Can I Hit 1400 Rating!? Road to #1 Geoguessr Player

[@NicoGns]

Hey ZigZag ! I’m Nico Gns, the guy you’ve played against three times 😁 Usually I play in Geoguessr competitions but I’m not used to Duels yet. That’s why I sometimes have completely wrong clues… Always a pleasure to play against you !

[@NicoGns]

PS : I don’t lower my rank, I lose against « 800 » players and that’s enough to keep me in Master’s Division haha

[@zi8gzag]

ggs man hahahah you’re super strong

[@smad66]

@@NicoGns Maybe don't move next time... moving = cringe

[@maximvazhenin3345]

24:29 It actually says the city name it's very blurry but it does say Achinsk (which is not a small city by siberian standards). In signs like that look at the first word in the adress it's usually a city name. Very interesting episode with the tension all the way to the last round, shot out to Nico for great rivalry

[@APolitically]

"When the duels get really long, I get a lower win percentage" - Could it be that, the better your opponent, the longer the duels carry out and that's the reason you get fewer wins compared to low elo players, which you usually take care of fairly early? So no reason for being weary of longer duels, they're not causing you to win less per se. They're just an indication of a tougher opponent. :o) Keep up the good work and the interesting videos, Zig!

[@matejnovosad9152]

Also the multipliers stack up so if you get a lot of small countries and get to higher rounds, a slighlty better regionguess can ruin you.

[@hanswoast7]

This one knows how to interpret stuff. Not that easy :)

[@NorthStand405]

One of the last zi8gzag videos with the old, much better UI. Enjoy it folks 🥺

[@gracefromjesuswept]

😭

[@therealfrank6393]

UI?

[@pulsar3483]

@@therealfrank6393 user interface

[@corneelthys5477]

I maybe will take a brake, because i cant play with this horrible UI😭😭😭

[@explorernate]

omg this is disgusting, AND it's logged me out??

[@LucarioRL]

If zi8gzag has a million fans I am one of them. If zi8gzag has ten fans I am one of them. If zi8gzag has no fans, that means I am no more on the earth. If the world is against zi8gzag, I am against the world. I love zi8gzag till my last breath.

[@letti4285]

me fr

[@AndreySavin]

real

[@metameow1]

fr fr

[@jt2214]

kafka much?

[@florinsimion6466]

Roses are red Violets are blue Dunno what you smoked But I like him too

[@Ghostist]

As a Pole I really appreciate it when you pronounce polish city names using the correct pronunciation! Also have to say I your polish accent is spot on Oscar, better than a lot of native Poles I would say 😁

[@RubbishFPS]

Are you a concrete holey pole or a round wooden one?

[@Ghostist]

@RubbishFPS just a plain hoely one 😁

[@letti4285]

wuch

[@D.H.1987]

I recognized the Polish Pole

[@matejnovosad9152]

As a pole, I love distributing electricity

[@KevinMeyerSSK]

As a Pole I realy appreciate you trying to pronounce the names of our countries. Sending big respect and much love!

[@arrowheaded]

1:58 That tree confuses me too. Yesterday, I drove across England from Devon to the Lake District (not far from Scotland) and you can still see that vegetation up here, just less commonly. EDIT: I saw two (2!) Isle of Man plates when driving near the port to the island :)

[@PeterPkp123]

The Warszawa pronunciation in 17:20 was just perfect! 👌

[@elainerose8799]

Thanks for bringing back the spreadsheet, I do love statistics 😂

[@Rodney.Gardner]

Glad you like it! He linked it above in the description, and the link doesnt change.....so you can save that URL and view them whenever you want!

[@Zergonn]

Idea: If a duel goes 10 rounds, you are allowed a second moving round, then another at round 15, 20, etc.

[@zi8gzag]

might implement that!

[@mr_mad_scientist]

Great idea! Should not be able to stack though, i.e. you can't have more than one moving round at a time.

[@matejnovosad9152]

I think that makes it a lot easier

[@palmtreegal3]

That spreadsheet is so cool!

[@Rodney.Gardner]

Thank you!! Glad others like it, too.

[@bellasprout1579]

16:26 Oh My god. De Brabantse Aap. I literally ate there like a month ago when I was in Amsterdam. I visited with my grandpa and we thought it was the most authentic looking place in the area. I knew exactly where that was the second I saw it. Absolutely crazy that you got not only amsterdam, but a place I have been to. Great video, love this series. The cafe actually has a bit of a funny story behind the name (The Brabant Ape), I dont remember all of it but it was about some ape that like grinded peoples organs or something it was so weird.

[@nick12344]

Hey. I'm from Amsterdam myself and i decided to look up the story behind the name of the cafe. The name De Brabantse Aap refers to the monkey that belonged to an organ grinder (a street musician who plays a barrel organ). Not a monkey that grinded people's organs. But, it is indeed a crazy story. Here's the story, from the website of the cafe itself: "Somewhere at the beginning of the seventeenth century there was an organ grinder from Brabant on 't Spui in Amsterdam who had a small monkey that danced to the music and passed around with the cap to collect money. Every Saturday, by way of closure of the week, this organ man, who was soon nicknamed Brabantse Jos (meaning Jos from Brabant), went with his earned money to the Red Light District, where he invariably visited a prostitute known as Soete Neel. Year after year, this ritual took place with the enthusiasm of the monkey. With every visit, the animal-friendly Neel gave the organ man a banana for the monkey. One day, however, the organ man stood in front of an empty window and a closed door. Inquiries with the neighbors learned that Soete Neel had given up. She appeared to have regretted her dissolute life and now retired once and for all to the convent of De Bekeerde Susters. The deeply disappointed organ man cried out in heartbreak and then climbed up the Waag on what is now Nieuwmarkt. There he plunged down with an icy scream. Leaving his organ and a desperate monkey on the square. After this drama, the monkey went back to 't Spui and lived there from the goodwill of local residents and passers-by." The rest of the story is that the monkey as time went by got more and more bullied by the people from the neighbourhood and turned hostile as a reaction to that and terrorized the neighbourhood for two years, until Neel heard about the situation and went to 't Spui with some bananas and picked up the monkey and took it back with her to the convent, where the monkey spend the rest of its life.

[@bellasprout1579]

@@nick12344 LMAO thank you so much. I was facing away from the wall that had the story on it, so I was just going off of what my grandpa told me when he read it. I definitely misheard a lot of it haha. Thanks for clearing it up.

[@PkPvre]

​@@bellasprout1579 lmfao the telephone game in action. From an organ player to an organ harvesting monkey 🤣

[@nick12344]

@@bellasprout1579 Haha yeah that's what I thought, sounded like a mix up. But it made me curious enough to do some digging and look up the real story

[@neillannagan9927]

I wouldn’t trust the england palm meta too much. I live in the north east of England near Newcastle and u see them fairly commonly over there

[@Thrasher0411]

Great episode! Looking forward for more!! I can smell that 1400 rating getting closer

[@emilradev3993]

We almost never use give way sign here in Bulgaria. It's only used on highway or intersection ramps. On normal crossroad, 0,01 % chance.

[@ovo_music3594]

The last duel was freaking crazy!!!! Top notch shit!!

[@WilliamDohnany]

that last game was so intense!! :D

[@TheSaxierMan]

I’ll be here when Zigzag gets to the top spot. Cheering you on the whole way! :)

[@TheJipino]

If it ever comes down to this (and it probably never will), the only Dutch cities that look like that with the 1600s architecture are basically Amsterdam and Utrecht. Basically just go Amsterdam. Rotterdam is much more modern (thanks Germany, very cool)

[@TheJipino]

Also Groningen but only like 2 streets where it looks similar

[@_gusowen]

Been good to see you improve so much as these videos go on

[@christianahrens8196]

This level of quick, accurate guessing without moving truely amazes every single time! Not moving in most rounds kinda balances out the obvious big brain advantage :)

[@onlyaquaa]

any tips for getting the northern marina island lock at the 5:00 mark? what makes it unique? or is it just a vibe thing

[@zi8gzag]

car meta. side antenna + no tiny roof rack

[@falan9021]

Might have to start moving, I think the consistenty needed to get 1500+ rating is hard to achieve otherwise against good players who can always take around off you at high multis, when they find a clue that you can't because of NM.

[@Snook_YT]

best GeoGuessr KZbinrs right now

[@nathanweiss5174]

Interesting seeing the stats. Some quick math leads to 94% winning against low rated players gaining about 40 points per 100 matches. Lots of wheel spinning even at 94% winning clip. Math based on a win being worth +2 points and a loss -25 points as seems to be the results against 800 rated players.

[@Rodney.Gardner]

I added a stat for net points per game, and for low-rated players it is +1.6 per game......however, that is heavily skewed by early games when his rating was lower......he got +11 for beating an 893 when he was at 1008......and opponents in the 800s were still worth +5 or more for quite some time.

[@matta5749]

13:00 "Wow there were red plates everywhere. That's highly surprising to me he didn't get it." I've played this part of the video 3 times and still have yet to see a pixel of red on any of the license plates ????

[@StewartyMac]

It's hilarious that you can almost pinpoint a single road in Brazil but had more trouble recognising Amsterdam!!

[@dankeman5266]

keep it up ziggy, we love you, you know it ❤

[@noambarsh]

Cool stats, but don't forget next time to give credit to the guy who made it, he probably puts lot of effort in it

[@zi8gzag]

oh yes he does! insane stuff

[@greenhound]

can someone explain why he considers 'moving rounds' special? is there a special rule in duels?

[@gwts1171]

I know you posted this a while ago, but Zig had a rule for himself where he only moves once per round. He started out not moving at all, but needed to add it. It's just his personal preference. :)

[@charlez34]

19:25 Ontario speed sign in the back?

[@rey_pato]

You can get that Spain round due to the low building on the right and the stripe at the bottom

[@p0pov13]

22:50 absolutely brutal

[@timbozelle6165]

I was reading through the notes you had on your spreadsheet and was just wondering what triggers you use that make you think people cheat. I've noticed in some videos that you lose a couple of games in seemingly similar ways, with both opponents getting close guesses, and one you accuse of possible cheating and the other not. Always been intrigued to know why one is suspect and not the other.

[@wizwilzo]

17:40 LOL

[@MeriaDuck]

Ouch, minus 27 points in one round, that's quite a significant end to the winning streak

[@letti4285]

Great video Mr. ZigZag

[@raphI_I]

Wow ! Fantastic last game

[@DaMeowster]

the grind continues

[@JoeMiyagi]

Can somebody explain to me why he only moves in one round per game? Is that a handicap or does that apply to the other player too?

[@zi8gzag]

my own handicap

[@gwts1171]

Just his personal preference.

[@therealfrank6393]

hey Zigzag I am currently at the round where you beat your opponent by going to Thessaloniki... the stress in this word is the second last i not the o :) so it is Thessalon-I-ki^^

[@icekaps1415]

I really enjoy this series, but considering what you're trying to achieve I wish you would remove the no moving handicap. You're going to have to beat some of the best duel players to move up the leaderboard, and giving yourself a handicap means that you're essentially requiring that you get lucky against the top players to win. I'm obviously only speaking for myself, but I also think it would be more informative to watch you move around to help with my own play, and since I'm rooting for you to win it's frustrating to watch you lose a duel when your opponent is able to move a block and spot a crucial clue while you're stuck at the starting spot and have no idea what other information is just around the corner. I'm curious what other viewers think.

[@Tzedi]

bro why u dont just move. i feel without moving it will be impossible to reach no 1 by moving you can definitely do it 1 bad round and you fall as much rating as you gained in 10 rounds

[@smad66]

because moving is cringe.

[@gwts1171]

A while back I wasn't able to play for a couple of weeks, but my wife played on my account. I started at about 910 rating and she lowered me to about 500, so I was playing almost bronze level opponents. I felt pretty bad about it, to be honest. I also felt bad about my wife's skill level. Lucky she's cute... 🤣

[@gillyp]

Got to start allowing your self to move if you want to beat the higher rated players consistently imo, maybe allow yourself to move, only if they are higher rated than you

[@pulsar3483]

The top 100 players should change their pic like NorthEastGod 😂

[@timgarbers-dl1vu]

Lol It just was Hannover Steintor

[@Rahav-John]

Just correcting your pronunciation, the first opponent you faced named Shachar is pronounced sha-kh(a sound not found in English but is in Hebrew, the sound of the 8th letter)-ar I don't really know how to explain the sound to an English speaker so you might wanna search it and if not that's completely fine. btw love your videos just wanna help you pronounce some things correctly

[@PandaAduma]

שחר, מי שלא תהיה, ציפיתי ליותר.

[@jazzcabbagew]

I honestly wouldn’t mind it if you move on every round lol

[@GeoDDK]

Hi

[@kaganilya6077]

shchar ביביסט

[@midnightsomewhere]

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[@midnightsomewhere]

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[@nooms6993]

Man, you talk too much!!

[@deznutes6689]

I have improved immensely from watching this series