View source for Michael5000's Top Ten (Fake) Rejected Achievement Proposals

'''1. Underachievement Achievement.'''  

:'''Concept:''' Fail to live up to your potential at the hashpoint.

:'''Rejected for:''' Standard of performance thought to be “too subjective.”
 
'''2. Extremely Punctual Achievement.'''  

:'''Concept:''' Be at the hashpoint at the moment that the coordinates are announced.

:'''Rejected for:'''  Was considered impractical due to limitations in the human perception of time and causality.
 
'''3. Last Bastard In Achievement.'''  

:'''Concept:''' Purchase land parcel that contains hashpoint; refuse access to other geohashers.

:'''Rejected for:'''  Potential detrimental consequences for geohashing community.
 
'''4. Folsom Prison Achievement. ''' 

:'''Concept:''' Shoot a man at the hashpoint just to watch him die.  

:'''Rejected for:'''  Liability concerns; unresolved argument about whether the achievement should only count in the [[Reno, Nevada]] graticule.
 
'''5. Road to Damascus Achievement.'''  

:'''Concept:''' Experience a religious conversion at the hashpoint.

:'''Rejected for:'''  Subjective standard of evidence and conceptual confusion with #6:
 
'''6. Washed in the Blood of the Lamb Achievement.'''  

:'''Concept:''' Convert someone to your faith at the hashpoint.

:'''Rejected for:'''  Concerns included the non-universality of the “Blood of the Lamb” metaphor, the potential for reciprocal “you-scratch-my-back-I’ll-scratch-yours” deals, and whether or not literal lamb’s-blood washing could qualify a participant for the achievement.
 
'''7. Sex Achievement.'''  

:'''Concept:''' Have sex at the hashpoint.

:'''Rejected for:'''  Obvious violation of public – oh wait, we actually have that one.
 
'''8. Lunar Geohash Achievement.'''  

:'''Concept:''' Reach hashpoint on the moon using accepted graticule system.

:'''Rejected for:'''  Was generally considered “impractical.”
 
'''9. Arms of Morpheus Achievement.'''  

:'''Concept:''' Die at the hashpoint.

:'''Rejected for:'''  Concerns that overenthusiastic geohashers would “cheat” and engineer an achievement that was intended to celebrate coincidental deaths only.
 
'''10. Punic Achievement.'''  

:'''Concept:''' Plough salt into the ground at and around the hashpoint so that nothing will grow there, ever again.

:'''Rejected for:'''  Worries that possible media attention would fail to recognize the whimsical historical reference.

[[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 18:37, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
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