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Surprised to see no mention of Geoguessr yet - awesome game and community built on top of Street View - https://www.geoguessr.com https://www.geoguessr.com

xnorswap 4y ago
I love Geoguessr but it has a distinct randomisation problem (certainly in the competitive pool) that it hasn't solved. If you play regularly you'll begin to notice that around 1 in 10 cities are in fact Vienna. I'm not sure how it chooses, I suspect it first picks a country, then picks a city. Without weighting for population or other factors, you end up with a significant number of Taiwan, Singapore and Vienna, far more than their populations or areas should suggest.
- invalidusernam3 4y ago
  Which game mode are you playing where you have that issue? I've played countless hours of Geoguessr and haven't noticed that
  - xnorswap 4y ago
    The competitive mode in which you try to guess before your opponent, it's the standard mode now. (They've rebadged the old mode "geoguessr classic".)
uejfiweun 4y ago
Man, since when did you have to make an account to use this site? I've played it before and this definitely is a new addition. I just simply refuse to make accounts for every little game I spend 5 min playing on the internet.
- OctopusLupid 4y ago
  It's been there for quite some time. I believe the street view API is really not cheap for them to use, and the accounts are there to enforce the time limitation.
  - uejfiweun 4y ago
    Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. Guess it's been longer than I realized since I last played.
  - NackerHughes 4y ago
    Gee, it sure is lucky that no one could just create another account to get around the time limitation!
dang 4y ago
Discussed a long time ago: GeoGuessr: Guess the location from Google street view - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5748923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5748923 - May 2013 (97 comments) Geoguessr - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5682367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5682367 - May 2013 (2 comments) GeoGuessr: Let's explore the world - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5572324 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5572324 - April 2013 (2 comments)

xnorswap 4y ago

I love Geoguessr but it has a distinct randomisation problem (certainly in the competitive pool) that it hasn't solved. If you play regularly you'll begin to notice that around 1 in 10 cities are in fact Vienna. I'm not sure how it chooses, I suspect it first picks a country, then picks a city. Without weighting for population or other factors, you end up with a significant number of Taiwan, Singapore and Vienna, far more than their populations or areas should suggest.

invalidusernam3 4y ago
Which game mode are you playing where you have that issue? I've played countless hours of Geoguessr and haven't noticed that
- xnorswap 4y ago
  The competitive mode in which you try to guess before your opponent, it's the standard mode now. (They've rebadged the old mode "geoguessr classic".)

uejfiweun 4y ago

Man, since when did you have to make an account to use this site? I've played it before and this definitely is a new addition. I just simply refuse to make accounts for every little game I spend 5 min playing on the internet.

OctopusLupid 4y ago
It's been there for quite some time. I believe the street view API is really not cheap for them to use, and the accounts are there to enforce the time limitation.
- uejfiweun 4y ago
  Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. Guess it's been longer than I realized since I last played.
- NackerHughes 4y ago
  Gee, it sure is lucky that no one could just create another account to get around the time limitation!

dang 4y ago

Discussed a long time ago: GeoGuessr: Guess the location from Google street view - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5748923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5748923 - May 2013 (97 comments) Geoguessr - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5682367 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5682367 - May 2013 (2 comments) GeoGuessr: Let's explore the world - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5572324 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5572324 - April 2013 (2 comments)