Okay! So the first season of the SSP Canada GeoGuessr League is going to run for 11 weekly challenges, starting next weekend and taking us to the finale on the weekend of December 18th. Then we'll take a break for the holidays. I've picked the following map pool, which I hope will provide a good variety of Canadian content:
1. Canada (Updated coverage)
2. 100 largest cities of Canada
3. Every Tim Hortons
4. An Urban Canada
5. National Parks of Canada
6. A Balanced Canada
7. A More Urban Canada
8. Where's That McDonalds? (Canada Edition)
9. Cities of Canada
10. Canadian Hockey League Arenas
11. Canada (GeoGuessr Official)
I will provide more information on each map prior to the start of that weekend's competition, and you'll also have a chance to practice it during the Mid-Week Friendly.
The ranked weekend games will be subject to a 5 minute time limit for each location, just to increase the challenge a little bit.
The challenge link will be posted on Friday evening and you'll have until Sunday at 8:00pm Eastern to complete your game. At that time I'll record everyone's scores and update the overall rankings. I'll be sharing a spreadsheet with the leaderboard at the conclusion of the first weekend.
Although we're almost a week away from the start of competition, there are things you can start doing so that you're ready when Friday rolls around. Namely:
1.
Create a GeoGuessr account. I don't believe you show up on the scoreboard if you play without an account, so make sure you're logged in before starting the challenge. A free account is sufficient; you don't need a Pro subscription or anything.
2.
Set/change your GeoGuessr nickname to what you'd like it to show up as for the competition. You can do this by going to your GeoGuessr profile and clicking "Edit Your Profile" down at the bottom.
Also stay tuned for the inaugural Funday Monday where we will be tackling the 905!
There's one day left in this weekend's pilot challenge and I count 17 of us on the scoreboard so far. If you haven't played yet, get in on the action here:
https://www.geoguessr.com/challenge/ZvQGXbUlYs5Eflhw