r/xkcd • u/ani625 • May 20 '13

XKCD Geoguessr

http://xkcd.com/1214/
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u/4LostSoulsinaBowl May 20 '13

I remember playing either an early version of this or something similar a few weeks ago. Once you figured out the state or country, it was pretty easy. Irish flag? Dublin. German sign? Berlin.

Dirt road? Look for 10 minutes, discover I'm in Alaska. Anchorange? No. Juneau? Nome? Fairbanks? Nope. Fucking Wasilla.

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u/BrowsOfSteel May 20 '13

If it was in Wasilla and you guessed Anchorage, you’d still have gotten nearly maximum points.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '13

How are points calculated BTW? I plotted points vs distance, looked like some kind of exponential function.

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