Wayfarer Challenge - Sept 2023 Voting
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Hello Explorers,
It’s time for our next Global Review Challenge and we’re excited to see where you’ll choose for us to venture to next. For this challenge, you will be voting on which type of journey you want based on the countries you wish to explore. You will have two options, each with a list of 3 new countries that we will explore for 1 week. Please vote for one of the two options below:
- All Aboard! - You’ll have the opportunity to hop on a train ride starting in Italy, trekking through France, and ending in Germany! With the growing coverage of street view in Germany, we’re super excited to have it as an option.
- Aye Aye Captain! - You’ll be setting sail from South Korea, making a pit stop in Taiwan, and docking in the Philippines.
All of the countries above have been pre-selected based on several criteria. One of those criteria being the number of unresolved Wayspots, therefore we’re excited to help out these communities by having them collectively host us for 1 week. We’ve decided to change from a 2-week challenge to a single week to make it more sustainable as we continue to host challenges in the future.
The voting period will start today and continue through September 25, 2023 at 12:00PM PDT at which point we will officially announce the winning countries. See below for a timeline of the whole challenge.
Timeline:
- Voting - 09/20/2023 - 09/25/2023
- Challenge Kick-Off - 09/27/2023
- Challenge Ends - 10/04/2023
- Reward Distribution - 10/05/2023 - 10/18/2023
Full details about the challenge (tiers, rewards, eligibility, new individual counter, etc) will be shared in the upcoming announcement of the challenge. Lastly, similar to the last challenge, you will be using the Wayfarer Challenge setting to opt-in and out.
Looking forward to the votes!
Comments
Where is the "I don't care so long as it isn't full of coal" option? 😁
haha does that mean I can take your vote?
Really enjoyed reviewing in South Korea (not Seoul, more rural) when I had my bonus there! Very high quality satellite and street view on Naver, even in rural areas, and lots of cool temples and architecture!
Can I have increased Mr. Mime spawns from incenses with increased shiny chance reward if Italy/France/Germany is selected, or Farfetch'd if South Korea/Taiwan/Philippines is selected?
Has the bug where some reviews weren't counted (neither for the challenge count nor for agreements in general) been addressed?
guys we need ur help vote spain plz for more pokeystops
Some says, you can find wayspot All Aboard challenge because this region has good find wayspot station in german. Problem is, i found some other news in Philippines because this is can be hazard storm anytime. (Philippines sometimes can be lost/broken objects when storm attacks).
Spain 2: Graffiti Bugaloo
Just how much is my vote worth to you? I don't come cheap. 🤑
Thanks so much to the Wayfarer Team for including THE PHILIPPINES to be part of this Wayfarer Challenge.
.... can we get Britain next then since, based on how bad London is, some other parts of England and now how bad glasgow is, I have to assume the backlog is enormous lol. Plus, who doesn't want to review cool things like
Castles
Listed buildings
Play parks
.... post boxes
This! Also:
Did you fix the bug that sent rewards to the original email on each account - instead of the current? (I haven't changed emails, but this bug embarrasses me, and I don't even work there.)
ALL ABOARD THE CHOO CHOO TRAIN!!!!
You’re looking at it all wrong. A bunch of coal is pretty much just a bunch of free, easy agreements.
In Korea, maps provided by domestic companies (Naver Maps, Kakao Maps) provide more up-to-date street views than Google Maps. If you're going to review Korean noms, please refer to that
Germany seems a little bit close to the Netherlands action... some people might fall foul to the cartel and get banned themselves by approving what seems to be, generally harmless nominations.
As someone who went to the Philippines late last year, I absolutely enjoyed many of the Nike Factory Outlet, Burger King and Mitsubishi Carworld wayspots (Foursquare imports). I used to occasionally drop Ingress keys in the Sydney CBD and it used to frustrate local agents so much; that is, until key-duping was canned. KEY DUPE KINETIC CAPSULES WHEN?!
What kind of boat will we be travelling on in the East and South China Seas, a cargo tanker?
This is why people need to vote for France / Italie / Germany, no need to spend time using another map !
And the street view are up to date in most parts of those countries !
Why not Italy/France/Switzerland/Germany/Austria? All German Speaking Countries and France/Italy.
--> Switzerland also speaks, French (West Switzerland) Italian (South Switzerland) and German (Nord & East Switzerland).
If France wins even if I don't choose the bonus location there, if I get to rate wayspots from there will it also count for me for the challenge? I am from Girona so I have it close by and therefore I get many requests from there
I’d love to take the Asian trip, but I’d feel guilty for Italy after the last voting… Can’t decide right now 🤔
I imagine some of the UK would be swept up in France. If I am in Cornwall or similar places, I get French nominations to review.
As long as entries can be faked so easily, the whole wayfarer system is a joke.
@Gazzas89-PGO I raise your Post Boxes and offer Australian State Survey Marks :-)
@PkmnTrainerJ-ING Really. You get Allez les Bleus.... Wow. Huh interesting. I Iike!
I am voting for Asia. Just because...... :-) I am a bit of, well bit of a South Korean fan...
The challenge toggle isolates the country in a way that doesn’t happen in normal review. So the challenge will not pick up U.K.
Apologize for earlier comment.
I realized after checking world map that both Austria and Switzerland are surrounded by those three countries. Would be interesting if they'll be included in final days but I think Niantic will save them for later challenges.
Im sure these countries already got a well working wayfarer community, except perhaps the Philippines. Why not choose a set of countries that does not have that community? E.g. all the countries between Sahara and South Africa?
By the way based on my observations through Location Edit Appeals in this forum, those who will pick South Korea must be extra cautious and should rely on both Google Maps and local map (either Kakao, Naver, etc.), as some local submitters at certain areas in the country might misplace nomination markers into 'slightly' incorrect location so they can request location edits into this forum or support chat later.
Well, maybe I could say for other countries as well but who knows?
It depends on number of active submitters as well. No one would like to review few nominations from target countries (and not meeting quota to receive rewards) meanwhile the backlog already dried up after first few days of the challenge.
...although the challenge for entire continent sounds interesting.
can't wait to join.
Will there be a focus on black holes ? Or will it be like the Spain challenge where big cities were left out for a few days ?