GeosportZ 2012 - Questions and Clarifications

[pwags]

Y'all need to be wary of the marathon and the 7 day rule too.

Hmmm. The rules say "Geocaches you claim for the game must be logged at CachingGames.com within 7 days of your find date on the original listing site or prior to the end of the game, whichever occurs first."

Does that mean that the cache in our marathon with the highest points must be found within the last 7 days of the Marathon?

[caughtatwork]

Yes.
The system will not allow up to log a claim more than 7 days old.
If you submit a false date to contravene that rule you may be subject to disqualification.
I trust your integrity.

The game tracking mechanism relies somewhat upon your honesty when logging your claims. The games administrators will undertake verification of each log. Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game.

The rules are there. You need to read them.

[pwags]

So, just to clarify. Over the 16 days of the "marathon", we log each find on GC or GCA as we find it (as usual). Then, at the end of the 16-day streak, if we managed to find a cache on every day, we are eligible to claim the "marathon" event.

However, if the cache we found that had the highest point value was found in the first few days of the 16-day streak, we aren't permitted to claim the "marathon" event, as the cache was found more than 7 days ago.

We have to ensure that over the 16 days, the highest point-value cache is in the last few days.

Is that interpretation correct?

[caughtatwork]

So, just to clarify. Over the 16 days of the "marathon", we log each find on GC or GCA as we find it (as usual). Then, at the end of the 16-day streak, if we managed to find a cache on every day, we are eligible to claim the "marathon" event.

However, if the cache we found that had the highest point value was found in the first few days of the 16-day streak, we aren't permitted to claim the "marathon" event, as the cache was found more than 7 days ago.

We have to ensure that over the 16 days, the highest point-value cache is in the last few days.

Is that interpretation correct?

Yes.
You can only claim caches you found in the last 7 days.

[Team Wibble]

So, just to clarify. Over the 16 days of the "marathon", we log each find on GC or GCA as we find it (as usual). Then, at the end of the 16-day streak, if we managed to find a cache on every day, we are eligible to claim the "marathon" event.

However, if the cache we found that had the highest point value was found in the first few days of the 16-day streak, we aren't permitted to claim the "marathon" event, as the cache was found more than 7 days ago.

We have to ensure that over the 16 days, the highest point-value cache is in the last few days.

Is that interpretation correct?

Yes.
You can only claim caches you found in the last 7 days.

Does that mean that if we find a high scoring cache early in the 16 day streak, it can be overridden by a lower scoring cache found in the last 7 days of the streak (which could be useful in trying to keep the score below 350 if this is one of the last requirements attempted)?

[pwags]

Yes.
You can only claim caches you found in the last 7 days.

Technically that's impossible for the marathon, as we can't claim it until its finished, and the claim will include caches found up to 16 days earlier.

[pwags]

Does that mean that if we find a high scoring cache early in the 16 day streak, it can be overridden by a lower scoring cache found in the last 7 days of the streak (which could be useful in trying to keep the score below 350 if this is one of the last requirements attempted)?

Remember that the marathon is worth a flat 100 points, regardless of the caches you include in it.

[Team Wibble]

Does that mean that if we find a high scoring cache early in the 16 day streak, it can be overridden by a lower scoring cache found in the last 7 days of the streak (which could be useful in trying to keep the score below 350 if this is one of the last requirements attempted)?

Remember that the marathon is worth a flat 100 points, regardless of the caches you include in it.

How did I miss THAT???
I guess the "log the highest value cache" part threw me, given that the same occurs for the decathlon and heptathlon.

Dammit, now I'm going to have to seriously reassess my strategy.

[caughtatwork]

Yes.
You can only claim caches you found in the last 7 days.

Technically that's impossible for the marathon, as we can't claim it until its finished, and the claim will include caches found up to 16 days earlier.

The date is checked against the cache you enter into the form. The other 15 are not checked.
However, as pointed out, this is moot, because it's worth 100 points.
So find 16, claim the one you found on the last day, get 100 points.

[LouiseAnn]

Does anyone know of a geosportz macro for GSAK?

[FelixII]

Does anyone know of a geosportz macro for GSAK?

That would be NO! But goodness know's how you even attempt it without it Oh I know, you have a geo friend, who you run all the tricky ones past , right

[McPhan]

If you have any queries about whether a geocache is suitable, contact the games administrators prior to logging the find. The games administrators will try to finds way to say yes to a requirement rather than say no, so lateral thinking is encouraged, but please, when in doubt contact a games administrator.

It may be just me but the Administrator List is empty.

[caughtatwork]

If you have any queries about whether a geocache is suitable, contact the games administrators prior to logging the find. The games administrators will try to finds way to say yes to a requirement rather than say no, so lateral thinking is encouraged, but please, when in doubt contact a games administrator.

It may be just me but the Administrator List is empty.

The administrator list is now not empty.

[blossom*]

Does anyone know of a geosportz macro for GSAK?

I use GSAK 100% of the time for my research for Geosportz but I simply make up my gsak filter for whichever requirement I'm trying to target. eg Multi, not found by me (not archived of course) and then I work out how many points I want it to be and maybe select the size to give the right points. After that, you need to read the description and see if it has 3 WPs or 5 WPs to fit what you're looking for.

[akkatracker]

Well now sitting in 25th spot I think I'll try to hold on till the end