Re: Repdigit streak checker

Hi there,

recently I had the idea of publishing a challenge cache concerning a repdigit finding streak: The challenge is met if the number of days in a cacher's streak is a repdigit of three or more digits (so you need to have a streak of at least 111 days to fulfil the challenge). I would like to allow both the current streak or the longest streak to qualify for the challenge (so if your longest streak is, say, 365 days, and your current streak is 48, you don't have to try to get 444, going up to 111 should be enough).

Is this
a) technically possible for a checker and
b) within the current regulations for challenges?

Thanks in advance for your help! Best wishes,

Stefan / famlangerws

If the checker shoud verify that at least one streak is 111 days or longer then it is possible. Is there other stipulations?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/2017 06:34PM by arisoft. (view changes)

Hi arisoft,

only repdicits should be allowed i.e. 111, 222, 333 and so on. Is that possible? Thanks!

Exact numbers are not possible because challenge criteria must be positive and in this case geocacher should break the streak to qualify.

Breaking the streak is not what I had in mind. You can go on caching after the find, that would neither affect the challenge nor the streak.

PS I realize using the checker is problematic. You first have to log the challenge cache as found and use the checker right after the log if it's your current streak. The checker wouldn't make much sense beforehand. However the checker is necessary for any challenge cache, hence the request.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/2017 10:09PM by famlangerws. (view changes)

As a cache owner you must be able verify the challenge at any day because the finder does not have to prove anything by himself and the found log may come at any day sooner or later after the challenge is fullfilled.

If the streak is currently more than 111 days long, it it absolutely sure that it has been exactly 111 days at some day.

Question: Are you after a checker which states this

[famlangerws](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=famlangerws) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges//30002 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if he/she qualified for this challenge and he/she did.

OK: OR{
User has succeeded between 2016-10-26 and 2017-02-13 111 of 111 days
User has succeeded between 2016-10-26 and 2017-06-04 222 of 222 days
User has succeeded between 2016-10-26 and 2017-09-23 333 of 333 days }

I've had second thoughts about the project vis a vis its acceptance by the local community. Thanks anyway for your input, but I don't need the checker anymore. Best wishes, Stefan