You got historical chops? The Timeguessr thread (spoiler alert)

[Bo Diddley]

He looked like New Jersey to me.

Yeah, definitely one of the Jerseys.

[PaloAltoCougar]

43,936. Very similar to BD, except I was there for JPII's SF visit.

1)49222 pts
32 yrs off - 3.6 km - Disturbingly similar to Bo's and missed for the same reason (fake cellphone, probably a Wallkman or radio). I knew it wasn't Shibuya, but that's the only Tokyo intersection I remember.

2)9292pts
1 yrs off - 158.4 km - Didn't look Londony so picked Birmindham

3)9797 pts
2 yrs off - 157.0 m -

4)9930 pts
1 yrs off - 987.5 km -

5)9995 pts
0 yrs off - 270.8 - Mad I was 200+ meters from the spot, losing the perfecto

[Bo Diddley]

2)9292pts
1 yrs off - 158.4 km - Didn't look Londony so picked Birmindham

Yeah, I almost went with Birmingham as well. I figured London was central enough to use as a hedge.

[beefytee]

40,559 -- As good as can be expected on location - Terrible on the years.

1)
7498 pts
9 yrs off
104.6 m -- Thought this was later. I think I based in mostly on my Korean timeline that I've seen, and with the huge advance in Korea during the eighties, they were just catching up then. So I guessed way too late.

2)
7760 pts
7 yrs off
140.2 km -- The one city I missed. I'm guessing most will. I was way too late again.

3)
8388 pts
7 yrs off
596.6 m -- I remember Little Italy and Chinatown being close in NY, so I was pretty sure it was there. Once again picked way too late.

4)
6963 pts
13 yrs off
1.0 km -- This one I guessed way too early. I thought the cars were pretty old.

5)
9950 pts
1 yrs off
24.3 m -- Based my guess on how old PJP2 looked. He wasn't hunched over yet, so i went with mid 80's.

[Pelado]

Pretty big misses on the years again - 36,478 and surprised it wasn't much lower. JPII saved me, I guess.

6876 - 14 years, 6.0 km - Random Tokyo location. The picture gave off 80s vibes but the hairstyles and apparel seemed more recent (though I admit to no knowledge of Japanese styles in hair/clothing for any decade). Went with early 90s hedging that it was 2000s. Somewhat shocked it was late 70s.

5357 - 16 years, 142.8 km - Also went with London but way off on the year again, thinking it would be around the time that I guessed the movie Rebecca was released in theaters.

7498 - 10 years, 106.3 m - Figured Little Italy was near Chinatown since there seemed to be a sign in Chinese next door. As is becoming a theme, way off on time.

6948 - 6 years, 952.3 km - The DK didn't register any particular country for me. Signs seemed English enough, so I just went with London again. Cars looked 1940s or 50s so I went with 1955.

9799 - 2 years, 56.1 m - Happy to get closer to the geographic spot than PAC in spite of my not having been there. I didn't remember when he came to the US, but thought I remembered a Catholic classmate talking about it. A couple years too late.

[Copelius]

42,341
9959, not bad for just dropping a pin in the middle of Tokyo. Bell bottoms got me right on with year.
9912, one year off and lucked out with the town on the English coast, which TG likes to do.
4994, Dang near spot on with little Italy, but the people looked more recent and was off by 21 years for 0 points and may God have mercy on my soul.
7485, under a km but the year got me again. Main car looked late 40s so went with 52 losing 9 years worth of points.
9991, Not quite as close as PAC, but then again I wasn't there.

[LiveCoug]

42,997

[Pelado]

42,341
9959, not bad for just dropping a pin in the middle of Tokyo. Bell bottoms got me right on with year.
9912, one year off and lucked out with the town on the English coast, which TG likes to do.
4994, Dang near spot on with little Italy, but the people looked more recent and was off by 21 years for 0 points and may God have mercy on my soul.
7485, under a km but the year got me again. Main car looked late 40s so went with 52 losing 9 years worth of points.
9991, Not quite as close as PAC, but then again I wasn't there.

I thought I spied a pair of bell bottoms, but the bell wasn't that pronounced.

[Bo Diddley]

I thought I spied a pair of bell bottoms, but the bell wasn't that pronounced.

I saw those, but trends come back around. I remember wearing bell bottoms when I was a kid. I was too young to understand that they were in fashion though.

[PaloAltoCougar]

41,543

1)7879 pts
1 yrs off - 1142.7 km - Looked Eastern European to me.

2)9263 pts
4 yrs off - 11 km

3)9782 pts
2 yrs off - 909.6 m

4)8671 pts
5 yrs off - 32.2 km

5)5948 pts
16yrs off - 2.0 km - Way off on the time

[Bo Diddley]

42,556

1)8948 pts
3 yrs off - 152.3 km - This scene looked oddly familiar. I was able to pick out some of the English tells.

2)8352 pts
6 yrs off - 1.7 km

3)9875 pts
1 yrs off - 3.4 km

4)9526 pts
3 yrs off - 3.4 km - With some effort, found the cities on the map.

5)5855 pts
16 yrs off - 11.3 km - Guessed way too late.

[RC Vikings]

43,257

1. 7743 7yrs 156 km
2. 9154 4 ys 11 km
3. 9531 3 yrs 3 km
4. 9347 1 yr 102 km
5. 7482 10 yr 888 km

One of my better attempts

[Copelius]

42,839
1-9397, 3 yrs - Oregon Rose Bowl shirt helped, 25.7km - was pretty sure Europe despite Rose Bowl shirt, picked Birmingham because seemed less refined than a London crowd.
2-9462, 3 yrs , 9.6km
3-4930, 12 yrs - went post war instead of pre/midst of, 1140km - Hanoi instead of Saigon
4- 9090, 4 yrs, 27.4km - picked a point between the cities
5- 9960, 0yrs - Italy's last decent WC team, 1.3km - when the city is obvious, I never try to narrow it down and just stab somewhere in the middle without zooming in too much.

[beefytee]

43,786 -- A little worse on the locations but not too bad on the year.

1)
8013 pts
5 yrs off
387.1 km -- Looked like something that would be done in Scotland to me. I would have picked turn of the millenium except I noticed all the cell phones, I still picked too early.

2)
9342 pts
0 yrs off
158.5 km -- I seriously considered Athens but went out in the islands themselves. I thought I saw [A]thena reflected in the car glass, but realized it was something like ..htina.

3)
8549 pts
2 yrs off
750.9 km -- Went with Bangkok.

4)
9786 pts
2 yrs off
712.5 m -- The shield made me initially look in Argentina as the picture the other day had a similar highway number shield, but I didn't end up finding it in Hungary.

5)
8096 pts
5 yrs off
304.4 km -- Went with Bologna, I went too early because I didn't see very many cell phones. I missed any soccer references and anything that tied it to Rome. Any patriotic pictures in Europe should probably default to the WC.

[Bo Diddley]

The shield made me initially look in Argentina as the picture the other day had a similar highway number shield, but I didn't end up finding it in Hungary..

I thought the exact same thing initially. But the names didn't fit at all. I started in Czechoslovakia and worked my way down.