Oof this made my day lol. Thanks mate! Its funny in the last round of the first game I've been just as close but had no clue. Looks like its time to run across Africa
I feel like enabling moving in order to secure as certain a location as possible before figuring out where you've been could be most efficient going forward, and I wouldn't be mad if you had to cross-check with a pinned google earth tab or something, even if it's a bit out of the spirit of original Geoguessr. This format is really fun, hope to see more of it.
I've been on that exact spot at Silverstone. Every Christmas they do a Christmas Lights lap where you can take your car for a lap around the track, with the whole thing decorated with Christmas lights. Was pretty cool driving along the same track so many incredible drivers have! Good video mate.
10:54 The concrete roads make it MUCH more likely to be USA than Canada. If it was Canada, the roads would likely be asphalt. Also, Lynnwood is a town in Washington state, which is what that street is likely named after.
@@tito2735 this plus that realtor is pretty rooted in this area, and like OP knowing the town of Lynwood here, so it jumped at me pretty quickly that this was WA state
I think it would be interesting to do a Europe version of this because you've been to a lot of places in Europe and it's always nice to hear your stories. The more interesting rounds were ones where you'd at least been close.
4:59 The rectangular blue and yellow warning sign at that chicane makes it obviously Sweden. I don't think you'd see those colours together on a warning sign anywhere else in the world. The chicane is interesting... I think most places would have a speed bump/hump instead.
I've been at that exact point on Silverstone! The track organised a cycling sportive around it a couple of years ago, you could do 8 laps of the track on your bike for 50 quid.
Tom I posted a thread on Reddit a while back with an idea in which you try to solve a tough Geodetective or two using only information that you can find in books. Figured maybe a library (even Brum library) would allow you a private space to film for a couple of hours at an off peak time maybe? Or maybe there's a private study area you can book. Just a thought :)
Loved this, super interesting to hear your stories and reasoning for where u went. It would be more fair on you if you went for an Europe only map though or simply Great Britain
Every video I watch, I always wonder if the Isle of Man will pop up. Then you just subtly mention you’ve done a race here. Amazing! Look forward to it! 🙂
The neon American flag you saw was an orange university of Tenn, w/ the orange T logo replacing the stars. The "OS" logo on the back of the black SUV was for Oregon St. Some random American uni clues.
4:00 the let's have a look at the cars was very funny to me, since it proved not to be helpful. Living close to Malmö i immediately though of it. Nice video as always! Also Malmö and Copenhagen are well worth visiting, if you want to extend your map knowledge for this gamemode.
FLORIDSDORF ON THE MAP!!! man this is soo crazy, was watching your video randomly, and not only my city, but you zoom in on the district i live in, could even see the street i live in haha, thanks!
2:10 - people drive around in normal cars. (points to an Aston Martin)..... 4:52 - My personal advise - I´ve never seen those yellow signs that you just zoomed in on, anywhere but in Sweden. Some other yellow signs might occur in Finland. I´d love if any Swedes or Finns could either confirm or deny this. This new take on the game is quite fun, although most of us won´t have traveled too far from home. You could do a Europe one, and completely ace it though.
Finland also has signs with yellow background, including the no-parking zone sign. The real giveaway is the blue and yellow hazard marking. Those are blue and white in Finland, so both are like the flags.
Grew up one village over from Silverstone, worked there as a kid at weekends and holidays. Have also cycled the circuit a few times too so a nice 5000 for me. Only other round I could pip you would be the Sri Lanka round with Bangkok. Love the challenge concept!
This was a fun one to play along with as you went! Because for some of them, I was just as close, if not closer than you. But on others I would look at Kenya, think it was Baja California, and put myself in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico 😂
I grew up 5 minutes from that pin in Charleston! So sorry you took that road up through Holly hill. Truly one of the ugliest parts of Charleston. Great vid!
Another great idea for a video. I'd love to see you attempt it again and I'd love to see Zi8gZag and Kodiak take on the challenge, like they did with "playing Geoguessr until I've been to the location".
Like the format, interesting! Got me thinking how far are the locations from your house, or childhood house so you’re not showing us all where you live. Would be a terrible score but neat diagram on the map at least 😂
I wouldnt stand a chance against you in a normal geoguessr game, but I knew it was silverstone before I even fully registered what I was looking at. Hearing you say "this isnt Britain" made me audibly gasp.
Hi, Tom, Greg... I know it's got nothing to do with this vid but I just wanted to tell you that, yesterday, I binge-watched HNTTA ... ALL of it, from about 4am to about noon! Fucking brilliant! Loved every twist :o)
At 6:52, I knew pretty close to where you were just due to watching college sports, haha. Maybe learning team logos could help you out in American maps!
I've been to quite a few very remote and obscure locations (80 country high points, 107 countries) around the world that would certainly be quite a challenge 😂 Keep up the good work!
To clear up some of the confusion about the strange flag at 6:53, it is not uncommon to see versions of the US flag with different logos/colors to support different causes. One of the more common ones is fans of various US football teams (especially college football teams) having versions based on their favorite team. The flag at 6:53 is orange and has a Tennessee Volunteers logo in the corner (which is a university located in Knoxville near where the location was). This probably isn’t helpful information to know for Geoguessr, but I thought it was kind of interesting.
This would require very little for me having only been to two countries! But I think the more you’ve traveled the harder it gets, until a certain point above which you start to gain an advantage. I’d love to see one of the maths channels do some calculations on where that sweet spot lies.
Ah!! Made me happy to see and locate my hometown Malmö in the first game :D I didn’t think it was Malmö but in the same region… hehe but some parts you’re just not that familiar with even though you live there:)
That’s crazy what a coincidence I just started working at sheetz come back to Pennsylvania I would love to meet you, your content is amazing and got me through some tough times, I live in the Hershey area so not far from where you hitchhiked I need to go back and watch that video after I watch this one
When Tom was describing the rules, my first thought was I'm never going to get close to any of these. The very first one I've stood on that exact spot and been a few yards away several times
Glad you enjoyed it, but I had to resort to subtitles. Not great for us with rubbish hearing I’m afraid. It just all turns to noise. Although I suppose there’s an opportunity to upload twice, once with loud music and once without/just when he’s only searching not talking. Which either screws the algorithm or makes everyone happy depending on how TH-cam feels about it.
I thought this sounded like a pretty bad idea for a video, due to exactly what we saw with the numerous Mauritius guesses, but it was surprisingly fun to watch. Although as a man who hates travelling (for the logistics, not the cultural experiences), I won't be trying this ruleset out for myself.
One thing that instantly tells you it's Sweden is if you have road signs with chevrons or diagonal patterns (as there is in this case). They're always in blue and yellow, like the colors on the flag. I don't know if any other country has that, but that combined with the general vibe and look should make it a dead giveaway.
I got my first 'perfect score' with your first game first round - I was on that exact piece of track watching the post-race podium celebration after a track invasion in 2014 or 2016 (one of those).. I had also sat in the large 'Silverstone' stand around that corner many many times.
Fantastic idea. I only had one miss I think where I was much closer than I guessed: I had been to Malmö but went Jönköping as a hedge for Sweden (recognisable from blue yellow spiral post next to pedestrian crossing). Otherwise the M1 for Silverstone, Chicago Airport for Tennessee (not sure whether Orlando may have been slightly closer), Trivandrum for Sri Lanka and Vancouver Airport for Portland (I can't remember whether I visited Victoria on Vancouver Island, but I think we kept to the Northern half). 20,050 points. Quite happy. Could have been 750 more with a Malmö plonk.
If you had some spare cash (or got a really good episode sponsor) you could do the reverse of this where you play a bunch of rounds until you get your highest score, then do a round the world trip to visit and recreate all of your guesses for that game).
Mauritius might be slighlty attached to Africa socially but it's 1800 miles away, I would say it's not Africa, but something of it;s own, an island in the indian ocean
1) It was clear that he was referring to the main landmass 2) Once he realized he had been to Mauritius, he corrected himself. You could hear in the tone of his voice that it was a correction.
@@crashiecorbashie You're missing the forest from the trees. Saying you've been to Africa because you've been to Mauritius is like saying you've been to UK because you've visited Bermuda. Or that you've been to Denmark because you've visited Greenland. Yeah, you might technically be correct, but at the cost of missing the point completely.
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Big up to 40johnson87 for his comment!
shoutout to my man
indeeed
@40johnson87 😎😎
shoutout to Tom shouting out 40johnson87
I hate 40johnson87
Oof this made my day lol. Thanks mate! Its funny in the last round of the first game I've been just as close but had no clue. Looks like its time to run across Africa
Nice one
Great idea 40johnson87!
The goat
As a Washington state native, when I saw John L Scott... I new. lol.
da goat!
"It was one expensive honeymoon but it's starting to pay off" 😂😂
next straight line mission "TH-camr has gone missing!"
Take a more strategic honeymoon next time, mate.
mauritius saved him from zero points multiple times in this video tho
Should've gone to Bali like all the other knobheads
@@crashiecorbashieHe did not show us the remaining attempts, where all the rounds might have been NZ, Japan, Argentina and Taiwan. 😂
A second honeymoon in China or South Korea would really up his game.
Vacationing on North Sentinel Island would've gotten him more points
13:55 As a long time viewer, my heart broke when you pronounced "Oregon" the correct way
didnt notice it the first time, truly heartbraking
O-rae-gun 🤣🤣🤣
it was the same feeling as when u find out santa isnt real
I miss the Or Ray Gun :(
@@jakeanator Wait, what?!
"This isn't Britain..." One of the most iconic tracks and pitbuildings in the world. Nice one Tom
IKR!
Brit-is? Brit-ain't!
@@Gameboygenius never say something like that again
Me looking at that round for less than a second: Ah, Silverstone, Hamilton straight.
"This isn't Britain"
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cringe, we don't say "ain't"@@Gameboygenius
As an idea, get someone (Verity maybe) to create a custom map just of places you've been and see how well you do on a no moving challenge.
great idea!
No moving no panning no zoom. Then he has to recognize the area just from one image.
"That was an expensive honeymoon, but it's starting to pay off" 😂 absolute gold!
How to not travel Australia must be imminent 😁
"how to not die in the Australian outback" would be a ripping title for a geowizard video
an irl collab with zigzag maybe?
YES! Perth to Melbourne (I think he lives in Melbourne) ending only after completing a challenge with ZigZag@@Джеклейланд
But "How not to travel Australia" would be more interesting 😂
@@michaelwisniewski6047 How not to travel australia featuring zigzag
Get invited to Jet Lag for one of their seasons and you would travel some more!
Yes please!
That is such a great idea oh my god i need that
that would be sick
yesss
That'd be cool but I don't know if there'd be good chemisty between Sam and Tom
Looks like an Australia trip/mission needs to happen
With a layover in New Delhi just to hedge his Asian guesses
Straight line across WA? 😂
Straight line mission. Perth to Canberra maybe?
@@RandomXxX13 Lmaooo he would DIE before he made it to the Nullarbor 💀💀
@@RandomXxX13 I appreciate you choosing Canberra instead of Sydney
I feel like enabling moving in order to secure as certain a location as possible before figuring out where you've been could be most efficient going forward, and I wouldn't be mad if you had to cross-check with a pinned google earth tab or something, even if it's a bit out of the spirit of original Geoguessr. This format is really fun, hope to see more of it.
I've been on that exact spot at Silverstone. Every Christmas they do a Christmas Lights lap where you can take your car for a lap around the track, with the whole thing decorated with Christmas lights. Was pretty cool driving along the same track so many incredible drivers have! Good video mate.
Same here! Lol would've been a 5,000 round right off the bat. Also walked down the grid for an endurance race weekend there once as well.
Same here! I drove my Corsa flat out at copse because they let you on before the old pit straight but the lights don’t begin until Maggots 😅
10:54 The concrete roads make it MUCH more likely to be USA than Canada. If it was Canada, the roads would likely be asphalt. Also, Lynnwood is a town in Washington state, which is what that street is likely named after.
For me the giveaway was the OS on the car and the green flag also screaming Oregon. Ended up more north than I would have guessed
i recognized the 360 in the phone number as Washington
@@tito2735 I was gonna say I saw the three digit area code and assumed america
@@tito2735 this plus that realtor is pretty rooted in this area, and like OP knowing the town of Lynwood here, so it jumped at me pretty quickly that this was WA state
@@slightlyaboveaveragebutaverage Canada also has three digit area codes as we've used to share the same systems essentially.
Learning the US/CA area codes (e.g. 360 at 11:09 ) has to be worthwhile, I think :) Great show again, what a brilliant variation this is.
the driveway to the garage of that house at 11:30 is absolutely ridiculous
A straight line mission across Australia would be really helpful for these games.
I think it would be interesting to do a Europe version of this because you've been to a lot of places in Europe and it's always nice to hear your stories. The more interesting rounds were ones where you'd at least been close.
Loving the idea, and also actually like the increased music volume :)
4:59 The rectangular blue and yellow warning sign at that chicane makes it obviously Sweden. I don't think you'd see those colours together on a warning sign anywhere else in the world. The chicane is interesting... I think most places would have a speed bump/hump instead.
Also the petrol station. St1 is only found in Norway, Sweden and Finland
Such chicanes are quite common here in Germany in residential areas. :)
@@youri7176Not in that colour scheme though
Nice traffic calming! :)
Sweden is known for its chicanery
Greece to Sri Lanka is about 4200 miles -give or take; so Tom chose the shorter of the two.
I've been at that exact point on Silverstone! The track organised a cycling sportive around it a couple of years ago, you could do 8 laps of the track on your bike for 50 quid.
When Russ Cook runs across Africa this would be a great game to play with him. You find were you are and Russ tells you where he's been.
Need a "How NOT to travel Australia” just so Tom gets to travel Australia while writing it off as a business expense🤷♂️
Tom I posted a thread on Reddit a while back with an idea in which you try to solve a tough Geodetective or two using only information that you can find in books. Figured maybe a library (even Brum library) would allow you a private space to film for a couple of hours at an off peak time maybe? Or maybe there's a private study area you can book. Just a thought :)
That’s awesome
Loved this, super interesting to hear your stories and reasoning for where u went. It would be more fair on you if you went for an Europe only map though or simply Great Britain
Boring
Every video I watch, I always wonder if the Isle of Man will pop up. Then you just subtly mention you’ve done a race here. Amazing! Look forward to it! 🙂
The neon American flag you saw was an orange university of Tenn, w/ the orange T logo replacing the stars. The "OS" logo on the back of the black SUV was for Oregon St. Some random American uni clues.
I was looking for this comment hahaha
I absolutely love this concept. Well done.
4:00 the let's have a look at the cars was very funny to me, since it proved not to be helpful. Living close to Malmö i immediately though of it.
Nice video as always! Also Malmö and Copenhagen are well worth visiting, if you want to extend your map knowledge for this gamemode.
Maybe you should use these Johnson rules on the "All the Wetherspoons" game, so you mark all the pubs you passed out in. 😂
Awesome idea, and brilliant to see you look at these comments enough to pick out ideas like this!
Awesome concept. This is what I was thinking after seeing CG and Z8 play the "play until I've been there" variant.
They should get you on jet lag the game, you would be well suited to that and a chance to travel more
Hes definately picking his next trips and holidays purely for a second episode of this lol
FLORIDSDORF ON THE MAP!!! man this is soo crazy, was watching your video randomly, and not only my city, but you zoom in on the district i live in, could even see the street i live in haha, thanks!
For future reference if you see bright orange in the USA (such as on the flag) there's a good chance you're in tennessee
2:10 - people drive around in normal cars. (points to an Aston Martin).....
4:52 - My personal advise - I´ve never seen those yellow signs that you just zoomed in on, anywhere but in Sweden. Some other yellow signs might occur in Finland. I´d love if any Swedes or Finns could either confirm or deny this.
This new take on the game is quite fun, although most of us won´t have traveled too far from home. You could do a Europe one, and completely ace it though.
Finland also has signs with yellow background, including the no-parking zone sign. The real giveaway is the blue and yellow hazard marking. Those are blue and white in Finland, so both are like the flags.
@@alexandernordstrom1617 Likewise red and white in Denmark, just like their flag.
He was being sarcastic
Grew up one village over from Silverstone, worked there as a kid at weekends and holidays.
Have also cycled the circuit a few times too so a nice 5000 for me.
Only other round I could pip you would be the Sri Lanka round with Bangkok.
Love the challenge concept!
My brother, you've got the intelligence and charisma to host an actual travel show. Cheers.
This was a fun one to play along with as you went! Because for some of them, I was just as close, if not closer than you. But on others I would look at Kenya, think it was Baja California, and put myself in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico 😂
I love this way of playing! This will encourage more travelling for sure
I grew up 5 minutes from that pin in Charleston! So sorry you took that road up through Holly hill. Truly one of the ugliest parts of Charleston. Great vid!
This was a super cool video. Would love to see more like this!
Another great idea for a video. I'd love to see you attempt it again and I'd love to see Zi8gZag and Kodiak take on the challenge, like they did with "playing Geoguessr until I've been to the location".
great vid! would love to see some missions/travel vlogs in places to fill in your map a little, this seems like a great concept to revisit
Great video tom :) , love the play-alongs. this is a decent enough video concept too.
music is abit loud but its minor.
11:23 Oregon State logo on the boot lid. Never would have recognized what it stood for but those stickers are SUPER useful on Geoguessr in America!!
Like the format, interesting!
Got me thinking how far are the locations from your house, or childhood house so you’re not showing us all where you live. Would be a terrible score but neat diagram on the map at least 😂
this was actually pretty fun. ive been around some on vacation and got 13,521 on this. great video man!
Cool new ideas, Love it!
I would love to see more of this concept!
I grew up on the Isle of Man - can't wait to see the challenge video!
I wouldnt stand a chance against you in a normal geoguessr game, but I knew it was silverstone before I even fully registered what I was looking at. Hearing you say "this isnt Britain" made me audibly gasp.
Amazingly I have been on the track at Silverstone but we weren’t racing, it was a Christmas light show. Love your videos, keep it up
I'm honestly surprised you've never been to Asia. Get to Japan stat, it's absolutely amazing! Enjoyed this new style of play, hope to see it again.
I am from Mauritius, and I am absolutely cracking up 🤣
Hi, Tom, Greg... I know it's got nothing to do with this vid but I just wanted to tell you that, yesterday, I binge-watched HNTTA ... ALL of it, from about 4am to about noon! Fucking brilliant! Loved every twist :o)
This us a great format. We get lots of little tales of your travels.
At 6:52, I knew pretty close to where you were just due to watching college sports, haha. Maybe learning team logos could help you out in American maps!
I've been to quite a few very remote and obscure locations (80 country high points, 107 countries) around the world that would certainly be quite a challenge 😂 Keep up the good work!
username checks out......
The Norway peat bog reference is something Im a big fan of throughout your videos.
Now we need a straightline mission across Australia so you can get a better score next time
Imagine a TH-camr with a big channel actually reading comments. And not only that, but comments without a single like. You sir, are a legend.
To clear up some of the confusion about the strange flag at 6:53, it is not uncommon to see versions of the US flag with different logos/colors to support different causes. One of the more common ones is fans of various US football teams (especially college football teams) having versions based on their favorite team. The flag at 6:53 is orange and has a Tennessee Volunteers logo in the corner (which is a university located in Knoxville near where the location was). This probably isn’t helpful information to know for Geoguessr, but I thought it was kind of interesting.
Such a great idea. Really like the amount of reasoning needed to get a good score!
This would require very little for me having only been to two countries! But I think the more you’ve traveled the harder it gets, until a certain point above which you start to gain an advantage. I’d love to see one of the maths channels do some calculations on where that sweet spot lies.
At 6:50 the flag that he was looking at wasn’t meant to be a combination of the University of Tennessee and the American flag
fun format! I know you feel limited, but you've travelled a lot more than many of us! I'd only do well on the left side of north america :D
Ah!! Made me happy to see and locate my hometown Malmö in the first game :D I didn’t think it was Malmö but in the same region… hehe but some parts you’re just not that familiar with even though you live there:)
The things Tom will do just so he can put a holiday to Australia on business expenses 😂
6:21 "... and they did look a little bit Swedish..."
I see what you did there 😂
"Oh no, I've been to Norway, haven't I?"
*flashbacks to that time you almost died*
That’s crazy what a coincidence I just started working at sheetz come back to Pennsylvania I would love to meet you, your content is amazing and got me through some tough times, I live in the Hershey area so not far from where you hitchhiked I need to go back and watch that video after I watch this one
Every time I see a notification about Tom posting a new video, I watch, I like, and for the duration of time that video is…all is right in the world.
Its so f'ing gratifying when I have a thought of what I want Tom to do and he does it.
When Tom was describing the rules, my first thought was I'm never going to get close to any of these. The very first one I've stood on that exact spot and been a few yards away several times
Your vids are really nice to watch after a long workday. If you're ever in Colorado and need someone to get you a few drinks, hmu bro
Absolutely screaming at the screen on that first on hahaha! My profile picture is literally in that exact spot at Silverstone!
2:10 "As you can see, people drive around it in normal cars" *points at an Aston Martin*
Music really not for me but not a deal breaker, will always watch your stuff!
This is a fun format. Great idea Johnson
Very cool idea for a way to play!
Also, slightly louder music was pretty nice actually
Glad you enjoyed it, but I had to resort to subtitles. Not great for us with rubbish hearing I’m afraid. It just all turns to noise. Although I suppose there’s an opportunity to upload twice, once with loud music and once without/just when he’s only searching not talking. Which either screws the algorithm or makes everyone happy depending on how TH-cam feels about it.
I thought this sounded like a pretty bad idea for a video, due to exactly what we saw with the numerous Mauritius guesses, but it was surprisingly fun to watch. Although as a man who hates travelling (for the logistics, not the cultural experiences), I won't be trying this ruleset out for myself.
I was surprised he didn't pick up the Oregon State logo on the back window of that car...
Such a cool idea! Not something I could do myself, at least not if I want to score more than a couple thousand points, but I'd love to see more.
One thing that instantly tells you it's Sweden is if you have road signs with chevrons or diagonal patterns (as there is in this case). They're always in blue and yellow, like the colors on the flag. I don't know if any other country has that, but that combined with the general vibe and look should make it a dead giveaway.
6:15 Tom I can't believe you haven't been to Copenhagen - it's the best city ever
Ge' in! Another fantastic series on this cozy snowy day.
This vid. Is showing you that you have to travel more ^^`
Great vid man.
damn, with the amount of travel you've done throughout your life, I'm impressed I've been to double the continents you have
Is that impressive to you? Physically standing in places?
@@B3Band very much so :)
The music is actually pleasant.
Love these new formats.
really good video!! you should defintely do it again in a few years time or so.
I got my first 'perfect score' with your first game first round - I was on that exact piece of track watching the post-race podium celebration after a track invasion in 2014 or 2016 (one of those)..
I had also sat in the large 'Silverstone' stand around that corner many many times.
What an interesting concept. I’m really not well travelled so I might stick to the Canada map, but I might try this one day
10:49 i clicked on Athens Greece and got 60 points, so you made the right call
Really good format. Also I didn’t mind the music
Fantastic idea. I only had one miss I think where I was much closer than I guessed: I had been to Malmö but went Jönköping as a hedge for Sweden (recognisable from blue yellow spiral post next to pedestrian crossing). Otherwise the M1 for Silverstone, Chicago Airport for Tennessee (not sure whether Orlando may have been slightly closer), Trivandrum for Sri Lanka and Vancouver Airport for Portland (I can't remember whether I visited Victoria on Vancouver Island, but I think we kept to the Northern half). 20,050 points. Quite happy. Could have been 750 more with a Malmö plonk.
If you had some spare cash (or got a really good episode sponsor) you could do the reverse of this where you play a bunch of rounds until you get your highest score, then do a round the world trip to visit and recreate all of your guesses for that game).
Tom: "I've never been to Africa"
Also Tom: "I went to Mauritius on my honeymoon" 😂😂
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Mauritius might be slighlty attached to Africa socially but it's 1800 miles away, I would say it's not Africa, but something of it;s own, an island in the indian ocean
@@Blackadder75 counted as part of africa everywhere tho
1) It was clear that he was referring to the main landmass
2) Once he realized he had been to Mauritius, he corrected himself. You could hear in the tone of his voice that it was a correction.
@@crashiecorbashie You're missing the forest from the trees. Saying you've been to Africa because you've been to Mauritius is like saying you've been to UK because you've visited Bermuda. Or that you've been to Denmark because you've visited Greenland. Yeah, you might technically be correct, but at the cost of missing the point completely.