Feature requests

I would like us to be able to insert texts into our maps created when a specific location appears, something similar to what happens in campaign mode. With this we could explain, or tell a curiosity about the place that appears in the game, it would help me a lot with the thematic maps that I create

Please add an option to toggle x2 speed when whatching replays :) (Maybe like youtube when holding left click?)

Please implement any form of anti-cheat and cheater-detection apart from "please don't google" and "please report suspected cheaters". Let me be clear: I know that with web-applications that run client-side, it's Google's fault that at least the following are true: you can't disable internal calls to https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js/GeoPhotoService.GetMetadata or change what they return their API does not have HSTS (and that it could still be bypassed) panorama ID can be easily converted to latitude and longitude using SDK or external tools Moreover, I know that it's also a problem with any web-app game that user can do what they want if they are determined enough (e.g. recompile browser to allow some extra actions which would be undetectable on the server). However, you are not even trying to prevent script-kiddies. I'm talking about the lack of any tamper detection on the frontend which could at least detect very lazy or popular cheating attempts or leaking exact coordinates and country code before the round starts (on countdown phase) from your very own API. The worst part is that a cheater can compete with players several leagues above them by simply knowing country plus latitude/longitude useful for large countries (i.e. by knowing 3 values - no map pointer or auto clicker necessary). Such knowledge is almost impossible to detect, as it's usually not distinguishable from country/region metas. It's even worse on moving games, when it's easy to nullify any suspicions from stuff like CZ vs SK or IT vs SM. Therefore, I think that GeoGuessr needs basic protection from script-kiddies and some automated way to detect players with unusually high luck, especially in higher leagues. There's also an additional problem for players to detect whether they have been cheated - currently you allow multiple accounts and there's no way to distinguish a skilled player on a secondary account from a cheater. Both would look the same - low level (e.g. less than 15), playing in Gold or Master leagues, having a high win ratio (>75%).

The score calculation on world maps is inconsistent. The score calculation depends on whether world maps include locations at the South Pole and Northern Canada close to the North Pole. Mapmakers do not intend for these locations to appear, but add these boundary locations to increase the overall scores on the map slightly (as well as the 5K radius). Other mapmakers do not add these locations, thus the map scoring is slightly different despite the general extent of the distribution being the same. Please add a checkbox in the mapmaking screen to opt for "World Map Scoring" as the calculation basis for the map, so that scores were calculated as if locations were placed all over the globe. If the option is not checked, using the current calculation for regional maps is perfectly fine. Thanks!

Lately the number of cheater started rising in my games and even though I report them I don't get any suspension feedback, what I suggest is a system where a selection of players can review the reported players' games which would reduce the workload and increase the review amounts for the suspicious guesses.

This is because some players spam matches with emojis, which can be annoying. Some kind of mechanism to prevent this would be useful, such as a checkbox or button labeled 'Don't show messages from this user'.

Adding a field where it shows when a game was played for the leaderboard.

A fun way to play that has become quite popular recently is to set the round time to something under 10s. However, as only round times in 10s increments starting at 10s are available, this is currently not possible to do without using a script. It would be nice to be able to do this (or use any other round time that is not currently available, such as 15s) without the need for a script.

Hi. The new website UI does not have the reminder that we have free Shop coins to redeem. Is that something you can easily implement? Thank you!