Hackers
It's really nice to see the new daily challenges, but its sad that there are some guys who can guess every place within 3 min even in the middle of the desert.
If you win the daily challenge every day without being further than 10 meters even once, it's clear that these users are not playing fair. For example this guy Markus Hintermeister wins every time, and gets places right where there are 0 clues in the argentinean desert where it is impossible to be less than 5 meters away.
If you win the daily challenge every day without being further than 10 meters even once, it's clear that these users are not playing fair. For example this guy Markus Hintermeister wins every time, and gets places right where there are 0 clues in the argentinean desert where it is impossible to be less than 5 meters away.
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I don't think he uses some hack, this is doable without hack.
I make 25k games myself every now and then with Google's help, just for the joy of accuracy. But a Challenge is something else. Markus Hintermeister will have his tricks to reach 25k in 3 minutes, but it looks like it's more statically probable that a show-off manipulates than that a geo-genius presents his performance.
To staff - I suggest to modify code somehow to hide coordinates. I realise, than keeping server-side would be very resource-consuming. If it's not possible, maybe something another - publish not only score, but also time needed and "distance travelled" during search? Someone with 0 travel, hitting target within few meters, surely would be cheater. And, of course, person like this definitely should got ban...
And "..definitely should got ban."
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1. I know how to cheat, but I will not use it, because I'm not here for cheating.
2. If I found any other cheater, I will expose him/her - here. Current "leader" of daily challenge is a cheater.
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It has been a few days now, but he still can cheat his way to victory.
I was searching for a way to report him, but i can't seem to find a place where I can.
This should be something very basic that you can report cheaters in order to get them banned, otherwise this will keep on happening, and there is no point in playing the daily challenge
Because now other players will think that if he can play unfairly they can too, and the problem could get bigger and bigger
But it is still cheating.
@RadoX1988 - I can't imagine way to detect (and remove) cheater like this. Anybody can have as many email addresses, as he wish, and detecting IP address won't work, because many people can use the same IP (NAT). OK, using cookies may detect same machine/browser combination, but it still will be possible, using another computer (or another account on same computer, or just another browser).
My "solution" is not to play daily challenge. Of course, sometimes I "come in", hitting challenge shown on my list, but when I realise, that it is it, I just make it quick, without special tries to find proper place. It is no problem, that I will have smaller score. I play for fun, not for scores.
And real fun is something like today, when I have found place in Labrador fjords - only because I have been in this area earlier and I could recognize it... (only 4 km from exact place, I think it was very, very good...).
1. Play the game however you like
2. No Googling or using other resources. Moving allowed. Only use the window given by Geoguessr.
@Marekwlodarz I actually didn't say ban in my message 😀 But after thinking about it it might not be the worst thing to disincentivize cheating. Creating a new account also means you need to pay the pro account keep that in mind.
I've been playing with internet research because nobody told me not to, but even that way, it's very difficult to get 25,000. I haven't done it yet, although I imagine it's possible with good seeds.
Someone who regularly gets 25,000 is definitely using that "GeoGuessr cheater" extension, multiple accounts, or the tab refresh exploit. Especially when the challenge includes a rural "potato cam" placement, as a recent one did.
At first I thought the traveled distance might be a good parameter but if you are familiar with the location you don't have to click endless roadpoints.
Today I get the most fun out of the game if my gut feeling that lead to the guess was close enough or exact for ME.
Cheaters spoil the fun for others and cause server costs although they don't contribute to the community feeling.
Even if some world-famous locations are quick to mark the location, an honest search will take a few minutes. So we should think about how to spoil the fun for the cheaters. Maybe a minimal time distance to the beginning of the next round would be helpful.
As an American, I have no problem paying $3/mo for this game, but I sympathize with the educators and with those from poor countries.
My main gripe has to do with the players who get the GPS coordinates from google maps and nail the location within yards in a minute or two. As there is no rule against it, I suppose it's not cheating per se, but it totally devalues the game as a competitive geographic knowledge game. Anyone can use that tool to find the GPS, but not everyone can make a fairly accurate guess of a given location based on their knowledge of terrain, climate, vegetation, geology, language, etc. Competitors ought to swear an oath that they will not use this slight of hand method to win the most points.
I can score over twenty thousand points without cheating anytime. Can they?
(I just realized that I originally posted this in the wrong section, and now I see that many other players are on to this issue.. Hopefully the administrators will do something about the problem. In the meantime, I don't plan on playing the Challenge game, it's meaningless).
Robert Lauriault
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Bro maybe he is just built different 😀
Broooo look at him