Justin Vitanza is probably the best setter you've never heard of; every single one of their puzzles is innovative, interesting and utterly entertaining. Great to see them getting some well-deserved recognition!
Thanks so much for solving my puzzle. Since it was for my dad, I wanted to construct a “pro-king” ruleset. I quickly discovered that you couldn’t force every border cell to have a king’s move pair and settled in this ruleset on every digit for which it was possible (credit to Marty Sears for making those digits a deduction). I was hoping the 4 would be a bit more of a red herring but you saw through that straight away. Wonderful solve, Simon 😊
That was one of the best puzzles I've ever seen on this channel. I would never have been able to do the break in, after that I was occasionally shouting at the screen :D How you settters construct these sudokus and keep the suspense up until the end will forever be a mistery to me. Salute to your Dad (and his son of course)
51:30 Yes I remember that about the eights. And my dog is wondering why I'm telling my phone all about eights for the last few minutes 😂 That's one for the books 📚! (Maybe not literally, fog revealing puzzles in a book are hard. A scratch layer, but the horror when one makes a mistake 😂)
Just in my head for several minutes, but yes. Having said that, I can't criticise Simon for not seeing what to do right away, as I sometimes see something in a puzzle only to realise it's been sitting there waiting for some time.
yeah. I did this in a very similar way to how Simon did it, but I redid all of the boxes and lines for each digit, instead of leaving a mess of lines and boxes all over. It really helped with every digit.
My favorite moment of solving alongside the video was when I was filling out the second 6 triple as Simon said "Sixes can have two triples, but I think that's impossible."
Simon: "I think that leaves one option for 7s" Audience: (Sharp in take of breath) Simon: "No, I've just seen another option" Audience: (...and relax) Simon: "I think that leaves one option for 5s" Audience: (Sharp in take of breath) Simon: "No, I've just seen another option" Audience: (...and relax, again)
Actually with the 7s, you could have seen that there was only one possible line, right? If it's the right line of the two lower red ones, that contains the three 7s, you'd still need 2 pairs of 7s across box lines. You couldn't do that in the lower half of the puzzle at all (rows 5,6,7,8 contain a 7, row 9 has no partner) and the same is true for the right half (exact same thing except with columns). Therefore only the top left is available to use for those two pairs. You can't use the middle box for either, meaning the line crossings would only use boxes 1, 2 and 4, which clearly can't fit four 7s
@@timosteinsteiger7289 Good point. You are correct. It's strange. I could have sworn I'd seen a way to make it work with 7s going down and right during my solve. But it seems whatever I was thinking would work, in fact couldn't.
It always amazes me just how genius his problem solving skills are, but it's so frustrating when he misses the obvious. I'm sitting going, 8!, 8!. Well maybe it's 9's, ugh, every number stated except 8, lmao. I just died laughing when he went, oh here's a thought, you remember when we talked about 8's, while the rest of us are screaming, yes, yes, yes
What a wonderful dedication to the constructor's father. Very fun solve with a great first digit! 28:05 for me but it's possible I leapt to some logical conclusions without definitively disproving the alternatives.
This is the first time I've tried a puzzle before it appeared on the channel. Admittedly, I gave up quickly because I couldn't figure out the break-in.
Not yet! If you have suggestions let us know. Bear in mind it'll need to be something solvable in under an hour if we're going to have time for a Q&A!!
i misinterpreted the rules about the rebellious digits being a kings move away from each other. i interpreted it as 1 of the rebellious digits were never a kings move apart but the other one was allowed. so for anyone else wondering, the rules should be interpreted as "neither of the rebellious digits are a kings move from another instance of itself"
47:04 - Stunning puzzle. It took me about 20 minutes to break in but once I’d gone through the permutations it all fell into place beautifully. And I beat my hero Simon for a change!!! Great puzzle.
An easier way of thinking about 9 being rebellious is that no matter where you place a 9, it's impossible to have 9 empty squares around it - at most you'd have 8. 😊
@@RichSmith77 when you're questioning whether a 9 is rebellious to the King's rule and you can't make more than 8 king's moves from the spot you're in, it's most certainly relevant. According to the rule, a 9 should have 9 instances of king's moves. However, there's an interesting point to note here. Using the 4 in the example, in that position 4 doesn't have 4 moves either as there are only 2 positions that wouldn't violate the base rules: c4r4 and c4r6. We find out that the latter is a 3 eventually, but the fact remains that positioning of your number means everything. If any number is in the center of a square, that makes it automatically rebellious for that square.
@@MAGA_Patriot2024 You don't have to make all X king's moves from the same instance of X. For example, 4s in the solution, there are two pairs of 4s in a king's move relationships. Each of those four 4s is in a king's move relationship with just one other 4. You're not looking to see if you can make nine king's move relationships from a single instance of 9 in the grid, but rather whether or not, of the nine 9s in the grid, can nine of them be in king's move relationships with another 9.
@@RichSmith77 I'll defer to you on this, then. You clearly understand this much better than I do. I sort of get it with the 9s, but I'm obviously missing something with the rest. My apologies. 🙂
26:06 here, unusual to be faster than Simon but I think I was seeing those triples more clearly without the lines marked (but I wouldn't have fancied explaining them without the marking, except maybe characterising them by which is the middle cell). But, its such a surprising puzzle tjhat I enjoyed watching Simon's solve to see his much nicer logic (especially on the 8s breakin - that colouring made it very clear!). For 7s I'd worked out the possible grid patterns early on so when a 7 digit was revealed, it was enough to drop lots in. Marvellous and intriguing puzzle with a lovely solve path, and enjoyable solve by Simon. Searching back now to see what else by Justin - all look to have been quite recent on this channel.
25:00 proves only one way that threes can be lawful (although i didn't notice until just seconds before he stopped checking for lawful sevens and focused on the lawful threes)
38:55, surprised you can set a puzzle with this rule set. Took my like a minute to figure out the 1s and 9s were the rebels, but another ten minutes to really start placing numbers.
The rebels were quickly found :), which took me directly to the 8s, and could directly place the 1st digit of the puzzle - saved me 10 mins -, and done in 25. 🙂
Justin Vitanza is probably the best setter you've never heard of; every single one of their puzzles is innovative, interesting and utterly entertaining. Great to see them getting some well-deserved recognition!
Agree!
Thanks so much for solving my puzzle. Since it was for my dad, I wanted to construct a “pro-king” ruleset. I quickly discovered that you couldn’t force every border cell to have a king’s move pair and settled in this ruleset on every digit for which it was possible (credit to Marty Sears for making those digits a deduction). I was hoping the 4 would be a bit more of a red herring but you saw through that straight away. Wonderful solve, Simon 😊
That was one of the best puzzles I've ever seen on this channel. I would never have been able to do the break in, after that I was occasionally shouting at the screen :D How you settters construct these sudokus and keep the suspense up until the end will forever be a mistery to me. Salute to your Dad (and his son of course)
Great puzzle!
Yay a fog of war puzzle, just what is needed after a stressful day.
you had me yelling “the eights!!!” for about ten minutes haha! great solve as always! 😌
Me too. He spent so long setting it up, only to forget about it after he had disambiguated it.
OMG... me too....😅
What a brilliant puzzle. The first digit is one of the most satisfying I have ever deduced and put in a sudoku.
51:30 Yes I remember that about the eights. And my dog is wondering why I'm telling my phone all about eights for the last few minutes 😂 That's one for the books 📚!
(Maybe not literally, fog revealing puzzles in a book are hard. A scratch layer, but the horror when one makes a mistake 😂)
I was whisper-yelling "the 8s, Simon, the 8s!" at my phone
Just in my head for several minutes, but yes. Having said that, I can't criticise Simon for not seeing what to do right away, as I sometimes see something in a puzzle only to realise it's been sitting there waiting for some time.
yeah. I did this in a very similar way to how Simon did it, but I redid all of the boxes and lines for each digit, instead of leaving a mess of lines and boxes all over. It really helped with every digit.
Hahaha yes exactly...
All the beautiful “windmill” setup and being so focused on other numbers I was also saying “8’s” out loud!
My favorite moment of solving alongside the video was when I was filling out the second 6 triple as Simon said "Sixes can have two triples, but I think that's impossible."
The fog actually helps. It' always a mistery, but there is a bit satisfaction to reveal a mistery!😂❤🎉
and at least you know if you're right
I root as hard for Simon as anybody else ... so when he does not automatically start placing 8's after placing 5's ... I die a slow death inside
Rules: 05:00
Let's Get Cracking: 08:53
What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?!
Bobbins: 1x (32:24)
Knowledge Bomb: 1x (22:34)
Three In the Corner: 1x (58:58)
And how about this video's Simarkisms?!
Sorry: 9x (05:36, 21:47, 23:12, 26:44, 26:56, 33:39, 43:35, 44:36, 44:36)
Beautiful: 8x (21:05, 21:32, 52:03, 55:17, 57:06, 1:08:45, 1:08:46, 1:09:25)
Brilliant: 7x (18:30, 29:40, 32:36, 32:38, 36:17, 1:08:37, 1:09:34)
By Sudoku: 7x (33:09, 36:08, 51:00, 1:05:38, 1:05:51, 1:06:24, 1:07:52)
Ah: 6x (12:31, 31:31, 32:31, 51:34, 52:56, 53:12)
Pencil Mark/mark: 6x (40:21, 41:04, 56:06, 58:42, 58:45, 1:06:27)
Clever: 5x (18:36, 18:39, 35:05, 35:05, 38:45)
Lovely: 5x (23:34, 52:18, 1:04:16, 1:09:06, 1:09:08)
In Fact: 5x (05:31, 14:08, 35:56, 1:03:16, 1:04:13)
Naked Single: 4x (56:09, 1:06:38, 1:07:44)
Hang On: 4x (24:31, 32:07, 38:52, 38:52)
Obviously: 4x (10:32, 23:26, 23:55, 28:49)
Astonishing: 3x (00:48, 00:48, 50:15)
What on Earth: 2x (26:13, 47:59)
Goodness: 2x (24:19, 27:23)
Deadly Pattern: 2x (1:07:59, 1:08:27)
Shenanigans: 2x (49:59, 50:04)
Wow: 2x (1:00:08, 1:09:08)
Fabulous: 2x (01:34, 01:34)
Cake!: 2x (04:19, 04:49)
Weird: 2x (18:42, 40:25)
Good Grief: 1x (08:40)
Useless: 1x (45:46)
Bother: 1x (45:56)
Apologies: 1x (58:51)
The Answer is: 1x (42:15)
Naughty: 1x (38:56)
In the Spotlight: 1x (59:01)
Horrible Feeling: 1x (26:08)
Shouting: 1x (04:12)
Surely: 1x (09:30)
Whoopsie: 1x (1:05:42)
Grind to a Halt: 1x (44:39)
What Does This Mean?: 1x (21:37)
Have a Think: 1x (42:35)
Nature: 1x (42:35)
Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video:
Thirty Nine (3 mentions)
One (93 mentions)
Orange (4 mentions)
Antithesis Battles:
Even (10) - Odd (9)
Column (26) - Row (7)
FAQ:
Q1: You missed something!
A1: That could very well be the case! Human speech can be hard to understand for computers like me! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I'll learn!
Q2: Can you do this for another channel?
A2: I've been thinking about that and wrote some code to make that possible. Let me know which channel you think would be a good fit!
Simon: "I think that leaves one option for 7s"
Audience: (Sharp in take of breath)
Simon: "No, I've just seen another option"
Audience: (...and relax)
Simon: "I think that leaves one option for 5s"
Audience: (Sharp in take of breath)
Simon: "No, I've just seen another option"
Audience: (...and relax, again)
Actually with the 7s, you could have seen that there was only one possible line, right?
If it's the right line of the two lower red ones, that contains the three 7s, you'd still need 2 pairs of 7s across box lines. You couldn't do that in the lower half of the puzzle at all (rows 5,6,7,8 contain a 7, row 9 has no partner) and the same is true for the right half (exact same thing except with columns).
Therefore only the top left is available to use for those two pairs.
You can't use the middle box for either, meaning the line crossings would only use boxes 1, 2 and 4, which clearly can't fit four 7s
@@timosteinsteiger7289 Good point. You are correct.
It's strange. I could have sworn I'd seen a way to make it work with 7s going down and right during my solve. But it seems whatever I was thinking would work, in fact couldn't.
It always amazes me just how genius his problem solving skills are, but it's so frustrating when he misses the obvious. I'm sitting going, 8!, 8!. Well maybe it's 9's, ugh, every number stated except 8, lmao. I just died laughing when he went, oh here's a thought, you remember when we talked about 8's, while the rest of us are screaming, yes, yes, yes
That was an absolute humdinger! I’m so impressed by setter and solver alike.
41:07 ... Hail to The King!
Nice puzzle!
Thank you Simon for the 1st figure. I was lost in the fog ^_^
Beautiful puzzle and solve.
This was such an amazing puzzle to solve, I haven't enjoyed a puzzle this much in a long time.
Looking forward to watching!
Look forward to live stream, but will probably have to watch a couple of days later! I know it will be fun!!
Amazing idea and first digit! Cool fog puzzle :D
What a wonderful dedication to the constructor's father. Very fun solve with a great first digit! 28:05 for me but it's possible I leapt to some logical conclusions without definitively disproving the alternatives.
42:00 minute mark, Simon knows where 4 "8" go.
Excellent puzzle, love the conclusions you have to make at each step, not too diff but very interesting! ❤❤❤❤
Definitely a shout at the screen episode
Even before he got to the 5s, I was like, "hey, you forgot the 8s"
I was also then yelling, "finish the 3s" while he was talking about the 4s.
This is the first time I've tried a puzzle before it appeared on the channel. Admittedly, I gave up quickly because I couldn't figure out the break-in.
Simon this was definitely screaming 8s down the phone 😂 was very funny how you went full circle and thought it must be the useless 1s and 9s😂
i see you more than my boyfriend
This was so much fun to solve!
You can definitely eliminate the eights from the Phistomefel Ring and adjacent cells once you see Simon's "four lines"
I don't see this as just 3 ⭐s but I really liked it!
That "full panoply" looks rather like a Navajo blanket.
Wow, this one was awesome.
Simon's Law 101: You CAN compare Apples to Oranges.
I didn’t yell about the 8s but I definitely yelled about the 3 in row 7
Me yelling when Simon wasn't focusing on the obvious 8s
And the 3s!
@@davidmcintosh4590:D
38:29 for me - that was a great fog puzzle.
Simon should have thought about the 3s before the 7s.
Have you picked the puzzle you will be doing in Stratford-upon-Avon?
Not yet! If you have suggestions let us know. Bear in mind it'll need to be something solvable in under an hour if we're going to have time for a Q&A!!
Amazing
48:09 wow I rarely beat simon on these miracle sudokus
i misinterpreted the rules about the rebellious digits being a kings move away from each other. i interpreted it as 1 of the rebellious digits were never a kings move apart but the other one was allowed. so for anyone else wondering, the rules should be interpreted as "neither of the rebellious digits are a kings move from another instance of itself"
47:04 - Stunning puzzle. It took me about 20 minutes to break in but once I’d gone through the permutations it all fell into place beautifully. And I beat my hero Simon for a change!!! Great puzzle.
52.45 for me. I made one mistake placing the first three 5's which didn't lift the fog.
Not often you see a jellyfish
Interesting enough, no connections crossed any other connections.
LETSGOOO ANOTHER ONEEE DAY:10
What a wonderful puzzle that was!!!
Why on earth did Simon *not* erase impossible lines as soon as they unveil ?
Are you new to this channel!? Textbook Simon, he does it to give us something to shout at. He's all about the entertainment! 😅
Anyone else getting an unresolved X-wing of 2s and 9s in r4c6, r4c7, r5c6 and r5c7 that breaks the rules? 😅
"Can I do more with 5s?" asks Simon.
"No, can you do more with 8s!' shouts the audience.
Perhaps if we all shout EIGHTS on the count of three, he'll hear us in the past.
One...
Two...
Three...
EIGHTS, SIMON!!!
Woohoo. Well done everyone. It actually worked. He heard us (@51:30 in the video.) 😂
42:15 I think this was my best performance on any of these puzzles. Lots of fun, really clicked.
Well, i didnt even understand the rules😢 Google translate didnt help 😅
quantum
An easier way of thinking about 9 being rebellious is that no matter where you place a 9, it's impossible to have 9 empty squares around it - at most you'd have 8. 😊
I don't see how that's relevant? It doesn't matter that there are only at most eight cells around a 9, does it?
@@RichSmith77 when you're questioning whether a 9 is rebellious to the King's rule and you can't make more than 8 king's moves from the spot you're in, it's most certainly relevant. According to the rule, a 9 should have 9 instances of king's moves. However, there's an interesting point to note here. Using the 4 in the example, in that position 4 doesn't have 4 moves either as there are only 2 positions that wouldn't violate the base rules: c4r4 and c4r6. We find out that the latter is a 3 eventually, but the fact remains that positioning of your number means everything. If any number is in the center of a square, that makes it automatically rebellious for that square.
@@MAGA_Patriot2024 You don't have to make all X king's moves from the same instance of X. For example, 4s in the solution, there are two pairs of 4s in a king's move relationships. Each of those four 4s is in a king's move relationship with just one other 4. You're not looking to see if you can make nine king's move relationships from a single instance of 9 in the grid, but rather whether or not, of the nine 9s in the grid, can nine of them be in king's move relationships with another 9.
@@RichSmith77 I'll defer to you on this, then. You clearly understand this much better than I do. I sort of get it with the 9s, but I'm obviously missing something with the rest. My apologies. 🙂
Fog garbage. Video blocked.
Comment garbage. Downvoted.
You do realise that the UA-cam algorithm thinks you really like the fog puzzle videos, since you always engage and add a comment on them.
43:07 for my time, jfc that was utterly brilliant.
That moment of joy at 58:58 when we get a three in the corner. 😂
26:06 here, unusual to be faster than Simon but I think I was seeing those triples more clearly without the lines marked (but I wouldn't have fancied explaining them without the marking, except maybe characterising them by which is the middle cell). But, its such a surprising puzzle tjhat I enjoyed watching Simon's solve to see his much nicer logic (especially on the 8s breakin - that colouring made it very clear!). For 7s I'd worked out the possible grid patterns early on so when a 7 digit was revealed, it was enough to drop lots in.
Marvellous and intriguing puzzle with a lovely solve path, and enjoyable solve by Simon.
Searching back now to see what else by Justin - all look to have been quite recent on this channel.
First I've beaten Simon's time in a long time - 26:24 for me. Now I'm going to watch and see what took him longer to realise
1:11:10
very intuitive puzzle!
absolutely beautiful puzzle 34:00 exactly
I loved this puzzle!!! 36:47 for me. 😄
18:01 for me. What an interesting puzzle!
25:00 proves only one way that threes can be lawful (although i didn't notice until just seconds before he stopped checking for lawful sevens and focused on the lawful threes)
21:02 for me, beautiful puzzle
22:35 for me. Once you get the positions of 3times connection into the grid it solves quite easy. Figuring out the rebels was automatic.
1:07:47 Bless you!
27:40 for me, first time I've been that much quicker than either of you :)
38:55, surprised you can set a puzzle with this rule set. Took my like a minute to figure out the 1s and 9s were the rebels, but another ten minutes to really start placing numbers.
The rebels were quickly found :), which took me directly to the 8s, and could directly place the 1st digit of the puzzle - saved me 10 mins -, and done in 25. 🙂
1 was immediately obvious. It took a few minutes to realize 9 could be paired in row (or column) 1 or 9, bit not both at the same time.
59:41 for me