As always let me know how you got on today. Any perfect scores? Next videos will be the (less choppy) road to 10,000 part 2, followed by the epic trailer for How not to travel America...
Correction on Kazakhstan, it’s capital city hasn’t changed, the name of the city has. Astana has also been known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and Nur-Sultan. I believe this is the second time that it has been named Astana.
secondary correction: the capital has changed one time, in 1997 it was moved from Almaty to (what's now called) Astana. you're probably right that he was thinking about the name changes though, cause he said it changed multiple times.
@@tqwewe yeah me too, didnt work. I found it by searching for kazhakstan folk song on youtube 😄 probarbly what Tom did aswell.. th-cam.com/video/jqMjAWvrtBc/w-d-xo.html
6:43 Genuinely looks like he's stumbled into a Sim City game. All those different and unique buildings full of colors and the way zoning is mixed and how such a dense city just stops into barren country, which looks awesome btw.
With these ex soviet capitals it's often like this; they are totally planned out cities that also served to show the regimes wealth and power The capitals look breathtaking
It got me immediately thinking about the old Red Alert games where you had to put the troops into those bigger buildings for better defence. With all due respect, it does really look like a game layout.
I’m really keen to make many more of these. They’re so fun, just take a while to film and edit. I’m gonna try and get one out next week. Thanks for the feedback 😊
@@GeoWizard Is the submission still open? I'm not from Europe / North America like most of your Geodetective series submissions so far. And I've been to a few locations which might throw even some seasoned geoguessers off. They can be precisely located but a bit of local knowlegde may be required.
@@GeoWizard geo, I think pretty much every genre you put out has a genuine audience, so I just hope you continue to feel freedom to explore all the corners of output you've done so far as freely and flexibly as you have so far. We're here for it!
For anyone curious, the bloke's name is right there on the building. That's Sun Yat-sen, the first leader of the Kuomintang, the nationalist party that fought the communist party in the Chinese Civil War under his much more infamous and brutal successor, Chiang Kai-shek. The KMT was defeated on the mainland in 1949 and were exiled to Taiwan, where the modern day "Republic of China" was established. The KMT still exists to this day and is a major political party in Taiwan. He was also not from Taiwan. He was born in Xiangshan county, which is on the southern coast of mainland China, and died in Beijing before the outbreak of the civil war. But he is considered a national "father figure" in Taiwan. Hence why they got a building dedicated to him with his portrait up top Mao style. There is also a Kuomintang sun symbol (which is also on the Taiwanese flag) visible on the top left of the facade.
@@TheZauer He's revered in Mainland China too. His mausoleum in Nanjing still features a big KMT flag on the ceiling (although I heard it was removed for a time before being restored).
I feel like a lot of people largely because of Rainbolt (I love him and watch his weekly tournaments so not saying it’s bad) have put more focus on metas, speed, and country/region guessing but I fell in love with this game for detective games like this and really taking the time to try and place yourself as exact as you can.
I remember when I first started watching Tom, I thought he was the best player in, potentially, the entire world. That's obviously not true anymore, but he's still really, really good, and by FAR the most entertaining GeoGuessr creator out there. Honestly the only GeoGuessr content creator I truly watch.
I was looking for the sun and was like "no shot this is southern hemisphere". Only round I didn't get the 5k because on top of that I managed to miss both the cyrillic and the flag :D
@@TheBest14184 Took me 10 seconds to figure out. The sun is always the first thing I look at and language. Found both with ease and concluded the compass was wrong.
This video was real good fun for me, because Tom spent time on talking about the images, the countries and cities and his thought processes much more than usual.
Hello from Almaty 🇰🇿 Glad you've got Astana, it is indeed a very beautiful and unique city. I've recognized it immediately) Also, the capital hasn't changed since 1997 when it was moved from Almaty to Akmola. But the capital has changed its name several times: From Akmola to Astana in 1998, then to Nur-Sultan in 2019 and then back to Astana last month.
Turkmenistan tip: Ashgabat is largely made of gold - there are many statues, fountains and buildings of Soviet architecture (constructivism, empire style), parks, and at the same time there are few people. People live in poor houses, similar to communal apartments, dormitories of the times of the Soviet Union. All because of the dictatorship. By the way, if you need advice on how to set a point relatively accurately in Russia, I can give a couple of tips (one message cannot fit everything). Like your videos very much!
I feel bad that Tom puts out this awesome video but so many people keep asking about the fan hunt videos. Thank you for this video, Tom. I love the detective work you do on these maps. This was a lot of fun and I learned quite a bit.
make sure to watch "How not to travel Europe" before "How not to travel USA" in the coming month. It's also really cool. If you need an extra dose of Tom, join Patreon and watch his XXL-Recap of his Bicycle-Trip London-Budapest which he teased during the Belguim round
This is unrelated to GeoWizard and your comment, but your name and Zappa caught my eye so I checked out your page. I'm stoked to tuck into some of those moe. shows! I've been a big fan of theirs since the mid-90s. I haven't seen them tons of times, but at least a half-dozen, I'd say. Serbia, eh? There are quite a few folks from near there where I live. (Salt Lake City)
The monent when Tom commented the blonde guy's haircut reminded me how much I enjoyed the Twitch streams and especially Street View Bingo. It is even a bit nostalgic. This was really one of my favourite things to do during the quarantine. Thank you, Tom!
My favorite combo is a mix between the fast paced challenges and the detective maps this way I can cheer for you and also learn more about geography as a map fan
23:22 "St. Marks is straight up there" Literally looking at a sign pointing to where St. Marks is and you get it totally wrong lol. Don't worry, I still love you.
As a promotional tie-in for your upcoming tour of America video, please consider doing a round of Geoguessr in America, perhaps the state streaks map. Would be fun to see how well you recognize each state. As an American I think that would be really entertaining! ✌🏼
I used to commute through SF Chinatown on my way from Embarcadero Bart Station to my work near Stockton and Green in North Beach. Gave me a lot of nostalgia remembering that daily commute from 13 years ago.
7:45 - You´d better take that back!! NOBODY in Norway has a blue roof!!! No green either! Red or black are the only options here. Those wide roads also point towards eastern Europe or some kind of -stan-country. You finally got around to it, but never ever suggest that Norwegians have blue roofs! ;) Nice job getting it all together in the end though - I guess this is why we worship you!!!
This was great! I've been really enjoying rainbolt's stuff recently but it's no substitution for this style of play that pinpoints where you based on knowledge gained through a genuine interest in the world as opposed to an interest in the meta (these aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, just to be clear!). It's one thing to know you're in Luxembourg because the car is lower down, you're in New Zealand because of its distinctive bollards or you're in Sweden because the small white dashes on the edges of the road, but it's another thing entirely to know you're in Belgium because you cycled through that very town or in Malmo because you recognise a specific interesting building you have some criticisms of. It's good that both styles exist and are appreciated by the community
Got the first one spot on because Oostende is my home town. Never thought I'd see the day! By the way, the "Oo" is pronounced like the letter O in English, like in 'over' or 'home'
For a while I felt like every other day there was an Isle of Man round in the daily challenge, so Castletown is just an immediate giveaway at this point
That Astana round was so frustrating, as I relied on the compass being correct and couldn't match the streets to anything so I just clicked somewhere, ended up being 10 points off of a perfect score because of that Other than that, a really cool map and a great video as always Tom
I live on the Isle of Man and love your content, it makes me happy beyond relief that you finally got a round based here! Great job on the guesses! I did indeed know exactly where you were straight from the getgo.
@@cornercarton road markings identify it as the UK, the motorcycle sign thing is what tips you off to the Isle of Man. Then use town names to find the right junction as in the video.
Manx is indeed an old language but it isn't really spoken by the oldies. It died in the seventies and the people who speak it today are more or less young folks who are learning the language of their forefathers and trying to revive it.
15:55 he got lucky 🤣🤣 socks and sandals don't deserve a free pass 😉 That was a renault megane not a luguna. The laguna was the bigger 5 door competitor to the mondeo, cavalier etc.
18,068 points for me! It's one of my best scores. Your videos have helped me more than I realised. :) Kazakhstan dropped my score significantly. I saw the blue and yellow flag and reddish buildings so I guessed Sweden.
Great to see you do more and more Geoguessr stuff again. Haha, in Kazalhstan it's not the capital they've changed a few times, but the name of the capital ;)
always love your detective and perfect map exploration video, it's educational and i feel like traveling with you and everyone. maybe twice a month for this content it would be great. my take on compass, if you are at certain height, the compass will be inverted. idk tho
You can tell that the third one was a soviet country by the giant building next to it. Stalin commissioned 7 giant buildings in Moscow called the seven sisters and they all look like that. Following this, other Eastern Bloc cities then ended up with similar buildings. Warsaw has one, for example.
Love your GeoGuesser content...I would also love to see more interesting photospheres and tracking down your patreons pictures. I swear if you gave me 4 hours of content a day I'd watch it all. There is something very theraputic and relaxing in listening to you narrate your thought processes. Cheers from across the pond!
This is a great map! Would love to play along again! 1. Saw the .be domain right away and the Oostend name on the police car. Figured out the location pretty quickly. 5000 points. 2. I did not know about the Turning Torso building in Malmo. I was getting a sort of industrial Netherlands vibes, so went for The Hague. 3123 points. 3. I vaguely remembered the Khan Shatyr building in Kazakhstan the moment I saw it. But spent an unbelievable amount of time searching for the location as I did not realize the compass was wrong! Finally took a punt and guessed a spot 3 km from the actual location. 4990 points. 4. Easy round. Lots of clues. 5000 points. 5. This was tricky. I made an assumption that since this is a detective map, the 3 locations mentioned should be simpler to find on the map. I was guessing Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man or Jersey. Zoomed into Isle of Man on a whim first and found the location straightaway! 5000 points. Overall 23,113 points. I would say a pretty good score.
I love your perfect score videos, I feel like slowly working out the location is fun to watch as people can guess at the same time as you. I think most meta players focus on getting super fast guesses so it gives us some different content to watch
4 out of 5 were doable (you need pretty good eyes to pick up Malmö as it is written on a sign rather small and it is rather blurry). However, for the Isle of Man location I simply wasn't bothered to look around for on the map, haha. Pretty good Map nonetheless !
This was so cool for me because it goes full circle. I got interested in Google maps years back when I just clicked around random areas of the globe and was just floored when I came across Astana. Very much a “planned” city, stunning plazas and buildings and structures.. and the colors! I thought it held the record as the coldest capital in the world (although it has extreme variation in temperatures across seasons) but apparently it’s second to Ulaanbaatar. 🤷♂️ Anyway it got me more interested in using google maps like an exploratory game and then soon enough of course I found Geoguessr and then “GeoguessrWizard” as he was back then. Anyways, thanks Astana! And of course, thanks Tom!
hey Tom, great video as always and good job on the 25k! :D usually i'm not good / too impatient on those detective rounds but i got 25k on that one. the rounds were quite doable. btw (though i'm fairly sure you probably are aware and got the same comment already) the compass is always correct when it says Google at the bottom right but if the footage is taken by someone else it can be all over the place and in my experience you shouldn't rely on it. even if the map says "compass always correct" or smtg like that
Looks as though a lot of us got 25k on this one; it was one of the easier play-alongs you've done. I also took by far the longest on the 3rd round, but for a different reason: I spotted the Cyrillic and the sun in the north and concluded straight away that the compass was wrong, but somehow it took me 10 or 15 minutes to notice the flag, and then another 10 or so to find the right spot on the map. On the last round I knew right away where we were (mostly from "Castletown") but felt lucky to guess the right intersection on the map. In the 2nd round I did not recognize the building but the city name was indeed visible on one of the street signs.
Another great video Tom, really enjoyed that map. I recognised Astana straight away because I've seen the tent building thing in Spaghetti Road's Kazakhstan video and presumably the Isle of Man location is there because it is a famous part or the Isle of Man TT, you can see on the map that the stretch of road where it was is labelled as 'Ballamoda strait'.
I have a decent idea for you if you wanna do a straight line challenge in the future, but it might be hard to implement Basically: Play a round of geoguessr in any country you find best, and use whatever rules you may need to hinder yourself, or help. Because whichever point you guessed farthest from the correct direction is the one you would walk! I think it'd be a good twist, and since I think custom rounds can be made, it doesn't have to be complete chance so you can avoid illegal parts. Or make a rule to go along the border of illegal property instead. If you think it's a good idea let me know in some way! I would love to see it happen
My attempt was woeful as usual but I knew that I'd heard of Castletown and couldn't remember where. First I thought of Castleton in the Peak District and then only twigged when you mentioned the Isle of Man. Great video!
That tunnel in San Francisco has a building with an interesting story at the south entrance. Before there was a tunnel, Stockton Street just went over the hill. To build the tunnel entrance they had to lower the street for the block between Bush and Sutter. There were already buildings standing there and they were left with their old front doors opening into thin air and their basements suddenly at street level. You can still see one of these today, west side of the street, building that today houses the Palihotel. Obvious old front door (now a window) on the left side of the facade one story up from the street.
The red bars at the left and right of the number plate are the IoM giveaway. I initially though N Ireland too but then happened to scroll across the Isle of Man on the way and saw Castletown. Perfect score for me but the Kazakh one took me a long time.
Best "Play-along" ever! Got 24531 pts. Haven't played Geoguessr quite a while and not very good at it anyway... But having a real gut-feeling today and a bit luck :)
I hate not getting the 3rd round. I figured quickly from sun in the north and cyrillic writing that the compass was wrong. I got the flag. But I was so convinced that the water in the background was the sea that I did not even go to Astana. I found a seaside city "Atyrau" of decent size that wasn't too far off, but I knew it was not right... Had I even looked at Astana, then I would have gotten it for sure. I was focused on the river and the bridge + road pattern like you... But Atyrau had a river as well :(
Got 25k! The second one was the most difficult for me, it's good that I found a hint at the very end. The rest were simple, with very clear clues. Well, maybe except for the last one.
I got the San Francisco one in a about 5 seconds. You could see the transamerican building poking its triangle head just over the top of the buildings when you spawn in. Then it took another minute to get exactly where it was. It helps that I grew up about an 45 min to an Hour or more away from San Francisco.
Pretty happy with myself. I'm absolute shit at geoguesser, but I grew up near San Francisco and guessed that it was San Fran china town in about half a second. I've not been there often, but it's nice to know that I'm pretty familiar with where I grew up.
TOM! I love your channel. I have been here for ages... i doubt I have ever skipped a video. BUT I am a mechanic and it is so annoying when you proceed to call a BMW a VW hahahaha. Obviously just joking around but yeah man keep up superb effort cant wait for USA series
Me a Norwegian thinking of the houses at 8:00: "surely some -stan country housing Geo: "Probably Norwegian housing innit?" haha Never seen a blue roof in my life 🧐
Woaah I knew it was Atana like barely 5 seconds into you showing it! I'm familiar with the fact that it's got a looot of extravagant modernist building and structures like the ones seen almost immediately there, and surely there's not many other cities like that amongst the wide steppes.
The capital of Kazakhstan is Astana, has been since 1997. Before that it was Almaty (formerly known as Alma-Ata). But what I think you're thinking of is the name changes. Astana has gone through multiple name changes during the relatively short time it has been the capital, and also couple times before that too. It was known as Akmola when it was founded in 1830 and shortly after that named Akmolinsk when granted its town status. In 1961 under the Soviet rule it was renamed Tselinograd. After the dissolution of Soviet Union the name was then again changed back to Akmola. Shortly after it became the capital in 1997 it was renamed Astana (which literally translates to "Capital city"). In 2019 it was renamed Nur-Sultan after Kazakhstan's first and only president of the time. The last name change happened only a bit over month ago back to Astana, which I wasn't actually aware of until checking my facts today.
When the lakes were to the west, and river to the east, and the photosphere showed the exact opposite, I figured it wasn’t a coincidence. Unfortunate Tom spent so much time looking.
When I saw Cyrillic, and the sun in the north, I figured the compass was trash. Which is frustrating on a "perfect" map that specifically calls out the compass as being accurate
Funnily enough, when Tom said that he was going to consider the possibility of the compass being wrong, I thought to myself "Oh, Tom... did you forget that the author said the compass would always be right?".
I just completed my first play along! I usually can't wait and I just end up watching you before I get a chance to play. I gotta say, I did way better than I expected LOL I am looking forward to watching you play and learning more tips :)
Having just heard your intro about the compass never being wrong, I had the same difficulties on the Astana map. I did manage a perfect score as well. I suspect it took me way longer to find that Astana location, but then I found the last one on Isle of Man pretty fast.
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As always let me know how you got on today. Any perfect scores?
Next videos will be the (less choppy) road to 10,000 part 2, followed by the epic trailer for How not to travel America...
I got an astonishing 0 points 😎
Got a perfect score the 1st round knew the place haha
God bless
I only got three 5,000 pointers.
Your spirit name shall be "Compass". Superpower: Duh, find out where the F U R. ❤
_Synch your pace with life. You will live longer._
Always makes me laugh when tom puts music from the country he's searching when doing a time lapse
Correction on Kazakhstan, it’s capital city hasn’t changed, the name of the city has. Astana has also been known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and Nur-Sultan. I believe this is the second time that it has been named Astana.
That's all true, but it also changed somewhat recently, it was Almaty until like 15-20 years ago
secondary correction: the capital has changed one time, in 1997 it was moved from Almaty to (what's now called) Astana.
you're probably right that he was thinking about the name changes though, cause he said it changed multiple times.
@@jotha885 it changed back to Astana last month actually
I felt so happy when I thought I knew something he didn’t with Nursultan as the capital, but NO!
Why the city changed names so often? Aside from the post-Soviet changes?
I like when he speeds it up and plays local music for like 4 seconds
This was always a really brilliant touch in my mind, for the brief amount of time (~1 yr.) I've watched his videos.
And the kazakstan song too, loved it
Yeah I always like that too.
Anyone know what the kazhakstan one is?
@@C.Abbenfield i tried to Shazam it, but no luck. I left a comment, hopefully Tom would reply
@@tqwewe yeah me too, didnt work. I found it by searching for kazhakstan folk song on youtube 😄 probarbly what Tom did aswell..
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6:43 Genuinely looks like he's stumbled into a Sim City game. All those different and unique buildings full of colors and the way zoning is mixed and how such a dense city just stops into barren country, which looks awesome btw.
I thought it really looked like the buildings in cities skylines!
@@TeamGamingSWE Oh your totally right!. It's so Cities Skylines.
With these ex soviet capitals it's often like this; they are totally planned out cities that also served to show the regimes wealth and power
The capitals look breathtaking
It got me immediately thinking about the old Red Alert games where you had to put the troops into those bigger buildings for better defence. With all due respect, it does really look like a game layout.
lmao yes and especially 8:05 felt like SimCity buildings
*These videos are the ones people fell in love with your channel mate. Don't change it.*
yes!!!
A bold statement. :|
100%
These are great, but really a lot of people came from the straight line videos
Literally bro like fr
Honestly the geodetective series was my favourite where you were trying to pinpoint the location of your fans
I’m really keen to make many more of these. They’re so fun, just take a while to film and edit. I’m gonna try and get one out next week. Thanks for the feedback 😊
@@GeoWizard they are the best!!!
@@GeoWizard Is the submission still open? I'm not from Europe / North America like most of your Geodetective series submissions so far. And I've been to a few locations which might throw even some seasoned geoguessers off. They can be precisely located but a bit of local knowlegde may be required.
@@GeoWizard geo, I think pretty much every genre you put out has a genuine audience, so I just hope you continue to feel freedom to explore all the corners of output you've done so far as freely and flexibly as you have so far. We're here for it!
@@prundonmcavoy7155 this is an excellent point 👌🏻
“That is some bloke from Taiwan” excellent detective skills there Tom 😂
For anyone curious, the bloke's name is right there on the building. That's Sun Yat-sen, the first leader of the Kuomintang, the nationalist party that fought the communist party in the Chinese Civil War under his much more infamous and brutal successor, Chiang Kai-shek. The KMT was defeated on the mainland in 1949 and were exiled to Taiwan, where the modern day "Republic of China" was established. The KMT still exists to this day and is a major political party in Taiwan.
He was also not from Taiwan. He was born in Xiangshan county, which is on the southern coast of mainland China, and died in Beijing before the outbreak of the civil war. But he is considered a national "father figure" in Taiwan. Hence why they got a building dedicated to him with his portrait up top Mao style. There is also a Kuomintang sun symbol (which is also on the Taiwanese flag) visible on the top left of the facade.
@@TheZauer I love intelligent people. Thanks for teaching me something new today. I will now spread this info to the world in the name of communism
@@TheZauer He's revered in Mainland China too. His mausoleum in Nanjing still features a big KMT flag on the ceiling (although I heard it was removed for a time before being restored).
@@TheZauer For anyone reading this that doesn't know; the KMT was a ruthless fascist party that ruled China with an iron fist.
I feel like a lot of people largely because of Rainbolt (I love him and watch his weekly tournaments so not saying it’s bad) have put more focus on metas, speed, and country/region guessing but I fell in love with this game for detective games like this and really taking the time to try and place yourself as exact as you can.
I remember when I first started watching Tom, I thought he was the best player in, potentially, the entire world. That's obviously not true anymore, but he's still really, really good, and by FAR the most entertaining GeoGuessr creator out there. Honestly the only GeoGuessr content creator I truly watch.
Agreed. I really like working off "vibes" and experience to make these guesses. Fits the adventuring spirit more
Tom is SOVL, others are soulless
"The compass is never wrong" says the map maker and then queue round 3 with the compass inverted lmao
I was looking for the sun and was like "no shot this is southern hemisphere". Only round I didn't get the 5k because on top of that I managed to miss both the cyrillic and the flag :D
@@tomhoffs8209 same lol i ended up putting mine in rwanda 😂
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@@doublel2364 I'm sorry but you're not going to find buildings like that anywhere in Africa.
@@maxkho00 Johannesburg: Am I joke to you?
Yes a play along, these are still my favorite videos
That round 3 in astana with the wrong compass took several years off my life
God it was so annoying. Worked out it was wrong pretty quick tho when the sun was in the north lmao!
@@TheBest14184 Took me 10 seconds to figure out. The sun is always the first thing I look at and language. Found both with ease and concluded the compass was wrong.
@@dyseskytten1 I saw the flag, remembered borats speech about potassium and went and checked the 3 big citys for a river :D
This video was real good fun for me, because Tom spent time on talking about the images, the countries and cities and his thought processes much more than usual.
The new thumbnails are clean man. I’ll never get tired of your classic geoguessr content
You're right. The thumbnail quality is updated for sure
Hello from Almaty 🇰🇿 Glad you've got Astana, it is indeed a very beautiful and unique city. I've recognized it immediately) Also, the capital hasn't changed since 1997 when it was moved from Almaty to Akmola. But the capital has changed its name several times: From Akmola to Astana in 1998, then to Nur-Sultan in 2019 and then back to Astana last month.
But do you guys have any good potassium there?
Because of this video, I learned of the Manx language spoken on the Isle of Man. Always an educational (and entertaining) time with Tom.
There's also a domestic cat breed called the Manx cat from there, I didn't know it was a language too tbh.
It's a Celtic language, closely related to both Irish and Scots Gaelic, with the odd bit of Norse thrown in here and there.
@@Tish418 i dont get what youre saying. the cats there speak ? lol waht
never stop making these videos man, love the interactive challenges
Turkmenistan tip: Ashgabat is largely made of gold - there are many statues, fountains and buildings of Soviet architecture (constructivism, empire style), parks, and at the same time there are few people. People live in poor houses, similar to communal apartments, dormitories of the times of the Soviet Union. All because of the dictatorship. By the way, if you need advice on how to set a point relatively accurately in Russia, I can give a couple of tips (one message cannot fit everything). Like your videos very much!
I feel bad that Tom puts out this awesome video but so many people keep asking about the fan hunt videos. Thank you for this video, Tom. I love the detective work you do on these maps. This was a lot of fun and I learned quite a bit.
When Tom gets dropped in my city (SF) and he zooms over my house, it's like a celebrity calling you out by name :')
omg i feel exactly the same with turning torso one! that pic was old but otherwise he would almost be seeing me in a window HAHA
Hey Tom, i just recently discovered your "Straight line" series and have been absolutely loving it, can't wait for your next series.
make sure to watch "How not to travel Europe" before "How not to travel USA" in the coming month. It's also really cool. If you need an extra dose of Tom, join Patreon and watch his XXL-Recap of his Bicycle-Trip London-Budapest which he teased during the Belguim round
This is unrelated to GeoWizard and your comment, but your name and Zappa caught my eye so I checked out your page. I'm stoked to tuck into some of those moe. shows! I've been a big fan of theirs since the mid-90s. I haven't seen them tons of times, but at least a half-dozen, I'd say.
Serbia, eh? There are quite a few folks from near there where I live. (Salt Lake City)
The monent when Tom commented the blonde guy's haircut reminded me how much I enjoyed the Twitch streams and especially Street View Bingo. It is even a bit nostalgic. This was really one of my favourite things to do during the quarantine. Thank you, Tom!
My favorite combo is a mix between the fast paced challenges and the detective maps this way I can cheer for you and also learn more about geography as a map fan
23:22 "St. Marks is straight up there" Literally looking at a sign pointing to where St. Marks is and you get it totally wrong lol. Don't worry, I still love you.
As a promotional tie-in for your upcoming tour of America video, please consider doing a round of Geoguessr in America, perhaps the state streaks map. Would be fun to see how well you recognize each state. As an American I think that would be really entertaining! ✌🏼
Agreed!
I love how almost Every car is a Volkswagen, doesnt matter if it's a Opel or BMW, all Volkswagen 😆 Enjoying the video as always 👌
What about the series where you work out where your fans are based on their photos? That was my favourite 👍
That was a great series
Yeah, mine too, it was awesome detective work.
I’m gonna try my best to record and upload one next week
@@GeoWizard yesss!!! I love these
@@GeoWizard Get in!!!
I used to commute through SF Chinatown on my way from Embarcadero Bart Station to my work near Stockton and Green in North Beach. Gave me a lot of nostalgia remembering that daily commute from 13 years ago.
Love your videos mate. Keep up the good work! Greetings from Belgium.
7:45 - You´d better take that back!! NOBODY in Norway has a blue roof!!! No green either! Red or black are the only options here. Those wide roads also point towards eastern Europe or some kind of -stan-country. You finally got around to it, but never ever suggest that Norwegians have blue roofs! ;) Nice job getting it all together in the end though - I guess this is why we worship you!!!
When someone gets to 1.15m subs and doesn't have insta you know the content is top top tier. Doing it right. Good lick with taking the channel further
I had Astana directly because of the giant tent. It's the biggest tent in the world
Second biggest. I got the biggest right here
Khan Shatyr. It's a mall, has an aquapark at the top floor
This was great! I've been really enjoying rainbolt's stuff recently but it's no substitution for this style of play that pinpoints where you based on knowledge gained through a genuine interest in the world as opposed to an interest in the meta (these aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, just to be clear!). It's one thing to know you're in Luxembourg because the car is lower down, you're in New Zealand because of its distinctive bollards or you're in Sweden because the small white dashes on the edges of the road, but it's another thing entirely to know you're in Belgium because you cycled through that very town or in Malmo because you recognise a specific interesting building you have some criticisms of. It's good that both styles exist and are appreciated by the community
Got the first one spot on because Oostende is my home town. Never thought I'd see the day!
By the way, the "Oo" is pronounced like the letter O in English, like in 'over' or 'home'
The motorcycle sign on the Isle of Man round was a big clue for me.
Came here to say this
For me it was Castletown.
For a while I felt like every other day there was an Isle of Man round in the daily challenge, so Castletown is just an immediate giveaway at this point
It gave me a raging clue.
@@dampsquid2494 I think my clue is pointing over here now
Spent way too much time trusting the Compass on Round 3 before I realized the sun was the wrong way.
11:35 I figured the compass was wrong immediately when the sun was to the north
love how much you’ve been posting lately!!🙌🏼🥳
That Astana round was so frustrating, as I relied on the compass being correct and couldn't match the streets to anything so I just clicked somewhere, ended up being 10 points off of a perfect score because of that
Other than that, a really cool map and a great video as always Tom
I live on the Isle of Man and love your content, it makes me happy beyond relief that you finally got a round based here! Great job on the guesses! I did indeed know exactly where you were straight from the getgo.
Im curious, what were clues that someone not from the UK couldve picked up on? Or was the challenge just having to search for extraordinarily long?
@@cornercarton road markings identify it as the UK, the motorcycle sign thing is what tips you off to the Isle of Man. Then use town names to find the right junction as in the video.
Took a break from studying to watch this, ty for the relaxing and amazing game Tom!
Study hard mate!
I love the themed time lapse footage, always makes me laugh
Dude, you just missed roasting the socks + flip flops combo guy at 26:46
For those of you wondering what the Kazakh song was at 11:12. It's Jalghan Ay (Yalan Dünya)
th-cam.com/video/4wsfS3gFSAw/w-d-xo.html
Manx is indeed an old language but it isn't really spoken by the oldies. It died in the seventies and the people who speak it today are more or less young folks who are learning the language of their forefathers and trying to revive it.
15:55 he got lucky 🤣🤣 socks and sandals don't deserve a free pass 😉
That was a renault megane not a luguna. The laguna was the bigger 5 door competitor to the mondeo, cavalier etc.
Detective map: so let's have one with American flags, a Taiwan flag, and the name of the city, just in case.
Tbf it also had Sacramento to throw a bit of confusion in there
I love how you embrace the difficulties - like we all should, in GG, but in general as well!
I finally got a perfect score. This was easier than I expected. Hopefully you do more of these :D
18,068 points for me! It's one of my best scores. Your videos have helped me more than I realised. :)
Kazakhstan dropped my score significantly. I saw the blue and yellow flag and reddish buildings so I guessed Sweden.
17:25 memorial hall right on top of the cursor
"Can't see the memorial hall"
Oh, never change Tom
Loved the vid, these play along geogussr vids are the best, just mixing up the maps you've already done, and then some new ones too, love it
Great to see you do more and more Geoguessr stuff again.
Haha, in Kazalhstan it's not the capital they've changed a few times, but the name of the capital ;)
always love your detective and perfect map exploration video, it's educational and i feel like traveling with you and everyone.
maybe twice a month for this content it would be great.
my take on compass, if you are at certain height, the compass will be inverted. idk tho
You can tell that the third one was a soviet country by the giant building next to it. Stalin commissioned 7 giant buildings in Moscow called the seven sisters and they all look like that. Following this, other Eastern Bloc cities then ended up with similar buildings. Warsaw has one, for example.
well yes, but actually no in case of Астана, because this building was built in around 2006 and only mimics сталинские высотки
That's what I figured. Looks very Soviet inspired, reminded me about the one in Warszawa because I've been there and seen it in person.
18:35 Acktually 🤓, that's a Renault Megane Coupe, I think a pre facelift with rear lexus lights too.
Love your videos Tom, keep them up
Love your GeoGuesser content...I would also love to see more interesting photospheres and tracking down your patreons pictures. I swear if you gave me 4 hours of content a day I'd watch it all. There is something very theraputic and relaxing in listening to you narrate your thought processes. Cheers from across the pond!
If you still reading these Tom, this was awesome! Perfect score, perfect map. Loved every second of it
First play along Ive done! Got all but Kazakhstan - so mad because I hovered over the city too but didnt recognize it
Tom we love your content please never stop
Absolutely love this videos, you make my day suuuuuiii
This is a great map! Would love to play along again!
1. Saw the .be domain right away and the Oostend name on the police car. Figured out the location pretty quickly. 5000 points.
2. I did not know about the Turning Torso building in Malmo. I was getting a sort of industrial Netherlands vibes, so went for The Hague. 3123 points.
3. I vaguely remembered the Khan Shatyr building in Kazakhstan the moment I saw it. But spent an unbelievable amount of time searching for the location as I did not realize the compass was wrong! Finally took a punt and guessed a spot 3 km from the actual location. 4990 points.
4. Easy round. Lots of clues. 5000 points.
5. This was tricky. I made an assumption that since this is a detective map, the 3 locations mentioned should be simpler to find on the map. I was guessing Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man or Jersey. Zoomed into Isle of Man on a whim first and found the location straightaway! 5000 points.
Overall 23,113 points. I would say a pretty good score.
Love that car knowledge😂 Opel = Volkswagen, BMW = Volkswagen, Renault Megane = Renault Laguna. Funny for me😁
I love your perfect score videos, I feel like slowly working out the location is fun to watch as people can guess at the same time as you. I think most meta players focus on getting super fast guesses so it gives us some different content to watch
I live on the Isle of Man! Was hoping you'd notice Castletown when scrolling across to Scotland - glad you got it in the end
4 out of 5 were doable (you need pretty good eyes to pick up Malmö as it is written on a sign rather small and it is rather blurry). However, for the Isle of Man location I simply wasn't bothered to look around for on the map, haha. Pretty good Map nonetheless !
These are my favorite videos. This is how I discovered your channel
This was so cool for me because it goes full circle. I got interested in Google maps years back when I just clicked around random areas of the globe and was just floored when I came across Astana. Very much a “planned” city, stunning plazas and buildings and structures.. and the colors! I thought it held the record as the coldest capital in the world (although it has extreme variation in temperatures across seasons) but apparently it’s second to Ulaanbaatar. 🤷♂️
Anyway it got me more interested in using google maps like an exploratory game and then soon enough of course I found Geoguessr and then “GeoguessrWizard” as he was back then.
Anyways, thanks Astana! And of course, thanks Tom!
hey Tom, great video as always and good job on the 25k! :D usually i'm not good / too impatient on those detective rounds but i got 25k on that one. the rounds were quite doable. btw (though i'm fairly sure you probably are aware and got the same comment already) the compass is always correct when it says Google at the bottom right but if the footage is taken by someone else it can be all over the place and in my experience you shouldn't rely on it. even if the map says "compass always correct" or smtg like that
Glad you're doing more Geoguesser, keep them coming Tom!
Looks as though a lot of us got 25k on this one; it was one of the easier play-alongs you've done. I also took by far the longest on the 3rd round, but for a different reason: I spotted the Cyrillic and the sun in the north and concluded straight away that the compass was wrong, but somehow it took me 10 or 15 minutes to notice the flag, and then another 10 or so to find the right spot on the map. On the last round I knew right away where we were (mostly from "Castletown") but felt lucky to guess the right intersection on the map. In the 2nd round I did not recognize the building but the city name was indeed visible on one of the street signs.
Another great video Tom, really enjoyed that map. I recognised Astana straight away because I've seen the tent building thing in Spaghetti Road's Kazakhstan video and presumably the Isle of Man location is there because it is a famous part or the Isle of Man TT, you can see on the map that the stretch of road where it was is labelled as 'Ballamoda strait'.
I have a decent idea for you if you wanna do a straight line challenge in the future, but it might be hard to implement
Basically:
Play a round of geoguessr in any country you find best, and use whatever rules you may need to hinder yourself, or help. Because whichever point you guessed farthest from the correct direction is the one you would walk!
I think it'd be a good twist, and since I think custom rounds can be made, it doesn't have to be complete chance so you can avoid illegal parts. Or make a rule to go along the border of illegal property instead.
If you think it's a good idea let me know in some way! I would love to see it happen
My attempt was woeful as usual but I knew that I'd heard of Castletown and couldn't remember where. First I thought of Castleton in the Peak District and then only twigged when you mentioned the Isle of Man. Great video!
I pretty much only play geoguessr to do your play alongs these days. Thanks for making them!
you literally bring happiness into my sad life. lots of love for you Tom 🖤
Here's something to cheer you up. ;)
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❤
I can bring you happiness too baby
jk
That tunnel in San Francisco has a building with an interesting story at the south entrance. Before there was a tunnel, Stockton Street just went over the hill. To build the tunnel entrance they had to lower the street for the block between Bush and Sutter. There were already buildings standing there and they were left with their old front doors opening into thin air and their basements suddenly at street level.
You can still see one of these today, west side of the street, building that today houses the Palihotel. Obvious old front door (now a window) on the left side of the facade one story up from the street.
The red bars at the left and right of the number plate are the IoM giveaway. I initially though N Ireland too but then happened to scroll across the Isle of Man on the way and saw Castletown. Perfect score for me but the Kazakh one took me a long time.
Great video as usual! Would really like to see more of this map!
Best "Play-along" ever! Got 24531 pts. Haven't played Geoguessr quite a while and not very good at it anyway... But having a real gut-feeling today and a bit luck :)
my fave type of video, amazing detective work Mr. Magic Man
Old school wholesome GeoWizard content. Very comfy.
I hate not getting the 3rd round. I figured quickly from sun in the north and cyrillic writing that the compass was wrong. I got the flag. But I was so convinced that the water in the background was the sea that I did not even go to Astana. I found a seaside city "Atyrau" of decent size that wasn't too far off, but I knew it was not right... Had I even looked at Astana, then I would have gotten it for sure. I was focused on the river and the bridge + road pattern like you... But Atyrau had a river as well :(
Got 25k! The second one was the most difficult for me, it's good that I found a hint at the very end. The rest were simple, with very clear clues. Well, maybe except for the last one.
I got the San Francisco one in a about 5 seconds. You could see the transamerican building poking its triangle head just over the top of the buildings when you spawn in. Then it took another minute to get exactly where it was. It helps that I grew up about an 45 min to an Hour or more away from San Francisco.
Pretty happy with myself. I'm absolute shit at geoguesser, but I grew up near San Francisco and guessed that it was San Fran china town in about half a second. I've not been there often, but it's nice to know that I'm pretty familiar with where I grew up.
TOM! I love your channel. I have been here for ages... i doubt I have ever skipped a video. BUT I am a mechanic and it is so annoying when you proceed to call a BMW a VW hahahaha. Obviously just joking around but yeah man keep up superb effort cant wait for USA series
those buildings in astana looked insane damn. also, this was a fun map! i wouldnt be opposed to seeing more from it
Loving all the Geoguesser content of the last couple of weeks.
I’ve totally been right there in Chinatown waiting for the bus! Also I’m sure the dragon you saw was for Chinese New Year!
Me a Norwegian thinking of the houses at 8:00: "surely some -stan country housing
Geo: "Probably Norwegian housing innit?" haha
Never seen a blue roof in my life 🧐
18:39 that's an old Renault Megane :)
Funnily enough there is one at 4:57 too :)
Woaah I knew it was Atana like barely 5 seconds into you showing it! I'm familiar with the fact that it's got a looot of extravagant modernist building and structures like the ones seen almost immediately there, and surely there's not many other cities like that amongst the wide steppes.
I knew it was soviet but the squared off building was screaming "moscow state university" to me.
The capital of Kazakhstan is Astana, has been since 1997. Before that it was Almaty (formerly known as Alma-Ata). But what I think you're thinking of is the name changes. Astana has gone through multiple name changes during the relatively short time it has been the capital, and also couple times before that too. It was known as Akmola when it was founded in 1830 and shortly after that named Akmolinsk when granted its town status. In 1961 under the Soviet rule it was renamed Tselinograd. After the dissolution of Soviet Union the name was then again changed back to Akmola. Shortly after it became the capital in 1997 it was renamed Astana (which literally translates to "Capital city"). In 2019 it was renamed Nur-Sultan after Kazakhstan's first and only president of the time. The last name change happened only a bit over month ago back to Astana, which I wasn't actually aware of until checking my facts today.
I don't want to brag, but the Isle of Man was the first place that came to my mind :) Always love your vids!
When the lakes were to the west, and river to the east, and the photosphere showed the exact opposite, I figured it wasn’t a coincidence. Unfortunate Tom spent so much time looking.
When I saw Cyrillic, and the sun in the north, I figured the compass was trash. Which is frustrating on a "perfect" map that specifically calls out the compass as being accurate
Funnily enough, when Tom said that he was going to consider the possibility of the compass being wrong, I thought to myself "Oh, Tom... did you forget that the author said the compass would always be right?".
I just completed my first play along! I usually can't wait and I just end up watching you before I get a chance to play. I gotta say, I did way better than I expected LOL I am looking forward to watching you play and learning more tips :)
Post watch update: the ones I got right you found easy. And the one I completely missed, you found hard. I will take that as a win
Lol
Having just heard your intro about the compass never being wrong, I had the same difficulties on the Astana map. I did manage a perfect score as well. I suspect it took me way longer to find that Astana location, but then I found the last one on Isle of Man pretty fast.
In Astana the giveaway with the compass is Sun in the north.