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IBcrashen · Geocacher Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 244 Location: Duluth

With no reviewers, very few guidelines I have to agree with Pear Head and see this becoming very negative to geocaching.
I for one will stay away from the site.

Isnt there already a macro for GSAK for group caching?

Red_Devil35 · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:23 pm Post subject:

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3649

roylake · Geocacher Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 55

I already had an account at Garmin so I signed on. First thing I did was switch my Garmin user name from my email address to my geocaching handle. I did this to reserve my name. I could see someone grabbing someone else’s name to mess with them. I also cross listed 2 of my GC caches to see how it worked. This is the beta version, but I’m not too impressed yet.

Pros: Competition can be good and may keep Groundspeak open to new ideas and changes.

Cons: No reviewer could (will) result in cache placement where they should not be placed and that could result in pissed off land managers who could ban caching in some parks. This would be bad, very bad.

I’ve looked at the Ground Speak forums and have seen a comment like “The reviewer for GC would not let me place a cache there, so now I’ll list it on OC”. There is probably a good reason that GC would not let them post a cache in the first place.

I’m going to stick with GC.com. I would recommend getting an account on OC to keep someone else from grabbing your GC name.

bflentje · Geocacher Joined: 29 May 2006 Posts: 3649

knowschad · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:41 pm Post subject:

knowschad · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:42 pm Post subject:

My new bflentje account is all set up now. I don't think I'm gonna let him find any caches, though.
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Pear Head · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:45 pm Post subject:

knowschad · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject:

I do not use GSAK in that way (keeping a full, running database), although I know many that do. I just use it to load and filter my caches for the day or the trip. Groundspeak, of course, has all that information already. But they're too busy giving us souvenirs to provide any useful functionality, I guess.
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jerpete · Geocacher Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 29

It appears they are trying to have it self policed by the user group. Which, judging by the number of cache police on the GC.com forums, should work swimmingly.

I uploaded my one and only cache they appear to simply replace the GC with an OX in the cache number, that makes me wonder if they don't have some sort of deal with GC.com

CamoCacher · Geocacher Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 1391

I signed up only to ensure mine and Geckoones name cant be used

KRedEP · Geocacher Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 712

knowschad · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:31 pm Post subject:

IBcrashen · Geocacher Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 244 Location: Duluth

Hunter-Killer · Geocacher Joined: 25 Apr 2009 Posts: 222

Just registered to protect our user name. Not sure it is in the best interest of this sport, but we would hate to see a h-k impostor. No reviewers, self policed ??? Recipe for some real dark days in geocaching ??? I really do not know where this will go, but some one really wants to get a piece of the geo-cash...cash $$$ aspect of this hobby Crying or Very sad

Sad day? We will take it day by day, maybe we will find a few, as long as they are NOT registered at geocaching dot com, otherwise...whats the point of finding the same cache and post found it on yet another site ? We will see.