[GeoStL] Re: Advice requested
- From: "J.A. Terranson" <measl@xxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:59:40 -0600 (CST)
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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, Eric & Dayna East wrote:
> Please take a look at eagleyes log on my guiding light cache and tell me if
> you think I should allow the log to remain.
>
> http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=34deb2e6-bfd3-4692-88ce-4bae4ce37a0d
>
> Had they e-mailed me first I wouldn't have a problem with their log but, they
> just kinda rubbed me the wrong way.
Sorry about responding so late, but RL has seen fit to make me unusually
busy the last two weeks.
While the ultimate decision on the log belongs to the cache owner, the
game itself is really being played by and for each individual player. If
Mr. X feels that finding the spot is equivalent to finding the cache, then
thats how he sees the game. Personally, I log DNF ans DNF, even when it's
obvious the cache is MIA and I knew where it should have been (Tower Grove
II comes to mind: 4 separate visits, 3 DNF) - but for *me*, the challenge
isn't finding the spot itself, it's trading the toy (or the WG$) from
within the cache.
It's important to remember that this kind of game is essentially a form of
modestly assisted solitaire - and only the player can decide what his or
her own individual goals are.
I would let the log stand, but I would also not on the site that the cache
is MIA and that the last entry counts only for the logger.
//Alif
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