The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by PrincessDiala » 02 December 10 11:08 am

pwags wrote:
PrincessDiala wrote: Maybe we can arrange a meeting place for me to hand over the ransom money.
Money? [-X Ransom was pathtags :wink:

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by PrincessDiala » 02 December 10 11:10 am

Snuva wrote:Is there a prize for first gnome muggled? I had two on my front porch as the clocked ticked over from November to December. When I left for work one was gone. . .but it's still not been logged? The other was grabbed and moved on by a cacher.
Thats really cheeky of a muggle! Pinching a gnome from private property!

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by mundoo » 02 December 10 12:24 pm

PrincessDiala wrote:
Snuva wrote:Is there a prize for first gnome muggled? I had two on my front porch as the clocked ticked over from November to December. When I left for work one was gone. . .but it's still not been logged? The other was grabbed and moved on by a cacher.
Thats really cheeky of a muggle! Pinching a gnome from private property!
Especially when they haven't logged a move. Don't the muggles know this is a race!!

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by Bronnie_1990 » 02 December 10 1:13 pm

Snuva wrote:Is there a prize for first gnome muggled? I had two on my front porch as the clocked ticked over from November to December. When I left for work one was gone. . .but it's still not been logged? The other was grabbed and moved on by a cacher.
One of mine's been either muggled or not logged too..and i hid it at about 10:30 on tuesday night! :x

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by daryllm123 » 02 December 10 5:48 pm

I have at least two missing that i know of, they havent been logged yet and they have been missing for at least 24 hours, maybe they have been muggled as well, hope not :(

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by Frogglin » 02 December 10 5:59 pm

I have a couple of DNFs on mine, so I'll check those out in the morning.

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by aussie-O's » 02 December 10 6:01 pm

Is it to late to start one in the race?

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by Just a cacher » 02 December 10 6:07 pm

Never! You just have to publish with the date as the 1st December, as far as I know.

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by SamWalkers » 02 December 10 6:11 pm

Publish and be damned!
:gnome

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by pwags » 02 December 10 9:10 pm

It's been so good to see all of the gnome activity over the last couple of days. I hope to gnab a few over the weekend.

A suggestion:
With so many entries in this race, the ladder on cachinggames.com takes FORRRREEEEVVVVEEEEEERRRRRR to load, due to all of the banners in the last column having to render. This makes it very difficult to scroll down to the bottom of the ladder to read the details, as the page keeps moving as each banner loads. For me, this is taking up to two minutes each time I view the ladder.

As the info in each banner is effectively redundant (it's already in the previous columns, except for the cache name), would it be worthwhile "turning off" the banners for this race, and replacing them with a simple text version of the cache name, linked to the cache page? Would this allow the ladder to load more quickly? It might also save a bit of bandwidth on the server, and on our mobile broadband plans!

What do others think about this idea?

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by blossom* » 02 December 10 9:28 pm

pwags wrote: , would it be worthwhile "turning off" the banners for this race, and replacing them with a simple text version of the cache name, linked to the cache page? Would this allow the ladder to load more quickly? It might also save a bit of bandwidth on the server, and on our mobile broadband plans!

What do others think about this idea?
I agree. I haven't been able to view the ladder results, they take too long to load :D

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by oz lurker » 02 December 10 9:31 pm

So, it's been a real blast watching the gnomes wander all around, is it possible (pretty please) to have a map of where they have been?

Like the trackable map on GC.com?

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by pwags » 02 December 10 9:34 pm

oz lurker wrote:So, it's been a real blast watching the gnomes wander all around, is it possible (pretty please) to have a map of where they have been?

Like the trackable map on GC.com?

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If you've got Google Earth installed, simply click the "Google Earth" link on the right hand side of any of the moveable cache pages. Simple!

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by MtnLioness » 02 December 10 9:35 pm

I don't seem to have a problem with it loading....... :wink:

Could someone please have mercy on a user of public transport and stick a Gnome on a Train line so I can get it? [-o< [-o<
(Somewhere within a few kms of me??) #-o

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Re: The Moving Cache Race for 2010/2011

Post by oz lurker » 02 December 10 9:36 pm

pwags wrote:
oz lurker wrote:So, it's been a real blast watching the gnomes wander all around, is it possible (pretty please) to have a map of where they have been?

Like the trackable map on GC.com?

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If you've got Google Earth installed, simply click the "Google Earth" link on the right hand side of an of the moveable cache pages. Simple!
Wow - see, how good are the GCA Admins - the answer to my question before I asked it... :roll:

Thanks pwags, for pointing that out.

Cheers \:D/

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