Wow thanks again for another feature, this was like an early surprise Christmas present for me. Firstly just want to say, was very touched by Blake's story at the beginning - I'm very glad you read that out Simon, this is the sort of thing that makes CTC such a special channel. Not just the puzzles, but the community element too. Blake, thanks for sharing your wonderful poem, and hope Christmas is kind to you. I'm sure everyone's thoughts will be with you. Simon, another very entertaining solve... I do love the way you talk us through everything you're thinking, and with such wit and humour too. You are like a great mind reader, you always seem to follow my intended paths to the letter, and this was no exception. Every time I was looking at the next step, and then you mention it moments later. Even some of the trickier to spot things, like how green can't connect along the top row because it would cause a clash of 8s. I admit that the construction of the blue 'even' snake is very close to going into bifurcation in a couple of places... it does require a bit of forward thinking to spot where the clashes will be. However I think it never needs thinking more than 2 or 3 small steps ahead, and there are never more than a couple of options to consider. I found it quite intuitive to be able to rule options out on it quite easily and quickly, and also fun, so I felt it was justifiable. Certain 'rules' helped, such as how you can't have an extreme digit (2 or 8) in the middle of a box on the snake, as it would need its neighbouring digit on both sides. To me, it felt kind of like walking along a twisting path in the dark with a torch, so you can only ever see just the options of where to go just in front of you but, it is just enough to be able to find the way. The black dots were positioned not just for disambiguation but also to help build that blue snake, and make a few steps a bit easier to prove. All in all, I was quite amazed at how forced it was, from one corner of the grid to the other, with hardly any other clues. The need for it to cling to the box edges limits it immensely. The yellow snake and green snake were initially just placed so that they 'hemmed in' the ends of the blue snake, forcing it to have to go through the even square clues so that I could do my sneaky break-in. Once the blue snake was constructed, the hard part of setting this was finding the best arrangement of the other snakes. It was very hard to find a grid that even worked. I knew I didn't want to have any more snakes than were necessary, because I loved the minimal starting grid. For a long time the entire bottom right corner of the grid was completely empty (which I loved), but unfortunately I ended up with a completely resolved grid apart from a 1-3 deadly pattern at the bottom, which could only be disambiguated by adding one more snake in (purple). I didn't mind too much though, because I enjoyed how it had to wiggle rather than connect directly. I was hoping I'd be able to get a useful difference-3 or difference-4 snake somewhere in there too, but alas it was not to be this time! Thanks again CTC, I will never stop being hugely appreciative of you featuring any of my puzzles. A very merry Christmas to Simon, Mark, the team of testers, and to anyone still reading this :) 🎅🎄🎉
Just again exceptional and wonderful from you!! Just constantly amazed how you keep setting such beauties. Your insight as to how you set this is and all your puzzles is just icing on the cake!
The logic in this was really fun. A big "moment" was noticing that the blue snake had to move like a sine wave, i.e. always move from one extreme to another and would break if it "bounced" in the middle. One of the rare times I spotted things that Simon didn't, lovely puzzle 👏👏👏
I think a lot of us have moved past the point of "just" watching ctc for the solution to the puzzle and to get better at sudoku and are here for the journey, the community, and to get better at life as human beings. I haven't missed a video this year and it has become almost a ritual watching ctc over diner.
Wow, thank you all so very much; I really wasn't expecting a readout, but this has been the most wonderful kind of overwhelming. And thank you, Simon; as @martysears says, this community element is what makes CTC such a special channel.
Crying my way through Blake’s email and poem. Sending so much love and hugs. I have a dear relative with a genetic disability that has way surpassed life expectations - he is one of the sweetest humans I have ever known. Thank you Simon for sharing Blake’s email with us and for being the caring person you are! Love the puzzle, looking forward to the kickstarter coming tomorrow. Perhaps I can sneak away from Christmas obligations to get a start? Love to all of CtC - may we all have the love and support we need!!
Shedding tears with you my friend over Simon's reading of Blake's email. Love and support to you and your family member that has the genetic disorder. Makes this channel extraordinary when people all over the world have the courage to write into Ctc, and then have Simon share this with us.
@@davidrattner9 yes. It’s also extraordinary to have dear friends through our love of this channel, Simon & Mark and our CtC family! I value your friendship and look forward to reading your comments! 💕
Blake, I'm so sorry about your brother. It's been thirteen years (next week) for me, and I still miss my brother like crazy. It does get better over time. It never feels like it in the moment, but then you look back and realize that you carry the grief a little lighter. Hugs and prayers for you!
Your caring and humble personality Simon was brought to the fore front in reading and your handling of Blake's email. You and Mark have such a positive influence on so many people. The 2 of you make this channel and community something special every day. Know how much you cherish solving puzzles by Marty. Exceptional from you and him again.
Thank you so much for sharing Blake’s story. As they say I didn’t have the spoons to watch yesterday when the video dropped. I have a genetic neurological disorder that takes a lot out of me, and like Blake these videos help so much. They keep my mind off of what I go through, if even just for a an hour. It means the world to see these regular uploads, and to get lost in a world of numbers and logic. I am so sorry for Blake’s loss I’m not sure what I’d do if I lost support like that. Stay strong! I connected with Blake’s story in so many ways. Thanks again.
Simon, thank you for being a constant in the lives of many . You never set out to be a mental health channel, but here you are, a positive beaming lighthouse for many. Just my featuring interesting logic puzzles. I'm one of many that you've helped, and continue to. Also, wishing a belated happy birthday to Blake, and hopefully many more.
My favorite thing about this channel is not the puzzles. Not the inside jokes. It's not the occasional math. Not the sense of accomplishment from defeating a challenge that you expect to be above your capabilities (although I'm a huge fan of ALL of that). It's the kindness... on this channel, you and Mark demonstrate the rules every time to make sure it's welcoming to newcomers. You never swear, so it's welcoming to children. You LISTEN to your fan base and make sure you are doing things they will enjoy as well. Not just things YOU will enjoy. You even stream puzzle video games, wordle, and cryptic crosswords in order to give a variety of content for those who may not enjoy sudoku but still love puzzles. On top of making your patreon not only very affordable, and therefore accessible, but entirely worth the money. You have made this channel a safe place. Safe from judgment. Safe from hate. Safe from anger. Safe from shame. Safe for people to be who they are. To the point that (it seems) you get regular emails from people like the one today who talk about how this channel has changed their lives. Or at least greatly impacted it in a positive way. This channel has grown bigger than you or Mark, or any one viewer. This channel has even grown beyond just a puzzling community. It has grown into its own entity. This channel has become a legacy of kindness and hope for humanity. While I haven't struggled as much as some of the stories you have received, this channel has even impacted MY life in a positive way. I've fallen asleep many times to Simon's soothing voice after struggling to sleep. I have watched these videos to ease my anxiety. I have bonded over puzzles with a long-time friend who has been watching for ages, and I didn't know until recently. I have had bad days at work or felt down and come to youtube to watch the latest videos because I KNEW that they would help me through it. This channel has become something just shy of a miracle. I know Simon has a wish to reach 1 million subscribers. Frankly, that's not enough. I think the entire world needs a little bit of Simon and Mark positivity in their lives. If they had that... this world would be a much better and a much happier place. Thank you guys very much.. for creating something so incredibly special.
Merry Christmas, Blake! I hope that you will - despite everything that feels sad - have a few days of peace and festivity ahead of you! Sending a virtual hug 😊
Such nice words Simon. Your channel and sudoku really help many people (including me) get through hard times. 1:21:37 "That's a horrible moment" - said Simon while doing a cute shake with his arms 🤗 1:23:03 "That's bonkers!" I like the way you said it. Thanks for the solve 😊
Merry Christmas Blake! I can really relate to hearing that CTC brings you support in your time of struggle. Your poetry is lovely and thank you for sharing them with us. I hope you have a wonderful holiday and sending you lots of virtual good wishes.
Simon, thank you for reading Blake’s email. I know there are many of us who lean on CTC for part of our emotional support. I know I do. All of you guys make me feel like part of a community that I can’t find elsewhere.
Thank you Simon, for sharing Blake's story, and his transcently glorious poem. Blake, my deepest sympathy, and my heartfelt gratitude. Thank you for sharing your miraculous light. May the beauty of life surround you with comfort and hope. Blessings.
Lovely puzzle. I'm a little surprised that Simon found it quite so tricky to see how the blue snake moved once he'd set up the ends - only because, it felt very much like a german whisper line in terms of 2 and 8 being 'monogamous' (only having one partner), so if you put a 2 or an 8 on it, you immediately have to turn a corner, which feels like very familiar logic for this channel!
Hi Simon. I discovered you and Mark and your fun little puzzles a couple years ago, when I was very very depressed, and it gave me something to focus my energy on, like kickstarting a rusty engine. I started solving the GAS puzzles, and following along with your daily videos. I love thé community you’ve built here. Currently my cat and constant companion of 19 years is really sick, and watching has helped keep me calm for her. ❤ Thanks for everything you do
Merry Christmas to all, especially Blake. Kia kaha! My dad actually went to the same high school. I spent 10 minutes on this puzzle thinking it was impossible because I read the rules as snakes "must" have a different difference value instead of "may". First rule of variant sudoku, read the rules (properly)!
Blake, thank you so much for sharing your email and your story. I'm so sorry for your loss, and I hope you can find some peace in this holiday season. Happy belated birthday and Merry Christmas ❤
The fact that Simon says "bother bother bother bother bother" in this video and the program spammed the same timestamp multiple times puts a smile to my face
I'll admit I would not have found that break in for a long long time. However.... Once Simon pointed out the blue snake was even digits, that snake fell apart in less than five minutes of work. It's very easy to see in column 8 of box 3, the digits are 8642, with 2 being in top of box 6. It takes very little work to convince yourself that in column 7 of box 6, the digits are 468 top to bottom. So now we have ROPING! Column 9 of box 9 is a 468. Now go to box 7. The even digits only have one way out, and it forces an 8 over in row 9 of box 9. Then the 46 in box 9 get resolved with more work on the snake. The black dot in box 5 is a 12. And that resolves how the snake finishes between box 5 and 8. Then it on to the green snake. A big beautiful 6 is placed in box 2, and you can convince yourself in 10 seconds that the green snake cannot take that 6. Anyway - sometimes just using the boot is a quicker way to kill the spider than building a laser beam. Use the boot.
on today's episode of "i couldn't figure this out, glad they uploaded it" i learned the bishop's polarity with snakes and suddenly i could solve the puzzle
This is the only puzzle I've understood faster than Simon. By that I mean I wouldn't have had a Scooby-Doo how to start it, but I did find paths quicker than Simon when watching it. So basically I feel like a genius and I loved this video. 😂🥰
Hearing Blake's message was heartbreaking. I know I'm coming to this video late, but it is comforting to know that Blake has found some solace through this channel. I hope he his doing well these days. I finished in 83:37 minutes. This was an incredibly fun puzzle to solve. I was worried that the rules were too loose for me to get a grip, but thinking about the blue line and parity gave a wealth of information. I was so happy when I was able to put that in. Then, the green line was fun to do and I was able to rule the ones difference by the clutch 8 that was placed in r8c3. From there, I saw that a 2 was forced in the orange that had to dip behind the green and I was able to play parity with that. If the starting was odd, then a 2 is forced into r6c3 and the pathway of orange would be a ones difference. This forces it to take a path straight down column 2 of box 1, which allows no option for 2 in box 1. That was so cool to see. I finished pretty swiftly after that and even enjoyed the purple snake, which I thought was going to be useless. Great Puzzle!
Happy holidays and merry Christmas everyone! Today was my parents 10 year marriage anniversary and I'm glad to be ending such an exciting day with a nice chill puzzle with Simon. Have a great weekend
Even though I'd probably have trouble finding a way in, I thought the blue line was much easier than Simon made it out to be to solve, maybe I just saw it quickly as he was thinking it out lmao
Even though it doesn't make any difference to the final solve, pretty sure there's a logic mistake right at the very beginning (15:15). The case where the yellow line heads up to row 1 and goes _above_ the top orange dot wasn't considered (as to why the top yellow dot was deteremined to have to move downwards).
I noticed this too, but quickly realized that was clearly not possible either because then the green line and orange line would need to intersect. I think Simon got a little lucky there!
Yes, and the purple line was also not considered going into an even cell, because Simon probably thought it was the blue snake. But both were pretty straightforward logic, which didn’t affect the solve.
It's strange to watch this, as Simon you're so much better at sudokus than I am, but sometimes with these snakes and similar restrictions I see the options so clearly. I think it's just a difference of personal strengths, which is weird to realize on such an abstract level. Thanks for the videos!
51:38 for me. i really had to use all my experience of solving CTC sudoku to crack this. without it, i would've absolutely given up at the very beginning not knowing what to do. bravo marty!
42:25 finish. I guessed that the green line would go where it did, right from the beginning. It was only halfway through the puzzle that I second guessed myself and worked on fitting it the other way. I decided not to parity shade this one, instead coloring individual snake cells with black for anything off the snakes. Fortunately I did not need to use parity much once I finished the blue snake, as I just pencil marked instead of shading. A very fun puzzle, excellent!
55:43, wasn't too bad considering half my work was done half awake in the morning. Two things that helped me a lot: seeing that the parity on the lines would have to be all odd, all even, or jumping back and forth, and remembering that it didn't matter what path one would take, the party of the cell in the line would not change. The rest was just playing with the numbers (oh, this is difference is too big, of there's not enough digits to continue this line in this box, etc)
Hi Simon. Forgive me if I’ve missed something but I don’t suppose you ever continued with the CTC based game ‘The Sudoku Gourmet’ at all? I’ve been catching up with the videos (yes, I really am that mad as to try and keep up with them and solve the puzzles) so only came across it fairly recently, however I seem to recall there being a request for you to do a stream of playing the game (which I can confirm is thoroughly entertaining) but I’m not too sure if it actually happened. If not, maybe you could consider it as an option for your next stream effort. Really enjoyed the last part of Chants Of Sennaar by the way and apologies for my possibly underestimating the game length/over-enthusiasm for you to finish. Many thanks as always for all the work that yourself and Mark do. Pi Guy. :)
Wow, I think this is the first puzzle where I beat Simon's time. Granted, it was less than a minute, and would have taken me much longer if I hadn't watched up until the breakthrough when he pointed out the blue line had to be completely even. I definitely spotted the black dot logic in box 5 quicker though. Great puzzle, and impressive solve as always!
Finished in 87:00. Man, I messed up with the green and orange snakes in the beginning and that had me tearing out my hair trying to figure out how the blue could possibly be a 1 difference snake with the parities being off. After about 40 minutes, I decided to go with the blue snake being a difference of 2 and working from there and then realizing the orange snake had to be the one on the outside instead of the green. And it was the differences on the snakes which turned out to be key to everything instead of trying to figure out difference amounts. Great puzzle!
you're right! Simon had already worked out that R789C9 were all even, reasoning that there could only be one more even in r7c7 or r8c7. and so because he knew r9c9 was even, he realised putting another even in r9c4 would be a 5th even in row 9. It's essentially the same as your way :)
I think the difference between 3 star difficulty and 5 star difficulty is your inclination to start brute forcing your way down the snakes... you take snake logic 1 or 2 steps maybe 3 before you stop searching. But if you stick with it you find that the snakes are incredibly forced and there aren't as many possibilities as you think... solvers at Simon's level aren't inclined to pursue random crap theoretical lines because their brain is trained to computate the position with certainty. Solvers with less skill are more inclined to explore dead end thought trains Simon 54:12 [We go "4 6 8 6" then we can go left with 4 or down with 8 or 4... it could be anything I'm erasing these pencil marks so they don't confuse me] Continued (down 8): after down with 8, next is 6 which can't be placed in box 8 or 9... it's not down 8... the next digit must be a 4... Continued (down 4): after down 4 it's 6 or 2... if we went right into box 9 then 6 can't go into box 9 but 2 can but after 2 wed be stuck because we can't place 4... the snake must remain in box 8... 6 can't be placed in box 8 so we must be looking at the down 4 then a 2... after which must be a 4 again... which we can't place in box 8 anymore so it could only go up returning to box 5... then left for a 2 in box 5 since we can't place 6... then wed have to go down... meaning we are trying to put a 4 into box 8 at r7c4 no matter what path we take which we can't do if we put 4 in box 8 at r7c6... it's not down 4 from the Beginning r7c6... Continued (left 4): the only possibility left... place 4 into r6c5 It's not difficult logic, it just needs someone willing to sit and "waste their time" by trying to calculate how many possibilities there are... cause while my comment calulated 3-5 steps into the future there were only 4 possible combinations to rule out 8 6 broke (down right) 4 2 4 with box 9 broke (down right down) 4 2 4 with box 8 broke (down down left) (down left down) or (down left left) 4 2 4 2 4 broke (down left up left down) Therefore down isn't correct...
29:30 Did I miss anything here that Simon seems have not disproved the possibility for the snake head at the top with 4 or 6 goes directly to left for getting out of the box? I just want to make sure...
Yes he mentioned a bit earlier that the blue snake can't go to the left because it wouldn't be able to reach the other blue spot without cutting off green or orange. Green and orange, because two of their spots touch eachother, together form a sort of wall that blue can't get through.
If the blue snake moves by even steps, doesn't that mean that the bishop's diagonals have to be constant modulo 4? Which would let you immediately place a 2 in r9c1.
I got on wrapping the Christmas presents while watching this video, that's what I had going on. Sorry Marty, you seem to be coming back often so I will give one a go again at some point.
37:56 for me. made some stupid assumptions at the start, but they turned out to be incorrect quite early, so it did not ruin the solve completely, only cost some time. i got lucky with that.
1:11:52 "We don't know whether green steps in to even digits or not" I think we do, the only even the 3 at the righthand end can step in to is the 4 next to it, which makes it a 1-difference line, but that means the next two digits are either 3-2 or 5-6 and it's pretty quick to confirm both of those always break
I think you must mean some kind of connected sequence of digits that have a spatial relationship other than connected to each other? I can't think of one - and I can't think of why it would be called a 'snake' in that case since that word is meant to describe something that is ... snake-like, I would think. There may be such a variant under a different name, and if there isn't yet, maybe you can create it!
Can someone explain how what hes talking about at the 22 minute mark makes any sense? Why cant the blue line differ by 1? Also if the blue line went left twice and then up it would break the polarity of the "bishop" diagonal wouldnt it?
If the snake had a difference of 1, then if you checkered the grid like a chess board, the even digits would always be on squares of the same colour, because every 2 orthogonal moves takes you back to the same chess board colour as well as back to the same parity. Because the “even” grey square clues in the top right and bottom left (that he knows the snake must pass through) are on different chess board colours, it means that a ‘difference of 1’ snake can’t work, because a ‘difference of 1’ snake would have any even digits on the same chess board colour
thank god the green dots were there, otherwise yellow had a possible path going directly up (whether differences logic would had held up is another story, but yellow path could go around BOTH orange dots)
Solved that in 67 minutes, but, sadly I needed a hint about bishop colors. After that it all went more or less easy. I wonder how can somebody even see such things, if they don't have like lots of years of experience in solving nonclassic sudoku.
@31:03, Why was he having trouble understanding if you start 3 squares away from the box you want to move into, the numbers will go 2-4-6-8 or 8-6-4-2. Brilliant to spot the bishop thing. Not brilliant to get stuck in box 7 and 3 on how to get to boxes 8 or 6 respectively.
@@terracottapiethat may be true, but I swear I remember that exact black dot guiding a difference snake from box 3 to 7 in another puzzle in another video….I’m not on the discord 😅
20 seconds of cracking and Simon's cracked! His very first bit of reasoning in this video is flawed. To fully explain the higher yellow dot not going up you have to consider looping it above the higher orange dot, which doesn't work because then coming down the line would separate the green dots. It's unclear whether Simon has actually considered this from the video, but it's (uncharacteristically) remiss of him not to mention the possibility if he had. As is so often the case wording like "it is clear" and "obviously" once again proves a good signal to us that there may be a flawed or lacking bit of reasoning. Does anyone know if this is the earliest "mistake" in a Simon solve that's featured on the channel? And only Simon knows what horrors lurk in the unpublished/failed videos section of his private collection.
Yes, other people, including the setters as I understand it are now publishing solution videos, and CTC prefers not to cover puzzles that have been publicly solved elsewhere.
Hello. I've been watching for some time now and maybe it is just me but I feel like you're sometimes skipping to far in your mind and not finishing some "easy" digits? Or it may be my simple mind taking the easy way to a sometimes wrong digit
Look at Blake's story, truly heartbreaking story and tells that there is a reason for Simon doing all this.They really put a lot of effort into making their community as warm and welcome as possible, and what you call yapping has a lot of meaning to very many people...
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Wow thanks again for another feature, this was like an early surprise Christmas present for me. Firstly just want to say, was very touched by Blake's story at the beginning - I'm very glad you read that out Simon, this is the sort of thing that makes CTC such a special channel. Not just the puzzles, but the community element too. Blake, thanks for sharing your wonderful poem, and hope Christmas is kind to you. I'm sure everyone's thoughts will be with you.
Simon, another very entertaining solve... I do love the way you talk us through everything you're thinking, and with such wit and humour too. You are like a great mind reader, you always seem to follow my intended paths to the letter, and this was no exception. Every time I was looking at the next step, and then you mention it moments later. Even some of the trickier to spot things, like how green can't connect along the top row because it would cause a clash of 8s.
I admit that the construction of the blue 'even' snake is very close to going into bifurcation in a couple of places... it does require a bit of forward thinking to spot where the clashes will be. However I think it never needs thinking more than 2 or 3 small steps ahead, and there are never more than a couple of options to consider. I found it quite intuitive to be able to rule options out on it quite easily and quickly, and also fun, so I felt it was justifiable. Certain 'rules' helped, such as how you can't have an extreme digit (2 or 8) in the middle of a box on the snake, as it would need its neighbouring digit on both sides. To me, it felt kind of like walking along a twisting path in the dark with a torch, so you can only ever see just the options of where to go just in front of you but, it is just enough to be able to find the way.
The black dots were positioned not just for disambiguation but also to help build that blue snake, and make a few steps a bit easier to prove. All in all, I was quite amazed at how forced it was, from one corner of the grid to the other, with hardly any other clues. The need for it to cling to the box edges limits it immensely.
The yellow snake and green snake were initially just placed so that they 'hemmed in' the ends of the blue snake, forcing it to have to go through the even square clues so that I could do my sneaky break-in.
Once the blue snake was constructed, the hard part of setting this was finding the best arrangement of the other snakes. It was very hard to find a grid that even worked. I knew I didn't want to have any more snakes than were necessary, because I loved the minimal starting grid. For a long time the entire bottom right corner of the grid was completely empty (which I loved), but unfortunately I ended up with a completely resolved grid apart from a 1-3 deadly pattern at the bottom, which could only be disambiguated by adding one more snake in (purple). I didn't mind too much though, because I enjoyed how it had to wiggle rather than connect directly.
I was hoping I'd be able to get a useful difference-3 or difference-4 snake somewhere in there too, but alas it was not to be this time!
Thanks again CTC, I will never stop being hugely appreciative of you featuring any of my puzzles. A very merry Christmas to Simon, Mark, the team of testers, and to anyone still reading this :)
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Just again exceptional and wonderful from you!! Just constantly amazed how you keep setting such beauties. Your insight as to how you set this is and all your puzzles is just icing on the cake!
Another excellent puzzle, thank you so much for the fantastic puzzles this year! Have a wonderful Christmas.
The logic in this was really fun. A big "moment" was noticing that the blue snake had to move like a sine wave, i.e. always move from one extreme to another and would break if it "bounced" in the middle. One of the rare times I spotted things that Simon didn't, lovely puzzle 👏👏👏
I think a lot of us have moved past the point of "just" watching ctc for the solution to the puzzle and to get better at sudoku and are here for the journey, the community, and to get better at life as human beings. I haven't missed a video this year and it has become almost a ritual watching ctc over diner.
Wow, thank you all so very much; I really wasn't expecting a readout, but this has been the most wonderful kind of overwhelming. And thank you, Simon; as @martysears says, this community element is what makes CTC such a special channel.
Best of wishes. Glad the channels helps you a bit like so many of us. Hope the better/good days will overshadow the horrible days.
wishing the best for you mate! supporting you from auckland.
Crying my way through Blake’s email and poem. Sending so much love and hugs. I have a dear relative with a genetic disability that has way surpassed life expectations - he is one of the sweetest humans I have ever known. Thank you Simon for sharing Blake’s email with us and for being the caring person you are! Love the puzzle, looking forward to the kickstarter coming tomorrow. Perhaps I can sneak away from Christmas obligations to get a start? Love to all of CtC - may we all have the love and support we need!!
Shedding tears with you my friend over Simon's reading of Blake's email. Love and support to you and your family member that has the genetic disorder. Makes this channel extraordinary when people all over the world have the courage to write into Ctc, and then have Simon share this with us.
@@davidrattner9 yes. It’s also extraordinary to have dear friends through our love of this channel, Simon & Mark and our CtC family! I value your friendship and look forward to reading your comments! 💕
Blake, I'm so sorry about your brother. It's been thirteen years (next week) for me, and I still miss my brother like crazy. It does get better over time. It never feels like it in the moment, but then you look back and realize that you carry the grief a little lighter. Hugs and prayers for you!
Simon is such a fundamentally decent person. The perfect person to read such a charged message.
Thank you for being you.
Yes, have learned more about humanity than I had ever expected from a sudoku channel.
Agree with both of you!
Well said! And, for Blake, condolences, thoughts & prayers, and all good wishes.
Your caring and humble personality Simon was brought to the fore front in reading and your handling of Blake's email. You and Mark have such a positive influence on so many people. The 2 of you make this channel and community something special every day.
Know how much you cherish solving puzzles by Marty. Exceptional from you and him again.
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Thank you so much for sharing Blake’s story. As they say I didn’t have the spoons to watch yesterday when the video dropped. I have a genetic neurological disorder that takes a lot out of me, and like Blake these videos help so much. They keep my mind off of what I go through, if even just for a an hour. It means the world to see these regular uploads, and to get lost in a world of numbers and logic. I am so sorry for Blake’s loss I’m not sure what I’d do if I lost support like that. Stay strong! I connected with Blake’s story in so many ways. Thanks again.
Simon, thank you for being a constant in the lives of many . You never set out to be a mental health channel, but here you are, a positive beaming lighthouse for many. Just my featuring interesting logic puzzles.
I'm one of many that you've helped, and continue to.
Also, wishing a belated happy birthday to Blake, and hopefully many more.
My favorite thing about this channel is not the puzzles. Not the inside jokes. It's not the occasional math. Not the sense of accomplishment from defeating a challenge that you expect to be above your capabilities (although I'm a huge fan of ALL of that). It's the kindness... on this channel, you and Mark demonstrate the rules every time to make sure it's welcoming to newcomers. You never swear, so it's welcoming to children. You LISTEN to your fan base and make sure you are doing things they will enjoy as well. Not just things YOU will enjoy. You even stream puzzle video games, wordle, and cryptic crosswords in order to give a variety of content for those who may not enjoy sudoku but still love puzzles. On top of making your patreon not only very affordable, and therefore accessible, but entirely worth the money. You have made this channel a safe place. Safe from judgment. Safe from hate. Safe from anger. Safe from shame. Safe for people to be who they are. To the point that (it seems) you get regular emails from people like the one today who talk about how this channel has changed their lives. Or at least greatly impacted it in a positive way. This channel has grown bigger than you or Mark, or any one viewer. This channel has even grown beyond just a puzzling community. It has grown into its own entity. This channel has become a legacy of kindness and hope for humanity. While I haven't struggled as much as some of the stories you have received, this channel has even impacted MY life in a positive way. I've fallen asleep many times to Simon's soothing voice after struggling to sleep. I have watched these videos to ease my anxiety. I have bonded over puzzles with a long-time friend who has been watching for ages, and I didn't know until recently. I have had bad days at work or felt down and come to youtube to watch the latest videos because I KNEW that they would help me through it. This channel has become something just shy of a miracle. I know Simon has a wish to reach 1 million subscribers. Frankly, that's not enough. I think the entire world needs a little bit of Simon and Mark positivity in their lives. If they had that... this world would be a much better and a much happier place. Thank you guys very much.. for creating something so incredibly special.
perfect comment 👌
Merry Christmas, Blake! I hope that you will - despite everything that feels sad - have a few days of peace and festivity ahead of you! Sending a virtual hug 😊
A hug from Norway, across the earth. Bless you 🙏🙏🙏🌺
Hugs from Georgia, USA! 🤗
Such nice words Simon. Your channel and sudoku really help many people (including me) get through hard times.
1:21:37 "That's a horrible moment" - said Simon while doing a cute shake with his arms 🤗
1:23:03 "That's bonkers!" I like the way you said it.
Thanks for the solve 😊
Merry Christmas Blake! I can really relate to hearing that CTC brings you support in your time of struggle. Your poetry is lovely and thank you for sharing them with us. I hope you have a wonderful holiday and sending you lots of virtual good wishes.
Simon, thank you for reading Blake’s email. I know there are many of us who lean on CTC for part of our emotional support. I know I do. All of you guys make me feel like part of a community that I can’t find elsewhere.
Thank you Simon, for sharing Blake's story, and his transcently glorious poem. Blake, my deepest sympathy, and my heartfelt gratitude. Thank you for sharing your miraculous light. May the beauty of life surround you with comfort and hope. Blessings.
Lovely puzzle. I'm a little surprised that Simon found it quite so tricky to see how the blue snake moved once he'd set up the ends - only because, it felt very much like a german whisper line in terms of 2 and 8 being 'monogamous' (only having one partner), so if you put a 2 or an 8 on it, you immediately have to turn a corner, which feels like very familiar logic for this channel!
One of the very finest puzzles from one of the very finest setters. This is as close to perfection in a Sudoku puzzle as you're likely to find.
Hi Simon. I discovered you and Mark and your fun little puzzles a couple years ago, when I was very very depressed, and it gave me something to focus my energy on, like kickstarting a rusty engine. I started solving the GAS puzzles, and following along with your daily videos. I love thé community you’ve built here. Currently my cat and constant companion of 19 years is really sick, and watching has helped keep me calm for her. ❤ Thanks for everything you do
I'm so sorry to hear about your cat ❤
Merry Christmas to all, especially Blake. Kia kaha! My dad actually went to the same high school.
I spent 10 minutes on this puzzle thinking it was impossible because I read the rules as snakes "must" have a different difference value instead of "may".
First rule of variant sudoku, read the rules (properly)!
Blake, thank you so much for sharing your email and your story. I'm so sorry for your loss, and I hope you can find some peace in this holiday season. Happy belated birthday and Merry Christmas ❤
Rules: 11:58
Let's Get Cracking: 14:51
Simon's time: 1h10m24s
Puzzle Solved: 1:25:15
What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?!
Bobbins: 3x (04:17, 16:20, 28:13)
And how about this video's Simarkisms?!
Snake: 126x (12:08, 12:08, 12:24, 12:29, 12:37, 12:49, 12:52, 13:11, 13:20, 13:36, 13:45, 13:54, 13:54, 14:12, 14:12, 14:59, 15:29, 15:56, 16:07, 18:10, 18:10, 18:13, 18:15, 18:23, 18:23, 18:38, 19:01, 19:09, 20:35, 20:41, 20:45, 21:09, 21:14, 21:52, 21:59, 22:08, 22:16, 22:18, 22:23, 23:07, 23:38, 24:45, 24:53, 26:26, 26:47, 26:47, 30:06, 30:22, 32:06, 32:33, 33:46, 34:49, 37:11, 37:15, 39:23, 39:31, 39:45, 39:52, 41:22, 41:51, 43:30, 47:59, 48:29, 48:39, 48:54, 49:11, 51:46, 51:55, 52:21, 53:56, 55:00, 55:04, 55:16, 55:16, 57:26, 57:30, 58:07, 1:00:10, 1:00:54, 1:00:57, 1:01:01, 1:01:05, 1:01:07, 1:01:23, 1:01:46, 1:02:20, 1:02:23, 1:03:00, 1:03:03, 1:03:06, 1:03:15, 1:03:18, 1:03:32, 1:03:38, 1:04:38, 1:04:41, 1:04:45, 1:04:55, 1:05:02, 1:05:37, 1:05:46, 1:07:38, 1:07:43, 1:07:56, 1:08:29, 1:08:58, 1:09:14, 1:12:50, 1:13:07, 1:13:29, 1:14:54, 1:14:56, 1:15:09, 1:16:06, 1:16:12, 1:16:34, 1:16:37, 1:16:40, 1:16:43, 1:16:50, 1:16:56, 1:17:57, 1:18:10, 1:18:16, 1:18:50, 1:20:15)
Sorry: 17x (02:38, 04:08, 30:46, 34:08, 50:50, 54:50, 56:57, 58:34, 1:09:28, 1:09:41, 1:10:28, 1:12:25, 1:13:01, 1:13:19, 1:14:30, 1:15:09, 1:24:38)
Hang On: 16x (27:35, 29:53, 29:53, 29:53, 33:58, 37:41, 39:16, 40:02, 49:08, 1:01:01, 1:05:18, 1:05:20, 1:17:13, 1:20:15, 1:22:25)
Ah: 16x (17:20, 19:06, 19:15, 25:24, 25:45, 29:42, 38:38, 51:06, 51:48, 57:53, 1:05:15, 1:07:27, 1:11:50, 1:17:49, 1:21:34, 1:24:29)
Beautiful: 11x (11:15, 22:10, 34:44, 48:57, 56:01, 56:02, 1:08:49, 1:08:49, 1:17:55, 1:18:43, 1:22:04)
Bother: 9x (1:00:51, 1:09:20, 1:09:20, 1:09:24, 1:09:24, 1:09:24, 1:13:01, 1:14:05, 1:22:10)
Nonsense: 6x (37:41, 39:18, 39:18, 1:00:37, 1:13:10, 1:17:30)
In Fact: 6x (37:30, 38:06, 52:04, 1:11:41, 1:12:17, 1:24:55)
Obviously: 6x (22:39, 37:00, 50:56, 1:03:24, 1:08:19, 1:21:47)
What Does This Mean?: 6x (12:24, 53:44, 56:37, 59:09, 59:43, 1:10:39)
By Sudoku: 5x (59:34, 1:05:56, 1:09:54, 1:20:48, 1:23:56)
Wow: 5x (48:10, 50:29, 50:37, 53:35, 55:49)
Weird: 4x (13:15, 23:45, 1:17:11, 1:23:27)
Goodness: 3x (37:17, 48:35, 1:22:56)
Clever: 3x (1:09:44, 1:09:52, 1:18:46)
Naughty: 3x (1:14:05, 1:14:11, 1:25:01)
Good Grief: 2x (53:17, 55:33)
What on Earth: 2x (1:02:29, 1:24:20)
Touch Itself: 2x (13:22, 32:33)
Lovely: 2x (52:11, 1:07:27)
Ridiculous: 2x (19:37, 19:41)
Bonkers: 2x (1:23:02, 1:25:27)
Shouting: 2x (02:50, 03:43)
Whoopsie: 2x (17:04, 18:47)
Cake!: 2x (03:32, 04:25)
What a Puzzle: 1x (1:25:01)
I Have no Clue: 1x (1:01:15)
Stuck: 1x (1:25:39)
Brilliant: 1x (1:25:59)
Incredible: 1x (1:25:29)
Deadly Pattern: 1x (34:12)
Gorgeous: 1x (1:11:18)
Hypothecate: 1x (1:13:07)
Bizarre: 1x (53:44)
Flurry of Activity: 1x (52:16)
Alacrity: 1x (24:16)
Surely: 1x (49:58)
Phone is Buzzing: 1x (34:01)
Fabulous: 1x (02:31)
Lunacy: 1x (1:04:23)
Nature: 1x (21:22)
Pencil Mark/mark: 1x (57:44)
Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video:
Eighty Four (4 mentions)
Four (122 mentions)
Green (34 mentions)
Antithesis Battles:
Even (81) - Odd (40)
Black (4) - White (0)
Column (11) - Row (10)
FAQ:
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hello robot, do you check for the word "Panoply" ?
The fact that Simon says "bother bother bother bother bother" in this video and the program spammed the same timestamp multiple times puts a smile to my face
I'll admit I would not have found that break in for a long long time. However.... Once Simon pointed out the blue snake was even digits, that snake fell apart in less than five minutes of work. It's very easy to see in column 8 of box 3, the digits are 8642, with 2 being in top of box 6. It takes very little work to convince yourself that in column 7 of box 6, the digits are 468 top to bottom. So now we have ROPING! Column 9 of box 9 is a 468.
Now go to box 7. The even digits only have one way out, and it forces an 8 over in row 9 of box 9. Then the 46 in box 9 get resolved with more work on the snake. The black dot in box 5 is a 12. And that resolves how the snake finishes between box 5 and 8.
Then it on to the green snake. A big beautiful 6 is placed in box 2, and you can convince yourself in 10 seconds that the green snake cannot take that 6. Anyway - sometimes just using the boot is a quicker way to kill the spider than building a laser beam. Use the boot.
55:00 My first time of actually having spotted something when Simon says "if this is obvious to you"! (not that I could have got to that point)
on today's episode of "i couldn't figure this out, glad they uploaded it"
i learned the bishop's polarity with snakes and suddenly i could solve the puzzle
I always enjoy Simon's poetry readings. Maybe there can be a whole stream of just that.
This is the only puzzle I've understood faster than Simon. By that I mean I wouldn't have had a Scooby-Doo how to start it, but I did find paths quicker than Simon when watching it. So basically I feel like a genius and I loved this video. 😂🥰
Merry Christmas, Blake! Thank you for your touching words.
Blake's poem was fantastic ❤
Hearing Blake's message was heartbreaking. I know I'm coming to this video late, but it is comforting to know that Blake has found some solace through this channel. I hope he his doing well these days. I finished in 83:37 minutes. This was an incredibly fun puzzle to solve. I was worried that the rules were too loose for me to get a grip, but thinking about the blue line and parity gave a wealth of information. I was so happy when I was able to put that in. Then, the green line was fun to do and I was able to rule the ones difference by the clutch 8 that was placed in r8c3. From there, I saw that a 2 was forced in the orange that had to dip behind the green and I was able to play parity with that. If the starting was odd, then a 2 is forced into r6c3 and the pathway of orange would be a ones difference. This forces it to take a path straight down column 2 of box 1, which allows no option for 2 in box 1. That was so cool to see. I finished pretty swiftly after that and even enjoyed the purple snake, which I thought was going to be useless. Great Puzzle!
What a beautiful puzzle! 53:43 for me. Happy Holidays to you all - and especially to you, Blake!
Happy holidays and merry Christmas everyone! Today was my parents 10 year marriage anniversary and I'm glad to be ending such an exciting day with a nice chill puzzle with Simon. Have a great weekend
Even though I'd probably have trouble finding a way in, I thought the blue line was much easier than Simon made it out to be to solve, maybe I just saw it quickly as he was thinking it out lmao
29:59 for me. I hope I didn't make mistakes. I started drawing the possible lines and ruled stuff out quickly.
Even though it doesn't make any difference to the final solve, pretty sure there's a logic mistake right at the very beginning (15:15). The case where the yellow line heads up to row 1 and goes _above_ the top orange dot wasn't considered (as to why the top yellow dot was deteremined to have to move downwards).
I noticed this too, but quickly realized that was clearly not possible either because then the green line and orange line would need to intersect. I think Simon got a little lucky there!
Yes, and the purple line was also not considered going into an even cell, because Simon probably thought it was the blue snake. But both were pretty straightforward logic, which didn’t affect the solve.
What a powerful poem Blake, so sorry for your loss.
Thank you for all the delightful puzzles this year - Best wishes for a joyful Christmas and every blessing in the new year.
It's strange to watch this, as Simon you're so much better at sudokus than I am, but sometimes with these snakes and similar restrictions I see the options so clearly. I think it's just a difference of personal strengths, which is weird to realize on such an abstract level. Thanks for the videos!
Merry christmas to all of you and special thoughts and all my positive energy to Blake
51:38 for me. i really had to use all my experience of solving CTC sudoku to crack this. without it, i would've absolutely given up at the very beginning not knowing what to do. bravo marty!
Merry Christmas Blake!
29:28 for me. What a fantastic puzzle, really loved this one!!
42:25 finish. I guessed that the green line would go where it did, right from the beginning. It was only halfway through the puzzle that I second guessed myself and worked on fitting it the other way. I decided not to parity shade this one, instead coloring individual snake cells with black for anything off the snakes. Fortunately I did not need to use parity much once I finished the blue snake, as I just pencil marked instead of shading. A very fun puzzle, excellent!
55:43, wasn't too bad considering half my work was done half awake in the morning. Two things that helped me a lot: seeing that the parity on the lines would have to be all odd, all even, or jumping back and forth, and remembering that it didn't matter what path one would take, the party of the cell in the line would not change. The rest was just playing with the numbers (oh, this is difference is too big, of there's not enough digits to continue this line in this box, etc)
Hi Simon. Forgive me if I’ve missed something but I don’t suppose you ever continued with the CTC based game ‘The Sudoku Gourmet’ at all? I’ve been catching up with the videos (yes, I really am that mad as to try and keep up with them and solve the puzzles) so only came across it fairly recently, however I seem to recall there being a request for you to do a stream of playing the game (which I can confirm is thoroughly entertaining) but I’m not too sure if it actually happened. If not, maybe you could consider it as an option for your next stream effort. Really enjoyed the last part of Chants Of Sennaar by the way and apologies for my possibly underestimating the game length/over-enthusiasm for you to finish. Many thanks as always for all the work that yourself and Mark do. Pi Guy. :)
Took me a few minutes to contemplate the difference value and from there it was smooth sailing. Finished in 41 minutes.
Sending love and hugs to Blake
Wow, I think this is the first puzzle where I beat Simon's time. Granted, it was less than a minute, and would have taken me much longer if I hadn't watched up until the breakthrough when he pointed out the blue line had to be completely even. I definitely spotted the black dot logic in box 5 quicker though. Great puzzle, and impressive solve as always!
Finished in 87:00. Man, I messed up with the green and orange snakes in the beginning and that had me tearing out my hair trying to figure out how the blue could possibly be a 1 difference snake with the parities being off. After about 40 minutes, I decided to go with the blue snake being a difference of 2 and working from there and then realizing the orange snake had to be the one on the outside instead of the green. And it was the differences on the snakes which turned out to be key to everything instead of trying to figure out difference amounts.
Great puzzle!
At 52:20 ,why can't R9C4 be a 8 then go to R8C4=6?
I deduct it by solving R789C9.
you're right! Simon had already worked out that R789C9 were all even, reasoning that there could only be one more even in r7c7 or r8c7. and so because he knew r9c9 was even, he realised putting another even in r9c4 would be a 5th even in row 9. It's essentially the same as your way :)
@@martysears Thanks for your explanation and nice puzzle
@@林老師-i5dFYI, Simon's explanation is at 51:10.
@@RichSmith77 got it ,thanks
Merry Christmas! 🎄
Much love Blake!!
I think the difference between 3 star difficulty and 5 star difficulty is your inclination to start brute forcing your way down the snakes... you take snake logic 1 or 2 steps maybe 3 before you stop searching. But if you stick with it you find that the snakes are incredibly forced and there aren't as many possibilities as you think... solvers at Simon's level aren't inclined to pursue random crap theoretical lines because their brain is trained to computate the position with certainty. Solvers with less skill are more inclined to explore dead end thought trains
Simon 54:12 [We go "4 6 8 6" then we can go left with 4 or down with 8 or 4... it could be anything I'm erasing these pencil marks so they don't confuse me]
Continued (down 8): after down with 8, next is 6 which can't be placed in box 8 or 9... it's not down 8... the next digit must be a 4...
Continued (down 4): after down 4 it's 6 or 2... if we went right into box 9 then 6 can't go into box 9 but 2 can but after 2 wed be stuck because we can't place 4... the snake must remain in box 8... 6 can't be placed in box 8 so we must be looking at the down 4 then a 2... after which must be a 4 again... which we can't place in box 8 anymore so it could only go up returning to box 5... then left for a 2 in box 5 since we can't place 6... then wed have to go down... meaning we are trying to put a 4 into box 8 at r7c4 no matter what path we take which we can't do if we put 4 in box 8 at r7c6... it's not down 4 from the Beginning r7c6...
Continued (left 4): the only possibility left... place 4 into r6c5
It's not difficult logic, it just needs someone willing to sit and "waste their time" by trying to calculate how many possibilities there are... cause while my comment calulated 3-5 steps into the future there were only 4 possible combinations to rule out
8 6 broke (down right)
4 2 4 with box 9 broke (down right down)
4 2 4 with box 8 broke (down down left) (down left down) or (down left left)
4 2 4 2 4 broke (down left up left down)
Therefore down isn't correct...
I did this in 34mins. Don't even know how. Saw the parity breakin and kept trying stuff... and it kept not falling over, then it was done! Jammy!!
Sending you my love, Blake. xxx
i have been having an incredible emotional time as well.. so I too am here to be distracted by Sudoku.
29:30 Did I miss anything here that Simon seems have not disproved the possibility for the snake head at the top with 4 or 6 goes directly to left for getting out of the box? I just want to make sure...
Yes he mentioned a bit earlier that the blue snake can't go to the left because it wouldn't be able to reach the other blue spot without cutting off green or orange. Green and orange, because two of their spots touch eachother, together form a sort of wall that blue can't get through.
@@martysears Got it, thanks
If the blue snake moves by even steps, doesn't that mean that the bishop's diagonals have to be constant modulo 4? Which would let you immediately place a 2 in r9c1.
On a lighter note- hissing snake was very good 🐍✨ 16:06
89:24 for me, made heavy use of bishops color logic… which is strange since I usually tend to forget that that exists
Took a while but I’m glad I solved it!
53:25 That's even in the corner, even in the spotlight, losing its parity.
I got on wrapping the Christmas presents while watching this video, that's what I had going on. Sorry Marty, you seem to be coming back often so I will give one a go again at some point.
37:56 for me. made some stupid assumptions at the start, but they turned out to be incorrect quite early, so it did not ruin the solve completely, only cost some time. i got lucky with that.
When are the volume 2 books going to ship?
1:11:52 "We don't know whether green steps in to even digits or not" I think we do, the only even the 3 at the righthand end can step in to is the 4 next to it, which makes it a 1-difference line, but that means the next two digits are either 3-2 or 5-6 and it's pretty quick to confirm both of those always break
Makes me wonder: is there a Snake variant where the cells aren't next to each other, eg they are a knights move apart or similar?
I think you must mean some kind of connected sequence of digits that have a spatial relationship other than connected to each other? I can't think of one - and I can't think of why it would be called a 'snake' in that case since that word is meant to describe something that is ... snake-like, I would think. There may be such a variant under a different name, and if there isn't yet, maybe you can create it!
@@emilywilliams3237 If you allow a multidimensional snake that connects outside the grid, you're golden! ;)
It's beyond me, I will definitely say that!@@ritchards
Perhaps that would be a Frog variant, as it hops from square to square
Can someone explain how what hes talking about at the 22 minute mark makes any sense? Why cant the blue line differ by 1? Also if the blue line went left twice and then up it would break the polarity of the "bishop" diagonal wouldnt it?
If the snake had a difference of 1, then if you checkered the grid like a chess board, the even digits would always be on squares of the same colour, because every 2 orthogonal moves takes you back to the same chess board colour as well as back to the same parity.
Because the “even” grey square clues in the top right and bottom left (that he knows the snake must pass through) are on different chess board colours, it means that a ‘difference of 1’ snake can’t work, because a ‘difference of 1’ snake would have any even digits on the same chess board colour
thank god the green dots were there, otherwise yellow had a possible path going directly up (whether differences logic would had held up is another story, but yellow path could go around BOTH orange dots)
55:28 yes it could be a 6.
the 6 in the box and row: ...
63:34 for me. Amazing puzzle!
63 minutes for me. I feel like a god right now 🥇
Solved that in 67 minutes, but, sadly I needed a hint about bishop colors. After that it all went more or less easy.
I wonder how can somebody even see such things, if they don't have like lots of years of experience in solving nonclassic sudoku.
Ditto. I spent an age trying to break in, but watched until Simon said about bishop colours and then it all clicked.
@31:03, Why was he having trouble understanding if you start 3 squares away from the box you want to move into, the numbers will go 2-4-6-8 or 8-6-4-2. Brilliant to spot the bishop thing. Not brilliant to get stuck in box 7 and 3 on how to get to boxes 8 or 6 respectively.
I could definitely smell EVEN more wine 😋
Youre blue snake was slow , Simon 😅
"Orange schjnake" :D
Am I mad, or am I having deja vu with this puzzle?
There's a lot of puzzles that will pop up on the channel that I have solved, or tried, in the discord months ago.
@@terracottapiethat may be true, but I swear I remember that exact black dot guiding a difference snake from box 3 to 7 in another puzzle in another video….I’m not on the discord 😅
43:58 for me. was enjoyable.
Is it just me or did Simon just repeat the same logic between 43:30 and 48:30?!
20 seconds of cracking and Simon's cracked! His very first bit of reasoning in this video is flawed. To fully explain the higher yellow dot not going up you have to consider looping it above the higher orange dot, which doesn't work because then coming down the line would separate the green dots. It's unclear whether Simon has actually considered this from the video, but it's (uncharacteristically) remiss of him not to mention the possibility if he had. As is so often the case wording like "it is clear" and "obviously" once again proves a good signal to us that there may be a flawed or lacking bit of reasoning. Does anyone know if this is the earliest "mistake" in a Simon solve that's featured on the channel? And only Simon knows what horrors lurk in the unpublished/failed videos section of his private collection.
Some of those snakes are quite odd... xD
even the even one?
Are GAS over?😭 sorry guys, don’t want to make you feel like I don’t value the rest of your content, it’s just that those were my favorite
"GAS is dead"
-freddy Nietzsche
Omg thank you!! Those really make my day
Yes, other people, including the setters as I understand it are now publishing solution videos, and CTC prefers not to cover puzzles that have been publicly solved elsewhere.
Simon doing a sudoku puzzle: “I’m tempted to do sudoku.” 🤦🏻♂️
80 minutes
Hello. I've been watching for some time now and maybe it is just me but I feel like you're sometimes skipping to far in your mind and not finishing some "easy" digits? Or it may be my simple mind taking the easy way to a sometimes wrong digit
15 minutes to start the puzzle bro is the CEO of yapping
Look at Blake's story, truly heartbreaking story and tells that there is a reason for Simon doing all this.They really put a lot of effort into making their community as warm and welcome as possible, and what you call yapping has a lot of meaning to very many people...
@@armfe3307 no. even yesterday it was over 10 minutes to start
So click on the Rules or Start of Solve chapter marker and skip the "yapping" if you don't like it. 🤷♂