Can You Escape The Goblin? [Math Puzzle]

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @andrasfogarasi5014
    @andrasfogarasi5014 6 лет назад +7112

    "You find yourself in the middle of a circular lake"
    I like how math problems are often worded like overanalytic dramas.

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +536

      *A rectangular Goblin draws near*

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +306

      *A triangular Dorito goes into your mouth*

    • @sorenmine7765
      @sorenmine7765 6 лет назад +267

      You find yourself in a circular lake, you look to the shore and you see him!
      -shia labeouf-

    • @tafana
      @tafana 6 лет назад +58

      @@sorenmine7765 quiet quiet

    • @gbugis6706
      @gbugis6706 6 лет назад +18

      Well real life problems don't differ much anyways. You just have to find a way to relate a problem with your math skills ( just like your related rates chapter in calculus 1 )

  • @therealswim
    @therealswim 6 лет назад +3271

    thanks, ill take this video into account next time in stranded in a circular lake with a goblin on the shore.

    • @noice__
      @noice__ 6 лет назад +38

      Now we've got to watch out for gobils too?

    • @therealswim
      @therealswim 6 лет назад +52

      @@noice__ these dang gobils are sneaking across the border

    • @mick5055
      @mick5055 6 лет назад +29

      Make the lake great again!

    • @therealswim
      @therealswim 6 лет назад +6

      #MALA

    • @Destragond
      @Destragond 6 лет назад +13

      Once again math has saved my life!

  • @raseruuu3742
    @raseruuu3742 6 лет назад +9163

    SLAY THE GOBLIN WHEN YOU GET ON LAND WITH THE EXP YOU'VE EARNED KILLING CROCODILES IN THE LAKE

    • @kebman
      @kebman 6 лет назад +156

      Just put on your skis and ski away :D

    • @HarmonizedHero
      @HarmonizedHero 6 лет назад +157

      grind attack exp by throwing rocks at the goblin then kill it after you get a high enough attack level

    • @kalahatze
      @kalahatze 6 лет назад +157

      You have to start by killing fish though, crocodiles are too high level until you kill a few fish.

    • @nandakoryaaa
      @nandakoryaaa 5 лет назад +73

      No you start by killing seaweed

    • @rorya01ok37
      @rorya01ok37 5 лет назад +44

      Hey hey..
      Goblin slayer

  • @acutedog9189
    @acutedog9189 3 года назад +261

    "Yay! I have escaped!"
    The goblin literally breathing in his neck: "Guess you have."

  • @fora1924
    @fora1924 5 лет назад +1026

    "You find yourself in the middle of the lake" How the hell I got amnesia all of a sudden and my friend abandoned me thinking it's a cool prank?

    • @joditiarsutrisno5556
      @joditiarsutrisno5556 4 года назад +34

      Yeah, my DnD's DM use this as a start

    • @PanjaRoseGold
      @PanjaRoseGold 4 года назад +26

      Your friend is the goblin, he’s trying to invite you to a party but you don’t wanna talk because you’re skinny dipping. Get the hell outta the pool before he notices your beans and franks

    • @dawidek4267
      @dawidek4267 3 года назад +1

      @@PanjaRoseGold ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) why won't you talk with him? ;)

    • @sadpizza1786
      @sadpizza1786 3 года назад +5

      @@dawidek4267 The goblin's brain would short-circuit, causing them to die. The regions which the swimmer wouldn't want the goblin to see are non-existent in the goblin's world and basically inconceivable.

    • @dawidek4267
      @dawidek4267 3 года назад +2

      @@sadpizza1786 *i want the goblin to see my inconceivable regions **_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_*

  • @user-hj1dc2wp7v
    @user-hj1dc2wp7v 6 лет назад +4968

    But that's a yeti

    •  6 лет назад +397

      That's what the goblin wants you to believe

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +104

      I don't understand why out of ALL the available goblin related material or sprites from other video games, why the yeti made more sense.
      Maybe the problem originally had a yeti instead of a goblin and was changed halfway through, but the video was already done.

    • @end-quote
      @end-quote 6 лет назад +25

      hey man. do you know what the game was called ? where the yeti comes out

    • @plagueist0047
      @plagueist0047 6 лет назад +74

      @@end-quoteSkifree

    • @end-quote
      @end-quote 6 лет назад +9

      @@plagueist0047 thanks man :)

  • @sonarcha1711
    @sonarcha1711 5 лет назад +6199

    Ban a goblin for speed hacking.

    • @d3lm119
      @d3lm119 4 года назад +34

      Yeah

    • @kissiaboy4247
      @kissiaboy4247 4 года назад +24

      Forever.

    • @Takittack
      @Takittack 4 года назад +21

      he scammed me out of my Golden Pants. God thing hes banned

    • @kissiaboy4247
      @kissiaboy4247 4 года назад +9

      Also,ban him for "ideal walk". He can just fall.

    • @kristyandesouza5980
      @kristyandesouza5980 4 года назад +7

      Xxgobl1nxX banned for "gotta going too fast"

  • @shanerooney7288
    @shanerooney7288 6 лет назад +4220

    I blame global warming.
    Back in my day this was a ski resort.

    • @ChaosRayZero
      @ChaosRayZero 5 лет назад +71

      LOL!!! X^D
      _Best comment_ I've seen about the yeti sprite yet! X^D

    • @olliefischer
      @olliefischer 4 года назад +44

      criminally underrated comment tbh

    • @User-xd5po
      @User-xd5po 4 года назад +6

      Lol.....

    • @fusiondraws7482
      @fusiondraws7482 4 года назад +1

      😬

    • @rogelio_34
      @rogelio_34 4 года назад +6

      Fucking boomers ruining everything

  • @fatalos6855
    @fatalos6855 4 года назад +1486

    You can't. The goblin ends up seeing you, beyond the idea he trapped in. He's digging his way into our reality. He hungers.

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 4 года назад +40

      This is terrifying

    • @fatalos6855
      @fatalos6855 4 года назад +66

      @@jetison333
      Just give him some chicken nuggets man

    • @hanstineyang7902
      @hanstineyang7902 4 года назад +12

      We are faster on land

    • @jetison333
      @jetison333 4 года назад +28

      @@hanstineyang7902 but for how long?

    • @hanstineyang7902
      @hanstineyang7902 4 года назад +7

      @@jetison333 idk goblin i know is either larger than human very slow and the small one very weak

  • @tomasgarza1249
    @tomasgarza1249 3 года назад +561

    There is my solution from a programmer's point of view:
    Look directly at the goblin, turn exactly 180 degrees and swim fowards in a perfect straight line.
    The goblin is now stuck at NaN position

    • @squidprince2456
      @squidprince2456 3 года назад +81

      Actually it has completely sense. The goblin would stay still until u don't pick up a side, so if u go perfectly straight the goblin will be always idle.

    • @Xaiff
      @Xaiff 3 года назад +10

      That's an interesting take

    • @fliermcduck
      @fliermcduck 3 года назад +35

      Shouldn't the goblin be programmed to travel to the point on the shore nearest to you? If so, this strategy wouldn't work anymore.

    • @squidprince2456
      @squidprince2456 3 года назад +80

      @@fliermcduck But the goblin would be always uncertain if to go right or left (yes, actually it depends how the program is written)

    • @fliermcduck
      @fliermcduck 3 года назад +18

      @@squidprince2456 If the goblin were directional, then it would be stuck, and if I coded him that way, I would probably forget to include a failsafe. 😅

  • @pattystomper1
    @pattystomper1 6 лет назад +657

    The goblin can't swim, so if you pull him into the water, he would be too busy drowning to eat you.
    (I'm assuming the goblin wouldn't reach in and pull you out, but you could reach out and pull him in.)

    • @pattystomper1
      @pattystomper1 6 лет назад +14

      It my version of the Kobayashi Maru.

    • @tarvoc746
      @tarvoc746 6 лет назад +47

      @@pattystomper1 Yeah, and your strategy even works no matter his speed.

    • @dorisdzanko362
      @dorisdzanko362 6 лет назад +55

      Maybe he culd just bite ur arm off XD

    • @ChaosRayZero
      @ChaosRayZero 5 лет назад +42

      @@dorisdzanko362 Eh, lose an arm, _keep your vital organs,_ and you don't drown yourself swimming in circles... Sounds like a fair tradeoff to me! X^D

    • @renatonerijr
      @renatonerijr 5 лет назад +4

      FBI wants to know your location

  • @SpaghettiToaster
    @SpaghettiToaster 6 лет назад +2024

    Does this work for gnelfs as well?

    • @neneppie
      @neneppie 6 лет назад +181

      I'm gnot a gnoblin

    • @Remove2515
      @Remove2515 6 лет назад +130

      I'm a gnome, and you've been gnomed!

    • @kratzy11
      @kratzy11 6 лет назад +36

      SpaghettiToaster no, they will gnome you

    • @RemiBoyz
      @RemiBoyz 6 лет назад +38

      Hoolivey ol’ chum

    • @proballyuselessacc1966
      @proballyuselessacc1966 6 лет назад +8

      *You have been gnomed*

  • @TheJunkieBox
    @TheJunkieBox 6 лет назад +447

    I like that your videos are never padded. Got 3 minutes of content? 3 minute video. So refreshing.

    • @Jianju69
      @Jianju69 5 лет назад +6

      This. Subscribed.

    • @DlcEnergy
      @DlcEnergy 4 года назад +5

      exactly. someone else would stretch this to the 10 minute mark by first taking their sweet time advertising stuff nobody wants (sponsors/merch) (in all their videos), and then bloating their explanation of everything, over explaining things, and then giving you the simple recap. and talking about their life story a lot.

    • @zykagar
      @zykagar 4 года назад +1

      Omg Cove? You're here ;o you are in KadaL Club right?

    • @TheJunkieBox
      @TheJunkieBox 4 года назад

      @@zykagar lel

  • @shotgun6X
    @shotgun6X 5 лет назад +386

    Goblin, when you get on shore: *snaps finger* Oh Maaaaan!

    • @jclp2074
      @jclp2074 4 года назад +5

      Underrated

    • @captianwaffle2766
      @captianwaffle2766 4 года назад +11

      Yeti, no yeeting?

    • @uekiboy92
      @uekiboy92 4 года назад +1

      @@captianwaffle2766 😂😂😂

    • @randompersonwithyoutube4759
      @randompersonwithyoutube4759 4 года назад +4

      Bruh your pfp is a gnome form gravity falls

    • @mushroomwizard1175
      @mushroomwizard1175 3 года назад

      To be fair the goblin 4 times faster than you on the most basic setting, meaning that from scientific data on average human swimming speed being 2 mph, that the goblin at the lowest setting is going 8 mph. On average people can run 5.9 miles per hour (for 20 and 40 year olds) if they’re not in shape. So even if you make to the shore the goblin will still catch and eat you as it’s significantly faster meaning you’re eaten anyway. But let’s per say look at what a goblin actually looks like. It’s usually depicted as small and scrawny tricksters using cunning and devious devious to get their way. Let’s per say for how the game works is that if you’re too slow getting out of the water you get shanked by the goblin and eaten but if you’re quick enough to get out of the water you can fend the goblin off. That’s the only way that the game would make sense in this context if you get to the shore before the goblin reaches your location. Just if you wanted to know.

  • @RGC_animation
    @RGC_animation 4 года назад +324

    Goblin: I fear no man but that thing,
    *Circling*
    Goblin: It scares me

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver 3 года назад +1

      What the heck! This puzzle is mathematically identical to Numberphile's Cat and Mouse puzzle!
      ruclips.net/video/vF_-ob9vseM/видео.html

  • @pnutdraws
    @pnutdraws 6 лет назад +3085

    or you could go underthewater and swim up to a unexpected part of the lake :)

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +652

      Goblin has underwater vision and can track your movement
      P.S.: Nobody likes a smartass.

    • @pnutdraws
      @pnutdraws 6 лет назад +420

      @@DarkOmegaMK2 if Goblin has underwater vision i have the power to be invisible , i dont know whos the trying to be the smartass here , me who's just trying to think of alternate solutions for a unrealistic game or you trying to say my answer is "wrong" .

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +116

      @@pnutdraws You don't have that power...

    • @MeisVlk
      @MeisVlk 6 лет назад +142

      @@pnutdraws You are the smartass. Not that annoying, but you were being the smartass. :P

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +220

      @Samuel HIRN In case someone jumps into a perfectly circular lake, obviously.

  • @stickman3214
    @stickman3214 5 лет назад +677

    "Johnny is in the centre of circular lake... with 58 watermelons. Calculate the mass of the sun"
    - Every exam question

    • @micaelgarcia1576
      @micaelgarcia1576 4 года назад +35

      In this case you would only have to memorize the mass of the sun, as no other planet big enough to have a circular lake has also more than 50 watermelons

    • @donovanmahan2901
      @donovanmahan2901 4 года назад +26

      Make the watermelons into a stack and use a physics exploit to escape.

    • @nickshats
      @nickshats 4 года назад +2

      original AND funny

    • @stickman3214
      @stickman3214 4 года назад +2

      @@firepeaguy Gonne shut the fuck up mate

    • @aph391
      @aph391 4 года назад +5

      You could try to hold guess the weight of a melon and then hold it up to the sun where the sun and the melon are the same size. Now the melon and sun suddenly weigh the same because they are clearly the exact same mass. Duh.

  • @RobertMilesAI
    @RobertMilesAI 6 лет назад +408

    I couldn't get this strategy to work manually, but what if you go right next to the centre, and then head directly away from the goblin on a zigzag path so the goblin keeps doubling back on itself, since the shortest path to where you're headed switches very quickly between clockwise to anticlockwise?
    Close to the centre this should be easy since small movements from you create big movements in your nearest shore point, it gets harder as you get closer to shore. But maybe once it stops working you're close enough at that point that you can make it...
    Edit: Upon closer inspection, the point at which it stops working is the edge of that inner circle. My implementation can escape 3.5 and 4.0, but can't quite get 4.2

    • @ThePotaToh
      @ThePotaToh 6 лет назад +3

      Are you the same Robert Miles that did a remix of Simple and Clean?

    • @mirkovodegel3120
      @mirkovodegel3120 6 лет назад +37

      The goblin is stupid. It does not anticipate where you will swim, it will always get to the closest point to where you are (NOT where you will be)

    • @indjev99
      @indjev99 6 лет назад

      Oh nice to see you here. I just discovered this channel yesterday as well. (I presume you did too.)

    • @hurktang
      @hurktang 6 лет назад +6

      You're intuition is right, you can keep the monster behind you by moving left and right up until the 1/4 mark. Thx you helped me understand the problem. The part your missing is that starting from there you can go straight (perpendicular to the center circle) instead of traveling the shortest distance to the coast. Which allows you to go from a monster at 4.18x to 4.603x (look at the blog post).

    • @hurktang
      @hurktang 6 лет назад +1

      @@mirkovodegel3120 if the goblin is at the exact opposite of the lake, you can cause him to prefer to go clockwise or anti-clockwise just by stepping left or right. you can force him to change his mind again and again while still having extra speed to move away until his angular speed is faster then yours (at 1/4 the distance of the center).

  • @HenchGuyBlast
    @HenchGuyBlast 3 года назад +42

    I love that the instant you get on land, even if you’re an inch away from the goblin, he just goes “Oh, I guess you beat me, have a nice day” and let’s you leave unharmed.

  • @jasonzhou8274
    @jasonzhou8274 4 года назад +74

    How to escape the goblin: hold down the "F" key.

    • @spacetrainbaby3737
      @spacetrainbaby3737 3 года назад +2

      I dont get it

    • @jasonzhou8274
      @jasonzhou8274 3 года назад +15

      @@spacetrainbaby3737 The goblin in the video intro and title is the free-ski yeti, and in free-ski the yeti is meant to be inescapable but if you hold down F you go really fast and escape it.

    • @spacetrainbaby3737
      @spacetrainbaby3737 3 года назад +1

      oh ok

  • @deino.5385
    @deino.5385 5 лет назад +226

    Who else played the Ski game where you had to run from this “Goblin”?

    • @erubianwarlord8208
      @erubianwarlord8208 5 лет назад +9

      press F

    • @mediumrabbit
      @mediumrabbit 4 года назад +8

      Yes! I was waiting for this comment :,)

    • @canwenot573
      @canwenot573 4 года назад +26

      Skifree. That one is a relic from gaming's distant past. Before the days of SSX Tricky and even Coolboarders, there was Skifree.

    • @harrystyles705
      @harrystyles705 3 года назад

      I was looking for a comment like this! That game was awesome!

    • @witerabid
      @witerabid 3 года назад +1

      If you remember that game you deserve a veteran's discount... XD

  • @deathpony698
    @deathpony698 6 лет назад +842

    0/10 - not about Skifree

    • @c31979839
      @c31979839 6 лет назад +51

      I'd say clickbait, but it was still pretty interesting.

    • @MintRobin
      @MintRobin 6 лет назад +16

      That's why I clicked, has to leave a dislike. Still don't know if it's possible going to google it.
      I guess it's actually a yeti not a goblin
      Edit: Yeah you can just hold F to beat it :(

    • @supra107
      @supra107 5 лет назад +14

      Actually, you can just press F once, that toggles the "fast mode". Then, you have to keep going down until the distance meter wraps around to the beginning. The counter begins to count down to 0 after you've reached 2000m. That's also when The Abominable Snowman starts to chase you. He stops chasing you at around -120m. You can go up from the start of the game to find him jumping in one place, but when you go too close he will eat you. Also, you can download a modern version of SkiFree that works on the newest versions of Windows from the official website that you can find here: ski.ihoc.net/

    • @supra107
      @supra107 5 лет назад +5

      @name2 Yes, if you press the F key and avoid the obstacles.

    • @zackhenderson2392
      @zackhenderson2392 5 лет назад +1

      underrated comment

  • @crabbyninja
    @crabbyninja 6 лет назад +806

    Just call in Goblin Slayer and let him handle it

    • @kaidatong1704
      @kaidatong1704 6 лет назад +54

      crabbyninja just use the gate at the bottom of the lake to send a message

    • @evilhutdug4665
      @evilhutdug4665 6 лет назад

      😂

    • @spicytendies9541
      @spicytendies9541 6 лет назад +36

      But what if a buch of other goblins appear and rape you?

    • @matepospisil3283
      @matepospisil3283 6 лет назад +1

      been loking for this comment :D

    • @nicat6153
      @nicat6153 6 лет назад +19

      No need to call, he'll show up anyway. Just enjoy your swim.

  • @Benny_Blue
    @Benny_Blue 4 года назад +98

    The title says “Puzzle,” but the thumbnail says “Horror Game.”

  • @gabrielmolina3510
    @gabrielmolina3510 4 года назад +15

    Funny thing is that I have actually lived through this puzzle. When I was a kid, I was swimming in my aunt’s pool, and then I realized that her massive dog was watching me from the border. Whenever I tried to escape, he got there much faster. I was lost af lol

  • @demetroid6378
    @demetroid6378 6 лет назад +721

    *Goblin Slayer wants to know your location*

    • @GRtogetaBIC
      @GRtogetaBIC 5 лет назад +30

      For goblin slayer there is no mathematical problem, once he is outside of the water there would be no more a goblin

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 5 лет назад +46

      “Imagine you are a goblin in the middle of a lake and Goblin Slayer is chasing you on the perimeter of the lake”

    • @GRtogetaBIC
      @GRtogetaBIC 5 лет назад +19

      @@Abdega Now that is what i call a realistic setting

    • @nermalmovement
      @nermalmovement 5 лет назад +8

      *Goblin Slayer wants to know the goblin’s location*

    • @ucnguyen6375
      @ucnguyen6375 5 лет назад +10

      The problem will change to " how goblin slayer can catch the running goblin who is 4 times faster than him "

  • @rmeddy
    @rmeddy 5 лет назад +45

    and I came expecting a way to permanently deal with the Snowman and was ready to fire up Skifree but a solid solution to a math puzzle is fine as well

  • @Akathysia
    @Akathysia 5 лет назад +305

    _Title:_ Can You Escape The Goblin?
    _Goblin Slayer:_ *_WHAT DO YOU MEAN ESCAPE?_*

    • @Dr.Livingdark
      @Dr.Livingdark 4 года назад +1

      Who is he?

    • @Akathysia
      @Akathysia 4 года назад +7

      @@Dr.Livingdark he slays goblins, it's from an anime

    • @lazycat9731
      @lazycat9731 4 года назад +3

      @@Akathysia weeb

    •  3 года назад +6

      @@lazycat9731 he's not a weeb, he's the coffee.

    • @fishyninjja9103
      @fishyninjja9103 3 года назад

      @ *coofee

  • @timobrien2738
    @timobrien2738 3 года назад +12

    That scary SkiFree yeti. Scared the shit out of me when I was a kid.

  • @acrab7722
    @acrab7722 4 года назад +10

    “You find yourself in the middle of a circular lake”
    I don’t remember throwing no enderpearls

  • @ioratv
    @ioratv 6 лет назад +97

    Why escape the goblin when you could be slaying it?

    • @filipsperl
      @filipsperl 6 лет назад +4

      Or befriend it :)

    • @qwargly
      @qwargly 6 лет назад +1

      Because you dont have a sword or any fighting skill whatsoever
      Also that anime can summed up in 3 words: sex, violence, dark souls

    • @ioratv
      @ioratv 6 лет назад +7

      @@qwargly It's a fucking anime reference, of course you try to escape the goblin. That's the puzzle.

    • @qwargly
      @qwargly 6 лет назад +1

      @@ioratv Yeah but im fuckig tired of hearing about goblin slayer

    • @aeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeae2144
      @aeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeae2144 6 лет назад +1

      @@filipsperl lol trust me goblins aren't like that

  • @homelessmanuel804
    @homelessmanuel804 5 лет назад +284

    He's not a gnelf. He's not a Gnoblin. He's a gnome and you've been *GNOMED*

  • @imUmoron
    @imUmoron 6 лет назад +111

    Why escape the goblin when you can just slay goblin?

  • @Wertsir
    @Wertsir 3 года назад +21

    Victorious player: “I’m out!”
    The Goblin: “OUT, AM I?”

  • @limediamond4595
    @limediamond4595 5 лет назад +46

    “You’re slow in water”
    I’m a competitive swimmer, how fast is that Goblin?

    • @PanjaRoseGold
      @PanjaRoseGold 4 года назад +31

      He’s a competitive runner

    • @limediamond4595
      @limediamond4595 4 года назад +14

      @@PanjaRoseGold oh I didn’t think about that

    • @silverrobinson7940
      @silverrobinson7940 3 года назад +1

      Michael Phelps's top speed is around 6 mph, good luck!

  • @shellshocktm
    @shellshocktm 6 лет назад +132

    Oi that's not a goblin
    It's the snow monster from SkiFree95

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +12

      That's actually my one gripe with the video, of ALL the goblin related material that is available the author had to choose the Yeti sprite from that one ski game.

    • @stonewall6225
      @stonewall6225 6 лет назад +3

      I came here to write that comment.

    • @iantheguy4647
      @iantheguy4647 5 лет назад

      Oi that’s not a gnelf

    • @dawidek4267
      @dawidek4267 5 лет назад +3

      It is a red dot and you've been RED DOTED

  • @shortlong8936
    @shortlong8936 5 лет назад +6

    Just move back and forth slightly over the center, the goblin will have to run halfway around the pond over and over constantly while you are barely moving. The goblin gets exhausted and faints. You are good to go.
    Reality: 1
    Math: 0

  • @troys1426
    @troys1426 3 года назад +3

    I've been looking for this forever

  • @Zeed_316
    @Zeed_316 4 года назад +2

    Alternatively, be the Goblin Slayer. That way the goblin runs AWAY from you when you get to shore.

  • @nathandoesgaming7235
    @nathandoesgaming7235 4 года назад +4

    I thought this video was going to tell me how to escape the yeti on ski free. It gets me every single time

  • @enmanniska
    @enmanniska 7 лет назад +162

    Reminds me of Vsauce!

  • @Ian640
    @Ian640 5 лет назад +6

    I faced this question a while ago in the form of a swan and a predator. I had accidentally solved this problem without knowing the real answer, but had pursued a different method based on the information given in the riddle - You could swim in circles of the pond/lake in order to create a flow, which if done enough times would help you accelerate faster than the entity you're trying to avoid.
    Circling was the answer, but it was came upon using a different perspective.

  • @clownypants2718
    @clownypants2718 4 года назад +8

    Idk how, but the graphics of the game are a beautiful mix with that jazz sound. It makes me think of old noir movies. The colors of the scene make it look like night time which adds to the great atmosphere of this video. I don't know how but this is just art

  • @tvrizzle1
    @tvrizzle1 3 года назад +3

    Based on the movement rule of the goblin, you could swim in a perfect line away from the goblin and he’d never be able to move one way or another. Theoretically correct.

    • @ktfjulien
      @ktfjulien 3 года назад

      What?

    • @FatalBlow113
      @FatalBlow113 3 года назад

      No, watch the video! He does that, the goblin circles to keep the shortest distance to you.

    • @tvrizzle1
      @tvrizzle1 3 года назад

      @@FatalBlow113 I watched the video. I’m saying the goblin is programmed to move in the direction that will put him the closest distance from you. If you start from the center and move in a perfectly straight line away from the goblin, then, technically, the goblin could move either direction as the distance from him to you if he moves left will be the exact same as the distance from him to you if he moves right. The goblin would require an extra rule to break the “tie”. I’m just having fun anyway, not to be taken so seriously..

    • @FatalBlow113
      @FatalBlow113 3 года назад

      @@tvrizzle1 If: Talking about the programming of the game = Yes: "Yeah, he didn't explain, but in the game it decides somehow, so that won't work."
      ELSE
      "Well, a real goblin would just decide 🤣, they're not THAT stupid are they ⁉️

    • @elistidham8494
      @elistidham8494 2 года назад

      no

  • @asmodeojung
    @asmodeojung 4 года назад +2

    Now i know what to do if I find myself in a circular lake with a monster awaiting for me on the shore.

  • @troys50
    @troys50 5 лет назад +55

    I was thinking more realistically: Continuously swim in rapid, small circles, tire the poor gob out and just walk away.

    • @joditiarsutrisno5556
      @joditiarsutrisno5556 4 года назад +1

      How about drown him after that ?

    • @glatykoffi6672
      @glatykoffi6672 4 года назад +18

      How about you exhaust yourself by swiming this much, then drown ?

    • @epigone1796
      @epigone1796 4 года назад +3

      @@glatykoffi6672 If you wold swim in a 1-meter circle when the lake has a 100-meter diameter, then goblin obviously would be weakened fy his fatigue very quickly.

    • @glatykoffi6672
      @glatykoffi6672 4 года назад +1

      @@epigone1796 You are in water, using more than 4 time the energy to move, not even counting the energy to stay at the surface.
      You will most likely drown before he is tired.

    • @epigone1796
      @epigone1796 4 года назад +5

      @@glatykoffi6672 C = pi * d
      1 m diameter --> 3.14 m per lap.
      100 m diameter --> 314.15 m per lap
      I think that swim 3 meters easier than run 300 meters.

  • @akmalzaini4853
    @akmalzaini4853 5 лет назад +32

    If the goblin is 4x faster that means when you on land, the goblin going to catch you.

    • @databaseinformacion4373
      @databaseinformacion4373 4 года назад +2

      But what if you can grab a deadly stick to kill the goblin?

    • @akmalzaini4853
      @akmalzaini4853 4 года назад

      @@databaseinformacion4373 No

    • @smallw2003
      @smallw2003 4 года назад +22

      @@akmalzaini4853 bruh the goblin is 4x faster running when you are swimming, he's not faster than you on land obviously.

    • @zamasu3563
      @zamasu3563 4 года назад +1

      OnE HunDrEd Iq

    • @smallw2003
      @smallw2003 4 года назад +2

      @@zamasu3563 that's the average iq lol

  • @jadenschalck8640
    @jadenschalck8640 4 года назад +4

    Numberphile made the same video but with a cat and a mouse. They also made merchandise about it.

  • @sheperdsfireworks
    @sheperdsfireworks 5 лет назад +2

    Just wait until the goblin goes to sleep or loses interest.

  • @CeeMonay
    @CeeMonay Год назад +1

    When you get out of the lake the goblin just says “ah shit my bad bro you can go now”

  • @beauvoirferril
    @beauvoirferril 5 лет назад +7

    Isn't it supposed to be a yeti from this really old PC game I played when I was a kid?

  • @D3robotics
    @D3robotics 5 лет назад +5

    That’s the abominable snow man from that oldddd ski game I used to play wow. So many memories

  • @triggerx2000
    @triggerx2000 5 лет назад +12

    The problem is more simple than that. The goblin can't eat you if you eat the goblin first. It's just a goblin.

    • @paytonogallagher3284
      @paytonogallagher3284 5 лет назад +1

      The goblin has aids, so if you eat it, you'll probably get aids. Goblin aids.

  • @lubomirkubasdQw4w9WgXcQ
    @lubomirkubasdQw4w9WgXcQ Год назад +1

    00:00:26 yes, just swim in a circle around the middle about 30% of the way to the edge (i can't remember the exact number) and when you are opposite the goblin, swim quickly to shore and then you will narrowly escape

  • @snipuhh__enthusiast2736
    @snipuhh__enthusiast2736 4 года назад +2

    For his neutral special, the swimmer has a *_G U N_*

  • @pinkajou656
    @pinkajou656 3 года назад +7

    Go underwater so he can’t see you, then swim to the opposite side of where he is, then pop out and run away before he gets there.

  • @wolfytronic
    @wolfytronic 2 года назад +5

    "If you can get to land, you can sprint off and escape"
    "The goblin is 4 times faster than you"
    Which is it then?

    • @paulmahoney7619
      @paulmahoney7619 2 года назад +1

      I mean, even a toddler can run faster than Michael Phelps can swim. Mike can definitely run faster than that toddler on land though.

    • @tezsaw486
      @tezsaw486 Год назад

      @@paulmahoney7619 yeah, in water you swim 4x slower than the goblin runs, but on land you run faster than the goblin

  • @gigabytemon
    @gigabytemon 3 года назад +15

    "Even knowing the solution, it still takes a lot of skill."
    Yeah, I can't swim for nuts.

  • @bento2670
    @bento2670 4 года назад +1

    this is what my maths teacher said i'd use maths for in the future
    i've got him to thank for keeping me alive today

  • @64-rd
    @64-rd 5 лет назад +2

    Found myself thinking about that video today - watched it some time ago and it jumped on my mind while looking at the lake.
    And then YT decided to recommend it to me once again a few hours later.
    I'm scared.

  • @kiwilim5261
    @kiwilim5261 5 лет назад +5

    Wow i didn't know the Skifree yeti was a goblin this whole time!

  • @Justin_Joy
    @Justin_Joy 5 лет назад +4

    I can easily escape the goblin by summoning a Goblin Slayer.

  • @lutherstein1928
    @lutherstein1928 6 лет назад +31

    DID SOMEONE SAY GOBLINS?!?

  • @russpc9739
    @russpc9739 4 года назад +3

    Bold of you to assume that i am no match for a goblin in hand to hand.

  • @vaedkamat484
    @vaedkamat484 Год назад +1

    This is actually helpful if your angry brother right outside the swimming pool is trying to get you.

  • @bini6991
    @bini6991 4 года назад +3

    I remember him from this ski game, he always ate you at the end of the track

  • @Siptom369
    @Siptom369 3 года назад +4

    I thought we were going to be presented by a big math problem but we get the answer pretty fast.

  • @angerykenboi1959
    @angerykenboi1959 3 года назад +3

    That’s the frickin yeti in the windows 98 ski game lol

  • @cheydinal5401
    @cheydinal5401 3 года назад +1

    My "try before I continued watching": You should go for one direction, but then as the goblin is moving, exploit that by actually going further and further away from the point where you were originally going to land. That should give you some extra time, and might let you win

  • @Vesdus
    @Vesdus Год назад +2

    If the goblin always move optimally to get closer to you, isn't it possible to move away from the goblin, observe the path he begins to take around the circle, and then correct your path to make the other direction around the lake shorter for the goblin? And then continue this over and over again with the goblin running back and forth along the opposite shore?

  • @robinlindkvist3709
    @robinlindkvist3709 5 лет назад +5

    I would just dive and goblin couldnt see me

  • @EldritchRacing
    @EldritchRacing 6 лет назад +10

    Awe I was bummed, I saw the goblin from the old ski game and thought you'd cover that.

  • @ChrisLuigiTails
    @ChrisLuigiTails 5 лет назад +4

    Isn't this the golbin/yetifrom a very old skiing game?

  • @wirtz7223
    @wirtz7223 4 года назад +2

    Remember your speed running tactics and wall clip.

  • @manoahvanderwolf3259
    @manoahvanderwolf3259 4 года назад +1

    that 'goblin' (a yeti btw) is a character from some great old 8 bit ski game. good old times. that yeti got me so many times.

  • @olivius8891
    @olivius8891 6 лет назад +18

    FreeSki not FreeSwim.

  • @jwonz2054
    @jwonz2054 6 лет назад +4

    Very cool, please keep making videos :)

  • @alphacore4332
    @alphacore4332 6 лет назад +10

    idgaf about this, I want to know if you can escape the skifree guy.

    • @JJRicks
      @JJRicks 5 лет назад +2

      Yep! Just press F to go into fast mode. Mind blown

  • @windestruct
    @windestruct 4 года назад +2

    But you will be still eaten, because you are outside, and goblin will eat you, so its impossible to escape

  • @jackclifton5434
    @jackclifton5434 3 года назад +1

    Joke’s on you, I can barely swim so I’ll drown in the lake. The goblin can’t catch me regardless

  • @raimbowdash360
    @raimbowdash360 5 лет назад +4

    I was the goblin the whole tiiiime

  • @homelessmanuel804
    @homelessmanuel804 5 лет назад +11

    Will the Gnoblin Gnomed me as well?

  • @Rouverius
    @Rouverius 6 лет назад +4

    If SkiFree has taught me anything, just hold down [F]

  • @ComicToonProductions
    @ComicToonProductions 2 года назад +1

    Imagine trying to escape with 5-10 Goblins with a lake 10x Enormous than the other.

  • @kylechoy1
    @kylechoy1 3 года назад +2

    I remember playing Ski Free on my dad’s old computer when I was a kid, along with Pipe Dream.
    Great video anyways, cheers. ✌️

  • @redninjakat5733
    @redninjakat5733 4 года назад +3

    Reloads remington after blasting the goblin

  • @quixem
    @quixem 4 года назад +3

    you beat the shit out of the goblin, easy

  • @gamerjones7086
    @gamerjones7086 5 лет назад +5

    *record scratch* *freeze frame* yep, that me. you're probably wondering how I got myself into this situation

    • @ChaosRayZero
      @ChaosRayZero 5 лет назад

      *Well KEEP WONDERIN', PAL! I ain't explainin' NOTHIN'! This ain't a movie! X^D*

  • @Vysair
    @Vysair 4 года назад +2

    Now there's a twist, it can swim!

  • @stephenschuster3555
    @stephenschuster3555 3 года назад +1

    Before watching the solution, I got ~7.28 or 1+2pi as the fastest the goblin could travel. Here's my math
    I assumed that your velocity is 1 unit distance/unit time and the goblins velocity is vg(for velocity of the goblin) units/unit time.
    Using some calculus I got to the same conclusion you did that you can go in a circle of radius 1/vg and gain distance on the goblin. My initial plan was to go in a spiral that started by moving in the opposite direction from the goblin and then moving at the perfect angle that would keep the goblin on the opposite side of while moving as far away from the center in dt seconds. I found that once you hit 1/vg units away from the center, you couldn't move farther away from the center without the goblin gaining on you. Anyway, the point is you're 1/vg units from the center, at which point your best bet is to just swim for the shore. You have to travel (1-1/vg) units, which takes you (1-1/vg) units of time and the goblin has to travel 2pi units, which takes it 2pi/vg units of time. So at max goblin speed,
    1-1/vg = 2pi/vg
    +1/vg = +1/vg
    1 = (2pi+1)/vg
    vg = 2pi+1
    Correct me if anything is wrong

  • @buddyroach
    @buddyroach 4 года назад +3

    thumbnail is monster from Ski Free

    • @wonderfulperson1056
      @wonderfulperson1056 4 года назад

      ahhhh. it's been a couple of years since i saw that... like 25 years

  • @cherrysapling489
    @cherrysapling489 5 лет назад +3

    Goblins are small if there's less than 5 just kick em

  • @chaosminecraft3399
    @chaosminecraft3399 6 лет назад +16

    um,how i can run it? it will be nice.

    • @CodeParade
      @CodeParade  6 лет назад +7

      Check out the "Basic Installation" section of the GitHub link in the description.

    • @chaosminecraft3399
      @chaosminecraft3399 6 лет назад +1

      Richie Rich thanks

    • @jay-tbl
      @jay-tbl 6 лет назад +4

      You have to swim to shore first

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 6 лет назад +1

      @@jay-tbl He means the game itself.

  • @GanonGhidorah
    @GanonGhidorah 5 лет назад +1

    All of this is contingent on whether or not you can sprint to safety once you get to shore, but realistically, that's not where the story ends but where the danger truly begins. If you actually have to do that much effort to swim around the lake to out pace the goblin, by the time you actually make it to shore, you'll be too exhausted to sprint, and thus incapable of getting away.

  • @GoblinModeKnives
    @GoblinModeKnives 4 года назад +1

    That sir is a yetti, I know because it scarred me for life as a child on those digital slopes

  • @medexamtoolscom
    @medexamtoolscom 6 лет назад +13

    If you're faster than the goblin on land, then doesn't it seem logical that more likely than not, you can take him in a fight?

    • @tacticisacting3702
      @tacticisacting3702 6 лет назад

      maybe he's armed

    •  6 лет назад +19

      I know for a fact it has at least two arms

    • @WowItsErin
      @WowItsErin 6 лет назад +2

      You're faster than a bear on land. "Goblins" aren't always small in mythology.

    • @anotherhuman2414
      @anotherhuman2414 6 лет назад +4

      @@WowItsErin There's no way you could outrun a bear. They're so much faster.

    • @WowItsErin
      @WowItsErin 6 лет назад

      @@anotherhuman2414 Alright, fine, a hippopotamus then.
      Something slow but bulky.

  • @deanerdaweiner3829
    @deanerdaweiner3829 5 лет назад +4

    Idk why this shows up in my recommended now but i just want to say that this background music is used in a furry porn game as well

  • @xClownpiece
    @xClownpiece 6 лет назад +6

    Just call goblin slayer

  • @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149
    @sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149 4 года назад +3

    _Can you escape the goblin?_
    *Heck yeah I can!*
    _[Math puzzle]_
    *Heck no I can't!*

    • @joditiarsutrisno5556
      @joditiarsutrisno5556 4 года назад

      Why use math if you could drown the goblin since he can't swim in the first place ?

  • @Floppa-G
    @Floppa-G 3 года назад

    That is some serious confidence on the swimmer thinking they can escape on land when the goblin is moving over 100 miles an hour in parallel to the swimmer