Guess the Location Thread Rules thread

I am not a fan of the scattergun approach but if the image/ village is very obscure and contains little visual clues then I think the scattergun should be allowed.

Some posters like to reveal a lot and some like to be very coy.

Ideally the image posted should contain clues - and the number of guesses - should be limited in a spirit of equal match to the image that was posted! So if the image is obscure then more guesses and a hot/ cold approach should be used - otherwise how can the correct village/town/city be guessed at!

Dysart?

I have left out thanks and seconds but i think this is an accurate summary;
1) Follow the spirit of the thread ( Fred Swanson)
2) Not being a dick ( Pawwed Rig)
3) Correct guesser gets to post next, unless they say "Go ahead, whoever wants" ( locum-motion) Correct guesser should wait for confirmation from the poster that they are actually correct before posting, unless the poster hasn't come back to the thread for a few hours. (locum-motion) If posting before the poster has confirmed the location, then the correct guesser should provide evidence that their guess was correct, such as an unredacted Google Streetview image of the same location ( locum- motion)
4) Picture should contain at least one public point of reference. i.e. Church, shop, pub, river, cliff, mountain ( To Elland Back)
5) If the correct guesser hasn't posted a PIC in 24 hrs it's open to the community to post a PIC ( Into The Blue )
6)Move the thread from cool pics to quizzes ( Into The Blue)
7) the guesses should be restricted to Village or Town or City! ( Grumpy Me)
8) Extend the game to Northern Ireland ( Pawwed Rig) ( bubblypop)
9) the Correct guesser should have a limit of 24 hours to post the next image ( h3000)
10)use of the scattergun should be curtailed ( Swiper the Fox)
11)Clarification of the three post rule is needed ( Feargale)
12) the mission shouldn't be just to get it as soon as possible ( Swiper the Fox)
13) Lack of significant detail necessitates the use of the scattergun ( Josip)
14) More significant detail in the original picture. (Josip)
15) Original pictures to be large in size, there've been a few thumbnails.( Josip)
16) OP doesn't confirm/deny the county for the first 30 guesses. ( Josip)
Only 1 guess per post
17) Guessers can't have successive goes. If you've guessed incorrectly, you can't go again until someone else guesses.( Josip)
18)Limit the number of guesses per participant to 3 per day, policed by the OP and other "guessers". ( Josip)
~ a landmark of some kind in the image posted(kerry4sam)
~ an actual village at very least(kerry4sam)
~ maybe 2posts per poster each time(kerry4sam)
~ no successive postings by someone, wait until at least one other poster has guessed also(kerry4sam)
~ whoever guesses correctly, to post a picture. The OP can be amended with details incl images explaining how this is done for people who don't already know. It's a nice new skill to have(kerry4sam)
~ if someone cannot post due to some other issue, than not knowing how, then say something simple like 'whoever wants to go next can ...'
~ time-frame if no-one posts a new image, yeah 24hours sounds fair as it would give those who got the right answer a chance to log back in again(kerry4 sam)
~ if someone thinks they have the right answer but original poster has not been on to say so, if they post a link to the image guessed to prove they are correct, then that would be good
~ I'd also like to include all of Ireland, North & South in this game
~ that people keep it light-hearted and fun and not take it/get too serious about this 'Guess the ...' game(kerry 4 sam)
19) if the image is obscure then more guesses and a hot/ cold approach should be used - otherwise how can the correct village/town/city be guessed at! ( Red Hare)
19) Leave things as they are - the game is working! ( MT Cranium)
20) Cool Vids & Pics & links is the best location of the game ( MT Cranium)

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

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I would also like to include info on how to actually post an image if one of you could do up a step by step.

Here's how I do it.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=92518101&postcount=3271

locum-motion wrote: »

There's probably other more efficient ways, but:

1. Find a place on Google Streetview
2. Ctrl+PrntScrn
3. Open MS Paint or something
4. Paste
5. Scribble over any indentifying features
6. Save the file on your computer
7. Add it as an attachment to your post
8. Follow the link in your own post, and Copy it
9. Edit your post, and click on the little mountains & sun icon with the yellow sky
10. Paste in your link, and Save your edited post.

I think three guesses should be allowed per post if its the case that the county will not be confirmed until 30 guesses have been made and guesses can't be made in a sequence by the same person.

I think its all dependent on the quality of the images posted - the recent Donegal one had lots of clues but most images don't and require some probing relative to the lack of clues in the image.

I think the Rules should be reviewed after a month or so to see if things are working as well as they have been recently.

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Should we go to one guess per post as previously suggested or are we happy with max three?

I'd prefer one per post, since it's less scattergun.
But I don't feel strongly enough about it to annoy anyone who wants to keep 3.

Imo if the OP has a picture up, someone can guess once, but must wait for the OP to confirm/deny that guess before guessing again. That stops spam, some of what I've seen a lot of.

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

I haven't seen any spam in the threads at all. Can you clarify what you mean here?

Eg, I 10 times on 10 different posts before the OP has a chance to clarify whether I'm right or wrong. That gets the pages very spammy, especially when there is several culprits. Greenland the other night was a great example.

Hang on, there's an international thread?
Nobody told me...

How about that the winning post has to include the link to the spot the mystery pic was taken from?