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Fun Stuff => CLIKC => Topic started by: jwhouk on 23 May 2013, 05:56
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Slightly inspired by an xkcd strip (namely, this one (http://xkcd.com/1214/)):
GeoGuessr (http://geoguessr.com/) is a web-based "game" where you try to figure out from Google Street View where in the world you are, and you get a score based on how "close" you are.
Example: 22,958 points (results here (http://www.geoguessr.com/?v=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)).
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After reading that xkcd strip a few days ago I took a look at geoguessr myself.
It's pretty cool, but so far I haven't been able to score more than 12k points. I'm terrible at this. :)
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this thing's actually quite a bit of fun for someone like me who's into travel.
first try got me 7389. i saw a sign for the 'new england highway' & assumed i must be in the north eastern US. turns out that austrailia also has a new england.
it's interesting how you end up looking at little things like the color of the license plates on some turns. i expect you'd get a lot better at this with practice.
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13043 points.
But only because the thing dropped me next to the Harlinger vis handel.
Other than that ... I swapped Africa for Australia. Oops.
14858.
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In every round I had two thoughts as to where it was, and one was fairly close but I chose the other.
(Later) It dropped me in a town I know, not so far from here, and I put the marker less than a mile out, for 6,500 points. Still got only 8,000-odd points for the round...
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31,813. (http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D)
After a while, you start realizing where you are based on road markings. South Africa is very obvious.
Southern Cross Credit Union of New South Wales... wonder if they accept foreign deposits...
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I've only played this back when it only consisted of a function that drops you in a random street view spot in the world, but back then I noticed that the vast majority of the world isn't on street view. You can tell which countries and areas are mapped by zooming out completely and dragging the orange guy over the map. Germany seems to have forbidden Google from mapping everything but the largest cities. I'd wager that 90% of the time you'll find yourself in the US, western Europe or Australia.
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Huge amounts of North America, Australia and South America.
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Lots of Russia here. (http://www.geoguessr.com?s=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%3D%3D)
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I've had a couple in Brazil. One each in England, Sweden, South Africa. Several in Alaska...
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I've gotten a lot of places in Brazil and a lot in Australia. My best score so far was about 21000, from some lucky guesses and one place I've been before.
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I've been on islands in the caribbean, deep in the deserts of Africa, and in Finnish forests (I guessed Sweden!).
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Well, I got 2379 in the first game... It didn't help I was picking Australia and it ended up Canada, or picking Florida and ending up with Oklahoma.
The second game decided to be a little sadistic gimp. Third place and I know exactly where it was, my ex's hometown. Got 13853 in that game. :-\
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Once it gave me a church that I recognized as being in the town I'm in... and instead it ended up being a nearly-identical church in a suburb of Tulsa.
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The best one-guess value I've gotten is a 6k-something.
I'd narrowed it down to east Asia, trying to decide whether to guess China, Japan, or Korea, when I saw a sign in the picture marking it as Hong Kong. >_<
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Sonuvabitch thing just put me in a coral reef.
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Sonuvabitch thing just put me in a coral reef.
Can't go wrong with Australia.
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Yeah, I just got the wrong side of Australia. I'm bad at this game.
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Just got 26948pts.
Its actually a lot easier if you find a landmark or a signpost. I lucked out in one instance because I was put right next to the statue of Valery Chkalov in Nizhny Novgorod. From the look of the game, you are never put that far away from a town or something similar, so it becomes a case of looking for a shop (you can usually guess the language) or a school, which should hopefully have a flag. Even better if you can look for a signpost or a "Welcome to X" sign.
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All the time I get lonely stretches of nothing amid a forest, or a field. No cars, no buildings, not always even a sign.
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I'll be honest - multiple tabs, with one on the game, one on Google and one on Google Maps. Even then, I screw up (especially when I get ones that have me in a country using Cyrillic on their signs).
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All the time I get lonely stretches of nothing amid a forest, or a field. No cars, no buildings, not always even a sign.
I just got 16354 (http://www.geoguessr.com?v=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%3D%3D) and pretty much all of them were like that, yeah. :psyduck:
I think I did really well in scouting out the Muroto area in eastern Shikoku, Japan, based on coastal shape. The one over in Sweden I just got from "Oh, there's those two kinds of trees and there's water over there", but turned out it was over in Gotland (so across the water on the island). The American stuff were random guesses based on pretty much "..I guess it's kinda both light brown and green in this area.. or something?".
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This reminds me of the game Finding the Airport.
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31358 (http://www.geoguessr.com?s=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). The last one was the hardest.
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Oh shit, I am stupid. I just realized you can roam in this thing.
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First try got me 11683. I never got closer than 400km. I'm pretty amazed I got that close on some of them. But I like the way this game makes you think. I've guessed quite close from some pretty thin threads of thought.
Edit: Aha, finally ended up in a town, got within 2km. 6301 points, wooooo.
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Hypothetically speaking, would it be cheating if I "walk" a few meters to a sign which says Lake Secession/Abeville, then Google it to find out it's in South Carolina and still end up off by some 200 km because I am too lazy to Google further and guesstimate the wrong part of SC? :-D
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Yes Loki, it would be. Hypothetically speaking. :-D
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I think I'm going to give up and start using the search engine a bit. We'll see.
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Cheating helps nothing if you're dropped in the middle of an arid desert on a straight road without anything around for miles, as it turns out. You've got four continents to be wrong in, then.
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Generally the arid desert / straight road / nothing for miles places tend to be Australia. Plus you can use the lines on the road to narrow it down in cases where there aren't other clues: white dashed lines in the center usually mean you're in Australia or Europe. Double yellow lines in the center mean you're in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, or maybe Mexico. Single yellow line in the center usually means you're in Mexico.
edit -- another way you can narrow down locations is just by knowing things about where Google Maps has Street View, and when the pictures were taken. If you see a picture with really bad image quality, chances are you're in the U.S., because Google was using lower-resolution cameras when they started out. The challenge there, though, is that with the lower resolution, signs are unreadable.
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And Google doesn't update the street view much.
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Hell, a year or so ago, I saw a Street View car on the freeway near my apartment, and inadvertently sooted it (had bad boost control on my diesel car). Still hasn't updated (the current image is from 2007), although maybe me sooting it ruined the image. :P
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I just managed to get within 27 m of a location... it gave me an offramp from I-5 in Rogue River, Oregon that was easy to identify.
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I manage at times to get within 10 meters of the exact spot. I do occasionally wonder what a "perfect score" would be in the game.
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32,339 (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D%3D) was latest. Got within 2 meters of one place.
By the way: you can post a "challenge" link to have someone try and beat your score. After you've tried to solve five locations, it gives you two links - one that gives you the answers and your guesses, and another that allows the challenges. The URL's are ridiculously long in both cases, but it's neat either way.
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I got 13079. I probably could have done better, but I got fooled on the Australian ski resort. I assume you used Google and other outside information in this game?
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Google definitely helps, but it can be a pain at times - especially when you're talking about Cyrillic-alphabet language areas. I've flat-out given up a few times in Asian countries.
There is a caveat with doing that, though - sometimes you can overwork Flash to the point where it crashes your browser if you're not careful.
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10665 on first go. Twice I just guessed Kansas and got a couple thousand both time. Another I got placed near a sign.
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Man, I thought I was doing well when I got over 9,000 points that one time. v.v
I've got a pretty good handle on what different languages look like, so I can almost always end up in the right country. The "almost" comes in there's just a dirt road. I seem to get Alaska and Scandinavian countries a lot, and the forest roads look very similar.
(Also, for relevance: http://xkcd.com/1214/)
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I did one without Google or any other webpage assistance. Still got a score of 21,850, and that was even after throwing my hands up on the first one... because of the placement of the street view. It was pure EVIL. (Google "-18.904797, 142.327567" and take a look around.)
There were a couple of easy ones in the group, and a third one that I only knew because I'm too much of a Canadiaphile.
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Did fairly well on this one (http://geoguessr.com/?s=eyJ0b3RhbFBvaW50cyI6MjMyMTgsInZlcnNpb24iOjEsInJvdW5kcyI6W1sicm91bmQiLCJsYXQiLCJsbmciLCJnTGF0IiwiZ0xuZyJdLFsxLC0zLjcxODM4LC0zOC41NDM3NDk5OTk5OTk5OSwtMy43MjI2MDE3Mjc0MTUwMDc0LC0zOC41NDI5NTczMDU5MDgyXSxbMiwtMjMuMjAzMzI3LDExNy42NjYyOTU5OTk5OTk5OSwtMjMuMjA0Nzg2ODkxNzM4NjkyLDExNy42NTQxNzU3NTgzNjE4Ml0sWzMsNTUuMzE2NTI0LDI1LjU2MTIzODAwMDAwMDAwMyw0NS4xMjk3NDIyODQzODIxOSwxNS41MDQ0NTU1NjY0MDYyNV0sWzQsNjQuODQ0NzY1LC0xNDcuNzIyMDg0LDY0Ljg0NDU3MzE1OTAxNzcxLC0xNDcuNzIyMDI4NDkzODgxMjNdLFs1LC0xOC44NzkxMjMsMTQ0LjU0NDQ4MDAwMDAwMDAyLC0yNC45MDYzNjcyMzc5MDc5OTcsMTE5LjQ0MzM1OTM3NV1dfQ%3D%3D) (got 23218 without any Googling). Nailed three locations, got fooled on one, and gave up on the last one.
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Cyrillic
What exactly is the problem with those? That you cannot just type them into Google because you need to look up invividual letters and paste every single one? If that's the problem, you click the letters on http://translit.ru, then copy and paste the resulting string.
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Or, Google Translate has a Cyrillic on-screen keyboard, too, which is what I usually use when I have to deal with Cyrillic.
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Have Utah and Australia always looked so similar?
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It took me a while to figure out the Cyrillic thing on Google Translate, but as for Asian countries? For-get-it.
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32,323 points. (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D%3D) Nailed the first one; got within a meter of the spot.
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32,388 points (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D) - and I am SO stoked. I actually got within 6 meters of a spot within Russia!
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11115 points - was doing pretty good until i mistook romania for south america
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In the game I just played, I noticed the Google Street View wagon in Brazil was violating multiple traffic laws (including passing cars on a double-yellow line on a blind turn) and apparently going significantly faster than all the traffic around it...
edit -- managed to hit a spot exactly (0 meters away). Got 6479 points.
edit2 -- the challenge link for that game (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D%3D). I used Google on that game, and got 23,505 points. Got fooled on the ski resort...
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Ugh: 26,069 points. (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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)
I got screwed up in Australia. Think that's the most I've ever been off from a spot (a good 1,200 km).
Getting better at my Cyrillic, though.
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Screwed up in Australia again, but this time I still managed 28,443 (http://bit.ly/11cOCPq).
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yeah, australia's starting to piss me off. what with it's long stretches of unmarked road through the deserts.
i think what the game needs is some way to jump up or down the road a few miles at a time, that way you could at least make your way to a town of something.
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I actually like the way it is. I think it makes the "you are abducted by the CIA and dropped off in the middle of nowhere" feeling* more realistic.
*: this is my headcanon for the game.
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... hey, we share canon.
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Yeah, that's the general vibe of the game.
"You are now in the middle of nowhere. You have no GPS; just a general map of the earth. You will not be allowed to know where you are until you have made a guess. For every guess you make, you will be awarded an amount of money, based upon how accurate your guess was. You will not get the money until after you have made five 'trips'."
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I could get behind that game, to be honest.
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26,794 points (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D%3D), using Google. I hate Australia now.
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Did it put you in a diabolical location, too? There's several in Aussieland. They REALLY need to get out and do some more Street View drives through the outback.
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Did it put you in a diabolical location, too? There's several in Aussieland. They REALLY need to get out and do some more Street View drives through the outback.
Yeah, it put me next to a creek that has no Wikipedia article, but whose name happens to be the same as a hill on the opposite side of Australia.
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I was just landed on an absolutely nondescript road somewhere... except that one of those cars (http://www.mercedes-benz.com.br/Interna.aspx?categoria=90&conteudo=11500) was right behind me. :-D
Yay for advertising!
Edit: and you know what? The car passed the Google Street View car at some point, and during one frame, it's license plate was unblurred. :laugh: I found out that I was in Sao Paulo (the state). From that car alone.
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And with the help of Loki, who was kind enough to translate a Cyrillic sign (which contributed nothing sadly, but just told me to lock the gate after driving through it) I just managed 31540 points in this game:
Challenge: Link (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D)
Score/Results: Link (http://geoguessr.com/?v=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)
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Dude. Google Translate. Use the Cyrillic-language keyboard. It improved my scores in Russia and the former Soviet Republics IMMENSELY.
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He did use it, but said it didn't come up with anything useful. Maybe because there were й-symbols in the sign.
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Just decided to start a new game, and I'm ALREADY head-desking.
Is that... SANSKRIT?
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Might be Thai, though Street View does have a few places in India.
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It was Thai. (Facepalm)
I got put in another Place From Hell again. I double-dog dare anyone to get it right. I spun around about 100 times before realizing I didn't have anywhere to go.
23,961 points (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D%3D)
Link if you just want to laugh and make funny faces (http://geoguessr.com/?v=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%3D).
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i did one last night with a bug splattered across my screen for a whole round.
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I think I have figured out the "perfect score" - 32,395.
I missed it by one point this last time. (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D)
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but did you do it without outside references?
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Hell, if I did that? I'd be getting scores in the low thousands.
Still have issues, even when I have help. (http://geoguessr.com/?v=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%3D%3D)
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well personally, i don't really get what the point of the game is if you're just going to find a street sign and google your exact location.
i'm usually happy when i can get within 1000 miles
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17743, with no Googling (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D). Shoulda went with my gut instinct on the fjordy one.
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Actually, I did get a score of about 20k without assistance (see previous page). It gets difficult without at least a language translator, though.
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well personally, i don't really get what the point of the game is if you're just going to find a street sign and google your exact location.
i'm usually happy when i can get within 1000 miles
...you got street signs? Luuuuucky! I don't think I ever saw a streetsign that was legible. The most successful I got was within 20 meters, by googling the address of a shop for bridal dresses that conveniently happened to be a few meters away from me.
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It can be a test of your ability to recognise landscapes but also of your google-fu. Just how you'd like to play the game.
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I understand that there is a slightly-older game that has a similar premise, except you just have to type the name of the city. That game is named "Pursued" - and it has a time limit.
Personally, I prefer Geoguessr, because you can take as long as you want or as quickly as you want.
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Did one without Google Assistance (okay, I did have to use translate for the one area, but that was only because I didn't believe the first sign I saw).
Still ended up with 24,673 points (http://geoguessr.com/?s=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%3D).
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I saw this game (http://www.locatestreet.com/) linked on another forum. It's similar to geoguessr, except it's a bit more restrictive about moving around, and more importantly it allows you to limit the locations to one region.
edit -- just had a serious derp moment. I told it to give me locations in Allegany County, Maryland. It gave me Street View images of my mom's house (which I'm currently sitting in). I asked for a hint. :psyduck:
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It's gotten a bit harder to guess some places, and the game's GPS isn't quite dead-on in some spots. Best I've been able to get lately is in the 27k range - and that was with a lot of help and no Japan/Taiwan or Russian locales.
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[...] I asked for a hint. :psyduck:
In the vernacular; ROFL.