Question

what´s the reason groundspeek wont publish challenge any more?

Comments

Maybe the Question should be moved to Miscellaneous?

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True. Fixed now.

Answer 1

In their own words:

 

Challenge Cache Submissions Moratorium

Beginning April 21, 2015, a one-year moratorium is in effect on all new "challenge cache" submissions. It does not impact previously published challenge cache listings.

Why is a moratorium needed?

Challenge caches encourage cachers to set and achieve fun goals. They run the gamut from finding caches on every day of the calendar year to finding one for every Difficult/Terrain combination.

However, there are many aspects of challenge caches that can make them frustrating for the community. They are neither a separate cache type nor do they have a specific attribute, so the logging requirements are easily misunderstood. Challenge caches can also be very difficult to publish due to the large amount of subjectivity involved relative to other geocaches. While they account for only ~1% of all geocache submissions, challenge caches comprise the bulk of appeals made to Geocaching HQ.

In order to properly evaluate and fully focus on the challenge cache system, it is necessary to have a period of time that is free of new submissions.

What happens during the moratorium?

HQ will work with the community and Community Volunteer Reviewers to address shortcomings in the current system, with the goal of adding clarity and retaining what makes challenge caches so much fun for players.

The process starts with you. Visit the User Insights forum to tell us what you like and don't like about challenge caches currently. We'll use your feedback to create a survey that will be available later this spring. Once we've gathered data from the community, we'll get to work on building a better framework for challenge caches.

In the meantime, the thousands of challenge caches that already exist will still be out there, waiting for you to find them!
(From http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=331492)

Answer 2

In an email in Nov. 2015 it said:

"Last April, we paused accepting submissions for new challenge caches to collect data and reevaluate the impact they have on the game."

Then (premium?) Users could take a survey on challenge caches.

Last April Groundspeak said, "[...] effective April 21, 2015, we'™re pausing accepting any submissions for new challenge caches for one year.[...]"

They did not announce, that they would not accept new challenge caches in the future, nor did they say that they are accepting new challenges after April 22, 2016.

We have to wait and see what will happen to the Challenge Caches.

Comments

Thank for answering. IT has been realy helpful. Lets hope for more fun White challenge caching arter april

Answer 3

There is a forum post on Groundspeaks forums where users posted their comments on challenge caches what they liked or disliked about them. You can view what people said here http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=331491