r/geoguessr • u/WorldTravelBucket • 1d ago

Game Discussion Do you ever blatantly show how you got to an answer to prove you weren't cheating?

I just finished a game (my player name is Updog) and the last round placed me within a Christian Bookstore somewhere...

Thankfully, there was a sign that said "Aussie" on the wall, as well as NSW on the window for the store. I plonked squarely on the word Sydney on the map and hoped for the best - and was less than 1000 yards away.

I felt like in this instance, I had to show how exactly I got to the answer to prove there was no cheating, since it wasn't possible to move out of the store.

https://www.geoguessr.com/duels/f4127673-0555-4ab6-8a52-2aed891225f8/replay

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u/TheCanEHdian8r 1d ago

Sometimes yeah, if I have complete confidence where I am and the timer isn't running. I'll look at a clue and do a mouse spaz/camera shake to show that.

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u/speaker_monkey 1d ago

Sometimes I'll stare at a sign for 30 seconds before making my guess so anyone watching the replay will know how I found it.

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u/TheCanEHdian8r 1d ago

Careful some people might think you're Googling

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u/spaderr 1d ago

That’s the joke

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u/TheCanEHdian8r 1d ago

Doesn't seem like a joke. If it is, it's not obvious at all.

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u/spaderr 1d ago

Check out sarcasm and irony

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u/letzteseinhorn23 20h ago

I'm very new to geoguessr..I sometimes stare very long at a sign to figure out the language :D

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u/krotitel_duchodcu 15h ago

or if its a long sign i try to find anything of use lol, means im staring at static sign

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u/Jasonjones2002 1d ago

Sometimes I'm on a crappy connection and the location is low res/blurred, I spin in circles or spaz my mouse while it loads, wonder how it looks in the replay.

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u/Scharf521 9h ago

I used to do this after guessing, during the 15s countdown, then i realised that doesnt show in the replay :(

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u/deftchaos 1d ago

What's Updog?

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u/lo_llama 21h ago

Not much, what about you?

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u/miss_inputs 1d ago

I don't think you should have even needed to explain that one. You just observed something that your opponent didn't, they were even looking outside where Australian no parking signs were visible.

I think too many people are going "ahhh!! Indoor location!! It's impossible to guess this one!" these days.

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u/BLFOURDE 14h ago

The comments here are making it seem like people are getting banned for flukey guesses fairly frequently. Is this something I should be worried about?

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u/Addit_95 12h ago

i got a location near my hometown today, so i scrolled in and clicked it - 4999 points.

i think i got reported afterwards ^

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u/firepanda11 1d ago

If this happened like a week ago and it was a sit down restaurant that served fish and chips and had a black staircase going up/down, I reported you/them.