Re: A New Checker for GCADJEZ

Good morning, afternoon, evening, night,
This is my first challenge cache so my first challenge checker request (please be gentle).
I'm hoping to get a checker with the following attributes:

1) 40 caches

2) Within 40 kilometres of Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Postcode 3630
Centre of city coordinates: S36 22.832 E145 24.009

3) Hidden on 40 different months

4) Hidden by 40 different owners

5) 6 different cache types

Any advice or feedback would be much appreciated.

Kind regards
Craig (The Blind Side)

Hello The Blind Side,

I suspect that your local Community Volunteer Reviewer will deny this Challenge on review, citing this guideline:

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Challenge Cache Guidelines - Section 10: Source of Criteria

NOT ACCEPTABLE
Challenges based on geographic areas other than countries, states/provinces, counties (or their local equivalent). Examples: user-defined mapping polygons, latitude/longitude, radius, etc.

Accordingly, I would ask that you discuss with your local Community Volunteer Reviewer before we proceed with the creation of a Challenge Checker for your cache.

Thanks,
Hügh

Hi Hugh,

Thanks for your reply. I checked with our local reviewer and you are correct. I was looking at a cache not far from here that included a 60k radius but it was hidden in 2013 before the rules changed.

I did look at going with a local government area but there are caches that don't come up for some reason (probably border changes) so that will be confusing for finders.

I have decided to go with a challenge that requires 100 caches hidden on 100 different months by 100 different owners and must include six different cache types.

Cheers
Craig (The Blind Side)

Unfortunately that's probably still not do-able, because of this guideline:

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Challenge Cache Guidelines - Section 10: Source of Criteria

NOT ACCEPTABLE
These cache page elements: cache titles, cache owner, GC Codes, publishing Reviewer, or cache page text.

Hi Hugh,

OK, complete change of tact.
I will have to rename the cache and completely change the challenge but how about 30 caches that went unloved for more than 1 year.

Cheers
Craig (The Blind Side)

Sadly this also goes against the guidelines under lonely caches:
Please read https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=127&pgid=206#positiveCriteria

Not acceptable

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Competition rather than achievement. Examples: challenges based on "First to Finds" or lonely caches are competitions

Wow, this is way harder than I thought. The fun has certainly been taken out of challenge caches, no wonder there are none in our area!

Ok, 4th time lucky.

A challenge cache where you need to have found

4 earth caches
8 virtual caches
12 letterbox caches
16 mystery caches
20 multi caches
and
24 traditional caches

Kind regards
Craig (The Blind Side)

That should be do-able. You can use: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCADJEZ/80676

Thank you so much for both your patience, advice and the checker. Apologies for my ignorance in these matters. I appreciate your help.

Cheers
Craig (The Blind Side)