
A Geography Game Has Its First Superstar. Can It Survive Its First Player Revolt?
The final round of GeoGuessr’s World Cup qualifiers was a tense watch for fans of the game, which challenges players to precisely locate a completely random location on Earth, as seen on Google Street View.
It had all boiled down to two players and one picture: a narrow tarmac road flanked by two sloping banks of snow, with only a hint of shrubbery poking through. It could have been anywhere. To make matters harder, the round was designated NMPZ—no movement, panning or zooming—which require
It had all boiled down to two players and one picture: a narrow tarmac road flanked by two sloping banks of snow, with only a hint of shrubbery poking through. It could have been anywhere. To make matters harder, the round was designated NMPZ—no movement, panning or zooming—which require