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I have deleted duplicated logs of my own before.  And BigJim, thanks for putting a smile on my face.

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I’m jealous, completing the series, but more jealous of the adventure.

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hack1of2 wrote:

Dang. I had posted a reply a few days ago about oldies, then edited it right away because of a misspelled word, and when I clicked “submit” it disappeared, including my original post. I was hoping it would reappear if I refreshed the page, but I see it’s missing still. I don’t even recall what I had said, but I’m sure it must have been brilliant.

. Been there done that.  Sucks.

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For some reason I didn’t subscribe to this forum.  Doh!  Loved seeing the Awhips made it to the event.  Didn’t realize how competitive the night cache thing is…can’t wait for the next one.  Yeah the rain sucked.  But it does come with bragging rights.

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I haven’t found it yet, and am not looking for any hints.  But can you explain what is necessary from a cache maintenance stand point?  Are there any physical caches?  Or just a “email me the answers to…” kind of thing.  I think this information will help this cache find an adopter.

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To quote a previous WGA presidents creative words and use as my own:

May 17th -19th Governor Thompson State Park

GC8491Y 2019 WGA Spring Campout

Temporary night cache competition

Do you have what it takes…? You think you are good, but are you THAT good?

This is your chance…play outside the rules, go all out and show what you can do.

Here are the rules:

___________ there are no rules.

1 Night for 1 hour you have the opportunity to conjure up all of the creativity you can muster and participate…and possibly RULE the Annual WGA Campout Night Cache competition.

Do you have some great ideas for a night cache but they are not practical for long term use?

Are you an wizard with thingamabobs, like to play with electronics, got a great idea to use highly reflective stickers, have an old set of Christmas lights aching for a new use, know how to manipulate lasers and mirrors in fun and exciting ways.

We dare ya. Ya, we said it. We Double Dog Dare Ya to prove you are the best creating a night cache.

Knock our socks off…if you think you can do this, prove it.

Sign up for the WGA Spring Campout Night Cache event.

Wisconsin Geocaching Association

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I don’t understand the need for the stacking rules.

To answer the question of why do we need more smilies?  We don’t, but hosting an event is designed for meeting people.  It seems that was the case for the campfire.

Creating an event would be an excellent way to get the word out to the masses.  As far as an event for the pancake breakfast, it’s an added convenience for the planners that have to estimate the amount of food they need to purchase.

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Nice.

 

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Leaflet?

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I can’t see any reason why a CITO couldn’t take place at a wildlife area.  I love the idea of moving from location to location, I think that brings more people out to CITO, when it is new areas.  To anyone thinking of hosting a CITO, remember that the WGA will sponsor a portion of it.

I also think that this idea, and I see a lot of potential here, will have to come from a member.  Of course the BOD are always here to help, but have many other responsibilities as well.

Also, don’t feel overwhelmed if you have an idea but don’t have a means to bring it to life.  That’s the beauty of the forums we can put ideas out there, and maybe someone else is looking for a project, but their ideas are lacking.

Cache on my friends.

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Couple thoughts here.  First, I am a fam of using technology to make our lives easier, however waiting around for all the geocaching apps to get around to putting a date feature on the system, could be a while.  Especially Groundspeak the owner of Geocaching.com, as they seem to be way behind others in this arena.  Also, did u know that Cachly uses an API, whereas C:geo only “scrapes the internet”, whatever that means.  I dread about that in the forums of Cachly recently.  My point here is that the two are not the same.

Now to drill down to what I think is the more important point.  I thought I heard there was an algorithm involved in figuring which 500 or so caches made the list.  Something more than just the 500 oldest.  Maybe there is, maybe there isn’t.  What I understand Russ to be saying is that by throwing that criteria out, and implementing a “any cache over x number of days” approach; we will see more people get interested in looking for Lonelies.  As the system appears to sit now, there are only really hard caches on the list.  Arguably caches that nobody has looked for in a long time.

Currently, I would argue there are a small number of participants from year to year.  I think we have a concensus, that more lonely finders is a good thing.  One good way to assist that would be to open the game up to more caches.  I’m sure there are caches that are relatively easy to do that haven’t been found in a while.  We could increase the number of cachers that are looking for lonelies, by allowing for more caches on the list.  Which in the end may prompt more people to competitively seek out the harder hidden caches.

We can and should argue over what x number of days is equal too.

Does anyone know why the game was set up for only 500?

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Well written Russ.  And I agree.  Sorry I don’t have more words to add.

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Thanks for posting that Chris.

 

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Good catch Hack.  I had some trouble, I had it that way originally and it threw an error.  So I just put the one date.  I modified it again, and now it displays the whole weekend.  Let me know if you see any other issues.

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Thanks for posting.  Most of this was before my time.

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