OMGIC FINAL!!!

Read below for more details!

Last ever Cache & Wings in Reynoldsburg!

Saturday, March 22nd from 2pm to 4pm.
** New cachers are welcome and encouraged to join us. **

We are meeting at Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar 2386 Taylor Square Drive, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068. A big thank you goes out to the owners for allowing us to hold it here, and their willingness to reserve the back patio area for us.

Why is this the last Cache & Wings in Reynoldsburg? A) The BWW manager who scheduled this and helped out left the company, and B) The cacher who organizes this (KBLAST) moved to Grove City. Be looking for an event down that way!

Come and meet other cachers from the Central Ohio area and talk about Geocaching. If you need help - bring your GPS and/or questions. We have a knowledgeable group. It's a meet & greet - come talk about your caching travels and recent finds.

OMGIC

OK, everyone! I think it's about time to run another OMGIC contest!!! For those who don't know, OMGIC stands for "Oh My Goodness It's Cold!" The goal is to get the highest point total before the March 22nd cache and wings event. Points are determined like this:

• There will be two competitions. One for getting the most points OVERALL in ONE day, and one for getting the most points on ONE CACHE.
• It MUST be below freezing for the high for the day.
• Terrain rating times 2. So if it is a 2.5 star terrain cache, it is worth 5 points.
• Add Difficulty rating. If it is a 3.5 difficulty rating, you add 3.5 points. In this example, you now have 8.5 points.
• Add a point if it is a multi-cache. If this were a multi, you would now have 9.5 points.
• Multiply by the degrees below freezing (Fahrenheit). I will be keeping track and posting the daily HIGHS for Columbus according to weather.com and their point value (if it is 29 degrees for the high, 3 points). I will only post for days that are below freezing. If you cache on a day that is below freezing, you get points for that day! In our example, your final point total is 28.5.

The last date will be the day before the March 22nd event, March 21st (I know - the 15th is when we would NORMALLY do this, but SOMEONE had to go and get married!)

Some rules:

• Only caches found in Ohio or out of state caches where it is AT LEAST as cold as it is here count. And the points for the day are the Ohio points - so no going to Antarctica and scoring a boatload of points on a day that's not as cold here in Ohio! And no caching in Florida while we're all freezing up here!
• Remember, it is based on the high for the day you logged the cache. This is a friendly game... please don't cheat.
• If a puzzle or other type of cache is CLEARLY a sort of multi-cache, the bonus point can be awarded. It's my game, I'll make the ruling.
• If it takes you more than one day to find a cache, the day you LOG THE CACHE is the day that counts. Again, please don't cheat.
• In order to win, you will need to come to the March 22nd Cache and Wings and bring your score. If there are extenuating circumstances (you're going out of town, etc.) and you REALLY want to play, you'll need to talk to me beforehand and get me your score beforehand. If you just don't want to come to the event because it's too cold outside, YOU LOSE!!!

There will be two winter-based geocoins awarded, one for each of the winners!!! And this year I've decided that one person can't win both coins. I think it's awesome what cbw_92480 did last year, I just want to see the love spread this year, so if someone wins both, then second place on the single cache in one day will get the other coin. Good luck and HAVE FUN WITH THIS!!!