• There Goes Your Entire Day: GeoGuessr
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This is excellent
this is strangely addicting, but also very fun!
[t]http://img.qrlx.us/dog/1368439313_3t7N8t.png[/t] aw yeah
I got dropped near a mountain village somewhere in Brazil. Every street name is so generic that there's at least 5 others somewhere in the country and every business is so localized they don't exist on the internet. I'm already lucky that some signs are even readable since everything is old, broken or abandoned. :v:
7000 points, ye.
Got 11762 points. Nae bad.
[url=http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D]best score so far, 20k[/url]
I hate it when I get dropped in a long road where there's no landmarks for miles.
Dropped on some road in a place that looks pretty warm. Sign on the road is in Portuguese, so it's either Brazil or Portugal. Further up the road is a Brazilian flag on an advertisement, along with a phone number beginning with (64). So which region in Brazil has 64 for its area code? Turns out to be Goiás. Later on I find a phone number beginning with 3442, so I google for "Brazil 64 3442", finding the website of a local hotel - hotelflamboyant.net. On their site is a google maps feature giving their location, a town called Catalão. I could have narrowed it down further than that but I got a little bored so I took a random stab at somewhere in the town, I was out by 2.176 kilometres.
[URL="http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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"]First go 19.5k[/URL]
[IMG]http://puu.sh/2Sybq/fa13bd7767.jpg[/IMG] the game was wrong though, i had it lined up in both the game and on google maps, would have been within ten feet
I'm pretty sure the goal is to NOT use Google.
First town I got was a place I've been to when I was a kid I was off by 300 meters :v:
[URL="http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D%3D"]I did so well, until New Zealand came along. [/URL] Who knew they drove on the left too?
I'm quite pleased with [url=http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D%3D]this[/url]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dVt45ry.jpg[/IMG] Uh... Syria?
Where are the corpses from chemical attacks bro? This game is making me wanna go travelling lol Edit: This seems to work ok on Android in Chrome and Dolphin Browser but no pinch zoom :(
[url=http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D%3D] Not to bad for a high school student I think.[/url] Had to look some things up on google though. [editline]13th May 2013[/editline] That South Africa one was a massive pain in the ass.
Start in a random country road. Clearly america. Random click, 800 miles off of missouri was my click. [editline]13th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Riller;40627683][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dVt45ry.jpg[/IMG] Uh... Syria?[/QUOTE] how does google even have pictures of that stuff Also, that's japan.
3rd place I got was somewhere I was just a couple weeks ago, was off by 1.5KM
you italians and your roads [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/pKdbu1V.jpg[/IMG]
I got a picture of three black guys building a castle.
wow fuck you game, I just got dropped in the middle of nowhere with no streetview route to go [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/HNfpLOO.png[/IMG]
Closest I got was 14 kilometres. Also, started a round, saw nothing but desert, randomly popped the marker to the middle of Australia, off by 20 kilometres. Accurate.
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