Seriously?????

[Cachelovskys]

I have taken a little break from geocaching, but now am trying to get back into it. Back into “caching shape” before the summer Cache Ba$h. It has ben a while since I have been on the forums. It is amazing how the same conversations come up over and over again.

My reason for chiming into this conversation is that I also feel very strongly on this topic. I LOVE PUZZLE CACHES. I LOVE SOLVING PUZZLE CACHES. It may be ego, but I like being able to sign my name to something that only a handful or less have done. That is part of what keeps me going in geocaching.

Signing my name to a puzzle log, after doing no work for it, seems cheap to me. I could go on and on, and yes, you can play the game as you want. Communication with the cache owner is the most important. A simple question like, “I am leading a puzzle tour, can I include your puzzle in the list?” If the answer comes back, no, then…(as previously stated) everyone can play the game as they wish. Respect That!

[RJ McKenzie]

Personally I’ve put 515 puzzles on my ignore list so they don’t keep showing up on searches. I’m not a puzzle person, I don’t like the idea of sitting at a computer working on solves for geocache puzzles. Not my idea of a good time. While others may find this fun, I don’t. I used to go and log every puzzle I came across when I didn’t do the “puzzle” myself. Now I could care less about logging a little smiley on them.

The type of puzzle I enjoy is going somewhere, learning about something, getting the numbers and off to the final.

I geocache for the fun of it. I like caching with other people. BSing in the car all day, having a damn good time, eating a good meal with friends and family, ect.

So I for one am gonna go along on this little tour and enjoy myself. And have some good pizza at the event following. My numbers for the day will probably be 1 for the event and that is fine by me. I’m gonna have fun geocaching.

[Todd300]

I’m not a fan of puzzle caches myself. Of my 756 finds, just 31 were puzzle caches and the majority of them were field solves, meaning I gather information at markers like in a cemetery then off to the final.

Unless it is an easy solve, I don’t relish the idea of sitting at a computer for hours trying to solve just one puzzle. Not my thing.

As for pocket querys, I basically filter out puzzles if I’m in a puzzle dense area like Appleton. I do the same on GSAK when loading the GPS.

I’m not fond of crowds either. Unless the event is small, I probably won’t be attending events this year as well.

[neonride93]

I have just over 200 on my ignore list. I don’t mind sitting at a computer working on them, but that is only because I have time at work somedays. Other then that I don’t touch em. I have a 5 min rule. If It doesn’t jump out at me in 5 mins, it most likely wont at all. I agree with Ryan, I cache for the friendships and the funs times on the trips we take, to see a new area of the state, or for boredom. I have solved around 50-60 puzzles, have about 50 field solves, and have a few “freebies” from trips where someone else had the solve. I will do this bus tour, and I will be happy to get some of those “pesky” ?? marks off my map. I have worked with a lot of the puzzle people in this town and a few of them I consider good geo palls. I will work with them individually if I do something they don’t like, but not because of rules but becosue of freindship.

And of course Pizza King is awesome!

[RJ McKenzie]

Well Judgement day is upon us! Y’all ready for the Puzzle Tour? It’s kinda funny how they both end up on the same day.

[huffinpuffin2]

Tick-Tock……

Think it goes like this:

We have until 8pm sharp, so cache while you can, good people!

The not-so-good people, will still have another 5 months to cache, but they will all be 6/6 Puxxle DNFs

[RJ McKenzie]

I got that song by REM stuck in my head. “It’s the end of the world as we know it”

[huffinpuffin2]

Crud! Now I do too! THANKS A LOT! (good melody, though :wink:)

[CodeJunkie]

@RJ McKenzie wrote:

I got that song by REM stuck in my head. “It’s the end of the world as we know it”

That song isn’t in any of GR’s music puzzles is it?

[huffinpuffin2]

Ain’t tellin’! 😉

[gotta run]

‘fraid not…but on the topic of music, I think this album cover could have been taken along the tour route yesterday, dontcha think? 😈

On the Left Side of the Road...

[JimandLinda]

HAH! Spittin’ image, dontcha think?! 😆 😆 😆

[CodeJunkie]

Well I got some “great” logs on the Laughing Waters series I adopted.

[cheezehead]

I wanna know whay there has been no tour this away. 😕 Maybe my puzzle are not worthy? 😥 Maybe they are afraid of being plinked? 😡 Or maybe they are afraid that the bus can’t make it down the firelanes!! 😈 😉 😆 😮 😀

[Barry Butrymowicz]

Chris, don’t take offense if the tours have not visited your area, busses are not allowed north of Highway 8

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