GUIDELINES/RULES/FAQ's .....
THE CHALLENGE
EACH COLOURED SET ON THE BOARD RELATES TO CACHE DIFFICULTIES OR TERRAINS;
IN ORDER TO CALCULATE YOUR WORTH YOU NOMINATE A GC CODE OF A RELEVANT CACHE AND THEN MULTIPLY THE DIFFICULTY AND THE TERRAIN,
EG; THE PURPLE SET (2 CACHES) RELATES TO THE CACHES OF THE LOWEST DIFFICULTY/TERRAIN (set 1) A D1/T1.5 IS WORTH 1.5 UNITS, A D5/T1 IS WORTH 5 UNITS.
THE BOARD ASKS FOR A DIFFICULTY 1 LETTERBOX/HYBRID CACHE AND A TERRAIN 1 EVENT. SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO CHECK YOUR FINDS (SELECT ALL LETTERBOX HYBRID FINDS AND SEE WHAT IS THE BEST COMBINATION, A DIFFICULTY 1 AND TERRAIN 5 LETTERBOX CACHE WOULD ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM SCORE FOR THIS BOX. A TERRAIN 1 DIFFICULTY 5 EVENT (SUCH AS MY BIRTHDAY SURPRISE EVENT) WOULD LIKEWISE ACHIEVE MAXIMUM.
IF YOU CAN COMPLETE A SET THEN YOU CAN DOUBLE YOUR SET TOTAL, SO IN THE INITIAL EXAMPLE THE TOTAL WORTH FOR THE PURPLE SET WOULD BE
1.5 + 5 = 6.5, YOU CAN THEN MULTIPLY BY 2 AS YOU HAVE A COMPLETE SET WHICH = 13 UNITS
IF YOU HAVE FOUND A D1/T5 LETTERBOX AND A D5/T1 EVENT THEN YOU HAVE 5 + 5 (x 2 DUE TO COMPLETING THE SET) = 20 MAX SCORES ARE SHOWN ON THE TABLE.
(HOWEVER.....YOU MAY ONLY USE A CACHE ONCE).
IF THERE IS A CACHE TYPE ICON IN A SQUARE THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE A FIND OF THAT PARTICULAR CACHE TYPE AND THAT PARTICULAR DIFFICULTY OR TERRAIN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COUNT IT.
WHERE THERE IS NO ICON, JUST A DIFFICULTY/TERRAIN NUMBER THEN YOU MAY USE ANY TYPE OF CACHE (IF NOT ALREADY USED).
THE BELOW IMAGES ILLUSTRATE WHERE I FOUND THE APPROPRIATE CACHE TYPES FOR THE PURPLE SET AND THEN HOW I MULTIPLIED THE POINTS AND ARRIVED AT THE TOTAL FOR THAT SET.
THE SERIES
THE BELOW IS ONLY RELEVANT TO THE SIDE GAME AND SERIES, AND IS NOT PART OF THE CHALLENGE....
I INTEND THAT THE LOG-OPOLY SERIES SIDE GAME WILL ALLOW PEOPLE WHO FIND THE CACHES IN THE SERIES TO LEAP-FROG THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ONLY THE QUALIFYING SETS IN THE CHALLENGE, SO IF YOU FIND THE CACHES IN THE SERIES THESE WILL ADD ADDITIONAL POINTS TO A PLAYERS OVERALL POINTS TOTAL , THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL BONUSES FOR FIRST TO FINDS (BUT ONLY ONE PER PERSON/TEAM) THERE MAY BE A COUPLE OF MORE DIFFICULT CACHES PLACED IN THE SERIES - THESE WILL ATTRACT HIGHER POINTS.
- FINDING THE CACHES IN THE SERIES WILL BE WORTH 100 POINTS PER CACHE (UNLESS STATED ON THE CACHE PAGE)
- FINDING THE BONUS WILL DOUBLE THE VALUE OF YOUR POINTS SUBMITTED FOR THE CHALLENGE CACHE (IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER YOU HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE CHALLENGE OR NOT). ONCE ALL SERIES CACHES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED THEN THE POINTS FOR FINDING THE BONUS CACHE WILL BE
- IF YOU ARE 'FTF' ON A SERIES CACHE YOU WILL GAIN AN EXTRA BONUS OF 100 POINTS
- IF YOU 'FTF' A SUBSEQUENT SERIES CACHE THEN THE BONUS POINTS WILL PASS ON TO THE NEXT ELIGIBLE FINDER (ALTHOUGH THIS DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR GC.COM STATUS AS FTF)
- THE FIRST POINTS PHASE OF THE GAME WILL RUN BETWEEN THE DATE THAT THIS SITE WAS PUBLISHED TO 1ST SEPTEMBER 2013.
- THE SECOND PHASE WILL RUN BETWEEN 1ST SEPTEMBER 2013 TO 31ST OCTOBER 2013.
- THE FINAL PHASE (FOR THE COMPETITION) WILL RUN UNTIL 31ST DECEMBER 2013 WHEN AN OVERALL WINNER WILL BE DECLARED.
- THE HIGHEST POINTS SCORERS FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND PHASE WILL EACH RECEIVE A TRACKABLE TAG
- THE OVERALL WINNER WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL PRIZE.
- PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS MEANT AS A BIT OF FUN, I AM IN NO WAY AN EXPERT ORGANISER, I WILL NO DOUBT HAVE OVERLOOKED SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL AND AM LIKELY TO GET SIDETRACKED FROM UPDATING THE SITE OR SCORES ETC DUE TO LIFE AND GEOCACHING GETTING IN THE WAY.
- GOOD LUCK AND HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE HIDES AND TRYING TO PLAN SOME HIGH VALUE CACHES FOR THE CHALLENGE - THE BENCHMARK HAS ALREADY BEEN SET VERY HIGH.
- THE GOLD AND SILVER NUMBERS ON THE LEADERBOARD DENOTES FIRST AND SECOND HIGHEST CHALLENGE TOTAL POINTS AND THE FIRST AND SECOND OVERALL POINTS LEADERS, (RESPECTIVELY).
- ON LOG-OPOLY 5 : 'CURSES' THERE ARE BONUS POINTS ON OFFER FOR 'FIRST TO SOLVE' - SHOULD THE SOLVERS BE PART OF A TEAM, THEN THE NUMBER IN THE TEAM WILL DECIDE THE BONUS POINTS*
FIRST TO SOLVE = 250
SECOND TO SOLVE = 150
THIRD TO SOLVE = 75