Oh, Boy! My machine was down for a day and look at all the exciting discussion that I missed! Here is my 2 cents (and that is probably more than its worth). First, I really appreciate the effort Jason and others make on the Snaptek site. I find the information fun and these new features look especially useful. There is a bit of a competition, but for me that's good because it gets me off my butt and out doing something physical. I like seeing where others have visited and what order they picked to hit the caches. It helps me with my own planning. I'm not sure what the Cache Karma means, but I know that when mine starts to go negative it feel compelled to go hide another cache. I think that's a good thing, too. Second, I understand Michael's points and agree with most of them. However, I do miss the friendly competition of trying to catch Team TJ. In my opinion, by posting to Geocaching.com we place our comments in the public domain. The posts contain very few data elements (date, location, success/failure/log). The Snaptek site (and other sites) simply cut and slice the data for presentation in a different form. It would be nice if Jason added a feature that allowed a team to exclude themselves from the stats. It would help protect their privacy. However, I've worked on data warehouses in the retail and fianacial industries. What they know about our behaviour can be frightening, but there are positive uses to that information too. Finally, I recommend we all take a deep breath before replying to what people post here. Recently there has been discussion regarding caching etiquette and harsh reactions by some cache owners. If we want to improve this sport, we must be willing to entertain other ideas and not shutdown discussion. I personally have a lot of ideas and concerns about what is happening in the sport, but I rarely post them simply because I don't want to start a fire fight. Happy New Year! Jerry Team Cache-Quest ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Poulter" To: Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 5:56 PM Subject: [Az-Geocaching] New Feature!! > I added a new feature to the website which should help everyone out... > > check out the main page articles for info about it!!! > > -Team Snaptek > > > _______________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list > Az-Geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com > http://listserv.snaptek.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching