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  • Clark Addison
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 10288

    #271
    Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post
    32,990. Good on locations but got beat up on dates today. Which is a roundabout way to say I sucked at the part of the game that makes it different from geoguessr. Just want to go on record saying the Germany one being in the 1970s was bullshit.
    Ha, yes, I guessed somewhere in the 50s on that one. When I saw the answer I thought "Men were still wearing fedoras in Germany in the 70s?"

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    • Commando
      Explosivo
      • Feb 2009
      • 20748

      #272
      lol 30,736. Also, who tf wears great depression-era hats in 1971???
      "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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      • PaloAltoCougar
        Semper infra dignitatem
        • Nov 2008
        • 16912

        #273

        38,389. (Sorry, Bo, for the narrow victory...)

        1) 9.599 pts
        3yrs off - 61 m - We were standing there one year ago

        2) 5,375 pts
        20 yrs off - 125.2 km

        3) 8880 pts
        3 yrs off - 220.1 km - I went with Casablanca

        4) 6644 pts
        9 yrs off - 356.1 km - All the men's hats made me think it was Pre-Kennedy

        5) 7891 pts
        1 yrs off - 1118.10 km - I guessed Iowa, too

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        • Jeff Lebowski
          Corporate lackey for Jesus
          • Nov 2008
          • 69434

          #274
          34,830. Average crappy day for me.
          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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          • Northwestcoug
            Cocked and Loaded
            • May 2011
            • 17902

            #275
            33,356.
            Got the city right for Vietnam but had no idea what the timeline of the withdrawal was. Guessed mid 1970's. No way that Alabama pic was 2002 .Thought Morocco was Cairo (wasn't Egypt a French colony before?), and off by 15(!) years. 3 years off the German tourists (the clothing style was apparent), and guessed Iowa for the Trump rally.
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            • Bo Diddley
              Senior
              • Jul 2012
              • 18688

              #276
              Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post
              32,990. Good on locations but got beat up on dates today. Which is a roundabout way to say I sucked at the part of the game that makes it different from geoguessr. Just want to go on record saying the Germany one being in the 1970s was bullshit.
              Looking at the lady in pants and the shoes she was wearing made me think 70's.

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              • Bo Diddley
                Senior
                • Jul 2012
                • 18688

                #277
                Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
                38,389. (Sorry, Bo, for the narrow victory...)
                I expect nothing less. If I ever do beat you, let's chalk it up to luck.

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                • Commando
                  Explosivo
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 20748

                  #278
                  Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
                  33,356.
                  Got the city right for Vietnam but had no idea what the timeline of the withdrawal was. Guessed mid 1970's. No way that Alabama pic was 2002 .Thought Morocco was Cairo (wasn't Egypt a French colony before?), and off by 15(!) years. 3 years off the German tourists (the clothing style was apparent), and guessed Iowa for the Trump rally.
                  I had all the exact same problems, but I guessed Switzerland instead of Germany and pinned it as wayyyyy earlier than 71. And damn it, that could be Cairo, is my argument... ALSO guessed Iowa and 2024. Oh well.
                  "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                  • Bo Diddley
                    Senior
                    • Jul 2012
                    • 18688

                    #279
                    Originally posted by Commando View Post

                    I had all the exact same problems, but I guessed Switzerland instead of Germany and pinned it as wayyyyy earlier than 71. And damn it, that could be Cairo, is my argument... ALSO guessed Iowa and 2024. Oh well.
                    This is where knowing the flags of the world helps. I probably would have thought Egypt if I wasn't associated with Morocco. We have a partnership with them at work.

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                    • LiveCoug
                      LA Ute loves me
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 18482

                      #280
                      32, 455. LOL my worst day ever

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                      • Jeff Lebowski
                        Corporate lackey for Jesus
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 69434

                        #281
                        Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
                        32, 455. LOL my worst day ever
                        Oh, I have done worse than that. Several times. Amateur.
                        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                        • Commando
                          Explosivo
                          • Feb 2009
                          • 20748

                          #282
                          Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post

                          This is where knowing the flags of the world helps. I probably would have thought Egypt if I wasn't associated with Morocco. We have a partnership with them at work.
                          Yeah some country's flags are just goofy and not memorable.
                          "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                          • chrisrenrut
                            Strikes and Gutters
                            • Jul 2009
                            • 2258

                            #283
                            I’m getting worse at this game. Someone send in a picture of SLC during the Olympics, or the BYU-Miami game.

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                            • Copelius
                              Maker of eyeballs
                              • Dec 2012
                              • 4018

                              #284
                              38,727
                              Totally whiffed on Morocco location and Alabama time. Put Trump in NH
                              “Every player dreams of being a Yankee, and if they don’t it’s because they never got the chance.” Aroldis Chapman

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                              • Pelado
                                Bald not naked
                                • Sep 2010
                                • 21080

                                #285
                                First time I've done the game, but I didn't create an account and closed out of the browser before transcribing scores by round. The total score was 32k something. I didn't recognize the flag and figured the Moroccan picture was more Middle East. I went with Istanbul. I was two years off.

                                I got Ho Chi Minh City and was off by 4 years. I got Birmingham but was way off on the year. I went with Munich on the German one, which was relatively close, but was way off on the year there, too. I thought the Trump rally might have been leading up to the New Hampshire primary, so I was a fair amount off on the location and off by one year.
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