i thought the idea behind gps stash was exactly that GPS was integral to the whole game.
otherwise you essentially have letterboxing with the addition of prizes...
I suggest we keep it as-is..
Mike Teague - http://www.triax.com/yngwie GPS Stash Hunt Homepage - http://www.triax.com/yngwie/gps.html
-----Original Message----- From: David J. Ulmer To: gpsstash@egroups.com Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [gpsstash] Second Thoughts
>Actually, I just thought of another problem... the GPS word also has >problems..turns off the non-techie types. In fact many stashes could be >found without a GPS by using coordinates and a good map. > >To this end, I thought of the idea of Planeteering ! In this game you search >the planet for significant sites pointed out by others. Lets call the sites >GEMS for Geo Eco Monument Sites. Here folks could mark the locations of both >good and bad ecological sites and share their thoughts in a guest book. > >Hmmmm... > >Dave... > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mike Teague" >To: >Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 5:34 AM >Subject: Re: [gpsstash] Second Thoughts > > >> awww.. things haven't slowed down.. I just got 2 new ones in my email this >> morning. >> >> >> >> Mike Teague - http://www.triax.com/yngwie >> GPS Stash Hunt Homepage - http://www.triax.com/yngwie/gps.html >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David J. Ulmer >> To: gpsstash@egroups.com >> Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 6:06 AM >> Subject: [gpsstash] Second Thoughts >> >> >> >Greetings, >> > >> >I've been having some second thoughts about the GPS Stash Hunt project >> >especially since things have slowed down a bit. >> > >> >I'm thinking we got the right game but the wrong name! >> > >> >Reluctantly, I put on my spandex, buy some bottled water, and load up my >> >walkman with Barbara Streisand and take a new look at stash hunting.... >> > >> >It appears that the word Stash has some negative connotations, maybe >> >illegal, maybe subversive, maybe just too related to the hippies and >drugs. >> >Doesn't seem to fit in todays spandex, natural, eco tourist world we now >> >live in. >> > >> >Hunt also has problems, it takes us back to our hunter gather roots and >> >certainly doesn't relate to our environmentalist, pro-sumer consumer >> reality >> >of today. >> > >> >If the idea is going to sell in todays market, it may need a name that >> >garners fuzzy feelings of respect and admiration of our fragile >> environment. >> >Something the do-gooder of today would be proud of. Something the school >> >teacher and Boy Scout leader could have pride in teaching their children. >> >Something that makes your wife "feel good" about you after a long day of >> >searching. >> > >> >So should we change the name? To what? Should we change the game? >> > >> >Second Thoughts? >> > >> >Dave... >> > >> > >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >Find long lost high school friends: >> >http://click.egroups.com/1/4056/6/_/_/_/959342337/ >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >> >gpsstash-unsubscribe@egroups.com >> > >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Find long lost high school friends: >> http://click.egroups.com/1/4056/6/_/_/_/959344510/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >> gpsstash-unsubscribe@egroups.com >> >> >> >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Accurate impartial advice on everything from laptops to table saws. >http://click.egroups.com/1/4634/6/_/_/_/959346092/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >gpsstash-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >