@@Four-S It's apparently called "A fool's 'mate" in english, it's a cheese strategy that relies mostly on your enemy not recognising it (hence the name)
"Life here's always been about two things. Surviving... and having fun!" Really seems like we're currently on the surviving phase and much less so on the having fun part.
It’s mostly a strategy/mind game. There are basic rules, such as a Pawn can move two spaces on its first turn, but one space every subsequent turn, and how the Knight moves in a 2-1 path, but once you learn how they move and the basic rules, it’s tolerable.
"How dare you not know every intricacy of this centuries-old Ancient Egyptian game? Smh my head at the kids and their PUBGs and The Cullings nowadays."
I really want to see this now, but for some reason, instead of imagining an online game, I am imagining many people dressed up in chess pieces and deciding where they should go next lol
Ooh have a grandmaster decide which piece to move, and then people who barely even know how the pieces work move. Hands and brains chess but with people sized pieces.
“We will duel again in winter!!!” RT: “No one talks like this...” It is now my goal when I am reunited with my family to play board games and talk EXACTLY like I’m in an anime. 🤣💀
I had this wrong too - it's scholar's mate, fools mate is the one you do as black that's the fastest possible checkmate but also deeply improbable, or, as mentioned above, the one xQc did
i used to tinker with all sorts of stuff back in the day, and i even managed to place Windows form buttons into MSOffice 2003 and the loading screen of Windows XP in it (which is btw a transparent .gif if you're curious)
He's on the good side of decent, and this is a kid's game, so it's not master level, but the 'Amazing' level AI was competent, at least. I'll also point out he lost to the level 3 AI the first time he played it.
Clubhouse Games Blackjack, otherwise known as the "How fast can I Want Die drain his life savings and lose his house?" Simulator 2020. I live for these videos! Keep up the great work! :)
As a lover of blackjack, and chess, and a casual player of solitaire... Watching that Irishman collect that dept and absolutely murder that computer was... So sad
@@onyxrose4349 but you see he did it on purpose as his intelligence is unbeknownst to man. He's clearly lowering people's guard and distracting them from the fact he's secretly a chess god
For anyone wondering about the Chess Cheese Strat, it’s formally known as “the Scholar’s Mate” and can easily be avoided by literally moving a single pawn.
As someone who's played chess pretty much their entire life seeing RT play chess was simultaneously amusing and painful as he does not try to go for the fool's check on easy level AI
Shouldn't it be scholar's mate? Fool's mate should be 1.. f6 and 2.. g5, which means black is trying to lose? And he did do the Scholar's mate at 12:01. But at 1:23, the easy AI opts for the Scandinavian Defence, which means that the Scholar's mate isn't possible (without intentional moves from black) due to d7 being a viable escape square.
Me at 12:04: "Wait, how is that checkmate? You're not allowed to have the king capture his way out of check???" Also me: doesn't notice the bishop ready to avenge the queen
Lyrics, for anyone who wants to sing along: "Ah, planet earth. It's the world we all call home." Dude, I just want to play checkers. "Life here is always about two things: Surviving... and Having Fun!" I feel like this is a very narrow-minded view of the entirety of society by Mr.Miniature Man here. There's- There's a fair bit more going on, but okay. This guy looks like if you bought him a version of this game for his birthday, he'd be very disapproving (but secretly loves it). "Favorite food?" Hamburger. "Heart's desires?" To be tall. When I grow up, I want to be taller than I already am! Guy, I want to- I want to be that guy who creates, like, an absolute mess. It's almost impossible to come back from... Ho, ho, ho! Oaf! "King Me." Okay, we just destroyed them. Oh, they're just being annihilated right now. R.I.P. this man's career!. Absolute massacre (To Be Continued)
0:07 Miniature Man : _"Life here has always been about 2 things, Surviving and Having Fun !"_ RT : "I think that's bit of a narrow minded view-" 90% of his Viewers : _"No no, he's got a point"_
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word succulent comes from the Latin word sucus, meaning "juice" or "sap". Succulent plants may store water in various structures, such as leaves and stems. The water content of some succulent organs can get up to 90-95%, such as Glottiphyllum semicyllindricum and Mesembryanthemum barkleyii. Some definitions also include roots, thus geophytes that survive unfavorable periods by dying back to underground storage organs may be regarded as succulents. The habitats of these water-preserving plants are often in areas with high temperatures and low rainfall, such as deserts, but succulents may be found even in alpine ecosystems growing in rocky soil. Succulents are characterized by their ability to thrive on limited water sources, such as mist and dew, which makes them equipped to survive in an ecosystem that contains scarce water sources. Succulents are not a taxonomic category, since the term describes only the attributes of a particular species; some species in a genus (such as Euphorbia spp) or family (such as Asphodelaceae) may be succulent, whereas others are less so or not at all. Many plant families have multiple succulent species found within them (more than 25 plant families). In some families, such as Aizoaceae, Cactaceae, and Crassulaceae, most species are succulents. In horticultural use, the term is sometimes used in a way that excludes plants that botanists would regard as succulents, such as cacti. Succulents are often grown as ornamental plants because of their striking and unusual appearance, as well as their ability to thrive with relatively minimal care.
haha I'm coming in at the end with a sneaky cheer there In all reality, thanks for the advice you gave me during the stream, RT. You're such a huge inspiration to me.
I think The "Impossible" Difficulty isn't supposed to mean that it's "Impossible to Win" more so that it's "Impossible to Lose Against". Nintendo should come up with better names for their "Very Easy" Difficulty. [3:52]
Bowling also has a Full Metal Jacket reference in the trivia section. The trivia title regarding players with their own ball is called "There Are Many Like It...".
In checkers, you should always leave the back row of pawns untouched, and if the other player does not do this, and you manage to get at least one of your pawns to the opposite end of the board, you eventually win by default, as the opponent will run out of moves
Hi rt you might remember me from your last stream(day 4 of the legend of zelda breath of the wild if i die i delete my save file) I’m doing great btw I had some weed before the stream started and I donated all my bits to you, I don’t regret it, it was the first Zelda stream I watched of yours
The undo button actually makes a lot of sense because in chess club where I live as long as the other person hasn’t started moving you can move it back.
Pretty sure in blackjack you’re only against the dealer and not the other players right? So Dan didn’t need to keep hitting on high numbers to try and beat the other players because he still wins as long as he beats the dealer? I’m probably wrong
Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two conflicting ideas simultaneously (Like Dan is a nice guy, Dan murdered hundreds of wooloos)
The worst part about that pencil fact wasn't that they were using a circular pencil... but that the fact was flawed! I've seen these hexagonal pencils roll off tables too many times! A good portion of my job in school ends up being 'finding out where all the floor pencils went'
I'll also actually be streaming LA Noire VR in 50 minutes from now. We're gonna solve crimes using my magic motion hands www.twitch.tv/rtgamecrowd
HERE BEFORE PINNED
You should stream paint drying again
@@feelthatthatstrue how bout watching a plastic bottle rot
*I'm so excited for this stream*
Kittitian Productions nah you watch paint dry so you can watch it peel later
I see potential in "You've mastered war!" as a meme template
Tanya approves.
Liechtenstein when they return with 81 soldiers after sending 80
Sun Tzu also approves.
@@artistictutorials3246 When you just can't stop seducing to-be dead people.
When you bring a real gun to the water-gun fight
*You've mastered war!*
"Is this against another player? I am destroying them" *Proceeds to be destroyed*
Well he did destroy in chess at least
That was the joke
@@monkydance2880 No, it wasn’t.
Germany vs Russia circa. 1942
@@SilverKnight124 scarily accurate and monstrously true are two different things. It's very hard to achieve both. You just did.
“There’s an impossible difficulty”
“Oh my god he sacrificed his Queen”
Man the bot should've done the botez gambit fr
Nah, Tennison ICBM variation.
As someone who plays chess practically religiously, this video broke me
As someone who occasionally plays chess as a hobby, I found it hillarious how he just rushed the one poor dude.
@@runtergerutscht4401 as someone who never plays chess this was confusing
Apparently the impossible Bot has the intelligence of a intermediate-easy. Oops I meant 90’s washing machine.
4 Seasons as someone who hasn’t played chess in years this was demeaning
@@Four-S It's apparently called
"A fool's 'mate" in english, it's a cheese strategy that relies mostly on your enemy not recognising it (hence the name)
*Dan is a chess grandmaster, as approved by Anna Rudolf herself*
He has many...leather bound books
@@ohjesusfuckohgodno5796 Your first comment on this channel was SEX
Let his show the leather bound books to you
Superb Trilogy mine is testicle
ninjaamber - Amber Wendt he should go against Moist Critikal
Virgin chess nerds: "Scholar's Mate"
Chad RT: "Cheese Strat"
Isn't it also called a fools mate?
@@SomeName_AlsoHandlesSucc Virgin
@@JTheMelon Lmao, ok
@@SomeName_AlsoHandlesSucc Islands
@Eric Lee this looks like some r/copypasta stuff
"Life here's always been about two things. Surviving... and having fun!"
Really seems like we're currently on the surviving phase and much less so on the having fun part.
Also not caring for others
Actually watching RT is the having fun part
@@laurendyer2838 definitely, he is part of the fun part
*[laughs in introvert]*
The worst part is, I think this is the most of the having fun part human society has ever been able to have.
"You mastered War!". Sun Tzu would be so proud.
Oh well now I'm depressed
“Ah, planet earth. it’s the place we all call home.”
-totally not an alien
You know what the man says
Didnt Spiff proved that RT is the king of an alien species called the spud?
“I too suck in oxygen with my mouth like normal humans so i can survive”
What is Earth's defense system father?
SOMEONE GET WILL SMITH
"What's wrong with this Chess A.I?"
Me not knowing how to play Chess and have never won against the Easy CPU.
Its not that hard, once you get the hang of it
It’s mostly a strategy/mind game. There are basic rules, such as a Pawn can move two spaces on its first turn, but one space every subsequent turn, and how the Knight moves in a 2-1 path, but once you learn how they move and the basic rules, it’s tolerable.
Learn to chess n00b
"How dare you not know every intricacy of this centuries-old Ancient Egyptian game? Smh my head at the kids and their PUBGs and The Cullings nowadays."
@@cwovictor3281 pfft what do you mean we're talking about chess not YuGiOh
smh XD
I'm still waiting for a game that lets multiple people control one chess piece each.
It would be a weird game
I really want to see this now, but for some reason, instead of imagining an online game, I am imagining many people dressed up in chess pieces and deciding where they should go next lol
the closest think I can think of is Vote Chess
it’s more like a good thousand people controlling one player but it’s close enough
The problem is who decides who goes during turns
Ooh have a grandmaster decide which piece to move, and then people who barely even know how the pieces work move. Hands and brains chess but with people sized pieces.
Damn this stream was amazing.
The entire chat was backseat gaming, for chess.
Yes, *chess*
I'm still confused why that's a surprise to anyone.
probably should’ve set it to emote only
like basically all of pogchamps did
not even surprised seeing that people backseat hikaru all the time in his stream
@@TheCheesyNachos "ah yes let me backseat the #1 blitz player in the world"
"If you want to be that guy who reads everything on Wikipedia, play this game."
I feel called out.
You don’t know who “The Man” is, RT?
How could you not know who he is?! He’s the man that invented the Backward Tongue Acceleration strat!
bruh ur still active in comment sections after the Ardy tf2 let's play videos lmao
StickMaster500 this isn’t a tf2 video, what are you doing here?
Evan Cruz RT used to be a Tf2 channel
I am The Man!
For all who are still wondering what it is: u tounge backwards, so you cant move. And you try to move right, and you get the bonus movement.
“We will duel again in winter!!!”
RT: “No one talks like this...”
It is now my goal when I am reunited with my family to play board games and talk EXACTLY like I’m in an anime. 🤣💀
Have you done it yet
Have you done it yet
Have you done it yet
Have you done it yet
Have you done it yet
Heres some trivia: That “cheese strat” in chess is called fools mate
yeah but it only works against the clinically blind
Or xQc.
No... isn't this one scholars mate?
I had this wrong too - it's scholar's mate, fools mate is the one you do as black that's the fastest possible checkmate but also deeply improbable, or, as mentioned above, the one xQc did
That end clip DESTROYED me, i legit snorted when it revealed that you actually were the loser
**sighs** we all know how it feels when we don't own a VR headset
Playing Solitaire on a Windows XP PC all day without internet
i used to tinker with all sorts of stuff back in the day, and i even managed to place Windows form buttons into MSOffice 2003 and the loading screen of Windows XP in it (which is btw a transparent .gif if you're curious)
This is honestly the best looking game on Switch and I'm not even mad about it.
Dude, for real. Those chess pieces were gorgeous.
It definitely has the best sound effects. I love the clacking and clattering of the pieces.
Yeah, this game has a surprisingly high amount of polish for a minigame compilation.
@@OctorokHero I might buy it just for the sound effects no cap
@@mimidotcat isn't it free
To clarify: in this video, RT isn't a looser who is sad, but he's loosing his sadness
9:23 clearly RT has never met a person with a maxed out luck stat
A.k.a Alpharad
@Xeraser Kazuma.
@Xeraser how about any shounen protagonist that is born with /granted the ultimate power of OPness?
Son Goku.
Chuggaaconroy?
0:28 if you remember, "I want die" ate the last ever salmon in the canada once so it's probably a favourite of his, give it to him on tomodachi life
don't let RT gamble anymore, he will all in on a pair of 2
Fun Fact! *Some of those facts weren't fun*
Fun Fact! *neither is this one*
Not fun fact: I got the Corona!
Fact: the person above misspelled Corona.
@@samwai3762 you got Who?
@@EldobelU coronavirus
The only thing getting me through quarantine is RT
same
it really do be like that
Sad
Quarantine is over tho.
@Mabra too bad
Either he's amazing at chess, or this is some bad programming
He's on the good side of decent, and this is a kid's game, so it's not master level, but the 'Amazing' level AI was competent, at least.
I'll also point out he lost to the level 3 AI the first time he played it.
as a chess player myself i was VERY surprised at how good he was. but also the impossible AI was just TERRIBLE
@Jaromir Goult not really
He had the assist on the whole time
@Jaromir Goult Yeah, no. Alphazero wouldn't exist if that were the case.
Can't wait for the RTGame - Cr1t1kal chess money match.
YES
RT Vs Ludwig
Charlie would eat RT alive and i want to watch it.
We know it’s a good day when RT uploads.
Pls don’t look at my search history
Hey you’re the guys who watch me
Why did you raid my house and break my N64?
True
Even the FBI knows.
I now really want to play Connect 4 and just narrate everything as if it was an anime.
Please do
Let me know if you ever do upload a video on that. I'll watch it
there already is some
I see you discover a piece of underrated culture.
?
@@ckr3167 don't touch them, you might catch stupid
@@jjnn2 I assume you were too late?
Clubhouse Games Blackjack, otherwise known as the "How fast can I Want Die drain his life savings and lose his house?" Simulator 2020.
I live for these videos! Keep up the great work! :)
I like how the impossible level in chess is around 900
9:20 "Don't think, feel." is a quote from the popular Bruce Lee film _Enter the Dragon._
_"You've Mastered War!"_ [9:53]
_- Sun Tzu, The Art of War's Final Page Quote_
4:58 - that sounded like "you f*cked up, mate" and I had to double-check.
You can tell the game is really great when you can't tell which side you're actually controlling.
As a lover of blackjack, and chess, and a casual player of solitaire...
Watching that Irishman collect that dept and absolutely murder that computer was... So sad
Make this happen
xQc - The God of Chess vs RTGame - The Legendary UA-camr
Top 10 Fights of All Time
Isn't that the guy that lost in 6 moves?
@@onyxrose4349 but you see he did it on purpose as his intelligence is unbeknownst to man. He's clearly lowering people's guard and distracting them from the fact he's secretly a chess god
The chess warlord suffered a most moist defeat he will never forget
xQc would just get owned by the Cheese strat, not for the first time either.
For anyone wondering about the Chess Cheese Strat, it’s formally known as “the Scholar’s Mate” and can easily be avoided by literally moving a single pawn.
More by moving a specific knight before the bishop is in position to defend the attacking queen when they capture your pawn to mate you.
"we just destroyed them- wait that wasn't me"
RT
5:00 Hifumi from Persona 5 that's all I can think of with this game of connect 4
This game has Shogi too, so I guess it was a missed opportunity.
Wow, piano ,my favourite game to play!
As someone who's played chess pretty much their entire life seeing RT play chess was simultaneously amusing and painful as he does not try to go for the fool's check on easy level AI
Shouldn't it be scholar's mate? Fool's mate should be 1.. f6 and 2.. g5, which means black is trying to lose?
And he did do the Scholar's mate at 12:01.
But at 1:23, the easy AI opts for the Scandinavian Defence, which means that the Scholar's mate isn't possible (without intentional moves from black) due to d7 being a viable escape square.
Whats ur rating
@@mckinleyxie7035 *Slow clap*
@@ericoneil9597 2600
Me at 12:04: "Wait, how is that checkmate? You're not allowed to have the king capture his way out of check???"
Also me: doesn't notice the bishop ready to avenge the queen
“You’ve mastered *WAR* ”
We will not forget what you did in solitaire. The crimes will not be forgiven.
You have committed crimes against Skyrim and her people. What say you in your defense?
I’m with the guild how about you look the other way?
???
5:12 "Oh no, I just win"
that came out so naturally.
Lyrics, for anyone who wants to sing along:
"Ah, planet earth. It's the world we all call home." Dude, I just want to play checkers. "Life here is always about two things: Surviving... and Having Fun!" I feel like this is a very narrow-minded view of the entirety of society by Mr.Miniature Man here. There's- There's a fair bit more going on, but okay.
This guy looks like if you bought him a version of this game for his birthday, he'd be very disapproving (but secretly loves it). "Favorite food?" Hamburger. "Heart's desires?" To be tall. When I grow up, I want to be taller than I already am!
Guy, I want to- I want to be that guy who creates, like, an absolute mess. It's almost impossible to come back from...
Ho, ho, ho! Oaf! "King Me." Okay, we just destroyed them. Oh, they're just being annihilated right now. R.I.P. this man's career!. Absolute massacre
(To Be Continued)
"surviving, and having fun!"
*cold war flashbacks*
Impossible Difficulty: ...
RTGame: IF IT'S POPSICLE IT'S POSSIBLE
0:07
Miniature Man : _"Life here has always been about 2 things, Surviving and Having Fun !"_
RT : "I think that's bit of a narrow minded view-"
90% of his Viewers : _"No no, he's got a point"_
“This ain’t anime”
Clubhouse game voice acting: “Yes I am!”
0:55 RT: "Draughts? Drafts?"
*RT you have an english degree*
The fact you didn’t use 9:58 as the thumbnail is a crime
The instant I clicked this video a chess ad showed up. I have never seen a chess ad before in my life.
I had an ad blocker and I still got a chess ad
@@mecaska2828 chess knows no bounds
Game: What's something you really want?
One of the answers: H E A L T H Y S U C C U L E N T S
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word succulent comes from the Latin word sucus, meaning "juice" or "sap".
Succulent plants may store water in various structures, such as leaves and stems. The water content of some succulent organs can get up to 90-95%, such as Glottiphyllum semicyllindricum and Mesembryanthemum barkleyii. Some definitions also include roots, thus geophytes that survive unfavorable periods by dying back to underground storage organs may be regarded as succulents. The habitats of these water-preserving plants are often in areas with high temperatures and low rainfall, such as deserts, but succulents may be found even in alpine ecosystems growing in rocky soil. Succulents are characterized by their ability to thrive on limited water sources, such as mist and dew, which makes them equipped to survive in an ecosystem that contains scarce water sources.
Succulents are not a taxonomic category, since the term describes only the attributes of a particular species; some species in a genus (such as Euphorbia spp) or family (such as Asphodelaceae) may be succulent, whereas others are less so or not at all. Many plant families have multiple succulent species found within them (more than 25 plant families). In some families, such as Aizoaceae, Cactaceae, and Crassulaceae, most species are succulents. In horticultural use, the term is sometimes used in a way that excludes plants that botanists would regard as succulents, such as cacti. Succulents are often grown as ornamental plants because of their striking and unusual appearance, as well as their ability to thrive with relatively minimal care.
"You've mastered war" I thought you did that in the Civilization videos already. If anything this is amateur hour since nowhere near enough nukes...
Underrated comment
Fun fact: your "cheese" strat in cheese is known as the "Scholar's Checkmate"
It's oddly refreshing to see someone playing Clubhouse Games whose actually good at chess.
"Heart's desires: to be tall?"
Who is he, Jenna Marbles?
12:14 when your sibling hands you the controller
Vinny Vinesauce: Loses 4 times in a row in Connect 4
RT: First Try
Uncle Joel:
Twelve straight losses, followed by him insulting people in chat.
haha I'm coming in at the end with a sneaky cheer there
In all reality, thanks for the advice you gave me during the stream, RT. You're such a huge inspiration to me.
1:08 I feel attacked
RT wasn't in pogchamps because being friends with Anna has rendered him unbeatable
"Sad losers watch man play Clubhouse games instead of real games"
Well I’ve learned something new today. RT is great as chess and terrible at gambling.
4:52 leaked voiceclip of Megumin fighting Kazuma on Connect 4.
"This isn't Anime."
I'm gonna use that phrase if it's the last thing I do.
I really am inspried by "The Man" Hes such a great guy.
I've never felt so inferior watching this video. I literally don't know how any of these games work and I usually lose because I suck at strats
What if you
Wanted to go to heaven
But God said
*You are stuck.*
1:04 I came to this video immediately after an hour long session of Wikipedia reading it is a very productive past time RT I’ll have you know
We need a RT game chess tournament where he goes off against viewers
I think The "Impossible" Difficulty isn't supposed to mean that it's "Impossible to Win" more so that it's "Impossible to Lose Against". Nintendo should come up with better names for their "Very Easy" Difficulty. [3:52]
5:53 Remind me not to take you to Vegas. Blackjack is my thing
The connect 4 explanation was like they stole the script from an episode of Yo-gh-oh!
5:03 "No one talks like that." yes, that's the joke of the intro skit. all of the games have a special intro skit to them
Yeah, the voice acting is overtly cheesy sure (probably intentionally), but the intent was absolutely to be silly.
@@Rad-Dude63andathird I mean these skits are funny
If anyone was interested. "Don't think. Feel" is a quote from the film Enter the Dragon said by the legendary Bruce Lee. AKA Bruce "The Man" Lee.
"The man" is bruce lee in case anyone was wondering, it's a line in Enter the Dragon.
Bowling also has a Full Metal Jacket reference in the trivia section. The trivia title regarding players with their own ball is called "There Are Many Like It...".
In checkers, you should always leave the back row of pawns untouched, and if the other player does not do this, and you manage to get at least one of your pawns to the opposite end of the board, you eventually win by default, as the opponent will run out of moves
This looks like such a depressing experience
As someone who's played solitaire my entire life, watching you play solitaire physically hurt me
Hi rt you might remember me from your last stream(day 4 of the legend of zelda breath of the wild if i die i delete my save file)
I’m doing great btw I had some weed before the stream started and I donated all my bits to you, I don’t regret it, it was the first Zelda stream I watched of yours
As someone who watched the entire stream on the archive channel, the zooming in on random points made it instantly funnier.
This game looks really fun actually, I don't see what the issue is.
The undo button actually makes a lot of sense because in chess club where I live as long as the other person hasn’t started moving you can move it back.
For the record, the title used to say "VR" instead of "real games."
RTGame? Don’t you mean *RTGAMEMASTER?*
He is win.
That moment when you were partway through another video but rt posts a video
If you’re in debt in Clubhouse Games Blackjack, Mario personally comes to your house to break your kneecaps
That moment when you're early but have nothing to say
say "That moment when you're early but have nothing to say", that'll be a good one
Don't comment then
Bruh. Me just nodding when RT was playin chess made my friend who's great at chess disappointed
"No one talks like this."
Why do I feel attacked?
Man i have not heard dots and boxes for years what a nostalgia trip RT
Pretty sure in blackjack you’re only against the dealer and not the other players right? So Dan didn’t need to keep hitting on high numbers to try and beat the other players because he still wins as long as he beats the dealer? I’m probably wrong
Holy shit I just realized that 2020 just is RT playing city skylines. Sing it with me “country roads......”
I now understand the memes about the bad loading screen tips.
Do you even remember why you came here
@Platy Pus
“Do you feel like a hero _yet?”_
Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two conflicting ideas simultaneously (Like Dan is a nice guy, Dan murdered hundreds of wooloos)
The worst part about that pencil fact wasn't that they were using a circular pencil... but that the fact was flawed! I've seen these hexagonal pencils roll off tables too many times! A good portion of my job in school ends up being 'finding out where all the floor pencils went'