"It's just trial and error a lot of times." Rainbolt loves his online community, but is aware there could be unintended consequences to what he does "I'll try to look for distinct features that I can find, whether that's a mountain, whether that's a brick wall with a fence, whether it's a pond in the background," Rainbolt told Insider. This was when he started committing tens of hours to practice each week. He picked it back up in June 2021 after the game had a boom in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic and he had more free time. Rainbolt first played GeoGuessr as a teenager, but said he was "really bad" at it and stopped playing after a few casual attempts. He enjoyed watching travel shows but he wasn't interested enough to look up the flags or capital cities of different countries. When Rainbolt was in high school he wasn't very good at geography, he told Insider. Boredom during the pandemic led Rainbolt to discover his passion Rainbolt has now turned his main focus to helping his own fans track down specific, lost locations linked to family members in a new series that's gone viral on TikTok, but it's a mission that comes with the risk of discovering people who may not want to be found. He shares tips for viewers on how to play the game, using clues like the shape of street signs or the type of cabbage that grows on the side of roads, and undertakes increasingly difficult challenges like guessing locations after viewing them for 0.1 seconds and accurately pinpointing different countries by looking only at the grass. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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