FetchPoint: The Game

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jelly (limegreenjelly) Jan 2022 2:52pm, 22 Jan 2022 2,164 posts	Quote Pin jelly (limegreenjelly) I’ve manually added the training but I wasn’t sure how to add the route!
Velociraptor Jan 2022 3:03pm, 22 Jan 2022 56,074 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I do mark inaccessible jewels as inaccessible because it means future bugs won't land there. Doing tomorrow's work today, as it were.
Flatlander Jan 2022 3:27pm, 22 Jan 2022 2,342 posts	Quote Pin Flatlander jelly Others have found that creation of a route for Fetchpoint (and probably other Fetch games relying on GPS) has to be done in a certain order for it to count towards scoring. If the training is entered onto Fetch and the route is added later, the training entry without the route counts towards scoring as "nil" because there is no route attached. Adding the route later doesn't count towards scoring because there is no way Fetch sees it as a training activity, it is just a route (also helps to stop unscrupulous people creating false routes just to earn game points). What one needs to do is to create the route FIRST. Then attach the route (using "Route & Terrain" to select your new route) when creating the training activity - it is important to do this BEFORE saving the training.
Flatlander Jan 2022 3:27pm, 22 Jan 2022 2,343 posts	Quote Pin Flatlander jelly also, when creating routes you need to click within a marker's circle in order to claim it. To create new flowers which are planted every 0.5 mile, you need to click your route every 0.5 mile. Remember to use "Follow Roads" so you can see where every half mile lies.
Bright Strider Jan 2022 3:27pm, 22 Jan 2022 269 posts	Quote Pin Bright Strider I hope that helps, then, Jelly. Velociraptor, yes, I often do that. The slight caveat I'd add is that if you say, mark a diamond as inaccessible (as far as you know), but that someone else can access, he or she might not be happy. Sorry, Flatlander. So, I try to exercise some restraint/discretion/caution. Good going with those flowers, Steve Nordlander. I run and cycle. At the beginning of lockdown I was mostly running, but then developed an overuse injury. I'm back to a mixture of running and cycling. It seems more or less OK now.
Velociraptor Jan 2022 3:31pm, 22 Jan 2022 56,075 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I remember that, Bright Strider And I'm careful about marking things as inaccessible in other people's circles, because it may well be that the farmland that I can't go on without getting shot or eaten by dogs is farmland that they own and can access freely.
Flatlander Jan 2022 3:31pm, 22 Jan 2022 2,344 posts	Quote Pin Flatlander
jelly (limegreenjelly) Jan 2022 6:06pm, 22 Jan 2022 2,165 posts	Quote Pin jelly (limegreenjelly) Thankyou flatlander, I successfully managed to upload my route and get a few flowers!
Steve NordRunner Jan 2022 10:57am, 24 Jan 2022 1,203 posts	Quote Pin Steve NordRunner I was a bit surprised in a happy way to wake up to the 15000 badge this morning. All apart from a non-scoring 1 km walk was from running. . Not sure when the next one is but I doubt I'll reach it the same way.
JCB Jan 2022 11:24am, 24 Jan 2022 2,998 posts	Quote Pin JCB Nice one NordRunner!