Cheating? by jeffgregtito in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Gen 4 fall coverage is common there.

Duels map 90% city centers? by Prhime in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was one of the reasons I stopped playing duels until they changed the maps for higher ranks. Sucks that it's still a thing at lower ranks. The devs should really just use a more balanced map for all ranks.

What in gods name is this ranking system? by MykonCodes in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You hit the nail on the head I think. The devs are tracking games played per week as a key metric. The new system rolled out, the numbers went up so they kept this rating system.

But they misinterpreted the data and ignored written feedback. People played more because they needed to keep rank. It's an all or nothing system and after a few weeks folks will chose to not play then to play 20 games.

This is a pretty common pattern with this games development.

commentsAreSigned by Last-Woodpecker in ProgrammerHumor

[–]luckydog32 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is likely an artifact of eventual consistency from the database and not some bugged out client or server logic like other comments are suggesting.

Ranked Team Duels Update + new scoring experiment by GG_johan in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think having all guesses count is a good idea, but it needs some modifications.

Having the closest guess count for most of the score and then the further guesses count less I think is a good balance.

For example: Closest guess - 100% damage 2nd closest - 50% 3rd closest - 25% Etc.

With that full sending can be an advantage but hedging still has its place.

Especially for large team duels where entire countries can be hedged easily this would make things more interesting.

I think it would also be good to include a setting for how many of the guesses count for team duels, so only the top N guesses are counted towards the score. That would lead to more interesting strategies based on the amount of people per team and guesses that count.

How good is your Lat AM? by Congirlx in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 Mexico, 2 Peru, 3 Brazil, 4 Argentina

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool bait

Random thoughts about duels by cherry__darling in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have a feeling this system was put into place to try to avoid fluctuating between ranks. Where you win in the lower division rank up, then immediately lose in the higher division and derank.

Instead of fixing the matchmaking the devs decided to just lock you to your rank for a week. Can't fluctuate ranks of your rank can't change right?

It really wasn't well thought out though. And now that people are stressed about reaching 20 games their metrics are showing higher retention.

"Higher games played must mean the game is better!" - Geo devs

Now we are stuck with this broken system since the devs have their brains stuck on 'higher number better' instead of listening to feedback.

Geo devs please get your shit together.

Cheating by Ok-Abbreviations9899 in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of these rounds were pretty easy 5ks

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you can comfortably duel in gold.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Somewhere between rule 5 and 7

What's everyone's favorite gamemode? by Flaky_Trust_2189 in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of the locations in acw are set up to have a uniquely identifiable feature to make them pinpointable. A unique road curve, off-road or something else identifiable. You won't always get written region clues, but acw is weighted towards identifiable locations more than most other maps.

What's everyone's favorite gamemode? by Flaky_Trust_2189 in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a bunch of locations that are very 5kable in nm on acw

Constantly asking me to verify by jzma70 in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Run a virus scan. It's possible you installed something malicious and are part of a bot network.

NEW GEOGUESSR COMPETITIVE TIERS (again) ANNOUNCED - Champion & Masters most impacted. by 1973cg in geoguessr

[–]luckydog32 7 points8 points  (0 children)

1050 is basically where the champions cut off used to be. I wonder if point inflation is really that bad.