Playing competitive Geoguessr until I'm 5000th in the world (harpooning the dragon)

Playing Competitive Geoguessr until I'm ranked 5,000th in the world
Back in November you witnessed the crazy journey that was a rusty GeoWizard attempting to pierce the top 10,000 worldwide geoguessr players. Many of you will be pleased to know that this show is back with a second series.
The stakes will be higher, the standard will be higher, and the games are going to be tougher and more intense. Is GeoWizard top 5,000 material in 2023? This video will have you saying both yes and no to that question, several times.
How not to travel America fans: There is no set release date for Episode 5, but I am aiming for Sunday the 22nd 8pm GMT

[@Lornext]

People who think less of him because of his rank clearly dont know that GeoWizard is probably the actual reason why they even play this game in it's modern form. GeoWizard is the OG of this game and his old videos are the biggest reason this game became a thing again after a decade.

[@avienated]

Good point!

[@bigty5474]

What amaze me is how good he is without all the meta knowledge... The New Dehli guess is pretty common now and he still manage to win game like a boss. Much respect to GeoWizard

[@virushasdetectedawindows8381]

it's like when people say "x athlete today would destroy every athlete from 50 years ago" sure, but they're the pioneers of the game and the standard is always going to improve because of their work

[@Cubeforc3]

He's still one of the best around for having a knack of where he is. Sure, there are entire Discords full of people who study what the wheels on the Google car look like in Botswana or the types of bollards in Peru but that style of play is boring beyond words. Impressive, but it makes the game so boring to play or watch if you play it like that.

[@avienated]

@@Cubeforc3 there is a place for both play styles. I have learned a lot of meta myself and enjoy both playing the game and watching other good players. No need to call out people that enjoy the game differently than you do :)

[@Kuchenblech_Mafioso]

The jacket is already iconic

[@motionlessevent2528]

LETS GOOO NATS

[@kellerbailey4353]

Facts

[@headlights-go-up]

The jacket is already iconic

[@MaquiladoraIII]

GeoWizard Jacket >>> MJ Thriller Jacket

[@MattDzugan]

"come on, the nationals"

[@tomrich553]

“‘Gabe-itch-poossy’. Maybe I shouldn’t have read that out loud” had me dying

[@kiiturii]

and then literally half a second later he says "we gotta beat the poosi master" lmfao

[@Bismarck-S]

@@kiiturii meister he said

[@lauraelisee]

Yeah if you say it fast you figure it out 😂😮

[@Tophuh]

23:03

[@EnjoyerofYoutube]

hahahah i'm losing it

[@Griffen.]

Can't believe he early donged a top quality player. Truly a legend.

[@tomfrench5189]

Massive early dong!

[@lopton1]

time Stamp?

[@Happy_Shopper]

The dong came earlier than expected but it came nonetheless

[@SaintPhoenixx]

We need a 'dong' counter like that 'Get In' guy.

[@AlexJW224]

@@lopton1 at around 4:00

[@bungalo50]

Other Geoguessr youtubers: "That pole and that bollard and such and such road lines, etc." Tom: "Why, that IS mount Fuji!"

[@sanderappel4499]

“If you are in Australia and a stop sign has a black backside youre either in Brisbane or around Perth, so that’s a very useful tip”

[@Starphixx]

See Toms way of playing is 100x more entertaining and fun. Playing the meta and poles and such is so boring. Playing the vegetation, how it looks and feels, compass, now thats interesting and amazing.

[@sanderappel4499]

@@Starphixx Yeah also when playing myself. I try to remember the meta stuff sometimes, but I just can't be bothered, it's a lot more fun to try to figure out environmental clues

[@Starphixx]

@@sanderappel4499 exactly!

[@kazuro3949]

@@Starphixx to each of their own i guess. i find meta and everything pretty fun. learning vegetation is very fun too me as well. i just like getting good at the game

[@Theniccolo20slime]

Bro this dude dips, then comes back and he's gold division, dips again, travels America on a stick, comes back and is master. You love to see it: the wizard is back

[@SuperSMT]

All-time champ on vibe guessing Probably knows less about meta than every single other Master level player

[@danc.732]

From now on I'm referring to morning wood as "early dong"

[@LandonGoodwill]

22:10 😅🤣 "Wow, come on the nationals" Love your content Tom, been watching for years!

[@jcrehan3493]

Loving the adventure content. But also amazing to see you still have a passion for Geoguessr and you still wanting to get better at it, excited for more.

[@denniscarr9234]

For future reference, 'Isola delle' isn't a specific place, it just means 'Island of the....' 😆Nice video!

[@Sanutep]

It's more interesting hearing you talk about the foliage, buildings and people, than having the meta people recognise a type of car or an artifact. Sure it's not good for being "the best" whatever that means to each person, but, it sure is more interesting to me to watch.

[@joakim3964]

26:24 Tom important tip! When you have basically full health, and your opponent does not, just click somewhere right away. You dont lose anything and you are giving you opponent less time to heal!

[@IanWaititu]

I remember he figured that out in an episode. But apparently his memory has been wiped clean of that

[@korg47237]

@@IanWaititu He literally said it this episode, in the previous game.

[@IanWaititu]

I guess both me and Tom have a bad memory on this 😥

[@enigmaticx326]

Tom is the reason I play GeoGuessr at all. Way more entertaining than watching top ranked players using stuff like car meta. Never change Tom.

[@skedaddlebaker]

I love that Tom is able to win using his wordly experiences and years of knowledge instead of just memorizing Google cars and camera meta. Truly a pro

[@Aaronsolnelson]

I've missed the GeoGuessr stuff! Good to see this!

[@IsAMank]

Absolutely wicked channel, and big respect for sticking to some of the content that got you where you are. Looking forward to more success for you mate, thanks for the video!

[@brettanderson9793]

I used to watch your nmpz and challenge videos years ago. you got me into georgraphy. it was great to revisit your page and see that i still enjoy your content very much. thank you for expanding my mind to see the utter beauty in this world.

[@geoq4685]

Thought I'd give my take on some of these rounds and add some clues you can use: Game 1 (2:58): Round 1 (3:03): Polish electricity poles, identifiable by the fact that they are concrete and consist of holes which do not reach all the way to the bottom Round 2 (3:45): Small blue sticker on the pole, which is unique to France. Also town names ending with 'ac' tend to be more southern in France Round 3 (4:33): Large circular blur around the camera with low-quality coverage along with Hindi is India. In duels Indian car coverage seems to always be in New Delhi Round 4 (5:06): Slovakian language on those blue signs, Czech/Slovak bollards in distance (identifiable by two orange strips on them) Round 5 (6:03): Grey Google car with bars is Kyrgyzstan, not to be confused with the Guatemala car which is also grey but a bit more bulky, and climate is much warmer. Also it is the north car, as the reflection of the car does not reach the left side of the left wing mirror Round 6 (6:47): Fairly easy round, but also had octagonal concrete poles which are almost always Mexico Round 7 (8:46): Again Mexico poles, along with Gen 4 camera and South America stubby antenna at spawn Round 8 (9:52): Yellow outside lines, red-on-white chevrons, 'R' road numbers on green signs, white car, driving left, all good South Africa clues Game 2 (12:43): Round 1 (12:48): 'Rifts' in the sky, with standard EU plates (only one blue strip) and Balkan looking should be Montenegro Round 2 (13:40): Not a lot to go on, but wooden poles, no antenna, mailboxes on the floor, are all very common in US/Canada Round 3 (15:06): Pedestrian crossing sign with 4 stripes is unique to Norway and Sweden, and yellow sign underneath is unique to Finland and Sweden, meaning we must be in Sweden Round 4 (16:17): Red number plates in a mountainous Asian climate is Bhutan Round 5 (17:01): Longer antenna with rectangular concrete poles is usually Ukraine/Russia Round 6 (17:22): Apart from the flag, words ending with 'ja' are very common in the Balkans Round 7 (17:59): Similar to round 5, but with Cyrillic. Also trees painted white at the bottom are common in Ukraine Round 8 (18:34): Left hand drive, yellow back plates and white fronts, fairly easy round. I can't see clearly but there might have been a red strip on the back plate of that van which would give away Isle of Man, which also commonly uses Gen 2 camera Round 9 (19:24): From what little we can see we can make out a sign post with black and white stripes and palm trees, which is Malaysia Round 10 (19:33): Nothing much to say here Round 11 (20:13): I would have never guessed Jersey so can't help here lol Game 3 (23:03): Round 1 (23:10): Grey car with similar clues to game 2 round 4 Round 2 (24:06): Austrian blue street signs, very often Vienna Round 3 (24:21): Low cam coverage, Japanese script, very nice spot to see Mount Fuji and excellent guess by Tom Round 4 (25:12): Italian, shorter plates with blue strips on both sides Round 5 (26:07): Thai electricity poles are concrete, rectangular and with small dots going down them Round 6 (26:45): Grey Guatemala car Round 7 (27:26): If you looked down you would've seen black tape on the bar which is the Ghana car. Also seemed a bit drier than usual Ghana so a bit northern Round 8 (28:11): Korean language, identifiable by the circles in the text Round 9 (28:56): Signs saying 'Speed Limit' are unique to the US, and the lack of front plates and the tropical climate seemed good for Florida Round 10 (29:47): Gen 4 camera, bright coloured facades, good clue for Mexico Round 11 (30:26): The letters 'ě' and 'ř' are unique to Czech. Road signs with a red or blue background are a good clue for Czechia rather than Slovakia if its a 50/50 Feel free to add anything else below or correct me where I'm wrong.

[@Orbeancien]

for the last one, there's a building with "Ceska" written on it, right before he guessed

[@danbrellis]

Just to add - for that FL round (game 3 round 9), the P.A. you saw on the sign stands for public accountant, it was a business.

[@heartmountains]

Wearing the Nationals jacket oh my god it's perfect hahaha

[@onewhoeatspie]

Tom you are entertaining to watch because of how you figure out the location, using actual clues like foliage and language on signs, not just recognizing a recording quirk that means it has to be this particular underfunded google streetview team. Plus you are just a charming and funny guy.

[@IslanderJerYT]

As a Jerseyman, it always makes me happy when the island comes up on Geoguessr videos. Sweet win with it too :)

[@noahrussell2043]

I haven’t seen much of the Channel Islands before, let alone been to them, but was proud of myself identifying them whilst playing in my head, as after first I initially thought of Australia, when Tom got to the house, which sort of seemed half Gaelic/Celtic and half Mediterranean, with the fact that was Northern hemisphere and sea to the North, I was shouting internally for the guess to be placed on one of the islands! 😅🇯🇪

[@sapphirexclaws]

Same!! It's great to see it, and it is so distinctive.

[@Licw-Luxus]

Jersey is really distinct and recognizable on GeoGuessr.

[@karimguled2923]

I remember stumbling across this channel when it was on less than 10k subscribers. Haven't watched since and now I get this video recommended and the channel has more than a mil. Congratulations geowizard👏

[@PityMeofDurham]

As a Swede I immediately recognised Luleå and Kiruna. It was so obvious it was it Kiruna bc there was the airport symbol and later the hospital symbol next to it. I thought Narvik would lead him up the E10 to look at Kiruna instead of the base of the E10, but ... he beat them so

[@WuhSuhDood]

These are very fun to watch, I like the quick edits, trimming the fat. See you on the next USA travel video

[@Terry142v2]

"first time I've used dong isn't it" absolutely made me howl

[@victorsabatier334]

Man, I’m French and just an advice, when a French city name is finishing with “AC” like “Merignac” it’s in the south west of France not far away from Bordeau

[@kyzyl4915]

I think this video is a testament that you’re ready for NMPZ 10 seconds again

[@zucokanarinac9133]

is this the baseball jacket? :D

[@zakpostsrandomstuff7154]

Hey Tom! Would love to see you collab with rainbolt :)

[@MorganBrady]

Literally came here to comment the same thing!

[@sssilky3317]

13:55 "are we in the states now" he asks as he passes an American flag

[@lilmaciex]

29:10 - This town reminded me the greatest lyrics of the rap history "You know it's Nick Crompton and my collar stay poppin' Yes, I can rap and no, I am not from Compton England is my city And if it weren't for Team 10, then the US would be shitty I'll pass it to Chance 'cause you know he stay litty"

[@igape7762]

I’ve driven that road at 15:00! Knew it was New Hampshire immediately. You should to come back up to New England and cross New Hampshire as it is quite short with naturally beautiful lakes and mountains. You’d have transport and lodging on me Tom!

[@sillysewing1570]

‘I’m gunna piss myself, no seriously I need a piss’ is the best quote ever. Tom, you are hilarious and I love you, soz Verity x

[@kyttari.]

The music in the healing round is just a freaking jam

[@MrGpritt]

The amount of people that are at the top using car and camera meta makes it very difficult to get to this high level. It's refreshing seeing Tom get there using relatively little of that, aside from the odd Kenya or Mongolia round here and there. Not belittling anybody using meta, it's super impressive the well of knowledge people draw from in this game.

[@samuelwalter5602]

Excellent Jacket Tom!

[@Mr42Harry]

I love your content and your videos have really helped me through a tough week at work. I think you could perhaps be even more offensive with duels. Quite often you have enough knowledge to be able to apply pressure to the opposition, but you take the option to refine your accuracy as if it were a sub-10-minute challenge. Better to try catch them out when they have absolutely no idea, than surrender the potential large advantage for sake of guaranteeing a slim win. With a bit more strategy in this way I think you could be more effective.

[@blankface_]

You should make the jacket a staple of the channel

[@trissail5761]

I'd be really interested in an episode where you do a non timed round but describe your thought processes step by step. Blows me away when 10 seconds in you're like this is clearly Senegal and I'm still at the level of there's a sky and some trees...

[@KrishDesai1307]

He has many videos like that, maybe some of his attempts at a perfect score would intrigue you!

[@MrThePlayer188]

New series is my favorite thing, im more excited waiting for the next episode than any other TV show ❤ jacket is a great touch

[@peterjacobsen4246]

if you do some metas, you'll be top 500 in no time man. well played

[@Sal.K--BC]

Tom sometimes has the best luck with his guesses! wow!

[@vicv_TD]

We never got part 2 🥲

[@jacoL8]

tom just a quick strat you may use later, if its a healing round and you're close to 6000 then dont try and find the location, just push on and select a location within the first few seconds, force the other players hand a bit

[@MrSunshineFPS]

Hey Tom, Been watching you for ages now.. Think it's bout that time you get yourself a second monitor there bud.

[@googlemapsspeedruns777]

the jacket goes hard Tom!

[@tomaszm.3728]

Tom, great to see you back in Geoguessr again but I just can't get over your pronunciation of Bhutan. Love the vid anyway.

[@ChiefSupreme6803]

Lost it when he said "beyond get ins" 🤣🤣🤣 never heard that in my life

[@bzqp2]

Whenever you see a ton of horses or sheep on North-England looking countryside just go Isle of Man. Always works.

[@InternetKilledTV21]

13:45 I can't quite pick out what exactly it is, but I can spot the Northeast US almost instantaneously. My first guess was somewhere in the Green Mountains like Dorset, VT

[@BBKing1977]

“Come on, the Nationals!”

[@HForceClan]

You are probably a top ten geoguessr, the problem is there is no urgency in normal geoguessing. There are strats in this duel mode to give your opponent less time and make rough guesses if you are fast enough. These strats/skills are not about geoguessing but just a part of playing duel.

[@stargraj]

It's always great to watch your videos, take care :)

[@Malkovith2]

That last change from Czech was painful

[@zero_anaphora]

really think Tom needs to greenscreen in the rafters from his last flat. Gave it some ambience.

[@robin1987100]

Oh man that ending! I knew you were right to put in that area of CZ..

[@LordVilmore]

lol that last bet, first marker was right on the spot

[@gabgren1]

When you are almost full health and there’s an healing round, just click anywhere and dong asap as this will only stress the opponent. You don’t have much points to gain anyway.

[@emilyk4421]

Tom: "Are we in the states then?" *zooms by american flag* LOL

[@signbear999]

24:38 Is that Mt. Fiji? That's insane.

[@S-Nova0]

30:56 Audibly went "Oh no! 😯" to myself when he clicked in Slovakia

[@federico339]

Funnily enough "Isola delle Femmine" means "Females' Island" but it's just a small town in Sicily

[@pwalshofficial]

"I'm already hearing the dong. I don't know why it hasn't come yet." Pause.

[@Nyitemare]

What was that Kyrgyzstan round, that was such a good guess :O

[@jayjay1drum1skate]

When he sat down and just said “cmon the nationals” lmao

[@davidlittlewood2860]

"I don't know if you early dong a top quality player"

[@KoSXxPotatisbarnetXD]

"Are we in the states now" As he goes past an American flag

[@guzzztcom]

When you are on the lead on the healing round you should guess direct, you have nothing to win and dont want them to heal, so stress them by giving them no time.

[@craigcooperxyz]

Can't believe you kept the jacket!

[@olivediscgolf9015]

from 2 hours of Tom to another 30 minutes of Tom. Awesome

[@runeguy277]

16:56 now you know how we feel when we watch your videos.

[@MartX111]

the last guess made me cry

[@zoomin9397]

15:12 as a swede it hurt to see you guess something other than kiruna. There was a sign showing that the kiruna airport was to the right, which means you are in kiruna.

[@nao__channel]

16:56, the building, more specifically its roof paired with the huge misty mountains gives it away

[@AsdfAsdf-uo1rj]

I'd say the red license plate was more of a tell. Tom thought it was yellow for some reason.

[@Uhhhhhhhmmmm]

Love the videos mate, is there any chance the 10 second NMPZ record attempts come back? They were always a good watch.

[@CLANK...]

video idea: go to the exact places geoguessr plops you in. Could do diff variations of this, if you lose to someone you have to go to the exact last place you lost at.

8:39 He went to the state that exports avocados to the world, and that's the first thing that says on the billboard at 6:54. I think that he was cheating because you only know the state of Mexico if you google it, and Sinaloa is the most significant state that exports chili and tomatoes. He spent a lot of time in the wrong state.

[@isaacparadis7951]

Loving the Washington Nationals gear, Tom!

[@destinodk]

soo god to see you took the jacket home with you, you look gorgeous young sir Tom :)

[@tachysphex4095]

30:43 I think we were all screaming at the screen when Česká showed up

[@hammershark23]

I don't understand how you guys use the sun as a reference. How does that work? Also, Let's go The Nationals!!!

[@backlog2389]

I would pay money to see a cut of the times Tom was not recording. Its unfortunate that cannot exist. It must happen a fair bit for him to be asking all the time.

[@GLangry]

"Im gonna piss myself. No seriously i need to piss" hahaha 21:55

[@henry_b1230]

2:39 the Gambler's Fallacy

[@dblockjumper6929]

3:30 those poles are only found in Poland btw

[@jdeuk499]

Thanks for all the recent content Tom :)

[@indiguito]

i dont know why i got so anxious when mexico showed up two times in a row 😭😭😭

[@V0r4xiz]

Tom wearing his Nationals jacket for this video is a great callback. I wonder if someone will be watching this in a few years, knowing nothing about the US trip, and wonders why the fuck some Brummie kid is wearing the worst baseball jacket in the world. :D

[@galaxybrainclips]

Plot twist: GeoGuessr is actually being used by CIA to hire top ranked players 👀

[@olivier2553]

A name like Marignac, ending with "ac" is bound to be South West of Francec.

[@MattFFEMT]

"Are we in the States?" As he clicks past a US flag

[@DW-rb1if]

A small tip: when the signs with street names are red it is always czechia as far as I know

[@DogBread1]

When it's the healing round and you are full of hp try and press wherever That's going to limit the time for your opponent to find the place and heal

[@zackantonioli8313]

Come on the Nationals!

[@andrewcurtis4568]

Loving the Nationals jacket.

[@boarbot7829]

Eeee I knew it was NH for the USA one. It’s always very peaceful looking and quite forested.

[@crackone]

Play again button doesn’t mean you gonna play the same person but just another duel

[@dylanscaife7470]

bro looks like a meerkat when he's looking about haha

[@jessali_]

Insane how you don't know the meta and still oftentimes get the country right even when there's no language or signs. That's true Wizard stuff!

[@maximeanselot3007]

Congratulations for your documentary serie. It's way better than what Netflix and Amazon are putting out.

[@chrisu2002]

what documentary?

[@Smitho94]

@@chrisu2002 how not to travel America, I assume