GeoWizard Responds To CHEATING Claims!

[@HappyHourPodcast]

Did you see yesterday's clip? How Bear Grylls SAVED GeoWizard's life! Linked at the end of this clip if you haven't already seen it 🇳🇺

[@sherazmumtaz6997]

No :)

[@Orange_tickle7261]

Ye

[@Charlieb82]

No but I'm guessing piss was involved... 🤔

[@gavindawson3108]

not yet, but seens as though it's Bear Grylls I can allready assume it was staged and scripted....

[@maltemejlsing513]

This is sooo old, when was this?

[@Folse]

Pisses me off that people accuse Tom of cheating. That guy has some of the most genuine and sincere content on KZbin. He’s also an entertaining, intelligent, and just an interesting guy.

[@voetbal12]

He cheated

[@Folse]

@@voetbal12 lol

[@casper14301]

You could look at it like a compliment as well. Tom is so good that people think he's cheating :)

[@crewie94]

He's just a good human. I completely disagree he's cheated.

[@mrembeh1848]

Sure. But after the other guy got away with it for years … it’s understandable.

[@njr582]

Seeing Tom's slightly from above kind of changed my take on what his face looks like!

[@emmittwhite1290]

I know, his usual camera angle is so funny

[@dannyhammond9635]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@MaggotDiggo1]

He probably wants to hide the fact he's balding.

[@alexg1778]

@@MaggotDiggo1 it's a hard life bud. As someone with a hairline like Tom's, it's a constant struggle. Hence why I just shave it off now. 😂

[@GeorgeOneEleven]

@@alexg1778 honestly I thought he got a hair transplant at first. Just goes to show how big of a difference a proper trim and flattering angle can do for ya. And I say this as someone who is also at Tom levels of balding haha

[@nostalgiabeam]

been watching geowizard for years. what a guy

[@mattmc1234]

yeah his content is class, his straight line missions are incredibly entertaining

[@NandiCollector]

Same. Very entertaining guy.

[@E-A-Z-Y]

I started watching him about a month before he did the straight line across Wales and I was surprised to see that content from him. And he blew up over it, fair play.

[@nicoelevadoados]

same here

[@yelnaw]

Walked to the pod in a straight line this lad

[@antoncollett4402]

This is a great comment

[@waaaghlover6994]

Amazing comment

[@kristiankeller4335]

Get iiiin!

[@unlostm8]

he's such an intelligent guy, nice to see him on the pod

[@WalkingPaceWP]

Yeah deffo has his head screwed on straight.

[@cozza819]

A lot of it really is common sense and a lot of experience obviously

[@TalesinaFlash1]

There are better players than him in terms of knowing metadata and all that thing but what Tom absolutely smashes in is the organic way of playing the game if that makes any sense. No bollards, not much knowldege of road signs, just plays the game looking at the landscapes, languages, terrain, etc

[@difoolgc5211]

Yeah, him getting latitude from trees one of his awesome skills

[@TalesinaFlash1]

@@difoolgc5211 guy pin points exact location from a photo sent my a fan. He is insanely intillegent

[@kvgolfa]

exactly

[@mrg00m8]

Yeah fr I’ve watched other players that are “better” than Tom but they get most of their quickest and best scores off of memorizing things like what generation and quality of google camera it is or google cars and what road markings pertain to what country etc and it’s just not as entertaining. Tom is just the best lol

[@jchrizzy6995]

The vibes are strong

[@SkinnyLegend1800]

This guy has attempted to walk across a country in a completley straight line so many times and has failed. If he was the sort of guy to cheat in a game he would've found a way to cheat at those things too. Wayyyyyyyyy more time consuming, dangerous, etc. He'll literally crawl through brambles to maintain a straight line rather than go 10m to the left and walk around.

[@patrickjohnson5789]

This is actually a very solid way at looking at it. It’s frustrating that being talented/educated at something automatically leads to claims of cheating. It’s a sour way of admiring someone’s ability to be great at something.

[@TKCEDM]

The man walked through a deadly peat bog instead of walking 10 meters around and still would've stayed in the platinum zone

[@channelnotavailable32]

@@TKCEDM yeah someone willing to put his life on the line for moral integrity of a challenge he placed himself into, totally someone who would sit at a desk and cheat at a game. I swear some...

[@RyaniVice]

what’s a bramble?

[@channelnotavailable32]

@@RyaniVice depending on where you live it's different plants, usually a thick wirery plant with mild to excessive thorns. Something you always go around unless your running from someone lol.

[@aayushrai8881]

All praise to the lord of hedgerows, straight lines and some of the best content available on KZbin

[@fernandotorres3715]

Just listened to the full thing never realised how naturally funny this guy is, what a guest

[@davidthomas9960]

He’s insanely witty

[@Natganistan]

You've gotta watch his IRL content. Particularly "How Not to Travel Europe," my favorite series on youtube, ever.

[@Nanaminanamin]

@@Natganistan same it's awesome

[@harryeyre1322]

so glad geowizard is getting proper recognition now

[@Anothernotherstory]

hes got hundreds of thousands of subscribers pal XD

[@PencilBubble25]

@@Anothernotherstory one million🙈

[@powderedground78]

@@Anothernotherstory he didn't until the straight line videos. He has grown exponentially and its great to see

[@simongames100]

@@powderedground78 he didnt until big streamers recognised him sadly. even with straight line series. Good thing hes gotten that attention now

[@ongbonga9025]

Only way I've ever cheated is by thinking "fuck this" and googling something I've seen like a town name. But I'm only fooling myself, it's not like I'm streaming it or claiming records.

[@silvanawhoelse8210]

Yeah I do that when I don’t want to lose my country streak lol

[@giddyup523]

Yeah, I think for personal playing it's fine to do that as long as you aren't claiming otherwise. I do the same if it is taking awhile and often it sort of helps me learn areas because I then have to zoom in myself and look around the area compared to just being told at the end where it was after I guessed really wrong when I'm not likely to then really see the area as much. I wouldn't do that on a play along or battle royale though.

[@ZaPpaul]

Oh shit yeah, I feel I'm happy if I can find something to google. Most of the time, I am guessing terribly.

[@wiadp1]

For me it isn't cheating. Your target is to find a place where you were landed. For me it is a kind of challenge of looking for characteristic names, streets or places and then investigate them on the web. It is a part of the game.

[@arstulex]

@@wiadp1 It's not really a part of the game though, it's literally the opposite of that. If you're opening up another window or tab to get extra 'meta' information then you are cheating as it's not the intended way to play. There's a reason they don't provide the facility to do that within the game itself. Saying that's not cheating would be like me saying using an external chess solving engine to help beat an AI at chess isn't cheating. Not saying you shouldn't do it (since you're not really hurting anyone) but it is definitely and objectively cheating.

[@_SamuelPlatt]

This man got me through the first lockdown

[@martinm6368]

10:30 the fade out is glorious. That cheery tune layered over Tom's description of how he struggled through a life and death situation made me chuckle.

[@jez_77]

Tom is not a guy who would even consider cheating. He makes challenges for himself just to enjoy the game. He has to do dozens of attempts in order to get some decent runs, if someone watches his streams or videos knows that well

[@vincenzodanello4085]

The ones who are better than Geowizard actually tryhard the game way more than he does. You can memorize bollards, google cars, phone numbers, road signs, license plates, road markings, and many other stuff that you can actually study. Geowizard actually focuses more on the landscape features which is probably the best way to play the game.

[@Dragorach]

"Best" is subjective here fs. You even described a 'better' way to play where you're likely to get more points more often. If you're playing for fun instead of to win then his way would be more enjoyable probably.

[@vincenzodanello4085]

@@Dragorach yeah you're right. I meant "best" more like "most enjoyable", rather than "best" for gaining points

[@Jonassvensson-uv9zd]

@@vincenzodanello4085 some people enjoy maximizing their score each round

[@ankr3w1]

the amount of people that have no understanding of any basic geography or knowledge of other countries astonishes me.

[@TeDDYYYT]

its pretty normal to not know loads about other countries

[@Elimentox]

@@TeDDYYYT especially in the US

[@alexberry1222]

@@TeDDYYYT there’s a difference between not knowing loads and having a general basic knowledge though

[@miljanvideo]

Well, you just explained what the western world is. Lol.

[@nataliaquintas8569]

when you start playing geoguessr a lot and get some insane guesses yourself you believe tom doesn't cheat. also when he gets an insanely wrong guess in a round that just makes you laugh and go "why did i think he was smart again?"

[@dis_joint_ed5167]

My first ever guess, on my first ever game, was a few hundred metres away just because I thought the buildings looked like Vienna. Never game close to that before or again.

[@RL-]

I really enjoyed that one video of Tom's where he basically just had a ton of absolutely ridiculous fails, especially when he talks himself out of a reasonable train of thought 😂

[@sorenasikainen5352]

Should get bald and bankrupt on as a guest.

[@SamLockee]

OHHHHH MYYY GOD

[@clarapair]

He’s too busy smashing busty babushkas back doors in

[@haz9808]

I doubt he ever would. He is very secretive about his past.

[@SamLockee]

@@haz9808 true, he’s retiring his channel anyway after he’s done with Eastern Europe. But to be fair that doesn’t stop him coming on here. But you’re right he’s quite quiet

[@SamLockee]

@@clarapair true too to be fair

[@PaddySwan]

It’s true. I’ve been playing Geoguessr a lot over quarantine and the more you play the easier it becomes to take a shot in the dark and get in the same country.

[@djflow94]

Its weird to see tom with good lighting

[@Festus171]

Been a fan of his for years. He's probably responsible for getting me hooked on GeoGuessr. Great interview!

[@dannyvizor3403]

It's annoying I love these podcasts I just wish the full things were also on video idk why like I love the podcast on Spotify but certain times I wanna see the actual full video it's a shame you can't upload them on like a vod channel but I guess that kinda defeats the point in going to Spotify to watch the whole thing. Regardless I love still getting these clips and seeing all the guests from different walks of life. I use to think Geowizard cheated himself in the beginning but after watching him and getting to see him behind the scenes he seems legit and a really nice guy. Keep up the great work 👍

[@scratchy3861]

It’s so stupid now rogan has video on Spotify why doesn’t jack

[@calebjakeman-shepherd8207]

@@scratchy3861 it's up to the creators if they want it or not

[@D.Records]

Love this guy found him doing the Wales straight line mission, good lad

[@alexg1778]

Been following Tom (not literally😂) for a while now. He's an absolute top bloke and someone I'd love to go for a pint/ have a smoke up with. On a side note Geoguessr is honestly well worth a go. I don't claim to be as good as Tom or any of the pros, but I've seen a marked increase in my geographical knowledge since I've started playing. It's actually super fun to play a game and learn at the same time - which 14 year old me would call me an absolute loser for saying haha.

[@BeaverKing50]

This is the most British thing I’ve ever read

[@slomnim]

Damn, thought you did the line mission following him :p Line tag?

[@Wash3D122]

The fact the you put not literally there makes it more suspicious

[@BarryChumbles]

I don't know 'Nighty' is, but he sounds like a rotter!

[@simonright9232]

Geowizard: well I don't want to really share how people cheat This channel: let's put a thumbnail up saying how to cheat on Geoguessr with Tom's face attached.

[@nickedocka13]

Yea, pretty disrespectful if you ask me. It confused me that more people were not upset about this

[@ivorscrotumic3556]

It was seeing Tom, that got me into Geoguesser. He's so natural & very affable & fun to watch. It's a great game, even just to have a little explore on. There's some amazing places, that you'd never know of otherwise. Another tip for the USA, is that you're rarely more than a few hundred metres away from a huge stars & stripes.

[@ginahanakiam8380]

This was such a good episode, first one I’ve ever watched and now I’m super into this podcast

[@AatsjDee]

Honestly, I would love to see the funniest wrong guesses from Tom. Where he's super confident about something and it's just absolutely wrong

[@nickbiggles743]

The king of straight lines and befriending farmers

[@jackford762]

Fair play to this lad, not my kind of game or something I'm into, but seems a top bloke and intelligent, nice insight into everything too. Top work 👍

[@tcmax7837]

3:46 I actually got China once, it wasn't from car, but someone had taken like 3 360 degree photos by some mountain, and apparently that was enough for the geoguessr algorithm to throw it at me

[@jckblck]

Yeah shafted me with one of those 360 pans the other day.

[@eliastyropolis5067]

Love Tom, Glad you got him on. Such a good watch and Listen!

[@KnownasBake]

Crazy that I've been watching him since he had 2k subs and to see where he's at now. Incredible guy.

[@shuki1]

Thanks for sharing the cheating tips because it explains so much now where some rounds have people with low experience and short history getting perfect scores in very very very short times. Thank goodness geoguesser has a report abuse button. Cheaters are not only cheating themselves but making the site less fun to compete on.

[@calumvaughan8690]

8:24 "you know when you accidentally hit F12" hahaha this cracked me up

[@mysteryman480]

me too

[@tyler9james]

Tom’s obsession with Gabon continues

[@Shif80]

Love Tom! I quite often just listen to his videos because it’s him. Don’t always need to see what’s happening. His straight line missions are definitely worth a watch

[@milanwyd441]

only non-geo players call him a cheater, cuz geo players know that he is not good enough to be cheating.

[@SwedishHouseFifa]

Can't believe you got Tom on!!! Been watching this legend since he had like 5k subs :)

[@samc8623]

A tip that helped me for whenever there is Spanish, is to look at the stop signs. If it's Spain it will say "stop", in Mexico it says "alto", and in most of South America (and I think the Caribbean) it's "pare". It's kind of weird how many little things there are that can help you figure it out. Also Tom is so smart, I have learned so much how to play this game from him. How people can accuse him of cheating is beyond me.

[@arcticriversideflyfishing3195]

Tom is clearly cheating in Geoguessr. It's so obvious that he is secretly using his geographical intellect and knowledge to pinpoint a relatively good guess most of the time. It's a shame, really.

[@TheDelahunt]

His description of USA is spot on. Green signs, white roads, hella semi trucks. That made me instantly visualize what the interstate looks like here

[@ThatSteemBloke]

are you uploading the section where jack gives him screenshots to guess? listening to that I'd like to see the locations myself

[@JJay786]

they probs are. they normally do one ep a day with each being about 8 mins

[@DD-vl4ih]

This man knows a good Welsh hedge when he sees one ✌️

[@derrencarlisle1597]

Never should a man in his 30s be this excited about 1 KZbinr interviewing another, but here I am

[@Rallybear]

Oh, shut ut. I'm 50+ 😂

[@antonydandrea]

Can't believe a simple concept which could literally be hacked together in an hour, has blown up like this

[@ervesti93]

3:47 Actually, China has some 3D photos on Google Maps but not street images on StreetView. Germany is not entirely covered by StreetView, only the big towns are (Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg and so on). Fun fact: Google Maps streets in China don't overlay the actual ones and that is made on purpose.

[@DrSquiresMD]

yeah you cant cheat in 10 second NMPZ tom is a legend

[@Dan-tw5qb]

Granis, Radu and Geography Challenges for me are three of the best Geoguessr players Granis is just levels above anyone else Tom makes the best content but these guys are insane

[@Geostique]

true

[@KurtOfficiaI]

Lol

[@RCgeo]

Thanks 🙏

[@-wealuka7367]

These 3 are geoguessr pros, Tom is an entertainer. All of them great to watch!

[@jakebendall8092]

What happened to Granis though, didn't he deleted his channel?

[@dalemullen7498]

From Aldridge to the world. Big up tom

[@bigbasil1908]

I'm not really into his geoguessr videos but I love his straight line across a country videos.

[@joshuarse2876]

He looks like Mike Skinner so he should know all about “The Streets”

[@VanillaLoaf]

I always find having a good basic knowledge of the alphabets of the world helps. Being able to differentiate between Asian writing systems for example is really helpful.

[@Xathian]

Why would GeoWizard of all people be accused of cheating? His scores are good but they're not THAT good, not cheating worthy. Lot of people astronomically higher scoring than him

[@scottishsceptile]

Can't believe my new favourite KZbinr is on the pod

[@harveyridge6561]

This podcast is levels above any other👀

[@moomountain]

I'm new to this guy in the past week but have already binge watched Great channel.

[@wingxerox]

He's an underrated KZbinr. Don't play geoguesser at all but I watch every video.

[@big_almcc]

anyone else on max volume and it sounds about half volume still??

[@Liam-qn2kn]

Second best podcast after I could murder a podcast

[@Nayslav]

Timmy dillon the best pod

[@asbestomolesto]

A simple way to avoid any cheating is to simply share the PICTURE. Take a screenshot and share that one. No code to look, no link to open, nothing. Who host the challenge is the only person having a link; all players just have a picture and must click somewhere in the map.

[@MeAg4in]

I love geowizard he’s a top tier KZbinr

[@kappaslapper14]

All he had to say was "its like pc gaming with all the hackers" straight away I feel his pain

[@Aaaaaaarrrpirate]

best guess ive ever gotten (at least in terms of how smart i felt) was knowing that i was on reunion because the black tape was on the back rack

[@thetravellershub]

This man is a king. So psyched you got him on the pod

[@punkit743]

He must be observing details whenever he travels anywhere "blue door with black handle.... Mrs Freamon number 43".

[@lmc3307]

I’ve been playing for 7 years. Great to see it’s finally getting popularity

[@brumsgrub8633]

I really like him, followed his channel for a while now. Really interesting lad.

[@sam_marley]

Who knew Miralem Pjanic was so into his Geography

[@Zarkmoneybags]

A geoguessr mobile would be fun so I can play during my break at work

[@matthewlarge2439]

Normally I discover KZbinrs after seeing them on the HHP...this time I discovered GeoWizard last Monday and here he appears! Love his stuff!

[@ala0284]

This is exactly the sort of person this podcast was made for

[@Nicholas-cm6rx]

Idiots that like click bait titles? Facebook much?

[@guibredacalixto9086]

Here he is the legend

[@koulmemaybe]

raise mic volume please!

[@drizdoh]

The 🐐 on the pod

[@MySizeG]

Tom’s a top bloke makes quality content

[@DaveyH]

I’d love to see the ‘hell on earth’ urban adventure boys on here one day

[@GeorgeAusters]

So weird how I was watching this guys cross scotland challenge yesterday and now you upload this.

[@Navajonkee]

A friend of mine used to differentiate between different South American countries by the backside of their road signs. Is it cross shaped, is it wooden or steel, etc. Couldn't cover all countries that way, but he could cross out a few. (Except for Chile, no one can account for Chile)

[@Megetkedelig]

He also plays in a psychedelic rock band. Been watching his videos for years what a guy!

[@ShtanleyH]

I bloody love GeoWizard, what a sick guest!

[@angussimpson9717]

Enjoyed the video but did anyone else struggle with the audio from Geowizards mic specifically?

[@bigfatbruce]

I played a few times on GeoGuessing and could barely get the pyramids of Giza in time. I think Tom is one of the best guessers in the world. He'd be ranked a lot higher on the site if he played it more.

[@DamienAlexander]

This guy made me laugh so hard one time when he was ending a video and there was a police siren and he jumped up and ran away. Totally unexpected.

[@0topon]

Do you know in which video of him thats was?

[@balloony9497]

@@0topon I think he is referring to this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@JoyStickASMR]

I didn't know you had GeoWizard on! Fellow GeoGuessr Pro

[@kidlatdakila2]

The difference in volumes of the guests are so wild.

[@TYLOTYLOTYLO]

Love this guy!!

[@AndyChatsFPL]

Geowizard on the pod. Get in!

[@dannyboy_dannyboy8274]

Such an articulate guy!

[@FTLnovaKid]

Wth I have never noticed the compass lol.

[@seyalcops]

tom’s a good lookin lad let’s be honest

[@dagaypussayeatah]

3:47 china is on geoguessr but only user submitted 3d photos afaik

[@DollarInTheWoods]

there is official coverage in hong kong and macao

[@seanbickmore9773]

"Are we recording? ..... Yes"

[@vickiekostecki]

I love Tom and his seat of the pants style of play.

[@houstonsage7699]

Can hardly recognize Tom from this angle.

[@alexhurst4529]

Watched Tom for years. Brilliant guy

[@arrowheaded]

He's definitely not cheating, his guesses/reasoning are too understandable. And well, he really doesn't play well enough to be cheating lol.

[@idontknowleavemealoneplease]

My method was to call any phone numbers I saw on signage.

[@Craicfox161]

Met him in a pub in Lichfield last night. Nice geezer 👍