[Az-Geocaching] 2002 Arizona Geocaching Survivor Game - Comments Requested

[Brian Cluff]

This sounds like an interesting idea, but I would probably not list the
cache on geocaching.com unless it was a cache that everyone could
participate in.  I would either just announce the coordinates on the list
and let it do from there, or I might be able to throw together some code
on the snaptek site for tracking events such as those.

...or I would make all the caches into REAL caches that stay there after
the game is over and just give the coordinates to the people
participating in the game before they go up live on the official site.

Brian Cluff
Team Snaptek

> My son and I came up with this idea for a geocaching contest.  Before I
> start it, I'd to see if the Arizona Geocaching Community would be interested
> or have comments about the rules.
>
> Basically the game is a series of caches where teams are scored and slowly
> eliminated from the game.  We (Team Cache-Quest) would hide the caches and
> organize the game, but not play.
>
> We thought we'd start with two 'tribes', one for southern Arizona and one
> for northern Arizona. That would give cachers outside the Phoenix area a
> fair chance to compete.  Around mid-year the top contenders from the
> northern and southern tribe would be merged into a single tribe for the
> remainder of the year.
>
> For each cache, points would be assigned based on the order the teams found
> the cache. The lower the score the better. There would also be a time limit
> on each cache.  If a team did not find the cache within the time limit, they
> would either be eliminated or receive penalty points (depending on the
> criteria for the individual cache).  I'm thinking there would be about one
> cache every four to six weeks and contestants would have about three weeks
> to find the cache.  That would allow people to plan around other activities.
> Of course, the quicker a team finds the caches the better score they
> receive.  Caches would vary in type and difficulty over the course of the
> year.  Since the caches are short lived, there would be no exchanging
> trinkets.
>
> To make sure the caches associated with the game were not 'raided' they
> would all have false coordinates except the first one.  I would list the
> cache on geocaching.com and email the correct coordinates only to those
> teams still in the game.   For the first cache I would hide one a northern
> one and a southern one and teams could find those caches to sign up for the
> tribes.  Depending on the number of teams interested in playing, we would
> adjust the number of caches and how many and how fast teams get eliminated.
>
> I'd appreciate any constructive comments on this idea and if you would be
> interested in participating.
>
> Thanks,
> Jerry Neild
> Team Cache-Quest
>
>
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