More Insane Guesses on Geoguessr's Hardest Format (but cruel scores)

Last week, after some time out from this format, I somehow managed a whopping score of 23,741, along with a host of insane guesses. I knew that that pressure free form wouldn't continue though, and sure enough I performed worse in my next session. None the less, here are the highlights.

[@sebastianbaquero7227]

That Montevideo round. Just pure madness😂😂😂

[@ZielAmerak]

is not even a town, just a silo.

[@sebastianbaquero7227]

@@ZielAmerak really? Why is a silo on a road sign? And who was the "jackass" that named that silo after Uruguay's capital city?

[@Stein1982]

@@sebastianbaquero7227 Seems to be a railway station.

[@martinch0]

Hilarious, I'm from Montevideo and that looked rather dry but I wouldn't have guessed right no way hahahahha

[@finewineproductions648]

@@sebastianbaquero7227 I think you mean who named Uruguay capital after that silo

[@FelipeMesquita]

"I knew it was belgium because it looked like the Netherlands" - That's why I never get any good score

[@TheJipino]

Belgium is to the Netherlands as Canada is to the US. If you see something that looks like "we have Netherlands at home," it's Belgium

[@PkPvre]

@@TheJipino Yep, it's so werid. There is nothing in particular I can point out, but pretty much all Belgium rounds look like the Netherlands, but somehow always feel slighty off.

[@geofreak6294]

The so called feeling

[@marcelo497]

@@PkPvre Belgium is a strange country

[@ogsim5162]

@@TheJipino belgium gives me vibes of just being a bootleg version of the closest neighboring country. The south looks like dollar store france.

[@danielionsplaylists]

That last round was bruuuutal. Really do need the perfect storm

[@omaralabdulrahaman8602]

Tom

[@bobber0001]

Tom

[@soupfork2105]

yeah, heartbreaker

[@BryceRogers_]

O tom

[@HorrocksSam]

GeoWizard, on hardest difficulty: "Ok, as a warm up game, I'll be happy with a score of 21,000." Me, on easiest difficulty: "Great! I finally broke 10,000 points!"

[@dashdots]

You’ve gotta start somewhere

[@lightscore96]

*Sees a photo for 2 seconds*: Oh DEFINITELY Kentucky 😂

[@joepdewild589]

Idk how but in the first round i saw the house and screamed "Pennsylvania". I have never even been to the usa

[@timfitzgerald7014]

@@joepdewild589 I’m from the northeast US and that round couldn’t be more Pennsylvania. Good eye

[@gmansplit]

As a former Kentuckian, those black fences are very characteristically Kentucky. It's certainly possible that Tom knew that.

[@kozcs2]

@@gmansplit same here I used to live in Frankfort, those fences are everywhere

[@schweckles]

It's the fences. That specific type of fence is everywhere in Kentucky and rarely seen anywhere else.

[@cvkline]

Tom, your reaction to that Montevideo fiasco made me burst out laughing! "Oh, Montevideo, yes please!" *click* *is five thousand miles off* *blink* "Sorry, wot?"

[@JBroMCMXCI]

Yes I also watched the video

[@lyva]

@@JBroMCMXCI do you want me to dry your blanket?

[@adityapathak5761]

@@lyva lmfao that's a top tier retort

[@kjdude8765]

@@adityapathak5761 As brutal as the round itself.

[@maxgraves6968]

@@JBroMCMXCI It was still a funny moment... lighten up

[@rightproperlad]

*image comes up* me, confidently: Australia... Tom: Spain me: ...aka Spain

[@liv9422]

I did the exact same thing

[@L1N0333]

I'm from Spain and I'm madness with it it's ridiculous

[@isthatarealponcho254]

Australia: Who are you? Spain: I'm you but stronger

[@Chris.1812]

10:45 I had a South Africa round once that dropped me next to a round sign. On that sign was “East London,” “La Rochelle street” and “Berlin.” I’d never been more confused in my life

[@darci480]

Montevideo had me crying

[@quas-r]

6:29 Jesus Christ, he can sense heat through the monitor. He is truly on a different level.

[@6Pope9]

lmao

[@bradsivse2031]

Tbf it does seem a hot place

[@srmaz565]

@@bradsivse2031 whole ass solar panel in there it has got to be warm

[@krix17]

@@srmaz565 that's not how solar energy works...

[@BlankNames111]

@@krix17 shush

[@luminouskiwi1104]

*mountainous landscape with overcast and a wet road* Me: Surely this is Japan Tom: Surely this is Switzerland

[@maaalene]

About the Italy one at 6:15: The region Trentino-Alto Adige is influenced by Mediterranean weather. Those are some valleys with a lot of sun and wind, which is why there is not much rain. The town Merano has southern climate and palm trees as well. On the other hand, just across the border in Austria and Switzerland, the climate is very different because some mountain ranges of the Alps divide the weather. In fact the valleys are narrower which leads to less wind, more clouds, colder weather. So a different valley = different climate. Common thing in the Alps. ;)

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

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[@Mahoot]

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[@chinanumberone7723]

x

[@raffaelepiccini3405]

Well I think altitude has a lot to do with it, it's not just the mountain "dividing" the weather, but the fact that at higher altitudes you have colder climates .. as simple as that, the Mediterranean probably does play an effect, but not as much as altitude

[@andreig4252]

I recognized the area immediately! I went on the highway from Bolzano to Verona in vacation and this type of landscapes were astonishing! All those fields and constantly being in a valley

[@TheRockyLeonFan]

Me being 300 miles away absolutely chuffed with myself and then seeing Tom banging a plonk 9 miles away from a road in the middle of nowhere really knocks my confidence.

[@mathieu_jacob]

"Banging a plonk" hahaha I'll have to borrow this one

[@oliverrainer5771]

Ay just keep practicing mate

[@Glenhh]

This has to be the most insane guess compilation without actually being a compilation! Just incredible!

[@albertocanadacarril4175]

This guy is just another level. On 4:34, how does he know it’s Spain within 3 seconds just with that landscape? No signs, cars, words or even lines on the road... I’m from Spain and it would have taken me so many guesses. That’s insane

[@micocalimlim6339]

Maybe the Sun's location or the landscape?

[@tatysanicfreak4902]

Verdad? Ni yo había caído te lo juro

[@galsmok6392]

just a feeling bro it comes after playing the game a lot

[@johnroberts7185]

This guy will see a road with trees on the side and know within a few miles where on the planet it is. That's a superpower.

[@pattravels]

And in 10 seconds....

[@pizzaforbakefest]

That Montevideo round was crazy. Interestingly, there's a town in Minnesota called Montevideo, maybe you'll one day get a round there

[@smaloney100]

I’m waiting for some fun Oregon rounds given that they have Albany, Detroit, Phoenix, Dallas, Milwaukie, Springfield, Niagara and more. They really suck at coming up with names

[@phtuber5469]

@@smaloney100 Thats because people moved there like 200 years ago and they just named those places after the ones they came from, its as simple as that, but yeah very few original place names in Oregon indeed.

[@jorgscz9175]

Its clear this is the best content on youtube

[@ishaan1-o5p]

Tom: Gets a score 96 miles away Also Tom: Just down the road 5:00 😂

[@vincenzodanello4085]

then what if he's 9 miles away? is that just downstairs? 😂

[@ounobaga1829]

well to be fair, on a a global scale, 100 miles is basically just down the road

[@Roozyj]

There is a road between those cities, sooo xD

[@pigeoncube8881]

@@ounobaga1829 my dad used to make the argument that anywhere that you can technically get on a road is "just down the road"

[@weronika01212]

I don't even wanna admit how fast I'm clicking on his videos man

[@lyva]

He's just such a wholesome dude, how could you not

[@StephenIC]

Never has a KZbinr lived up to his name so much. Some of these guesses are crazy

[@gwts1171]

I had that same Montevideo round a few days ago. When I saw it pop up for you I thought, "oh, no...".

[@szyszki9088]

@@mh4374 rather low, but still can happen! There are over 50k locations on this map

[@asjons69]

@@mh4374 u can rate location so probably many people have rated it and it has been recomended more

[@jonssi1374]

imagine showing him your holiday pictures of a tree and he just says "oh you were in Rome?

[@Alex-Aviation]

This is what I need after a long day :D

[@hecktor3125]

We all need geowizard on a friday afternoon

[@AxxLAfriku]

I am the most famous man on YouTub! This is not bragging! This is the truth! The truth will set you free, dear alex

[@MasonBryant]

I've had proper shit week. Nice to relax.

[@marekvesely]

I absolutely love this 10 second NMPZ format. I think you should keep going til' you hit 24k+ score. Insane to watch these amazing guesses.

[@theonce-ler1734]

I jave so much more respect for you after watching the Wales challenge

[@getinwizard2877]

“Get in” count: 0 I really thought there would be one @11:50 and @15:30... oh my god crazy. And the Monterrey guess.... the “come on” is usually a foreshadow to a full on “get in”. Unfortunate we didn’t get one. Maybe there was TOO much pressure.

[@DjentleBen1105]

You addressed exactly what was going through my mind on the "Porto" one. It was like you were speaking directly to me lol

[@MWiatrakeightbillion]

I was screaming internally for him to go to Portugal, lol. Never in doubt I guess

[@VoldemortNightcore]

Dude what the hell? I am from Turkey and I didn't even consider it to be Turkey at 11:25 but you guessed it. You are indeed a wizard!

[@Javislaterlp]

For future reference, because I see you do a lot of mistakes with Spain: Spain is a lot greener than you think. Castilla is a bit dry but the rest is really green, specially the north and south. That landscape that was Tunisia in the end, is impossible to find in mainland Spain, maybe Fuerteventura or Ceuta and Melilla.

[@tatysanicfreak4902]

You got a point there, but as a spaniard myself I have to say that even got me. I think it was the olive trees...

[@goncalofonte7398]

10:47 sums up this game mode, keep up the good work 🤣

[@eurekify1563]

I’m fairly certain that town doesn’t even exist in South Africa

[@UttiFrutti27]

I have said it before and I'll say it again. I LOVE THIS DUDE! everything about him is just so pleasing, his humor, character, and most important...his knowledge. Keep going, Tom. Its been a pleasure since I had the opportunity to meet you and your fantastic youtube channel.

[@111Malefic]

Montevideo is the name of a silo that is nearby that sign, not a glitch, just an unlucky coincidence haha

[@jxavier3876]

Last round in the second go (5:42) was my home city,Calgary, definitely looked like the right architecture. Remember for the future that there are very few recently built neighborhood’s like that in atlantic Canada the only ones would be around St Johns in Newfoundland and the weather and landscape would look quite different from what was in that round.

[@quotient9974]

I live near Edmonton and when I saw that pop up I instantly thought “man that looks like exactly where I live...”

[@kurshinburshin9784]

Could you do a video where you go through your guesses and just kind of explain your thought process and the clues you are seeing that give you the guesses?

[@chuckyfox9284]

At this time control it's probably mostly intuition

[@omgawesomeomg]

I think most of it is subconscious, somewhere in the back of your mind you know you've seen something like it before even if you can't put your finger on it. Of course there are also more obvious clues like number plates and stuff.

[@pex3]

Look through his no moving challenge videos, he explains his thought process really well

[@ozapenguin]

He explains it more in the videos with longer time formats. There's stuff like position of the sun, license plates, and signs but it's mostly just intuition from playing thousands of rounds.

[@TeamSlow]

If you want a KZbinr who knows tons of the metadata and explains their guesses thoroughly, you can also check out some of RC’s videos.

[@LyraNebula]

13:12 Just a tip from a Brazilian: that tree on the left is VERY common in southeast Brazil, knowing plants can help a lot! :)

[@menice6736]

That Singapore guess was insane mate

[@joepdewild589]

Bro i thought it was russia lmao

[@zecdi]

that was very ez tbh

[@weaj_]

Not really, if you look at the sign on the left it says “Bukit Batok Street” which is a dead giveaway to anyone who’s explored Geoguessr in Singapore before

[@buddabulletproof]

I think anybody who's been to Singapore will instantly recognize it tbh

[@averagebeetle]

you can play geoguessr for about 2 hours and after that you'll forever recognize singapore as soon as the page loads

[@djlovesyou8302]

"On that guess there, I might be inclined to just end it...." Oh come on Tom, you didn't do that badly ;)

[@jmm5765]

This is amazing, please keep these videos coming, so exciting to watch! :D

[@nathanhill9300]

This is a really nice format. The short quick rounds, explanations of clues after the round, and enough wrong guesses included to keep it exciting.

[@FernaX98]

Lost it with the Montevideo one 😂, greetings from Chile Tom 💚

[@fabianholoubek1467]

there is nothing more satisfying than watching you nail these guesses, embedded in calming hairdryer sound! love it!

[@juanlucas5649]

In this format is where you really apretiate how good Tom is!! Amazing!

[@Charlie-gq9vu]

You're making me more and more nervous, going to try and get 1st on this leaderboard as well but it's so tough getting a good enough seed

[@menice6736]

10:37 best moment of the video 🤣

[@Bismarck-S]

Ah, nice with some GeoWizard and a new baked pizza!

[@W4LT3Rego]

Hope you had a good meal otto

[@WoodgynTrooper15]

This is easily the most interesting journey I’ve been invited in to watch for a game ever… EVER. Absolutely stunning stuff Tom

[@bruhnoway6088]

The Montevideo was just unlucky

[@St3ppdecke]

It'd be so interesting to capture where exactly you are looking (and for how long) in these fast games. Would love to see you getting the opportunity to use an eye tracker eventually.

[@eccod]

15:23 I’m from Louisville, KY, and I said “wow, that looks like it’s around here somewhere” 😂

[@bunzy5279]

Literally I feel like I’ve drove down this road before

[@ChaseMorgan2001]

as a kentuckian, it was so cool to see a kentucky round, especially since your guess was so amazing! that’s not too far from where i go to school. i almost never see kentucky rounds

[@shavencarrot]

Loves these videos. No BS. No weird rules or nonsense. Just straight up tough Geoguessr. Thanks GW

[@kyzyl4915]

Bro you are absolutely mad at this game. How the hell do you look at some trees and be like “Massachusetts” 🤷‍♂️😝🤯 It’s inspirational to watch and even more so to hear how much you enjoy the challenge. Keep it up man!

[@adambeckett7000]

You won't find better content then this. I'm absolutely hooked on you're videos. You're insane

[@drwyyk]

Tip from a frenchman : number plates at the back used to be yellow (on 15 years + vehicles) and modern plates have blue on each side, almost like in Italy. And thank you, amazing as usual !

[@swiftcrayon]

Ok. Real talk, I live in Louisville, Kentucky. I knew the one had to be Kentucky because I have literally driven the road in the picture, and don't think I would have gotten as close as Tom. You are a mad man!

[@redthroatedloon]

great view of mustached tom there at 10:06 😂

[@MikeGreenCaps52]

When I tell you I laughed out loud at Montevideo.. LMAO “which jackass” got me so bad

[@darunius6886]

you almost never got a country wrong though. I would like to see how far you can take Country streak!

[@jurckastelc]

Dude at 9:30. You pick Slovenia so easly. I drive on this road every week and wasnt sure it was the ride road. You truly are a wizard. Cudos.

[@mcohan6854]

I challenge you to try and identify the location of a random windows login screen background. Theres a descriptive text hint usually on screen. Would like to see you try a few of these in a video. The locations are revealed when you click on the text and login

[@Muruwen]

why are your videos so relaxing

[@V0r4xiz]

That was so fuckin intense! Great games, great rounds, top notch narration/explanation, too. Also, like everyone else I googled Montevideo South Africa and all I got was flights from Montevideo to South Africa. It's almost like the owner of that ranch specifically put that sign up to troll specifically you. It was a long play in the making but he got ya :D

[@tvsgalaxy7934]

That’s crazy I live a hour away from the Kentucky guess and I would never get a score that good 😂

[@C.Abbenfield]

So cruel.. keep going, just amazing to see your pace at this!! And the insane guesses

[@gobbel2000]

The "Montevideo" round was hilarious. You should do a biggest jukes compilation for all the places that seem somewhat straightforward but it's actually the other side of the globe.

[@Arckaseth]

Hey, I just wanted to leave a little suggestion. Bing, for all of it's uselessness is actually a very powerful tool when it comes to maps. Specifically the 3D view. A bit of a trade secret here, but we use it all the time in the realm of visual effects and video game dev. When you are doing your Geo detective work, you aught to consider cross referencing with Bing Maps 3d view.

[@woke3564]

i always feel so seen and heard when Tom talks about my home country Slovenia! 🇸🇮 The fact that he knows where it is just by looking at the highway. Mind blowing

[@davidm.5796]

As a Monterrey citizen I feel kinda happy that you knew where we are xd

[@LordKeram]

I loved this. The despair with bits of hope sprinkled in between was a new side of Tom.

[@lemmedash9801]

Dude I'm okay at this game and I struggle to get the right continent in 10seconds lol, you are beyond brilliant man! mighty impressive.

[@timethymccroff]

10:22 damn that is like 5 minutes away from where i live!! 🙃 Insane 😂😂

[@SkidMcmarxx]

Me from Belgium during the Belgium round: “BELGIUM!”

[@LUMIGOCHA]

Picture: Some dirt GeoWiz: Spain Game: Correct Me: WHAT?

[@djisar-official]

Amazing, please keep pumping out these Geoguesser videos, best content on youtube for sure

[@Philgob]

he basically has a 3 step process 1) guess country from “vibe” (idk how) 2) which part of the country (east-west-north-south) 3) microguessing (near a city, road, mountain, etc.)

[@jimmyr.855]

Very very very nice! With the right rounds you will make it on the Leaderboard for sure! Keep going

[@florentmartinais6432]

Tip from a French guy for the 14:25 France failure : this not a plate from Luxemburg or The Netherlands. This is an old French plate. We changed our plates in 2009 to match the European style and colors, but before that we used to have white in front / yellow in back colors! So yellow plates on an old car can be tricky!

[@lovelyzasha]

I would love to watch some more videos of you doing quizzes at Sporcle/Jetpunk again! It's been a while

[@IronwaveStudios]

**sees a generic picture of a desert, which is one of the most common biomes on earth, for 3 seconds** "Spain" **gets it right**

[@CatzHoek]

The cracking knuckles killed me .. i am not very sensitive to it but that was some serious ASMR

[@wangflop]

That was great, Tom. Keep at it. I love these videos.

[@idaaa1385]

That Montevideo guess shocked me... I got so excited when I saw the sign and then reality struck

[@schweckles]

15:22 A little tip, if you can remember it, is that if you ever see those thick black (or sometimes white) horse fences on a USA map, then it is almost certainly Kentucky.

[@gabenvandenbrink9114]

Insane scores dude! Keep it up!

[@najsbajsmedmajs]

The south side of the alps is indeed warmer than the north side. Tall mountain ranges to the north can help block northern winds. However, there are parts of southern Switzerland, like Lugano and Locerno that share climate and general vegetation "feeling" with Northern Italy. It's also worth keeping in mind that most of Switzerland is at a few hundred meters in altitude, even in the bottom of their valleys. Bern for example is at 500m altitude, and so is Sion. Meanwhile Bolzano, quite far up the italian alps, sits at only 250m in altitude. The decrease in temperature with altitude varies a lot but is on average about 0.6'C for every 100m. The 250m altitude difference would equate to about 1.5'C in difference, which is the same difference as between Bergen, Norway and Birmingham, England.

[@Folse]

Tom, if you didn’t change your answer at 15:30 that MIGHT have been a 5k round!!! In the US too!!

[@Astronomiez]

So this man can look at one photo of me for 10 seconds and know where I am within a 100 mile radius

[@BantonOrg]

Yea, that Spain guess, that turned out to be Sarinia, was actually an advert kicking in for a place called Listerine.

[@PaulSkies]

Crazy last round, so close! That Kentucky guess was wicked.

[@zak2189]

keep going! will keep watching til you hit that 24k and hopefully leaderboard. just bust out the hours required, do it on stream, do it without taking, whatever it takes. this is one of the most entertaining formats on your channel that shows your skills the best

[@coldfox7308]

14:38 We use to have rear yellow numberplates in France, changed to white plates about 10 years ago but there's still a few yellow ones (if no owner change has happened since 2011)

[@whoopsie7051]

Yet another mindblowing video, good game Tom!

[@emy5845]

14:26 FYI about yellow license plate in France: Before 2009, a car had a white license plate on the front and a yellow plate on the back. (Their re-registration must legally have taken place before December 31, 2020.) So on Google Street View, if the photos that are not very recent, French cars may still have a yellow one on the back.

[@jvspa2000]

You have to improve your Brazilian rounds knowledge. Maybe trying a perfect score in Brazil? I would love it. I would even make the Portuguese subtitles for the videos

[@ElonMusk-gy6ml]

The one that looked like Switzerland is South Tyrol, a part of Italy that used to belong to Austria before WW2. It is easily recongnizable by the apple trees, the warm climate and mountains. Whenever you see those three combined its South Tyrol, I got family over there. Cheers

[@jakedemedeiros9978]

Hey just a quick little tip from somebody who lives in Calgary Typically, your east coast houses are gonna be a bit more colourful and a lot less plastic, with less space in between them unless it’s rural A classic western suburb was the round you had at around ~6:00 because they houses were made of cheap plastic, there was lots of space in between them, and it looked very prairie-like Obviously I grew up here so I have the advantage, but just keep that in mind to avoid some of those gnarly “Got Canada correct but I was somehow 4000km away” rounds Cheers

[@francescomazzolini3189]

Omg you are insane!Just watching a picture with a road and trees stuff for 2 seconds and guessing exactly the right nation of the world

[@durable1988]

Verity, please, we have a potential world record no move, no pan, no zoom 10s run going on here. No hairdryers, it'll break his groove.

[@piperboy98]

That PA round can't have been more than 10 or 20 miles from where I grew up. Couldn't tell exactly where the marker was and didn't guess that, but happy to see my 'hometown round'.