***Where am I now?*** (game) (2)

Has this building a religious connection?

Is this in the Lake Como region of Italy?

StewartR wrote in post #4868743
My thoughts exactly. What do you want, Tom? Sympathy?

Sympathy =no, donations accepted.

I had an idea: what are thoughts about splitting WAIN into two seperate threads: one for "US" WAIN pictures and the other for "international" pictures?

Seems like often the first dart asks if the picture is in the US. Having two threads might slow down the game since it would effectively split the participants, and the speed/pace of this thread is an appealing characteristic of the game. WAIN has been a great ride and I hesitate messing with a good thing. Feedback?

HI Tom. I think that dividing WAIN would harm it. In any case, why US and international? To many participants in WAIN (including Stewart and me), the US is 'international. I think the reason why people ask 'is it in the USA' is that, when the post comes from an American, the likelihood is that it will be! I don't say this in criticism of our American cousins, but it happens to be the case most of the time. In any case, I think one of the joys of the game is investigating pictures from all over the globe. I think you have created a great game just as it is!

Roy Mathers wrote in post #4869521
HI Tom. I think that dividing WAIN would harm it. In any case, why US and international? To many participants in WAIN (including Stewart and me), the US is 'international. In any case, I think one of the joys of the game is investigating pictures from all over the globe. I think you have created a great game as it is!

I agree 100%.

Thanks Stewart. There Tom, you have two answers/opinions - albeit from foreigners

I say keep it as is, too. That first guess is just a case of trying to narrow down the location and I think it's great having the broader range of locations in the one thread. I probably wouldn't go into a "US only" WAIN as I wouldn't be able to contribute many photo's (not that I can even in here :lol but I do like being able to guess at all the locations.

This might interest you. In the first 3 months of WAIN, there were 248 photos posted, of which 116 (45%) were in the USA and 132 (55%) weren't. Approximately 46 "foreign" countries made an appearance, of which the most common were Canada (16), Italy (16), England (10), Spain (9) and Australia (7).

(Note: You won't see all of these in the archive because I have only had permission to use 160 of the images from this period.)

If it aint broke don't fix it

Meanwhile, back at the game - is this picture taken from Volta's Lighthouse, on the Cima delle Tre Croci (Three-Crosses Peak), near Lake Como?

StewartR wrote in post #4869610
This might interest you. In the first 3 months of WAIN, there were 248 photos posted, of which 116 (45%) were in the USA and 132 (55%) weren't. Approximately 46 "foreign" countries made an appearance, of which the most common were Canada (16), Italy (16), England (10), Spain (9) and Australia (7).

(Note: You won't see all of these in the archive because I have only had permission to use 160 of the images from this period.)

Are you an accountant Stewart? Very interesting statistics though!

Roy Mathers wrote in post #4869690
Are you an accountant Stewart? Very interesting statistics though!

If not, it may be an indication of why I'm hearing Styx in the back of my head..."Too much time on my hands..."
(I apologize if that went over our friends' heads across the ponds)

As for splitting, I agree w/others and recommend against. Heck, apart from family photos, I have more photos outside the USoA than I do inside!

I wouldn't change it... even though I have very few photos to contribute outside (or even inside for that matter) the US, I like seeing the neat places around the world! Makes me want to go! : )

StewartR wrote in post #4869686
Meanwhile, back at the game - is this picture taken from Volta's Lighthouse, on the Cima delle Tre Croci (Three-Crosses Peak), near Lake Como?

WOW, great. You nailed it. Very good
This is the only link I could find. http://www.farodihan.i​t …p?id=428&mese=3​&anno=2007

breadandbutter wrote in post #4870201
WOW, great. You nailed it. Very good
This is the only link I could find. http://www.farodihan.i​t …p?id=428&mese=3​&anno=2007

I wasn't getting anywhere searching for places with three crosses - they're quite common. My wrong guess earlier (Campo dei Fiori) came from here, but I didn't really believe it.

But your second picture gave it away. Searching for places with an octagonal tower and three crosses gave me this. I didn't find any images to confirm, but it felt good.

So anyway, Where Am I Now?

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