The Illegal Sudoku Cage

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An absolute cracker today from Cris Moore in the form of his Square Dance - a puzzle which teaches some simple arithmetic and some gorgeous logic. How do these strangely numbered cages work?!
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Normal sudoku rules apply. Cage totals are shown in the upper left corner of the cage. Inequalities between cells point to the small of the two digits. Nine cells in the grid are “multipliers”. If a multiplier appears in a cage, then it multiplies the sum of the other digits in the cage to produce the cage total. For instance, if a cage contains 3, 4, 5, 6 and 3 is the multiplier, the cage total would be 3*(4+5+6)=45. A multiplier which is not in a cage has no effect. Each row, each column, and each 3x3 box contains one multiplier, and each digit appears as a multiplier once.
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@darreljones8645 Год назад

Did anyone else notice that the cage totals were all perfect squares, going along with the "Square Dance" title? I also realized square totals greater than 81 were possible. 100 can be achieved with a 5 multiplier combining with a 3,8, and 9, or a 4, 7, and 9.144, the highest possible, can actually be reached with several possible multipliers: 6, with a 7, 8, and 9; or 8, with a 5, 6, and 7; or 9, with a 4, 5, and 7.

@glenchidester7791 Год назад

What about 9 with 6, 7, 8 = 189?

@darreljones8645 Год назад

@@glenchidester7791 I was specifically thinking of square numbers.

@monkeyunit4533 Год назад

@@darreljones8645 So how about 360, just use a 3x3 cage :D

@a18181818 Год назад

@@monkeyunit4533 360 is not a square. Luckily for you, a 3x3 cage would be 36 * 9 = 324, which is in fact a square.

@monkeyunit4533 Год назад

@@a18181818 oops. I messed up my calculations there.

@Coyotek4 Год назад

32:21 ... I really love sudokus with the 'one thingamabob in each row, column, and box' rule Nice puzzle!

@RickTheEpic1 Год назад

I always watch these before bed and I love it! If you ever have the opportunity to post a sudoku in night/dark mode for easy on the eyes I would love it and play it most evenings. :) But I understand you’re a very busy man, and I appreciate everybody’s hard work. Thank you for all you do!

@sxmchn Год назад

The way I determined where the 4 and 8 went was quite different. Since I immediately saw that the mutiplier in box 9 was in row 7, I realized that putting an 8 there would go r7c9. But that would give us a 7 in r7c4, then putting an 8 in r4c4, and that would leave no place to put 8 in box 6. So box 9 had the 4 multiplier.

@RichSmith77 Год назад

This was my way too. It required ruling 8 out of the 16 cage in box 6, that Simon also did, but not in the most straightforward way. If 8 went in the 16 cage, it had to be accompanied by 134, but those aligned with 134 in the 9 cage in box 5, so all three would have to go into the top row of box 4, where we already know we need a 2. Four digits into three cells won't go. Far simpler than Simon made it appear, I thought. This was probably the route to avoid the hard work on the 16 cage that Simon did, to get its precise constituents far earlier than I did.

@stevieinselby Год назад

Well ... I solved it, but it definitely felt bifurcatey. The main thing I missed was the trick about putting a 4-multiplier in box 7 breaks box 4, which is very simple when you see it, but I just didn't 😥. But a great puzzle despite my own shortcomings! (On the plus side, I wasn't the one to miss a red x-wing that was just sitting there for half an hour, I spotted that one straight away!)

@lordclockworks1570 Год назад

Yeah me too, I solved it by figuring out you can't put 8 multiplier in box 9's cage, because it causes 4-cell quadruple outside the cage in box 6 to force a 6 multiplier in box 3 be in the same column as 8-multiplier.

@pialba Год назад

@@lordclockworks1570 Yep, that's similar how I solved it too (mult 8 on box 9 would be on the right of the inequality sign, which puts 6 in r2c8, which puts 1267 in column 8 which blocks the 64 from being 125×8, and it can't be 134×8 either because then 3 can't be placed in column 7)

@deadlydodos6700 Год назад

Hi Simon! I found this channel over Christmas, and since then it has been instrumental in getting me through my university homework and readings 😂. I haven’t gone a single day without doing my work with one of these videos propped up in the corner to help keep me focused - not very successfully I’m afraid, as I often get distracted by a brilliant breakthrough or solve, however it is very enjoyable! It’s past midnight, I’m on my fourth cup of tea, and I’ve almost finished my latest project to the sound of another brilliant sudoku soundly cracked! Thank you for all the (unintentional) help, I’m sure I’ll be watching even more come midterms!!

@GuilhermeCarvalhoComposer Год назад

Welcome aboard! I see you're hooked already :) Have you watched Simon's solve of the Miracle Sudoku? Don't schedule any homework for that one, it's just too riveting: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yKf9aUIxdb4.html

@user-jp7tw3sd3x Год назад

A small hint to help clarity. To mark the multiplier in all red cage, I leave the corner mark, even if I've filled all center marks of the cage. e.g. We figured out from the start that the 49 cage had 1247 as center marks. So leaving ^7 corner mark helps reminding us that 7 is multiplier, not sum.

@Olivia.Duncan Год назад

At this point I just sit on the channel and refresh at 8:30 and I beat the notification 😁

@Atticus837 Год назад

Oh how delightful! I solved this one yesterday and thought it was truly wonderful. What a coincidence that it's now featured on the channel today!

@zeroglyphniner5183 Год назад

The puzzles in The Talos Principle are excellent and its underlying story/philosophy I feel elevates it to a true work of art. Normally, I wouldn't expect that side of the game to translate well to streaming but I think the CTC community would appreciate this complimentary aspect of the game too. Either way, the story side of the game is not mandatory and does not in any way stop you from exclusively enjoying the puzzles. The game reportedly induces motion sickness in some players. There are some 'motion sickness' options worth trying (turn off view bob, increase field of view (FOV), decrease player move speed, turn on 3rd person view). Having said that, the issue of motion sickness is a highly subjective one and it is difficult to predict if Simon will feel comfortable playing this game or not. From my perspective, I enjoy Simon and Mark's commentary the most when they are in the 'puzzle solving zone'. As much as I love The Talos Principle, I think everyone's enjoyment of the stream would be diminished if Simon was feeling uncomfortable while playing.

@Melodyweavr1105 Год назад

+1 for talos principle! It may trigger motion sickness but it has adjustable field of view which I hear helps a lot. It’s a brilliant game.

@hecate_uwu Год назад

I recommend Recursed and Bean and Nothingness as puzzle games.

@ianplasynski2062 Год назад

I realized today I love watching these videos so much Simon I watch you every day. It makes me feel like I’m solving a puzzle with a buddy. I love you guys for this channel its been great for my life. Thank you

@jgoemat Год назад

When this channel started blowing up there were more different types of puzzles I remember, but I'm having trouble finding them. There should be a playlist for non-sudoku puzzles. One was about land and water I think...

@jonnybolton4659 Год назад

Around 30:00 the way to explain this is that a 1348 cage would create a sort of virtual x-wing on 134 in R5&6, so 134 in B4 would have to go in R4, but there also has to be a 2 there, meaning 4 numbers in 3 cells

@stangerrits6712 Год назад

Exactly what I thought

@a_big_badger1450 Год назад

The Case of the Golden Idol was a bit short, though I found it very good. I highly recommend the Return of the Obra Dinn, if you have not played that; I found it much harder and more interesting than The Case of the Golden Idol, and the visual style & feel of the game has stuck with me long after playing it, in the best possible way.

@RichSmith77 Год назад

They've already done Return of the Obra Dinn. There's a playlist for the videos, ru-vid.com/group/PLK-l8O0YikOl2AUzt8xVnu8fuoHnSHgFy

@RoselynTate Год назад

I really liked this ruleset, and would definitely love to see more puzzles like this! I appreciated the use of square numbers -- it made comprehending how to use the multipliers really clear from the get-go, which is always a key thing for me with a new ruleset! Bravo!

@bertbergers9171 Год назад

@Chris Moore, thank you for a cool puzzle, @Simon, thank you for a nice solve and a lovely video.

@Qazqi Год назад

The easy way to see the thing at 30:00 is that if you put 134 in the cage with the 2 also needing to go down there somewhere, you have 1234 in rows 5 and 6 in boxes 5 and 6, meaning all of 1234 have to go in row 4 in box 4.

@BinaryBolias Год назад

Based on the functionality of this puzzle's logic, and the fact that none of it crosses any box boundary, it seems like you can just transpose it one box downward (rows rearranged as 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6) to get two 3s in corners.

@monkeybusiness673 10 месяцев назад

41:32 is probably the most relieved I have ever been! FINALLY! x'D But it was a great puzzle. Thank you for sharing it, as always! ;-)

@werefrogofassyria6609 Год назад

The key to this puzzle is getting the 4-8 multipliers differentiated. Once you reach that point, it's all super easy. Getting there, though, was a hard bit.

@pimpusmane Год назад

Case of the Golden Idol was awesome but nobody I’ve watched did a full playthrough of it. It’s nearly like Obra Dinn, I loved watching.

@dkamm65 Год назад

PLEASE play The Talos Principle! It's easily one of my all time favorite games period, not even just in the puzzle genre! It is absolutely fantastic! There are many options that can be adjusted to combat an potential motion sickness, suck as field of view, third person camera, and even movement speed (puzzle timing is adjusted accordingly). It's definitely worth looking into.

@reaperofthegrey7294 Год назад

the talos principle is a great game. not just logically in its puzzles. but the way it tackles the philosophy of human existence and sentience...id recommend playing it on the 3rd person camera mode

@zvrana Год назад

it's more than a little impressive how far Simon got without using the single most obvious clue this puzzle had to offer

@madtitan6060 Год назад

That 4 and 7 multiplier logic was on spot.

@haniapopowska8966 Год назад

Actually, if you consider the boxes and cages, ALL of the threes were in a corner.

@shadeblackwolf1508 Год назад

This puzzle, if i had to describe it, it's a hidden Quadruples puzzle. It's got 2x2 cages where the solver has to deduce the contents, which then evolve into effectively the same as if they had been quatruples clues from the start.

@bal8664 Год назад

I think you'd really enjoy the game Return of the Obra Dinn. It's a large interactive logic puzzle, where you need to find out how each member of an 19th century ships crew met their untimely end by investigating various vignettes from different points in time and from different perspectives and using what you find to piece together exactly what happened. It has a lot of "ah hah" moments, where you get that great sense of satisfaction from solving a good puzzle.

@sarahlowes1501 Год назад

Mark and Simon played this game over the course of six streams begining in October 2021. You can find them using the search facility on the video listing for the channel.

@reMake000 Год назад

In a final episode on this channel, Simon should say "We are cracking the cryptic"

@trisha2584 Год назад

I liked the use of multipliers in the rules of this great puzzle

@pascalm1305 Год назад

It's so easy once you see it! Simon is a wise man!

@ukdavepianoman Год назад

I imagine it must be quite mentally tiring to solve a puzzle every day (and they are generally increasing in difficulty and variety judging by video lengths!) for 4+ years on the trot and having to record it (and run the channel). Both Simon and Mark have remarkable stamina. This was a great puzzle - the only tricky part was resolving the 4-8 multipliers. I really think it would help Simon if e.g. the green colouring was removed (once the multiplier possibilities in red are defined in each box) AND changing red highlighting to e.g. yellow. Blue digits on red are VERY difficult to see/scan. Of course, not noticing the "X-wing" in Box 7-8 multipliers impact on Box 9 really slowed down the solve.

@pidj. Год назад

I adore Talos Principle. Have a fiddle with settings to help with the motion sickness though, you’ll definitely need to.

@badcalculon Год назад

To be fair that's dangerously close to making him do Sudoku.

@Anne_Mahoney Год назад

Very nice puzzle -- one of the ones I wish I'd tried myself before settling down to my evening's diversions.

@LavenderGooms Год назад

The Talos Principle is absolutely incredible. Especially the expansion content Road to Gehenna. It is a fully first person game though, so motion sickness could be a concern. There isn't any fast movement though, just looking and moving around while manipulating the environment. Kind of like The Witness in that respect. E: I'm actually wrong, there is a third person option now! If having a character model for visual reference helps motion sickness then that's a good option.

@MPedlar Год назад

Broken Sword - I’m convinced Simon will love it!!

@kevinmartin7760 Год назад

20:50 He didn't really explain why the 9 can't be at the bottom of column 5. This would put 1/2/3/4/5 in 4 cells in column 4 boxes 5 and 8. You could use a fifth cell in box 2 to contain the fifth of these 4 digits (specifically, the 2) in column 4, but then you would have to cram the remaining four digits 1/3/4/5 in box 2 into R1C6, R3C5, and R3C6

@EdoTimmermans Год назад

Simon pointed out that 7, 8 and 9 are in C5 and C6 of box2, but maybe not clear enough. Therefor 7, 8 and 9 must be in C4 in positions 4 to 9. In those positions 7 and 8 can only be in R4C4 and R7C4, so 9 must be in R8C4 or R9C4.

@JohnRandomness105 Год назад

12:20 "Not that hard YET". I've passed that stage, even placing the digit in the R1C3 multiplier cell, and I'm now stuck. 29:40 With the 8 combination, 134 are forced into row 1 in block 4. There's no place for 2. 30:30 Then ruling out 589, the only combinations are 7621 and 7432. 72 are forced into row 6, 43 in row 5 breaks R5C4, so 61 is in row 5. 40:00 That's a 45 pair in the cage, block 9 row 7.

@titusadduxas Год назад

1:54:27 for me but only by assuming the box 7 multiplier. I just couldn’t find a way if disproving the alternative! I was loving it up till that point. Time to watch the video methinks. Edit: OMG - I’m gutted I missed that - so obvious really.!

@piarittersporn Год назад

Brilliant puzzle and not very difficult. And by the way.... The minor key version of the theme music is particularly beautiful.

@Jesthers Год назад

Did a lot of this one on my own but got stuck at the end. Ending up having to watch to 36:50 to solve the rest of it, really did miss that having a 4 in the box7 64-cage would put two multipliers in the same column, was too focused on the math working rather than where the multipliers went. Solved pretty cleanly after that, since the math only worked one-way with the rest of the cages. Great puzzle :D

@frankophetveld Год назад

Absolutely lovely puzzle, thank you to the setter!

@mxspokes Год назад

I'd love to see you try Heaven's Vault, which is a narrative game where you play an archeologist with her robot partner trying to figure out where a researcher went. Puzzle elements are based on translating an ancient language which helps you learn about the underlying mysteries of the universe you're in.

@ronbalut592 Год назад

How can he completely ignore box 9?

@Kirbyfan87827 Год назад

Finished in 21:10 by following along with the video.

@ericpraline1302 Год назад

Liked that one, but missed a few things which made my solve protracted than it should have been.

@Jake-hd7lt Год назад

You guys should resume Baba is You. Theres high demand for it and its a proven series on your channel

@guilded0n3 Год назад

Ahhhhhhhh *scrubs face with hands* FINALLY he saw it. LOL LOL LOL

@KaneYork Год назад

I think that short games are a perfect fit for the game stream format you've got!

@Harrery Год назад

An oldie but a goody game called Braid, it came out about 15 years ago on Xbox 360 and is an absolutely mind blowing game created by the guy who made the witness, it was one of his first games and I’m still awestruck with how good it was all these years later

@Harrery Год назад

For context, it’s about a 5-7 hour game from 2008 and had plans of being remastered for modern consoles in 2021 before the pandemic

@acantilado Год назад

Great solve! Great puzzle! And PLEASE attempt The Talos Principle - that game is brilliant

@Krysalion Год назад

That way to prove the 8 multiplier is so much simpler then the way i did it. I proved that it cant be an 8 in the other cage, because a 8341 would leave no space for a 3 in the cage above and a 8521 would force both multipliers in the same colum due to the inequal sign.

@Saykiata Год назад

Not so much a puzzle as a mystery game, but I'd love to see the two of you take a crack at Disco Elysium xD

@dwagyn2202 Год назад

It might trigger your motion sickness, so maybe check it out beforehand, but Fez is a brilliant puzzle game that's all about perspective and I'd love to watch you play it. I sent a key a while back (around baba is you time)

@awilliams1701 Год назад

you don't see the red x-wing in r8/9 and you don't see the 5 in column 7. lol How do you miss BOTH? lol

@awilliams1701 Год назад

lol now he gets it.

@jussikuusela7345 Год назад

This is a re-suggestion, but Head Over Heels on the C64 (or emulator, which I prefer, because it is possible to save) is one of my mostest favouritest games. Along with Wizball which is not really so much about puzzles of any kind, but entertaining whatsoever.

@bertbergers9171 Год назад

Simon except the red x-wing in row 8 and 9 you did good sudoku wise in this one, but when looking around for some step around 40 minutes in, there is a mess in row 7. r7c2 can't be 8. r7c7 can't be 5, and there is the x wing putting the 4 in box 9 into row 7. I'd say there is enough to find, and i find it very distracting to the value of the solve to see you struggling to choose for the simple stuff first, once you hit a brick wall.

@ltablet1429 Год назад

Awesome puzzle, very clever. I would love to see you play Golden Idol, I think it is a very clever game and certainly not too wordy for this community. It'll probably take 4 to 6 hours overall, which seems ideal for 2 or 3 streams.

@drw6 Год назад

Hi Simon, just a bit of feedback on coloring choice: using red and green as your colors can make it difficult for colorblind viewers to follow along. Blue and orange or blue and red would be a better choice.

@jacobcombs1106 Год назад

01:05:13 - 66% slower than Simon, faster than my usual 100-200% slower range. I lost a bunch of time when after I placed the 4 in box 9 I didn't recognize that it places the 6 in box 9 via multiplier restrictions, easily 10 minutes of staring at the screen wondering why I couldn't place anything before I remembered what the color coding I had done meant.

@arielmoonsoo9219 Год назад

The Talos Principal has a fairly deep backstory that is gradually revealed through various terminals and audio diaries. However, I found that a few puzzles could trigger motion sickness. However, depending on the path you chose to take through the story, you may be able to skip those puzzles.

@brenthoskisson6979 Год назад

Took him 29 minutes to see that R8 C8&9 could not be a multiplier. It didn't do much until about minute 40 so I didn't scream too much.

@dennisdistant Год назад

I am hoping that one day you will play the Myst series of games.

@srwapo Год назад

52:31 plus 17:50 on my phone where I hit a wall = 70:21. It wasn't that bad to start, but I was super stuck for like 20 minutes because I was ignoring the 16 cell in Box 6.

@MichaelMoore99 Год назад

What on earth is a "snooker maximum"?

@wanderlustwarrior Год назад

58:56 Ah, it took me about 15 minutes from the point where I the last thing I needed was to distinguish the two 64 cages at the bottom, to the end of my solve.

@mrbrowniez5387 Год назад

A puzzle game that i adore, but never finished because it's really really hard is "Snake Bird"

@glenchidester7791 Год назад

At 17:38 he says there is a 3 in the 81 cage. Can someone help me see how that must be? He doesn't explain it.

@MrMisterMaster Год назад

The 1-2-6 option in the 81 cage is ruled out because a 1-2 in the 81 cage and a 1-2 in the 9 cage would force a 1-2 in C6 into the 25 cage (not possible), therefore leaving 1-3-5 or 2-3-4 as the only remaining options for the 81 cage (both containing a 3).

@glenchidester7791 Год назад

@@MrMisterMaster Ah! That makes sense. Thank you!

@MrMisterMaster Год назад

@@glenchidester7791 I'm happy I could help!

@TheKamillo33 Год назад

I would love for you guys to tackle Deadly Rooms Of Death, a wacky puzzle game originally from 1996. It's got a ton of very difficult and entertaining puzzles, and I haven't seen a lot of love for it on youtube unfortunately.

@jonnybolton4659 Год назад

Hmm interesting, I don't think the less than sign in the 64 cage was required, I don't recall using it. Edit: you end up with a 45 pair on those cells which of course you can immediately resolve, but I forgot all about the inequality so never used it, and resolving the multiplier x-wing also resolves the 45 pair

@Rach881101 Год назад

41:06 for me. Wonderful puzzle!

@FryGuy1013 Год назад

I'm a person who plays a bunch of first-person shooters with lots of movement and normally have no motion sickness, but Talos Principle gave it to me, so I feel like it'd be real bad for you. The puzzles were pretty good though!

@OtterCid Год назад

21:20 I'm new to sudoku with modifiers :) Am I correct in thinking that there is a naked single 2 in r2c4?

@RichSmith77 Год назад

I'm not sure that's the correct terminology, but he could certainly place a 2 in that cell. It doesn't see all the other candidate digits - doesn't see 5,6 - so it's not a "naked" single. But regular sudoku on 2s in the top three boxes means it can only go in r2c4 in box 2. So it's a hidden single, rather than a naked single (it being the last place for a 2 in the box).

@OtterCid Год назад

@@RichSmith77 oooh thank you so much for explaining the terminology!

@stephenaddison4727 Год назад

I’m not understanding at the 20:50 mark how he could tell the 9 was on the left side of the 81 box

@aere481 Год назад

I like the Talos Principle. It has some great puzzles. I'm only worried that you may get caught up in some of the extra philosophy interactions. Its all good stuff, but it may not be suitable for streaming. All that being said, I still want you to try it out!!!

@user-mz4hb3lr6e Год назад

16:52 I don't understand this moment. Why can't we put 3 in green cells right cage 81?

@CpnRad Год назад

Simon finish tidying your multipliers challenge [impossible] [gone wrong]

@GQSmoos Год назад

I tried this one and realized I’d broken in 30 minutes in. Everything is done felt right so I don’t know what happened. The break was concerning the cage in the thumbnail so that really makes me curious.

@Mephistahpheles Год назад

The 4x4 red in box 9 bothered me throughout.

@Stylpe Год назад

Look up Zachtronics games, they're all brilliant! I'd personally love to see you play TIS-100 😁

@haniapopowska8966 Год назад

I have never heard the term Pancake Day before :)

@ryanbritt6874 Год назад

Simon, have you ever tried Dramamine? It's an over-the-counter motion-sickness medicine. I've heard some people can take that and play first-person perspective games without feeling sick.

@SirWulfrick Год назад

136:24 solve time for me. Sheesh. I got stuck a few times and had to use your vid and thought I eventually got it, I still have some questions ... I'm sorry but I don't see the logic behind some of your solves. 20:34 How did you determine that 9 in the 81 box had to be in the left two squares let alone where the 78 pairs went? The 789 in the 25 box doesn't restrict it to what you put that I can see. You could have 9 in the right side of the 25 box and then 9 in the right side of the 81 box. What am I missing? 23:36 How did you rule out 9 in the 16 box?

@zach31194 Год назад

Can someone help me understand why r4c4 couldn’t be a 9? I didn’t really follow Simon’s logic that resulted in the 78 pair in c4.

@ryanlackie1129 Год назад

Was that an agadmator reference at 36:20 🤔

@tkellaway Год назад

Stephen's Sausage Roll

@StefanCM15 Год назад

Simon loves to explain every single step no matter how simple it is or how often it will happen in a single sudoku. Like for example the repeated mentioning, that the high cages must have a multiplier in it, because four digits can't add up to more than 30. But then at 20:50 he put 78 in the grid with logic worth explaining or even mentioning by just saying "where could go 9 here? Oh i think i'v broken the puzzle, no i havn't!"

@RichSmith77 Год назад

Wasn't it explained sufficiently, starting fifteen seconds earlier (20:35) by "789 are very restricted in this column [c4] by this [789 triple in box 2]"? There are only two places in column 4 that 7 and 8 can go, and that forces 9 into the 81 cage.

@inspiringsand123 Год назад

Let's Get Cracking: 07:38 Simon's time: 39m22s Puzzle Solved: 47:00 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Bobbins: 1x (38:22) Three In the Corner: 1x (44:03) Chocolate Teapot: 1x (24:09) The Secret: 1x (08:49) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! By Sudoku: 11x (06:26, 20:29, 23:49, 26:03, 26:17, 33:54, 35:27, 38:55, 39:08, 41:51, 44:43) Hang On: 8x (10:47, 21:42, 24:21, 27:37, 27:37, 27:37, 27:37, 41:22) Lovely: 7x (12:26, 16:05, 16:05, 18:18, 32:54, 47:08, 47:40) Ah: 7x (13:49, 21:58, 32:14, 35:55, 40:58, 41:22, 42:29) In Fact: 6x (09:08, 13:49, 15:08, 19:03, 26:54, 36:11) Obviously: 6x (03:48, 16:50, 25:12, 25:46, 34:53, 45:14) Brilliant: 5x (00:45, 02:31, 03:13, 20:15, 20:18) Pencil Mark/mark: 4x (22:49, 37:12, 37:15, 45:35) Beautiful: 3x (25:51, 47:26, 47:48) Sorry: 2x (35:58, 40:11) Out of Nowhere: 2x (26:15, 43:48) Elegant: 2x (29:26, 48:54) Nature: 2x (18:27, 48:34) Useless: 1x (39:20) Goodness: 1x (41:25) Naked Single: 1x (44:21) The Answer is: 1x (16:21) Nonsense: 1x (08:21) Clever: 1x (18:20) Break the Puzzle: 1x (36:11) Gorgeous: 1x (32:16) Take a Bow: 1x (47:01) Come on Simon: 1x (21:58) Of All Things: 1x (10:56) Whoopsie: 1x (22:45) We Can Do Better Than That: 1x (34:03) Wow: 1x (00:43) Next Trick: 1x (26:35) That's Huge: 1x (11:52) Have a Think: 1x (40:14) Cake!: 1x (03:17) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Sixteen (15 mentions) Three, Four (96 mentions) Green, Red (4 mentions) Antithesis Battles: Low (5) - High (1) Even (4) - Odd (1) Lower (2) - Higher (0) Column (18) - Row (9) FAQ: Q1: You missed something! A1: That could very well be the case! Human speech can be hard to understand for computers like me! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I'll learn! Q2: Can you do this for another channel? A2: I've been thinking about that and wrote some code to make that possible. Let me know which channel you think would be a good fit!

@jpshank7138 Год назад

Rules 5:17

@timparenti Год назад

"Snooker maximum" (26:12)

@Qsalis Год назад

Do the Talos Principle please, and know that the game does judge you.

@toddbiesel4288 Год назад

I am concerned that Simon is going to wish a dog a happy birthday with plenty of chocolate cake. Just like putting a 5 on a German whispers line, don't do it.

@wesleymcbob Год назад

Try the game Snakebird

@patrickolsson6801 Год назад

20:51 How does he come to the conclusion that 9 is in c4 r8 or 9? why can't it be in c5 row 8 or 9, with a 9 in r2c6 and a 9 in r4c4?! Someone let me know please! Thank you.

@RichSmith77 Год назад

He needs to find places for 7, 8 and 9 in c4. Thanks to the 789 triple in the cage in box 2, none of them can appear in c4 in box 2. Also, none of them can appear in the 9 cage in box 5 (=1234). To fit all three into the remaining places in c4, you have to put the 9 in the 81 cage in c4 in box 8. (It seemed easy when Simon explained it, but I'd totally missed it during my solve.)