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- In this video, I'm ranking all the clues you can see in a Geoguessr round. I tried to think of everything that I use in a given Geoguessr round, and attempted to give good reasons for why each clue belongs in each category. Shoutouts to @BrectifyandCraig for inspiring this video, enjoy!
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The animal meta. I once found a dead kangaroo in geoguessr. Sad but effective country streak clue.
I had an idea for a video
I don’t know if it’s good exactly, but I think it would be interesting:
Gather like 5 people of various different skill levels, give them the same challenge seed to explore how a player’s thought process evolves with experience/skill.
Yep seen this kind of thing for other subjects, will be great
that is an amazing idea!
Car brands is quite a potent meta IF you are familiar enough with the regional vehicles. France for example is completely dominated by Renault, Citroen and Vauxhall. I’ve used this method a lot in urban Europe no-moving rounds so I think it’s underrated here.
It's certainly a good piece of knowledge to have!
i think you mean Peugeot instead of Vauxhall?
Car brands is one of the first things I learned, and they can be quite helpful. I already knew a lot of car brands before playing Geoguessr
@@RobertHo987 yep
You can say that about most of these clue types. Unlike bollards or image/car meta, where there's a relatively small amount of information that _can_ be learned and it can all be laud out in a single list, you can keep studying cars for years and still have something new to learn. The same goes for botany and architecture.
I would personally put flags up to low B, I know they get a hit on the frequency, but where they are frequent, they can also come in quiet clutch, specially on a US/Canada 50/50 split in a suburban location with no road signs with mph, and just generic car plates that does narrow down country in midwest or East Coast locations. So that is why I would put it in lower B tier, lowest perhaps there, but besides that I would say list is pretty spot on.
Great idea for a video appreciate you a lot for posting consistently this much, I think I’ve watched the daily videos for over 8 months now! 🇦🇺 🐐
thanks noam:)
I feel like bollards are insanely difficult to learn and sometimes bait-y as well
In my opinion they are kinda easy to learn in my experience I almost have never seen baity bollards
bollards don’t bait you that much and are pretty easy to learn
Bollards bait u all the time in Europe countried
I knew almost no bollards but NZ and PL ones all the way into 800s, then quite naturally I have picked up most of them. I still can mix BE and DK ones, or I am yet to learn the generally quite rare bollards of Americas, but in Europe, AU, NZ they are a huge help as long as you also know what countries can have similar ones (like it is easy to mix up TR and AU, esp on a cloudy coverege)
Such a great video, very entertaining and educational at the same time, keep up the good work!
In my opinion google car should be alot higher just because of how constant it is. If you have a unique car it's a 100% free round (for streaks at least) and I feel like 1/5 of my rounds are decided by the car loo
Yeah, I totally agree! If there was no Google Car at all, Africa would be really hard, especially with the new Gen 4 Coverage, and The Americas would be pretty tough as well. And let’s not talk about all those little islands such a Bermuda, U.S. Virgin Islands and stuff like that. They would be extremely difficult without any kind of Google Car. I’d personally put it in an S tier 😅
@@donjonas6909 I knowwww I would get all those tiny islands so confused if it wasn't for the free Google car meta 😂
As a beginner (well I played a lot like a year ago then swapped to watching people much better than me but I picked it up again recently), language is one of the main ones I go for. Especially in countries battle royale, all that eastern europe it can help quite a bit.
It's really telling how relative this all is to the players' skill level with each part. For example someone who is really skilled in languages/linguistics, or an expert in some field like botany or architecture, would automatically have a huge advantage over most players in at least one respect.
Languages is one of the easiest things to master honestly
Languages is one of the easiest things to master honestly
@@DrunkenMaster420 I agree, but unfortunately most people are scared by it
I agree! I always check the sun, look at language and the people, and search for flags. Then I check the roads, etc. I'm only in the 800 group on geoguesser though. So, I do think skill level is a major factor on making a list.
I watched brectify's vid and it was super helpful! Excited to watch this and learn some more 🤓
I've been procrastinating learning telephone poles forever. I just started to figure out bollards and chevrons because I've been trying to remember what they were and comparing it to the result after the round. About a year ago I started to memorize flags and ngl I'm pretty good to the point of getting 195/195 and some territories and disputed areas so every time I see a flag I get really excited. Also why wasn't website domains in the tier list? I guess it would go with phone codes but its a lot easier to guess because often it looks like the country name
Same! Most differences in telephone poles are just so minor and nondescript, only the holey poles stick in my head but everything else blends together.
Some people's memories are amazing and they can easily remember small differences but I'll stick to the obvious ones for a while longer 😂
such a great channel, amazing content!! huge fan !
Not a general clue, but I would also add satelite dishes here. Of course they are just a hint, but they are a great way to distinguish Brasil and Ecuador sometimes (though I am sure more experienced players can make do with other clues, and of course Brasil also has equator so it can be baity, but in 50/50 seeing a dish directed north rather than upwards is a huge help)
Great video today! Keep it up!
NIce video! I like the ranking, except i'd put the Utility Poles at the last spot of the S-Tier, just because it can give you the assurance that you are in a certain country and it also helps quite a bit in europe imo ^^
As a noob, sun position is what I look the most so far because it's so easy just to figure out the latitude of the planet, whether it's north or south earth, and don't have to learn country by country.
Flags should be higher. Way higher. They often help in Canada/USA toss ups. Same with Indo/Malay. The flag colors can be seen in urban settings a lot. Think Ukraine or Mexico. Many front yards in Scandinavian countries have flag poles with flags waving. There's flags of states/provinces. Flags are more common than you make it out to be. A Tier in my opinion.
Ps: you better win tomorrow's tournament, because I have a date with a Japanese girl this Sunday.
why not Korean?
Quenia also have a lot of buildings with the flag pattern.
I would put road angle higher up. I have gotten alot of random 5ks on no moving games by just knowing the general area by looking at other clues and then guessing on a road with the right angle and intersection. You're not getting a huge amount more points because of the road angle but securing the 5k is always very satisfying. Also for example in South Africa knowing the correct highway from the road angle is useful.
I understand why you put road angle down in D tier, but I also see this as being very high potential, especially for intermediate players. It helps you unlock the ability to rule out regions and start guessing more wisely. It's a touchstone to center all your other clues around. Fundamental, I believe
Great video! Very interesting
This is such a cool idea for a video...I'm gonna get to watching
This really depends on game mode, map, and general play style. I'd say road angle can easily make the difference between getting close and getting 5K. If you're on no panning or zooming as well as no moving it can be tricky to get right of course, and if you mostly try to get the region right (low time limits and the like) you often don't get to that.
I agree with what you said about winter coverage, as I have been deceived previously by Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
I disageed with flag placement, it's more like B because they aren't so rare and very rarely baity. Also they are super useful in US vs Canada which is a major PITA in general.
Some minor but sometimes useful items are missing. Trashcans, electric boxes, road curbs, street lamps, major brands and companies (beer meta says hi :D).
But generally it's a good classification with well placed rankings.
Poles should be above camera gen for sure
Would be interesting if you would play a round using just 1 clue. For example just vegetation or just architecture.
Reminder that sun position can be baitey it you're in the tropics. Depending on the season the sun could be north or south of you. It's a mistake to assume sun position will always indicate the hemisphere. Though...if the sun looks to be basically directly above you you can rule out the temperate zones.
One of the easiest is URL. Easier than flags, basically as common as flags, and almost no baitiness.
3:33 now you can, and also Finland repainted their road lines and no longer uses yellow lines so now it is super difficult to differentiate Finland from Sweden if you don't know the language.
tons of birds = Midway Atoll, Llamas = Peru/Bolivia, and sheep = the UK/Ireland/New Zealand are the only animals I can even think of using really
wait, you can get the Midway f-ing Atoll in this?
I do agree for the most part, obviously it‘s pretty subjective since everyone has their own favourite clues to go off.
next video: raiting every dead giveaway meta (ghana tape, reunion-, usvi-, DR-, etc. car, rifts,…) 😂😂
I would've included franchise shops in there. There's a few that you get everywhere, like McDonalds or Lidls, but many are region specific. For example, Britain and Ireland look very similar, but I've never seen a SuperValu in the UK.
Where's a pole Italian? :nakkasglasses:
nice video, In my opinion guardrails should be higher than car brands and people but its interesting to watch!!
Zi8g what is the name of the first song you always play in your videos including this one? It's a jam. Love the video BTW x
GeoGuessr players be like: Bollards are S tier, people are C tier.
The goat has posted, all praise ziggy
My personal meta for for USA is palm trees + mountains = California. Palm trees + very flat = Florida. It's right 70-80% of the time for the world map. (Hawaii feels like a "wrong California", while Texas feels like a "wrong Florida".) I'm very proud of it because I noticed it myself.
awesome video :)
glad you used a czech sign on language :)
Elevation, architecture and vegetation underrated
As someone who drives a renault trafic I find the car brands very targetsd
I think it could vary depending on how you play. I always play moving rounds, so for me language, flags, people are high for me. I have never learned a bollard. Maybe I should do that.
Great vid! :)
cheers brec!
Nice video!
I feel like camera generation is way too high. I have a hard time believing it's more useful than utility poles or license plates - those are so commonly referenced in videos - but perhaps I need to study camera gen more.
Street signs feels too low. They are so useful for nailing a very specific country like the finland "tie"
Poles, license plates and google car should be higher than camera generation in my opinion.
I would have done web domains and put it in S tier, sooo good if you can find them
Car brand knowledge I feel is most useful in japan, as they have so many japan only models that are very rarely seen outside japan. Not that usefull though because japan is so easy to guess overall.
Make a video about types of antenas please😅 especially east Europe
I once confirmed Bolivia for myself by some alpacas next to the road, but it is quite rare indeed 😁
regarding elevation: if you see a mountainous round in Ukraine - it’s definitely western-southwestern parts of Ukraine (closer to Hungary and Romania), there are no more mountains in Ukraine except for Crimea, but Crimea obviously has no coverage
Also i think elevation can be useful in Hungary/Czechia, the closer it is to carpathians the hillier it is
also Ukraine often has railings colored in it’s flag colors
Great tierlist, defintely hepful for beginners to know what to focuse on.
I only disagrre with one thing - google car should be a high S tier. Its suer helpfull in all arabic coutries, almost all of africa, south america and many other like lowcam Japan, Mongolia, Kyrgy, Gwatemala, Lanka, Bangladesh and some random islands like Reunion or Curacao. Even some parts of europe like red car in Ukraine
I was looking for this comment - thank you! 😊
problem is that for every other country there is no meta (not inc antenna bc that was a separate category) so it isnt like it helps you every round
@@rubenripper3882 sure but thats the same case with bollards and road lines. There is actualy insane amount of locations that could be difficult, but the car meta makes it completely no-brainers like Gwatemala or Uganda.
Also it makes huge difference in online modes if you get some small island like Cocos or Curacao whithout the car meta knowledge you will get instantly one shot because your enemy can get free 5k
@@drunkenstein-tp1pd exactly! Without any form of car meta, the game would certainly be much harder and really different as well
depends whether you're guessing the country or doing 25k
I would say Rift meta is the most underrated one here...You see a rift in the sky and boom... It's Senegal, Montenegro or Albania
me as an absolute beginner, first thing I look at is the sun, if I have no clue where I am at.
problem with phone numbers is, they usually dont put the country code first. like +49 for germany, you never see this. most of the time you dont even have a regional code. often times I just see a short number, where they assume, you read the board, you are already in the city...
the most useless language (for geoguessr) is spanish, its in mexiko, all of south america (except brasil) and in spain. and I believe I was in sri lanke twice now, where I have seen spanish graffiti
where would you place follow cars?
Street signs in Geoguessr
Blue=Normal(red,blue)
Red=Type B(yellow,red)
Purple=Argentina
Take a shot each time he says "baity"
RE: people and clothes - apparently flip-flops are used all over the world. I've never seen so many toes. Foot fetitishists be playing the game just to see those toes!
What about Road numbers? Somethimes there is a pattern like the european E-Highways.
does anyone have any tips learning the unique letters of the cyrillic alphabet? i always confuse macedonia, ukraine, russia etc
I clicked this video so fast idk why but this made me genuine happy without even watching the video😂
Man...I love when a road angle calculation pays off, but yeah 80% of the time it doesn't.
How can "animals" be D tier when there is the extremely reliable meta of "working donkey = Romania"
But also a lot of this stuff on "difficulty to learn" is personal, like for me it's quite hard to notice camera generation, or anything to do with cars but easy to notice fashion and architecture. Also since I'm a fairly casual player, all the coverage meta stuff doesn't feel worth studying because it always changes (I've seen people freaking out over no rift Senegal recently for example), but I learn the most obvious ones like roof rack.
Everybody gangsta until no rift Senegal
Really great info Oscar... thanks buddy. What does "S" mean in the top row, I don't think you explained?
Long story - it’s based on a Japanese grading system where „s“ is the highest tier above „a“ - but it’s basically an A+ and most people think it’s either Super or Special
I haven't watched the video yet but I know I'll learn a lot from it so thanks!
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I would love to hear you talk for half an hour about road lines!
Hopefully that becomes a video one day :)
P.S. I also posted a comment that said "Your fist: my butthole" and I don't understand why it doesn't show up. I stand by it.
Where are website urls it's like the only thing that helps me get the country lol
Everyone knows that the best GeoGuessr tip is the Polish trees
one of my friends who started playing geo said dog meta and i was confused, then he said is you see a stray dog its in South America xD..... and every time we got Latin America there was a stray dog i was flabbergasted
that one has some validity to it
Animals are a C for me
Midway atoll birds and uruguay/ireland cows really help sometimes ngl
Really enjoyed the vid :)
edit:
australian kangaroos as well lol
I can definitely see the argument for that
@@zi8gzag they are useful for midway and maybe Galapagos? Other than that I can see weird metas. I feel it’s gotta be the least useful one tho
Shouldn’t ‘landscape’ be a seperate clue? It is (kind of) covered with ‘vegetation’, ‘dirt color’ and ‘elevation’ but it is also its own category, don’t you agree?
Animals are underrated lol 😂
I think flags should be higher. A lot of the time you are using these clues in conjunction with others, but flags can guarantee the country by themselves almost every time, so that should count for more. Great video though.
But the frequency of them is just so low, you almost never find them in rounds. Especially if you play a lot of No Moving like Zig does
website country codes?
If there's two things I learned from TH-camr Geoguessrs it's: Cars can travel and never trust a truck 😂
rule 1 and 2 😂😂
License Plates D tier. No actually F tier. I hate license plates so much while playing. I remember so many rounds where for example I am in Croatia, I figure it out and then I see the license plates don't have the EU blue section on them and instantly guess something else. Or rounds where I am in Norway, and Norway should have the blue section as well (although not EU), and they are so inconsistent so I just guess Finland because of that. Petition to burn license plates.
I'd put yours and rainbolts' videos at SS tier :P
Hahahaha this is such a great idea!
Awesome video!
As a GeoWizard fan, I do not hate using Google cars, I just think it does not provide any geography knowledge, just like camera generations or car antennas. You can't find those in real life!
of course, you're absolutely right, it's better to rely on other things
Flags are easy S imo
They r rare especially nm
I think C fits fine for flags. The frequency pulls it so much down. Low B could also be fine I would say 😊
i think camera generation is overrated. its helpfulness is very limited due to there only being four options. generations 3 and 4 are so common that they dont really help you narrow down the country all that often.
For me, bollards are def c tier. I mean, they are really helpful, but it’s too hard for me to remember, almost impossible.
Yes, and they can be really baity and tricky as well. Some bollards just look so similar to each other, and in some huge areas, such as the Americas, you rarely even see them.
For you they are difficult to remember but i find it very easy and helps me always. If you how it exactly looks like you just know what country you are in😊
When is fruit tier list
first?
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