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STRAIGHT LINE news So, STORROR is apparently some UK-based parkour group with 8M subscribers on youtube. They asked Geowizard to make them a marathon-length straight line without telling them what to expect. Geowizard thought "these guys are pros, and I won't have to do it - so let's make it as hard as possible". Here's the first part, on STORROR's channel, with the occassional narration by Geowizard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujIardpnDlo Good watch, imo.
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Apr 10, 2023 21:13
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Just been watching that and I found them generally quite annoying and laddish
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Apr 10, 2023 21:55
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTUMPFQHn94 Part 2. They do come across as a bit laddish and this is way outside of what they normally do, but they're really nice guys in person and hugely respected in the parkour scene. I've no idea why this is their toughest challenge. I'd be tempted to try a straight line mission but there's no way I'd attempt any of the stuff they do in their regular videos.
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Apr 18, 2023 17:21
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I don't know about their other stuff, but several people have tried to mimic Geowizard and a lot of them realized how though it actually is and how underprepared they were, and had to drop out quite early.
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Apr 18, 2023 21:54
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I remember the start of his first straight line video where he's like "all right, let's get going", jumps down a set of stairs, and is immediately almost hit by a car.
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Apr 19, 2023 07:02
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Clyde Radcliffe posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTUMPFQHn94 Oh yeah they don’t come across as arseholes or anything, just the dynamic of watching a bunch of friends bantering with each other is very different to GeoWizard Tom’s style, where he’s generally either going slightly insane by himself or making friends with randoms. Speaking of, in the commentary for the parkour guys he mentioned a new straight line mission out this Sunday.
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Apr 19, 2023 10:06
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I'm quite enjoying those lads trying to get through all of those wonderful thorny plants and wet ditches, so thanks for posting that.  The group is not GeoWizard of course but they're more enjoyable than the people he kicked a football across the UK with.
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Apr 20, 2023 14:41
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I've been watching some of those parkour guys' other videos and have been finding them much more enjoyable when they're in their element - particularly the hide and seeks in weird abandoned urban places
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Apr 20, 2023 16:05
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Butterfly Valley posted:Oh yeah they don’t come across as arseholes or anything, just the dynamic of watching a bunch of friends bantering with each other is very different to GeoWizard Tom’s style, where he’s generally either going slightly insane by himself or making friends with randoms. He did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8m7DvNEn0k
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Apr 23, 2023 20:24
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Apr 23, 2023 20:58
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There's just something about Wales that feels right for this stuff. It's a comprehensible distance, but with a good mix of rough terrain and active farmland with dogs and hedgerows  , it feels perfect for doing a short challenge. I was super glad to see he got a satcomm/gps this time, too.
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Apr 24, 2023 03:43
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I know he described it in the newest ep and it's obvious he was exhausted just by watching him, but it's worth just reiterating how impressive that first day was. That is a long distance to cover on that type of terrain, the fact that he's not more tired after that first stint is amazing.
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Apr 24, 2023 08:45
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It remains to be seen how going so hard on the first day will affect him for the rest of the run though.
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Apr 24, 2023 09:04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9IZJeAYLnU
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Apr 30, 2023 20:22
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Woah, and over at Archie Fieldhouse, they encountered an angry farmer - quite likely the VERY SAME Geowizard encountered a while back. And they were driven off the track. But instead of giving up, one of them, who happens to be an ultra-runner, RESTARTED the mission, and managed to run 2 days of missioning in less than a day. Epic stuff.
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Apr 30, 2023 21:48
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Carbon dioxide posted:Woah, and over at Archie Fieldhouse, they encountered an angry farmer - quite likely the VERY SAME Geowizard encountered a while back. And they were driven off the track. But instead of giving up, one of them, who happens to be an ultra-runner, RESTARTED the mission, and managed to run 2 days of missioning in less than a day. Epic stuff. That's Barkley Marathons application submission worthy
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May 1, 2023 03:27
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Video good
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May 10, 2023 17:57
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22tuh9WY8ZwGasmask posted:Video good
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May 10, 2023 21:12
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Comments say Wales looks like a fairy-tale and people would love to visit. I think it looks kinda horrible with all the brambles, thick ugly "forests", marshes, and barbed wired hedges everywhere. Freedom to roam is the poo poo, and if your country doesn't have it, it's bad. Video good, though.
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May 11, 2023 08:10
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Brits haven't really owned up to the same fact their foreign counterparts have (Netherlands for example): their countryside is ugly and boring as a whole. But freedom to roam is cool. Too bad it mostly means roaming in permanently swamped treeless pasture without any landmark or natural feature of note. I've done loads of country walks and here's how the guidance goes: Cross a pasture and over a stile to the south. (NOTE: this pasture is a bog 11 months out of the year, as are all to follow) Cross three more pastures and stiles, then an A-road with continuous 50 mph traffic with no break Walk between two stone walls for a bit, then some more pastures, gates and stiles Stop at a pub. That's not to say there aren't nice gardens, national trust houses, etc. but yeah you could throw a football from one end of "sherwood forest" to the other. Land without trees or big mountains can't really compete with much. That said it's not bad for straight line missions for the very same reasons. The obstacles are passable mostly, but still a challenge.
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May 11, 2023 10:05
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Really happy he got the chance to do it (and first as well!). It seems like a bit of a last hurrah which is a shame, but you can see the absolute torture he was putting himself through on that final day even with the help from Verity. It's a shame he couldn't get platinum but for how quickly he planned the mission, under some time constraints as well, that was pretty good. The other lads completed theirs which was incredible. The guy ran it in two days. The support crew was much bigger (and useless at times) but it was a great showing of human endurance.
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May 11, 2023 10:25
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Von Pluring posted:Comments say Wales looks like a fairy-tale and people would love to visit. I think it looks kinda horrible with all the brambles, thick ugly "forests", marshes, and barbed wired hedges everywhere. Freedom to roam is the poo poo, and if your country doesn't have it, it's bad. Video good, though. I mean there are some absolutely gorgeous parts of the UK, but arguably they're the parts that are either on the coast, or are the most hilly. Of course the best straight line routes are going to be biased towards the less interesting, flatter and "easier" parts of the country. It's kind of like going to Kansas and declaring the entire US looks like poo poo.
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May 12, 2023 08:48
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Aphex- posted:I mean there are some absolutely gorgeous parts of the UK, but arguably they're the parts that are either on the coast, or are the most hilly. Of course the best straight line routes are going to be biased towards the less interesting, flatter and "easier" parts of the country. It's kind of like going to Kansas and declaring the entire US looks like poo poo. I know I was just making GBS threads on UK scenery and I stand by it but you're right that the particular shittiness of its open countryside (and its roaming laws) are what spawned the whole possibility of straight line challenges. If the US had roaming laws and wasn't filled with castle doctrine psychos a Kansas mission would be pretty dull. As is it'd be more like those "sticking people up with a real gun in the hood PRANK" videos that used to pollute youtube... just suicide by cop or the first armed person you come across
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May 12, 2023 09:11
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Aphex- posted:I mean there are some absolutely gorgeous parts of the UK, but arguably they're the parts that are either on the coast, or are the most hilly. Of course the best straight line routes are going to be biased towards the less interesting, flatter and "easier" parts of the country. It's kind of like going to Kansas and declaring the entire US looks like poo poo. O yes, for sure. I know there are absolutely stunning places in Wales and the rest of the UK. I’ve been to England several times and I really like it. I was reacting to the comments on these particular videos full of the stuff I described above.
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May 12, 2023 10:55
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By the way the algorithm suggested a series of New Zealand straight missioners. They said at the start they were inspired by Geowizard, but unlike him they spent weeks calling up the farmers along the way and asking them for permission to cross their land.
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May 13, 2023 04:12
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Fun mission across brum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f33WqXf30Qk
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Jun 17, 2023 09:10
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Thanks. I'm feeling this thread isn't getting much activity anymore so I wasn't sure if I should bother to keep posting his stuff, but if anyone else does that's perfectly fine.
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Jun 17, 2023 10:08
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poo poo on my chest there's a GeoWizard megathread. Yes please. Yeah, the video from yesterday was pretty good. Never been to Birmingham, but it was interesting to see these little pockets of a city that get neglected and left to rot. I was always fascinated with pictures of deprived projects in the shadow of big cities, and I can't find it now but the massive wall separating a beautiful mansion with a tennis court from what I think was some sort of favela. The preview of the next instalment normally makes everything seem more dramatic than it is, but I'm somewhat interested in that river of poo poo that's going to be making an appearance.
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Jun 17, 2023 10:30
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I like how instead of having a full support team in a minibus like those two posh lads, Tom just has his uncle dragging a leaky canoe down a canal tow path lmao
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Jun 17, 2023 12:28
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He is an excellent uncle stereo type. I can imagine him turning a blind eye when they were up to no good as 12 year olds.
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Jun 17, 2023 12:52
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At the beginning when he said Verity wasn't ill, she just wasn't feeling this one 
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Jun 17, 2023 12:57
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I love these ones because I live in the same area and have been to a lot of the locations in them. Birmingham has some mad buildings- go GIS The Bullring for the centrepiece of them all. I would definitely stop and say hello if I saw him out and about- my neighbour spotted him in Lichfield once, I was dead jealous. My favourite bit this episode was them trying to inflate their boat, and their eventual crossing. Speaking of canals if you want more Brummie backwaters then go watch BrummiesOutdoors, a channel where an adorably down-to-Earth family sling powerful magnets into the canals of Birmingham and drag out things often found in crime scenes, amongst other things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iql4459shro https://youtube.com/@brummiesoutdoors
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Jun 17, 2023 23:02
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I'm travelling to Europe this fall. Is it true that if you speak English louder and slower, they barbarians can understand it?
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Jun 17, 2023 23:44
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:I'm travelling to Europe this fall. Is it true that if you speak English louder and slower, they barbarians can understand it? it's true OP but you also have to slightly imitate the accent of the country you're in
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Jun 18, 2023 11:21
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTy4HT-h9Ds
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Jun 29, 2023 09:13
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:I'm travelling to Europe this fall. Is it true that if you speak English louder and slower, they barbarians can understand it? yes this works very well in england The no roads stuff are some of my favourite videos. I don't think Tom really has the enthusiasm for straight line stuff anymore, and you can really tell he just wanted to get the Wales one over and done with. Also, worth watching his running across Wales in a day video if you wanna see some people seriously almost die in the stupidest way imaginable by going up a big hill in freezing conditions with no winter clothes. the video if you guys missed it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcFx9_A6q0s hemale in pain fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Jul 7, 2023 |
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Jul 7, 2023 21:23
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hemale in pain posted:yes this works very well in england I'm not going to England. I'm going to Europe
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Jul 8, 2023 03:23
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:I'm not going to England. I'm going to Europe Bore off
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Jul 8, 2023 08:21
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Patreon update: Since nobody else wanted to buy that car they used, Paulie bought it back for half price and drove all the way to Florida and back to come pick it up. The good news is the car has now been reunited with its original rear seats.
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Intro: "This mission is without trespassing". Guess how long he keeps that up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfuoV3ugdyk
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