Feature requests

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.

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Elo Reset is unfair and must be removed. Players reaching higher elo ratings than in previous years can be attributed to a greater understanding of the game, achieved through thousands of hours of study, analysis and play. These players were rewarded for their efforts by reaching new elo milestones, the most satisfying part of the game. We are now being punished with nothing to show for our studies. Having spoken to many players across all rating categories, I hardly found a single player with something positive to say. This change will turn many of the stronger players away from the game. For example, a friend recently crossed 1800, and now wonders why they spent so much time to reach the milestone, only for it to be taken away. Between decay and now elo reset, what a rough week for the devs. The community has absolutely no say on any of these matters, which is incredibly disappointing for a great product like geoguessr. If this is what you wanted, devs, well done.

Only allow 1 account per player in Ranked mode. Geoguessr is one of the only ranked games that has the top of the leaderboards full of Alt accounts. Other games have solved this issue by banning Alts, Only allowing 1 account Per player in Ranked mode

Right now, even a 1–2 point difference (e.g., 4800–4801) still gives the winner the full multiplier (+0.5), even though it can come down to tiny clicking differences. Maybe introduce a “semi-tie” for very close scores: the closer player gets the full multiplier (+0.5), while the other player gets a half multiplier (+0.25) instead of nothing. Possible ways to define a semi-tie: The score difference is only 1–2 points, or The score difference is within 5% of the missing points from 5000 (based on the higher score). Example (option 2): 4000 vs 3951 → missing points from 5000 = 1000 → 5% = 50. Since the difference (49) ≤ 50, it would count as a semi-tie.

When matchmaking for a specific gamemode (e.g. moving) you should be placed against others that have a similiar moving rating. This would create much more fair games. The current system discourages playing other modes as someone with a very high overall rating due to being good at NMPZ or NM will almost always lose if they play moving.

A player has recently been banned because he is a skilled low level player, because of this he had presumedly received mass reports from the opponents and the moderators suspended the player without providing a reason or evidence or even any way to appeal the suspension. Having review his games and undertaken 400 investigations personally, it is clear there is no cheating in his games. Moderators should provide exact and detailed reasons for suspending PAID players of the community Provide evidence of the breach of community guidelines There should be an appeal process where the ban can be reviewed and overturned in an expedited manner (24-48 hours) It is simply not fair that low level skilled players are arbitrarily banned with no recourse to overturn the ban, appeal or even see the reason why they are banned. I have even reported players who are obviously cheating, yet when i review their profiles no action is taken against them and they continue, despite the evidence being blatant and obvious, probably because the account is only flagged after a significant volume of reports, meaning the ban and suspension policy is unfit for purpose and needs to be completely overhauled.

It would be awesome to add No Move and NMPZ to Battle Royale Gamemodes

Please add NMPZ to Turbo Mode, or consider making Turbo NMPZ its own option. Turbo is supposed to be the fastest, most instinct-based version of Duels, and NMPZ honestly fits that idea even better than regular No Move. In No Move, players can still spend the round panning around, zooming, checking signs, lining up poles, and searching for small details, which slows the game down and makes the 30-second timer feel less “turbo” than it could be. NMPZ forces instant recognition from the starting frame, which matches the whole point of Turbo much more naturally: fast reads, quick decisions, and no wasted time. No Move is fun, but if Turbo is meant to be the pure speed format, NMPZ makes more sense. For Turbo NMPZ, I think the same timer structure as current Turbo would work best: a 30-second maximum round timer, with the timer dropping to 10 seconds once one player guesses. The 10-second response window is what makes Turbo feel fast and pressured, so there’s no need to make the whole round much shorter by default.

With the new emotes, might as well allow the wheel to go up to 9 or 10 emotes (or enough slots for all of em with + - * ect. Some of us got keyboards with number keys and they might as well all be in use allowing more of the in game emotes at a time. Having a hard time putting the new ones on my wheel when I've already gotten accustomed to using the others for specific situations and don't want to loose them. Even if not on the wheel having them bound to a few more keys would be awesome for those of us on computers.