GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
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GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
A thread for discussions, questions and clarifications.
Come and join the fun.
http://www.cachinggames.com/gz2012/
One thing I'll point out, up front.
Points are awarded on the basis of the higher of:
Difficulty * Terrain
Cache Type * Cache Container
You cannot choose which points are awarded. The system will choose for you. Be very careful what you claim. You may think the Difficulty * Terrain is what you need for specific points, but if the Cache Type * Cache Container is higher that's what will be awarded.
Come and join the fun.
http://www.cachinggames.com/gz2012/
One thing I'll point out, up front.
Points are awarded on the basis of the higher of:
Difficulty * Terrain
Cache Type * Cache Container
You cannot choose which points are awarded. The system will choose for you. Be very careful what you claim. You may think the Difficulty * Terrain is what you need for specific points, but if the Cache Type * Cache Container is higher that's what will be awarded.
- Zalgariath
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
First Question.... Where do Trigs fall in the scoring? 1 point? or are they excluded?
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
Better find some survey markers- 1 point each
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
Other = 2 PointsZalgariath wrote:First Question.... Where do Trigs fall in the scoring? 1 point? or are they excluded?
Other: Any type that is Project APE, Letterbox Hybrid, Moveable, TrigPoint
I missed those, so they're now in as 2 pointers.
Thanks for the headsup.
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
So to ask a silly question....caughtatwork wrote:The game (and therefore the challenges) will be available from 1-Jul-2012.
This means that you can't see the 'sports' until the 1/7/12?
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
That's correct. Game starts on that day, so that's when the requirements become public.LouiseAnn wrote:So to ask a silly question....caughtatwork wrote:The game (and therefore the challenges) will be available from 1-Jul-2012.
This means that you can't see the 'sports' until the 1/7/12?
To help you out (not really) these are the categories.
2707
Aquatics
Archery
Badminton
Handball
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe / Kayak
Cycling
Decathlon
Equestrian
Football
Gymnastics
Heptathlon
Hockey
Judo
Marathon
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Table Tennis
Tennis
The 1500m
The 4x4 Relay
The Olympic Rings
Triathlon
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Games of the XXX Olympiad
The marathon will be hard.
Games of the XXX Olympiad will require some investigation and depending on how desperate you are, some bribery but not to me.
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
I'm going to be out of action for a bit of the competition time, but what the hell, I'll give it a bash!
Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
Will you make it so we can see the members who have joined the game to date? You know, a list of those I will end up beating
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
So if I find a large puzzle cache on day 1 would I have a very good chance of winning?
Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
No way, you'd end up going way over the 350 requirement and I'd win insteadLaighside Legends wrote:So if I find a large puzzle cache on day 1 would I have a very good chance of winning?
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
I don't get it - What do the categories mean? Do you have to find a cache that has something to do with archery or horse riding or wrestling?
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
The categories will have specific requirements on launch day.pprass wrote:I don't get it - What do the categories mean? Do you have to find a cache that has something to do with archery or horse riding or wrestling?
This is from the last game in 2008.
http://www.cachinggames.com/gz/requirements.php
Note: The requirements HAVE changed, so don't rely on the old requirement to plan a strategy.
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
You need to find all 30 requirements and get to 350 points.Laighside Legends wrote:So if I find a large puzzle cache on day 1 would I have a very good chance of winning?
A large cache on day 1 does not mean anything more or less than you have 1 requirement met for 25 points.
Of course, the cache also needs to fit a requirement, so good luck with your strategy for a 5/5 on the same day the requirements come out AND you can solve the puzzle AND you can get to it on day 1 AND it meets the requirements.
You then need to work out how to get the rest of the 29 requirements met in the remaining 325 points.
It's a game of strategy.
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
http://www.cachinggames.com/gz2012/memberlist.phpblossom* wrote:Will you make it so we can see the members who have joined the game to date? You know, a list of those I will end up beating
Already there.
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Re: GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications
Got it - thanks.caughtatwork wrote:...The categories will have specific requirements on launch day.
This is from the last game in 2008.
http://www.cachinggames.com/gz/requirements.php.