Battle Royale Distance #2 - Let's win this time (crazy ending)
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Last week I learned the ropes (Just about) but ultimately failed to win a game. This week I'm determined to put that right, but the competition would be tough..
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15:54 "is there like a German area of Argentina"
Hitler: 👀
Glad someone else thought exactly the same thing
@@jmgraphics21 We have like a big part of a province that used to have a lot of exiled Nazis. Most of them already died or left.
What do you mean “nice try”??? No one is doubting that there have been German immigrants to South American for a long time, we’re just recognizing the fact that there were a ton of nazis who fled to Argentina at the end of WW2
@@georgebirch8575 Yeah just same situation than United States, only that in Argentina we didn't give them roles on the government 😂😂
@@nahuelucho2661 momento bariloche
Her: He's probably thinking about other girls
Him: I'm thinking bulgaria
Why was this so funny lmao
That’s hilarious, good meme
@geowizard you have to pin this comment or I'll be mad
Top level comment
Ok this is it, we're never gonna top this comment
The real challenge for Tom isn't the geography... it's how the various game modes work
What's up Carter? End of semester crunch period for me
@@muhilan8540 dweebs
@@jayheale8494 YAAA!!! dweebs, you losers. working hard to get quality educations, couldn't be me
Why are you the kid from Malcolm in the Middle?
Yeah, and that's what the levels do indicate!
Woah i guess I got too used to future Tom and past Tom, present Tom hits different
My name: AxxL
My job: Superstar
I like: Handsome girls
I have: 2 handsome girlfriends
My dream: Have more subs than my 2 girlfriends
Your name: pin
@@AxxLAfriku digga axxl was zum fick machst du hier kenne dich noch aus 2015
@@D3RUGGs als ob bre
@@AxxLAfriku How did a bloke like you end up here
@@D3RUGGs der spammt unter ziemlich vielen Videos die Kommentare zu, sicher mit einem Bot. Ich versteh gar nicht wie CZcams den noch nicht gebannt hat...
Geowizard: guesses
**is on the 2nd place, 1000 miles behind player on the 1st place**
Geowizard: "Maybe I'll go a bit further up"
**goes 23 miles further up**
Lmfao ikr, I was like "I'm sure a rat's arse away would bring you first when you're a thousand freaking miles off"
exactly my thought, lol! we have to give him some time to fully understand that gamemode and the tactics behind it :)
He still doesn't quite have the gamification part of it down using the "distance from opponent" to his advantage.
lmfao exactly
It frustrates me to no end. Why won't he just learn the rules
In a lot of your cases, how many guesses you have left isn't as important as having to wait 5 seconds to guess again
Yes and he didnt grasp that if your next guess was better you might get the close bonus or correct country bonus and cancel out the used guess anyway.
Game: You are at least 1,000 miles away from the correct location
Tom: Maybe I'll go a bit further up
Sign is in German: Ok
Sign is Close to Argentina: Ummmm
You spot a man with a small black moustache: Ladies and Gentlemen we got em
Haha
Now we can give him our thanks
@@666crippled666 ?????
Never ask a german why their grandpa is from argentina
Is he a buddhist?
Tom's cheeks almost as smooth as his geo-guessing commentary
Which cheeks?
@@Gfls00 I’m sure he’s got a dumptruck🍑🚚
@@milostout6619 That's what I thought 😂😂
@@milostout6619 yes
Smooth
“I’m a bit rusty at world maps”
*yellow and black signs on lanterns* :TaIwAn
Tom really plays these Battle Royal rounds a lot like the no-moving-panning-zooming challenges, very minimalistic with the movement in particular, he rather searches for small details and win due to his immense knowledge while others probably move around and eventually find a flag or city sign. I find that very funny and entertaining!
A Tip: Look at how far you are from the players ahead/behind you whenever you make a guess. If the distance doesn't change, you know your new guess is further away than your original, so avoid making another guess in the direction of that new guess.
Tom, you need to pay attention to the mileage above your name. At 19:11 you were 1123 miles away from the guy above you, which means you were on the wrong side of Australia, you should've gone way up to the north or maybe far east and then checked the mileage again.
the ocean was to the west, but yeah, he should have gone way further north
Same in the Guatemala round, if he saw that his Mexico guess was 600 miles away he’d probably have gone around there rather than all way back down to Colombia
He very clearly looked at the 1000 miles since he said "a bit closer", but didn't put 2 and 2 together somehow..
Just because the top guy is the closest, doesn't mean that you can use that distance measurement as a guide. If Player X is 200km away from the location, and Player Tom is 500 km away from Player X, Tom has 700km to play with in any direction from an unknown spot and an unknown player, but he only knows about the 500km part. Couple that with what's going through Tom's head as he makes guesses (landmarks, time, delay between guesses). There's no winning strategy to learn, everything's just a guide.
@@GuanoLad statistically though if you are a 1000 miles off guessing somewhere 1000+ miles away is more sensible than guessing like 50 miles away...
"why would there be a German area in Argentina?" oh sweet innocent Tom
Hitler, right?
@@BenjiEnergy yes the nazis actually planned to start the forth reich in Argentina
@@Dzyfnr Im gonna have to look that up
@@BenjiEnergy watch a show called hunting hitler u should be able to find it somewhere, I know there are some clips on CZcams but not full shows
@@BenjiEnergy pretty much all the german higher ups that escaped the allies went to argentina, which almost certainly includes hitler.
'Eswatini... It's the soil, isn't it...'
Never change, Tom!!
and 30 seconds later "I'm struggling" lol.
It sounds like it'd be a nice motto for eSwatini.
eSwatini. It's the soil, isn't it?
@@cysioland Probably one of the nicest things they have there.
Gqeberha is the new name for Port Elizabeth. It's very hard to pronounce. I believe the 'Gq' is a hard tongue click sound, the 'e' is sort of an 'ah' sound, the 'ber' kinda like bear and the 'ha' with a harsh h sound. I believe it's in the Xhosa language. I think it just got changed in the past month or so.
Yeah Gqeberha was the original Xhosa name for the area
Thanks for sharing!
Gqeberha is an official name for the city since march 2021, but I believe people from that city still call it Port Elizabeth. It's really hard to get used to this change.
@@Maniek0077 yeah we still call our city Port Elizabeth, no one calls it whatever the new name is. We can't even pronounce it😂
I thought it was pronounced *click*-nay-bare-huh
Geowizard: *looks at soil*
Also geowizard: that's eswatini
The fact he hasn’t looked at the comments from his last video is baffling
He probably recorded this before releasing the previous video
@@jamietus1012 doubt he recorded the first one, shaved his beard, and recorded this one right afterwards lol
@@Philgob no, might have been different days, but still before the 1st vid came out
@@Philgob He commented on the previous one that he was going to make sure to not do the finger tapping noise in the future, and he is still doing it in this one. So that shows that he probably recorded this one before uploading the previous one.
@@Winsane get over yourself lol Jesus christ
My man looking fresh for the reopened pubs!
One thing for the finale that I have learned is that if you are extremely confident you have a 5000 point guess (like that London one) just wait until the last second to make your first one. Lots of the final round when I only have a general idea where I am is using my opponents distance to help figure out where I need to be going.
There was a news article in a fire fighting magazine here in germany about this station you encountered in south Chile. It was titled "The last german fire station before Antarctica" and detailed how Chile always has been an immigrant country and how there is a large german community in Punta Arenas that realized after a big blaze in the local hotel that fire coverage was poor at best in Chile, so they got together and organized a "Freiwillige Feuerwehr" (voluntary fire brigade) with german standards in both training and equipment to service the town. Over time they evolved into a more professional service and currently employ 40 fire fighters - they keep the traditions going though (from german signs on every room, e.g. "Besprechungsraum" instead of conference room, to the german eagle in their crest), but they did adopt a second name that is more pronouncable for spanish naitve speakers: _bomba alemana_
As a Bulgarian it's amazing that you can see the landscape and topography and guess that it's Bulgaria. Awesome stuff.
19:20 - "OK, I'm 1012 miles behind the guy ahead, let me nudge my guess by about 15 miles" ...
The city in South Africa that had the name change used to be called Port Elizabeth. Keep up the good videos.
Why did they change it
Except they didn't change it. Not really. South Africa isn't in any way in a position to dictate the English language. No one is
@@se6369 they are in a position to dictate their own city names. Im guessing its something to do with colonialism
Basically a group of people got together to lobby for a name change as they deemed Port Elizabeth to be too colonial sounding. They then settled on Gqebera which is a name for one of the oldest settlements in a nearby area. Basically the name is a hybrid between one of South Africa's most traditional languages and arguably the oldest language in South Africa, being the traditional Khoi San language.
@@Rfan1998 On their maps, road signs and official documents, yes. In English, no
Also, why do some nations try to change names in English instead of just accepting a place can have different names in different languages? India is doing the same crazy stuff
So, that second game edit is probably an error...
Tom: "23 miles" away from 1st place.
Tom: goes further south and still 23 miles away.
Also Tom: Goes further south xD
A little tip (which you've probably already figured out); when you place a second guess and your distance to the next person doesn't improve at all you know you've guessed in the wrong direction so you should reverse the direction, not guess further into the same direction.
For those of you wondering, about a month ago, Port Elizabeth, South Africa changed it's name to Gqeberha. I am surprised he noticed it was a city with a changed name!
looking fresh Tom
i almost shat my pants when i saw the last Australian round!! as soon as the round started i thought “lol those rocks look freakishly like Broome rocks! how weird that somewhere else has the same rocks.” then Tom moved down the road and I saw the bench I had one of my first dates on! i’ve watched my fair share of geoguessr videos, and i’ve never seen my home town! thats whack, small world
Tom be having 10 lives in the last round and still waiting and trying to figure it out when he could be aimlessly (well, with a tad of aim) spamming guesses
except he can only guess every 5 seconds
It appears the gentleman you were against in the first game is one of the best snowboarders in the Netherlands
Tom looking like a presentable member of society with the shaved face.
Hey Tom! I was just as surprised as you when you stumbled upon the 'FEUERWEHR'-sign in Punta Arenas, Chili. So I decided to do some research and thought you might be interested as well.
So appearently this town had a lot of immigrants from Europe because of a gold rush and sheep farming. One day there was a big fire at a hotel that was the home for a lot of German emigrants. After the fire they realized there wasn't enough fire protection, so they decided to start their own volunteer figher fighter company in 1901 and it has been there ever since! Mystery solved!
Love the content, it is always so peaceful watching you beat these games. Greetings from the Netherlands!
17:24 what could you have possibly learned from zooming in on the girl? 🤣
Very much looking forward to this game mode with all the top players battling it out, will be much better them all trying to battle for the closest point rather than who picks the country first
I reckon Tom would do alot better aswell feeling less rushed and being able to take his time checking clues
can never tell if it's my neck creaking or Tom drumming the table
Lookin fresh in that new cut Tom 🤥
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@@picklemytimbers5021 ever heard of pinnokio
With gas prices of over $5 (highest I've ever seen in the Lower 48 of the US was $4 something), it had to be a non-mainland state or territory of the US, so Hawaii was an excellent guess.
They went Kumasi in Ghana because it's a big city in Ghana in the middle of the map, which is just the meta way to cheese this game mode as more often than not, the coverage of Google Street View is in or around either the capital or big cities, so you always end up with solid guesses just by knowing the country despite having 0 clue as to where the location actually is. And given the absurdly short amount of time given, what else can you really do except the best strategy despite it not really being true to the "Geoguessr spirit" of trying to accurately figure out WHERE the starting location is to a T
That's the thing, the spirit went right out the window when this became a multiplayer challenge, use every advantage and/or cheat, which you know people are. Still fun though
Nice game that first one mate ;)
Karel kan boarden EN geoguessen!
Wat een tank is die Karel
As a total backseat driver, my analysis says go early on a country but go central, statistically coastal guesses will leave you with a great deal of ocean. Then try narrow it down from the data you get from that guess and some clicking around.
They have changed the name from Port Elizabeth to Gqeberha because the government of South Africa wanted the name to be traditional :p, i live near there which is cool
That explains things. I was playing the other day and saw signs saying Port Elizabeth... was getting super frustrated that I couldn't find it!
Note that particularly in the last round when you are 1v1, since you know the exact distance to your opponent, you can just triangulate his pin.
That Northern Mariana one was pretty nuts. I was thinking Baja California but I knew it wasn't quite right. Your Hawaii guess made zero sense to me as an American who's been there but you turned out to be closer than what I was thinking so what do I know. And then one of the next ones was pretty satisfying for me as a complete novice who doesn't play and just watches your vids because I knew instantly it had to be London and any specific city is impressive for a novice, but then of course as a native you get it within a literal stone's throw lol. Good show, chap.
Hi Tom. In several parts of the Patagonia in Argentina, there are a lot of german and welsh culture (a lot more of the last one). Greetings from Mar del Plata!
That Louis Tot guy was insane jeez
hes the goat
He looks adorable without the beard 😂
If Tom puts "crazy ending" in the title, you know you're in for a good video!
Ha ha, "Is there a German area of Argentina?" (studies post-WW2 history) "YES!"
Distance Battle Royale has become my favorite version of the game. I've won games on mobile where you can't see where your standing is (it will only tell you if you're in last place) and it doesn't tell you how far your opponents' guesses are. Amazed Tom hasn't won yet.
1000 miles from leader, let me guess Perth again... Sorry Tom, love you!
It's crazy how when it's your country, it suddenly is easy to deduce. The Australian round, I was like hmm seems like top end Australia, but it's dry and red soil, so probably broome.
The NZ round I thought was Canberra at the start, similar latitude
The vintage Tom without moustache is back!!
whats the cut around 12:00? :
Whatever you kept tapping in this video was infuriating me😂
His desk i suppose which helps him to concentrate
I couldn't concentrate. Please detach the mic from your desk, Tom. 😘
I like your videos so much, they inspire me a lot, thank you! ;D
Bibah er betih-vradoh
skidt på is actually "shit on" in danish XD but the way you said it, lmao
"Golden badgers"
Geowizard, 2021
that's the badger
Sees a black boy with leather jacket: "That's Lesotho"😁😁😁
Yo I live in Gqeberha, they changed it a few months ago from Port Elizabeth (which the city was called for 200 years)
why?
@@DavidB0000 idk man everyone who lives here including me still calls it port Elizabeth and think the name change was stupid and unnecessary
Is it a nod to the native languages or something?
Based
The top right tells you how many miles away you are from the guess of the guy above you in the leaderboard, so it's good to use that to figure out if you're wrong
'Is there like a German area of Argentina?'
*unknowingly clicks near the Welsh settlements in Chubut Province*
Bishops gate was the original roman gate of london ( one of about 6 ) they were built in the early roman occupation period and survived till the 1760s.
a fuckin´ bush in the middle of nowhere
Tom: "Has to be Lithuania"
Wow I actually recognized the very last geoguess since I watched shiey's last video hiking those mountains
If an Australia round looks like a weird mix between tropical (trees) and arid (soil, sparseness) it's usually waaayy up north 😆
19:25 I live in Western Australia, and was across the road in the hotel he went past. It’s called cable beach resort. Recognized it instantly. Gave me a good laugh
16:06 when you're out on a walk in britain.
if you know where it is... don't guess early, then everyone else can figure out where it is
Big brain there in the picture
"this is deffo Taiwan"
- Tom Davies circa 2021
Gqeberha is Port Elizabeth - for some reason they changed it to the name in a more local language even tho people in South Africa (me) still call in Port Elizabeth.
Just for you to know. In the location of the buses in northern argentina, you could have deduced that because it said "La Veloz del Norte". You probably couldn't guess what "la veloz" means, but "del Norte" means from the North. And Uruguay it's not near as big, so they don't have much "north" and "south" stuff. If you doubt argentina or uruguay and you see a Bus, that's a clue.
For Tom or anyone interested:
You can get 3 lives each turn
1 for surviving the round
1 for "close guess", being within 100km from the spot (60 miles ish)
1 for "correct area" for guessing within the correct country (used to be called "correct country")
Pretty impressed you recognized our complex Hungarian language there :D
Tom with the beard trim looking like a British Cm Punk
You could spend more time to find a sign which might help locate your exact location, but you prefer to just make a guess based on what the nearest blade of grass looks like.
It is kinda bewildering how easy it is usually to guess Bulgaria, only based on the road and the flora and terrain, I never realized how different it is here compared to most countries, lol
"they must have seen a Kumasi sign"
or maybe when people don't know for sure, the just click on the capitol city
Very late comment, but couldn't help a giggle when you went to the wrong airport in Prague (been living here for the last 7 years now) It's fair enough though, as there's 3 of them. Only 1 is actually in use for commercial flights and it's on the northeastern side of the city. Who knows, it might help to know in a future round 😂
It's ok Tom, all the best Geo players haven't won a battle distance royale ❤ including me 😂
I tune in just to see Tom say he gets the game and then to watch him not really understand it - and i wasn't disapointed
The gold and silver badges don't mean anything. You could lose every game, but if you play enough you'll eventually level up. It's more of an indicator of how much they've played, not how good they are.
The moment I saw the last one I was like: "That's 100% my homeland aka. Bulgaria, no way he's gonna guess that" and then he "I guess that's Bulgaria" HOW TF? What a legend lmao.
I honestly still don't understand how on earth that's possible. I also generally recognize my homeland, but here it's quite often just a neighbouring country with very similar features...
Bulgaria typically has fall and winter coverage and only a couple other countries (Czechia, the US sometimes, and I think Hungary on occasion) have that. I think the camera generation might also help there but Tom doesn't use those so it's a bit of a moot point. It's fairly easy to distinguish it from the others just from the vibe, so that would be how.
Hi South African here. Gqeberha is the new approved name for Port Elizabeth that was put in place a few months ago. Everyone hated the change as PE was and is one of the most popular and biggest cities in South Africa like how Tom was confused but ey what can you do.
Nothing confusing about a BMW in Taiwan! A clue of location was the bags of empty oyster shells, putting it near the west coast, most likely between Kaohsiung and Taichung, with Chiayi being the most likely area.
Your badge number goes up after games. Gold badgers aren't necessarily experts (of course they can be), they just have played a lot of battle royale
True that. Im a 14 and I won't be able to differentiate between baltics and Slavic countries.
15:54 "is there like a German area of Argentina"
Kanye: 👀
Amazing video and skills but oh my god those loud finger tappings 😂
Surprisingly your translation of "skidt på" was almost spot on.
Is it just me or does Tom looks extremly like Ryan from the Office today?
Regarding Feuerwehr in Punta Arenas: Chilean fire companies were put by immigrants, so you usually see the german fire company, American fire company, British, Italian, Spanish, etc. Despite not being ran by immigrants anymore, they kept the association in name. You just ran accross a german one.
Getting the right country gives you an extra guess, so with the Chile one it was worth doing one more guess in Chile since you knew Chile was the right country and it was a free guess and would give you a chance of getting a close guess too which would give you an extra life in the end.
15:16 I don't think they saw anything to do with Kumasi or had the round before, people just always guess the big cities. When they saw Ghana they probably just dropped a guess in Accra and Kumasi and assumed they'll have the whole country covered that way. And compared to world maps, I feel like the distance battle royale tends to give big cities more often.
Gqeberha is the new name of Port Elizabeth. They’ve changed it to be more inclusive. They’ve done it to a few major places now.
Gqeberha is the new name for Port Elizabeth. Southafrica actually renamed many cities from the colonization times this year.
1st map "I think about Netherlands"
Me from the Netherlands: Can't be
2 sec later: Oh wait it's so obvious lol
0:58 - skidt på, that directly translates to “shit on” in Danish. Wonderful pronunciation as always Tom
If you spot something related to Germany in South America it’s very likely Chile. In an earlier game you were at a street corner in Chile. I noticed some very German looking pedestrian lights and immediately guessed Chile there :-)
Great video as ever but that finger tapping is driving me up the wall
16:06 me when I forget to put a jacket on
Loooooool