Author Topic: Geography fegs ... can you beat my puny score? (Read 2310 times)

ToxicAdam · « **on:** March 06, 2009, 12:47:37 AM »

http://www.digyourowngrave.com/globetrotter-xl/

TVC15 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:06:31 AM »

Level 5, 4270

It's kinda funny how everything falls apart if you get more than 1 sub-saharan Africa question per round.

I'm going to play a bit more. This is actually pretty fun.

thekavorka · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:13:58 AM »

thats like geosense. there used to be (maybe there still is) an online multiplayer game where you go head to head.

and any city in russia suuucks

Mandark · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:17:19 AM »

Small countries (until level 7 when they stop showing borders) and American cities pad stats. I think the Netherlands saved me twice.

thekavorka · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:18:31 AM »

damnit mandark

TVC15 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:19:56 AM »

Quote from: Mandark on March 06, 2009, 01:17:19 AM

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Small countries (until level 7 when they stop showing borders) and American cities pad stats. I think the Netherlands saved me twice.

I just got 8319. I knew I was done when the borders disappeared, but I still managed to get close to level 8. Again, good game, but I keep getting Africa-fucked. I swear they are just making up countries in Africa. Who the fuck ever heard of South Africa?

Mandark · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:23:03 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on March 06, 2009, 01:19:56 AM

I just got 8319. I knew I was done when the borders disappeared, but I still managed to get close to level 8. Again, good game, but I keep getting Africa-fucked. I swear they are just making up countries in Africa. Who the fuck ever heard of South Africa?

See, this is the real tragic legacy of colonial partitioning. I've got the north African countries down, and a general idea of which ones are on the west and east, but the middle and south just murder me.

thekavorka · « **Reply #7 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:23:11 AM »

better question should be why the fuck did i get bakersfield california twice

Mandark · « **Reply #8 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:32:45 AM »

Quote from: thekavorka on March 06, 2009, 01:18:31 AM

damnit mandark

And it was Krakow that got me through Round 6, bwa ha ha ha ha.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #9 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:49:40 AM »

I got to level 11, thank you Paradox Interactive for making me a complete geografag.

Bildi · « **Reply #10 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:53:23 AM »

Level 4 3005

Seems I have no idea where anything in the US is. I generally picked the wrong coast.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #11 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:21:30 AM »

Quote from: Bildi on March 06, 2009, 01:53:23 AM

Level 4 3005

Seems I have no idea where anything in the US is. I generally picked the wrong coast.

I was just thinking about how impossible USA must be to foreigners. As a cruel trick, they should make "Springfield, USA" as one of the selections.

TVC15 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:32:25 AM »

Quote from: Fragamemnon on March 06, 2009, 01:49:40 AM

I got to level 11, thank you Paradox Interactive for making me a complete geografag.

Catassing all those grognard strategy games has given you a few points on at least one of your skill trees, I see.

Quote from: ToxicAdam on March 06, 2009, 02:21:30 AM

Quote from: Bildi on March 06, 2009, 01:53:23 AM
Level 4 3005

Seems I have no idea where anything in the US is. I generally picked the wrong coast.

I was just thinking about how impossible USA must be to foreigners. As a cruel trick, they should make "Springfield, USA" as one of the selections.

It's probably similar to me dealing with Australia. I know there are like 4 major cities, and I know 3 of them are basically on the eastern coast, but beyond that, I am just blindly stabbin'.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #13 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:35:33 AM »

For me it's China. Such a huge glob of nothingness and no idea where their ridiculously named cities are. With Russia, at least, most of their cities are in the western part.

TVC15 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:41:20 AM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on March 06, 2009, 02:35:33 AM

For me it's China. Such a huge glob of nothingness and no idea where their ridiculously named cities are. With Russia, at least, most of their cities are in the western part.

Agreed on both. Other bad ones that comes up frequently are cities in Brazil, but that largely seems to be a case of pick a spot on the coast and pray.

T-Short · « **Reply #15 on:** March 06, 2009, 10:48:12 AM »

$:-\$

I got Tokyo, Japan twice during this round, that's a bit weird. Got hard when the borders were removed.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16 on:** March 06, 2009, 12:28:51 PM »

failed on level 2

i read Austria as Australia

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #17 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:36:12 PM »

Level 7
9057

The lack of borders threw me off badly at level 7.

Crushed · « **Reply #18 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:42:07 PM »

bah, i've totally forgotten a bunch of countries i knew. $:-\$

Bacchus7 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 06, 2009, 02:57:44 PM »

5439. Not too spectacular, but it did make me happy when I got Hamburg, Germany with 0 distance in tolerance.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #20 on:** March 06, 2009, 03:15:20 PM »

2315 :'(

I'll got a couple curveballs though

Edit: Fuckit, try number two first question "Malta: Republic of Malta" FUCK YOU

pollo · « **Reply #21 on:** March 06, 2009, 03:19:49 PM »

having an African Studies minor helps.

Looks like the game was designed by someone Belgian huh

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #22 on:** March 06, 2009, 03:22:08 PM »

Quote from: pollo on March 06, 2009, 03:19:49 PM

Looks like the game was designed by someone Belgian huh

I got that vibe as well, if only to make everyone mad that the true price of colonialism is making Africa a quiz game nightmare.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #23 on:** March 06, 2009, 03:22:12 PM »

OMG I'm geographically distinguished mentally-challenged...I never had any idea. I even used to love spinning the family globe and seeing where I'd land.

Bildi · « **Reply #24 on:** March 06, 2009, 07:15:52 PM »

Quote from: pollo on March 06, 2009, 03:19:49 PM

having an African Studies minor helps.

Looks like the game was designed by someone Belgian huh

Yeah, I sucked hard at Africa unless it was Egypt, South Africa or Madagascar. That's about all I know.

Akala · « **Reply #25 on:** March 06, 2009, 08:15:01 PM »

Level 5 -4707 after a warm-up. :'(

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #26 on:** March 06, 2009, 08:54:39 PM »

Cities in sub-Saharan Africa, Chile (look at that mother fuckin' country), China, and Australia keep fucking me up.

pollo · « **Reply #27 on:** March 06, 2009, 10:04:20 PM »

I only say that cause they call it "Congo" and not DRC, just weird.. I don't think anyone really calls it Congo

xnikki118x · « **Reply #28 on:** March 07, 2009, 12:50:51 AM »

Level 5, 4989.

Reminds me of http://www.sporcle.com/games/
Things like this are awesome.

I can't get past level 7. I wanna keep playing this all night!

pollo · « **Reply #29 on:** March 07, 2009, 09:58:09 PM »

Africa saves my butt, South America kills me. You memorize the places after awhile

trh · « **Reply #30 on:** March 08, 2009, 07:43:17 PM »

Gotland is not a country, wtf.

xnikki118x · « **Reply #31 on:** March 09, 2009, 04:35:32 PM »

Yeah I can rarely get past level 6 and have only been able to get to level 8 like twice. Epic fail.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #32 on:** March 09, 2009, 05:55:47 PM »

Level 6
Score 6651

Not too bad.

pollo · « **Reply #33 on:** March 09, 2009, 07:10:19 PM »

Level 10 is the last level

xnikki118x · « **Reply #34 on:** March 10, 2009, 01:49:03 AM »

Quote from: pollo on March 09, 2009, 07:10:19 PM

Level 10 is the last level

That's good to know. So in getting to level 8 a few times I guess I'm not too bad! A lot of it is guessing, though.

When I was young I had a huge map of the world hanging in my bedroom. Maybe I need one of those again.

Bildi · « **Reply #35 on:** March 10, 2009, 03:11:55 AM »

I thought I'd have another go for fun.

Level 1

303

FML

Ganhyun · « **Reply #36 on:** March 10, 2009, 09:44:15 AM »

trh · « **Reply #37 on:** March 10, 2009, 02:13:53 PM »

level 7/8129 is my best yet, after a pathetic amount of tries. Nailing it just right for the multiplier is so ridiculously important, not really liking that.

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Author Topic: Geography fegs ... can you beat my puny score? (Read 2310 times)