How will blockparties, former known as Mega, be accounted for in the badge and belt statistics?

Question

Hello,

if I've seen it right, the Mega I just took part in, in Hannover, that is named "Blockparty" this year, has not elevated my Mega-count yet. Is this a bug or a feature?

Comments

Same question here. We're expecting to visit a lot of Block Parties this year. Are they (to be) counted for as megas, or can we expect a badge and/or belt points to be added?

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As there are as well no 2025 souvenirs correctly put into their categories, I think, the devs of this page are currently still in their winter holidays, which I completely understand and don't complain, just as a possible explanation.

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I just saw, that the host of the first German Blockparty, lavette96, doesn't even have the add-on Blockparty at his Event-Host-Badge. Not that I would have any opportunity to get this, but I think he deserves it. He only has it yet as an add-on with his found caches, 'though it should better be an add-on for the Mega-badge.

https://project-gc.com/ProfileStats/lavette96#BadgeGen

Answer 1

Block parties aren't Megas and shouldn't count as megas in badges. Blockparties earn you the addon on the badge "The Geocacher" and that's about it I think.

Comments

Currently those events are not counted as events at all, and that is definitely wrong. They are at least ordinary events.
But as they are that type of event that would last year have been called "Mega" they should be counted as that imho.

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No, they are not "ordinary events" as that's only for the type "Event cache" and they are not Megas either. They are blockparties. These are three different cache types, they are not interchangeable.

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They are events.
Events have to be counted somehow as events in the stats, as well for badges as for the belt.
I don't know how and where they are counted now, not as any kind of event. And that is definitely wrong.

CCE are counted as ordinary events as well, and according to your definition they shouldn't either.

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I agree with Saenger - a Block Party is an event which has to reach the same criteria as a Mega, and should be treated the same way. Take London Calling for example (GCAK7KC). This is a bi-annual Mega, and would have been a Mega again this year if the opportunity to become a BP hadn't arisen. People attending London Calling would consider this a Mega, and expect their stats to be increased accordingly.

IMO BPs should be treated the same way as CCEs, i.e. counting toward statistics as well as providing the extra add-on.