GSG: Why so many in Vallejo, CA?

[Lalato]

I'm planning a move to northern California. I searched for anything within a 20 mile radius of Martinez, California... and I saw a huge cluster of people in Vallejo. I seriously doubt this many gamers are in Vallejo... any thoughts as to why this might be happening?

 

[Rabulias]

I have only done a spot check on a handful of them, but they look like users who do not have a location set in their description.

Without a location, the GSG application might use their IP address to geolocate them, ending up with an ISP's physical location.

There's a similar cluster near me in Reston VA and I know many tech companies and major Internet links are located there.

 

[Lalato]

Perhaps it would be better to not place those that haven't given a physical location. This makes it much more difficult to figure out who I should contact.

 

[Lalato]

Actually, some of them have entered a city and/or state. How does someone with the state listed as Florida get listed in North California?

 

[Nikosandros]

Actually, some of them have entered a city and/or state. How does someone with the state listed as Florida get listed in North California?

I don't know, but I think that the system is buggy. When I search for gamers near Rome, I also get plenty of people who have listed a US city.

 

[Lalato]

Looks like I'll have to use the forum until the GSG widget is fixed. Thanks for confirming that it's a global issue Nikosandros.

 

[Darkness]

I'm planning a move to northern California. I searched for anything within a 20 mile radius of Martinez, California... and I saw a huge cluster of people in Vallejo. I seriously doubt this many gamers are in Vallejo... any thoughts as to why this might be happening?

Boris Vallejo's art is pretty cool. Maybe that's the reason?

Disclaimer: This is a light-hearted response that shouldn't be taken seriously.

 

[Lalato]

Mmmmm... Boris Vallejo.

Seriously though, any word on if this is something that will be fixed?

 

[Lalato]

Any update on this?