Sorry to break it to ya dude but I have done even the hardest of all sudoku and not once have I ever had to guess. The technique is of course once you get 2 squares with the same two numbers, thats the only two numbers that can go there and you can eliminate the possiblity of them going anywhere else in the box. This often times leaves me with a square that has only one possible option left.
As Peter Griffin said, "You know what really grinds my gears?"
When I first got interested in Sudoku, I came to the same conclusion. I can concede that it might be interesting/a little challenging if they designed (since many newspapers hand-craft their puzzles) it to be solvable with a only a LITTLE bit of substitution work, and without having to put in another guess just to prove my first guess. Even so, if I wanted to play chess, I wouldn't be doing Sudoku ;)
Thanks! So have you considered making Sudoku puzzles? I think a cube Sudoku would be cool. Not just a six sided Sudoku, but with all of the little squares inside all matching up diagonally & whatnot.
Despite what I said on your other video, I find your way of reasoning somehow interesting, if sometimes flawed. I suggest that you make your own Sudoku puzzles. I have often found that more stars = more guessing. If you could somehow make a five star Sudoku puzzle that is logically solvable, That would be really cool.
The 5 star sudoku puzzles have little to do with guessing as I have completed many of those without resorting to guessing yet stumble on three stars which require a person to guess. The stars represent how many numbers are already put into play before you begin to solve the puzzle.
I came to the same conclusion.see my video response. Lloyd
lwalpole 3 years ago
i love to solve sudoku puzzles. i go for the hard one coz it's very challenging. besides, sudoku.. i also love crosswords and logic puzzles
puzzlelover11 3 years ago
Sorry to break it to ya dude but I have done even the hardest of all sudoku and not once have I ever had to guess. The technique is of course once you get 2 squares with the same two numbers, thats the only two numbers that can go there and you can eliminate the possiblity of them going anywhere else in the box. This often times leaves me with a square that has only one possible option left.
Donlass2 3 years ago
Dear Donlass 2,the technique you describe IS guessing.
lwalpole 3 years ago
As Peter Griffin said, "You know what really grinds my gears?"
When I first got interested in Sudoku, I came to the same conclusion. I can concede that it might be interesting/a little challenging if they designed (since many newspapers hand-craft their puzzles) it to be solvable with a only a LITTLE bit of substitution work, and without having to put in another guess just to prove my first guess. Even so, if I wanted to play chess, I wouldn't be doing Sudoku ;)
kavika13 3 years ago
you dont have to gues if you use the different techniques such as x wing.
kunegochu 4 years ago
Why don't you post up an example of an "unsolvable" puzzle and let people see if it can be solved without guessing?
ASD128London 4 years ago
Thanks! So have you considered making Sudoku puzzles? I think a cube Sudoku would be cool. Not just a six sided Sudoku, but with all of the little squares inside all matching up diagonally & whatnot.
123octopus 4 years ago
Despite what I said on your other video, I find your way of reasoning somehow interesting, if sometimes flawed. I suggest that you make your own Sudoku puzzles. I have often found that more stars = more guessing. If you could somehow make a five star Sudoku puzzle that is logically solvable, That would be really cool.
123octopus 4 years ago
The 5 star sudoku puzzles have little to do with guessing as I have completed many of those without resorting to guessing yet stumble on three stars which require a person to guess. The stars represent how many numbers are already put into play before you begin to solve the puzzle.
Aeroslin 4 years ago