FetchPoint: The Game

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Fragile Do Not Bend Sep 2018 11:36am, 25 Sep 2018 3,398 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend They only live for a month (28 days or 30days, can’t remember which)
Pothunter Sep 2018 8:10pm, 25 Sep 2018 633 posts	0 Pothunter Oof, need to get squishing. Sitting on -8775 which is my worst ever score. Got an 80 and 76 point bug on a main road which I suspect are being regularly fed by cyclists.
Flatlander Sep 2018 9:38pm, 25 Sep 2018 1,239 posts	0 Flatlander Those pesky cyclists are a nuisance, aren't they Pothunter, they get everywhere. I know, I'm one of them! Well, not one of yours, you know what I mean
Pothunter Sep 2018 10:05pm, 25 Sep 2018 634 posts	0 Pothunter Lol
njosmith Sep 2018 10:44am, 26 Sep 2018 254 posts	0 njosmith Big GPS fail today where I planned a route to squish a number of bugs and garmin has failed me. If delete the imported route can I plot a route manually and the bugs will be squished? I haven't had such a big gap between route and reality for a really long time. Sorry new to this game so not quite clear on rules/etiquette.
CumbriAndy Sep 2018 11:21am, 26 Sep 2018 1,349 posts	0 CumbriAndy Short answer - yes - manual route plotting is perfectly acceptable. The only rule on that topic seems to be that you actually have to cover the ground you claim. Apparently there's a cycling App out there which allows you to follow virtual routes but saves them as though they were real - which caused some consternation a while back.
Flatlander Sep 2018 12:20pm, 26 Sep 2018 1,241 posts	0 Flatlander Did your Garmin fail completely or is it that it will not upload the run? If the latter, you may be able to import the FIT file which contains the route. If you end up manual plotting, you'll have to make sure sure you click within the bug's circle, which could involve a lot of clicks on top of your route clicks. From Fetch's explanation a while ago, each click reloads the map and the website incurs a charge each time.
njosmith Sep 2018 12:23pm, 26 Sep 2018 255 posts	0 njosmith The route has been uploaded but doesn't match the actually route I ran. Not just a bit off - several KMs off from my actual route.
Flatlander Sep 2018 12:30pm, 26 Sep 2018 1,242 posts	0 Flatlander Sounds like you've unfortunately had one of those times when the GPS goes a "bit off" picking up a wayward satellite signal. Some people's runs have had them suddenly running a couple of thousand miles, e.g. over the Atlantic, in a few milliseconds - and back equally quickly.
fetcheveryone Sep 2018 1:10pm, 26 Sep 2018 19,928 posts	0 fetcheveryone (Posting this on all our game threads) Server downtime at 2.30pm: fetcheveryone.com/forum__60554__server_downtime_230pm_26th_september_2018