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« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2013, 11:29:54 AM » |
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I scored a 15. Australia and the US are a long distance apart  |
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« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2013, 11:34:50 AM » |
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You missed with 0.013 km which gave 6478 points.
Bingo!!!
Helped that there was a restaurant in the picture called the "Mangonui fish bar". Little bit of geekery and some help from trip advisor and you have a target to beat.
Bit disappointed to miss it by 13m to be honest. Wish I'd zoomed in a bit more now.
Isn't googling for landmarks cheating? Having said that I move the streetview around and have a wander about, is that cheating? |
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« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2013, 11:42:22 AM » |
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Yeah course it is. I just wanted to see how close I could get that was all. Was just trying to go by road signs and things then spotted the Mangonui and thought I'd google it. How was I to know they had a website  I don't think cheating really applies when it's just random pics from google earth anyway. If you get a random bit of road you're just guessing anyway so it's not like there's any skill involved. |
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Motivational speeches at their best:
"Because thats what living is, the 6 inches in front of your face......" - Patrick Leonard - 10th May 2015
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« Reply #18 on: May 11, 2013, 11:50:32 AM » |
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I like it when there's a bit of a sign that gives you a hint, but without giving away the country or town to obviously. This one stumped me a bit though: | Click to see full-size image. |
 It's the sort of place Matt would run in a mirror-universe... |
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« Reply #19 on: May 11, 2013, 12:14:17 PM » |
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23696pts
4th picture was inside a restaurant with no clues,guessed at Greece and was right but a fair way off.
low point was 80pts for an individual picture.
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« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2013, 12:21:03 PM » |
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1st attempt 9264 pts
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humbled to be included alongside such esteemed people - thank you
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« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2013, 12:23:18 PM » |
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Addicted. Shit at it, but addicted. (I'm putting it down to variance, and I'm getting really difficult places... ) |
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« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2013, 12:26:06 PM » |
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Best is moving to road signs.
I managed 18k whilst using google. Last one was a road with no markings or signs, just green. Went for Scotland and obvs Canada.
Got one within 1km and another within 5
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[21:05:17] Andrew W: you wasted a non spelling mistakepost?
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« Reply #23 on: May 11, 2013, 12:48:45 PM » |
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2 goes so far, 6kish each time. Closest is 212k - which was in New Zealand, so that could have gone horrible wrong!
Need to click more on the screen, as the clues are there
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« Reply #24 on: May 11, 2013, 01:20:56 PM » |
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My best is still just under 12,000. But that might be changing:
You missed with 0.416 km which gave 6444 points.
That's the first go of the five. Pressure's on...
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« Reply #25 on: May 11, 2013, 01:22:12 PM » |
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Best is moving to road signs.
I managed 18k whilst using google. Last one was a road with no markings or signs, just green. Went for Scotland and obvs Canada.
Got one within 1km and another within 5
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« Reply #26 on: May 11, 2013, 01:43:23 PM » |
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8831 points
Great game
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« Reply #27 on: May 11, 2013, 01:55:44 PM » |
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Game finished! You got 15543 points in total. LinkI can now go and eat |
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« Reply #28 on: May 11, 2013, 03:07:32 PM » |
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« Reply #29 on: May 11, 2013, 03:21:38 PM » |
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6789 1st attempt
11568 2nd attempt with google help on one
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Ah! The element of surprise
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