Simply do not visit the statistics then.... they are simply there for fun and to
promote discussion.... we built them just because we (Team Snaptek) were curious
about it... we don't take any of it seriously... I could careless is some other
team has found every caches there is or who has most or who found it first,
etc...  we just decided maybe other people might be interested in it also, so we
made it available to them....

The main reason it was done in the first place is so I can always have an up to
date database that I can then import all the waypoints into my GPS the stats
came about as a side note...

The second reason it came about is so I don't have to sit and sift through the
geocaching.com website looking for all the arizona log entries to read about
what is happening in arizona... I can simply go to one spot and see all the
arizona activity much easier...

So look at them or don't... it doesn't matter to us... but always remember its
the hunt that makes geocaching so great!!!

Jason
Team Snaptek

Teri Hall wrote:

> Ok, this is a tough post for me to add, but I need to get it off my back.  I
> know I will probably be the only one who agrees with my thoughts, but there
> is always one black sheep in the group right?
>
> I for one DO NOT like the new statistics.  I had the most fun Geocaching
> from the beginning of July (when we found out about Geocaching) through the
> beginning of September (before the stats showed up).
>
> Geocaching has been around since mid 2000.  I had no problem with starting
> out knowing I had only X number of caches.  I didn't even give a (fill in
> word) that people like Bob Renner etc. had numerous more caches than we did
> - since he has been geocaching from the beginning and we had just started.
> There wasn't a problem until September with people complaining about others
> finding their own cache, finding a cache more than once, etc.  Nobody cared
> until September 4th.
>
> Now it is a big competition (maybe not for the females, but statistically in
> Sociology, men are BIG on competition).  Who has the best difficulty/terrain
> number? (not fair to those who are handicapped or who are not mobile enough
> to hit 4's and 5's).  Who has hidden the most caches (gee, I don't have a
> job as I was laid off, but to be competitive with team X, I had better go
> hide 15 caches to keep up).  And last but not least, who has the best cache
> karma? (Do you even know what Karma is?  Is it even a part of your
> religion?)
>
> Like I said, I will probably be beat down for this, verbally attacked, or
> just shunned by the popular, but I don't care.  I do not like the statistics
> at all.  We can all come up with our own statistics gathering if that is
> what we are concerned with, or just find caches and have fun.  Geocaching
> was much more fun before statistics.
>
> :::Stepping off soapbox:::
> Teri
> Team TJ
>
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