[Az-Geocaching] Geocaching "Teams"

Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:01:57 -0700

Trisha, it probably wasn't obvious, but I was joking with my comment.

I'll start a new topic here and see what kind of responses I get....

The concept of 'team' with regard to geocaching is a bit fuzzy and open to
individual opinion.

In my case, the team is my family.  Since I'm the techno geek in my family
who likes to play with my truck and gps, I'm the one obsessed with
geocaching. I've been the common denominator present at all the finds.
Sometimes I go alone, but usually it is an opportunity to spend time with
some or all of the family.  If I travel on business and get to do some
caching, I still log it as Team Cache-Quest.

There have been several times we have revisited caches because someone in
the family missed it the first time and wanted to see the area or just try
to find the cache. I have chosen not to log those as finds for the team, but
that is just my preference.  I often don't log them at all, unless there is
something the owner or other cachers should know about.

If a couple or friends normally cache together but sometimes cache
individually, I don't think it matters if they log under one name.  If they
started logging a lot of caches individually, I would prefer they log
individually, but it is not a big deal.

The only time the question of "what is a geocaching team?" really matters is
when we start looking at stats.  This is a big reason why we can't take the
stats too seriously. There are a lot of ways to manipulate them.  Four
people in Tucson, Phoenix, Prescott, and Flagstaff could easy consider
themselves a "team" and blow away all the Arizona stats.  I've had an idea
for a chained set of several individual caches based on a specific theme
that could mess up Steven's new daily stats because they would be
concentrated enough to all be done in a day.  Does this mean I shouldn't try
it?  I hope not.

This is one of the reasons why I'm becoming more concerned about trying
organized competitions.  It is going to be hard to keep the competition
fair.

Looking back over this note, I've been on a bit of a soapbox.  Take it for
what it is worth.

Keep on Caching!
Jerry
Team Cache-Quest

----- Original Message -----
From: "Trisha Radley" <radley@cableone.net>
To: <az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Re: Both Fixes Have Been Made

> I may be a bit of a stick in the mud here, but I think it is only fair
that
> someone logs a find if they actually found the cache, either individually
or
> as part of a team or expedition, or present in proximity if a group finds
> it. (Like Snaptek on RR Rim). If you don't find it, logically, you can't
log
> a find. (duh)
> If you are part of a group of friends that caches together, but sometimes
> separately, the individual members can easily create a new ID and log
their
> own finds.
> ~~trisha "Lightning"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Team Cache-Quest" <cache-quest@home.com>
> To: <az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Re: Both Fixes Have Been Made
>
>
> > Hey, your friend can log them as Cache-Quest!
> >
> > Maybe then I can start catching up to "Wyle E"!
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eric Quinn" <halthron@yahoo.com>
> > To: <az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:50 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Re: Both Fixes Have Been Made
> >
> >
> > > IMO, this is a choice for you to make. If any of the
> > > countries I have been to lately had caches other than
> > > mine, I would have logged them under Team Dragon, no
> > > matter that my wife and daughter didn't go.
> > >
> > > There's no right or wrong to the way we play this
> > > game, other than a few basic rules that reiterate what
> > > common sense should be saying.
> > >
> > > Choose to have your friend log them under wolfb8 or
> > > not, it's your decision.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > > Team Dragon
> > >
> > >
> > > --- wolfb8 <wolfb8@qwest.net> wrote:
> > > > by all mean it is a serious question... they been
> > > > loging under wolfb8 with
> > > > me... now they take a trip and i do not go... do i
> > > > get a find for it or is
> > > > it time for them to log on there own...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: <srdrake@srpnet.com>
> > > > To: <az-geocaching@listserv.snaptek.com>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:50 PM
> > > > Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Re: Both Fixes Have Been
> > > > Made
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Is this a serious question?
> > > > >
> > > > > If your friend logged the caches on geocaching.com
> > > > as wolfb8, then the
> > > > finds
> > > > > would count for wolfb8.  But last I checked, South
> > > > America is not part of
> > > > > Arizona.
> > > > >
> > > > > >does this mean that a friend of mine that took my
> > > > GPS to South america
> > > > and
> > > > > >caches with me most of the time logged some
> > > > caches there .... there for
> > > > > they
> > > > > >count as finds for team wolfb8
> > > > > >
> > > > > >libby
> > > > >
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