finally found away to set up an external link to the ‘Useless’ thread. Thought you’d be pleased……………..

[Team_Sandman]

I think there stupid I archived mine already way to easy to get numbers now. I see a lot of abuse in the future on these

[lone_gunman]

Just a heads up, we’re gonna have a super conductor turned up full blast and pointed at you for the duration of this next test. I’ll be honest, we’re throwing science at the walls here to see what sticks. No idea what it’ll do.

[huffinpuffin2]

Hmmmmmmmm……. another analogy – there’s finally a ‘Useless Drivel’ cache classification.

[Cheesehead Dave]

@lone_gunman wrote:

Here’s a question…..how does one create a worldwide challenge? or is that groundspeak only?

Right now, it seems that only Groundspeak can create the worldwide ones.

[CodeJunkie]

@sandman4182 wrote:

I see a lot of abuse in the future on these

Really? I can’t imagine anyone abusing this. 🙄 🙄

If it stays I’m probably done with geocaching because it’s made the whole “geocaching” thing worthless. Where’s that thread about what will kill the game?

[CacheNoTrace]

Did someone say

KaBOOM!!!!!

:evil2:

[Team_Sandman]

@CodeJunkie wrote:

@sandman4182 wrote:

I see a lot of abuse in the future on these

Really? I can’t imagine anyone abusing this. 🙄 🙄

If it stays I’m probably done with geocaching because it’s made the whole “geocaching” thing worthless. Where’s that thread about what will kill the game?

Good point Code. I will just stay away from these dumb ____ challenges and keep on caching like I would if these weren’t here. This way we can see who is the TRUE HONEST CACHERS ARE ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ ❗ :back: :back: :back: :back: <

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