dragonZone: Mid-Year Mystery Madness Months

Welcome to the Mid-Year Mystery Madness Months, a period in time where for months, mid-year the mystery madness comes to life.

The goal of Mid-Year Mystery Madness Months is to hide, solve and find mystery geocaches that have been submitted by other geocachers for this game and maximise your points as you do so.

Double points are awarded for hiding a mystery geocache that meets the madness months criteria and single points are awarded for solving the mystery for other entries and, if you can, finding them as well. Note that you cannot solve your own mystery caches. Points are calculated as the sum of terrain TIMES difficulty PLUS container TIMES type (always a mystery cache with a value of 5).

To enter a mystery geocache for the madness months, simply list and publish a mystery geocache that has the following criteria and enter it into the game.

• You have a maximum limit of 5 geocaches that you may enter for the game


• Geocache type must be mystery / unknown


• Geocache must have a GeoChecker enabled with the final co-ordinates of the geocache listed


• Geocache must have a public tag of "mmmm" (excluding quotes)


• Geocache must have a hidden date of 1st June 2023 (even if your entry is made after the game commences, the geocache must have this date)


• Geocache must have a published date of 1st June 2023 (even if your entry is made after the game commences, the geocache must have this date)


• Geocache must be "Live" or in "Future Publish" mode


• Geocache difficulty must be 3.5 or lower


• Geocache terrain must be 3.5 or lower


• Geocache size must be small, regular or large


• Geocache must be live before 30th June 2023


• Geocaches may start to be listed (with future publication dates) from 15th May 2023 through to 30th June 2023

When your geocache is ready, can enter it into the game by heading to the Entry page, selecting your geocache and entering it

• Points will be awarded on your submission

To make a claim on a solve or find:
Claims can only be made against geocaches which have been entered into the the game. When the game starts, you can find the list of qualifying geocaches here. If someone hides a mystery and does not enter it into the game, then you cannot claim it in the game.

• Visit the claim page


• Select the geocache you are claiming


• Select the claim type (solve or find)


• When you log your find on the geocache listing page you must take a photo of the log book with your cacher name displayed and upload it to your Found it log (no spoilers, please)


• Found claims will be validated by the administrator against the log you have made and find claims without an accompanying photo will be removed


• Regardless of whether you are making a claim for solving the mystery or finding the geocache you are required to provide the solved co-ordinates as an additional step to help provide you have solved the mystery and the co-ordinates take the usual form Snn nn.nnn Ennnn nn.nnn which is the same form as displayed on all geocache listings.


• Click submit


• If your claim is successful, you will be shown a message that you claim has been processed or a message indicating that something is not right


• You will also see your other successful claims and the points that have been awarded along with a status of Pending, Approved or Contact


• A claim with Approved has been reviewed and approved by an administrator


• A claim with Pending is pending review and approval by an administrator


• A claim with Contact means an administrator will be in contact with you regarding your claim

Your goal in Mid-Year Mystery Madness Months is to gain the highest number of points you can along with hiding, finding or solving the highest number of geocaches. A ladder is provided so you can gauge where you are on the ladder at any time. The higher your points the higher your position. The higher your hides, finds and solves the higher your position. Ladder positions will be calculated first on points and then hides, finds and solves and prizes will be awarded accordingly.

There are prizes for finishing in certain places on the ladder, so even if you can't find every geocache, your strategy of hiding and solving may mean you can still claim a prize by being weaselly like a weasel. Prize positions will be 1st through to 10th (inclusive) and then every subsequent 5th position until the number of prizes has been exhausted. This could mean that some days position 90 is the highest winning position and other days where position 50 is the highest winning position. Prizes are dependent on the ladder positions being filled and your position on the ladder is based on your strategy.

• Geocaches you claim for the game must meet the criteria and be listed at Geocaching Australia


• Geocaches you claim for the game must be hidden, found or solved during the relevant game period


• The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when making your claims. Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game


• The game administrator’s decision is final and the game administrators reserve the right to delete any logs that are deemed not to have met the requirement


• The games administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game

So, go forth into the Mid-Year Mystery Madness.

Information on Future Publishing
Information on Tags
Information on Geochecker
Enter your geocache
Participating geocaches (note that entries will only be visible from the 1st June 2023)
Make a Claim
Ladder

Difficulty Recommendations:

• Difficulty 1 - Easy to solve within a few minutes


• Difficulty 1.5 - Easy to solve within 10-15 minutes


• Difficulty 2 - Relatively easy to solve within 30 minutes


• Difficulty 3 - A somewhat challenging puzzle up to an hour to solve


• Difficulty 3.5 - Quite difficult and be prepared for a mental challenge beyond an hour but no more than 2 hours to solve

Geocache Container Size Points:

• Small 3


• Regular 4


• Large 5

Geocache Type Points:

• Mystery / Unknown 5