How I Masterfully Won a $50,000 Geoguessr Tournament

[00:01] the game for so long that I inspired a guy named Rainbolt to start playing it, the world and is now the face of the game. Ooh, this is the one factory in Darkhan, Mongolia. I think it's one of these buildings.

[00:17] Nice. My only problem is that I'm still last at the game. I literally haven't improved at all in the last 5 years. I'm still not really sure where Bosnia is. GeoWizard invited me to participate in a $50,000 GeoGuessr tournament, my first

[00:32] thought was how do I scam this? You see, the whole event was a 2v2 tournament. who's really good that GeoWizard doesn't know about. That way, we could team up I guess Geo's heard whispers of my scamming allegations, and so he told me

[00:46] my teammate has to be worse than me. So, I decided to team up with Katerro, who Legends professional and now caster for the game, who when it comes to other games IS THE BEST. >> [screaming]

[01:02] of Legends on a professional level. How do you misclick? How do you misclick THE BIGGEST ENTITY IN MINECRAFT, A ENDERMAN? I guess my reputation in GeoGuessr participants found out that I was participating in the tournament,

[01:16] everyone thought that I would win this event easily. That is, until we started playing the game. You see, there were 16 total teams with 32 total participants, would expect to get from a Twitch streamer. Lacey,

[01:29] I know where this is. I've been here. DUDE, I'M NOT KIDDING, LACEY. LACEY, I'M NOT KIDDING. I MIGHT be Iceland. I'm not kidding. Iceland? Wait, that flag is Australia. You see, to kick things off, they did a

[01:43] seeding round, and all 32 players had to put a guess on the map, and we all had looking at. I thought I'd be one of the best until I started playing, and quickly it turned out that there was a very clear frontrunner. Yallah. Okay,

[01:57] should be in Turkish. Yeah, Turkey somewhere. This might be a Turkey. Do you know where Turkey is on the map? No. The two cities ahead of us is Sarikaya and Yozgat. I'm just going to go Turkey. I think it's Turkey. You have 10

[02:12] >> Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. You go east, you go east, I'll go left. Where's Turkey? Like, in the middle of the world. the world. Above Israel.

[02:25] You didn't vote? I didn't know where Turkey's at, [\h__\h] I Israel's at. Ah, not bad. Not bad. Not bad. >> Not bad. How many points do you get? I I'm in I'm in 11th. What did you get?

[02:37] I'm in 16th. I got 4.1. How How How come every single competitor gets Turkey? close to the middle. Wow, a lot of people are pretty good. But you see, not streamer. Some of them are chess professionals or Dota 2 professionals,

[02:54] and those people are actually smart. So, the best team by far was Alexander Botaz and Gorgc, who were winning basically every single round. And that meant individually, they were like number one and number two. Oh my god. One and two,

[03:07] Okay. >> One and two. One and two. One and two. Let's go. Let's go. Botaz live, number [\h__\h] one that great. So, a couple of rounds blew up in my face, and Katerino and I

[03:19] finished 9-11, respectively. I'm in ninth. I'm in 11th. 9-11. [\h__\h] Bro, how is Botaz on 37k? What? I I don't know. That's mental, by the way. Out of 50k points, 37? In the group stage, we went 3-0. The only really difficult match we

[03:35] host of the event. And the only reason we beat him is because we had one of the craziest guesses I've ever had in GeoGuessr. I don't see a language. It's >> Yeah, it feels like Brazil, right? Just based off the uniforms, like they seem

[03:49] like Brazilian national uniforms. But maybe it's just the color scheme of the Yeah, I was going to say they look Brazilian. that isn't Brazil at all and it's just like themed.

[04:02] >> I know. I have no idea. I would go Brazil personally. It's like a birthday sure. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. >> Do it. Do it. Yeah, yeah, I like that. I like that. Go big city in Brazil. I

[04:14] Cuz it could be like Sweden, right? This is also like not bad coverage. >> like Ukraine or something. Yeah, I mean in Europe is fine. >> want I just want middle Europe just as a

[04:28] blanket safety. Oh my god. Oh my god. It's France. Oh my god. We killed it. Oh my god. We win. SO CRAZY. >> WHAT? You're kidding.

[04:42] We're in France? How did he know? How did he know? >> And they won. He just said middle you by the way. >> that? How did he know that? Did he have

[04:55] >> look, he didn't No, he Dude, he wasn't there. He knew that was French. What? We >> [laughter] >> You're insane, by the way. Botessa's team also went 3-0 as well as Oni Pixel and Jynxzi who were surprisingly good at

[05:10] the game. It's also worth [music] mentioning team SmallFryz and Spreak. the start of the event, but they were quickly demolishing [music] every other practicing for this event. They had a coach. They'd been grinding because

[05:24] coach. They'd been grinding because $50,000 is a lot of money and they were trying to win as much of it as possible. And for some of these streamers who have a little too much, well, they just kind of showed up, rolled out of bed, and did

[05:36] here's Lace and Steve and Ronaldo trying to guess where in the world they are. Okay, talk to me. Sun is in the north, which means we're in the south. So So, in the southern hemisphere. I'm going to go to Indonesia with you.

[05:50] >> Wait. I don't understand the Sun tech. We got stop using it. I don't get it. Wait, I don't get it. I don't get the Sun tech. [\h__\h] the Sun tech, bro. Then the bracket started. From here on out,

[06:03] it was a 16 team single elimination bracket. And if you lose, you're out. was high enough that our first couple of rounds weren't too bad and we were able >> OH MY GOD. WHAT A GUESS. HUGE. What a guess.

[06:24] We're in the Northern Hemisphere. Okay. Templo Evangelico. I'm just going Okay, I'm going to go like Colombia. I think I'm just right though. I think Peru. Yeah. You're [\h__\h] insane. Holy [\h__\h]

[06:38] You're not serious, by the way. How did you get Guatemala? That roof rack. That roof rack is like five countries. Oh, they already have our match. Yeah. >> Let's lock it in. Let's lock it in. Let's lock it in. Let's lock it in,

[06:51] >> This team is the best team we've played yet, by far. Semi-finals. Only if we win this, we're in the finals. >> Big sip of my coffee. Big sip. Come on. subs? Uh I already lost 100 gifted subs on a

[07:05] winner yesterday. So, hell no. >> Let's win it back today. 100 gifted sub bet. This little guy. of guy to only do bets when he knows he's going to win? Like when I I'm

[07:17] sorry, when he thinks he Like when he thinks he's really going to win. Like this is 70/30. I may do a bet. This mother sucker. He's that type of guy, Mhm. Lock it. I don't know. Lock it. Let's

[07:29] go. Let's go. Lock it. Come on. All right. Locked bet. 100 gifted subs. This tournament, but they were also really good at GeoGuessr. They're pulling off [\h__\h] that I wouldn't even dream of guessing. Looks like Eastern Europe or

[07:41] what? I don't know. Just looks I don't know. This building outside. House. Must be Italy, right? Yeah. busts? I'm just going to go Rome, dude. I like

[07:56] Titties. I see booba. maybe Spain, I don't know. Spain, Portugal. I I've no idea. I'm going to go Spain. Maybe go Portugal. I went Spain.

[08:09] [screaming] GOD. OH MY [\h__\h] GOD. OH MY [\h__\h] ROCK HARD, BRO. I'M [screaming] [\h__\h] ROCK HARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ON IT. HOW DID I need to know how did you know? How did you

[08:22] [\h__\h] Spain Rafael [\h__\h] civil [\h__\h] I don't [\h__\h] know, bro. don't [\h__\h] know. What? How did he know it was Madrid? Wait, this guess. It was a great guess, but we're not out. We're not out. And for the

[08:37] first time the entire event, we were losing. But the thing about 2v2 GeoGuessr is you both get an opportunity to guess. It's not that valuable for two if you're 75% sure that it probably isn't Paris or something. It's better

[08:51] person to hedge their guess somewhere else in case in that 25% universe you're wrong. But in the moment you only have 30 some odd seconds, so it can be really across to your teammate, which is where a lot of teams failed. Maybe it's the

[09:05] have. Cuz we're both both equally good professional gamers, we're in sync the entire time. And our guess is we're matching that energy. Okay. I'm not usually nervous for tournaments like

[09:18] this, but when over 100,000 people were watching us play GeoGuessr, I wanted to do my best, especially considering not only would the loser be eliminated, but the loser also had to gift 100 subs to the winner. And I don't want to gift 100

[09:32] subs to Jinxsy. I like the Jinxsy streams, bro. But that's pissing in the ocean. That guy's got 70,000 subs. I think he has more than that actually. He's got 97,000. But luckily for me, Katerino and I were

[09:45] locked in. I think this could also be South America, no? If you want to hedge it, I don't care. >> Maybe I should go to South America.

[09:57] >> [screaming] >> YES, WE WON, LUDWIG. WE [\h__\h] DID IT. >> ME AND YOU, BABY. Holy [\h__\h] that left >> What a hedge, dude. We knocked out OniPixel and Jinxy and most of the

[10:11] surprising to us [music] is what was happening on the other side of the bracket. You see, Alexandra Botez and Gorsky were the number one and two players coming into this. But they lost their match against Small Fry and

[10:24] Spreezy. Apparently, practice does make perfect. Columbia. Columbia, bro. perfect. Columbia. Columbia, bro. Please, Columbia. Please. YES. SPREEZY. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.

[10:43] THAT'S WHAT WE DO, SPREEZY. That's what we do. That's what we do, bro. That's what we do. That's what we do. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. And so, that was our opponent in the finals and who we would have to beat to masterfully

[10:58] who we would have to beat to masterfully win a $50,000 GeoGuessr tournament. Pennsylvania. Erie, Pennsylvania. So, you just look for the name Erie in States. I found it. I found it.

[11:14] Where? It's top left. Try to guess closer. It's the Erie Cemetery. I just a green plot of land. I found it. I found it. Click here. Here. Here. Do you What's Yeah, there should be a 5K almost.

[11:27] Yeah, nice. That's huge. Wow. Huge run one. Good >> Wait, my my brain is absolutely [\h__\h] saved. All right. Welcome to the final, boys. Welcome to Okay. All right, look All right, Ludwig. All

[11:40] bro. What in the >> [laughter] >> Bro, was the road over? Almost a 5K. molt, so we can kill shot. There's something else about Geoguessr strategy

[11:53] that I haven't mentioned yet. You see, the way Geoguessr works is if your guess is closer than your opponent's guess, you get an increased multiplier the next time your guess is closer. So, even if you're closer by 5 mi, that multiplier

[12:07] is going to make your next guess, which is maybe 1,000 points higher, 2,000 points of damage. It matters a lot to be closer every single round. So, even if we weren't exactly sure where this place was, we tried to cover as much of the

[12:21] Even then, they were making some fantastic [music] guesses. is Szeged? It says Szeged. I don't I don't think this is Polish,

[12:35] >> it. Hold on. So, it goes on. Now, can you Could this be Netherlands? >> the two dots on the O. Yeah, Szeged is Szeged Szeged is the [\h__\h] city above Serbia. I just noticed it. Are you sure?

[12:48] tip of the Serbia on north. Tip of the Serbia on north. All right, I I I agree [\h__\h] it. Send it. just seen it. Szeged is the city. It's Szeged with Call it Szeged in in Serbia.

[13:02] OH MY GOD. NAH. OH, IT'S THE 5K. WHO GOT IT? They got 5K? It was Hungary. What? They got 5K. Is he

[13:15] from there? Huh? 5K >> he get a 5K? No. >> It's [\h__\h] Szeged. What? Was there goal this year to be amazing at video games, so I can't [music] be as the

[13:29] Geoguessr guy losing to noobs, which is why we pulled this off. Is it Ireland? This is Ireland, right? This is Ireland, I think. Yeah, yeah, it's 100% Ireland. it's definitely Ireland. It's IE, it's Ireland, it's Ireland, it's Ireland,

[13:41] it's Ireland. Um you go Dublin and I'll go somewhere else. Yeah. That flag up there is Irish, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I think I'll just go Dublin. [\h__\h] it's quite a big place. Oh, we win, we win. We win. Oh my god, we win.

[13:56] Yes! 3-0, bro. Me and you, oh my god. also, bro. Is this going to be a reversal or what? Are we going to get [\h__\h] reversed? Yeah, when they started crushing us instantly. Held our

[14:12] own, my god. Bro, I think our guesses were straight [\h__\h] fire though. great, dude. Yo, you [\h__\h] popped off on these last few days. All these small things you had them on lock. Oh my gosh.

[14:25] Oh my god, we dropped one map. We dropped one map. Yeah. Whole tournament. One map, 3-0 the finals, 50k in our pocket. Thank you for inviting me. This was fun as [\h__\h] I feel like I feel like I

[14:38] [music] of Geoguessr than in my entire life. I think me too. And I've been playing twice as long as you. Thank you Joe Barr for the invite. Thank you guys for watching. Please subscribe

[14:50] something masterfully. No longer accidental. It's all intentional these accidental. It's all intentional these days.