[Az-Geocaching] A comment on statistics
Cache-Quest
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Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:17:04 -0700
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Teri:
I appreciate your insights and your courage to voice them. I think my =
wife would tend to agree with you. Perhaps the competition is mostly a =
guy thing. I do find it interesting that this comment would come from a =
team that is hot on Wyle E's heels.
I like that stats and appreciate the time Snaptek has put into creating =
them. I think they are fun and interesting. They prompte discussion =
and help build the virtual geocaching community in Arizona.
Have fun,
Jerry
Team Cache-Quest
-----Original Message-----
From: Teri Hall [mailto:miltarycat@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:47 AM
To: az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] A comment on statistics
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.=20
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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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Teri:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I appreciate your insights and your =
courage to=20
voice them. I think my wife would tend to agree with you. Perhaps =
the=20
competition is mostly a guy thing. I do find it interesting =
that this=20
comment would come from a team that is hot on Wyle E's =
heels.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I like that stats and appreciate the =
time Snaptek=20
has put into creating them. I think they are fun and =
interesting. =20
They prompte discussion and help build the virtual geocaching =
community in=20
Arizona.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Have fun,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jerry</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Team Cache-Quest</FONT></DIV>
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Teri Hall [<A=20
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href=3D"mailto:miltarycat@hotmail.com">mailto:miltarycat@hotmail.com</A>]=
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Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:47 AM<BR>To:=20
az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com<BR>Subject: [Az-Geocaching] A =
comment on=20
statistics<BR><BR><BR>Ok, this is a tough post for me to add, but I =
need to=20
get it off my back. I<BR>know I will probably be the only one =
who agrees=20
with my thoughts, but there<BR>is always one black sheep in the group=20
right?<BR><BR>I for one DO NOT like the new statistics. I had =
the most=20
fun Geocaching<BR>from the beginning of July (when we found out about=20
Geocaching) through the<BR>beginning of September (before the stats =
showed=20
up).<BR><BR>Geocaching has been around since mid 2000. I had no =
problem=20
with starting<BR>out knowing I had only X number of caches. I =
didn't=20
even give a (fill in<BR>word) that people like Bob Renner etc. had =
numerous=20
more caches than we did<BR>- since he has been geocaching from the =
beginning=20
and we had just started. <BR>There wasn't a problem until =
September with=20
people complaining about others<BR>finding their own cache, finding a =
cache=20
more than once, etc. Nobody cared<BR>until September =
4th.<BR><BR>Now it=20
is a big competition (maybe not for the females, but statistically=20
in<BR>Sociology, men are BIG on competition). Who has the best=20
difficulty/terrain<BR>number? (not fair to those who are handicapped =
or who=20
are not mobile enough<BR>to hit 4's and 5's). Who has hidden the =
most=20
caches (gee, I don't have a<BR>job as I was laid off, but to be =
competitive=20
with team X, I had better go<BR>hide 15 caches to keep up). And =
last but=20
not least, who has the best cache<BR>karma? (Do you even know what =
Karma=20
is? Is it even a part of your<BR>religion?)<BR><BR>Like I said, =
I will=20
probably be beat down for this, verbally attacked, or<BR>just shunned =
by the=20
popular, but I don't care. I do not like the statistics<BR>at =
all. =20
We can all come up with our own statistics gathering if that =
is<BR>what we are=20
concerned with, or just find caches and have fun. =
Geocaching<BR>was much=20
more fun before statistics.<BR><BR>:::Stepping off =
soapbox:::<BR>Teri<BR>Team=20
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TJ<BR><BR>_______________________________________________________________=
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