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John
  
 
| #1 posted September 21, 2004 at 9:21am (EDT)
edited January 7, 2006 at 11:11am (EDT) |
This is the "official" thread for the GameTZ Cache. The cache is a traveling collection of items sent from trader to trader. The items in the cache can range in value from being worth only $1 or so to almost anything. Each trader removes one item from the cache and then adds in an item of their choice. The items should be video game, movie, music, or book related in some way -- although that is fairly open if you want to add anything interesting. (You may remove more than one item if you replace it with more than one item or a single item of "value" equal to or greater than what was removed.)
The goal is not really to get great items of value out of this. It is more for the fun of trading the cache around and make swaps within it.
Try to replace whatever you take with something of equal or greater value.
If you would like to be involved, post here to get signed up and I will add you to the list. (Signups are now closed -- GameTZ Cache #2 signups coming soon!) When it is your turn, you will be contacted by the current holder of the cache. At that time, a trade should be created between you. The next receiver of the cache must send 40 weeks of subtime to the cache holder! This is to help ensure that the cache continues to move along. Once the transfer is completed, the cache holder ships the cache out. When you receive the cache, be sure to report here so that we can mark it on the list and you can contact the next person. When you send the cache to the next person, you should post here what item you took and what item you put in.
Note that since I am starting it, I will actually receive 40 weeks subtime without having sent anyone any. I will hold onto this "in escrow" for the final person. When we decide to retire this cache for whatever reason down the road, I will send that 40 weeks to the last person when they send the cache back to me in the end. Just so people know I'm not stealing subtime here. 
If you are unwilling to ship the cache out of your own country, you must indicate so when you sign up! If you do that, I may then need to bump you down the list to make things work. Please keep in mind that you may need to ship overseas if you do not specifically state that you will not (although, I think this will be rare).
I will start the cache off as soon as we have a few people signed up and I have time to put the initial items together (as cache starter, I will put 4-6 items in so that there is always a selection as people swap their single items as it is traded).
GameTZ Cache #1 Current (  ) and Past (  ) Contents
Anachronox (PC)
FIFA Soccer 2003 (GBA, boxed)
New Eddie Bauer 4-in-1 Pen (this thing is cool!)
GoldenEye 007 (N64)
Skillz Extreme Stand (PS2)
Instant Power 2-in-1 PDA Charger (works in other similar powered devices too)
Rally Championship (PC)
Body Glove MP3 Arm Band
Onimusha Warlords (PS2)
NextGenVideos.com's The Future of Videogames DVD (2001 Edition)
South Park (N64 cart only)
Honeymoon in Vegas DVD
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps CE DVD
Donkey Kong (GB) cart
Socom US Navy Seals (ex rental)
NFL 2K (DC)
Hollow Man DVD
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (PC, discs only)
Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn)
Team America promo bumper sticker
barbershop DVD
Slinky
Promo Coke Bottle
Mechassault (Xbox)
Ultra-Lounge Tiki Sampler CD
Lucky Wander Boy (a novel about a video game collector)
Okage (PS2)
Resident Evil 4 demo (Gamecube)
MVP Baseball 2004 (Xbox)
Sesame snack thingy
Metal flask (shaped like a cell phone, with a pleather holder/beltclip)
Mini lint roller
Talking bart simpsons watch (from BK)
FFX figurine
Corona Light
mardi gras beads
Name tag from when Kanes_Son worked at a gas station
yellow rubber band
Very nice zippo lighter w/ metal case
Leather drawstring bag
Some old photo CDs from walmart that Kanes_Son got when he developed film from a WWE raw he went to a few years ago
Empire Earth Promo DVD
Soul Calibur 2 Guide
New PSX Memory Card
Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War DVD
Sega Bass Fishing (DC - Sealed)
Nero OEM Suite
StarTropics (NES)
GBA Car Adaptor
Condom (NEW/SEALED)
Safeway Name tag from some guy DemonAlcohol doesn't know
Gothic Shotglass [Broken during transit.]
Beastie Boys and Leo Keychain
Mini GameCube Controller
Super Famicom Clock
Mini Yoshi's Island Novelty
My Disney Kitchen (PS1,New)
keychain echo keykiller thing
2 month trial
10 cent coin from caymen islands
yo yo
XBox Communicator Module
Green Day sticker
N64 controller box
GTA2 manual
2 xbox demos
pokemon red box
pokemon snap guide
rugrats gba game
last action hero dvd
private parts vhs
gripz snack
on dangerous ground book
Ninja Resurrection DVD
Extreme G 3 GC (complete)
Nintendo cleaning kit
Nascar 2000 (PSX)
Test Drive 4 (PC)
Test Drive 6 (PC)
Tomb Raider The Last Revelation (PSX) (disc only)
Doom (PSX) (disc only)
Swat 4 demo (PC)
Driver 2 (PSX) (GH)
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- John...
"Day in, day out, all week long,
things go better with rock..."
- Autograph |
ToadReaper
| | #2 posted September 21, 2004 at 11:25am (EDT) |
add me to the list
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John
| | #3 posted September 21, 2004 at 11:47am (EDT) |
ToadReaper wrote:
> add me to the list
Done. I'll start working on the cache this week. I'm hoping to find some container that is light that we can use on an ongoing basis.
- John...
"Day in, day out, all week long,
things go better with rock..."
- Autograph |
jwitherow
| | #4 posted September 22, 2004 at 2:28am (EDT) |
I want in.
Join the Traveling Demo Disc Version 2.0 game |
John
| | #5 posted September 22, 2004 at 8:10am (EDT) |
jwitherow wrote:
> I want in.
Done. 
- John...
"Even though I know, I don't want to know...
Yeah, I guess I know, I just hate how it sounds..."
- Finger Eleven, One Thing |
Helen
 
| | #6 posted September 27, 2004 at 4:30pm (EDT) |
And me.
Sig by mdooz |
John
| | #7 posted September 27, 2004 at 5:18pm (EDT) |
Helen wrote:
> And me.
Done!
I hope to get the cache started this week...
- John...
"Even though I know, I don't want to know...
Yeah, I guess I know, I just hate how it sounds..."
- Finger Eleven, One Thing |
Guy
  BTRs
(bad trader)
| | #8 posted September 28, 2004 at 2:07pm (EDT) |
Sounds interesting to me, but maybe being from Canada could be a potential problem 
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John
| | #9 posted September 28, 2004 at 2:24pm (EDT) |
Guy wrote:
> Sounds interesting to me, but maybe being from Canada could be a potential problem
Hopefully, it wouldn't be a big problem. No one so far as indicated that they will not ship out of the country, so they should be willing to ship there. And, the value shouldn't really be high -- so duty shouldn't be significant.
So -- feel free to sign up if you'd like!
- John...
"Even though I know, I don't want to know...
Yeah, I guess I know, I just hate how it sounds..."
- Finger Eleven, One Thing |
Helen
| | #10 posted September 28, 2004 at 2:50pm (EDT) |
But if someone sticks a brick in the cache and sends it to me... 
Sig by mdooz |
jwitherow
| | #11 posted September 28, 2004 at 3:42pm (EDT) |
Shoot Helen's on to me.
Join the Traveling Demo Disc Version 2.0 game
Join the GameTZ Cache #1 (run by John) |
John
| | #12 posted September 28, 2004 at 4:29pm (EDT) |
We could have some more rules as we go if we think of issues to be handled -- like a maximum total weight, for example. I'll see what it weighs in at when I get it ready and then we can discuss.
For real geocaches, for example, no food items are allowed (attracts animals). I don't think we need that though -- if someone sends food -- I'd eat it.
- John...
"Even though I know, I don't want to know...
Yeah, I guess I know, I just hate how it sounds..."
- Finger Eleven, One Thing |
Guy
BTRs
(bad trader)
| | #13 posted September 30, 2004 at 8:28pm (EDT) |
I'd sign up for sure! hopefully there wont be any problems with anyone shipping to Canada
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John
| | #14 posted September 30, 2004 at 8:52pm (EDT) |
Guy wrote:
> I'd sign up for sure! hopefully there wont be any problems with anyone shipping to Canada
Ok -- you're in!
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DemonAlcohol
 
| | #15 posted October 5, 2004 at 10:46pm (EDT) |
Count me in. I would prefer to send to the US only.
/me realizes I'm going to need to buy some subtime to get up to 40 weeks.
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John
| | #16 posted October 6, 2004 at 10:14pm (EDT) |
DemonAlcohol wrote:
> Count me in. I would prefer to send to the US only.
Ok -- you're in!
> /me realizes I'm going to need to buy some subtime to get up to 40 weeks.
No problem. I haven't had time to start it yet -- probably will this weekend -- so you've got a while before you'll have to put up the weeks!
- John...
"Cats march to their own drummer, even if that drummer thinks the sphincter is candy." |
bse
| | #17 posted October 7, 2004 at 6:00pm (EDT) |
count me in
Bush Cheney 2004 |
waazzuup1
(abandoned)
| | #18 posted October 7, 2004 at 6:39pm (EDT) |
Sounds cool, but I have been very busy lately, so I can't commit to joining this.
Just an idea - It might be cool to add a piece of paper where people can write where they are located, so when you get the cache you can see everywhere that it has traveled.
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John
| | #19 posted October 7, 2004 at 7:00pm (EDT) |
bse27 wrote:
> count me in
Done!
- John...
"Cats march to their own drummer, even if that drummer thinks the sphincter is candy." |
John
| | #20 posted October 7, 2004 at 7:00pm (EDT) |
waazzuup wrote:
> Just an idea - It might be cool to add a piece of paper where people can write where they
> are located, so when you get the cache you can see everywhere that it has traveled.
Indeed -- I plan to have a "log book" in there to sign -- just like a real Geocache would.
- John...
"Cats march to their own drummer, even if that drummer thinks the sphincter is candy." |
bse
| | #21 posted October 8, 2004 at 11:44am (EDT) |
When is t gonna go out?
Bush Cheney 2004 |
John
| | #22 posted October 8, 2004 at 2:04pm (EDT) |
Monday, I believe.
- John...
"Cats march to their own drummer, even if that drummer thinks the sphincter is candy." |
Kanes_Son
| | #23 posted October 11, 2004 at 11:41am (EDT) |
eh.. I dont know how I didn't get in on this earlier.
Theres a party in your mouth and we're all gonna come! 
Heterosexuals are gay |
Kanes_Son
| | #24 posted October 11, 2004 at 11:41am (EDT) |
yes, that means I'm in.
Theres a party in your mouth and we're all gonna come!
Heterosexuals are gay |
John
| | #25 posted October 11, 2004 at 12:00pm (EDT) |
Kanes_Son wrote:
> yes, that means I'm in.
Ok -- you're in.
Also -- I'm shipping it out tomorrow to ToadReaper. Was going to do it today, but the PO is closed. Oops.
- John...
"Cats march to their own drummer, even if that drummer thinks the sphincter is candy." |
ToadReaper
| | #26 posted October 11, 2004 at 3:00pm (EDT) |
coolies ....looking forward to it....glad ya posted about the holiday as well I almost went to ship some things out myself til I saw that
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John
| | #27 posted October 13, 2004 at 12:33pm (EDT) |
Ok -- I'm shipping the cache out today (didn't make it to the PO yesterday). Here is what I have pre-stocked the cache with to start it off:
- Anachronox (PC)
- FIFA Soccer 2003 (GBA, boxed)
- New Eddie Bauer 4-in-1 Pen (this thing is cool!)
- GoldenEye 007 (SNES)
- Skillz Extreme Stand (PS2)
- Instant Power 2-in-1 PDA Charger (works in other similar powered devices too)
- Rally Championship (PC)
- Body Glove MP3 Arm Band
- Onimusha Warlords (PS2)
- NextGenVideos.com's The Future of Videogames (2001 Edition)
Just before shipping the cache to the next person, you should post here what you took from the cache and what you added. This is similar to how real geocache logging works at geocaching.com. Just FYI...
- John...
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Kanes_Son
| | #28 posted October 13, 2004 at 1:11pm (EDT) |
awesum.
Currently Selling on Ebay
Items unclude- New Zippo Lighter, Gold Tipped A/V Cables+A/V/Svideo selector
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ToadReaper
| | #29 posted October 13, 2004 at 4:30pm (EDT) |
very nicely stocked to start things off john....this is gunna be fun
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John
| | #30 posted October 13, 2004 at 5:05pm (EDT) |
john wrote:
> - GoldenEye 007 (SNES)
Oops. That should be for N64, not SNES.
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John
| | #31 posted October 13, 2004 at 5:06pm (EDT) |
ToadReaper wrote:
> very nicely stocked to start things off john....this is gunna be fun
Hope so! When you get it, post here -- so that I can check you off. Then you contact the next guy when you are ready to ship (you can hold onto it for a while if you need to, of course).
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ToadReaper
| | #32 posted October 13, 2004 at 5:10pm (EDT) |
john wrote:
> ToadReaper wrote:
>> very nicely stocked to start things off john....this is gunna be fun
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> Hope so! When you get it, post here -- so that I can check you off. Then you contact
> the next guy when you are ready to ship (you can hold onto it for a while if you need
> to, of course).
>
Will do. Likely I'll just hold onto it long enough to play each game once to see if there is not more that I may be interested in. Have a few of those already, but I think I'm most interested in seeing the bauer pen and the videogame book right now. No clue as yet to what I will throw in but I have a large variety around so it shouldn't be a problem.
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John
| #33 posted October 13, 2004 at 5:18pm (EDT)
edited October 13, 2004 at 5:18pm (EDT) |
ToadReaper wrote:
> and the videogame book right now.
Oops! That's a DVD! Sorry about that. I corrected it in the master list.
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John
| | #34 posted October 13, 2004 at 5:20pm (EDT) |
Also, just so people are aware... The box weighs about 4 pounds right now. It cost me $5.30 to send it Priority to Toad -- although, we're both in Michigan, so it would be more for further away. But, less for slower -- I went Priority because then I could do it all online.
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ToadReaper
| | #35 posted October 13, 2004 at 9:38pm (EDT) |
john wrote:
> ToadReaper wrote:
>> and the videogame book right now.
>
> Oops! That's a DVD! Sorry about that. I corrected it in the master list.
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thats cool still sounds interesting
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vDub
  
| | #36 posted October 16, 2004 at 2:17am (EDT) |
I'll join the fun
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ToadReaper
| | #37 posted October 16, 2004 at 2:22am (EDT) |
I got it and plan on sending it out sometime this next week....I'll get in contact with the next person soon
Sig by OuTrAgE |
DemonAlcohol
| | #38 posted October 17, 2004 at 4:20pm (EDT) |
Should we have some sort of time limit that you have to send it by? That way a person doesn't hold onto it for like a month before sending it out. I'm thinking a week or two would be plenty of time.
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John
| | #39 posted October 17, 2004 at 7:46pm (EDT) |
Mike wrote:
> I'll join the fun
Ok -- you're in!
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