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by Moms_PlayProfileContactLogbookNote
Board: Stupider Questions About Letterboxing
So for our first event I listed all our boxes as event stamp and didn't realize it doesn't count for your finds.... is there anyway to change without deleting and making everyone re-log their finds? thank you
by Green TortugaProfileContactLogbookNote
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So for our first event I listed all our boxes as event stamp and didn't realize it doesn't count for your finds.... Well.... yes and no. It doesn't count as finds for traditional boxes--but it does count towards finds of event boxes. AQ keeps track of...
by Moms_PlayProfileContactLogbookNote
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"But the question isn't how do you list boxes to count them as finds--the question to ask is what kind of boxes did you create? Were they hidden out in the woods where people had to follow clues in order to find them? Then they should be listed as trad...
by Green TortugaProfileContactLogbookNote
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Can I change it, Or am I going to have to make new boxes and new Numbers? Admins can change it, but we need to know which boxes should be changed. -- Ryan
by Moms_PlayProfileContactLogbookNote
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Awesome ty
by LadyRisaProfileContactLogbookNote
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I checked on a box & went to note the maintenance report. There was the option to check found or missing, so I checked found. This increased the boxes “f” count. Was I not supposed to do that? I looked at my atlas quest logbook & it doesn’t show up for...
by WronghatProfileContactLogbookNote
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I checked your listing on Tarot symbol: sun and it looks like you did it right. The maintenance check shows up on the F-Summary as a Find so that seekers can see it is still being found--if the last entry were an x many would suspect that it has gone...
by Green TortugaProfileContactLogbookNote
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In the database, a "maintenance" visit is recorded as another find, but AQ knows that you aren't allowed to "find" your own boxes and automatically excludes it from the finds on your logbook and F-count. (It will, however, show up But it IS included...
by LadyRisaProfileContactLogbookNote
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Ok good. I think I blew my own mind with that one. Glad to know I did it right!
by JampersandJProfileContactLogbookNote
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Situation: I have some stamps that have started out as postals, and I would like to send out the images as Quisps/LTCs/oversized LTCs. I don’t want to retire them as postals because I might want to send them out again in the future. Should I list them...
by photopamProfileContactLogbookNote
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List as LTCs use the recycle symbol and explain in the clues section that it is a postal and what postal rings its been on, if any. You might want to add postal box number too. And then provide these details to the postal listing as well, but for the...
by PeaceLovePiano and MomProfileContactLogbookNote
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WOW! That's really nifty! (I would now like to suggest a "WOW! That's really nifty!" button for responses, although it might be seen as too long ;) ) Thanks for a really great website and very interesting information! -PLP
by Wry MeProfileContactLogbookNote
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I want the smite button back. I'm having a very smiteful Wednesday. Teaching middle school will do that to a person.
by JampersandJProfileContactLogbookNote
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Thanks! With the “agrees” and no alternate suggestions, I will take your advice!
by cooledcoyoteProfileContactLogbookNote
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How about something to show you visited a box you found earlier? 2 years ago I lost a book with images, and when convenient I’ve been refinding and recapturing the stamp image. Something to show that, yes, this box I found 4 years ago is still there be...
by JanilaProfileContactLogbookNote
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showing the date I went back, but not adding another find to my totals? Choose "Record Find", instead of having the "found" box checked, choose N/A, type your message in public comment and hit send. It will show your message under the "box comments" o...
by JampersandJProfileContactLogbookNote
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I have an alias account that I use for mostly maintenance purposes. I checked on a friend’s box that was marked as “missing”. It was still there. The alias was useful to show a “find” after the attempt, without affecting my on-line logs. You can make...
by Green TortugaProfileContactLogbookNote
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How about something to show you visited a box you found earlier? I'd just use an alias account for that purpose. You can call it the "cooledcoyote ghost" because you're being followed by a "ghostly" persona who isn't "real." =) -- Ryan
by EidolonProfileContactLogbookNote
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I'd just use an alias account for that purpose. You can call it the "cooledcoyote ghost" because you're being followed by a "ghostly" persona who isn't "real." =) I have an awesomely named "Box Found" alias for this purpose.
by DarkZen and Evil Cow PieProfileContactLogbookNote
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Ha ha, that is awesome!
by SpartanfansProfileContactLogbookNote
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The ones that we had to find in the hotel, from the clue packet should be listed as "traditional", for example, the ones on every floor that combined to form 1 stamp, and the ones that were outside. There was also clue for all the boxes in the hotel l...
by airstream dreamsProfileContactLogbookNote
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"But the ones in your room should be considered HIPS or "event boxes"" I thought HIPS and events boxes were different in some cases. What I thought: Event boxes are on a table at an event and you go walk up and get it, no searching or clues involved...
by Colorful CaterpillarsProfileContactLogbookNote
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HIPS boxes don't have clues. They are a type of event box that is on the table but are "hidden in plain sight". For example, my Prehistoric Policeman? is glued to the bottom of a rock. You might miss it if you don't pick it up and look at it. Another...
by Una Marlee SueProfileContactLogbookNote
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I just attended an event Sunday and the HIPS were listed as traditional boxes because we had to solve puzzles in order to access (lock boxes) or find the location of the stamps. These boxes took alittle more effort and strategic thinking to get the im...
by airstream dreamsProfileContactLogbookNote
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I totally agree with you. It should be up to the planter and everyone have fun and be a Happy Camper.
by Green TortugaProfileContactLogbookNote
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Hips are Hidden in Plain Sight, and have clues , altho clues make be vague, but still written clues. So shouldn't they be a traditional count? You had to make the effort to actually search for them. Notice that "HIPS" is an attribute only for event sta...
by EidolonProfileContactLogbookNote
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I've even gone so far as to not record finds on incorrectly-listed event boxes because I don't want them screwing up my F-counts. I do that too. I have a spreadsheet with "real totals" (which is sorely out of date, I am working on catching that up) whi...
by PeaceLovePiano and MomProfileContactLogbookNote
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Hi everybody! I am curious: if we attempted a box and did not find it (and logged it in as an attempt/not found) then later we went back and found it (and logged it in as a find)...why is there still an "attempt" listed on it? (NOT Criticizing-just cu...
by DawnkeyProfileContactLogbookNote
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AtlasQuest is set up so that you can record up to one find and one attempt on each box. The fact that you logged a find on one date does not change the fact that you recorded an attempt on the same box on a previous date. If you don't like the attempt...
by WronghatProfileContactLogbookNote
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if we attempted a box and did not find it (and logged it in as an attempt/not found) then later we went back and found it (and logged it in as a find)...why is there still an "attempt" listed on it? Having both the attempt and the find gives searchers...