GW presents: The Amazing Race Sign Ups

[Local Hero]

- @Benzine
- @Jon
- @Tommy Boy
- @canadaguy
- @VashTheStampede
- @Local Hero
- @TD
- @Fool's Requiem
- @Kat
- @Smacktard

(did I miss anyone? just want to tag everyone to try this out and SPOILER their results)

This should hopefully be a much easier one:

What famous landmark is just out of the screen here?
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What area was this picture taken from? (not the city itself)
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What famous area is this? (clues left in the picture that you can google)
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Spoiler your answers if you want to play along. This is "easy mode" in my opinion...at least "easier" mode than the first picture.

Is this what we're doing? Has the game started yet?

 

[Tubby23]

Is this what we're doing? Has the game started yet?

No, we are calibrating difficulty

 

[TD]

Shouldn't this sort of thing be your bread and butter?

You'd think so but man I only got the second one.

 

[A Punched Face]

You'd think so but man I only got the second one.

Well at least you're Canadian.

 

[A Punched Face]

Also, if you're struggling, look at my spoilers on the last page to see how I would have processed getting the information on all 3.

 

[Smacktard]

Also, if you're struggling, look at my spoilers on the last page to see how I would have processed getting the information on all 3.

I feel like they're fair, but I don't think there's any way I would've gotten the GGB. I feel like there's too many places in the world that could look like that, and the area code on the vehicle didn't help.

 

[A Punched Face]

I feel like they're fair, but I don't think there's any way I would've gotten the GGB. I feel like there's too many places in the world that could look like that, and the area code on the vehicle didn't help.

That's fair, and also why there's teammates and how people will end up winning/losing various games!

We'll have to come up with a scoring system. Say something like each picture or round has a max of 10 points, each requested hint subtracts a point, each incorrect guess subtracts 3.

Needs to be something for proximity or partial guesses though as potential tie breakers. Say one team was able to get the city for 2 but not the location, and another couldn't even get the city, that would be a tie breaker.

 

[A Punched Face]

Also tubby and I can try to make sure there are some helpful things in the pictures when we grab them. Maybe a bonus round could be hard mode and the closest guess (needs to be within a certain distance?) Gets it.

Lots of things we can do.


Unfortunately the two of us seem to be the most likely to pick up in really subtle clues thanks to watching the same geoguessr YouTuber.

 

[TD]

Yeah I never got the GGB cause literally never been to California.

#3 no clue either but I didn't google and maybe I should, but not sure what to google.

 

[A Punched Face]

Yeah I never got the GGB cause literally never been to California.

#3 no clue either but I didn't google and maybe I should, but not sure what to google.

Here's a spoiler that doesn't give away the answer:

Spoiler: Pic 3

there's something on the road that's not there in real life, added there by Google maps to identify something

 

[TD]

Here's a spoiler that doesn't give away the answer:

Spoiler: Pic 3

there's something on the road that's not there in real life, added there by Google maps to identify something

Spoiler

Ohhh. Loch Ness? TIL it's a River.

 

[A Punched Face]

Spoiler

Ohhh. Loch Ness? TIL it's a River.

Spoiler: Spoiler

it's actually a kind of lake that only occurs in areas that have similar geologic history, Scotland is basically it

But yes on your guess.

 

[A Punched Face]

Where is this movie scene being filmed? Looking for the specific building (it's just outside the building). SPOILER your guesses.

You can start by trying to identify the movie, then the city, then see if you can figure out where at that point.

 

[Jon]

Spoiler

I know this is Free Guy and I know that was filmed in Boston... or Massachusetts at least (they filmed in Worcester, Boston and Revere that I know of). I know that's the Harbor but I grew up in that fucking city and I can't figure the building. I'll try and do some thinking of the building in that area. I know the aquarium is near there, but that's not where they are officially.

 

[Local Hero]

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Where is this movie scene being filmed? Looking for the specific building (it's just outside the building). SPOILER your guesses.

You can start by trying to identify the movie, then the city, then see if you can figure out where at that point.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Free Guy?

 

[TD]

1111 make a wish.

Spoiler: Oh shit did I do it?

Fan Pier Park

 

[A Punched Face]

Spoiler

I know this is Free Guy and I know that was filmed in Boston... or Massachusetts at least (they filmed in Worcester, Boston and Revere that I know of). I know that's the Harbor but I grew up in that fucking city and I can't figure the building. I'll try and do some thinking of the building in that area. I know the aquarium is near there, but that's not where they are officially.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Free Guy?

The movie is correct. The city is correct for Jon.

 

[A Punched Face]

1111 make a wish.

Spoiler: Oh shit did I do it?

Fan Pier Park

You found the correct area, yeah. There's a prominent building right there that I'm looking for.

 

[TD]

You found the correct area, yeah. There's a prominent building right there that I'm looking for.

Spoiler: Is this prominent?

John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse

 

[Jon]

Spoiler

Are you looking for the Art Institute on the waterfront? I know that's near there, but I can't remember how close to the harbor that is.

 

[A Punched Face]

Spoiler: Is this prominent?

John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse

Correct.

Spoiler: Spoiler

it's where prominent trials like whitey bulger, Aaron hernandez, the Boston Marathon Bomber, and Lori Laughlin in the college admissions scandal took place

 

[A Punched Face]

Spoiler

Are you looking for the Art Institute on the waterfront? I know that's near there, but I can't remember how close to the harbor that is.

You're so very close. Look at Google maps and move a bit closer to the main part of the city.

 

[TD]

T-BoneD might be alright after all.

 

[Jon]

You're so very close. Look at Google maps and move a bit closer to the main part of the city.

Spoiler

Davio's! Lol, great restaurant, but not prominent.

So I assume you're talking about the courthouse where Aaron Hernandez got convicted then took one up the rear and hung himself instead of being outed as gay in prison. The Moakley Courthouse. Come to think of it, good ol' Whitey Bulger and Zhokar Tsarnaev had their cases too, I believe. That courthouse was home to some really nasty assholes.

 

[A Punched Face]

Spoiler

Davio's! Lol, great restaurant, but not prominent.

So I assume you're talking about the courthouse where Aaron Hernandez got convicted then took one up the rear and hung himself instead of being outed as gay in prison. The Moakley Courthouse. Come to think of it, good ol' Whitey Bulger and Zhokar Tsarnaev had their cases too, I believe. That courthouse was home to some really nasty assholes.

Correct! And correct on the reason for prominence.

 

[Jon]

Correct! And correct on the reason for prominence.

 

[Tubby23]

Spoiler

It's Free Guy. I've walked through there, from memory there is a courthouse there. Which I am guessing is what you're after, I can't remember the name of it. Pretty sure Hernandez' trial was there and probably Tsarnaev.

There is a nice view from Fan Pier Park and also if you look south from the New England Aquarium there is a good view back to the park and courthouse area

 

[A Punched Face]

Spoiler

It's Free Guy. I've walked through there, from memory there is a courthouse there. Which I am guessing is what you're after, I can't remember the name of it. Pretty sure Hernandez' trial was there and probably Tsarnaev.

There is a nice view from Fan Pier Park and also if you look south from the New England Aquarium there is a good view back to the park and courthouse area

Correct, and that is the correct building.

 

[Tubby23]

Correct, and that is the correct building.

Spoiler

Ok so I went to maps now and it's the John Joseph Moakley US Courthouse

 

[Kat]

You would think, and yet I didn’t recognize a city in my own country — and a city I visited at least 3 times in my life

Oh good, I'm not the only one who doesn't recognize places I've been to.

You can start by trying to identify the movie

But... how?

Through some method you should be able to figure out which city this is.

Oh okay, thanks. That helps a lot.

 

[A Punched Face]

But... how?

Look at the very famous actor, google his name plus the thing he's buying followed by the word "movie". The first result should tell you the movie it's in.

Then search "where was ____ filmed"

 

[A Punched Face]

I'll give actual answers to any questions like these. These are all methods of figuring things out that would be useful for the actual game when we get there.

 

[shortkut]

I’m going to rescind my offer to play. Difficulty isn’t the issue, it just I don’t think I’ll be putting in the effort to actually search the way I should and I don’t want to make a mockery of a game that seems really interesting and fun

 

[A Punched Face]

Someday shortkut will try.

 

[shortkut]

Someday shortkut will try.

 

[TD]

I’m going to rescind my offer to play. Difficulty isn’t the issue, it just I don’t think I’ll be putting in the effort to actually search the way I should and I don’t want to make a mockery of a game that seems really interesting and fun

You should probably tag the teammate you just abandoned so he can find a new pardner.

 

[shortkut]

You should probably tag the teammate you just abandoned so he can find a new pardner.

I think it was @Tommy Boy

 

[Smacktard]

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Where is this movie scene being filmed? Looking for the specific building (it's just outside the building). SPOILER your guesses.

You can start by trying to identify the movie, then the city, then see if you can figure out where at that point.

Spoiler

I'm so fkn stumped on this one. I googled "twisted towers", like the one seen in the background, and only a small handful somewhat match the appearance. Three are in the Middle East, and that's not ME architecture. Moscow looked promising, but I can't find any area that matches the foreground. The tower is near a river, and I found marinas, I found a bridge similar to the one in the pic, but I can't find any angle that would match that view.

 

[Kat]

Look at the very famous actor, google his name plus the thing he's buying followed by the word "movie". The first result should tell you the movie it's in.

Then search "where was ____ filmed"

Oh dear, I can't recognize actors. That makes sense though and is surely something most people could do easily.

Today was busy for me so I didn't get a chance to look into any of this more, but I'll see if I can come up with anything tomorrow.

 

[Smacktard]

Look at the very famous actor, google his name plus the thing he's buying followed by the word "movie". The first result should tell you the movie it's in.

Then search "where was ____ filmed"

FWIW I tried this and I kept getting "RYAN GOSLING GAINED 60 LBS BY EATING MELTED ICE CREAM". I even removed "melted" and "60" from the results and couldn't get anything else.

Spoiler

I'm so fkn stumped on this one. I googled "twisted towers", like the one seen in the background, and only a small handful somewhat match the appearance. Three are in the Middle East, and that's not ME architecture. Moscow looked promising, but I can't find any area that matches the foreground. The tower is near a river, and I found marinas, I found a bridge similar to the one in the pic, but I can't find any angle that would match that view.

Oh cool cooooooool so I just looked at the spoilers and apparently the twisted building featured in the pic Alu posted doesn't even fkn exist so I spent my morning googling something that isn't even real. super neato

 

[Jon]

FWIW I tried this and I kept getting "RYAN GOSLING GAINED 60 LBS BY EATING MELTED ICE CREAM". I even removed "melted" and "60" from the results and couldn't get anything else.

Ryan Gosling...

 

[TD]

This just goes to show that people figure shit out different.

Pictures of locations?
No clue.

Obscure picture from a movie I recognize?
No problem.

 

[Tubby23]

Ryan Gosling...

Lol, you'll be searching a long time @Smacktard

 

[Jon]

Lol, you'll be searching a long time @Smacktard

 

[Tubby23]

 

[Smacktard]

FUCK I MIXED UP MY RYANS

Whatever they're the same person anyway

 

[Jon]

FUCK I MIXED UP MY RYANS

Whatever they're the same person anyway

 

[TD]

That's a Chris.

 

[Jon]

That's a Chris.

 

[TD]

I've discovered enough for tonight thank you very much.