Every Trick a Pro GeoGuessr Player Uses to Win (ft. RAINBOLT) | WIRED

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  • @georainbolt
    @georainbolt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43691

    nice

  • @fendviyo
    @fendviyo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18822

    Just the amount of info he has memorised to guess the countries is insane, let alone being able to do it that fast

    • @lavacaqueri5454
      @lavacaqueri5454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      It becomes intuitive.

    • @readyredpanda127
      @readyredpanda127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      @@lavacaqueri5454 depends. When I play geoguesser I say aloud the reasons of my choice. If you actually have conscious reasoning as to why you choose a certain location it is not intuitive.

    • @Elwene2fr
      @Elwene2fr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@lavacaqueri5454 Yeah. It looks impressive when you don't play the game (or don't play it a lot). But honestly it's really not that hard.
      Like you say it becomes intuitive. And he used the word I always use : when you pop into a country you have a *vibe*

    • @ladyravendale1
      @ladyravendale1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      One of the things humans are best at is pattern recognition. I would really recommend watching Veritassiums video on what makes people have mastery of their craft, and geoguesser falls right into all the categories outlined.

    • @kev6t9
      @kev6t9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      hes the definition of practice makes perfect

  • @matthewbell4897
    @matthewbell4897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33675

    Trevor’s gotta get paid by GeoGuessr marketing, because he’s brought so many eyeballs on the game

    • @knallkasten5159
      @knallkasten5159 2 ปีที่แล้ว +953

      I actually started geoguessr because of his videos. It's such a great feel if you see something and know "oh yes that's a Spanish road"

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec 2 ปีที่แล้ว +346

      @@knallkasten5159 yes! yesterday i was able to reocgnise baltic trees and i was so happy

    • @studioreviews2649
      @studioreviews2649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      He is the goat

    • @emresagbas3163
      @emresagbas3163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@RubyPiec ngl if I'm in Europe and I'm in a forest I go %90 Baltic if it's Birch trees I go Scandinavia mostly Finland because I'm kinda noob

    • @PennsylvaniaEAS
      @PennsylvaniaEAS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      GeoGuesser is now a crashgrab game because of its popularity

  • @peteskyrunner4845
    @peteskyrunner4845 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +425

    Geography teacher - 'Can anyone tell me where...'
    Young Rainbolt - '35 via Pizzera, Veneto'

  • @vanviccardi7553
    @vanviccardi7553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8419

    Dude has high elf energy

    • @naturalworkout8016
      @naturalworkout8016 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Magnificent

    • @Rujewitblood
      @Rujewitblood ปีที่แล้ว +293

      I thought this was a really dumb comment, but then the more I thought about it, the more it makes sense lol

    • @SpicyTrifongo
      @SpicyTrifongo ปีที่แล้ว +23

      more Keebler than Tolkien to be honest.

    • @Crybaby-Media
      @Crybaby-Media ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@SpicyTrifongo we’re talking cyrodiil

    • @SpicyTrifongo
      @SpicyTrifongo ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@Crybaby-Media Cyyrodiil is the continenet, Tamriel is what you're thinking.
      But anyway, he looks like a Bosmer (Tree Elves), not an Altmer.

  • @LeCarpetronJevariousDunkinCrux
    @LeCarpetronJevariousDunkinCrux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11280

    the recognition he’s getting finally is so good

    • @alankinad8478
      @alankinad8478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      IKRRR
      I absolutely love the how he absolutely owns every single game in his insta

    • @krns1695
      @krns1695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      " finally " bruh he wasnt a channel earlier this year

    • @LeCarpetronJevariousDunkinCrux
      @LeCarpetronJevariousDunkinCrux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@krns1695 yes but he’s been doing so much for the community and hosting tourneys and all that

    • @hiimapop7755
      @hiimapop7755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@krns1695 He's done so much in the short time he's had a channel.

    • @anubarakweaverville1785
      @anubarakweaverville1785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thanks to Ludwig for contributing to make him noticeable

  • @Harper210
    @Harper210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2889

    It's insane how much attention this game is getting and Rainbolt is one of the main people that have massively broadened the audience.

    • @tommasopalma766
      @tommasopalma766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I think GeoWizard started it

    • @XanderEwald
      @XanderEwald 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tommasopalma766 Nobody really started it. We all began playing the guessing game pretty much the day Google Earth came out. When you guessed wrong, you had to take a shot.

    • @SyterPK
      @SyterPK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@XanderEwald He help put Geoguesser on the map because TH-cam "chose" to recommend it to everyone. To a lot of people GeoWizard is a pioneer. //EDIT: including me :D

    • @iche9373
      @iche9373 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea, I agree your opinion
      but without your ableist expression („insane“) because that’s so cynical.
      Did you know that you can hurt other people if you use an ableist language?

    • @SamTheEnglishTeacher
      @SamTheEnglishTeacher ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@iche9373 Did you know that tone policing increases depression? Maybe you should check yourself first. Also censorship is more harmful than discrimination - for proof compare USSR to USA over the same time periods.

  • @throwaway756
    @throwaway756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5259

    GeoWizard first brought the hardcores, and Rainbolt continued the game's exposure to the bigger, more casual audience 💯

    • @EthanRom
      @EthanRom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      Same. Big GeoWizard fan as well. He used to hold some world records, but this guy is next level

    • @mapper7310
      @mapper7310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Nah tbh streamers brought the casual audience, although Rainbolt is really the first to popularise the competitive side of it

    • @AdmiralMason
      @AdmiralMason 2 ปีที่แล้ว +280

      I prefer GeoWizard because it feels like he's doing legitimate geography guesses, not just metaguessing based on camera quality and blurrings etc

    • @throwaway756
      @throwaway756 2 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      @@AdmiralMason GeoWizard actually uses the meta. Senegal rifts, Ghana tape, etc.

    • @vincentd.9171
      @vincentd.9171 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@throwaway756 to a lesser extent than others tho

  • @sunrainism
    @sunrainism ปีที่แล้ว +1878

    Dude will never get lost.

    • @cloppin
      @cloppin 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Right

    • @RomeoSonia
      @RomeoSonia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      he will be in north korea, myanmar, laos, egypt, saudi, iraq, pakistan, syria, most of africa iran china, and most of the STAN countries with little to no coverage in streetview

    • @1kTroopKoopas
      @1kTroopKoopas 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh great! I know that I'm in Botswana!... But now what!?

    • @tobiaswinkler6971
      @tobiaswinkler6971 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nice idea off a series with him

    • @uvsii
      @uvsii 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@RomeoSoniayou can't even travel to north korea..

  • @juviegar3403
    @juviegar3403 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Kinda proud that Indonesia becomes a challenge for Rainbolt. It's just because we don't really have centralized regulation about road signage or pole material lol.

  • @neuromuzz
    @neuromuzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4498

    The crossover I've NEVER expected to see, but I'm happy I did.

    • @stepstar865
      @stepstar865 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @iPlayDotaReligiously
      @iPlayDotaReligiously 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What crossover? This channel just interviewing this guy isn't it?

    • @stepstar865
      @stepstar865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@iPlayDotaReligiously idk but shocking to see him on wired

    • @iPlayDotaReligiously
      @iPlayDotaReligiously 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stepstar865 ohh I see thx

    • @Jattix315
      @Jattix315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What crossover? This is just an interview

  • @overrev982
    @overrev982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9156

    can you IMAGINE, if this guy was raised as a chess player or something?? His ability to learn and memorize patterns is definitely a talent

    • @TheShabzz
      @TheShabzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1173

      pattern recognition is definitely a trait but the calculating candidate lines is a totally different skill set and really what separates the best chess players. This guy could totally be a tetris grand master, though.

    • @laudarren4773
      @laudarren4773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      @@harizahmad100 yea i don't think geoguesser can compete with chess, i heard that the total outcome of a chess is like number of galaxies/stars in the universe while the pictures of earth on the other hand has limited outcome. You know, just earth.

    • @guyman1570
      @guyman1570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +419

      @@laudarren4773 But a chess grandmaster does not memorize millions of possibilities, only a couple of thousands of the most commonly used possibilities.

    • @yesyoutooo8842
      @yesyoutooo8842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      @@laudarren4773 You reach that in 10 moves. The total number of all outcomes in a 40 move chess game is twice asarge as the number of atoms in the universe. Ofc that has a lot of rubbish moves tho.

    • @ser_igel
      @ser_igel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@TheShabzz nah, tetris is just snoring lines of cocaine and building lines of 4 block figures

  • @mancerrss
    @mancerrss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2813

    Google should adopt or have partnership with GeoGuessr, and have the International GeoGuessr competition held every year in the middle of their Google I/O developer conference.
    That would be a cool sight to see to conference goers there, and would be a cool opportunity to introduce the world in this competitive geography guessing sport, and to the Google Maps Community itself.

    • @simonstanton5299
      @simonstanton5299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +

    • @L2002
      @L2002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      no, Geo should pay Google for using their services

    • @nickel1704
      @nickel1704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      @@L2002 They do, that's why they have premium memberships

    • @VuorensolaR
      @VuorensolaR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@L2002 The API ain't free

    • @FrancescoSpace
      @FrancescoSpace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

  • @scatsy
    @scatsy ปีที่แล้ว +484

    I have a weird tip that he didn’t mention.
    This just helps me with Australia, but I like to look at the different types of kerb/curb and barrier walls and it gives me a good idea immediately which state I’m in. Because VIC and NSW use completely different kerbs, and the rest of the states are slightly different too

    • @c.d.c9425
      @c.d.c9425 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Another very noticeable difference between VIC and NSW are their "No Stopping" street signs. In NSW, they are red with capital letters, whereas in VIC they are white with a simple logo ("S" with a slash through it) instead of lettering. There are NO exceptions to this. Once you start seeing this, it'll be very easy to tell the two states apart
      Other than that, you can just go with number plates if those signs aren't always around. NSW is the only state with yellow plates

    • @dipanwitamandal7289
      @dipanwitamandal7289 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@kosmique I use bill and Bob, jeb is gone

    • @sh0werp0wer
      @sh0werp0wer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm a huge nerd on American vs. British English and I never knew it was spelled "kerb" in British English, wow

  • @EngagingOverImmersive
    @EngagingOverImmersive 2 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    This felt way longer than 7 minutes. He talks fast and gives so much information

  • @SteveBluescemi
    @SteveBluescemi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1132

    I used to play this game years ago and thought I was pretty clever for figuring out road direction, signage, vegetation, and other "vibes", but this community takes it to a whole other level. I mean, soil analysis? That's hardcore.

    • @rightbefore897
      @rightbefore897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      He can guess a country just by the grass 🙂

    • @Tetrahedr0l
      @Tetrahedr0l 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@baslatz_ nah

    • @charlie8344
      @charlie8344 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@baslatz_ it's probably just the vibe of a player

    • @cornelisgraper8678
      @cornelisgraper8678 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@baslatz_ except it isn’t. There’s videos online of him doing exactly that.

    • @ryana5435
      @ryana5435 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@baslatz_ based soil scientists can done those kind of analyses very quickly I think

  • @mattyn94
    @mattyn94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +912

    What a guy. Great at the game, humble, willing to teach others, gives great and well considered answers to the questions. The tournaments he hosts are becoming the highlights of my week. Rainbolt is the king

  • @dunzek943
    @dunzek943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Straight out of a movie this guy is. He's definitely the smart guy that figures things out and gets the plot moving

    • @mebiysyt8331
      @mebiysyt8331 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Master Yoda???

  • @ProstoScifi
    @ProstoScifi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    This video has the energy of a magician revealing secrets to their tricks.

  • @losnos79
    @losnos79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    I know bro didnt just say "Theres an eastern road in north Macedonia with dead flies on the camera" 💀💀💀

    • @AuralPods-gm4pg
      @AuralPods-gm4pg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Are you deaf?

    • @erickajoy5520
      @erickajoy5520 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      💀💀💀💀

    • @a-r
      @a-r 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      ​@@AuralPods-gm4pg They're just surprised that he'd recognize one specific road in North Macedonia with flies on the camera, out of thousands of miles of road. What's the matter?

    • @thooper4380
      @thooper4380 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bro? He's your brother?!?!

    • @dan271291
      @dan271291 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@thooper4380 Figure of speech. Not to be taken literally.

  • @threecubed3
    @threecubed3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +887

    I first discovered Geoguessr thanks to GeoWizard but Rainbolt has popularised it to the casual viewers. GeoWizard would take time to get as close to the exact location as he can while Rainbolt's approach is to guess as quickly and as accurately as possible. Both are impressive though.

    • @minephlip
      @minephlip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      The game was already very popular before GeoWizard and especially Rainbolt (who feels like a very recent phenomenon but maybe i discovered him late) really made any videos of it, at least in my region everyone knew about it right after launch and we played it all the time. I liked it better before all the meta stuff became a thing though, just plain old looking at the landscape and culture is what the game was about

    • @EB-bl6cc
      @EB-bl6cc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@minephlip yeah, using bollards to know stuff is borderline ok but i hate the "well the google maps car that drove through here had a blur on the right mirror so I know it's x country".. that kinda stuff just isn't in the spirit of the game

    • @mod5278
      @mod5278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@EB-bl6cc It's still pretty nice to see what people can do at the highest possible level of play, I think it's cool to see

    • @matthewbennett2231
      @matthewbennett2231 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@EB-bl6cc dont hate the player hate the game

    • @matthewbennett2231
      @matthewbennett2231 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@EB-bl6cc also tha stuff is everywhere in the game guessing based off camera quality and the color of the car is super helpful also of a country uses low cam on their car for privacy reasons (Switzerland and japan)

  • @zAsKaA
    @zAsKaA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    This collab is really deserved, man has put more time in geoguessr and knowing small details to pin point countries, than people use for their degree

  • @Macro105
    @Macro105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1317

    The Soil, tele poles and number plate length are pretty advanced tactics.
    I guess alright with language, climate, road markings, building architecture and car age or quality.

    • @gamersreactions9267
      @gamersreactions9267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Trees are my best guess lmao. I can get a great guess on the climate zone, now its just a matter of the rest

    • @fogtim
      @fogtim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Same, sometimes looking at people can help as well. Color of skin can help identify region sometimes, or what they are wearing

    • @gubblfisch350
      @gubblfisch350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Knowing Baltic poles is so useful. Without them your are completely clueless unless you find language.

    • @jaicus_
      @jaicus_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@gubblfisch350 jokes on you, im clueless even after i find the language

    • @gubblfisch350
      @gubblfisch350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@jaicus_ It's not that hard. If it has weird bars over many vowels, it's latvian, if if looks like Finnish (many double vowels, kk, many Ys), it's Estonian, otherwise it's Lithuanian.

  • @sennataylor592
    @sennataylor592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    This guy is the closest I’ve seen to a real life Sherlock Holmes. Never seen his content, but I can totally picture BBC animating his deductions Sherlock-style

  • @Kings_Crossing
    @Kings_Crossing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I love Rainbolt. He got me interested in the game, and his tournaments that he hosts and streams are super fun to watch.

  • @kmj_fire
    @kmj_fire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    It's so nice to see the Geoguessr community gain more traction through rainbolt, with this outside attention, everyone can learn more about the world!

    • @davelangford2439
      @davelangford2439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      GeoWizard has done so much for the game too. Its nice to see it finally getting attention

  • @Geostique
    @Geostique 2 ปีที่แล้ว +537

    So proud of this man

  • @shakthip8139
    @shakthip8139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +737

    The amount of skills he has is Impressive

    • @Baronovic
      @Baronovic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      To think there’s even better players than him too

    • @Istori69
      @Istori69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      U should look at Stique. He is known throughout the Geoguessr community as the best or close to being the best

    • @kizunavr
      @kizunavr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      and he's not even the best

    • @valentinaroldan7764
      @valentinaroldan7764 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Istori69 stique is some loser who cheated for $25

    • @cheesofile666
      @cheesofile666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Put in a mere 13 months of time looking at Google Maps and you too can possess such skill.

  • @NightOfCrystals
    @NightOfCrystals 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Cool coverage and great tips. I struggle a lot with the same countries - Russia is absolutely massive, and there are some Geoguessr favorites that are really hard: rural Spain, rural parts of North America, a lot of cities in Japan look similar.

    • @neek01
      @neek01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always struggle with Asia, i can instantly recognise every country based on what their language looks like, but i can’t ever guess the correct city in japan and china

    • @zesk6718
      @zesk6718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@neek01 Dont guess China, google doesnt have coverage there.

    • @NightOfCrystals
      @NightOfCrystals ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zesk6718 there is some trekker in China, also nearby there is Taiwan, Hong Kong, and I think Macau. But you’re right that the chance of Chinese coverage is extremely low. Also India was purely Delhi area until very recently, and still is largely that same area.

    • @ryana5435
      @ryana5435 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ⁠@@NightOfCrystals so you mean there is no official China coverage done by Google but there is some people in China upload street view to Google Map so Geoguesser will encounter those kind of puzzles?

  • @alex0589
    @alex0589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I went pretty deep into geoguessr during 2020 and i got frighteningly good at "vibe guesses" after a while and would win the battle royale games a lot
    but this is another level, this is some savant sh*t.
    Pro players are scary.

  • @SlMPLE4xavi
    @SlMPLE4xavi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    So nice to see that Trevor has made it this far in such a short amount of time. Seems like a really likeable guy and rlly good at GeoGuessr obviously

  • @SneakyCaleb
    @SneakyCaleb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +818

    Man it was hard watching this. I totally forgot about this game. My dad and me were playing it and he loved it for the short time we were playing it. He always dreamed of traveling the world. Unfortunately he recently passed. Miss you dad

    • @ElPestino
      @ElPestino 2 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Sorry to hear that. Keep your head up and travel in your dad's honor :)

    • @asdfghjkl15817
      @asdfghjkl15817 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very sorry about that :(

    • @SynnJynn
      @SynnJynn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh, so sorry for your loss!

    • @hpholland
      @hpholland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Sorry for your loss. I bet your Dad would want you to still be enjoying this game, even with someone else. Take care

    • @anomaly3215
      @anomaly3215 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ElPestino based

  • @jochem420
    @jochem420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    One thing thats really useful to know is that Google Maps doesnt cover every country on earth, some countries are way more common than others

  • @valthor9381
    @valthor9381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This was really interesting stuff! What baffles me the most isn't the vast knowledge but how quickly he is able to process an image and its information to formulate a guess. His brain is built different.

    • @bennemann
      @bennemann ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don't think his brain is "built different" at all. He says right at the beginning of the video "I've dedicated every ounce of my spare time for the last 13 months to studying Google Maps". Pattern recognition is what the human brain in general excels at. No need to explain his skill with born talent when dogged dedication already suffices.

    • @ahmadkhairul337
      @ahmadkhairul337 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@bennemann
      The fact that he's able to even do that is exceptional. I mean it's easy for us to say that but this guy actually did it.

    • @happydogger5009
      @happydogger5009 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it's really not that hard when you see a very similar landscape, vegetation, road quality and architecture a few thousan times

    • @R3s0n4te
      @R3s0n4te 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Autism. Not a joke either. His brain is probably built a little different.

  • @SLURPZZZ4461
    @SLURPZZZ4461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    I feel like the reason more people don't play this is because it's so hard to get into

    • @mpepp9
      @mpepp9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      It’s not that hard to get into. The vast majority of people playing don’t analyse poles and bollards etc. Often the language/road direction is enough to have a pretty good guess.

    • @davids8127
      @davids8127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I think you have to be on the spectrum to enjoy this. It looks very boring and its a pointless skill/knowledge to develop.

    • @GalacticTommy
      @GalacticTommy ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@davids8127ome people find it fun, I do (you don’t have to take it super seriously, I just mess around most of the time)

    • @Eli-gn6dr
      @Eli-gn6dr ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@davids8127 "I dont enjoy this so everyone that does must be autistic."

    • @anomaly3215
      @anomaly3215 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@davids8127 nah you're obviously just boring

  • @fvr6715
    @fvr6715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I am so happy for him that he finally gets all the recognition and attention! he is just so likeable

  • @MortyMortyMorty
    @MortyMortyMorty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I've been following Rainbolt for quite some time, and he is truly a legend! Bro is so good and practices so much like noone else.

  • @sapphirefire7630
    @sapphirefire7630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You could write a thesis about the difference between the places you observe and I think its very useful like in terms of tourism, demographic studies, architecture, survival etc.

  • @zarina_llh
    @zarina_llh ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think i'm going to find out how many Indonesia pop up in this video
    0:15 as a background
    1:04 as a background again
    1:24 as a part of map (actually much more showed before, but just for some milisecond)
    2:15 the utilities poles (i assume it for electrical wire also lighting poles)
    2:25 at right-up of the screen showed 100.000 Indonesian Rupiah
    2:46 part of map again
    5:53 this time Indonesia mentioned more properly, hehe
    6:06 part of map (3) and as a background (3)

  • @Crojach
    @Crojach 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love when someone takes a talent and elevates it to absurd heights

  • @kaboomkp
    @kaboomkp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It’s amazing how fast Trevor has grown I’ve followed him for a long time on TikTok, it’s insane and he deserves it all, huge amounts of positive energy and knowledge

  • @NewoandMe
    @NewoandMe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Until this video, I honestly thought it was a meme and he knew the location before the picture was given. This is incredibly impressive

  • @DaRadicalCavy
    @DaRadicalCavy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I haven't really played but love watching so this was interesting. Geographic intelligence is very different now than even when he was in school. We don't really learn where nations are anymore but it's all about the actual geography of the earth, how things like landslides happen, tectonic plates etc so its great that there is a game out there to help teach folk more about the world than what taught

  • @kaminoyami30
    @kaminoyami30 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the scanning and attention to detail is insane.

  • @AdrianHereToHelp
    @AdrianHereToHelp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    So happy to see Rainbolt on WIRED! I love his content

  • @jeidito
    @jeidito 2 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    i can't even guess my own country in geoguessr😭

    • @morbillionaire2785
      @morbillionaire2785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      *American

    • @markglennyt9230
      @markglennyt9230 ปีที่แล้ว

      bcs whats this guy saying is lie

    • @leteethgirl8778
      @leteethgirl8778 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@markglennyt9230 I'm sorry that it made you feel that insecure

    • @AmazingAkribane
      @AmazingAkribane ปีที่แล้ว

      @@markglennyt9230 and because you’re a hater

  • @imoutodaisuki
    @imoutodaisuki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    2:15 Indonesia uses concrete for the electrical pole. The steel ones are for telephone/internet cable.

    • @joel784
      @joel784 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He said telephone pole

  • @dkaraush
    @dkaraush ปีที่แล้ว +5

    he basically trained his inner neural network to recognize location. incredible.

  • @MantraHerbInchSin
    @MantraHerbInchSin หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If there is ONE THING the brain is good at, it is pattern recognizing. Some people tap into that. Most of us never even try

  • @SWISS-1337
    @SWISS-1337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    After this, he could use these skills for a job finding people who go missing/taken. Especially when they get pictures for ransom. He'll be able to tell which city they're in anywhere. Seriously awesome talent though.

    • @cabbage-soup
      @cabbage-soup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      i imagine most ransom pictures aren't taken outside next to a road but that would be nice

    • @rc2k524
      @rc2k524 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im sorry but do you realize how stupid your idea sounds..?

    • @mario-wb7lw
      @mario-wb7lw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@cabbage-soup we'll see who's laughing when the ransom photo has a google street car with black tape on one of the bars

    • @tpower1912
      @tpower1912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Just recently there's been guys bombed in the war in Ukraine because they had selfies inside barracks and people were able to find the exact location based on the building size and limited details.
      This is genuine security intel skill

    • @Evitaschannel
      @Evitaschannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is a good dream, but there's a lot of countries and areas that aren't covered in Google Maps.

  • @magnuslikestanks6044
    @magnuslikestanks6044 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The few times I've played this game I have been satisfied with guessing the right continent. This guy is insane.

  • @jessiearroyo2636
    @jessiearroyo2636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This guy is literally a human GPS

  • @SoulVision1111
    @SoulVision1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    And the military hasn't snatched him up ? What a genius

    • @uncrownedoak7777
      @uncrownedoak7777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This skill can definitely be applied something greater than google maps. Idk what but that's up to him to find out.

    • @Orangeemarmaladee
      @Orangeemarmaladee หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@uncrownedoak7777 AI is now better more accurate.

  • @Nicholas-je5eg
    @Nicholas-je5eg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Kidnapper: "Haha Rainbolt, we have taken you hundreds of miles into the dense wilderness, even if you find a way out, you'll NEVER know wher-"
    Rainbolt: "Idaho, southern Idaho on US-91. Maybe Whitney, possibly Preston."

  • @its_me_still
    @its_me_still 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    This guy blows my mind. He's an absolute genius. I'd love to learn more about him. I wonder if he is a prodigy? So impressive 👏

    • @ExtraOrdinaryCharlie
      @ExtraOrdinaryCharlie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He grew up in Arkansas and dropped out of college for a job in tech in SF. He just quit that job to pursue Geoguessr full time. Trevor is the absolute coolest

    • @its_me_still
      @its_me_still 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ExtraOrdinaryCharlie Thank you so much! Very cool indeed my friend 😎

    • @minephlip
      @minephlip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      he memorizes things and is very quick at recognizing patterns, doesn't take a genius but yes he's very talented at this that's for sure. Can't help to think these insane qualities he has could be used for something a bit more... useful hahah

    • @zmaj12321
      @zmaj12321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@minephlip Hmmm... like what? This talent is useful for stuff like games (which is what he does here), but I don't see it being applicable to much beyond that.

    • @cheesofile666
      @cheesofile666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@zmaj12321 The ability to deduce an answer by collating limited sets of information is a fundamental skill that is useful in almost any pursuit.

  • @rippleyaliens8275
    @rippleyaliens8275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Holy Moly. Talk about the ultimate capability. Especially for a cop, or spy. His attention to detail, is astounding.

  • @hesh9646
    @hesh9646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    The dedication of this man is unimaginable, this is amazing!

  • @manningbartlett522
    @manningbartlett522 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A handy hint for Indonesia is learning all the banks. There are dozens of small banks here and they are all very region based. EG If you see Bank Jateng, you are guaranteed to be somewhere near Semarang in Java.

  • @PranavJayaRao
    @PranavJayaRao 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There's another simple trick I use . Where the sun is relatively in the sky. If it's more southwards, you're in the northern hemisphere. And vice versa. Helps differentiating between say Chile and southern Siberia which could sometimes seem similar.

  • @AsianSensationz
    @AsianSensationz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Happy to see Trevor getting the attention. He truly is amazing and pretty cool dude. I hope Ludwig hosts a tournament with Trevor as the final boss or something.

  • @Yareyous
    @Yareyous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    When I was learning geoguessr, I stopped at the learning of camera angles, camera quality, blur spots, etc. That knowledge is exclusively helpful in just that game. I wanted to focus on knowledge that helped me learn about the world. But I guess that's why I'm not a pro

    • @dariocaporuscio8701
      @dariocaporuscio8701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      That's the difference between geographic knowledge and what is called "meta", things that can help you in the game that are not defining the country in general, but that are useful only in the game. I think it's funnier to play it without knowing all the meta but after a while you play, willingly or not, you start to notice and learn to recognize patterns, regardless of the type of detail, being that soil color or camera quality

    • @Babyshark-co8ks
      @Babyshark-co8ks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel like mostly the middle range players use the car and camera the most. Once you get to Rainbolt’s level, you don’t even need any of those to instantly recognize countries. You can see how he recognized Guatemala without the obvious Google Car on the other side.

    • @karlhendrikse
      @karlhendrikse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ah yes, like the Guitar Hero players who just wanted to play guitar, or the speedrunners who just wanted to play video games quickly :)

    • @olsnes3020
      @olsnes3020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can go very far doing just that and that's fine. I agree that information only useful on google street view is less fun than information that's universal. But yeah, if you want to be among the best in the world, you have to learn the dirty meta specific for street view :)

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol, you think you learned everything there is to be learned in the world, except car meta. That's some absurd level of overconfidence.

  • @BobbyBonBons1
    @BobbyBonBons1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    RAINBOLT YOU DID IT!!! So happy for this community

  • @WilliametcCook
    @WilliametcCook ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's no way Rainbolt is his actual last name
    Saying "Trevor Rainbolt" feels like saying "Sans Undertale"

  • @Amanda-ex4sr
    @Amanda-ex4sr ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is absolutely insane! This makes me want to start getting into geoguessr.

  • @Maxime_K-G
    @Maxime_K-G 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Some people seem to not understand this. His videos are 100% real but obviously, he only shows us the games where he does really well. It's still very impressive though.

  • @melsyoutube
    @melsyoutube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Oh my god he's so intelligent and quick, i'm obsessed

  • @Mushroomlau
    @Mushroomlau 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Sure didn't expect to see a video on him on wired...

    • @armycrafter
      @armycrafter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Haha, same - I thought I just had a new rainbolt video in my subscription feed, only then saw it was WIRED! 😅

  • @TheThailightZone
    @TheThailightZone ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I play GeoGuessr all the time. I am Australian but i live in Thailand so my primary search area is here because I cannot read the language so I find it challenging and must use tells much like Trevor does. Sometimes I am dropped into a rural location with nothing but ricefields and dirt roads for Kms and all I have is vegetation//crops, trees, sometimes a road distance marker. I have to say I have learnt so much about this country playing this. I also play my city/province often and it is amazing that in real-life I can walk into an area I have never physically been to yet recognise it and I know directions. What an amazing world we live in when you can stroll down a street almost anywhere is the world.

  • @michelacane2136
    @michelacane2136 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    He could seriously help people with his knowledge

  • @lmaoqasim
    @lmaoqasim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Dude needs a lifetime sponsorship by GeoGuesser

  • @tali_eastwood
    @tali_eastwood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Vibe guessing is so interesting it’s like when you see your own town you know it’s where you live

  • @osu_fishy
    @osu_fishy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I'm so glad this dude is getting more recognition. He made GeoGuessr an eSport essentially lol.

    • @TheXshot
      @TheXshot ปีที่แล้ว

      He just hosted/casted the Geoguessr world cup! It was amazing

  • @nathanhol42001
    @nathanhol42001 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Geography is a great thing to be nerdy about. It makes the world simultaneously bigger and smaller

  • @wiretheswede
    @wiretheswede หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    0:21 I remember one video where he guessed wrong on this because there is apparently another road somewhere else that also has dead flies on the camera.

  • @ungrigspiller
    @ungrigspiller 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    amazing to see this content on this channel, ive been watching these videos a lot lately

  • @movin3148
    @movin3148 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    He’s like the Sherlock Holmes for geoguesser. He solves it by instinct and then gives the reasoning afterwards

    • @_Thorondor
      @_Thorondor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He even looks a bit like Johnny Lee Miller 😁

    • @azhari7968
      @azhari7968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except he's more making sense than Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch)

  • @RabbitEarsCh
    @RabbitEarsCh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Happy for Rainbolt to get featured here. He's always so humble and so willing to teach others about the game.

  • @lognix5060
    @lognix5060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've never seen someone look more like a geoguessr professional than this guy.

  • @xahana
    @xahana ปีที่แล้ว +6

    don't worry, rainbolt, as an Indonesian (born and raised), I also got struggled in learning the geography of my own country 😭

  • @rkustanto
    @rkustanto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Finally someone's acknowladge how big indonesia is 😐 And it's archipelago, every island has their own unique geography good luck to guess it right

    • @NoryLevi
      @NoryLevi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tbf because every island are different it's easier to learn/guess. Compares to like united state or canada where every small town looked exactly the same that's nightmare to guess which one is which

    • @Thalweg
      @Thalweg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoryLevitbh US Canada ain't that bad. Try Brazil. Everywhere looks (more or less) the same. There are slight differences but it takes a lot of practice to identify and half of the time it is wrong.

    • @Babyshark-co8ks
      @Babyshark-co8ks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I actually find Brazil not that bad compared to other big countries. Russia is the real nightmare, newer players have no idea where to guess. Russia is so huge, and most of it is similar forests.

    • @Thalweg
      @Thalweg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Babyshark-co8ks Russia is indeed a nightmare however I find that most the time I get it in the right region. The points still aren't good (3 to 4k usually) but it looks good for Russia. When you compare that to Brazil I get on the wrong side of the country a good 1/3 of the time. Not to mention that Brazil Is way bigger than it looks and Russia is smaller than it actually looks.

    • @LutherAEvans
      @LutherAEvans 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think I'm misunderstanding the fact. USA is clearly bigger than Indonesia in land area, about five times bigger, so I don't get why he said Indonesia was bigger.

  • @user-hm3gv7lp3v
    @user-hm3gv7lp3v 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i love this guy ! im obsessed with his videos 😭

  • @kaljamahapena4673
    @kaljamahapena4673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I dont care about Geoguesser but i can respect the depth of dedication and knowledge in ones passion. Something that everyone should strive for, gg mate.

  • @PotatoRankEX
    @PotatoRankEX 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    6:21 They did him dirty with that Vegeta Hairline.

  • @Ryan-hl1bt
    @Ryan-hl1bt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Imagine if Rainbolt uses his Geoguessr skills to help police find missing people. I could see this being useful in criminal investigations.

    • @WarfareTerritory
      @WarfareTerritory 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      would only be useful if the “missing” person shows a pic of his whereabouts AFTER he went missing though. So no, its useless, I’m baffled that you even came to this dumb conclusion saying it’s useful.

    • @mydogeatspuke
      @mydogeatspuke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are literally no transferrable skills between the two things. He isn't watching CCTV of people before they went missing and following their movements to guess where they maybe ended up after they disappeared. He's memorising information about different countries to be able to identify which country a picture was taken in by looking for these markers he's memorised. Missing people don't leave behind identifiable markers that can be applied to all scenarios. That's why they're missing.

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think Geoguessr players know anything about locating photos that police investigators don't.
      The latter simply don't memorize all road bollards, but look them up instead.
      I wonder whether they're using the same databases though.

  • @PuckishAngeI
    @PuckishAngeI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He did a tik tok with official google account and now he is on wired. He is a legend

  • @Born2DoubleUp
    @Born2DoubleUp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this guy is gonna end up in some government building looking at pictures letting them know where they were taken 😂

  • @samnaps1
    @samnaps1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    tbh... this is one of those things that I could never have imagined existing.

  • @Jauphrey
    @Jauphrey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is amazing information for anyone looking to excel at any skill that has any aspect of repetition. Learn what you can of those things that will not change over and over and over until they become so familiar that you don't realize you consider them.

  • @Dracula_sb
    @Dracula_sb ปีที่แล้ว

    TIL this is a community, mad respect to the pros who dedicate their time to this

  • @noxiebobo
    @noxiebobo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the scariest person you could make an enemy of

  • @alwaysbeenmai
    @alwaysbeenmai 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is so awesome for the streaming community! Let's go Rainbolt^^

  • @imlocksaw
    @imlocksaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    when your so good at geography you can look at a grain of sand and say "Hmm, Australia"

  • @jaykstah
    @jaykstah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    even pole dancers are in awe at how much this dude knows about poles

  • @sabyasacheebanik6018
    @sabyasacheebanik6018 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Most of the people. I mean majority wouldn't care what pole looks, or, What grass is their in the roads, the fact that he's like memoriseing everything is crazy.

  • @Masrafi
    @Masrafi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    >looks at a nondescript cropped photo of gray soil and pebbles
    >yea thats north botswana

  • @xsystem1
    @xsystem1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this guy can be an internet mystery investegator..place plays a huge role in solving some mysteries

  • @samuelli-a-sam
    @samuelli-a-sam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He got the recognition he deserved

  • @_marimopeace
    @_marimopeace ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this video has come up in my recommended so many times but i'm finally here bc of an epic bagel smackdown named "the rainbolt" in nyc 😂😂 absolutely madlad his energy is insane

  • @brunnomenxa
    @brunnomenxa ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:09 You may notice the establishment called Caixa, which is a very common bank in Brazil.
    Newer plates are blue in color, and they are even longer.

  • @johnlewis8934
    @johnlewis8934 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is awesome. This is how geography should be taught in school

    • @norkhairudinalibidin1376
      @norkhairudinalibidin1376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      actually yes... interactive and up to date because relying on current satellite data

    • @iche9373
      @iche9373 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s not geography, that’s how to become a global postman

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, have school children memorize the colours of google cars in different countries.