This thread's sole purpose is to inform you all the things you need to know to participate in Guess the City. Please ask any questions that you have on Guess the City.Sticky please :)

RULES:

-Just be kind and respectful to others.

HOW TO POST A PICTURE:

1) Pick a picture, whether it’s taken by you or was simply found in the Internet.

1b) If you found the picture from the Internet, save into you computer, these are the most common files accepted: .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .tif, .tiff.

2) Before you can post your pictures in SSC, you will need an image host. An image host is a place where you can save your pictures in the Internet. There are many free online image hosts out there. The most commonly used are www.imageshack.us and www.photobucket.com.

3) After you’ve found an image host, create an account.

4) Upload your picture to your account (your image host will tell you what to do).

5) After you’ve uploaded your picture, you will receive a URL for the picture. Click-right and copy the URL.

6) To post your picture in SSC, press the Insert Image button or the yellow button with the mountain. A pop-up box will appear on the screen. Paste the URL and then press OK. The URL of your picture will appear and will look like this. >>> URL <<<

7) After you’re are done, press submit and your picture will appear.

POINTS*:

You can make your own point system (example below).

MattSal's Point System
Continent = 1 point
Country = 2 points
City = 3 points
Exact Location = 4 points
BONUS = 2 points

* Points doesn't apply to all GTC threads.

If you think there's something that I should change, please tell me.

:pepper: :carrot: :banana: :cucumber:MattSal's Tips for GTC:cucumber: :banana: :carrot: :pepper:

Picking Cities
Tip 1: Pick a city that is not too well known, but not too unknown as well.
Tip 2: Do not pick a city that you have done before.
Tip 3: Do not pick a city that has been done by someone else recently.
Tip 4: Do not pick the city you live in.

Picking Photos
Tip 1: Don't pick a photo showing a clearly identifiable landmark or building.
Tip 2: Don't pick a photo showing signs or writing disclosing too much information.
Tip 3: Don't pick a photo that is too small or too large.
Tip 4: Don't pick a photo that is too zoomed in or is too unspecific.
Tip 5: If you're using Google, don't pick a result off the first page.

.swf isn't a picture it's flash :)

good start on the rules, now we need to get into detail

POINTS :

We need a general point system ONLY for the threads that COMPETE in the OVERALL POINTS TALLY

For these :

3 points 2 point and 1 point

Each poster should have the discretion to determine in his post ( in the first post.. before people starts guessing ) as to what gets three points and what gets 2 and what gets 1

We need to see each thread CASE cy CASE yet adhering ot general OVERAL LPOINTS TALLY RULES


Apart from these : There need not be posting or point rules for threads by newbies or innovative threads

Those threads that ARE to be entered in the OVERALL POINTS TALLY should have the word (points) in thier title ?

also rules need to be drawn as to when to fgivev a clue etc.. like one clue per page or so and how many guesses per post etc ?

do we HAVE to follow these pointing rules?

do we HAVE to follow these pointing rules?

Nope Ellatur which is what I have been campaigning for !

The unified points tally could be for those who want to be part of it. Others can obviously post as they like. We are trying to agree on rules not to limit freedom but to make things more lively. What do you think ?

Pls post only pictures of any city which is quite famous(for any reasons) in that part of the country but unknown to the world..

same way when u post pictures of any buildings,let it be any important building like monuments, unique architecture, historical importance etc

there is no use in posting some pictures of cities and buildings whic hhas no importance..this thread should be for fun and as well as educative..

well i would like to do my way and that varies by the easiness of the GTC.

This is section is for guessing the city and not the building, so please post only cityscape photos

I think we shouldn't give points for continent guessing,it makes it too easy imo

I prefer the loose GTCs actually

and I want my points for guessing Cape Province, South Africa once, with the very first reply :rant: ;)

I had no idea

I feel little frustration with GTC. :(

This discussion is very old and from the "crisis" time - we left that behind us and are in a new era now - cheer up! :cheers:

This discussion is very old and from the "crisis" time - we left that behind us and are in a <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=31&k=new%20era" onmouseover="window.status='new era'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">new era</a> now - cheer up! :cheers:

YEAH... :cheers:

This discussion is very old and from the "crisis" time - we left that behind us and are in a new era now - cheer up! :cheers:

come on, we weren't on crisis, we don't own the place! there were a couple of fights and that's all. i'm glad it's smoother now.

Where are all the GTC old timers? I left home and when I got back everything is different.

I see Kuesel but where are the likes of JohnnyMass, Barragon, Mattsal, ect.?

I think they are on vacation...

Makes sense as it is summer

Very possible... JM I didn't see for a long time.

:sleepy: Vacation? Surely you think I would have told you if I was going on vacation?

Besides, it's not really summer for me. I got school now, and if that's not interfering, then I don't know what is.

Also, to be a bit honest, I'm getting bored with SSC. Possibly it's just me, but it doesn't seem as active or as cool as I remember it being.

However . . . I have decided that I owe it to you guys (and myself) to finish the second part of my GTC series.

I think they are on vacation...
Vacation yes...but wouldn't that be a good reason to be here even more than during the glorious days...I was in school then...

Honestly all those fights, domination attempts and pretentiousness from some of us turned me off and I stopped coming here. And for what I can see GTC is terribly boring now.

^^ So you're going to try and tell me you're running 100+ reply threads on this subforum, and it bores you! :bash:

The fights were fake. I made them up to trick you JohnnyMass. :crazy:

Mattsal...please go seek mental help...you sure could use some.

Well it's becoming trash because so many old timers have been leaving

For me, I just ran out of ideas, and I have school now. :(

Mattsal...please go seek mental help...you sure could use some.
I just don't get you. Do you really think I'm insane?

I mean it serious: JM please - he's a teenager, maybe you also behaved like that once! I think.... I did ;) So be a bit tolerant against each other. That's the problem of forums - you don't see who you are talking to and all the body language and mimics also is missing.

I haven't really left GTC, I've been checking it out without posting in the last few weeks. I needed a long break from GTC.:colgate:

I mean it serious: JM please - he's a teenager, maybe you also behaved like that once! I think.... I did ;) So be a bit tolerant against each other. That's the problem of forums - you don't see who you are talking to and all the body language and mimics also is missing.

I was a very well behaved teenager...and I didn't have to be a GTC nazi to feel good about myself.

New Topic, should we recommend no more China GTC? Meaning no more guessing chinese cities/towns?

^^Any reasons why we should?

too hard... and people doesnt like to guess chinese cities...

I wanted to collect some old unguessed GTCs - but as it seems there are now only the ones from the last two months... what a pity. Doesn't anyone know how to see the older threads for nostalgia - or are they lost forever?

Wow . . . they deleted them. Guess I'll have to change my signature. :(

BTW: who of you guys is also a post whore as me and tries to participate in nearly every GTC no matter who started it?












Maybe I'm crazy :crazy:

I vary: sometimes I post in every single one, sometimes very few. At the moment, I'm not posting that much. I hope to improve that soon! :happy:

BTW: who of you guys is also a post whore as me and tries to participate in nearly every GTC no matter who started it?












Maybe I'm crazy :crazy:


as a young person i wanna learn from the site. i'm not too into posting, but i might start to guess around again, it's been months since i was a gtc post whore.

Perhaps i will join GTC too. But one question: What counts as cheating and what not?

Checking the URL is out! Grrrrr!!! :bash: ;)
Googling is allowed but Googlemaps not if its a satellite pic...

Always change the URL!! You never know!

There are a lot of temptation to look at the url, lol

Remember to delete the coordniates when doing google earth!

next time

???????????????????????????

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Checking the URL is out! Grrrrr!!! :bash: ;)
Googling is allowed but Googlemaps not if its a satellite pic...

It's out, of course.

And, checking URL is stupid anyhow. GTC is just a game, don't take it too serious. Sharing pics and guessing would be fun, but not checking URL.

Sure you get points, but I don't even care about whether I get those points.

And many of you noticed: My GTC have no points after a month on this forum.
Because I don't want this to be a point competition... just guess my GTC if you like. Some of my GTC still get a lot of guesses.

Overall Tally

Maybe it would be an idea for GTC too make an overall tally.

The system would have many advantages

1. It would messure who actually is the best GTC'er (looking at points)
2. It would stimulate people to compete in every GTC series.

How do I want to achieve this?

Points system

The persons who is a leader in a tally will get 10 points. The person who is second 7 points. The person who is third 5 points. The person who is fourth 3 points. The person who is fifth 2 points.

#1=10
#2=7
#3=5
#4=3
#5=2

Which tallies will it include

In my opinion the best idea is to make a rollcall of all tallies at the moment. Tallies or GTC'ers which aren't active for 2 months already won't be included into tally.

Example

FJP's tally

Forza - 10 points
forvine - 7 points
mij 2 - 5 points
CPN - 3 points
Kuesel - 2 points

Dizflips tally

samba_man - 10 points
FJP - 7 points
forvine - 5 points
weill - 3 points
Forza Raalte - 2 points

Weills tally

forvine - 10
FJP - 7
dmg1mn - 5
Kuesel - 3
Forza Raalte - 2


Overall tally
#1 Forvine (10+5+7) 22 points
#2 FJP (7+7) 14 points
#2 Forza (10+2+2) 14 points
#4 samba_man 10 points
#5 dmg1mn 5 points
#5 mij 2 5 points
#5 Kuesel (3+2) 5 points
#8 weill 3 points

Ofcourse, this is all a proposal. So if you anybody has some feedback, corrections or is completely against the idea. Just say

That is kind of confusing^^^ You mean a global system right?

Yes. Everyone agree with this?

^^ Yes. I'm seeing that the tally thread is already deleted, who did so? That's good. :)

I PM'ed Tubeman.

What did you PM?

Well, what do you think :sly: ;)

To delete the tally thread

^^ Oh, I thought you told him about the suggestion to centralize the GTC

It's a good idea but wouldn't it keep changing and get confusing once the spots change? Like if forvine goes from lets say 5th to 3rd then it would be confusing.

I'm not amused :(

Don't you think it would have been better to start a thread and ask everyone what they thought of it! :dunno:

Sorry but I didnt get the point?can someone inform me?

I'm not amused :(

Don't you think it would have been better to start a thread and ask everyone what they thought of it! :dunno:

Well just start a new tally thread. This one was all screwed, sinjin posted 5 tallies.

I'll park my old tally here before it get's deleted :)

RULES:
NO MORE THAN 3 GUESSES PER POST
ALL GOOD ANSWERS WITHIN A 2 MINUTE TIMEFRAME GET THE POINTS!
NO EDITING!
if you know it don't participate
country-2 points
city-4 points
GOOD LUCK!

Final tally MK1-MK100!
Updated Points Tally:

Forza Raalte-184:master:
Kuesel-157:nocrook:
Barragon-105 :D
JohnnyMass-57
davidkunz/VIE-48
mij2-46
Fusionist-33
MattSal-25
forvine-25
Cobbuci-24
eusebius/Bikkel-16
momochan-16
Zarkon-14
schreiwalker-12
Azn chi boi-11
dmg1mn-10
Ex-Ithacan-8
Nemo01/ramses-8
PobbieRar-7
Marcanadian-7
Micro-6
Jonesey55-4
systemhalted-4
Devilution-4
CJ @LoS SaNtOs-4
Muyangguniang-4
Storeman-4
Anymodel-4
FJP-4
Fern-3
Sleepwalkeruno-3
magick-3
samsonyuen-3
tictac-3
Siopao-3
Renkinjutsushi-2
San Miguel-2
Lembit-2
Jakob-2
reignman-2
DvW-2
612bv3-1
zaqattaq-1
cristianocani-1
Be Happy-1

Points per country:

1-Netherlands-272
Forza Raalte/ mij2/eusebius/ momochan/ Ramses/ Muyangguniang/ DvW
2-Portugal-165
Barragon/ JohnnyMass/ Fern
3-Switzerland-163
Kuesel/ Jakob/ Storeman
4-USA-70
MattSall/ schreiwalker/ Azn Chi boi/ Ex Ithacan/ Renkinjutsushi/ 612bv3/ zaqattaq/ dmg1mn
5-UK-49
Fusionist/ Pobbie Rar/ Jonesey 55/ Lembit/ Samsonyuen
6-Austria-48
DavidKunz/Vie
7-Brazil-24
Cobucci
8-Italy-15
Zarkon/ cristianocani
9-Canada-14
Marcanadian/ Anymodel/ Siopao
10-Germany-8
Micro/ San Miguel
11-Turkey-6
System Halted/ reignman
12-Finland -4
Devilution
12-Spain-4
FJP
12-New Zealand-4
CJ@los S@ntos
13-Denmark-3
tictac
13-Belgium-3
Magicks
13-Philippines-3
Sleepwalkeruno

I'm don't know the nationality from Forvine and Be Happy
Can anyone help me??


and my new...



round 2

Updated points tally

Kuesel-35
davidkunz/Vie-34
Forza Raalte-28
mij2-19
CPN-16
Barragon-11
go mid east-11
Xantarcx-7
FJP-7
forvine-6
Parraman-5
coimbra-4
mtyksl-3
Dvw-2
Soufian-2
Fusionist-2

^^ I like that point per country tally. That doesn't mean the dutch are smarter than everyone else though! :sly:

No it only meant that there where more dutch GTCers...

I like the idea od a centralised tally but there are so many problems with it.

There are so many tally's some of them by newbies who wont update. Also some of us go on holiday or simply give up like Kuesel. So I think it is better to stick to our own tallies. :dunno:

But if everybody goes along the other idea I will not object and kep to the trend.

^^ Yes. That's the only disadvantage of the system. Who's tally will count? You can update every tallies once a week but some of them only make 2 GTC's or take a long break.

...it's a good idea but the centralized tally will need to be updated regularly, who 'll be in charge of it ??

I assume Forza will. It would be a lot of work though.

Just start it?

I think I do.

Stop making the system complicated. Anyhow GTC is just a game for everyone to participate.

Post photo first need to registrate in photobucket.com

I think it needs to be casual. Like the honor system.

The fuck happened to my tally?

Missed me, it has been a while.

Wow, so little people posting here (compare to before), where did the people go?

unfortunatly it was dying :cry:

Here's a question. Is anyone here old enough to remember me? I haven't been here in well over a year and I don't see hardly any familiar faces.

After rereading this thread I have something to say. The points systems or anything to do with GTC should NEVER be centralized. The whole point of people having their own point systems and their own series of threads is to add to the fun, variety, and friendly competition that makes this subforum so great.

When I first instituted the idea of a formal point system in my Official GTC Series of threads (yes believe it or not I was the first that I know of to do this, so anyone with a point system now owes their origins to me), it was merely to keep a tab of who was active, who was good, and who would get bragging rights at the end of the series. :lol:

Seriously, centralizing GTC would remove its fun, it would make it seem like a government, like an autocracy. As a plea and opinion from one of the oldest active GTC users, the inventor of a formal point system, and the first person to reach 100 threads in one GTC series, I ask you not to do this.

Here's a question. Is anyone here old enough to remember me? I haven't been here in well over a year and I don't see hardly any familiar faces.

I only remember your guess the distance threads.

Here I have made 166 "Poll the" series since last year, as well as more than 300 GTCs since 2005.

Hey Matt, welcome back - yes we older ones definitly missed you! :cheers:

So many clever people

So many clever people

We are curious about cities all around the world--- GTC encourages appreciation and arouses interest on cities.

Cool game . Has a round ever been played or we just talk about it for 3 years?

what do you mean by a round?

GTC variations: :cheers:

Countries
Regions
Large cities
Small cities
Town/Villages

You forgot 'continents' ? ;)

I guess we have gone a little off topic here...

Guess...http://z.about.com/d/dc/1/5/1/U/DSC03135.jpg
:dunno:

:lol: We don't guess here :D

:sleepy: You are going off topic. Lol

I have a question, can I host a gtc. It seems fun and I already have a photo chosen.

Sure, we all can host a GTC, can't we????

Sure, we all can host a GTC, can't we????

Interesting I didin't think I could. I thought I needed special permission.

^^ Ofcourse not, It's a free forum! :)

At least if you don't post porn or do other forbidden things :lol:

^^ Ofcourse not, It's a free forum! :)

At least if you don't post porn or do other forbidden things :lol:

I dont see how that kind of stuff gets into an architecture board.

^^ Well, there are actually a lot people posting commercial stuff overhere. Shoes, clothes, dvd's. Name it. They get banned fast, but still there are possible ways to post that stuff ;)

Even if it has been mentioned before, this ELEMENTARY advice bears repeating: Don't post a pic with the city name and/or country in the URL. It's like seeking privicy with an open door...

If anybody is interested,we have our little GTC in the hungarian section,"Guess the location in Budapest (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=37227926#post37227926)".

The "last but not least" final GTC of LMCA1990, who have made 282 GTC throughout 3 years.

3 pts for you! :cheer: That is the Luceafărul Theatre in Iaşi. Thanks to everyone for participating! :grouphug: I'm gonna put a pause to my GTCs here because school at the military academy starts on Monday again and I have to get to study and won't have much time to get on the internet :( I appreciate you all for getting this series so far. Much love to all :)

One perk place !

:pepper: :carrot: :banana: :cucumber:MattSal's Tips for GTC:cucumber: :banana: :carrot: :pepper:

Picking Cities
Tip 1: Pick a city that is not too well known, but not too unknown as well.
Tip 2: Do not pick a city that you have done before.
Tip 3: Do not pick a city that has been done by someone else recently.
Tip 4: Do not pick the city you live in.

Picking Photos
Tip 1: Don't pick a photo showing a clearly identifiable landmark or building.
Tip 2: Don't pick a photo showing signs or writing disclosing too much information.
Tip 3: Don't pick a photo that is too small or too large.
Tip 4: Don't pick a photo that is too zoomed in or is too unspecific.
Tip 5: If you're using Google, don't pick a result off the first page.
Tip 6: And above all, don't pick a photo whose URL contains the city and/or country name.

Apart from these : There need not be posting or point rules for threads by newbies or innovative threads

Those threads that ARE to be entered in the OVERALL POINTS TALLY should have the word (points) in thier title ?

also rules need to be drawn as to when to fgivev a clue etc.. like one clue per page or so and how many guesses per post etc

This thread's sole purpose is to inform you all the things you need to know to participate in Guess the City. Please ask any questions that you have on Guess the City.Sticky please :)

RULES:

-Just be kind and respectful to others.

HOW TO POST A PICTURE:

1) Pick a picture, whether it’s taken by you or was simply found in the Internet.

1b) If you found the picture from the Internet, save into you computer, these are the most common files accepted: .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .tif, .tiff.

2) Before you can post your pictures in SSC, you will need an image host. An image host is a place where you can save your pictures in the Internet. There are many free online image hosts out there. The most commonly used are www.imageshack.us (http://www.imageshack.us) and www.photobucket.com (http://www.photobucket.com).

3) After you’ve found an image host, create an account.

4) Upload your picture to your account (your image host will tell you what to do).

5) After you’ve uploaded your picture, you will receive a URL for the picture. Click-right and copy the URL.

6) To post your picture in SSC, press the Insert Image button or the yellow button with the mountain. A pop-up box will appear on the screen. Paste the URL and then press OK. The URL of your picture will appear and will look like this. >>> URL <<<

7) After you’re are done, press submit and your picture will appear.

POINTS*:

You can make your own point system (example below).

MattSal's Point System
Continent = 1 point
Country = 2 points
City = 3 points
Exact Location = 4 points
BONUS = 2 points

* Points doesn't apply to all GTC threads.

If you think there's something that I should change, please tell me.

hey you idea for guess the city is good.
i will also participate in this. i think it will a great fun and we can increase our knowledge about different cities all over the world.