05-16-2013, 11:12 PM
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#41
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Now world wide!
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Originally Posted by Lego Man
I think the game should be played only by looking 360 degrees and guessing where. No moving or zooming!
But yeah, already starting to repeat. They should make way more locations. I could spend hours on this thing... literally.
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Agreed. I didnt know you could move either. Now that I do, it appeals less. Too much work involved suddenly.
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05-16-2013, 11:25 PM
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#42
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the cut, in the cut
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i kind of like making quick guesses and seeing how close i can get off the bat.
but then you end up on a dirt road in finland, and you really dont have much to go on... excellent game.
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05-16-2013, 11:39 PM
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#43
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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I have discovered Austrailian road signs get the best of me right now, and I keep missing All the Australian and African ones by a long shot.
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05-17-2013, 12:04 AM
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#44
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Hmm, this game is a lot easier if you zoom in on the map. Well, easier to get a higher score.
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05-17-2013, 01:12 AM
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#45
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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I think cruising around is fine, but googling stuff is definitely cheating. Whats the point then? If you don't get a bizzilion points you're an idiot.
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05-17-2013, 03:59 AM
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#46
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Shanghai
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25687
Was foiled by the last one which was on a tiny Japanese island about 1,600kms off the coast.
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05-17-2013, 08:04 AM
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#47
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I got an open field with nothing but grass. I guess Kansas and I was 9 km from the location lol . . . I feel good about myself  |
As someone currently living in Kansas, i can definitely say that you made a good guess.
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05-17-2013, 08:18 AM
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#48
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Puxlut
So we can use our computers, right?
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If you want, but using a computer makes it way too easy. I like looking at some mountains and seeing how they're worn down and remembering which mountain chains are old and stuff like that.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
25687
Was foiled by the last one which was on a tiny Japanese island about 1,600kms off the coast.
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Yeah got that one too, I'd even managed to find a place on the main islands of Japan that had the same name, I thought I'd be within 50km!
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05-17-2013, 10:36 AM
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#49
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jul 2011
Exp: 
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This is a really neat game. What's your highest score WITHOUT googling the signs?
With using google to help, I got 27548
Last edited by boosterjuice; 05-17-2013 at 10:47 AM.
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05-17-2013, 10:56 AM
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#50
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Not related to this game specifically, but I do waste countless hours trying to find landmarks (on Google Earth) of things I stumble upon in my Internet travels (reddit)...
Just came across this recently, in one of the deserts of Africa...
Which brings me to another point, how f'in awesome is google earth? Even after all of these years?!
Last edited by rayne008; 05-17-2013 at 10:57 AM.
Reason: more
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05-17-2013, 11:54 AM
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#51
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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18,876 on 1st go. amazing how close my initial instincts were...little research to fine tune the local. longest miss was in rural china for around 500 mi.
neat stuff
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05-17-2013, 12:03 PM
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#52
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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You got 11668 points
You got 15071 points (got very close to a town in Austrian alps, and a rest stop in Australia where there was a map showing where it was)
Last edited by troutman; 05-17-2013 at 12:31 PM.
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05-17-2013, 12:13 PM
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#53
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by troutman
You got 11668 points
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I did?
Closest guess for me was 0.2 km. Farthest was across the world. I didn't know they had pine trees in Sweden! I thought IKEA imported them! 
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05-17-2013, 12:27 PM
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#54
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CP Pontiff
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: A pasture out by Millarville
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11,576 on my first try . . . . . don't have time to waste at the moment but I can see this is going to be a heckuva "I-Pad On The Couch During Hockey Season" kind of thing.
Very interesting.
I didn't google anything. Cheating!!! Just looking for visual clues and language on the signs, etc.
Cowperson
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05-17-2013, 01:02 PM
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#55
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edmonton
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32040 for an hours "work".
http://bit.ly/12HoMVl
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05-17-2013, 01:03 PM
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#56
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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won't work for me.
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05-17-2013, 01:08 PM
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#57
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Scoring Winger
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15k and 3/5 places were from Australia. Fun game as you try to figure out local signs, which side the cars drive on the road, etc.
Edit: ew look what I found.
Last edited by endeavor; 05-17-2013 at 01:17 PM.
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05-17-2013, 01:14 PM
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#58
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rayne008
Not related to this game specifically, but I do waste countless hours trying to find landmarks (on Google Earth) of things I stumble upon in my Internet travels (reddit)...
Just came across this recently, in one of the deserts of Africa...
Which brings me to another point, how f'in awesome is google earth? Even after all of these years?! |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTA_Flight_772#Memorial
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05-17-2013, 01:14 PM
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#59
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CP Gamemaster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Gary
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I still haven't broken 10,000. I'm not really zooming in to select a location though unless I absolutely know where it is. No googling anything either.
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05-17-2013, 01:16 PM
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#60
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowperson
I didn't google anything. Cheating!!! Just looking for visual clues and language on the signs, etc.
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That's the way to do this. No research.
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