Geodetective World - The juiciest detective map there is? [PLAY ALONG] 

Dying at Tom reading "Garden" as "Caroch" and "Thank" as "Chad"

Watching you zoom in on Sudan saying "Do they speak French? Yes they do." Then proceeding to read all the english words and saying "There we go, moving on" got me good 😂

This kind of geoguessr content is so refreshing after seeing so much of the new 'memorize every google car and bollard' style. Fair play to them but it's just not as entertaining

Tom's denial at needing glasses is costing him some serious points!

To explain - St Christopher Island was shortened to St. Kit's Island in the 17th century, which then became St Kitts over time in local Creole.

The "Trze-" word ("trzeźwości") you were looking for in Poland was "sobriety" lol. Btw, "in" in Polish is "w" so if you see this word usually the next one will be the name of the city. (it was there on the left board "w Suwałkach")

7:07 "Chad you" very much for another GeoGuessr video, Tom! Yay! 😉

I just want to say that yes the Geoguessr community has evolved to ridiculous levels since you started your channel, with the likes of great youtubers like GeoPeter, Zi8gzag, Chicago Geographer, etc getting popular... but you still have an uncanny level of intuition on this game that makes it amazing to watch.

I'm genuinely amazed by how you found out the brazilian round after completely ignoring the "Eu ♡ Pará" (I love Pará) sign, which said the name of the state.

Looks like we're getting a straight line challenge Somalia

State of Para just staring at us and still seeing Tom scrolling to Southern Brazil pained me… but he got there in the end 🤝

I got a perfect score on the last one, and I don't speak Polish. Basically I figured that Konkatedra probably meant Cathedral, which would mean the name of the cathedral is what immediately follows it (Pw. Sw. Aleksandra). Saint Aleksandra Cathedral or something like that. This also fit with it being in large letters on the front of the church, which you can just barely make out. I then noticed that on two of the signs the name of the church was followed (in full or partially) by 'w Suwalkach', which I figured could mean 'in Suwalkach'. So then I took a look on the map for a place named Suwalkach and pretty quickly noticed Suwalki. Zoomed in and it was right there on the main square. Interestingly the only rounds I got a perfect score on were that and the Nigeria round, which were the rounds you didn't get a perfect score on. Final score was 24,886.

Love these videos. Recently I've been watching a bit of rainbolt and it's so funny how he sees a pole and immidiately goes oh thats Poland, zooms on map, smashes keyboard, gets high score, nice lets go and second round it goes and over and over and then theres Tom... mmm what do we have here, beautiful people, I like the vibes, what do we think is going on here? Boat is probably delayed, man that sucks, these guys right here look american or do they? What are we thinking... I love it :D

i wanted to scream so badly at the screen when Tom kept missing the "state of Parà" when zooming in and out of Brazil

Being Polish and watching you do the last round was PAINFUL! I wanted to help you so so bad. I just wanted to point to words and scream "This Tom! This helps!"

How can he be so clueless and so good at the same time 😂

Eu

Tom looked hard for sobriety and gave up xD (trzeźwość)

13:30 Zooming in on the crane to find a poster of the same crane…craneception! I half expected the writing on the poster to appear underneath the real crane when you zoomed back out.

I am DYING of laughter at that Polish round 😂 The word "trzeźwości" means "of sobriety" lol

I love how weirded out Tom is by the Mogadishu round. Welcome to the world of diplomacy, where you can enjoy fine dining in a country that also has an ongoing multi-layered civil war, frequent terrorist attacks and modern piracy so bad that it caused the only instance of basically all major national armed forces cooperating in a single mission.

Tom never stop making these videos. You have the best content on geoguesser since the beginning. A lot of other RU-vidrs use meta things like poles etc but I love the way you play the game in the original way it’s meant to play. You have the most entertaining videos for sure so keep it up man

Sign: «thank you» Tom: «does that say Chad?»

As Polish speaker, the last one was a lot of fun to watch :D Especialy as you said „the city name isn’t here” as you literaly had your coursor on the name xD (Suwałki).

did.... did he just introduce the video with the word "babyjuice" ?! ... ... ... (I prefer the purée)

Good thing i'm a geoguessr and adventure head, love all the content!

I love how he found the spot the Belem spot without picking up on the clue that should have made it obvious.

The Polish town with 4 Z letters (Szczebrzeszyn) is a part of a popular tounge twister - W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie i Szczebrzeszyn z tego słynie - In Szczebrzeszyn, a beetle buzzes in the reed and Szczebrzeszyn is known for it.

Tom not understanding how the rippling of a sign can affect how the letters on it look is both fantastic and frustrating. EDIT: Yes he found out woohoooo EXTRA EDIT: Now if only he knew how a capital letter L looked

Pro tip from Poland "w" means "in", so if you se "xxx w zzz", most probably the "zzz" is the city and "xxx" is a thing! Great vid as always!

You made my day with the Poland bit :-D "Najswietszego" -"The most holy" - that sounds like a place name! Loved it. And I really enjoy your Geoguesser videos! EDIT: and Chopin! Thank you!

Zoological "Garden" becomes Zoological "Quroch" ?! Professional geoguessing there Tom...

We Slavs really do have advantage in GeoGessr. The languages are different enough and can be easily identified, but similar enough to mostly understand what is on the signs. Especially if you can also read cyrilic.

Here for the usual "are we recording" stayed for the geo content

the way you looked for trzeźwość as a city name when it really means soberty in Polish got me good not gonna lie

You were so close with Poland! Polish declinations got You, "w Suwałkach" means "in Suwałki"

It's so stressful sometimes watching these videos. When he was scanning the map in Brazil i was shouting at the screen. At 14:29 he literally has the cursor on "State of Para" and then proceeds to scan the rest of Brazil, Portugal and Cape Verde. 🙈

For the Brazil round, if you look closely it says EU

When you were zooming in an out of Brazil, you should have noticed the big state of Pará so I had a brief look around. Didn't take long to find it in Belém, it's quite well marked really. 😅

I love how Tom plays geoguessr the way it should be played, using geography skills not silly billiards or metas

Absolutely love the GeoGuesser content! We’ve missed the hell out of you and hope that you do more of this in the future :)

Let’s goo!! We needed this 🙌🏽

Haven't ever clicked a video quicker than when this one popped up. Was sorely missing some GeoGuesser from the Wizard himself, good to see you detective-ing again Tom 😁

I enjoy the adventure stuff but this is what I love watching. Please never stop doing these videos Tom!

Please Tom, more of this play along videos! Love them!

Person from Czechia here. I was DYING on the last round, you trying to figure out and translate those Polish words and going off of how many letter "z" were in the town name was absolutely hilarious. Nigeria round and the Thank vs Chad and Garden vs Qaroc made me anxiety-sweat. Great job, Tom. Love your videos. Always great fun.

I hope you release more geodetective videos Tom, thank you for this one

What a great video I’m so happy you are back much love

Love Geoguessr content! I'm also looking forward to the dribbling challenge, glad to know it's coming up next

Yesssss your geoguessr videos are my favourite!! it's way more entertaining than a speedrun imo

This was one of my better detective rounds so far. No 5Ks, but got close a couple of times. 1. Couldn't recognize the flag but saw St. Kitts and Nevis on the boat. Ruled out Charlestown based on the compass and size of the city. Settled for Basseterre, but went slightly west of the actual dock (I thought it was the bigger dock with the cruise ship). 4998 points 2. Followed a very similar thought process to you, even initially misreading "garden" as "qaroch". Figured it would be sub-Saharan Africa but not too far south based on the vibe, complexion of the people and the presence of muslim clothing. Ruled out Senegal, Chad and Mali based on the lack of French. Ruled out Mauritania and both Sudans based on the place names not matching up (I couldn't quite make out "Ilorin" but I could clearly see the middle letters "lori"). Came across Ilorin while scanning Nigeria and quickly found the university campus, but I couldn't find the zoological garden. Plonked it down somewhere within the campus. 4987 points. 3. My worst round of the bunch. Didn't catch the Portuguese clue and thought that "para" was referring to either the Paraguay or Paraná river. Plonked it down in Asunción near the docks. 989 points. 4. Scanned Mogadishu for a few minutes but couldn't find the guest house. Was also surprised and somewhat discouraged by the sheer amount of hotels and resorts in that city. Plonked it down near the centre. 4982 points. 5. Recognized the Polish but didn't catch the city clue. Plonked it in Włocławek due it being central, having a similar name to one of the words I read on the posters and having a church of a similar size. 4205 points. Overall score: 20161. If I had caught the Brazil clue I estimate I would've gotten something like 23-24K.

Dude the things you say and the way you generally talk in these vids is so funny and entertaining

I’m always so excited to see your videos! I love seeing you pop up in my subs tab

i’ve been watching all the pro tournament players in the meanwhile but as soon he he uploads i come back to my first love, tom davies

Just re-watched that video because I've found out about playing along. And specially the third round in Brazil was just fascinating, how you found that without moving around, RESPECT 👍!

Love these videos keep them coming

great video as usual, best geoguessr channel

"Raaahhh!!!... Fuck, said the lion." Solid quote.

So glad you played Chopin during your Poland searching

It was fun knowing the city, and watching you look for it. Finally i knew something you didn't! >:3

waiting patiently for the day you get a 2nd monitor so you can always see if you are recording or not

I was screaming at the screen for you to read Pará on the map, which is the state, but at least you got it (almost) spot on again never fails to amaze me

So happy to see you again:)))

I absolutely fell for the "Charlestown" red herring you expertly avoided! Well done!

i needed this today

Love all your content, but I like the GeoGuessr content the most!

Hi Tom. Had a lot of fun playing along. I almost got a perfect score but could not justify spending so much time looking for that Nigerian zoo. In the Brazil round I figured if Para wasn't a city then it must be a state. Matched up the coast line with the compass until I found those dock restaurants. The Poland round was quite hard. Didn't have much luck until I saw Suwalki on the map. I thought it looked too familiar to Suwalkach to not be related. Looking forward to next weeks video. Thanks!

Finally! Back at it again

Tom. Missed you man. Hope the break did you well. Glad to have you back.

24,999 points. On the last one I saw Suwalkach, immediately my mind went to Suwalki, thought the -ch might just be a suffix. I was lucky to know Suwalki as I hitchhiked from Tallinn to Warsaw this June and Suwalki was the place I got to from Kaunas. I only went to a grocery store so the city centre wasn't familiar to me, but the name was enough.

Chopin. Nice :) Great video. I miss your Geoguessr detective work, but you haven't lost your touch at all.

Class as always.

Newsflash! Here in Finland, on channel "Nelonen" there is a new show starting in september called "suorinta reittiä" wich roughly translates to "with the straightest line". Perhaps there is someone working within that media company that is a fan of your content 😁

As a Pole it was hilarious to watch your attempt at the last location. Love you Tom

Thanks for doing so GeoGuessr Tom! We weird geographers absolutely miss ya

Honestly the only youtuber I'd sit and watch for 29 minutes straight

Missed these

Can I just say, and you should take this as a compliment, why not, Tom - I think you'd make a great Bertram Wooster from the P.G. Wodehouse Bertie and Jeeves novels. Something about your air that tells me you'd fit the part well. If you haven't read the novels, they're a riot waiting to be encountered, I'd highly recommend them. Sheer comic genius. And great stuff, by the way. Cheers, Tom! Absolutely love your content :)

Suwałki is actually a very nice place. You should visit it at some point! Just please don't try straight line mission across Poland.

The GeoGuessr Godfather GOAT! Glad to see you back there. I would also like to see you perform in Rainbolts Tournaments, Tom!

For the polish round, on the white paper it was written Parija Aleksandar w Suwałkach, which is the name of the church, but also "w Suwałkach" meaning "in Suwałki" gave away the city

Managed to get a perfect score on this one! Warning: spoilers below! 1) Saw the St. Kitts & Nevis on the boat rather quickly, couldn't for the love of me remember where that was again. It doesn't really help that when you're zoomed in far enough, the name of the country disappears on the map and is replaced by Basseterre, so I scrolled across it at least three times. 34m, 3:50 2) Got the "University of" but couldn't figure out the last part. I did recognize the "Zoological garden" bit though ;). Turns out, you can walk a few steps here! On the furthest point you can reach, the Nigerian flag becomes apparent and it also more clearly states University of Ilorin. Scanning Ilorin for the zoological garden took ages until I thought "perhaps it's on the edge of town. Then, I had him almost instantly. 46m, 23:09 3) "Pará, wasn't that a Brazilian state?" Turns out, yes it is. Took quite a bit of scanning to find possible spots alongside the various waterways but eventually zoomed in on Belém. This is another one of the rounds where you could move a bit and I found the Valeverde Turismo boats on the map before I found anything else. Got the right side of the buildings. 4m, 9:45 4) My round went just about the same way as yours. Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, scan a bit, figure out "this is probably an upscale place", look a bit closer at the beach areas, there it is. 5m, 5:38 5) Another round where you could move around. I like visiting churches so I took some time exploring the inside of this church. Some nice stained glass windows, I recommend it! I somehow was able to "break free" of the linked photospheres and enter normal car world. Is that cheating? Perhaps, perhaps not, you tell me. Found the town name written on a van, somehow immediately spotted the town when I went into the map. Easy find once I got that. 2m, 9:22 (of which about 5-6 minuters gazing at the church)

Finally! I was watching rainbolt while you were away…

It is so nice seeing you trying to find a place that I've been exactly there 😅

As Polish, I had a great time listening you struggling with last one :D

Watching the Poland one as a Polish person and seeing the town name right there on the poster is a particular brand of painful.

the last one got me tbh (beyond it being in poland), but watching your playthrough after I noticed "w suwalkach" (in suwalki) on the board. If only I saw that while playing...

When you said at the beginning "It's not St. Kitts and Nevis" I was hoping I had a shot. Alas ... not even close. But watching you trying to read that banner in Nigeria was hilarious! ;)

Legend is back

goat of the geoguessr community. doesn’t matter if you’re not getting the location in like 0.5 seconds. the pure amount of stuff you have done for the geoguessr community is immeasurable, and this specific type of gameplay is also so refreshing and important to see as just as valuable and impressive as the pro speed running players. tom, you are the goat. thank you.

First time I've ever gotten 25,000 on one of these and beaten Tom! Pretty chuffed, especially with that last one.

Zoological Qaroch - I can see Zoological Garden, and Chad - Thank, not even English myself. Congrats :]

Oh nice I was running out of old episodes

The Poland round would've been possible with the knowledge of the infamous Suwalk Gap, which was largely discussed around the Cold War and after that. It is presumed to be the route through which Warsaw Pact forces and NATO would clash.

Thank you for the video

great performance vs newcastle today tom!

Qutie amusing that Tom never seemed to notice he was able to move, in several rounds of the challenge.

Yay!! We love geoguessr videos!

Nice touch with the Chopin as you pored over Poland.

The moment of Chopin was a nice touch Tom.