Re: GC3PM9T 42 Degrees of separation

In spite of this being an old GC code, this is a new challenge. (The original cache I planned never got published for reasons that are irrelevant here.) I have replicated the cache web page here. I have run this past the reviewer Professor Xavier who has provisionally OK'd it.

There is an element of Chicken and Egg here. Until I know how many combinations I have myself I don't know where to set the target, so 42 is just a wild guess. However, I presume changing the target figure later will be just a trivial tweak.

Hope this is OK.

Is this what you are looking for? http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC3PM9T/22862

And the rule

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You may not use your own caches unless you adopted after finding it

cant be checked for. That information is not available for checkers

No problem, I'll amend the rule to read "You may not use your own caches".

The checker dont look for that. And why i logging your own event not ok?

Do you think people will travel far avay to a new degree grid and hide a cache and the log it as found without finding another cache?
I one does there is a simple workaround by using two accounts and hiding with the other account
Adding extra code for cases that likely not is relevant feel like unnecessary work. Do you thin it will be a problem?

Good point. I had copied and pasted the rules from a previous challenge and hadn't fully considered the implications. I'll remove that rule entirely.

The checker looks to be just what I was looking for.

Not sure how high to set the bar. I have, to my surprise, 128, so have the possibility to go high. On the other hand, I'd quite like the challenge to be within reach of a reasonable number of cachers. I'll get back to you in due course.

After running more than 100 cachers through the checker I have decided to stick with 42 as the target.

Hopefully I will get the cache submitted later today.

Thank-you.