That's great, thanks.
It's first cache visit will be on Jan 1st - if I can get out of bed!
That's great, thanks.
It's first cache visit will be on Jan 1st - if I can get out of bed!
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Okay just a few things!
I have the following from this thread:
Jacaru - Britannia, sure I saw GAGB somewhere please let me know
Maple Leaf - GAGB
DrDick&Vick - I assume GAGB but not said yet, let me know Doc!
border caz - GAGB
Fermentum - GAGB
Ryuchan - GAGB
Dan1980 - GAGB
Palujia - GAGB
pete37038 - not said let me know
walker clan - not said let me know
pieman - not said let me know
RedFerret - GAGB
countrymatters - not said let me know
simplysup - not said let me know
Bear and Ragged - Not said going to join or coin but has posted, let me know
BigLad & Co - GAGB
I have only said the above if you have specifically said your in and the coin mentioned that you will use!
Second thing I wanted to bring up is the graph. There is probably a million different ways I can do this. I have come up with the following:
Its easy to maintain on a weekly basis so don't worry about that. I have used the GAGB coin on all cylinders, this can be changed to suit coin if anyone is different. I can also make them any colour you want and maybe add a GAGB background instead.
If you dont like the black and white again this can be changed to any colour of the rainbow. If you are having difficulty reading anything please say and I can change to help out.
Please let me know so I can change it to suit everyone! Also I have a few other things up my sleeve but only Jacaru will know about that until we start the competition!
Cheers
Fermi
I preferred the other graph .... the one that I was in the lead
... you definitely can't allow Pete numbers to be in the lead ... not even in the sample graph :lol:
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Maybe the coin should stay round at the bottom? It's not going to resemble a round coin if it gets stretched all the time. Or could it sit on the top of the column? Then it'll be the same shape for everyone.
Not keen on the black background and white writing, but I'll go with the flow.
And thank you for taking the time to do it for us.
The graph is looking good Fermi, pm sent in reply to yours. I am sure that other people who are joining in will have opinions, so please do let Fermentum know. Yes, I am now going to be using a GAGB coin.
Whilst not exactly going viral, this idea has certainly taken off, so thanks to everyone for joining in.
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I am loving the feedback, keep it coming! The possibilities are endless, bar graph, pie charts, I could even get a bottle of beer to grow for the amount of miles if you like!
Anyway let me know if like the above better. A little more easy on the eye and the coin stretch thing sorted 1 coin = 10 miles in this example.
Bear and Ragged, I noted your coin, as I did with yours Dr Dick.
Oh and Maple Leaf I sorted it for you!
Fermi
Not going to play anymore as it seems that Maple Leaf is bribing Fermentum.
Maybe she has sent him his own copy of here new footwear
Just wondering if you will need to make the units more than 10 miles...
Just thinking aloud!
(I know what sort of mileage I'm doing at the moment, just need to get some 'caching' into it!)
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Anybody else who would like to use a GAGB coin in this, there is still time to get one. Orders recieved by 16.00 will be posted that evening (1st Class).
I'm in by the way (GAGB coin)......
RB
With regards to this I already got that covered. The scale will increase on the side as well the further into the year we get and therefore I will have to change the miles per coin. All of this will be on the weekly report I plan on doing!
No problem RuberyBlue I have added you to the list!
Would like for you to feed back on preferred colours as well. I can change them each week but maybe a GAGB theme? I am also thinking of doing away with the coins stacked as everyone so far is using the GAGB coin. Anyway I think I am in tonight so may throw together a for examples and variations and stick them in a poll. See how we get on with that.
Fermi
This is a great idea and judging by Fermi's samples it's going to be superbly executed! All the graphs look good to us
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Please book me in for this one,Daryll, I'll be using one of my new GAGB coins :wacko::coffee:
Hi Daryl.
I think it’s a great idea, which I will be taking part in, having ordered the new GAGB coin.
In answer to the question raised about how do you get the correct mileage, i.e. logging into the nearest cache to your home, here might be a solution.
Create a new cache listing at your home address or location near by. However DONT have it published.
You can drop coins in and out of this new cache which will show you the correct mileage.
I’ve seen this done so it should work.
Many thanks Steve (Baira)
Hi Steve, thanks for that. I had thought of doing something similar, as you know The TARDIS is on our doorstep. However, this wouldn't work for some of the people joining in as they don't actually spend much time at home (lucky man Richard!!)
If anyone does have any solutions to get round this please do let us know.
What about having a GAGB unpublished cache set up somewhere in the country (suggestions please) that we start the coin off from and log it back in to after each cache visit, or is that over complicating things too much? It would have to be somewhere far and distant though so that everyone gets a good chance of logging up some miles. Top of Scotland or somewhere. We would have to get an agreement from the reviewers though.
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This will give some an advantage at the start, or not! We need to come to a decision. If everyone wanted to use one cache as the start cache and then log your coins back in and out of, you could use my home cache http://coord.info/GC1WGEQ
I know that it will give people extra miles at the beginning, but it may be a good base. I am struggling to think of a way around things to make it fair.
That would work for me ! - If we all agreed it would be a central point to start from - got me coin all warmed up and ready to rock and roll
Si vis pacem para bellum
Why not a cache of your own, or one close to home?
(Or close to where you are staying, if not at home!)
I don't see any point in adding the additional mileage at the start...
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I agree with B&R.
RB
No problems for me as I have caches in most areas where we stay.
The only one that is a problem is the site in Devon but I will create a 'Deposit' cache and not publish it and then I can just use it.
Last edited by DrDick&Vick; 12th December 2010 at 08:33 PM.
Okay I am not sure I get you on this one. I don't see a problem with an all start at the same cache as I can set the spreadsheet to deduct your first log (meaning set it to 0 miles).
I am not sure about setting up a new cache as I have never done this and have no idea where to start.
Also thinking about the log back to home everytime I am not sure why? Do we not just log the coin as visited to every cache we do to get a mileage count between caches instead of Home Log, Cache 1, Home, Cashe 2, Home, Cache 3 etc? Would we not do Home, Cache 1, Cache 2, Cache 3 etc.
As you know I am new to this so please spell it out with an example so I can get my head around it?
Fermi
Last edited by Fermentum; 12th December 2010 at 08:34 PM. Reason: Because I could
I propose:
Start the coin at a cache.
(May be your own, or a cache close to home that you have found previously. Or find or are near to on the day -1st Jan)
Dip/Visit each cache as you go along.
Coins can only be Dipped/Visited in a cache near home IF YOU FIND IT, or it's yours and you do maintenance on the visit.
*(Caches can only be found ONCE!)*
Coin is Dipped/Visits its first cache on the last day of the year to end the race?* This cache is the only exception to the One Visit rule.
Any other suggestions/improvements or disagreements to this? :
:lol:
(Maybe those that only 'go one way' with their caching can be 'lumped' together, and have their own little race?
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Must admit that I am getting confused (Senior Moment type thing) as I thought it was a simple case of activate and dip it in near home and then in every cache you visit. Not re-dip it when you go back home.
It just seems to have got very complicated for a fun game. :socool:
But if we do that it's not a true record of our caching mileage, is it? When I go caching, there is the mileage from here to the first cache, the second cache, etc, and at the end of the day or weekend, the miles back home again.
Say today I went 30 miles north and tomorrow I go 30 miles east, I'll have done 120 miles plus the miles between the caches - but the mileage won't show anything like that much. And if I went north again then it would be nearly 60 miles down.
If I can dip it on a maintenance visit then I can get round it 'cos I've got 32 caches of my own within 4 miles of home, but not everyone can do that.
Average week for me:
Monday - Oldham
Tuesday - Shrewsbury
Wednesday - Sheffield
Thursday - Plymouth
Friday - Bury, Lancashire.
I have no need to log a cache close to home, I get the mileage North/South anyway. (See Weds, Thurs, Fri -North, South, back up North)
-The only problem is time to find a cache! But I'm working on it!!)
However... If you live near the sea (or a river) you are suddenly limited to the direction you can travel.
Doing two caches on different days 60 miles from home, but only 1 mile apart can result in a coin only logging 61 miles, for the 240 miles someone has traveled, unless a cache near to home is also logged...
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Totally see what you mean. But has everyone got a cache on their doorstep? I am okay as I have a cache 0.2 miles away. Also my start location will be different as I am 100 miles away from home over new year with family. Would I log one near family so I don't get 100 miles head start?
Also another newbie question from me. Can you log earthcaches and all other types of caches with a visit from a coin?
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I've got a headache. As this is only for fun, I think that people should just do it the way that they want to do it. I can see the logic in all the different ideas that people have put forward, but again I will state, it is only for fun.
If I use my cache local to my home as my start and re-dipping point I will automatically get 250 miles while I am staying down in the Sth West (6months).
The original post said
My intention was to simply activate, dip and the dip in every cache I go to and have a bit of fun with it.
Sorry but it has just got complicated, with the dipping back in at home at the end of each trip away.
So on that basis, as the Dragons say in the Den, I'm out.
But if the simple rules apply then I will stay in, as such!!
Last edited by DrDick&Vick; 14th December 2010 at 01:50 PM.
It's a shame the way this thread has gone. It doesn't matter which way you do it, dipping your coin will never accurately reflect your mileage (i.e. crow flies v winding road and footpath). Having said that, it was a bit of fun and I can't see what's wrong with following the above "rules". We would still be up for it!
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I will only be logging my coin as a 'visit' on any caches I do (the first log will be the first cache I do after Jan 1st, wherever that may be in the country).
If I happen to do a local cache in between the other caches then it will get occassionally get some home mileage.
I haven't used 'auto-visit' yet and can't find any information about it in the GS forums or Knowledge books but I'm guessing that if it is ticked it would 'auto-visit' when you wrote a log entry.
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OK let's KISS it:
Mileage starts at the first cache the coin owner visits after midnight New Years Eve.
The coin can visit every cache which the coin owner physically visits, for whatever purpose (find, maintenance, re-visit) but only one visit per cache.
Mileage ends with the last cache visited in 2011.
Hows that?
It may not give the actual number of miles that the cacher has travelled, but gives a level playing field for all.