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Check out this great game!
An online game where youre dropped into a random location and have to figure out where you are. Try it out here.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)I got 5k and I was excited!
rug
(82,333 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)I got cheated on my fourth round - the image did not refresh. But I still got 21875 points - my last location was four yards from my guess.
I can see how addicting this could be! Thanks.
panader0
(25,816 posts)csziggy
(34,131 posts)I'd go to Google Maps and verify the locations before I put my guesses in - that made it a lot easier to get really close.
The last one was at an intersection with street signs so it was really easy to check and get to almost the same location as in the first view in the game.
panader0
(25,816 posts)I hit real close on a few, really off on some too. Fun.
Raffi Ella
(4,465 posts)I played twice, I guessed Georgia and Alabama correctly right away. I also got India, Norway and Sweden correct.
progressoid
(49,945 posts)Great lunch time fun!!
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Raffi Ella
(4,465 posts)and I also had to check a map to see where India was, lol. I got lucky with the Sweden guess.
TeamPooka
(24,207 posts)Raine1967
(11,589 posts)I love this game!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I had three guesses that were less than 2 miles away but one was over a 1000km (in Australia. :/ Out in the friggin desert.)
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)but some countries are harder to read than others - the Australian one was such a guess I wasn't even sure I'd be on the right continent! I was shocked to be as close as I was. I had to hit the little move arrow a thousand times before I even saw a sign. LOTS of nothing out there in the outback lol.
MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)I need to get out more often
trof
(54,256 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I did pretty well on US game.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)for geography lessons/games.
Got within 12.5 miles of one place which is less than 20 miles from my house.
The rest I was lucky to get with in 10000km.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)I did real well the first click and got thousands of points - beginner's luck... but I do really like it! Thanks for posting!
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Glad you enjoyed!
GoCubsGo
(32,074 posts)One time, the first spot that popped up was a bridge I know well. So, I was able to pin-point that one. I hate when it drops you in a spot, but doesn't let you do anything but look around, without moving. That happens every once in a while.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)I was on the side of a lake once and there was a fence... Needless to say I did not recieve many points for that one.
GoCubsGo
(32,074 posts)The only thing that got me on the right continent was that there were some people with long robe-like clothing. I guessed the coast of Egypt. It was somewhere in Morocco. Still easier than getting dumped in the middle of Russia. I don't know Cyrillic, so I have no clue what any of the signs say.