For those, like myself, who avoid the forums I noticed these two today and thought I would share:<br><br>------------ Regarding TB Logging ------------------<br>Lately there has been an increase in logging activity for Travel Bugs
and Geocoins. Unfortunately many people were picking up and dropping
these items into the same geocache so they could increase their find
count or receive a new trackable icon in their profile. As a result we
have created a new log type which also goes towards your profile count
without causing unnecessary extra movements for the trackable item.<br><br>The
new log type is called "Discovered it" and can be used if you have the
tracking number for the icon. Please use this if you have no plans to
move the Travel Bug or geocoin to a new location.<br><br>------------ Regarding the changing of Names ---------------<br><br>We're working on customizing an application for use with <a href="http://Geocaching.com">Geocaching.com
</a>
that will require us to lock down the ability to change your username.
As a result on May 15th we will be locking down the username change
feature on the web site.<br><br>The technical issue relates to a
fundimental part of their application that stores usernames in the
database outside of the account data. This means that if we did make
username changes in our account database it would require a tremendous
effort to automatically update the other system with the username
change.<br><br>Generally sites don't allow name changes like we've been
allowing over the last 5 years, so we're moving towards the generally
accepted standard for most web sites. It's an unfortunate change but
necessary considering the importance of the new features.<br><br>For
those who just can't live without changing their usernames we'll do our
best to come up with some tools to move your information over to a new
username. You can already do <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/adopt" target="_blank">adoptions</a>
to your new account but there is no current way to move other
information like bookmark lists, premium memberships, or log entries.<br><br> (UPDATED WITH)<br><br>The lockdown has been changed to May 20, so you have a few more days to get your name changes in.<br><br><br>---------------------------
<br><br> That is all I have. :)<br><br>ShadowAce<br>