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Postby bakura_fan » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:33 pm

I can't get past level one...but then again, geography has never been my strong suit. :hits_self:sweat:

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Postby Fish and Chips » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:51 pm

Surprisingly charitable on the exact locations of cities. Cleared level 8.
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Postby Technomancer » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:14 pm

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Postby EricTheFred » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:24 pm

Cleared level 9. I agree about charitable. If you just get it in the right country, you're fine. Still not easy, though. I finally went down when it started cranking countries I couldn't even put on the right continent.
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Postby Technomancer » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:39 pm

It was some of the Pacific islands that messed me up, plus mixing up places like Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:02 pm

Got to level 5. D:
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Postby Doubleshadow » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:15 pm

Made it to 8, I'll do better when I'm not distracted,

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Postby MomoAdachi » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:36 pm

I got to level 3 or 4 the first try, now I've made it to 8. I've never heard of this site before, but this is really fun...and educational!
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Postby mechana2015 » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:59 pm

I made level 6
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Postby LadyRushia » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:04 pm

Got to level five.
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Postby teen4truth » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:25 pm

my first try I made it to level two and was less than 2000 points from level 3. I'ma do it again tho XD
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Postby Ashley » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:46 pm

Level 9. African and Eastern European ones I couldn't get. But I nailed all the Japanese cities. XD
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Postby MomoAdachi » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:50 pm

Ashley (post: 1212209) wrote:Level 9. African and Eastern European ones I couldn't get.


Me too, Ash. In Africa, I know where South Africa, Zimbabwe(sp?), Morocco, and Egypt are and that's about it.
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Postby ChristianKitsune » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:29 pm

Level six 83

Not bad for not taking a geography class since high school ^_^
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Postby ~darkelfgirl~ » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:49 pm

Level: 8
I've been to many places ^^'
I agree--those African places were hard. Should've paid more attention in geography class.
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Postby ADXC » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:22 pm

I got to level 6. I did well for a while, but I couldn't keep it up.
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Postby bigsleepj » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:27 pm

~darkelfgirl~ (post: 1212245) wrote:I agree--those African places were hard. Should've paid more attention in geography class.


Doesn't help. Some African countries change their names every decade or so. ;) :grin:
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Postby Sheenar » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:31 pm

I passed level 5.
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Postby mechana2015 » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:48 pm

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Postby Warrior4Christ » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:01 am

Level 10 complete, 381552 points.

I got 17km from some place...

The distance points should not be linear! It seems like it kind of is..
Everywhere like such as, and MOES.

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Postby Sakaki Onsei » Tue Apr 01, 2008 2:20 am

Level 11. I got hit with a very random island in the south atlantic that is owned by NORWAY!

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Postby EricTheFred » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:46 am

Sakaki Onsei (post: 1212368) wrote:Level 11. I got hit with a very random island in the south atlantic that is owned by NORWAY!

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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:50 pm

To be honest I'm ashamed of my geography skills. Managed to get through eight levels here, mostly because it's pretty generous.
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Postby Liger » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:38 am

Level 12, 623629 points! I love geography
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Postby GeneD » Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:59 am

[quote="bigsleepj (post: 1212277)"]Doesn't help. Some African countries change their names every decade or so. ]HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Not to mention city and street names. :rant:

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Postby Taliesin » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:09 pm

10. I can get everything but Africa pretty well. On level ten I got almost nothing but Africa. The closest I've ever gotten to a target was 15.
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Postby Sheenar » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:45 pm

I got to level 8 this time...I sure don't know my African/Eastern European countries...
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Postby termyt » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:09 am

I fell a few thousand points short of clearing level 9.

I general geography is pretty good, but city locations are a tad trying. I felt good about knowing Lesotho is in South Africa, though.

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Postby TalKeaton » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:01 am

Did amazing for five levels, then UTTERLY FAILED level 6. Ah well.
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Postby Sae-chan » Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:31 am

Heh, I got to level 11, and was about 5000 pts off from level 12... Too bad. I like geography enough - it's okay, but not my fav subject.

The closest I got to a city was about... 26 km, I think. Too bad. My computer's so slow it's almost impossible to click fast. >.<;;

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