[GeoSTL] Re: www.geogamer.com
- From: Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 22:06:23 -0500
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-----Original Message-----
From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Konopacki
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 9:35 PM
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [GeoSTL] Re: www.geogamer.com
Let me get this straight - I write an ID and some other piece of frivilous
info on my $2 'coin' and use snail-mail to send the coin to
www.geogamer.com. YES
It not only counts as an official find at the web site, but I earn enough
points after a year of caching to order a toaster. You have to e-log the
find as usual; the coins are scanned in and used for the verifying points
gathering. I don?t think they have a toaster. I am saving for the Land
Rover. I am guessing MOST (all) players will NOT mess with paying for the
satisfaction and recognition as being so stupid as to pay $57.00 (270 points
at about $2.00/10 points) to get a $15 alarm clock or a cheap drill bit
set. I think most will just find & log the caches that are there and be done
with it.
I don't have to write in the logbook. Like now, only if ya want to, I know
cachers that don?t log now.
I don't have to write an e-log. Yes, Probably you do. But then again, not
really. I know cachers that find stuff without e-logging.
Because I and others pay for find-verification, it is less likely that
others will cheat with their find counts. My find count will be special
because I paid for verification.
That?s Right! You will then have the satisfaction and recognition (and a
prize) that all us cachers truly want. They have the market research that
says its so.
If I've found 100 caches registered with www.geocaching.com, do the placers
have to register those 100 on www.geogamer.com for me to claim them there?
YES of coarse, silly you.
Do I have to find them again to get the new ID to have them officially
found? Not mine, the cache ID is always going to be the geocaching ID and
the direction is always gonna be N. now don?t go tellen everybody. Big
hint, if you found Eddies money before. Go log in!
Ok. I'm done talking about the new site for a long, long time. (but I will
be lurking!) Good, If you know anyone that would like to log their comments
in their forum, senf them that a way. I think they need plenty of critical
thinkers to ask questions. Most of the threads over there are STILL the ones
I started.
Cache on,
Glenn
Glenn wrote:
My take is that you don?t *put* the coins in the caches. You put the cache
ID and the direction point S,N E W ect in the cache on a sticker or a piece
of paper, this info is recorded on a coin that you take out of you pocket
and send back to the site as a verification that you actually been to the
site. (the special code words)
Still, ya cant put the code words on a virtual cache to record for the log.
Ya cant even log the cache without knowing the # and direction point.
Glenn
-----Original Message-----
From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Konopacki
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 8:58 PM
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [GeoSTL] Re: www.geogamer.com
One hole in the concept is that they won't be
able to place their coins at virtual
and locationless and benchmark caches.
That's a growing chunk of the cache population.
And putting their coins in a cache on the
top of Mt. Everest isn't going to generate
them much money. My fear is that the
marketing scheme to circulate their coins
is going to produce caches that are easy to
find and very close to each other. The
romance of exploration and becoming one
with nature takes a backseat to free
enterprise.
JimSGreene@xxxxxxx wrote:
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid)
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