[Az-Geocaching] A new way to fake the numbers.

[Robert & Linda Smith]

Thank you for saying what I was trying to say.  I knew there was more to 
this than I could see on the surface.  I log, I enjoy, I Co-FTF if I 
can't FTF first and I enjoy reading logs, especially from the caches I 
have out.
Bob Smith, Petite Elite

ShadowAce wrote:

> Ok 360, let me get this correct..
>
>  You absolutly refuse to log caches at all because someone else is 
> telling you what you must do or not to. You maintain your own list of 
> caches you claim to have visited but nobody else can ever know because 
> then big brother would be able to stalk you also. But at the same time 
> you have the gall to come on here and comeplain about logs I have been 
> writing since November of 2003?
>
>  Sorry, I refuse to allow you to dictate how I can log a cache since 
> you do not even feel it is worth your time to write a log for the 
> people who placed the cache and others to enjoy.
>
> Now get back on that soap box but please when you dictate to us, make 
> sure it is not something so minor.
>
> I will continue to log Co-FTF and Shared-FTF. If you ever want to join 
> us for one of the 14 mile hikes and we get a FTF, we will be ok with 
> your not saying you Co-FTF. We might even enjoy the company still.
>
> On 8/21/05, *TEAM 360* <team360usa at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:team360usa at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     [rant] Now, just what in the heck is this garbage about "Co-FTF"
>     or a "Shared FTF" I have been seeing on cache pages lately? Just
>     when I thought I saw it all, another new way to inflate the
>     numbers comes along. What a cheatin' way to pump up the FTF count!!
>      
>     Listen, there is NO such thing. The cacher who signs the logsheet
>     FIRST should be the only one to claim the FTF. The other cacher is
>     SECOND-TO-FIND. It is a fact of cache-finding that cannot be changed.
>      
>     Anyone claiming a "Co-FTF" or "Shared FTF" casts doubt on the rest
>     of their caching record, in my opinion...of course, so do the
>     people who hide caches under sock puppet accounts and then go
>     claim a find on them, or people who claim finds because they
>     simply "got close", or did maintenance on a cache and posted
>     another find on it, etc, etc...the list goes on and on... [/rant]
>