Project-GC Q&A - Recent questions tagged reward

[REWARD] Checkers in Denmark

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:47:05 +0000

I am planning a trip to Denmark to log some challenges. While I can figure most out myself, I would like to increase the number of challenge checkers there. In this post, I will list all challenges that I find have no challenge checkers, but could have. I will also try to explain what's needed for them.

The first one to add an answer that they have created a tag for a challenge will be sent 30 days 90 days of PGC-membership as a coupon code, as soon as the checker is verified. I will add a strikethrough on those where a challenge checker has been created.

Now when the easiest of them has been solved I am upping the rewards to 90 days of membership for each checker that does what it should.

Challenge : Bald Eagle http://coord.info/GC4ZYZ6

On one day, find 7 distinct types and 6 distinct sizes from one cache owner.

Challenge: Den alsidige geocacher http://coord.info/GC5N4P3

For each month, log at least 10 geocaches, the year doesn't matter (Jan, Feb ...) >= 10 finds.
For each date (1st, 2nd, 3rd ...) log at least 10 geocaches, year and month doesn't matter.
Have logged at least 10 geocaches of at least 4 cache types.

There are two screenshots in the cache description that shows the requirements as well.

Drengenavne - challenge http://coord.info/GC5D185

Log at least 10 geocaches containing a persons name in the title. If a name is foo, the word foobar isn't valid.

This requires a white-list of names. For Swedish names, most data can be found at SCB (Statistiska Centralbyrån / Statistic central bureau).

Source page: http://www.scb.se/namnstatistik/#c_li_31177
- SE-female-names-1998-2015.json and SE-male-names-1998-2015.json available in the API.
Source page: https://ast.dk/born-familie/navne/navnelister/godkendte-fornavne/drengenavne
- DK-female-names-20160408 and DK-male-names-20160408 json available in the API.

If sites for other countries can be found, it's a plus.

The checker should state that it can give false negatives. Preferably in the script comment, tag comment, and script output.

Challenge; en glad een! http://coord.info/GC4REXF

ICON + x CHALLENGE http://coord.info/GC4VJ99

Challenge Nord Syd Øst Vest http://coord.info/GC5APX0

Log a geocache that is more south than the most southern one in Denmark.
... more north than the most northern in Denmark.
... more west than the most western in Denmark.
... more east than the most eastern in Denmark.

A new API call will be created if someone posts that they are interested in creating a checker for this one. The cache description does not say how to handle geocaches like http://coord.info/GC19GK9, I assume that one can be ignored, and I suggest so, and saying so in the script output.

Challenge: MEGA Event og Event på samme dag http://coord.info/GC536VX

Challenge De nordiske svaner http://coord.info/GC4DPGV

Challenge: Nord Syd Øst Vest http://coord.info/GC3T7A1

The most northern, southern, western, eastern find should be in other countries than Denmark.
I assume http://coord.info/GC19GK9 can be ignored by the checker. The challenge doesn't say so though. I suggest ignoring it, and saying so in the script output.
The example log should contain gccode (link), log-link, visitdate, name of country.

Challenge... 25 hele dage uden fund http://coord.info/GC3847M

Have 25 days without a find.
I assume one can't start counting before ones first found.
Dates before 2012-01-01 (YYYY-MM-DD) should be ignored.

Challenge: Kan du klokken? http://coord.info/GC4W2D6

This will require a white-list of words, it can fairly easily be created with Google translate though.

Log 12 geoaches, containing the numbers 1 to twelve.
Language doesn't matter, as long as it exists in Google Translate.
The number in the middle of the word is ok, ie fooONEbar.
The output should probably tell which language is used.

Challenge: Sommercacheren http://coord.info/GC42M9Q

Challenge: Forårscacheren http://coord.info/GC4244J

Challenge: Vintercacheren http://coord.info/GC4244P

Have a caching streak from December the 1st to and including 28th Februari, OR, 29th if it's a leap year.

Challenge: Efterårscacheren http://coord.info/GC3VQ8E

Challenge: Tidens gang (3 år) http://coord.info/GC58BH0

Challenge: Tidens gang (1 år) http://coord.info/GC5GTCP

Challenge: Tidens gang (6 måneder) http://coord.info/GC5FA0G

Challenge: Vandrestøvler http://coord.info/GC4PC9R

Challenge: De gode gamle (Fyn) http://coord.info/GC3VVW9

Challenge Fyn #1 Odense http://coord.info/GC2TZ5A

BB: Challenge: Blandede Bolcher http://coord.info/GC5FG49

Spell "Blandede Bolcher" with the initial character of geocaches you have logged.
Geocaches starting with anything but alpha is unusable.
The following cache types must be used: Trad, myst, multi, letterbox, earth cache
The same geocache may not be used twice.
Log on geocaches you own may not be used.
The example log should contain cache-name, gccode, cache-type.

Challenge - din egen http://coord.info/GC61NW2

Challenge Fyn #3 Nyborg http://coord.info/GC2YVCR

Challenge: Visit all the Nordic Countries +one http://coord.info/GC5J52D

Challenge Fyn # 5 Faaborg http://coord.info/GC35ABT

Reward: ??CC Challenges in South Dakota

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:37:40 +0000

This contest is about these challenges: ??CC Challenges inSouth Dakota

When every challenge in this trail has a checker, we will reward the top 5 tag creators for the trail with 2 years of free membership each. If the 5th position is shared, none of them will get rewarded, so make sure you keep ahead to not lose your reward with the last checkers.

The membership can be used by the receiver, or given away to someone else, or sold, it's all up to the winners.

Already existing tags does of course count. Checkers for archived challenges does count as well, though they will not be required to "close the trail".

If you find that a challenge is technically impossible, reply here and tell me. I will then review it, and add it as an exclusion if I agree.

Feel free to post here when you have created a checker, so that we can follow the process. When the trail is complete, do post here so that I notice, and can process the rewards.

Exceptions:

GC4HETZ - K4CC - Distance Challenge: 1-10 -
GC4HEV0 - L4CC - Distance Challenge: 10-25
GC4HEV1 - M4CC - Distance Challenge: 25-50 -
GC4HEV3 - N4CC - Distance Challenge: 50-100 -
GC4HEV4 - O4CC - Distance Challenge: 100-250
GC4HEV5 - P4CC - Distance Challenge: 250-500 -
GC4HEV6 - Q4CC - Distance Challenge: 500-1000 -
GC4HEV8 - R4CC - Distance Challenge: 1000-2500 -
GC4HEY3 U6CC - Trackable Challenge
http://coord.info/GC4HEXQ Q6CC - Sister City Challenge
GC4HEX8 - J6CC - Frequent Flier Challenge H6CC - Cemetery Challenge
http://coord.info/GC4HEX6 I6CC - Bridge Challenge

UPDATE: This seems done. I will try to go through it tomorrow.

CONTEST COMPLETED, rewards sent.

Reward: WRC Challenge trail in South Dakota

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:32:53 +0000

This is about this trail: WRC Challenge trail in South Dakota

When every challenge on the trail (currently 14) has a checker, we will reward each tag-creator with 2 months of membership per tag.

If you find that a challenge is technically impossible, reply here and tell me. I will then review it, and add it as an exclusion if I agree.

Feel free to post here when you have created a checker, so that we can follow the process. When the trail is complete, do post here so that I notice, and can process the rewards.

Exception list:

http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5CFC1_wrc-challenge-fizzy-not-in-my-state
http://coord.info/GC5CRJ8 "WRC" Challenge (Fizzy) Lucky 13~A Fizzy Challenge

CONTEST OVER, REWARDS SENT

Reward: Z Challenges in Wisconsin

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:20:57 +0000

This contest is about these challenges: Z Challenges, Wisconsin

The membership can be used by the receiver, or given away to someone else, or sold, it's all up to the winners.

Already existing tags does of course count. Checkers for archived challenges does count as well, though they will not be required to "close the trail".

If you find that a challenge is technically impossible, reply here and tell me. I will then review it, and add it as an exclusion if I agree.

Feel free to post here when you have created a checker, so that we can follow the process. When the trail is complete, do post here so that I notice, and can process the rewards.

Exclusion list:

http://coord.info/GC3FXWZ Z Challenge: Guardrails x 10
http://coord.info/GC3EK89 Z Challenge: 50 Critters
http://coord.info/GC3EN14 Z Challenge: 50 Corny Caches
http://coord.info/GC3FJGT Z Challenge: Earthcache Classification
http://coord.info/GC3HV14 Z Challenge: Benchmarks x 5
http://coord.info/GC3GCBJ Z Challenge: Move 500 Trackables
http://coord.info/GC3GCCF Z Challenge: 10 Jeeps Moved
http://coord.info/GC3FJ3F Z Challenge: 10 Bridges
http://coord.info/GC2VAP1 Z Challenge: Cache Rescue
http://coord.info/GC3EJME Z Challenge: Wisconsin Grand Slam

These are actually possible if someone creates polygon. But it's a bit too much, so let's exclude these as well:

http://coord.info/GC4WAV6 Z Challenge: Chippewa River Challenge
http://coord.info/GC4X804Z Challenge: Dells Pond Challenge

Update, those that are left:

http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3HFKT_z-challenge-virtuals-a-z-x-20
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3HVT9_z-challenge-10-palindromes
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3HV95_z-challenge-5-palindromes
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3R4V8_z-challenge-25-presidents (thought it will be to be updated now and then, but seldom enough imo)
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3JK39_z-challenge-100-x-12
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3JM96_z-challenge-1000-x-12
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3JY87_z-challenge-100-finds-x-5-years
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GK0Q_z-challenge-5-time-zones Can this be done using longitudes?
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GK0K_z-challenge-4-time-zones Can this be done using longitudes?
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3GK05_z-challenge-2-time-zones Can this be done using longitudes?

CLOSED

Rewards (2 years each) has been sent to:

vogelbird (48-3=45)
Rikitan (16)
Target. (15-1=14)
sumbloke (6-2=4)
Tanjent (3)

Reward: The Non-Trad Challenges in Pennsylvania

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:04:03 +0000

This contest is about these challenges: Non-Trad Challenges, Pennsylvania

When every challenge in this trail has a checker, we will reward the top 3 tag creators for the trail with 2 years of free membership each. If the 3rd position is shared, none of them will get rewarded, so make sure you keep ahead to not lose your reward with the last checkers.

The membership can be used by the receiver, or given away to someone else, or sold, it's all up to the winners.

Already existing tags does of course count, though it's only 4/58.

If you find that a challenge is technically impossible, reply here and tell me. I will then review it, and add it as an exclusion if I agree.

Feel free to post here when you have created a checker, so that we can follow the process. When the trail is complete, do post here so that I notice, and can process the rewards.

Exclusion list:

http://coord.info/GC4ENFX Non-Trad Cache Challenge #27 - Trees
same with color
http://coord.info/GC4F30T Non-Trad Cache Challenge #28 - Rocks
Same with haloween
http://coord.info/GC4FP15 Non-Trad Cache Challenge #29 - Swamps
same with rocks
http://coord.info/GC4GAH7 Non-Trad Cache Challenge #30 - Creeks
http://coord.info/GC4GAJJ Non-Trad Cache Challenge #31 - Valleys
Same with creeks
http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4MHYM_non-trad-cache-challenge-37-non-ec-ec
http://coord.info/GC4QQHC Non-Trad Cache Challenge #44 - 5 Year Resurection
http://coord.info/GC4R5X2 Non-Trad Cache Challenge #45 - Boo
Same with valleys

Maybe excluded (almost doable):

Challenges not allowed http://coord.info/GC4C7RF Non-Trad Cache Challenge #22 - 15 Difficult
http://coord.info/GC4J18R Non-Trad Cache Challenge #34 - Challenges
Challenges not allowed http://coord.info/GC4KD2J Non-Trad Cache Challenge #36 - Take a Hike
http://coord.info/GC4N0JA Non-Trad Cache Challenge #38 - Colors
same with swap related

CONTEST OVER, REWARDS SENT

Reward: OCCT Nebraska

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:48:04 +0000

This contest is about this trail: OCCT Nebraska

The membership can be used by the receiver, or given away to someone else, or sold, it's all up to the winners.

Already existing tags does of course count (50% of the trail is already covered).

If you find that a challenge is technically impossible, reply here and tell me. I will then review it, and add it as an exclusion if I agree.

Feel free to post here when you have created a checker, so that we can follow the process. When the trail is complete, do post here so that I notice, and can process the rewards.

The exclusion list:

http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC43JXH_angry-birds-challenge-occt
http://coord.info/GC44T2C OCCT - Well Traveled Cacher Challenge V2
http://coord.info/GC44T23 OCCT - Well Traveled Cacher Challenge V1
http://coord.info/GC45E00 OCCT - Collaboration Challenge
http://coord.info/GC44QPV Stinky Bug Challenge - OCCT
http://coord.info/GC43BA0 R U Watching Me Challenge? - OCCT
http://coord.info/GC45DZY OCCT - The Helicopter/Airplane Challenge
http://coord.info/GC3YE73 OCCT - 20 x 20 Favorite - Challenge
http://coord.info/GC3XZYC OCCT - 10 mile Traditional Challenge
http://coord.info/GC4226M OCCT - Swim, Boat, Wade, or Float Challenge
http://coord.info/GC3YE9V OCCT - State Oldest Cache - Challenge

Maybe excluded

http://coord.info/GC3YEE4 OCCT - A Challenging Challenge

Reward: RTT in Michigan (USA)

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:31:16 +0000

This is about this trail: RTT in Michigan.

When every challenge on the trail (currently 17) has a checker, we will reward each tag-creator with 2 months of membership per tag.

If you find that a challenge is technically impossible, reply here and tell me. I will then review it, and add it as an exclusion if I agree.

Some of the challenges already has tags, the creators will automatically get awarded for those as well, when the trail is done.

Feel free to post here when you have created a checker, so that we can follow the process. When the trail is complete, do post here so that I notice, and can process the rewards.

The impossible list:

http://coord.info/GC2NJRK RTT Challenge Cache- 25 Benchmarks Found/Recovered
http://coord.info/GC2NJRK RTT Challenge Cache - Michigan's Oldest Five
http://coord.info/GC2WFQT RTT Challenge Cache 50 Travel Bugs/Geocoins Moved

CONTEST OVER, ALL CHALLENGES NOW HAS CHECKERS

Checkers for CAT Challenge trail in Canada

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 02:20:50 +0000

I would like to see checkers for every challenge in the CAT challenge trail in Canada. The challenges can easily be found on the challenge map (updated link). Only those in the trail itself are included in this task, there was a few other challenges a bit away. You are of course welcome to write for those as well, but they are not included in the request.

I have looked through many of them, and they all seem to be very easy to write checkers for. It would be enjoyable to see a whole challenge trail covered with checkers. Might be the first?

And since I am the owner of Project-GC, I will even add some rewards for this task. When every challenge in the trail has a checker, excluding those where it's technically not possible, I will send 2 years of membership to Project-GC to these persons:

The top 3 who created the most tags for the trail. If the one who created the most checkers, has twice as many as the second one, he/she will claim 2 of the 3 rewards, and there will be no third person.
The last 3 unique persons who created tags for the last caches in the trail. And by last I mean the last to get checkers, it has nothing to do with the order on the map or the order of publishing. (I hope this was clear, ask otherwise and I will try to explain). To claim this award, you must have created tags for at least 3 caches in the trail, otherwise the price will go on to the next one.

Answer in this thread when you want to claim your rewards!

PS! It's appreciated if you also post an answer for every checker you have created, so that I/we can feel the progress.

The following was moved from the Carni-checker-thread, I wrote it all in the wrong one. :/

UPDATE 141119 #1

Checkers are now created for all challenges in the trail. I have been verifying them and found that there might be issues with these:

http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC56EZB/2220 http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC55YRE/2019 http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC547G7/1995 http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC547W0/1989

They all have a high rate of "not ok" when running verify.

UPDATE 141119 #2

1989: Wrong number, should be 50 required, not 75.

1995: Wrong attribute, should be 8, not 9.

2019: Should be 3 needed, not 15. The attribute should be 65 and not 66 (if I am not wrong).

2220: Attribute should be 14, not 148, there are not 148 attributes.

UPDATE 141120 #1

All checkers seem to work as intended now. From what I can see it is only GentlePurpleRain and Target. who has created checkers on the trail, I will therefore send them 2*2 years each. They will be sent within 5 minutes from now. You are allowed to do what you want with them (sell, use, give away, throw away, carpent your walls with it ...)

You will receive coupon codes as a notifier at Project-GC. Make sure you save it or use it before you remove the message or you won't find it again (if it happens, contact our support). A real messaging system will be created at PGC at a later point in time.

Checkers for Carni Challenge trail in Canada

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 02:18:32 +0000

I would like to see checkers for every challenge in the Carni challenge trail in Canada. The challenges can easily be found on the challenge map. Only those in the trail itself are included in this task, there was a few other challenges a bit away. You are of course welcome to write for those as well, but they are not included in the request.

I have looked through many of them, and they all seem to be very easy to write checkers for. It would be enjoyable to see a whole challenge trail covered with checkers. Might be the first?

The top 3 who created the most tags for the trail. If the one who created the most checkers, has twice as many as the second one, he/she will claim 2 of the 3 rewards, and there will be no third person.
The last 3 unique persons who created tags for the last caches in the trail. And by last I mean the last to get checkers, it has nothing to do with the order on the map or the order of publishing. (I hope this was clear, ask otherwise and I will try to explain). To claim this award, you must have created tags for at least 3 caches in the trail, otherwise the price will go on to the next one.

Answer in this thread when you want to claim your rewards!

PS! It's appreciated if you also post an answer for every checker you have created, so that I/we can feel the progress.

UPDATE: Seems that there has been added a challenge to this trail. There was a total of 60, now it's 61. Let's include the new one. (update2: Now I can only see 60 again, maybe I mixed up the trails last time ...)

UPDATE 2: 2015-01-07, two challenges left (not counting those listed below), GC4BGNF and GC5ANVF. Quest completed. Rewards will be sent out as Coupon codes via the messaging system at Project-GC. Expect them later today. I also intend to sum it up here.

Challenges that can not be checked with todays API:

GC4RDRN "1000 Trackables"
GC4RDRD - Carni Challenge Trail: The Fizzy Traveller
Carni Challenge Trail: 500.000 km
GC4ZN66 - Carni Challenge Trail: Well Rounded Year Round (possible, but impoossible to understand)

The following users will be rewarded 2 years membership each:

Rikitan (top 3)
mole125 (Was in the top 3 writers, and created one of the lasts, will get 2*2 years)
hampf (Created most and one of the last, will get 2*2 years)
rabmoor (Was in the top 3 writers, and created one of the lasts, will get 2*2 years)
GentlePurpleRain (top 3)
Target. (Created second most tags)
the Seagnoid (top 3)

What wasn't foreseen was that 5 users shared the position as top 3 tag creators. Since there was no rule regarding it, we will reward them all with 2 years each (and learn our lesson). We think it's nice that these has been created and we have no regret in rewarding you all. (at the point of posting this, the coupon codes have not yet been sent)

UPDATE (probably the last one): Rewards has been sent. New contests will be posted on the QA forum today, in the category "Checker requests". We will also update the request list on the checker-page.

PS! The Bikeway challenge trail in California only needs 3 more checkers.

Reward: Bikeway challenge trail in California

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 02:07:42 +0000

I would like to see checkers for every challenge in the Challenge Bikeway trail in California, USA. The challenges can easily be found on the challenge map.

I have looked through many of them, and they all seem to be very easy to write checkers for. It would be enjoyable to see a whole challenge trail covered with checkers. Might be the first?

And since I am the owner of Project-GC, I will even add two rewards on this task. When every challenge in the trail has a checker, excluding those where it's technically not possible, I will send 1 year of membership to Project-GC to these persons:

The one who created the most tags for the trail.
The one who created the last tag for the trail.

(it can be the same person, and he/she will then receive 2*1 year)

Answer in this thread when you want to claim your rewards!

PS! It's appreciated if you also post an answer for every checker you have created, so that I/we can feel the progress.

UPDATE:

These are not included in the contest, since we see them as technically impossible.

Challenge Bikeway: Top 20 Favorites
Challenge Bikeway: 100 Trackables Logged Challenge
Challenge Bikeway: The Blue Ribbon Challenge
Challenge Bikeway: Geo-Art Challeng

These are the only 3 missing now, and they should be possible: GC4FF33, GC5E2QP, GC44TT7

COMPLETED, rewards on their way

Project-GC Q&A - Recent questions tagged reward

[REWARD] Checkers in Denmark

Challenge : Bald Eagle http://coord.info/GC4ZYZ6

Challenge: Den alsidige geocacher http://coord.info/GC5N4P3

Drengenavne - challenge http://coord.info/GC5D185

Challenge; en glad een! http://coord.info/GC4REXF

ICON + x CHALLENGE http://coord.info/GC4VJ99​

Challenge Nord Syd Øst Vest http://coord.info/GC5APX0

Challenge: MEGA Event og Event på samme dag http://coord.info/GC536VX

Challenge De nordiske svaner http://coord.info/GC4DPGV

Challenge: Nord Syd Øst Vest http://coord.info/GC3T7A1

Challenge... 25 hele dage uden fund http://coord.info/GC3847M

Challenge: Kan du klokken? http://coord.info/GC4W2D6

Challenge: Sommercacheren http://coord.info/GC42M9Q

Challenge: Forårscacheren http://coord.info/GC4244J

Challenge: Vintercacheren http://coord.info/GC4244P

Challenge: Efterårscacheren http://coord.info/GC3VQ8E

Challenge: Tidens gang (3 år) http://coord.info/GC58BH0

Challenge: Tidens gang (1 år) http://coord.info/GC5GTCP

Challenge: Tidens gang (6 måneder) http://coord.info/GC5FA0G

Challenge: Vandrestøvler http://coord.info/GC4PC9R

Challenge: De gode gamle (Fyn) http://coord.info/GC3VVW9

Challenge Fyn #1 Odense http://coord.info/GC2TZ5A

BB: Challenge: Blandede Bolcher http://coord.info/GC5FG49

Challenge - din egen http://coord.info/GC61NW2

Challenge Fyn #3 Nyborg http://coord.info/GC2YVCR

Challenge: Visit all the Nordic Countries +one http://coord.info/GC5J52D

Challenge Fyn # 5 Faaborg http://coord.info/GC35ABT

Reward: ??CC Challenges in South Dakota

Reward: WRC Challenge trail in South Dakota

Reward: Z Challenges in Wisconsin

Reward: The Non-Trad Challenges in Pennsylvania

Reward: OCCT Nebraska

Reward: RTT in Michigan (USA)

Checkers for CAT Challenge trail in Canada

Checkers for Carni Challenge trail in Canada

Reward: Bikeway challenge trail in California

ICON + x CHALLENGE http://coord.info/GC4VJ99