Tag o rama!

[Quasi]

noo tag
tis a file pic taken mid afternoonish a week ago

Oh shite - i have ridden past this so many times. Too far to come and get it now. Well done mate.

[Hawkeye]

WTF
We bust our gut to play your way H/E
Look a bit closer to home cobber for that kinda play

Sorry Devo, but you only need to look at the map and follow the tags (dates/times). The evidence is there. On a week-end, it moves around Kapiti in a 5k radius. As I've said to others in PM's`, riding back and forward up SH1 (Centenial Highway) is not what I call fun. It got to the point that I stopped even looking once it got to Friday as there was no point. I always tried to play a level playing field. Plimmerton/Pauatahanui or on a late night drop, place it where it could be picked up on the way into Wellington (Porirua station for example).
But as others have said to me. If I don't like it, don't look. Today's visit was just that. A visit.

[Quasi]

Not back. Just popped in to see if the format had reverted to the original rather than the us against them mentality. Obviously, it hasn't.

Hey Hawkeye - sorry that you not happy with the way this had evolved. It is just a game, and all games involve a certain amount of competitiveness and rivalry. But at the end of the day we all know that its not about them against us, Rapa against the rest of the world, or me against you. Its just about going out, having a nice ride, meeting new faces in strange places. Its been fun, I have met some great people, made some great new friends, and most importantly, for an agin returned rider - its given me so much confidence, just being out on my bike (ok, sometimes on the back), pushing the boundarys and making myself get out there. So thank you TagARama for that. Anyway Hawkeye - you know we will always welcome your input and your tags.

[StoneY]

I reckon we kept it moving real nicely till dusk last night-

Ok if the townies couldn't lift it out of Old Porirua road before the mighty yella monster worked its way there via EVERY western hutt diversion my spies could arrange,(lol sorri Q) well it deserved to get 'coasted' and enjoyed by some others who like to have a play

We kept it all day Saturday and it moved a few times- all good we had a lot of fun with BeemA and CloggY
And to be FAIR those Hutt tags were no farther apart than the kapiti ones tend to get- it does happen when ya thinking -' get tag and get home with new tag-'

DrogeNs minds on the 300- LaxI sneaks in on the side and RWH is a new factor _(bet hes up the coast stealing it back!)

I hear what your saying Hawkeye, and your a good bloke but if for 1 or 1.5 days of the week it floats about in Kapiti on a shortish leash so our coastal fraternity get to play too, so be it.

Maybe we need the WellY ridders to be more active in keeping it ahead of the SketchY- QuasI hit teams!

Its all still bloody good fun, and bro lets get it back from them when they least expect it

[Laxi]

I can understand where H/E's comming from, the reason I backed off the tagging was being unemployed I couldn't justify the gas to ride for miles knowing the chances were high that I get beaten to the tag, having said that, I take the "them against us" aspect as good hearted competition, and the fact remains that many times the tag sat in wellington with no one showing interest and the coasters have shown a dedication in riding anytime, anywhere to get it. I'm just picking tags when I have the means to get them at the moment, no point getting upset, if I've got the gas and the tags up the coast on a day like this, I'll just go for a ride! hopfully see you on the wncr Hawkeye

[StoneY]

if I've got the gas and the tags up the coast on a day like this, I'll just go for a ride!

Hey LaxI got the gas to come over the hill today? we go at 1230 at haywards- keen?

[Laxi]

Hey LaxI got the gas to come over the hill today? we go at 1230 at haywards- keen?

got the gas, but also got a killa hangover,(well hangover mixed with a head cold) i'll see how I'm feeling later, my balance is fd up at the moment

[Drogen Omen]

what tag number we up to? i think 90% of you are on my friends list so txt me the location.. going to pick a part for a couple hours...

[devo]

well heres a clue
I figured if I put it central everyone could have a go
Would seem if its not on the coast on a weekend the game stalls.

[ecko_nzed]

I reckon we kept it moving real nicely till dusk last night-

Ok if the townies couldn't lift it out of Old Porirua road before the mighty yella monster worked its way there via EVERY western hutt diversion my spies could arrange,(lol sorri Q) well it deserved to get 'coasted' and enjoyed by some others who like to have a play

We kept it all day Saturday and it moved a few times- all good we had a lot of fun with BeemA and CloggY

And to be FAIR those Hutt tags were no farther apart than the kapiti ones tend to get- it does happen when ya thinking -' get tag and get home with new tag-'

DrogeNs minds on the 300- LaxI sneaks in on the side and RWH is a new factor _(bet hes up the coast stealing it back!)

I hear what your saying Hawkeye, and your a good bloke but if for 1 or 1.5 days of the week it floats about in Kapiti on a shortish leash so our coastal fraternity get to play too, so be it.

Maybe we need the WellY ridders to be more active in keeping it ahead of the SketchY- QuasI hit teams!

Its all still bloody good fun, and bro lets get it back from them when they least expect it

here here

I think it is logical that the tags end up being close together. Everyone is trying to beat there fellow taggers to the tag. If they are organised, they may have a "tag I prepared earlier", but if they are like me, they'll most likely get the new tag on the way home from the current tag. Hence the tag is likely to be in close proximity to the current. I do this with the intention of keeping the game moving along, having being on the receiving end of a bit of stick for taking so long to post a new tag.

Any social community game based on a loose set of rules will evolve over time. If any part of the community is disadvantaged, then the rules need to looked at. I say looked at, not necessarily added to, cos we all know to many rules is dull. If the rules still fit with the original intention of the game, then people will just have to compromise.

[Bald Eagle]

Tag is up to 292 by my count

[Bald Eagle]

My two cents worth

Well said everyone.

We are all here for different reasons. We ride when work family finance etc permit, we derive different satisfactions from the game,
( the ride, the hunt, the competition, the friendships ).

Play as you like, ride when you can, but in all things enjoy.

We are a long time gone.


....now where's that tag

[Jiminy]

noo tag
tis a file pic taken mid afternoonish a week ago

Argl, this was one of my future tags! And it's been hanging there for hours now! And I'm just out of hangover mode (well, late night at least, the sake was good...)!

[Jiminy]

Mmmmmh, I must have been the only one not over the hill for a drink .

Here is the tag, on Paremata Haywards Road, on the left just before the round-about to join SH58 coming from Pauatahanui.

[Jiminy]

And the new one, just on time for "Talk like a Parrot day"! Nice and twisty road to get there. If by extraordinary this tag is not retrieved before night time, a pic at the bottom of the hill on either side would be fine, as this road could be unfriendly in cold nights.

Btw, be careful on that road. There were slow (but considerate) tourists, police cars, a wandering duck family and a mad tow truck driving on the wrong side of the road (that one was a bit too close for my taste).

[edit] Oh, and we might not have reached 300 tags, but we have more than 300 pages now