Playing the world map until I beat my 2016 perfect score speed run

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It was the video that really got the ball rolling on the "GeoguessrWizard" channel as it was then known. At the time it was a massive achievement and something that I toiled over for weeks, racking up hundreds of attempts in the process. 7 years later and with so much more experience under my belt, how many attempts will it take me to better the impressive time of 30:05 for a perfect score on the gruelling world map? Is the world map even gruelling any more? All will be revealed in this relaxed, nostalgic video.
PS: How not to travel America news: Episode 6 will be released next Sunday (12th Feb) at 8pm GMT (a day earlier for patreons)
I am currently filming a mission (one that was fairly out of the blue - all will be explained soon)

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@GeoWizard Год назад

Hope you enjoy this relaxed, nostalgic video. For those hungry for Episode 6 of HNTTA, that corker will be with you next Sunday (12th Feb) at 8pm GMT (Saturday for patreons) As you may have seen on my Instagram page I am currently filming a mission; one that was quite out of the blue. All will be explained soon, but this is the reason for the delay. Thanks for your patience.

@Clyde Год назад

On a completely unrelated topic..have you seen the polls lately..?Trump beats DeSantis hands down and surely win against Biden in the next election..I think we are stuck in a weird time loop...wake me up!

@sharkou7485 Год назад

tf is a corker

@oscarthoms3330 Год назад

these are great vids man. idk what it is about your laid back charisma but your always effortlessly entertaining

@krispugsley5704 Год назад

wheres 5

@Talky.Talk.Talk.Person Год назад

Hi there GeoWizard. I am a random guy from the netherlands. I try to review yters I personaly watch, ur one of then bcs you are a ********************************************** legend so the thing is. I like ur vids. I like to live next to ur country. I try to make the world a bit better with a random review I am being honest in. I give u 5 stars. U know why, just told it above after the * so eeehm yeah I hope everything id good in England, I am going there in the summer facation for the first fime in my life😁🥲😌🇬🇧IDC loves 🇳🇱

@Ben-Newman Год назад

It's a cruel universe when you know we'll never get to see Tom's reaction when he isn't in fact recording.

@leod-sigefast Год назад

That is like one of those weird logic/mathematical paradoxes that really melt your mind!

@publiconions6313 Год назад

Lol! Well said sir

@Joykeymusic Год назад

unless he filmed himself from another camera on a tripod

@George-li1yv Год назад

@@Joykeymusic But what if he forgets to record that?

@jam8munch811 Год назад

What about if he thinks he's not recording and turns it off, only to turn it on again after he set the record!!!

@chrische02 Год назад

Tom: Doing a speedrun Tom after 28 seconds: That's a cool van

@kiiturii Год назад

21:42 *stops to take a peek at the scenery*

@M077Y Год назад

To be fair, it was a pretty cool van!

@simonisenberg4516 Год назад

I wish he wouldn't stress about the time. Just do perfect runs and eventually you will get a quick one out of it.

@gormogonc Год назад

It’s the chicken sound when he said Bukit 😂😂😂 that killed me 😅

@bschuss1 Год назад

11:54 "We are in civilization... no, USA" had me rolling. I know it was not meant in that context but still so funny :D

@generalZee Год назад

"France can be tricky, can't it? It Cannes." Brilliant.

@pallew Год назад

Eminem level

@noahxwing38 Год назад

Really wondering if he did it on purpose.

@badcornflakes6374 Год назад

Punny

@clydefan1 Год назад

i was looking through the comments while watching the video and you were literally the subtitles for what he was saying as i read it

@AdamWinter1996 Год назад

"That is Puzzola-ing me" had me dying.

@samgardiner585 Год назад

9:13 that caught me off guard

@458med Год назад

is it tourettes?

@_Molecule Год назад

@@458med no i think hes just having fun reading signs

@damyr Год назад

Made me turn my head 360.

@maxfieldcody540 Год назад

Thank the heavens I wasn't the only one who noticed that. Definitely a tourettes moment

@ballaplayz Год назад

@@458med nah he just read the sign “Bukit Dahlia” like that

@mateicotirla8105 Год назад

Just wanted to say that, although you might not be as fast as some speedrunners, you walked so they could run. Real legend

@AnimalzyNL Год назад

I remember always being amazed at how godly you were at geoguesser, but nowadays there's so many people that can identify any place in just a couple seconds. You might not be the best geoguesser player anymore, but you're still the best geoguesser content creator in my books. There's something so chill about watching your content and I love how you still play the game as it was intended to be played, rather than just studying all the meta.

@kiiturii Год назад

yeah the impressive part was always how good he is at geography, even if he isn't the top geoguessr player anymore, he's still flexing on everyone

@davissae Год назад

I second that. Tom adds so much personality and quirky comments; he’s the best world tour guide.

@sherjeelkhan762 Год назад

True, I tried watching those pros but they are not fun to watch. They move too fast and go around (what appears to me) haphazardly. Gives me a headache.

@oskarhansen9405 Год назад

w take

@robertprice26 Год назад

Tom is a national treasure.

@nickparente Год назад

I'd go so far as to say an international treasure

@Abcesxr Год назад

@@nickparente I was thinking more like interplanetary treasure

@NOISYBOY0706 Год назад

@@Abcesxr I was thinking more like interstellar treasure

@aristology6912 Год назад

@@NOISYBOY0706 I was thinking more like intergalactic treasure

@dr.sploosh760 Год назад

@@aristology6912 I was thinking more like multiuniversal treasure

@f3lipe135 Год назад

Aaaaah, the perfect friday night entertainment. Thanks Tom.

@duk2k Год назад

I always save it to watch before bed. Very entertaining yet relaxing.

@JonahNelson7 Год назад

Average person in the eastern hemisphere

@astro5076 Год назад

@@JonahNelson7 that was funny asf for no reason 💀

@LHyoutube Год назад

25:38 "Riposo di Snoopy" is a totally hilarious name for a pet crematorium/cemetery. It's basically "Snoopy's Resting Place" 😂

@hucklebucklin Год назад

Omg that's brilliant!

@LHyoutube Год назад

P.S. I don't know enough about the Italian language to know whether 'Snoopy' is also used as a colloquial term there to refer to dogs in general, or whether this business is purely riffing on the comic character part alone.

@trwijbenga Год назад

Nice 😁

@leonefoscolo 7 месяцев назад

@@LHyoutube Not really, i also find it an hilarious name. BTW puzzola means skunk hahaha

@LHyoutube 7 месяцев назад

@@leonefoscolo - "Not really" to what?

@DJB11Gaming Год назад

21:30 "Brain injury. I could probably do with that" I laughed harder at that than I should've.

@SenorEscaso Год назад

I'm not Canadian, but I saw that "Wild West" show with all the campers and Canadian flags out front, and I thought to myself, "That's gotta be Alberta." lol

@ZanHecht Год назад

In the US and Canada, always look at the sides of the yellow school busses. They'll almost always have the name of the county or city on them. Both your New York and Alberta rounds had school busses that you missed.

@nicolai5994 Год назад

And I know that there are 63 provinces, territories, and states in Canada and USA so there are a lot of license plates, but in Canada only Alberta and Quebec don't have a front plate. As soon as I saw no front plates, I knew we were in Alberta because Quebec is French.

@stephenbeck7222 Год назад

Almost always yes but some school busses retain their corporate branding from whatever company has the contract with the school district.

@SuperSMT Год назад

with 4100 counties in the US, many with the same names

@iPadAppTester Год назад

That Erlenau/Münsingen round was unfortunate since it didnt let you go under the under pass, because (as you correctly stated) you would have got a blue sign indicsting the town when leaving pretty soon if you went right after it. If you went left you would have found the train station. Either way, it would have saved you time I presume. Kind of crazy seeing the town my grandma lives in on a GeoWizard vid :D

@keslol Год назад

i was playing a german map and actually was 5 doors down to my parents house

@isthatrubble 11 месяцев назад

while he was trying to get through the underpass I kept thinking "that's a train line! find the station!" so I'm glad to know if I was doing this one myself I wouldn't have been completely crazy

@Yrenne Год назад

I'm always impressed with how quickly Tom is able to correlate a place he sees in street view to something on the map. I don't know if there's something wrong with me but I lose track of where I am on the map SO FAST... and there's no way I would be able to find a place on the map, teleport back to start, and be somehow able to figure out that location on the map as quickly as Tom does. It would take me like 10 minutes of going back and forth and trying to remember where I went and which road is which.

@izybit Год назад

Same!

@tomhoffs8209 Год назад

One good trick to use that Tom doesnt use is to orient your compass due north, then pan your camera straight down at the road, that way the road angle on your screen will line up perfectly with the map.

@TrolledBy Год назад

Yesterday I played maybe 7 or 8 quick rounds in the world map, and got middle of nowhere Brazil and middle of nowhere Russia just as often as I did 4 years ago. So in my experience the impossible rounds haven't become more sparse, but the recently added locations come up more often.

@yespur87 Год назад

Field: *exist* Tom: “this looks Lithuanian “

@stefanschneider3681 10 месяцев назад

Thought the same, again and again! Thankfully here he pointed out a few clues on how he gets this vibe. But I think we underestimate how many hours and hours and days after days he had played it without recording to get some of his Highscores. His subconscious memory is excellent too and he's learned that he can trust his instinct. Great stuff!

@challengerhobo7769 Год назад

Your reaction of getting 4999 on your first guess was hilarious

@simonisenberg4516 Год назад

I was surprised that he finished the round and not just restarted.

@anttisaarilampi Год назад

@@simonisenberg4516 he wanted to see how long the first round took and threw the rest judging by the results

@SuperSMT Год назад

@@simonisenberg4516 because he wanted his time. you can see he didn't 'try' on the rest of his rounds

@werrrnerrr Год назад

03:04: "Tot ziens" ("goodbye" or "untill next time") is a message on the back of municipality signs. You are greeted farewell on leaving town. So take a few steps more, turn around and read the place name on the other side of the sign.

@psychdude Год назад

You scrolling past the Canada post box at 20:02 and then saying "Minnesota, maybe" and "looking for clues" had me rolling! I live about an hour from Ponoka and spotted it right away - i was deffo the guy yelling at my screen as you scrolled past it on the map...good round tho

@7p7m7 Год назад

i feel like geowizard is the best geoguessr player that doesn’t use any meta shit, like the best at feeling the vibe of a country and knowing what it is without knowing all the signposts off by heart and shit

@7p7m7 Год назад

i’m waved tho

@zg4705 Год назад

Some fun Italy tidbits: "Puzzola" means "someone/thing that farts/stinks"! At the regional park sign, if you looked in the top left it says Emilia-Romagna, although it is blurry. That is one of the 20 regions of Italy, and could have immediately limited your search to a much smaller area, although you found it fast enough anyway! What slightly confused me was the clover on the top right, as that is Lombardia's symbol, although I'm guessing this one is slightly different and is specific to some small town I've never heard of.

@LZmiljoona Год назад

Now we only need to know what the hell is Snoopy in this context?

@lorenzobelotti2976 Год назад

@@LZmiljoona Apparently "Il Riposo di Snoopy" ("Snoopy's Rest") is an animal cemetery. Weird name choice to say the least

@RESIST_THE_GREAT_REPLACEMENT Год назад

@@lorenzobelotti2976 Damn I didn’t know snoopy died in Italy. He probably died in a crash while dogfighting over the Italian front during WW1.

@GreySharr Год назад

19:38 The speed sign with MAXIMUM means that it is Canada, as maximum is the same in French and in English. SPEED LIMIT is in the US.

@eliaseisenberg9733 Год назад

28:36 I highly recommend making use of the checkpoint system they added

@Gameboygenius Год назад

Yep, this.

@2sheds315 Год назад

The Ossining had me laughing because if he had gone the other way down the street. It damn near would of pointed him to right where he was.

@TheKeksadler Год назад

The most classic geoguessr moment

@jessost1788 Год назад

More of these please! I really enjoy them

@tonypapas9854 Год назад

Definitely a stroll back in time - good stuff.

@Exarathas Год назад

We're fine with having to wait for the "How not to travel" series and always happy to see the classics like this one! Just seeing you play Geoguessr is an awesome treat - even unedited! Feel free to just record yourself playing.

@mileandafurlong Год назад

That was the video that got me into your content. Can't believe that was 7 years ago!

@austinwilliams2097 Год назад

This video takes me back, love it Tom!

@hornedreaper33 Год назад

Hey. I've recently been put onto your content. Loving it, thanks. As an expat living in BC, Canada (originally from Wolverhampton and I literally got my Canadian citizenship today), I might be able to offer a little tip for the future. Odd thing about license plates in Alberta is that they don't have them on the front of the cars. Not sure if that's don't or can't but you definitely don't seem to see any cars with 'berta plates running one on the front. Also, if you can spot it through the blurry square, the letters on the license plate are red.

@Sara-gk2mo Год назад

I love the way you play GeoGuessr based on clues, signals and just feelings rather than all the meta stuff! It's more authentic

Год назад

You should come to do a straight line across Latvia. From Rīga bay to Lithuanian border is about 60 km (45 or so miles). Mostly pleasant forests and farmland, I should think. But a few rivers, too.

@nickandjessica Год назад

What about the abandoned military base though

Год назад

@@nickandjessica huh? What do you mean?

@jovita9323 Год назад

Yes! Genius! I would watch the sh*t out of it :D

@beaucaspar3990 Год назад

An actual Latvian in the comments. Finding a Latvian is rare as finding a unicorn in the forest (..okay maybe not quite that rare.)

Год назад

@@beaucaspar3990 ha! I've seen a few Latvians!

@XiXora Год назад

When you said "Gwened" almost sounds Welsh. My history/etymology/georgraphy bits of my brain did a little tingle as you zoomed in on Brittany. Loved it.

@ExpedientFalcon Год назад

14:25 the pain when Ossining is right there on the screen and he scrolls past it

@joshminton97 Год назад

It's on-screen like twice, painstaking!

@SarahGold Год назад

And for someone who travels the train between NYC and Albany going past Ossining, it was killing me.

@brotherofthesouth Год назад

I love these kind of videos! Thank you Tom, keep it up!

@xSG1969x Год назад

that was fun to watch, really love your content, how chill you are, and of course all tte puns. I have learned so much watching your videos. Been playing geoguessr for 2-3 weeks, I managed to get 24,844 on World in 20m13s this is my best score yet and I'm very very happy with it.

@bucks9662 Год назад

I think this video works brilliantly independently of your old scores on a 'harder' map. This is the current game and we all want to see you play it and this is that! Great video

@ONCEFORVER12 Год назад

Wonderful content as always Tom!

@dennis3224 Год назад

I’m a simple man, Tom makes a geoguessr video and I click

@matejadjedovic Год назад

Tom makes any kind of video and I click really.

@CrookedGrandma Год назад

You definitely still get middle-of-nowhere locations in Russia, Brazil and the US in the current World map

@beaucaspar3990 Год назад

30:59 Can we just talk about how insane that Italy guess was. I can't believe he found the exact park out of all the hundreds of regional/national parks scattered throughout Italy.

@ettoreciabatti Год назад

I think at 26:54 you could see ''Emilia-Romagna'' on the top left of that park sign, he still found the correct area where to look even without noticing it though which is very impressive

@Lovin_NY93 Год назад

I live in the hudson valley so I got real excited when this map put you there

@elijahbennett2000 Год назад

I was looking for this comment!

@guamTheFear Год назад

that 3rd round with Ponoka, i was laughing the whole time as i first saw that you were in Alberta because we do not have plates on the front of our vehicles, then realizing I live less than 100km away

@russellmcphee72 Год назад

Tom, you are a genius. You say you will go back to one thing but your channel is going to blow up. I love the adventures. You would be welcome in my neck of the woods.

@Gameboygenius Год назад

But how does the road bend in your neck of the woods? Ok, there's a river going through the woods slightly to the south, and a house a bit to the west... Ok, great. 5000 points!

@Mert-hk8rh Год назад

I watch and enjoy every video on this channel bit these are my absolute favourites!🤩

@vigilancebrandon3888 Год назад

It’s not an official geowizard video until you watch him check to see if he’s recording 10 minutes in

@grahamparks8885 Год назад

Ossining is where Donald Draper lives in Mad Men. Except in the show it looks like a generic flat could-be-anywhere suburb.

@NeweyAdrian1 Год назад

“We are in civilisation, oh no we are in the USA”

@kristjanveski Год назад

Always interesting when you recognize something like a gas station you've frequented and know exactly where you are; got that Ossining one immediately. If you ever get back to NY for a How Not to Travel, definitely recommend venturing up or down the Hudson Valley. You can use every method of transport you can think of: bike, car, bus, train, boat, ferry, kayak, jetski, plane, or hike. Lots to do and see along the way!

@apokoala2937 Год назад

Love this content keep it coming!

@cloud9935 Год назад

cannot believe its been so many years. congrats on your success man. crazy shit.

@34CentsAnd1UsedStamp Год назад

This was really cool. I live right close to Ponoka and have been to someone's house right near that spot.

@OscarM452 Год назад

Tom’s geoguessr content is always a great watch, love these old school pure perfect score games.

@jackdpaul Год назад

Have been binging Tom today as I'm hungover. Perfect time for a new vid!

@cane_lul Год назад

hey Tom, at 19:38, you could've already known it was Canada based on the speed sign, as Canada uses "Maximum" while the US uses "Speed limit". additionally, at 22:32, the bollards on the right are specific to Alberta. in hindsight, this is useless information but helpful for the future :)

@bodhikivits Год назад

I don't think tom is too interested in learning metas, he's more of an old school player

@cane_lul Год назад

@@bodhikivits well yeah, he doesn't have to learn them, but if he does remember something by chance, it can only help

@bodhikivits Год назад

@@cane_lul yeah true

@beaucaspar3990 Год назад

Alberta looks really similar to Montana.

@nyjetstd10 Год назад

So happy the Hudson Valley finally made it into one of your videos! Cheers from NY!

@notmyname327 Год назад

I was missing more geoguessr content, glad to see it!

@ericrundgren7257 Год назад

Good luck on the new mission

@carolinegreenwell9086 Год назад

well done !! ... I really enjoyed that

@adamwilliams725 11 месяцев назад

Sérent has unlocked some of my memories. Thank you :)

@predarek Год назад

Your ability to locate the exact street in a city so fast is impressive!

@GymLone Год назад

i enjoy all your videos. thanks from the usa

@nathredwood Год назад

Ossining is embedded in my brain as the suburb Don Draper lived in in Mad Men.

@JUMALATION1 Год назад

I saw Ossining straight away and was in agony when Tom just kept going farther north 😆

@Cognition92 Год назад

Thank you for being an absolute legend

@TheJomisharapjo Год назад

"We're back in civilization, oh no, USA"

@beckobert Год назад

11:54 Perfection

@doppz Год назад

Calling people oriental is generally frowned upon, however there are many business that still use it as a descriptor: primarily for furniture (rugs) and food (usually cheap-ish take out restaurants)

@jonnydobos Год назад

Yes! Love these old school vids. Btw on the 2nd round, yellow signs will tell you you’re in Johor

@MaartenKuif Год назад

On the very first cross road, even before you checked your compass, there's a 'paddestoel' (Dutch for mushroom) on your left, which shows you the direction and (biking) distance to the nearest towns and cities. There's a lot of those in The Netherlands, especially around biking paths and in rural areas. No road numbers, though. I don't know if the resolution of Google Maps is good enough to read what they say, but if it is, they might help you in other Netherlands rounds.

@TheJusstCrab Год назад

I suck at geography but I immediately knew it was NY because I lived there for so long

@zoe101yea Год назад

All this time and you finally got dropped on a road where I grew up. That feeling was so wild.

@seth1455 Год назад

which one?

@raphaell4786 Год назад

Absolutely love the videos Tom! I've got one request tho, I don't know how others feel about this, but I find that the big Timer on the screen is a bit irritating and I don't wanna say "annoying".. but you know what I mean. If you could just size that one a bit down I think it would just be more pleasing to the Eye. Keep up the great work! I love playing along with you. Greetings from Austria!

@KEKSKAN0NE Год назад

Just got back from a soccer match in Haarlem and I swear I drove that bigger street in location 1 with the signs. WTF!!!?

@bluejeans5496 Год назад

I really enjoy this ty tom

@calvin_geo Год назад

Oh my he’s playin world map 🫡 Love you Tom you always keep me going! Keep it up both the geoguessr and the adventure

@sfyzer3283 Год назад

Amazing, I am from Vannes, the last one :D Well done!

@derrillepeter7876 Год назад

What you can do for next time is look completely down at the ground and point your compass straight north. Then you get the orientation of the road you're on! So it's easier to line up the road on the map!

@E11or Год назад

Love the OG Geoguessr videos keep that

@Benhutchie22386 Год назад

Perfect Friday night vid. Cheers Tom

@tonypapas9854 Год назад

Also, can't wait for the new mission video!

@sushi777300 Год назад

Well done 👍

@Hoopsjvl Год назад

Goodness, you had the same infuriating loading issues I had while playing. ...You made me feel better.

@bobcougar6231 Год назад

For future reference, Alberta is the only Canadian province that doesn't require forward facing license plates.

@nathanweiss5174 Год назад

That Ossining round looked familiar right from the start, even with the weird snow coverage there, looked very N. Westchester 'Hudson Valley' is a broad regional term for all along the Hudson River so only so helpful.

@jdinaml Год назад

Played 4 or 5 games of the World map and got like 80% of rounds middle of nowhere. You definitely got lucky!

@erikfeys6756 Год назад

TIP! Gaming speedrunners use "live split" to keep track of how long it takes to complete a run. You can also keep track of individual rounds while ur playing. It compares your current times against your best times. It's free and there's youtube videos on how to use if needed.

@DECODEDVFX Год назад

12:55 Oriental is generally seen as offensive only when used to refer to people.

@confettied Год назад

Canada is always trippy to watch. Everything's is kind of like the US, but ever so slightly off.

@kamakiriad Год назад

Tip for the round near 19:40, when a Speed sign says “Maximum” (rather than “speed limit”) it’s Canada

@Tris2000 Год назад

I don't know if World Map is any easier now than it was, but even if they have taken out some of the more impossible locations, there's so many new countries now, from India to Qatar to Rwanda... so actually, when you look at it *that* way, it's harder because there's so many more countries it could be!