FetchPoint: The Game

284 watchers

NDWDave Sep 2021 9:54am, 22 Sep 2021 15,695 posts	0 NDWDave Jelly - just checking you left the circle too?
jelly (limegreenjelly) Sep 2021 11:31am, 22 Sep 2021 1,373 posts	0 jelly (limegreenjelly) Oh duh leave the circle! Maybe I’ve scored the last 2 days by accident!
JCB Sep 2021 1:36pm, 22 Sep 2021 2,595 posts	0 JCB First fetchpoint bug bonus for a long time. And all days positive!
jelly (limegreenjelly) Sep 2021 3:53pm, 22 Sep 2021 1,374 posts	0 jelly (limegreenjelly) I still don’t quite understand though where does it say leave the circle in the guide? Do you mean the circle around the whole of my area? I don’t see how I’ve managed to squish my bug 2 days running without paying attention to this but I’ve just read the guide again and can’t see any mention of running outside of the circle! Sorry if I’m repeating myself, my autism processing is a bit cranky and I don’t have the energy to edit my text,
Velociraptor Sep 2021 3:59pm, 22 Sep 2021 54,195 posts	0 Velociraptor You have to run through your bug and run outside your big blue circle on the same activity to squish your bug. This can be done in any order.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Sep 2021 4:00pm, 22 Sep 2021 42,676 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ jelly - the guide says this: "Red bugs are bad! Pick them up, then get out of your home circle to squish them." The only thing that isn't clear there is that, in practice, it doesn't matter if you leave your circle before or after you run over the bug. As long as you leave the circle at some point on the same activity, they'll be squished.
Oscar the Grouch Sep 2021 5:09pm, 22 Sep 2021 3,559 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Or start your actvity from anywhere outside your circle and go over your bug and all is well too.
Hanneke Sep 2021 11:47am, 23 Sep 2021 79,708 posts	0 Hanneke That isn't a bad idea Grouch! Jelly, I was at my sisters last week and twice did I have to get the bike out to quickly ride the bug out of the circle, even though I walked the dog all over it! I simply wasn't familiar with the home circle as I am with my own. Also: be aware that on your bike, the faster you go, tbe further apart the dots left by the Garmin are so I often cycle through flowers for example and only pick half of them... So make sure you move slowly enough to leave at least 1 dot inside the circle surrounding the bug or jewels etc.
Bright Strider Sep 2021 3:25pm, 23 Sep 2021 227 posts	0 Bright Strider If your Garmin offers different activity profiles, .e.g. run & cycle, using them should mitigate the sparse dots issue. Joophy's earlier 'smart mode' warning highlights another possible cause.
Hanneke Sep 2021 4:30pm, 23 Sep 2021 79,744 posts	0 Hanneke Mine is a cycling specific one...