[Az-Geocaching] The History of Geocaching

[Jake Olson]

I'd have to disagree Scott...

I think the article provides newbies a pretty good idea of what can happen
if you think about rocking the Geocaching.com boat.

It gives a pretty concise history of the sport and doesn't hide or shrowd
the credit for who actually started the game, and who came in with a
"Business Plan".  How long did the Geocaching.com's version of the history
of the game refer to Dave Ulmer as "someone"?  Jeremy doesn't tollerate any
deviation from his vision of how the game should be played.  Yes, it's his
site, but without the contributions of every cacher on the planet, his site
wouldn't be what it is today.

I think the article point out that the business model Jeremy has been
working with, is seriously lacking a customer service department.  Many of
his actions have been done with his personal "adminstrator account", when
clearly a generic/non-personal account should be created for such actions.
The banning of accounts using a personalized administrator account leaves
the impression that someone is gloating.

Jake - Team A.I.

On 9/3/06, Roping The Wind <arizcowboy at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> >From: "Regan Smith" After meeting a couple of interested in what was
> going
> >on people last night,
> >I decided to do some research so I could better inform them in a coherent
> >manner what was going on and I found this neat good read
> >http://geocaching.gpsgames.org/history/
>
> I really dont think that is a good reference to show first timers getting
> into the game! :) It looks like a history of the monopolistic ways of
> Jeremy
> Irish and Geocaching.com.... not a history about geocaching! Some good
> reading though, indeed! :) :) :)
>
> Very interesting stuff. I hadnt seen that article before. I particularly
> found it interesting how gc.com trademarked the word 'geocaching'. I
> believe
> the term geocaching should be a generic term for the game. Kinda lame how
> Jeremy chose to snub off all the other websites that provided data and
> maps
> and such (and were not listing sites) as well.... much like
> azgeocaching.com. I always thought those sites would only help the main
> site
> by providing additional stats and rankings and such that would only
> improve
> the game and get more people involved and keep them involved. Apparently,
> Jeremy wanted that stuff on his own site. I've said it once and I'll say
> it
> again though, azgeocaching.com's team specific data was the easiest, user
> friendly system on the net for retrieving team specific cache data. One
> click and I had my team specific list of caches ready for my GPS and my
> PDA
> and in 5 minutes, I was out the door.
>
> Apparently who ever wrote that article doesnt like gc.com! Love him or
> hate
> him, Jeremy has created a great website and developed a great business
> that
> only seems to be getting better and better and and I certainly respect him
> for that. He had a business plan and went with it... and look where he is
> at
> today. He has kept the game free for those that choose to play that way
> and
> provided additional benefits for those that choose to upgrade to a premium
> membership. That there is a fine line. Make it membership only site and
> sure
> enough, another site will emerge that WILL become just as large that
> doesnt
> require a fee to play. So while keeping it free, he has also found a way
> to
> profit greatly from it. He has taken the game to a new level from its
> underground roots to something much bigger.
>
> Of course, I would like to see it return to the old days when it was still
> an underground game.
>
> Scott
> Team Ropingthewind
>
>
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