How many tries ?

[logscaler]

I found this link on the Portland geocaching site and it seemed like something to post here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruEg-QYpuUk

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[tomfuller]

Nailed it on the first try!

[Brownsbend]

What would a brownsbend search be without a few DNF's? I got it on the 4th try.

[chubby forest monkey]

Geocaching of the future?

No doubt some cachers will want a smiley for their clicking efforts.

[Shotgun & Peashooter]

OK, third try is the charm. Now I know why I am getting away from micro's, I am loosing my touch!

[D'cacher]

Got lucky, first place I looked. Rare in the real world. Who ever put this video together, they are definitely hooked on the sport. That was funny.

[bigeddy]

Ok, I'll bite. Seems like there should be some way to make selections but nothing appears in Safari. Reload in Firefox and I see the hot spots. Easy find. TNLNSL. Is this a micro or small? I'd call it small because a log sheet rather than a book would leave room for a few items, even a traveler. I should get a smiley because I worked harder at this than many real caches!

Given the popularity of videos and animation I'm surprised that someone hasn't created a true geocaching game. I guess in their fantasy lives people want to blow things up rather than just find them. There are many trip and instructional videos--even a movie--most of them pretty bad. Jeep had a marketing game a few years ago after they stopped releasing travel bugs, but I never played it.

[TheBeanTeam]

Just lik in real life it was in the last place I looked.

Given the popularity of videos and animation I'm surprised that someone hasn't created a true geocaching game. I guess in their fantasy lives people want to blow things up rather than just find them. There are many trip and instructional videos--even a movie--most of them pretty bad. Jeep had a marketing game a few years ago after they stopped releasing travel bugs, but I never played it.

There was a cache that this reminded me of. It was a Swedish cache (archived) that allowed people to find the real deal or visit using a GPS simulator. Very game like. I logged it before I realized the ramifications of armchair caches and went back and changed my find to a note.

Geocache: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=cd5d30b0-d84d-43d2-90fc-2699df4dbc77

The GPS Simulator: http://web.telia.com/~u32007998/geocache/eng/gpscache_eng.html

Translation from the archived cache is basically as follows:

"The cache is a very well hidden freezer box containing: a logbook, pencil and five small bags of candy. Ask any vehicle and start from small junction: N 57 ° 27,987. E 012 ° 44,600. The cache found in an ancient landscape and the path goes through lovely spruce. The distance is about 1km long. Courier leads you a long way. Do not, however, towards the buildings. Does any cup of coffee and relax on this day in the middle of Anglemark. Also available as a simulator on the web."

There is a card game out called First To Find that looks well done but I know that isn't the type of game you are referring to. I have it but have yet to play it.

First To Find at the Groundspeak store: http://shop.groundspeak.com/productDetail.cfm?CategoryID=8&ProductID=112

[bigeddy]

There was a cache that this reminded me of. It was a Swedish cache (archived) that allowed people to find the real deal or visit using a GPS simulator. Very game like. I logged it before I realized the ramifications of armchair caches and went back and changed my find to a note.

I couldn't get the simulator to load fully (uses some sort of Shockwave plugin) but the cache logs--1758 finds, 1842 logs!--are interesting. I logged many virtual and locationless caches in the early days. Sorry I missed this one, looks like fun. I don't see anything inherently wrong with caches that are designed for finding from home. Besides, at some point in the future most travel will probably be done remotely.

There is a card game out called First To Find that looks well done but I know that isn't the type of game you are referring to. I have it but have yet to play it.

That game was one of the prizes in the FTF series competition--won by TBird2LM--I put on 3 years ago. I wonder if they ever played it? They certainly dominated the 10-cache series.