Geoguessr: Interesting Photospheres in Obscure Countries #4 [PLAY ALONG]

[@bungalo50]

The fact that Tom still wants to trust the compass on photospheres cracks me up

[@bttb433]

Ikr

[@WilliamGurebo]

Thought of this too

[@stijner1689]

It's both hilarious and infuriating. For how good Tom is at this game, he sometimes is surprisingly clueless.

[@Poutrel]

@@paavomultala6062 Because any random people can upload photosphere, so in some (many) occasions, the compass is totally wrong, if it's not even the photosphere location on the map

[@mftmss7086]

yeah hes kinda nigga

[@2SiKPotter]

Another classic intro. For years I've been wondering what size plectrum you prefer. Thank you GeoWizard.

[@DipanGhosh]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo Nice gag :)

[@Lucas-yp7li]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo Alright I won't

[@PrevailingFreedom]

Great now I’ve read it three times

[@wloffblizz]

0.88? That's a thicc boy.

[@rofln00b]

@@wloffblizz I wouldn't say it's a thicc one. Maybe for acoustic guitar, but for electric 1mm isn't uncommon at all. I like to use carbon fiber reinforced 1mm picks, they're not too thicc but a lot more stiff than regular plastic.

[@momobutkaj669]

Kwibuka means 'to remember' and describes the annual commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

[@paulalexwilson]

So not a 'really fancy hotel' as Tom speculates in the video...

[@AdamjacobiGIA]

I had no idea -- thank you!

[@igorf7004]

What's the 25 about?

[@TheLibermania]

@@igorf7004 1994 + 25 = 2019

[@aadil3569]

yeahh I clicked because 'kwibuka 25' was in the thumbnail 😭 as a diaspora rwandese, I remember going to events to commemorate it

[@EziosBladez]

Those vehicles are likely for the fire brigade demonstrations as they're on their property xD One car has been opened by the jaws of life, the other burned.

[@chilanya]

Yeah I was thinking that, those broken down cars are training objects for the firemen.

[@Icanbacktrailers]

Next to a power pole? Probably moved there after they burned

[@philsey6913]

@@Icanbacktrailers why not next to a power pole? That's a likely spot to find a wrecked car.

[@Seruphin]

@@Icanbacktrailers Looks like the grass underneath was burned though, was thinking is strange to be so close to power pole too

[@RonnyBoy504]

4:59 this hilarious little conversation he had with himself had me absolutely rolling- love this guy lmao

[@vsfships1102]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok I wont!

[@fretkoe]

And this hahaha 7:04

[@DjTiesticles]

That's one of numerous reasons as to why we all keep coming back

[@zlomeny]

howdy

[@Heroo01]

@@vsfships1102 it's a bot. Just report and don't draw attention to them tbh

[@MichaelKirkby]

My best round was the Rwanda one, only because I have stood in that exact spot on two separate occasions. Great video Tom.

[@aleksandrssprogis8895]

I knew I remembered it from somewhere!

[@memememe908]

dude the flags of gabon and rwanda are really similar

[@TheAK47s]

7:04 Tom "Howdy!!" Also Tom: "Fuck you" LMFAO I absolutely died laughing at that part

[@aleksanderkrauze9304]

If only he'd added "wanker" it would be the most British thing I've ever heard.

[@deschlu]

i was rofl for real haha

[@VoVilliaCorp]

the war between past tom and current tom continues lol

[@Deeznutsmynamejeff21]

why do I feel bad for past tom

[@dalewatt6277]

Thanks for playing my map again, Tom! You got some good rounds - I know you can get a perfect score on this map eventually!

[@stephano6793]

He really dropped the ball with Rwanda.

[@P1nkR]

@@stephano6793 Yeah we watched the video too.

[@rafaelsodre_eachday]

​@@P1nkR he was not affirming, he was lamenting.

[@AmyAnnLand]

Your map is my favourite to play! Also, I hope Tom will one day remember that this map does not include countries with official street coverage. He keeps considering countries like Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, etc when they're supposed to be obscure countries. Either way, it's part of his charm.

[@indimediaworks]

Unfortunately 10 months after the video was posted the first image/location of the challenge can't be loaded (0 Points) and the third one is a completely different picture than the one Tom got.

[@offthewallFBB]

“Kwibuka” means “to remember”, and 25 is for the years since. Cheers.

[@__gavin__]

I wonder if they have a giant set of numbers that they use to update the sign every year...

[@aristology6912]

@@__gavin__ no shit

[@lowrezadminqq6295]

Based avatar pic and good info +1

[@offthewallFBB]

@@lowrezadminqq6295 alien, magical flying guns

[@Destroy666x]

Curacao has street view footage and, to remind, this map doesn't have countries with official Google footage. Similar thing applies to Hong Kong

[@hossermes]

"Tom?" "Yeah?" "Shut the f*ck up" Cracked me up so hard

[@bobojo6447]

That whole bit had me on the floor!

[@samhoste1342]

28:07 "kabouterbos sound like an old language" it literally translates to "gnome forest" which is pretty funny

[@marleenhoncoop4188]

I had to check what he was trying to pronounce. And then laught out loud.

[@heinbotha5868]

“Gnome bush” but yes it’s pretty funny 😂

[@l.j.9031]

Leprechaun forest *

[@CrookedGrandma]

Literally just Dutch lmao

[@jorisv207]

@@heinbotha5868 no not bush its dutch and its forest

[@FrankOdongkara]

Kigali really threw off Tom and I was rooting hard for him to get it right & almost screaming my screen. Anyway, the street maps on Geoguessr for Africa are mostly outdated by about 15 years and those places look completely different today so keep this in mind when playing photospheres. Also Kigali is a bit of a smaller city in just East Africa alone so don't write off African cities based on skylines...you'll be surprised.

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

This particular picture can't be older than 2019 though

[@sheikhOfWater]

@@marcustulliuscicero5443 He said the street view maps, this is a photosphere

[@AliceYobby]

@@marcustulliuscicero5443geoguesser street view maps are very outdated for Africa, photospheres being much more up-to-date

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Knowing it was the Rwandan flag made that last round so tense

[@cashcarstar2458]

And then there was me playing the challenge and guessing in Gabon because I forgot the Rwandan flag looked similar :(

[@niksv4165]

@@cashcarstar2458 I thought it was Gabon as well

[@AdamSielicki]

Gabon players

[@theostahl8602]

I was literally SO sure it was Gabon lol

[@B3Band]

I didn't even know they changed their flag Holy shit, they changed it in 2001?!?! Well, that's the year I graduated high school, so maybe that's why I never noticed. So weird, though!

[@helloworld9811]

The Only way you got Tibet round right is by knowing either the Chinese or Japanese language and knowing the word “西藏” means "Tibet" 14:58, otherwise, it would be difficult. It is easy to tell it is somewhere in China due to the mandatory front and back blue plate with the white font (and only blue unless a special purpose vehicle), It consists of a Chinese letter upfront, with a Latin letter ( And if the letter is A means most important city in the region indicated by the Chinese letter province abbr., B is the second-largest city in that province, etc), then a White dot and then follow either number or Latin letter combinations. This plate is very different than Japanese (you could search for Japanese license plates and Korean and Taiwan etc, it is very hard to confuse with any other Asian pacific countries.) Other hints may be a typical 3 flag pole (if you see big flag poles, it almost has to be three in China, one for the national flag, one for CCP, and one for whatever you intended to hang (for instance the flag for the hotel). If no the two mandatory flags hanging, you are likely to be getting into unwanted trouble by just hanging the hotel flag. Other hints may be the mandatory "green (and green only) color of construction protective sheet" in China. That Tibet in is actually a getable location for Chinese or Japanese, but only because we can read the letter Tibet follow by the letter A next to it, then it has to be somewhere in Lhasa.

[@stephen3164]

If the pic had some small fluffy dogs in it, would have made it easier!

[@xvgm24]

Would you still be able to get a perfect score since the St. Regis didn't look like it was on the map?

[@tomscorpion6288]

The architecture looked like Bhutan to me, so Tibet was obviously an option.

[@mattmuch1]

The burnt out cars are most likely training cars for the fire station. Great viddy as always.

[@rikquick3328]

That's what I would of thought tbh

[@goldenappel]

Yeah, you can see small areas of grey burnt grass immediately below suggesting they were on fire and very quickly put out. I lived next to a fire station and this was something they'd regularly do with old cars that were destined to be scrapped.

[@JohnTan]

If you go frame by frame around 17:49 during the zooming out, you can see a glimpse of St. Regis across the big orange road.

[@pierocenni9498]

omg i saw it

[@georgeviperliu621]

and its one of the cheapest st regis around the world😂

[@DECODEDVFX]

@@georgeviperliu621 You're not wrong. £180 per night and it looks lovely.

[@TheWizardsOfOz]

That plectrum information is essential. Thank you for sharing this.

[@eCiinS]

I find it hilarious that the game keeps the highscore for you, but Toms checks his previous video :D

[@TeamSlow]

He'd already started the game. You only see your previous high scores when you're clicking into the map.

[@lunare_]

@@TeamSlow He could still open a new tab and check the score

[@thedavegtoo]

I went to that very musuem - it was so sad and moving. I had the great pleasure of visiting Rwanda with my job about 10 years ago. My main memory of Rwanda was the joy in the faces of all the children I encountered there. The adults carried a wistful sadness, but it really felt like a country that is focused on making the best of the present and future rather than living in the pain of the past.

[@sunflower-ix7yl]

i guessed Bhutan for the third one and I was so glad. My theory was that the Chinese tour buses needed to take the tourists somewhere far away that wasn’t reachable by train, and it was also a nicer luxury hotel that could plausibly be in Bhutan I guess. The mountains also helped my case haha

[@tallemajas]

as a heads up - i'm pretty sure countries that are normally on geoguessr (like bhutan) aren't on this map! that might help you out in the future

[@dd-nz8ry]

I don't think you can drive through the Himalayas 😂

[@arbabasukalsar4361]

There's hardly a stretch of land flat enough to build a hotel like that in Bhutan

[@ticksunbs4944]

Well he guessed hong kong when there are blue and black plates Here in HK we use white front and yellow blacks lol

[@sunflower-ix7yl]

@@ticksunbs4944 yea - also Hong Kong as a guess seemed too dense to need a tour bus and the hotels probably aren't as big and spread out there

[@sanarcher]

For the Tibet round, the characters on the bus actually give way the clue: "西藏“ means Tibet. And Lhasa is pretty damn popular tourist place.

[@yoyolol22]

Stop the cap, they didn't allow me to visit it

[@Geweldenaar]

@@yoyolol22 probably cause u could only afford a 1 hour stay

[@georgeviperliu621]

“was”

[@Glotttis]

Ominous looking building in that round. Looked like something out of Squid Game, but apparently it's luxury hotel chain.

[@Solwa54]

Don't know much about China and certainly can't read Mandarin, but the clear blue sky and the tourist bus was what drove me to Tibet.

[@foog_1]

I love how Tom apologizes that he hasn't upload in two weeks, Tom... Your training to dribble a ball across the Uk it's fine.

[@tatumsh9]

He is undoubtedly falling off though.

[@SpaghettiEnterprises]

You're

[@iantaakalla8180]

L + elevation + Hadrian’s wall is not traversable in one day

[@peter7707]

I'd love to see you get a perfect score in this game mode but I'm pretty confident that won't happen until you learn your flags! Anyways, smashing video as always mate, best of luck on your Dribbling Britain adventure!

[@niluscvp]

I like how you point out kabouterbos (gnomeforest in dutch) as if its an odd local language and then follow it up by pointing the mouse to the actual local language, papiamento.

[@deklares1]

It never gets old how mildly surprised Tom is that he is in fact recording.

[@l.j.9031]

Tom, never change. You’re absolutely my favorite KZbinr!

[@l.j.9031]

Honestly I prefer these types of videos over the higher production videos any day. It’s the reason I’ve subscribed all those years ago! Still enjoying every upload though. But YOU Tom, are already quality, which makes all your videos high production!

[@Guus115]

That's sweet

[@denmoore92]

The cars near the fire station were probably used to practice rescues for the firemen. Love the videos and self commentary Tom

[@Viniter]

Interesting to note: That Algerian round was the very same place you had last time. Just a couple dozen meters away. There might be several photospheres from each place.

[@vekst]

I believe the one he had last time was on the top of the amphitheater right? That place seemed insanely familiar

[@peterengland6153]

The only way I got this was because of Toms previous video, still took awhile to find it, because I only remembered it was Algeria and inland a bit, plonked right on the Arch.

[@mftmss7086]

he said that himself, you offered nothing new just wasted everybody's time

[@properplank6729]

@@mftmss7086 having a shit day, were we?

[@RolfStones]

"There has been some real mixing or trading of land there." I always love the down to earth and of the cuff geopolitical / historical remarks Edit. Wrote this before the Rwanda debacle 😂

[@davidkimmins8781]

Am I right in thinking that Vanuatu used to be the New Hebrides and was jointly ruled by France and Britain? If so, that would explain the 'Rue du Cornwall' and similar names.

[@pepi453]

I enjoy these a lot! Keep 'em coming! Round 1 - Knew this was Suriname by the flag and .sr clue straight away. I am native in Dutch so I could read all the text on the 'Lelydorp Villa' sign on the house. The address of the place was actually on there. It said 'Ta ... {something something} ... weg', with 'weg' meaning 'road'. So I went looking for that in Lelydorp, and found 'Tawajari weg', with a police station on it. I figured the police station was probably the same as the firefighter's station in this small of a place, so I went for the house just left of it on the road that would make sense with the layout of the buildings and roads. I also assumed the compass was wrong, because... well, why would it be right, I mean come on. 5000 points Round 2 - What on earth? '... in obscure countries', so I guess I'll go for an obscure country? Nothing to go off of here. Could be Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Mongolia even? I took a wild guess and went Uzbekistan, zoomed in and clicked on the very first monument thing I could find. Well, I completely misjudged that, and for some reason I didn't even think of the Roman empire and algeria/tunisia. 241 points Round 3 - I think that's Chinese writing? I am not too informed on the differences between the older Japanese scripts and Mandarin. The English text next to the supposedly-Chinese text is throwing me off. Maybe Hong Kong? I considered Macao, but I don't think that's considered a country by many places, and I don't think that'll be right. I'll go just north of Hong Kong city. Ah yeah, cool. 1241 points Round 4 - Saw the Afghanistan flag instantly, so I'll go smack in the middle of Kabul. It looks kind of mountainous enough for it to be Kabul. Not like I care about 50 points more or less at this point, lol. And I'm not about to scan the entire country for 'Salik photography', no thanks. 4730 points, yep, that'll do Round 5 - I think that's the flag of Gabon? Shit, I've forgotten some international flags that I used to know by heart. I'm quite confident it might be Gabon. I'll have a search for 'Kwibuka' or something. The Gazprom logo to the left of the text is... odd, though... I'll go in the middle of Libreville, because I can't find anything better. The hills don't seem to make sense, nor does the fact that this place seems quite well-off, and I don't think Gabon is... It's also a little too tropical for my liking. OH WELL, LIBREVILLE IT IS 1338 points. Rwanda! Of course.... wait, what? Total = 12,550 points. ggwp

[@FogToo]

I was not aware Rwanda had changed it's flag. I was still going around giving the trivia question "Which country is the only one to have the first letter of their name on their flag?".

[@0topon]

yeah it was changed in 2001

[@Amelia-ui4uv]

8:22 it is labelled incorrectly, the house is just down the second left on the road where the location is tagged and the fire station is the building below the house on the map

[@pepi453]

Figured! That's where I went, but when I was 100 yards away, confusion kicked in...

[@matushorvath]

Zoomed in to Beijing and immediately found a St. Regis hotel, in like 3 seconds, in a 22 million city. At that point you couldn't convince me out of Beijing even if you sent me a postcard from Lhasa. :D

[@Jack-yt8ml]

On the 3rd round there was two clues that you missed. 1. The sky was very blue so I ruled out eastern China. 2. There was two 4WD type vehicles (Land Cruiser) so I immediately thought probably Tibet or in that region.

[@dgcoffee]

I got 5,000 for the last round. Knew the flag, figured out the meaning of the number 25, then it was just a matter of finding the place. 17,837 in total. Great video, by the way!

[@evanchilders2916]

I got the last one mainly because my African history class in Uni paid off and I remembered the Rwandan flag. Also my wife has been to curaçao and would like you to know the correct pronunciation is Cur-a-sao 😅

[@WalkingCWild]

She’s wrong. It’s “kyuresao”

[@Geopoldd]

Fair play Tom. I prefer 0.88 millermeters so respect for being a thick boy. Skinny plectrums are for children. 💪

[@Northern5tar]

"Kabouterbos.. definitely some old language that still got an influence here" It's actually perfectly modern Dutch. :) Kabouter = gnome, bos = forest. But yeah, kabouter doesn't sound very Germanic. Nothing indigenous in any case. The Dutch nicked the island from the Spanish in 1634.

[@Globbs]

Looks like those cars are used as training props for fireman to do extractions and put out fires. I've seen similar at airports with cutaway planes/helicopters near the fire stations. Love this channel btw. Found it at random a while back and have enjoyed it. You introduced me to this game as well.

[@lu70lo]

Dude I was thinking an hour ago about how long it's been since the last upload, now we get a new upload 🤩

[@postnobills666]

Very much admire your compassion there, Tom. Kudos.

[@sidspooki]

Tom! I thought of an idea, it would be really funny if you played Geoguessr with verity blindfolded and had Verity explain what she sees for you to guess!

[@LHyoutube]

Never mix Geoguesser with bedroom shenanigans! 😂

[@anttisaarilampi]

Geography Challenges does that quite often

[@MelonPython]

11:45 Next time Tom. Your best shot is always to look at the columns or sculptures/reliefs. In that way u know which part of the ancient time you are in and which country/civilization you are in. // Coming from an expert.

[@callmealgernon1130]

You do not have to apologize for anything because your videos are always amazing and fun to watch.

[@davidwalker3626]

Your Rwanda mishap let me back in the door after I went Syria in round 2 (the temple looked more Hellenistic than Roman), came out with 17,762! In better news, I've been working on a new map for weeks with quality, accurately-compassed photospheres and carefully-chosen street view rounds in every single country, I'll let you know when I'm finally done.

[@davidwalker3626]

I did get Rwanda from the flag, and I've lived in China for a decade (trying hard to get out now), so I did get China in the final round, although nowhere near Lhasa

[@MisterDutch93]

A good way to differentiate Roman and Hellenistic ruins is the usage of archways, bricks and round shapes. Ancient Greek buildings generally don’t use brick or have arches, while Roman ones do. The one you see in the picture is a so-called triumphal arch, which were monuments the Romans built in honor of the emperor in regions they conquered. They are specifically Roman and the Greeks never built them (nor did any other ancient civilization). Hope this bit of random trivia helps you next time!

[@Bismarck-S]

I actually thought of Rwanda from the second I saw the flag. When I saw the big city on the hill I knew for certain that the answer was Kigali. I have looked in google street view a couple of times in Kigali, and it is actually quite a wealthy and hilly place!

[@evanchilders2916]

I also love how Tom keeps his sneezes in the video 😂😂

[@robertmeyer8221]

I wounder how many American viewers gave him a "bless you"? I know I did and I was waiting for Tom to say "thank you." Unfortunately he being British did not have the foggiest what I am say to him through my computer screen :)

[@stormx2827]

@@robertmeyer8221 "bless you" in response to sneezes goes back at least to the romans. It's not an american thing, we say it in Britain too.

[@CJM527]

@@stormx2827 Typical Americans thinking the world revolves around them 😂

[@BrianOfAteionas]

@@CJM527 Yes, clearly robertmeyer8221 is confused. A whole year has gone by and nobody has bothered to explain to them that it's not the world that revolves, but everything else around the flat earth. Also, I believe that he must be confusing the phrase "bless you" with the undeniably American-English phrase "gesundheit". Source: Reading Rainbow (1776)

[@sterlingshiner]

I’ve been playing more geoguesser lately and I cannot die the life of me get the scores you’re getting! You’re a true wizard

[@sclitchmusic]

lmao the rwanda flag just staring at u the whole time on the last one was funny

[@Dayanto]

I failed that one by immediately assuming it was Gabon's flag, but apparently the colors were upside down. I knew that the Rwandan flag had a symbol and that it was asymmetrical, so I never even considered it. Looked too much like a regular tricolor.

[@sclitchmusic]

@@Dayanto i thought it was gabon at first, but then I look around and thought thrres no way it's gabon, so then I went with rwanda

[@enigmaticx326]

Still my favourite GeoGeussr KZbin channel. Don't know where to start, but this has all the classic Tomisms that we love.

[@Matt-xf5ic]

That is how thick I like my plectrums 😂

[@TheShirezu]

The Lhasa spot is in the wrong location. The St Regis is further south and is on Google Maps.

[@linollieum3742]

It's almost the exact right location, it's just like on the other side of the street

[@nicholasphelan201]

I found the photosphere on google in Lhasa almost exactly where it showed in the video.

[@TheShirezu]

@@nicholasphelan201 There is a photosphere in the actual location of the St Regis hotel, but the one in the video is in the wrong spot, near a pharmacy.

[@TheShirezu]

@@linollieum3742 Around 650m away, I'd say that's not exactly close for Geoguessr.

[@Macieks300]

It's not because the marked it wrong but actually because all Chinese maps are inaccurate because of CCP. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China

[@helenschwartz28]

I fkin die everytime at the music tom decides to choose for his timelapse clips

[@thomasclements5353]

I cannot believe how well you did. Outstanding.

[@KeithM82]

Can't believe Tom didn't say thankyou after I said "Bless You" when he sneezed both times.

[@mede2390]

Thank you for the important piece of knowledge about how you like your plectrons

[@cez_kor]

imagine one day we see him check if he's recording and he actually isn't 💀

[@DadgeCity]

If he isn't recording, we won't see him check :-)

[@BrettPemberton]

​@@DadgeCity whoooooosh

[@evelynpaulose7934]

☠️

[@andrewmancini46]

He's done it beforeeeee

[@Gus-oi4bt]

The green dunlop is the greatest pick ever, i love it, very versatile and stilysh!!

[@azkaraditya8509]

The classic catchphrase: "Are we recording?"

[@AK-js8mr]

yes we are!:D

[@hunterevanson]

Recommend googling the St. Regis Resort is Tibet. Remarkable building in its own right, that's for damn sure.

[@Arhey]

Dont trust compass on photospheres Tom! If you upload coverage you can't tell the compass direction there, so it is random.

[@Heroo01]

It's so easy to forget that this lanky dork is a straight line god. I could not do what he does, yet he's still so humble and funny. What a legend

[@keenanlarsen1639]

I didn't know it was Rwanda specifically, but I was very confident that it was in Africa based just on the Kwibuka word.

[@Voiceoftheghost]

Firestations will often burn cars for training - those might be recent training sessions you were seeing in the first one.

[@TheBaldr]

10,710 pts I got extremely lucky with the first round. I went to suriname(from the .sr on the firetruck) and zoomed it on Lelydorp. 2. I guessed in Libya. 3. I thought maybe Taipei, 4. Maybe Uzbekistan, though I should have maybe backed off due to the lack of cyrillic and more latin characters. 5. I had no clue except South pacific.

[@l.j.9031]

Hahaha, Kabouterbos is just Dutch. It translates into Leprechaun Forest. Made me chuckle 😂

[@markdtesta]

Love ya Tom, so excited for your next mission!

[@ApneaTM]

Personally I prefer 1mm plectrums but I did use the 0.88 dunlops a few years ago. Good choice :) loved the video as usual! great work Mr Wizard

[@TheSuperSushiMaster]

The burnt out cars are for training the firefighters on how to rescue people from wrecks. They have some near my local firestation.

[@yuzik01]

Damn, Tom was in quite the mood for this one 😂

[@SlippinJimmyJ]

kwibuka is the remembrance of the Genocide, so kwibuka 25 is the 25th honoring

[@seethrough_treeshrew]

The Kwibuka round made think of Kwazulu which had me looking in South Africa and Eswatini were I found more towns named Kwa-this and Kwa-that. Well, at least I got the right continent.

[@JeMappelleFrikandel]

Why would you delete your browser's search history, Tom?

[@toomanysymbols]

for the archaeological sites you can look at the column tops to get an idea what time period they were built. ancient greek ones tend to be simpler while roman and later ones are often more ornate and intricate.

[@bioLarzen]

I first learned that Suriname used to be a Dutch dependency when I heard back in the 80s that Dutch 100-metre sprinter goddess Nelli Cooman was born in Suriname. Which also reveals how old I am ;)

[@bobsyurunkel6457]

20,388 1. I saw the .sr on the firetruck and the Dutch. Tried to place it based on the Shell gas station, but missed by a bit. 4,995 2. I saw the Greek/Roman ruins and the mountains and my mind narrowed on the highlands of Armenia. I don't know why I was so quick to dismiss the Atlas Mountains of the Maghreb especially since it made more sense for Roman influence. I think it's because I had a couple Armenian/Georgian rounds before from that map. 702 3. I saw the Chinese/Japanese writing, knew it had to be China (outside of Hong Kong), since Japan and Taiwan aren't obscure in Geoguessr. Saw the mountains and my mind went to Tibet. I zoomed in to the capital Lhasa and rolled the dice. 4,974 4. I saw the Arabic/Persian/Urdu script. Then, I saw the women in full black burqas and realized it had to be a very strict Islamic country. I saw the flags and they confirmed the country as Afghanistan. I went for Kabul as well. 4,728 5. I saw the flag and knew it was Rwanda. I chose a golf resort in Kigali. 4,989

[@gialt840]

OMG I just clicked when it said 1 second ago haha

[@Lucas-yp7li]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo Alright I won't

[@mrlagx]

i have the same green .88mm dunlop pick! love you tom!

[@sseppel]

Haven't finished the video yet, but c'mon Tom, you need to know your flags. Maybe playing some sporcle in the channel? That's the Gabon flag right there in the last round. Hope you figure it out! Goddammit I got it confused with Rwanda. Turns out I have to study my flags too.

[@emmittwhite1290]

Exact thought process

[@maartenoostenbrug8034]

@@emmittwhite1290 same, i thought it was gabon aswell but it was so build up tho so rwanda makes way more sense

[@psychonautcentral7924]

Beyond excited to see how this dribbling challenge goes!

[@anonymousAJ]

"Dutch.... Overseas territory" You mean like a colony?

[@jacobhiles447]

China uses blue number plates with white script, with black plates occurring in special zones (such as Tibet and Shenzhen). Hong Kong will have yellow rectangular plates with large grey letters (sometimes 3D). There are obscure high-end western-style hotels in China, so I don't doubt the photosphere location. For example, there's a Primus outside of Shenyang in the middle of nowhere. Hope this helps in the future.

[@Cheezime]

When Tom mentioned the guy's name on that Timgad round, I was really proud because I thought he was gonna point out it was a Maghrebi Arabic name. I died a little inside when he then said 'Mouad Boumoud' sounded distinctly Iranian (a notably non-arab country). Still a great video, apart from the Rwanda round 😬

[@aadil3569]

yhh haha I would've guessed Armenia or Turkey from the photo, but the name was SOOOO North African lol

[@BibleStorm]

Too many people think that "Arab" and "middle eastern and north african" are the same thing.

[@fusixnrwicnwiejciwj8925]

This upload just made my day.

[@lewismoss8779]

id like to know how many times tom has started a video without pressing record, considering he seems to check every vid lol.

[@xvgm24]

Two.

[@isthatrubble]

there's a clue in the first one that probably not everyone would recognise - the wall of maggi advertising in the background on one side. I knew it was likely to be a former dutch colony from that, it seems like the dutch (or at least the older generations) love that stuff

[@Kokurorokuko]

Photospheres are quite interesting because a lot of countries are not in the Street View so you never get them on normal maps. Do more!

[@bioLarzen]

Man, the last one was harrowing... seeing the Rwanda flag right at the start and then seeing you scouring the other end of the planet for long minutes... :) On the other your score would laugh off mine for the China, and Algeria ones :) (for the China one I thought it would be Singapore and for the Algeria one I woiuld have gone with Tunisia)

[@semotten]

I am proud of myself for beating you in the Surinamese and Rwandan rounds. (:

[@_purble]

The Lhasa one makes more sense if you look at the satellite image rather than the map, because they seem to be 200 m misaligned from each other for some reason. You can definitely see the building

[@neofujivideo]

Maps in China are required to use a slightly "distorted" coordinate system (supposedly for security reasons) so these kinds of discrepancies show up quite often. Google's street maps of China are bought from a Chinese provider & use the Chinese system, but their satellite imagery isn't adjusted to match. So the photosphere will have been tagged using the standard GPS coordinates which reflect the hotel's actual position as seen on the satellite view, but not its "legal" position on the distorted map.

[@_purble]

@@neofujivideo Ah, good to know

[@oliviergrou-gauthier4892]

« Proper Osama Bin Laden territory » 😂🤣

[@NicholasShanks]

I got Timgad within a second of you opening the image because I had just watched the previous video and the triumphal arch looked the same. Then when you spun around and saw the amphitheatre in the background in exactly the same angle frmo the arch as the one in Timgad had, I knew it was right!

[@breakingaustin]

The blue yellow and green flag is the Rwandan flag and I was screaming at my monitor lol.. That must hit hard. You'll get it next time Tom!!! Edit: you just checked it lol..

[@gabrielc6252]

When I played, I had a whole different image for that Tiber round.

[@sclitchmusic]

How is china an obscure country lol

[@mslo7312]

No official coverage excluding Hongkong

[@mftmss7086]

because its not on geoguesser normally you pillock

[@TheJipino]

I googled the St Regis in Lhasa and it looks pretty majestic, like a palace/fortress in LotR or something

[@jamesackerman7473]

The main reason knowing nothing else that I would have chosen China for that round was the lions in the corner and the bus. The lions remind me of the ones I see at Chinese restaurants in the US. Heartbreaker on the last one!

[@maxcrawford8334]

honestly tom, I dont think anyone cares how often you upload, we'd much rather a single good video every 2 weeks than a video of you stressing trying to fit in playing geoguessr everyday :)

[@MrSeventhDoctor]

Good to see another upload Tom! Always makes my day :) Well done on the Roman ruins; I was honestly thinking Syria or Iraq the whole time Also, St Regis is an international chain of hotels, like The Westin, The Hilton, Le Meridien, etc.