EoFF GeoGuessr Play Thread!

And that concludes this supremely difficult round. The location was (SPOILER) Metro Manila, Philippines

The scores for this round (with 50% taken off)
(SPOILER)
Denmark - 0
Endless - 0
sharkythesharkdogg - 314
Yerushalmi - 2137
Inferno - 3833
Pantz - 3903
Formalhaut - 3955
Raistlin - 4068
Vivi22 - 4253
Cim - 4252 + 250 = 4205 (strike x1)

Eliminated for missing 3 rounds in a row: The Summoner of Leviathan

And a cookie for guessers not in the scoreboard:
Mister Adequate - 692 miles off :cookie:
Jiro - 3238 miles off :cookie:
Spuuky - 8709 miles off :cookie:

Okay, 4 rounds plus an optional bonus round remaining.

ROUND NINE


Where am I?
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A5.jpg http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A4.jpg http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A3.jpg http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A2.jpg http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A1.jpg Start guessing!

Looks nice :3 I wanna guess...

Who the smurf is from the Philippines to take that picture? And how the smurf did Endless and Denmark get it right on the nose? You people are insane.

god damn it endless

mine was pure mildly educated guess, nothing more

edit: "mildly educated" meaning: it doesn't look like any western architecture but it's clearly a sizable city. manila was the first eastern city i saw that looked close enough. and i think aicha lives there?

What.


HOW DID YOU GET IT.


I had guessed Yekaterinburg, Russia. There are quite a few red-striped buildings there with the same style of architecture.

BUT HOW.

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Who the smurf is from the Philippines to take that picture? And how the smurf did Endless and Denmark get it right on the nose? You people are insane.

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Uh, say, 41-Inches-Wide perhaps?

I try to know as little about you people as possible. It keeps my medication requirements down.

Why didn't I go with the Philippines. I WAS SO TEMPTED TO GO FOR IT. "Oh but Formy, the majority of members are from America, just go with logic for this one".

Smurf you Formy. Smurf you and your stupid brain.

EDIT: I should probably clarify why I thought the Philippines in the first place. I don't know, I just got an Eastern vibe from the image (which makes me wonder why I didn't smurfing go for it in the first place). First of all, there's there sort of misty haze surrounding the photo, which you generally get in Eastern areas, I can assume. Also, some of the houses seem very low to to ground and not akin to something of a shanty town (it isn't, it's just that short of style of low to the ground house. I'm probably not explaining myself well). Either way, that, and the weird atmosphere made me think 'Philippines'.

The reason why I asked people for a list of submitters was because I really wanted to see Pitye/LonlyPaperStar's name on that list. She was the only person I knew who lived in the country. If I saw her name, I would have gone with it, but I didn't know Aicha lived in the Philippines (I barely know her), and so with the only real evidence for it being the Philippines being like a mildly calculated stab, I just went smurf it and went with America. Statistically, with only TWO members in the Philippines, and like 90% of members being American, I have a more than likely stab at it being at least that.

But no, of course not. I was wrong by like half the entire smurfing globe. How I am still barely clinging on to a 'barely passable' 5th place is beyond me. I can't even be mad at Aicha for taking one photo because she's so darn cuute!

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What.


HOW DID YOU GET IT.


I had guessed Yekaterinburg, Russia. There are quite a few red-striped buildings there with the same style of architecture.

BUT HOW.

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[01:28:36] <Endless|Awayyy> There, sent my dumb guess for this round of geoguessr
[01:29:00] <Endless|Awayyy> If I get less than 200 points, remind me to play the lottery

Dumb luck and educated guess.
I had a gut feeling it was Asia from the start, possibly China. I was pretty sure it wasn't Vietnam. So I searched for high rise buildings and skyscrapers in Asia. When I say I looked at thousands of diagrams, it is no joke. Same with pictures, but I never found the buildings in the image, not one of them. So out of frustration last night I was ready to say some city in China or Thailand, so I did a last minute google earth flyover and realized most big cities in China are coastal, and have roofs the wrong color, so I had to change and flew over other countries around. I was ready to say Hanoi (I had it typed in my PM to Shion) but changed my mind for Manila because it has a very high number of high rise buildings and skyscrapers, and had roofs the right colors (red or green or white).

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ROUND NINE[/SIZE]


Where am I? http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A5.jpg http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A4.jpg http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A3.jpg http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A2.jpg http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/A1.jpg Start guessing!

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I thought we were supposed to submit our own pictures? As it stands, I can name at least two (possibly three) different locations for these pictures and source them.

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Originally Posted by Endless

I thought we were supposed to submit our own pictures? As it stands, I can name at least two (possibly three) different locations for these pictures and source them.

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Same here. They're from at least three different cities miles apart. What's up with that?

Make it three four for sure. I know where picture 1 is from but not the exact position, I know where picture 2 is precisely (I can show it on google street), I know who took picture 4 and where (but there's no google street in that area). I know who took picture 3 but not the exact location. Picture 5 looks like it's from yet another location (I found the same bridge on another picture that's on the river on the other side of the state).

Edit: found the google street of picture 5. It's all over the place, seriously (picture 2 and picture 5 are 62 miles apart).

i say guess the state/province, everyone gets a 0 this round, we move on

(SPOILER)SWEDEN

Sorry guys, I was given an exact location, but if you can guess the state, I'll give you a zero.

(SPOILER)Here and there in Vermont. The location you were given is probably Windsor. :p

It just dawned on me that picture 5 was taken from the other side of the border, which means this particular round spans two territories. xD

Sent my "guess" by PM, but I'll leave a hint here for those who struggle : (SPOILER)Two states separated by the Connecticut River

google reverse image search is very obvious with this one.

Well it certainly looks like (SPOILER)Vermont to me. That's my gut feeling from simply looking at the pictures.

So I'll go with (SPOILER) Lebanon, Vermont because it's centrally located, and also near (SPOILER)a state park.

You people are insane. I don't even know how you can get these.

Remember guys, you just need to guess the state. Sorry about the confusion.

(SPOILER)The very depths of Hell

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You people are insane. I don't even know how you can get these.

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these pictures are actually VERY iconic of the place where it is, so if you know what that place looks like, it's a cakewalk. just like your pictures were VERY PacNW

A bit under 12 hours left.

Less than 2 hours left!

Hell if I know. I'll go with (SPOILER)New Hampshire.

And that concludes round nine! The location was (SPOILER) Vermont! ish

Scores for this round:
(SPOILER)
Denmark - 0
Endless - 0
Inferno - 0
Pantz - 0
sharkythesharkdogg - 0
Yerushalmi - 0
Vivi22 - 106
Cim - 3670
Formalhaut - 3670 + 250 = 3920 (strike x1)
Raistlin - 3670 + 250 = 3920 (strike x1)


3 rounds left!

Round Ten

Where am I?

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/N4.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/N8.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/N3.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/N9.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/N7.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/N2.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/N1.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/N5.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/N6.jpg


Start guessing!

So previous round detailed solutions:

Picture 1: Newport, VT.

Picture 2: Hancock, VT.

Picture 3: Vermont.

Picture 4: Morgan, VT.

Picture 5: Bridge between Windsor, VT and Cornish, NH. For the record, the picture is taken on the NH side of the bridge.

And I have round 10 figured already. A nice, easy one (no reverse search needed, ftr).

Oh crap I forgot a round :p

24 ish hours left

It's in rounds like this I wish I was a pilot.

(SPOILER)Jerusalem, Israel

Well, with the (SPOILER)POMA cable gondola system I'm going to guess (SPOILER) Manara, Israel .

Okay, and that ends our Round Ten! The answer was (SPOILER)Kiryat Shemona

Scores for this round:
(SPOILER)
Denmark - 0
Endless - 0
Inferno - 0
sharkythesharkdogg - 0
Yerushalmi - 0
Pantz - 101
Vivi22 - 5037
Cim - 5037 + 250 = 5287 (strike x1)
Formalhaut - 5037 + 250 = 5287 (strike x2)
Raistlin - 5037 + 250 = 5287 (strike x2)


Two rounds left!

Round Eleven

Where am I?

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...1/SDC00538.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...1/SDC00542.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...1/SDC00539.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/E1.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...1/SDC00541.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...1/SDC00540.jpg

Start Guessing!

I was SLEEEPING :crying:

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I was SLEEEPING :crying:

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For two days? :O_O:

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I was SLEEEPING :crying:

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For two days? :O_O:

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No, it's like, I look at the round, and go, "Right, I'll do that later". I then go bed for the night, and then.... well.

I'm very forgetful.

(SPOILER)Arlington, Texas

I suppose I should answer BEFORE I go to bed!

(SPOILER)
Googled, literally "Superman Ride". Came up in one of the results. And here's I thinking this would be a tough one!

Arlington, Texas, surely. SURELY.

The (SPOILER) SuperMan Tower of Power is located in two places that I could find. Since I also see (SPOILER) a Texas flag, I'm going with Arlington, Texas.

I should also say that (SPOILER) the Texas flag pretty much narrowed down the Tower of Power Ride to my location. I neglected to mention it before because it was so damn obvious :P

(SPOILER)I just did an image search for the name of the ride together with the city names. They looked quite different. Looking up what flag it was would have been my next step, though!

11 hours and 10 minutes left

(SPOILER)It's in Texas. That's good enough for my non-googling self.

LAST ROUND (NOT INCLUDING SPECIAL BONUS ROUND)

ARE

YOU

READY

But first:

The location of the pictures was (SPOILER) your moms basement (SPOILER) Or Arlington, Texas

Scores for this round:
(SPOILER)
Denmark - 0
Endless - 0
Formalhaut - 0
Inferno - 0
Pantz - 0
sharkythesharkdogg - 0
Vivi22 - 0
Yerushalmi - 0
Cim - 0 + 250 = 250 (didn't even need a calculator)
Raistlin - 0 + 250 = 250


Round Twelve

Where am I?

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/O1.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/O4.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/O6.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/O3.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/O2.jpg

Start guessing!

(SPOILER)Kingston, Ontario, Canada

It appears to be (SPOILER)Belfast, Ireland?

BONUS ROUND TIME

You have 25 hours to answer the round 12 question and the bonus round question.

***Bonus round must be answered via PM
***Bonus round will remove 50% of your score if answered correctly
***Bonus round is optional

Where am I?

http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/D3.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/D1.jpg
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/...a123451/D2.jpg

Aaaaaaaaaaaand go

i'm not putting effort into bonus round because scoreboard

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i'm not putting effort into bonus round because scoreboard

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Same here, but less because scoreboard and more because Shabbat.

I am fining you both 2000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 points

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I am fining you both 2000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 points

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You're so mean!

I would normally try. But Shabbat starts in less than twelve hours, and I have to do a LOT of cooking between now and then.

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I am fining you both 2000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 points

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You're so mean!

I would normally try. But Shabbat starts in less than twelve hours, and I have to do a LOT of cooking between now and then.

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bake me a smurfing challah.

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I am fining you both 2000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 points

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You're so mean!

I would normally try. But Shabbat starts in less than twelve hours, and I have to do a LOT of cooking between now and then.

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bake me a smurfing challah.

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Not if that's what you're going to do with it. Geez.

They always look delicious..

Which is why you should be putting them where you have taste buds.

Right, time to get my act together. More time for the Twelfth Round? Joy!

(SPOILER)
Reverse searching the Mural comes up with the Bobby Sands Mural, in Belfast, Ireland. Hmm, I wonder who took the photos...


EDIT: Shion, am I right in saying that for the Bonus Round we are allowed to help each other?

Let's see, for round 12 we have: (SPOILER)murals which seem to be using the colours of the Irish flag, specific mention of republicans in one, talk of segregation for ir- in another, and plates that are clearly European. Hmmm, who do we know from Ireland? Gonna go with Belfast because reasons.

Yes Formy, you can help each other with the bonus round

I am totally expecting you guys to help me with this. That includes you super guessers, YERU, DENMARK, ENDLESS, SHARKY.

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I am totally expecting you guys to help me with this. That includes you super guessers, YERU, DENMARK, ENDLESS.

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Fixed for you. I've spent no more than 10 minutes looking around for reach of these. I'm not dedicated enough to be a super sleuth.

i already said i couldn't be arsed, jeez

Why not try just for fun?

It's not like you're going for some prize that you've already won.

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Let's see, for round 12 we have: (SPOILER)murals which seem to be using the colours of the Irish flag, specific mention of republicans in one, talk of segregation for ir- in another, and plates that are clearly European. Hmmm, who do we know from Ireland? Gonna go with Belfast because reasons.

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(SPOILER)They're not irish colours man, they're Palestinean..I thought it'd be a red herring. I was so very wrong

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Let's see, for round 12 we have: (SPOILER)murals which seem to be using the colours of the Irish flag, specific mention of republicans in one, talk of segregation for ir- in another, and plates that are clearly European. Hmmm, who do we know from Ireland? Gonna go with Belfast because reasons.

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(SPOILER)They're not irish colours man, they're Palestinean..I thought it'd be a red herring. I was so very wrong

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(SPOILER)The mural on the right either very clearly transitions from green to white to orange or you need to learn to take better pictures. :p

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Why not try just for fun?

It's not like you're going for some prize that you've already won.

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Because I don't want my score to reach the half million mark :p I'm terrible at this game!

There's no point penalty if you get the bonus round wrong. You just get 50% taken off of your total if you get it right.

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Let's see, for round 12 we have: (SPOILER)murals which seem to be using the colours of the Irish flag, specific mention of republicans in one, talk of segregation for ir- in another, and plates that are clearly European. Hmmm, who do we know from Ireland? Gonna go with Belfast because reasons.

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(SPOILER)They're not irish colours man, they're Palestinean..I thought it'd be a red herring. I was so very wrong

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(SPOILER)The mural on the right either very clearly transitions from green to white to orange or you need to learn to take better pictures. :p

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(SPOILER)It's a meld of sorts from the famous Palestinean Zindabad picture thus;

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Sure there's even Arabic above it. My mistake was not cropping out the anti-segregation one on the far right and thinking google reverse would never in a million years rexcognise the Bobby Sands Mural on Sevastopol Street

Technically not playing but (SPOILER)It's so Belfast

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My mistake was not cropping out the anti-segregation one on the far right and thinking google reverse would never in a million years rexcognise the Bobby Sands Mural on Sevastopol Street[/spoiler]

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The quote on the left of the mural is enough to find (through a plain text search) who said it and check his picture against the mural. After that it's caik walk.

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(SPOILER)It's a meld of sorts from the famous Palestinean Zindabad picture thus;

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Sure there's even Arabic above it. My mistake was not cropping out the anti-segregation one on the far right and thinking google reverse would never in a million years rexcognise the Bobby Sands Mural on Sevastopol Street

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(SPOILER)Meant the one to the right of that actually. I can see on my monitor that it looks like it transistions into red after the orange, but it all just looked orange on my phone. :gator:

But even still, some murals with arabic and whatnot aren't really going to throw people that much when the rest of the pictures don't resemble any middle eastern nation I've ever seen pictures of or heard of. The colouring really just got my mind going down the Irish road, the rest of it just kind of clinched it enough for me to give a confident guess. If I had been wrong, meh, big deal. I don't google anything. I usually just take a close look in the pics for anything somewhat recognizable and go with my gut.

As for the bonus round, I'm honestly at a loss at the moment. I can't pick out any obvious landmarks that I recognize off hand, and any other potentially identifying features seem to be eluding me if they exist. If the resolution were better maybe I could pick something out in the second pic or recognize something through the glare of the third, but I've got bupkiss for now.

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ARE YOU READY!!!

But first, here were the locations of Round 12 and the Bonus round.

Round 12 location was (SPOILER)Belfast, Ireland

The Bonus round location was (SPOILER)Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Here are your scores:

Eliminated for missing too many rounds:
(SPOILER) Cim, Raistlin

EIGHTH PLACE: (SPOILER) Vivi22 with a score of 21927

SEVENTH PLACE: (SPOILER) Formalhaut with a score of 13959

SIXTH PLACE: (SPOILER) Pantz with a score of 12725

FIFTH PLACE: (SPOILER) Inferno with a score of 2928

FOURTH PLACE: (SPOILER) Yerushalmi with a score of 2405

And our top 3:

THRID PLACE: (SPOILER) sharkythesharkdogg with a score of 990

SECOND PLACE: (SPOILER) Denmark with a score of 72

AND OUR WINNER IS

(SPOILER)

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with a perfect score of 0. Congrats to Endless!

:party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::party::p arty::party::party::party::party::party::party::party:


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And that's all folks!

I hope you all had fun :)


A big thanks to everyone who participated, wither by guessing or by participating.

shoulda tried harder. disappointing finish

(i'm talking about myself here)

Sucks I only saw the bonus round was posted last night after I logged out of FF14, I only had about 2h30 to search (finishing at 3:30am) so I only had time to check the coasts of USA/Canada and Portugal/Spain and not the major inland lakes. I doubt I'd have found it, though.

Eh, as my saying goes "As long as you're not last, your fine.". And I just about managed to uphold that :p

Though Endless, my god. Such a fantastic perfect score deserves some reward surely. How... how the heck did he do that!

And yeah, that bonus round I just gave up on. That bonus round was a joke!

Montreal huh? I'd probably be more upset at missing that had I been there more than the one time ten years ago. And ten years ago I was there for under 24 hours just to see Rush.

HA ! Montreal... I wasn't even sure. I would have looked like a fool if I missed this one. Round 8 is really the one that hurt me.
Congrats Endless... ZERO, really ?!

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HA ! Montreal... I wasn't even sure. I would have looked like a fool if I missed this one. Round 8 is really the one that hurt me.
Congrats Endless... ZERO, really ?!

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I had plenty of time thanks to the holidays, so I could search thoroughly until I was sure, the exception being Manila where I got lucky.

I think next time I'll volunteer to run it so that Shion can actually play, and so others don't have to deal with me as their opponent ;) Plus, I got some ideas to make it slightly more challenging (not "here's one picture of a snow-covered hill, good luck" challenging, but more "you have to really pinpoint it" challenging) while scoring it not as linear (which made it near impossible to recover from a big mistake in this run).