Who Squares Wins!

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Foxy Jul 2023 9:08am, 13 Jul 2023 34,394 posts	0 Foxy Furlongs & maybe Chains ?
MazH Jul 2023 9:24am, 13 Jul 2023 11,612 posts	0 MazH My take the dog for a pee round the block is about 0.4m, so I would certainly lose some posession if they didn't count.... Also, I quite often stop my run at 5k, and bag a second activity on the last 0.25m cool down walk back up the hill to home. Both those things said I still voted for a minimum. 1km seems reasonable, in line with other games.
Fizz :-) Jul 2023 9:43am, 13 Jul 2023 8,068 posts	0 Fizz :-) I’m in the No camp on this one. But a minority, clearly.
Fizz :-) Jul 2023 9:51am, 13 Jul 2023 8,069 posts	0 Fizz :-) FatRaytoSlim has walked 33 miles this week already. Not very much of it is in 0.1m chunks.
ChickenRunr Jul 2023 10:16am, 13 Jul 2023 64 posts	0 ChickenRunr Start/stop in the middle of each square would be a no-no for me, But if you have an out & back (eg canal) to bag a square, I'd think it's OK to run up & walk back. Bit of a grey area, and as a noob I'll defer to the more experienced players, so I'm a Meh
fetcheveryone Jul 2023 10:19am, 13 Jul 2023 29,317 posts	0 fetcheveryone I'm torn. Ultimately, to be the best at any game, you've got to push the tactics to the limit. And there are examples of people doing genuinely short walks that would be impacted by this. It's not what I'd ever expected people to do, and it sounds like it's only a few willing to be bothered to use it as a tactic, in conjunction with a lot of mileage anyway... I think I'm voting against the proposal.
FatRayToSlim Jul 2023 12:41pm, 13 Jul 2023 56 posts	0 FatRayToSlim Not that I have any evidence of this, but an algorithmic check that uploaded training does not run concurrently would be good. E.g. if someone was riding a bicycle with a Garmin computer on it, but jumping off it every 400 yards to do a short run & walk, recorded on their watch, then jump back on the bike and repeat…then they upload the Bike track and the watch tracks. Or worse, they wear 2 watches, one set to walk, one to run. Or 2 watches, and upload the same run on separate days. Hope I’m not giving people ideas how to 'cheat'?
fetcheveryone Jul 2023 12:47pm, 13 Jul 2023 29,319 posts	0 fetcheveryone You're also getting into the territory of me chasing my tail for the sake of a few players in a free game. I have a finite amount of time for site development, and this doesn't feel like a priority tbh.
macca 53 Jul 2023 12:50pm, 13 Jul 2023 31,536 posts	0 macca 53 It’s a smallish square - there’s a whole wide world out there, go explore! 😁
Idristhedragon Jul 2023 1:15pm, 13 Jul 2023 2,857 posts	0 Idristhedragon Not that I have any evidence of this, but an algorithmic check that uploaded training does not run concurrently would be good. E.g. if someone was riding a bicycle with a Garmin computer on it, but jumping off it every 400 yards to do a short run & walk, recorded on their watch, then jump back on the bike and repeat…then they upload the Bike track and the watch tracks. Or worse, they wear 2 watches, one set to walk, one to run. Or 2 watches, and upload the same run on separate days. Hope I’m not giving people ideas how to 'cheat'? Tbh if someone were doing that I really don’t think I’d be bothered - sounds like much too much effort for something that is a game. If I have enough time I may do an out and back that is run one way and walk the other but I really couldn’t be bothered with the faff of planning with great attention to detail