Puzzle Cache Poll

[Team Black-Cat]

I can’t say that “puzzles rock” is entirely accurate, but there are certain puzzles that intrigue me. I really like “encryption” type puzzles where everything you need to solve them is right on the cache page. Finding a pattern in the words or numbers that leads to one, definitive solution to the problem is very rewarding. If the puzzle is too ambiguous and can give many different possible answers, it becomes nothing more than a guessing game.
Quite a few of the puzzles in the Fox Valley seem to cater only to the local cachers and require information not easily obtained by someone not from the immediate area. This isn’t a complaint, just an observation. And a good reason to skip the puzzle.
Like Cheeto, I’ve solved way more puzzle caches than I’ll ever be able to find. (It’s been a long winter.) It’s more entertaining than late night TV, and more productive than posting in the GC OT. 😉

[marc_54140]

@Que232 wrote:

Quite a few of the puzzles in the Fox Valley seem to cater only to the local cachers and require information not easily obtained by someone not from the immediate area.

Not true.

Even though a number of the puzzles in the Valley mention cachers by name, it does not require any local knowledge.

A couple do, like my Friends. (Then, maybe not!?). Where’s Dave can be done by anyone who wants to spend a lot of time reading thru logs. Hyde’s Web and Head Case probably require some local knowledge.

There are a large number of directional or collecting information puzzles. You show up at a particular area, answer some questions, and then look for the final.

Before you give up on them, take a closer look at what’s involved.

[Team Black-Cat]

There’s three. I could name more, but you’ve made my point.
I didn’t say that any of the puzzles can’t be done by out of towners, it’s just a bit harder.
Where’s Dave was actually pretty easy, even without local knowledge. Hyde’s Web might have been a bit easier for a local, but it was one of my first true puzzle caches solved, and a favorite. Haven’t done Head Case. Yet. Some others just plane baffle me, and I need an excuse. 😉
I’ll do directional or offset caches if I’m in the area, but most are hardly puzzles. Just multis with a virtual first stage.

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