Post by Admin on Mar 6, 2017 13:26:38 GMT -5
Get ready to join the MOB
The Greater Charlotte Geocaching Club is about to MOB and be MOBBED at caches in the GCGC area.
This is going to be a fast paced contest where you will have a limited amount of time to MOB a local cache or even have one of your own MOBBED by other GCGC members. Some lucky MOB fanatic will dance away with an exclusive GCGC prize.
This is going to be a fast paced contest where you will have a limited amount of time to MOB a local cache or even have one of your own MOBBED by other GCGC members. Some lucky MOB fanatic will dance away with an exclusive GCGC prize.
This is a great chance for everyone to participate in all phases of the contest and likely run into other GCGC members on the way
Lets fill the Cache Owners inbox with lots of MOB logs
The Very Basics
A single Geocache will be announced
You have 24 hours to find and log the selected cache
The first to log here will get to pick the next geocache to be MOBBED
Everyone that MOBS the announced cache during the 24 hour period gets a GCGC Point
The cycle begins again with the first finders next cache selection
The Rules
The Contest runs from Oct 1 until Oct 31 2016
The initial cache will be selected and announced by the Lackeys here at the GCGC.
Based on the announcement time of the posting, you have 24 hours (the Active Period) to find, log and post your find here in the Contest Forum.
Your MOB posting in the Contest Forum MUST be within the 24 hour Active Period.
Postings of finds after the Active Period do NOT count so be quick to log your find here.
The First To MOB the Active Cache and log it here in the Contest Forum will pick the next cache to be MOBBED.
No consecutive First To MOBs. If you picked the next cache to be MOBBED you may NOT claim First To MOB for that cache.
The announcement of the next Active Cache is to be made AFTER the conclusion of the previous caches active period.
That announcement will be made here in the Contest Forum within 24 hours of the end of the previous Active Cache's Active Period by the member entitled to make the selection.
If no announcement is made within the allotted time, a new cache will be selected by a Lackey and announced here.
Should any Active Cache not be MOBBED within the Active Period, that cache will remain the Active Cache for an additional Active Period of 24 hours.
Yes the seconds in the time posting DO count for all time sensitive matters.
Any active cache in the GCGC area may be selected to be MOBBED
GCGC Lackeys reserve the right to amend the rules / announce alternate Active Caches at any time during the game should the need arise or in the event of a stall
Points
To earn points, find the Active Cache, log the find and then post your find here in the contest forum during the Active Period for the cache.
You may re-visit a previously found cache provided you actually go back to the cache, re-sign the log and enter a comment / note on the cache page then enter your post in the contest thread.
You may also MOB your own cache should it be selected provided you visit the cache, perform maintenance, sign the log and then enter your post in the contest thread.
Participating members will maintain their tally of points in the Contest Thread themselves subject to verification by members and GCGC Lackeys.
1 point for each Active Cache Mobbed and entered in the Contest Forum within the Active Period
5 points for each First To MOB of a cache entered in the Contest Thread during the Active Period
10 point Bonus for the member with the highest total points accumulated during the contest (awarded by GCGC Lackeys at the conclusion of the contest) In the event of a tie, all those with the highest point total will be awarded the bonus points.
Chances to win the Prize will be proportional to the total number of points accumulated by each member in a drawing following the contest.
How It Works Example
Cache "A" is announced at 8:00 am Mon
Everyone has 24 hours to MOB the cache.
Member 1 is First To MOB but delays logging on the Forum
Member 2 is second to MOB and logs the find on the Forum first (Member 2 is the official FTM and entitled to select the next cache)
All members that MOB and log the cache before 8:00 am Tue on the Forum gain 1 point.
10:32 am Tue Member 2 announces the next cache, Cache "B", to be MOBBED (could be announced anytime between 8:00 am Tue and 8:00 am Wed.)
The next Active period began at 10:32 Tue and will run until 10:32 Wed.
Everyone has 24 hours to find cache "B"
Member 2 cannot claim FTM even if they are the first to find and log the cache on the Forum
Member 3 is First To Mob and promptly logs it on the Forum
Member 3 is entitled to pick the next cache to be MOBBED sometime after 10:32 Wed.
Member 3 fails to announce the next cache to be MOBBED by 10:32 Thur.
A GCGC Lackey announces Cache "C" at 11:45am Thur.
Get it?
Look for the announcement,
Find and log in the contest for GCGC points.
Be the first to find to get to pick the next cache (your own or any other)
Accumulate points
Watch for the next announcement.
Win a prize or have fun trying