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Something I never see mentioned about these Geoguesser streamers: what if they are cheating? It would be trivial to set up location extraction the Street View h
by awestroke 3y ago
Something I never see mentioned about these Geoguesser streamers: what if they are cheating? It would be trivial to set up location extraction the Street View http requests and show it on another monitor (or even overlay window hidden from stream capture) that the streamer can glance at.
- mvdtnz 3y agoI feel like you're trivialising triviality. You may be capable of doing that but it's not "trivial" by any stretch.
- yreg 3y agoTo be fair it is trivial compared to the skill displayed if there is no cheating involved.
- yreg 3y agoRainbolt has made a video with an eye tracker which would be difficult to fake (I think): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD_rtwofvgU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD_rtwofvgU In October there will be an in-person event: https://www.geoguessr.com/world-cup https://www.geoguessr.com/world-cup edit: in this video he also includes a third person view of his monitor – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izarzOXjZp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izarzOXjZp4
- Workaccount2 3y agoSome probably are cheating, but at least some are in fact this skilled.
- nektro 3y agoits a game. the site intentionally picks photos with regional identifiers so you can get good at it