When you refresh the page it should put you directly back into the game, you shouldn't have to click "rejoin"
Shakazaramesh
Especially since the UI change, a lot of players often have to refresh the game to get rid of lag or avoid bugs. Almost every duel I play I have to refresh at least once. It used to be that it would put you directly back into the game, meaning that at least it was a quick process. Now when you refresh it puts you on the duel leaderboard screen and you have to click "rejoin" to get back in the game. Why? What purpose does that serve? It just makes the process slower and more annoying, and there have been a few times when the extra time it took meant that I couldn't place my pin down before the timer ran out. Please change this back. Thank you.
Edit: I forgot to mention this part, but this would also solve the common bug where there is no "rejoin" option after the page is refreshed, leading to an automatic loss.
Shakazaramesh
Now with Turbo Duels it is even more important that this is implemented. If your opponent guesses quickly and you have to refresh, then with the 10 second countdown it is very difficult to get back into the game quickly enough to look at the location and make your guess. The extra couple of seconds it takes to click "rejoin" and wait for the game to load in can easily make the difference.
Here's an example: https://www.geoguessr.com/duels/69ea0670ab40eeb71262eaa8/summary. My browser crashed just after my opponent guessed and I couldn't get back into the game fast enough, my map hadn't finished loading so I had no idea where I was clicking and I ended up going in the middle of the pacific ocean. If it had just put me directly back into the game when I refreshed then I'm pretty sure I would have been fine.
Could we please get a response to this suggestion? It's been almost 6 months now.
Edit: Now something very similar happened again: https://www.geoguessr.com/duels/69ea22d93e5653a478a409f7/summary. This is actually very urgent, could you please implement this suggestion soon? As in, within a week at least? A lot of people are getting the black screen bug very frequently now, and the fact that it takes so long to get back into the game is making the turbo duels mode almost unplayable.
lace
this ones a banger, for me geoguessr is so laggy and buggy i sometimes have to refresh more often than i set a pinpoint
Valhalla
yes I completely agree and as LuxgiL said I think that there should also be a rejoin button as a backup, and CunningStunt I agree with you as well I sometimes get a completely black and/or white screen and have to refresh and click the button which is risky if it doesn't appear or if he guessed and there is not enough time left.
(also could you support my thing as well: support small creators with mini-creator badge to any GeoGuessr Creator (must show YT channel) + section to post about your favourite Creator)
sorry the name is very needlessly long.
CunningStunt
Yes given the fact updates have increased the amount of times we get a blank screen or map, this is basic logic.
LuxgiL
I am most-likely the person that is responsible for this button to exist as I opened some time ago a feature request for this on single duels.
But I fully agree with your post. A refresh of the tab should automatically put you back into the game.
I was just thinking of what happens if you close your tab or browser instead, a simple reload might not be sufficient or other cases might occur where a reload wouldn't be working anymore.
Maybe having both the button and the reload as an option would be good, just in case it is necessary.
MDY_WaveBoy
i agree