Geoguessr - 20 Country Challenge. Attempt #1

[@Geo_Charlie]

"IT'S BLOODY ESWATINI"

[@aaclovern9804]

Swaziland bamboozling everyone

[@ShadowQuik]

A classic line

[@belledelphine4313]

sounds like some drink :)

[@thsimpsonsguy]

This is the first time I've used the KZbin comment function in 10 years probably, but I just had to show my gratitude for this channel. I've watched so many videos in the last couple of weeks and I've enjoyed all of them immensely! Thanks from Sweden!

[@hobobobo5244]

Your welcome from America

[@benpettit7235]

Hobo Bobo you shall not claim him. He is British

[@budisoemantri2303]

@@benpettit7235 bUt hE SpEak EnGliSh

[@hobobobo5244]

@@benpettit7235 I am America

[@obamium7850]

Hobo Bobo you cannot say that he is yours. Keep your hands off the uk

[@Sykelone]

The sneeze at 16:43, the "oh god it's got me" and the blow of the nose being kept in the video just solidly confirms how much you enjoy the content you make. You don't feel the need to edit in fancy music, cut out the sneezes or have to dress up fancy for the camera. You even still check if you're still recording every video. I love it. It's such a pure channel, one you can binge watch. Thanks for the content, Tom ♥

[@kingofblox2976]

Or because he just couldn't be bothered to edit it out (lol no hate)

[@mr.yawnie]

that sneeze irked me though. One should always sneeze into their elbow, not directly into their hands. As hands are the part of your body that touches every surface and thus spreads the germs. I know he's at home, BUT once you learn to sneeze into your hands, you do it generally everywhere you go. It's something that has irked me for a long time (no, i do not have germophobia), but especially more so now during the covid-19 outbreak.

[@vigilancebrandon3888]

Jani Andsten same

[@rokturi]

yw

[@vindicatelol]

@@mr.yawnie I sneeze in the air, fight me

[@patricknaughton3207]

15:35 I was desperate for him to notice that the road-sign style in the image (Black numbers in white box with black star thing above) matched the ones on the map in Thailand, and not at all in Laos

[@CloudAerisSephiroth]

Also one of the direction signs showed Ratchathani and it showed on the map when he was checking the road numbers he found in Thailand. Good thing he was so thorough!

[@RadioactiveLobster]

Same here, yelling at the screen knowing it won't do any good.

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

When he zoomed in and all the street signs had the same symbols as the picture I started freaking out

[@Faygris]

It's weird that he doesn't seem to know about this. The style of highway number signs is always one of the most important clues for me

[@netii126]

The little black thingy above the number is also the Thailand emblem, but I had to look that up too :D

[@cjwhite7801]

Do perfect score challenge in Eswatini

[@BlameItOnGreg]

Yesss!

[@mats6120]

It's gonna help him tremendously in situations like the last one...

[@Inseut]

YES PLEASE

[@markmolenaar4479]

Hey GeoWizard, a quick tip to recognize Thailand instantly: at 11:07 on the street pole there is an image of the Thai monarch. They have it everywhere and once you have seen that picture, you cannot unsee it :)

[@aspzx]

It's so weird to me that about 9 months ago I would keep getting recommendations for GeoWizard videos and I would never click on them thinking "why would I watch that" and now they are probably the thing I look forward to most popping up in my subscribe feed. Thanks for all the awesome content, Tom!

[@Jameswmin]

I remember a few years ago thinking “why do people watch other people play games online?” And now one of my preferred ways to chill out is watching people play Geoguessr.

[@aoelp]

I randomly stumbled upon this channel in fall/autumn of 2015 and therefore was subscribed when he "just" had a few thousand subs. And legend me did not even watch the "mission across Wales" which he got famous for. Just like I subscribed to LazarBeam before 2 million and to Pewds at like 6.7 million or so during his "Slender - The Arrival" series and did not really watch any of them during their peak.

[@abbyferrari]

me too, but I had subscribed because I liked the adventure videos crossing Wales in a straight line, when I saw he was uploading a lot of videos playing unknown games I thought: Why would anyone watch that? Now I'm a big fan, I even watch the twitch live streams.

[@UmarB97]

It's not a Geowizard vid if he doesn't say "are we recording?" halfway through

[@ShadowQuik]

It's not a geowizard vid without an "IT'S BLOODY ESWATINI"

[@josefanon8504]

granis does it too xD

[@yuotueb]

I just wonder how often he discovers he's not

[@leomine1378]

Are we in Malasya?

[@charuan12]

Get in

[@LOTLore]

"For absolute peace of mind... Are we recording?" lmao

[@100_pesos]

11 mins in.

[@LOTLore]

@@100_pesos yea?

[@jaredh8584]

He does that every video. I love his vids but could that be a way of cheating?

[@LOTLore]

@@jaredh8584 I dont see how recording could be cheating, he is just making sure he is recording so he dosnt lose the footage of a good run

[@kotorishao4301]

Just a tip, when trying to differentiate Malaysia and Indonesia. A general rule of thumb is many motorcycles = Indonesia, else Malaysia.

[@LeeWatcher5810]

Is the -si ending also Indonesian or shared? Because words like administrasi I think comes from Dutch administratie being a Dutch colony once, while in Malaysia it would've been more English/Malay sounding? Idk, just a language and history geek here

[@RosyMiranto]

There's also the house styles, if it's more Malay then it's Malaysia, if you saw Joglo shapes, then it's Indonesia

[@Maehtilamm]

Him: *sees a couple of bushes* "This looks like Britain"

[@ice711real]

It did look like Britan though

[@ff_crafter]

Well it's his country

[@chaddicusmaximus]

small narrow roads through endless green farmlands is half of the UK experience mate

[@vikingbaguettebratwurst8619]

Yes very distinctive Britain, even though I’ve only been to London.

[@danquaid7103]

Also incredibly Irish with the ferns and greenery i was half contemplating if I live on that road

[@katfiddler7971]

6:27 is the face you see peepin through your window at 3am

[@ciarangale4738]

lmao seeing it again in this context made me jump a little

[@ice711real]

Literley sees one gas particle in the air: This seems to be Indonesia...

[@ff_crafter]

That one it's easy He sees at the sign to see the language and maybe he sees a motorcycle so it's must be in Southeast Asia

[@ice711real]

@@ff_crafter it's a good thing he didn't go Malaysia on that one

[@garruksson]

Eswatini, the ultimate nemesis.

[@jesse291]

13:18 if you can't remember, highway interchanges could give a clue Also the highway number board style is the same as Google map ones, clear clue that they are the same country

[@thryduulf]

I kept (silently) screaming to look at the highway marker style - Laos has blue, Thailand has white with a black symbol on. You're staring at two white signs with black symbols on.

[@hammerth1421]

It was bloody obvious to me because Thailand is a monarchy and there was a pole with an image of the monarch. He sweeped over it but didn't notice it at all.

[@blacklion79]

@@hammerth1421 It was bloody obvious by script! I could understand as you could mix up Lao and Myanmar scripts (though they are pretty different to my eye), but Thai script and Lao script are completely different.

[@Ulkomaalainen]

Yeah, the "Not knowing Laos flag" issue aside (it is very different from Thailand) that's what I was screaming at the screen (admittedly only metaphorically): look at the style of the signs. Not the numbers, we're not in for a perfect score, we just need the country.

[@607]

blacklion79 Wait... was it the Thai script, then? Because I thought it was the Myanmar script.

[@rchurchward]

I can relate to your "Looks like Britain" comment with the bushes. I was playing a round and was put on a small road between two hedgerows and thanks to your Mission Across Wales videos I knew IMMEDIATELY where I was. Cheers mate!

[@Glumyy]

I discovered you from the recent 10 second challenge videos made, and you're becoming one of my favorite creators. I've been binging your videos, I honestly find them really fascinating and educational, keep up the great work!

[@TheJAGfilms]

I was just reliving the glory of the 15 country record as this was being uploaded... what a lovely coincidence

[@jameswoodish]

Looks like Muang means "walled town", like -burg or -burgh suffixes in European place names.

[@Nilguiri]

Excellent!

[@wellwhale]

Yes , Muang เมือง is mean town

[@wii60own]

Correct. Mueang is town

[@BrittB2841]

Yesss i recently found your channel and im obsessed with your 10 and 15 country series. So glad you picked this up again and made it even harder!!

[@evankrosney6759]

Anyone playing Geoguessr: "there's no way this is anything other than South Africa" eSwatini and Lesotho: "hold my beer"

[@lunac6094]

Lesotho would be a bit easier since its so mountainous but yea good luck with eSwatini

[@thekandyman.]

I discovered this channel a week ago and this channel is amazing. Keep up the good work.

[@vikingbaguettebratwurst8619]

Same

[@Sniper4c4]

GW: Makes impossible Denmark guess Also GW: this looks like Vancouver

[@Halalslagteren]

As a dane who could read the sign, I was very relieved when he didn't pick south africa xD

[@thisguy976]

@@Halalslagteren surely you must have been impressed more so than relieved that he picked the west coast of Jutland. I mean come on, what are the chances a non Dane would be that close.

[@ice711real]

I thought it was Calgary once I saw the tower

[@iuliu_]

@dumb bell what did it say?

[@EmilJorgensen05]

@@iuliu_ "Ærindekørsel tilladt", meaning that you are only allowed to drive there if you live there, or has to do some work there.

[@jackghw]

Although other youtubers may have past this milestone; No one has personality like you. Love watching your vids mainly for your chill, positive vibes mate.

[@izusblur]

"I'll tell you what, Eswatini is really starting to piss me off" 😂

[@itstbritt9413]

The one from Niagara Falls lmao u were in front of my house ahah I was screaming NIAGA RA FALLSSSSSSSS

[@Jason-cy7cj]

What are the chances

[@linusfotograf]

Thai flag outside a police station - "It might be Laos!" ;-)

[@thomasrouse7168]

On that Thai one you zoomed in on a big picture of the Thai king that that have everywhere!! Don’t forget that, in Thailand that have pictures of the king everywhere. Also I watched another episode where I was screaming at the TV because you were saying “where it’s n the world do they have pink taxis?” Bangkok if FULL of pink taxis lol. Peace brother.

[@haythe-u3m]

The way you say Michigan sounds like you're saying McChicken and now I want a McChicken.

[@Macieks300]

He's doing it on purpose.

[@haythe-u3m]

@@Macieks300 Uh no. He's just British.

[@gomfcoogs2231]

Only one country in so far but you forgot the little bell when you get one correct. It was always so satisfying

[@liamjordan9244]

Always love new challenges from Tom "Are We Recording" Davies!

[@fintighe6089]

16:44 bless you

[@Flyingpapaya]

You have no idea how excited I got for #4 and you zoomed in on the plate and I called it as South Dakota.

[@jameswoodish]

What a beautiful Muang.

[@RossMcDowall94]

16:00 they had the thai king on the photo too

[@Tejvir7]

Always looking forward to the are we recording

[@dieseljr7946]

Oh yes. This is the type of Geoguessr content I live for.

[@Matt-qg4ut]

Insert Scottish accent here - "PAKITAN" - had me dying ahha

[@Nerivean]

lmao

[@speedocowboy]

Being able to recognize written scripts & languages should be the number one skill developed for this game. It baffles me that you're looking at the Thai flag and unsure whether it's Thai or Laos, but one look at the written script and it's instantly obvious that you're in Thailand.

[@Dunkster23]

I think what swayed me from South Africa to Eswatini on the last round were the road markings. White lines in the middle with yellow lines on the outside. I feel like SA has yellow lines in the middle alot like the US. Kudos making it that far in any case!

[@geep2004]

Wow i actually recognized Niagara Falls in this video I went there last summer and it was great. It’s cool seeing places that you’ve been to in this game

[@HCBARLOW]

You look like Bernardo Silva

[@Baepsae_]

Look up the youtuber Steve Mould, they're practically triplets

[@ammarkassam6747]

Baepsae Steve looks exactly like Bernardo

[@haroldb6773]

Definitely looks more like Raheem Sterling

[@flop1272]

No he looks like mendy

[@ammarkassam6747]

Flop I don’t really see that, there’s an uncanny likeness to Kante tho

[@VainBuddhist]

That Thailand one was frustrating lol I've had that exact one before, you hovered your mouse directly over the exact spot multiple times

[@AQDuck]

"Starting it fresh, just get 5 again, it's fine" [Checks timeline] Oh no...

[@moritzseiderfan5492]

Michigander here. At 18:00 I sprung up and immediately said to myself “that’s Michigan”. Looks so familiar even though I haven’t been to that part of the state. It might be the adopt a highway sign

[@invertedninthchord]

A sign in the Thailand round had "Ubon Ratchathani" on it, which is the same as a place in Thailand you passed several times on the map.

[@Martin-88]

I just came to post that! You see it on the sign at 10:45 and then in the middle of the map at 12:36

[@antoineservant7328]

He literally apologized for not knowing on which side of the road you drive in Laos. Bruhhh

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

And you guessed the same island too! I would've guessed Sumatra or Malaysia. That tower is the Skylon Tower. It's similar to the CN Tower because the same methods used to build it were used to build the CN Tower. The Skylon Tower is older than the CN Tower

[@6891x]

CN Tower and Skylon Tower look nothing alike though...

[@coulrophobic123]

I'm from Sioux Falls. I recognized from the street sign instantly where you were. That brick building with the garage is Touchmark at All Saints. It was originally built in the 19th century as a private religious school, but is now an assisted living/retirement community.

[@JamieAtSLC]

That Denmark guess could go in insane guesses compilation.

[@rowanrsps7539]

Thanks for the good content while I suffer through sickness right now. Your sense of humor is fucking great

[@genewitch]

that tiny green sign next to the white sign you were trying to figure out in #10 (michigan) is a US mile marker signpost. They're green and have text vertically. Sometimes they're black on white, but 90% (i think) they're small rectangular signs near the ground, usually on a post and occasionally on bridge features, and green.

[@Tatjana-_-]

My childish ass was giggling everytime you said muang

[@costa9085]

This alphabet and left side driving can only be Thailand. Other clues: Yellow flags (former king color) King picture on the poles Light grey police car with dark burgundy stripe Lactasoy sign (police station sponsor!) Sort of mythical bird silhouette on road signs (national symbol) City name with Ubon on Nakhon in it Hope that helps in the future :)

[@sayspin9910]

Cool tip that can be really usefull : at 3:20 you can see a black ducktape on the edge of one of the bars of the google car, if you see this it's 100% Ghana !

[@christinawynia3843]

Hello from Sioux Falls, South Dakota! Instant recognition as soon as I saw it.

[@donkeyteeth6810]

Favorite series is back!!

[@alesheast4091]

Im looking forward to this series!

[@cassidym9002]

I'm from Michigan and I could instantly tell when the Michigan one came up, it looks just like the rest of the Midwest but with bad repair jobs on all the roads.

[@josselinmarti4012]

The tip for Ghana : if there is a piece of black tape at the end of one of the Google car's roof rack bars, it is Ghana!

[@josselinmarti4012]

Not a joke..

[@cadeh072]

I knew you would do this someday! 10. 15. 20.

[@LegonTW0]

17:40 hey you picked my city, I was like NOOOO NOT QUITE THERE

[@pedroeldiablo811]

I just love how you apologise for not knowing which side of the road they drive on in Laos

[@Crustopherr]

A tip for the Thailand/Laos one, google maps matches up the sign types with the labels. So Thailand has white signs with black symbols above them on both the map and on the signs you were looking at.

[@danekerkin]

The Pacitan joke had me spluttering my drink

[@zhuofanzhang9974]

I got so nervous watching you choose between Thailand and Laos... Especially when I remember Laos flag doesn't look like that, and that Laos probably drives on the right because it used to be a French colony. Luckily the road number worked out.

[@AbiSaysThings]

For Thailand/Laos knowing the difference between the scripts could help! They look very similar but generally Lao looks curlier and Thai is more angular or 'squared off'.

[@louiscarr1712]

You've got a bloody jumper on, it's roasting

[@Fev63htu]

You shoud make a video/challenge,, trying to get as few points as possible. That'l be nice. Thanks for the Denmark-video btw

[@TuningPV80cc]

4:12 hahaha what was that final stare at the little goat!

[@Nicryc]

A little tip to recognise Ghana : if there is a black tape on the tip of one bar of the Google car, it's Ghana.

[@matthewjohnson4779]

How do you get GeoGuessr Pro in the UK because it only offers me the chance to pay in dollars??

[@daiooji]

That portrait on the load @13:10 is, I think, the king of thailand. Those portrait is everywhere in Thailand. It can be helpful to identify the country. And I think the blue banner on the police station is Military Ads because they are currently under the Military coup detat.

[@Amalunatic]

These are always fun!

[@zhep03]

Fair play on Michigan guess. Thought forsure Canadian Shield (east Manitoba or lake of the woods area Ontario) shocked it wasn’t cause the roads in Canada and the shoulders in that area are pretty poor compared to USA.

[@SwedishHouseFifa]

I was happy when I got 10 countries in a row with this format. 20 is MADNESS

[@chrish8111]

holy hell, that title says it all. GL

[@thgaminghd8197]

Is your new straight line mission coming out soon?

[@adamchater7]

It's next weekend I believe

[@lukaslh76]

@@adamchater7 Yes on Sunday

[@SpitfireMLG]

Can he do Russia this time?

[@janzjenau]

Are we just going to ignore the fact he's wearing a jacket in the middle of summer?

[@tarantuIas]

Jan Görbe bro it’s winter smh

[@DitraLids]

It's been cold over here lol

[@schnelltv1956]

Pretty sure the sign at 7:06 says "Arbejdskørsel tilladt" which means kinda like "work related driving allowed".

[@SwedishHouseFifa]

Austria added streetview recently... you need to try and get a perfect score!

[@IvanMiletic]

Meanwhile Granis doing 50 country challenge 😂

[@EncryptedBear8]

And the world record on stream with twitch chat help is 291 country streak

[@timschnitzel]

And he called his score of 21 „laughable“

[@ilkobliznakov2609]

50+ even cause he needed to go somewhere

[@reggiedixon2]

I think there is a video of Mapper doing 79ish

[@mountainguessr9919]

@@reggiedixon2 79 countries without help on "Diverse World" is extemely good. I can only get a 7-10 country streak with no moving.

[@liamdienemann8937]

The Hayfever's been grim this season

[@AmbrosiaR]

I've been binging a lot of these challenges and I about shit my pants at 5:04 as I live only a 3 minute walk away from that location. It's just down the street from me. Whoa! I'm still surprised Sioux Falls, SD USA was ever an option to include in these games.

[@RedSquirrelHunter]

You’re a genius Tom

[@leonardodicaprio2311]

Quick tip for Canada, if you see a Canadian flag you can instantly remove Quebec from the possibilities because down there everyone has the Quebec flag instead of the Federal one. If it has a lot of mountains its in British Columbia or west Alberta.

[@dabobfotoday5397]

**sneezes** “oh god, it’s finally got me”

[@ZorroDk]

6:20 That Danish sign said "Ærindekørsel tilladt". I don't think you would have been able to read that anyway :D The upper sign means no cars or motorbikes are allowed to drive in. The lower one with the text allows some driving though - if you only have a quick errand like picking up or dropping off or if you live down the road and are on your way home (errands).

[@kcg285]

The white sign in Michigan is common is the US. They say something like "The XYZ club volunteers to pick up litter on this road"

[@wjyt5]

On the second one you can see the orange poles on the side of the road. Those are there to mark where the road is when all other identifying features are covered in snow.

[@Mrhockey8713]

KZbin needs a feature where you can hide the video length for certain youtubers of your choice. Giveaway every time and I’m not disciplined enough to not check :( great stuff Tommy

[@dannykleina2743]

LOVE A NEW UPLOAD

[@wintersummers3085]

love this kind of challenge

[@breadddie]

ooh when i saw that the thailand road symbols on the map looked the same as the signs in the clue i felt very smart

[@TheTomNextDoor]

UK guess was Devon, quite close to the border

[@jake12.48]

For the michigan one, you can see a mile marker just behind the adopt a highway sign. Mile marker means USA

[@anananananananah]

Yellow stripes on the side of the road and white in the centre are usually found only in Africa and the Middle East, not Australia and New Zealand, that last round was either South Africa, eSwatini or Botswana

[@jamesd5241]

this guy will make a great grand-dad at some point

[@AnRuixuan]

On the Thailand location there was a sign right next to the police station that said "Ubon Ratchathani", which was the big city that you were hovering around when trying to find the 24 and 2191 roads.

[@domthedonkey69420]

I think adding in clips to increase the video length, so that it doesnt spoils how far you got, would be a good idea.