[DainBramageStudios]

After seeing this on /v/ of all places, I thought I should share this oddly addicting passtime with Facepunch.

http://www.mapcrunch.com/

This site will spawn you in a random location in a country of your choice. Enable "hide location" (so you don't know where you are) and "cities only" (so you don't spawn in the middle of nowhere, or on a highway), then either try to navigate home, or to the nearest airport.

I tell you, after wandering aimlessly through Britain's endless suburban forest, it's a relief to a see a roadsign pointing towards London so I know where the fuck I am and where I'm going.

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THREAD MUSIC(S):

[Binladen34]

Seems awesome, I'll give it a try.

[Ali Legend]

Shit, I'm retarded and really bad at this kind of thing. I'll give it a shot (see you all in 5 days time).

[QuickSnapz]

I ended up in Hong Kong. I live in the UK. Oh fuck

[Detective P]

Oh god I'm in Germany.

[Ali Legend]

QuickSnapz posted:

I ended up in Hong Kong. I live in the UK. Oh fuck

You can choose to isolate it to the UK.


By the way is it me or will this take ages? I've spent the last 2 minutes clicking my way down a single street...

Edit: Ooooo, never mind, you don't have to use the arrows, you can just click the end of the street.

[DainBramageStudios]

Ali Legend posted:

You can choose to isolate it to the UK.


By the way is it me or will this take ages? I've spent the last 2 minutes clicking my way down a single street...

You don't have to click the arrows. If the cursor forms a small circle on the road ahead you can skip all the way there, it's much faster.

[Ama-zake]

It would be sorta kinda nice if Streetview was faster at navigating because this just tends to spawn me several thousand miles away from where I live

[slippp22]

where the fuck am i

[Binladen34]

I landed right next to an Airport near some place called Helsinki, do I win?

[Ali Legend]

OK I've worked out from the shop names that I'm in Surrey..

[QuickSnapz]

I ended up on my street, ahahah.

[Ali Legend]

Heading north east to london (I hope ) so I can get home.

[DainBramageStudios]

Does Exeter have an airport?

[Aleister]

How come I can't isolate to Ireland? Do I have to walk home from England?

[Intoxicated Spy]

i'm about 30 miles from my house, damn, this is going to be hard

[The Great Ghast]

Live in VA, USA. Choose random place in USA, get wisconsin.

Got a looonggggg way to go.

Edited:

Intoxicated Spy posted:

i'm about 30 miles from my house, damn, this is going to be hard

I'm about 150

[Ali Legend]

Outskirts of london. Should be home 'soon'.

[DainBramageStudios]

Aleister posted:

How come I can't isolate to Ireland? Do I have to walk home from England?

Find the nearest international airport.

Edited:

The Great Ghast posted:

I'm about 150

I'm at the other end of the fucking country

[geogzm]

I live in a town in england. Would that still come up in cities only

[Lazore]

Woa, got Norway, witch is where i live, but i spawned all the way north, and i live in oslo.
Fml gave up when i saw location

[_Kent_]

I live in Arizona, got some random rural street in Texas. Should be fun.

[pie_is_good]

Aleister posted:

How come I can't isolate to Ireland? Do I have to walk home from England?

You can select the "My Map" thing so it only chooses random locations in the area selected.

[FullStreak12]

[meepugh]

This is awesome I am in Antarctica with penguins and people! Wait how do I get out of here?

[Ali Legend]

meepugh posted:

This is awesome I am in Antarctica with penguins and people! Wait how do I get out of here?

ahahah. Why would you want to get out of there though? That is fucking awesome!

[meepugh]

Here are some more of this awesome expidition! (Media'd for size)
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[Ezhik]

No Street View in Russia :frown:

[DainBramageStudios]

BABY MODE : don't do anything to complicate your life, use GPS, show country and location.

EASY MODE : don't use any GPS or maps help, but you use show country

NORMAL MODE : use show country, use cities only, don't hide location

HARD MODE : use show country, use cities only, hide location, don't use anykind of help

SUPER-HARD MODE : don't show country, use cities only, hide location, don't use anykind of help

STALKER MODE : only go into a country you don't know the language, don't use cities, hide location, don't use anykind of help, explore until you sleep, in a dark room, with STALKER OST

[Danyull]

Of course it puts me on the complete opposite side of my fucking country.

[macdoo999]

fuck sake, I appeared in Wales. I can't read shit :argh:

[Xenoyia v2]

I'm in "tara road" by some "pre-primary" school.

no idea where I am, don't even know if I'm in the UK.

[geogzm]

beer truck in hawaii

[Ninjarooster]

Ah shit I'm Brazil.

[Cheese7]

I'm in my city but I'm also a bit south of my home city. This is confusing the hell out of me.

[Richard Simmons]

I spawned in Seattle, 2 blocks of Interstate 90. Just took that back home.

What a challange!

[geogzm]

using my map, the random button took me to my friend's house

hasn't managed to jump to mine yet

[Aleister]

pie_is_good posted:

You can select the "My Map" thing so it only chooses random locations in the area selected.

Ah thanks. Well I live in Dublin and it started me in Co. Sligo which is on the other side of the country. There's fields everywhere! :byodood:

[geogzm]

finally it jumped to my house after all that

[joost1120]

I did it. I managed to start in a nearby city, about 10 km away, and go to my home.