Brian, Thanks for the links. I don't usually read the
forums. Just don't have the time. I was great reading through all of
the posts. I had begun to think I was the only one that still thought the
whole pirate thing was a bad idea. I also noted that I'm not alone in
noting that a week after the fact, it doesn't appear any of the stolen items
have been replaced (in the original cache or elsewhere). It seems the
pirate has also not contacted Jeremy and certainly hasn't posted more info here
or in the forums. I don't believe there really ever was a good
intent. Any good humored well intentioned soul would have come clean or
corrected the situation by now.
I
would be surprised if it were TTB. They have proven they are cunning
enough to come up with a scheme like this, but I highly doubt they would let it
run on like this without some sort of response. Then again...
;-)
CacheLess
-----Original Message-----
From:
az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Brian
Casteel
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 12:29 AM
To:
az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com
Subject: [Az-Geocaching]
Cache_Pirate Re-Revisited
When this problem first came up, I started a
thread in the gc forums to get some opinions on the matter. I took a few
days off, and the thread exploded.
Check out this post from Jeremy on the
topic...
I'm thinking it safe to say that the concept of a
cache_pirate is being put to rest by Jeremy. Despite the interesting
aspect of the game by trying to locate him/her in the field for a prize, I
don't really care for having the caches plundered. Also, I'm not sure if
it was just me that alerted Jeremy to the situation at first, but he
definitely remedied the problem quickly. When I look at both profiles,
and the lack of a response to Jeremy regarding what is going on, I can't say
that I believe the second profile. If this person was going to attempt
rectifying the situation, an e-mail should have been fired off to Jeremy
almost immediately after his e-mail was fired off.
<conspiracy theory>On a side note (and
hopefully taken with humor in mind), Jeremy identified is as an Earthlink
customer who was playing the role of the elusive cache_pirate. The only
cacher posting to this listserv from an earthlink.net e-mail address is Team
Tierra Buena.</conspiracy theory>
Absolutely nothing connects TTB to the
cache_pirate, but it's just a little thing I noticed. ;p
/me dons his REAL looking fake boulder to avoid
the stoning...and perhaps to hide a cache.
Brian
Team A.I.