A Game You Can Always Win

[@Vsauce2]

three curious bros

[@CouldBeSaladFingers]

Hey daddy x

[@Winterjas]

ask the other bros when they'll upload!!

[@raithfindlay9579]

A similar trick works with 21 dares. Follow the multiple of 4 and you will always win.

[@cyberdisarray9173]

kevin's toys

[@epicstimulus282]

Must be a new series!

[@tristanpowell85]

I tried this with a friend, and I kept saying "let me explain this to you" and he would say "no, no, I'll win eventually." Poor guy.

[@PikachuComments]

Lol lol lol!

[@leptonparticle238]

It's very simple tho, I've figured out how to win this game and all of it's different varieties when I was in elementary school. So it's easy to figure out the priciple by yourself.

[@thewayfayer3268]

@@leptonparticle238 ok bud

[@eduant.s8870]

Q00 likes

[@destroyerd8120]

Tristan Powell lol

[@dailysacrificedoublee]

“Grab a friend” I’ve already lost… Edit: The amount of people offering to be my friend is actually wholesome. The amount of people that can relate is depressing. Edit 2: We should all get together and play Minecraft.

[@lancethegamer1024]

Lol

[@itegun6553]

:(

[@atnarcticadys4739]

Hahahahahahhahahahahaha

[@user-ct6rk9zq6h]

Haha same

[@BFBFan8_YOUTUBE]

Ask one of your subscribers to play with you. Or you could play with me :)

[@mrpiforever]

When the teenager is alone in their room: "I guess I'll just... play with myself."

[@-wrsmith-2436]

@Dally :/ mainly teenagers though.... i should know

[@FrogsGD]

HUEHUE

[@TheSketchAlex]

420 likes...you are lit!

[@Lego_Bespin_Guard]

@@dumbmonkey1313 nah it mainly starts around 12 or 13 so it is a teen thing

[@xredrxses9543]

I thought that was well 😂

[@dcrafti]

This is basically what's described early on in the book "How to Cheat at Everything".

[@TheCoconutnutisabigbignut]

I wonder if there's something called how to cheat in my math test-

[@tartatuga1333]

Whoa! Everything? Can i do the cheat of blinding-teacher so i can cheat at the test?

[@arneshpal7702]

XD lol lmao! 😂

[@shsjjhsh]

hi

[@SmithNLesson]

Where do I get this at?

[@Aboredbulborb]

“I’m gonna play with myself” If I said that my dad would laugh

[@charadreemurr1569]

That doesn't sound very good... ha...ha...

[@mr.micris2498]

Or does he?🤓

[@user-ct6rk9zq6h]

I was already laughing

[@diemtrinh2804]

666 likes :o

[@user-ct6rk9zq6h]

@@diemtrinh2804 I see it

[@Sam-Pound]

How to always win a game: Step1: play with yourself Step2:enjoy :D

[@Sam-Pound]

@Saleh Habbab so ....

[@chimmychuck]

Bet get the lotion lol

[@Sam-Pound]

@@chimmychuck HAHAHAHA

[@Sam-Pound]

@@chimmychuck I meant against yourself

[@kristencgartner]

But you will also lose

[@salmonpancakes7008]

1:32 "I win every time!" Yes you will if you keep playing against yourself

[@fal4thought]

😂

[@GoldfishEmpire]

That would also mean you would lose to yourself an equal number of times, thus always concluding in a draw.

[@Ltwpe]

Lol

[@solifa1]

@@GoldfishEmpire 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Rock-fi1cb]

bro doesnt get it...he could do it with someone else and still win

[@diamondmemer9754]

Me, who can't even win an argument with my shampoo bottles: it's showtime

[@i_ate_a_child7629]

This deserves more likes 😂😂

[@ngolokante7805]

Lmfao

[@randompotato8105]

LMFAO

[@joshuagraham3]

Play against the shampoo bottles

[@diamondmemer9754]

@@joshuagraham3 I did And I lost

[@snowoffwhite7924]

Bold of you to assume I can do math quickly without making it look suspicious

[@kavya914]

saaame

[@XeroxDrip]

saaame

[@okuu.gaming]

*.*

[@circle4602]

@TypicalModerator is that a flex

[@PrathamSheth-lc4jp]

Its underrated comment (if it is original )

[@antichrist8305]

You need: a friend Me: *cries*

[@elliedee75]

Hotel: Trivago

[@TheSnyderWeb]

Well come on Antichrist, it's hard to be friends when you're literally called the great deceiver!

[@yoylejuice]

Aww...

[@liv4983]

Not even a friend....you can play with anyone

[@datechboi]

BRING IT ON

[@Thatguy-nh4by]

I’m a normal guy. I see matchsticks with numbers written below them in a thumbnail, I click.

[@Thatguy-nh4by]

Lucid199 Sure mate suit yourself

[@Carlos244]

Clorox Bleach please I also need some

[@aucore3634]

@@Thatguy-nh4by Uh... You're not a "normal guy": you're bleach... Sooooo...

[@momisherenow.6795]

He's THE BLEACH. The full house. The huge jug of memes. So many fun and true things to say, like the cube island getting the 3rd rune in 3-5 days.

[@lemonclorox5534]

Clorox Bleach hi brother

[@Cole_Is_A_Mole]

There is already a game like this called 21 and I thought everyone knew about it. Whoever says "21" loses and you count by 1, 2 or 3. The trick is to go 2nd and play every 4th number (4, 8, 12, 16, 20,) so that your opponent says 21 and loses. Edit: as long as you can count, you can rid of anyone's suspicions by changing the evil number. If it was 22, you'd go first and say 1 If it was 23 you'd go first and say 2

[@s_k1303]

I don't get it

[@Aqib2]

Yes and another one where you count to 10. But we used to play with 25 people in school by being in a circle and people used to team up.

[@Aqib2]

@@s_k1303 It's some elimination game played with a group, if you say 21 you lose. Whoever doesn't say 21 wins. You always have to count up either in 1,2 or 3s. What's funny is you could just say 3 in a row and then the 7th person just says 19 and 20 and the 8th person is eliminated.

[@footyvalz-e]

Finally, an explanation on 21 dares

[@TheFreakOnee]

Kevin's content is so underrated despite the fact that he's one of the hardest workers on the whole platform.

[@thomaskolb576]

He's the only one who uploads more than just 3 times a year

[@ymj4256]

Thomas Kolb 2 is not a good number

[@YahyaFalcon]

Kassadyn kinda reminds me of Xbox Ahoy except he isn't in a work filled hiatus right now.

[@RAGEAlanBun]

Absolutely nothing better than just kicking back and watching a Vsauce2 sesh.

[@ianofalltrades]

Agreed

[@szhzs6121]

here's another game you can win every time: you: "pick a number" them: "45" you: "46, i win"

[@kitty_forest166]

Me lol

[@Funythings666]

😂😂

[@zneo7226]

dummdumm muddmudd quick Maths 😂

[@mutsuhanma7807]

OK Charlie Zelenoff...

[@jav2766]

you: "pick a number" friend: "infinity" you: "infinity +2, i win"

[@itsabelle_arts]

*Sips tea while reading all of these comments saying they have no friends*

[@shiroyasha7324]

Replace mine with coffee

[@grizzlyowlbear3538]

Öh yes

[@therealdiamondcat3246]

Doing the exact same thing

[@allison-pq3qk]

The Weird Potato ;

[@acoolguy249]

Just here sipping my sweet tea.

[@lekatamur4451]

Me: plays with a friend Friend: begins with 1 Me: *quits*

[@rahootrau2544]

Not really. He just have to not know the strategy 😃

[@elgatitokawai55]

@@rahootrau2544 if he begins with 1, there's a 99% chance he watched this video

[@nopeno-s5r]

@@elgatitokawai55 It's 90%

[@Willdoom-kl2mo]

@@nopeno-s5r there are 121 million people in the us since there are 7 million views that means 1 in every 17ish people have seen it so 1/17 for a random person or 10/170 the 160/170 other 10% of them will randomly choose 1 so 16/170 people will completely randomly choose one so there is a 10/26 or 38% chance that they saw it tldr: it's 38%

[@muhammedozbek7492]

@@Willdoom-kl2mo There is something americans struggle to understand: Not everyone lives in us.

[@MitchelD]

The struggles of writing on a whiteboard left handes.

[@prinshiahirwar5698]

I can relate.

[@Jennifer00123]

Yup I'm left handed

[@kxngrxse1562]

u r so damn right

[@itz_lucky_ducky2724]

Yep..

[@patrycjapedzich7461]

O... I no see that becouse I'm left handed x"D

[@imanol7877]

I game you can always win *Math needed* Half the world can't win now

[@laurenmarsland7599]

ImanolDoesGaming bahahAHAHAHA TRUE

[@aymanashour3637]

Hell yeahhh

[@Ptoki1]

LOL

[@jasonstarrising]

ImanolDoesGaming Lol ikr

[@unknownerror9551]

Im kinda good at maths so i the ohter half

[@GlueHeart7]

I got only one friend He also watched it

[@Neotox999]

This deserves more than 8 likes

[@carealoo744]

@@Neotox999 Your reply deserves more than 8 likes ;)

[@Neotox999]

carealoo744 good one haha

[@vadiks20032]

i got only one friend and i play with himself

[@caseybouquet]

I deserve more than 8 likes *wink *wink

[@JamesJacobs-h5c]

Bro really said "I guess I'll just play with myself" 💀

[@herobrine3860]

Bro 💀

[@gavroshtheswift9959]

To guarantee you’re never scammed by one of your friends in these games; always request to go first. If your friend refuses, you win without winning

[@omega5040]

I let them go first then adjust my numbers to get 12, then continue from there. Or to throw them off I adjust my number later in the game to say 67, then continue from there.

[@awesomeami2010]

@@omega5040 Even if you go second you can still just adjust your picks to the multiples of 11

[@imjustadude3468]

It shouldn't matter as long as you do not know the trick. If the friend realized this, he would just accept, go whenever asked, and play to his trick that you likely have not figured out. I liked where you were heading, but it's not quite foolproof.

[@ferddagamer1277]

You can win without going first with the method..

[@austinbryan6759]

What's cool with the numbered on that's different than the matchstick one is that it actually doesn't matter if you go first or not

[@iamsooriginal7239]

A game you can always win... Or can you? *Vsauce theme plays*

[@greatesterrboi408]

*thinking music starts playing*

[@Logan-dc1fv]

WRONG Vsauce 2 music plays

[@aigerakabane5813]

What if you say -0

[@darealrealrealjc4882]

A FILM BY JAKE ROPER

[@rice_and_nuggets]

HAH I FOUND A WAY TO LOSE

[@ny6846]

“..even those of us who use skeletor to explain math games” AND THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU KEVIN

[@OpiumOctopus]

I'll get you He-man Nyahhhh!!!

[@Tatsu4242]

I thought it was where you took their number and played the “mirrored” number where it starts mirroring from 5-6 so 1 and 10, 2 and 9, 3 and 8, and so on until its 5 and 6

[@kexinlittle5752]

Me struggling what are u saying since my math is very low*

[@nytefalgaming2363]

@@kexinlittle5752 he’s just saying the same thing but in a different way, 10+1=11 9+2=11 and so fourth mirrored and subtracting from 11 in this game is the same

[@unsolicitedd]

If u forget the sequence... 1 12 23 34 45 56 67 78 89

[@alexanderpye8613]

Exactly, just keep bringing the number to a multiple of 11, plus 1.

[@trevpavey3505]

For?

[@arvid8734]

Omg thank u so much

[@steven4565]

My friend challenged me to this game and he forgot the sequence. He lost to me 21-0

[@epfootballshort]

It’s just counting to 10 but not saying 10 see 123456789 And it’s 1223344556677889

[@mangocorpse8433]

5:56 that moment when you realize what you are doing in your life

[@davydamage1]

Nicely done ✅

[@princesslea7077]

Friend :lets play this game Other friend : ok Friend : i pick one first Other friend hhmm Friend your turn Other friend: im sorry to break it to you but ... Friend: what ? Other friend :i watched the video Friend : oh

[@Mike20321_]

Nooooooo

[@sz2yn]

@@Mike20321_ luckly i am from argentina, and i dont think my frieds see this kind of videos so i still can win

[@tonas3843]

The number game was introduced to me in a holiday trip. About 11 years ago. In a vehicle filled with strangers, people challenged me this game and I always lose, I was so frustrated that 9 years later, I had enough math knowledge to actually solve the way to always win by myself, which was this way, I was so proud. That's all my comment is, just wanted to share one of my only successful of something.

[@theguyfromyournotebookwhob2309]

Congrats

[@icyballerj5857]

Tick tac toe first to 2 in a row I go first tho

[@nox9458]

Twist: The opponent decides to go first. "A game you always lose!"

[@PolrisTired]

Clever, but it turns out you can still win by doing the same strategy, and eventually you'll still leave them with 89 and win. I've tried it before

[@martii0120]

@@PolrisTired the opponent plays 1, what do you do then?

[@namenlos3679]

(You are A) B: 1 A: 4 (any number) =5 B: 9 =14 A: 9 (because it's just important to get the the 23, because 1, 12, 23 and so on) = 23 B: 7 =30 A: 4 (because 7+4=11) You can play with any numbers. Numbers between 1 and x. Then you have to play to x². And your goals isn't 11, but x+1. So with numbers from 1 to 16, you play to 256. After your 1, you have to add in your second turn the difference because the current progress and 17. (Sorry for my weird english lol)

[@martii0120]

@@namenlos3679 B:1 A: 3 B: 8 A: 1 B: 10 A: 5 B: 6 and so on. The opponent will 100% win if he plays 1 and if he knows the strategy. Yes, you can win if he doesn't do it on the first 1 or simply does not know it

[@alimuzz.]

Yall smart in this comments

[@julieragbeernmbr1fan]

Title: A Game You Can Always Win Me: Or can you?

[@iane7474]

@Liftsky its called 130 moon men

[@scipio5916]

I’ve been stuck in a vsauce videos loop for hours. I can’t get out, it’s all too interesting. Someone help.

[@TDAdoesminecraft]

Just like casual loop

[@lunaticnomad0]

Go watch Pink Guy Stfu

[@colinlaw3261]

still stuck???lol

[@c_sea1n]

he's still stuck

[@-CENSORED0-]

the house turned into years

[@coolno3806]

0:22 congratulations,you played yourself

[@ickodelight5551]

Why i cant play this game : 1. i dont have friends 2. i am bad at math 3. i dont remember anything

[@irenaveksler1935]

Hristo Georgiev you don't have friends and you can't do 11-whatever your ""friends"" number was even tho you don't have any also you can probably play this with a family member that hasn't watched the vid

[@atnarcticadys4739]

Hhaa

[@dvijtyagi]

Lol

[@hollie2107]

4: we are in lockdown

[@diamondrainbowbutterfly7558]

Write it down and play with ur family

[@levihott7157]

VSauce 2 is honestly so underrated the videos are so well done

[@Daliman13]

Me clicking on this video: "Oooh, I can screw with my friends with this." *requires you go first*

[@bobjoe2228]

technically, no. watch the whole video

[@huh968]

@@theAstarrr yeah but if you go first you can guarantee a win, whereas if you don't the friend can just turn it around on you

[@xetearVI]

@@theAstarrr I thought this game required the going first too but if you think abt it just get the following numbers that you said and you good to go.

[@ccbgaming6994]

For that game specifically. Take a game like reaching 20 and a max 4 per turn. You would actually want your opponent to start. This is because the optimal starting number is the remainder of goal# / (maxperturn +1) and here it is 0.

[@TheFISSYChannelOfficial]

"i will just play with myself" has a totally different meaning to it as well

[@kofukurose7409]

I saw this video last night and I studied the number game to win in every situation except the one that your opponent starts with 1 and knows the series. When I went to school I challenged my math teacher to play this game to end a bet we had. It turns out he figured out the pattern already while I was explaining the game to him. I lost but I also won every other match I had with the teachers and my friends leaving them confused on how I won every single time. I also figured out the mathmetical explanation it's a pattern which is 11n+1 (you get rid of the 1 first and then add 11 in total each time to reach 89 which is n=8 11x8+1=88+1=89) Well thank you for reading this long ass comment and don't forget to like the video and support this awesome channel 👍

[@normalthingamajig]

@DYLAN MCCAIN yesn't

[@mads7687]

I don't understand.. ; -;

[@cristis7907]

Kofuku Rose you actually don t need to be a math teacher to figure the pattern out , i did it when my friend was explaining the game to me and i am 13 ffs

[@blandcoffee7355]

@DYLAN MCCAIN there are no curse words

[@Veniz_]

You challenged your math teacher well... You sound like a math teacher

[@GoldfishEmpire]

Vsauce2: Plays with match sticks Smokey the Bear:

[@linkthehero1234]

*A N G E R Y*

[@Mike20321_]

@@linkthehero1234 aH yeS, boll gats

[@strawberry-vi2eu]

I have a Smokey the bear sign near my house and it’s literally cursed

[@kinghightech3217]

everyone:"wow this is cool" Me:"wow that white board is so cool"

[@ihaveasmallobsessionwithha1238]

We have a whiteboard table in the collaborative learning area in my school

[@mr.macsek8457]

I have no friends, but I can play with my sleep paralysis demon lmao

[@Bxll_Bxll]

Sad life man

[@GenericCatboy]

Can I join? Please.

[@legacy-funhouse]

I think if you win then your sleep paralysis demon chokes you

[@thatoneguy9582]

“A game you can always win” “A game you can never win” the duality of man

[@someweirdstuff1256]

a game you can sometimes win

[@OQ0_2random]

@@someweirdstuff1256every single game ever

[@bmcRN]

6:40 "...to make sure all his plays match up with the series" Heh. "match" up

[@zeppex9984]

Notifing you that you got 82 likes

[@yaskko5555]

“I win every time” Ye that’s bound to happen if you play against yourself

[@greenestgoblin2717]

Him: "i guess I'll just play with myself" Me: *That did not sound right*

[@pxpsiperson]

Go away coronavirus

[@greenestgoblin2717]

@@pxpsiperson no im here to stay

[@crixs1531]

@@greenestgoblin2717 If we find the cure you cant stay here anymore

[@fal4thought]

??????

[@bigsloganza6861]

It sounds perfectly normal

[@shorikito7201]

I Can't play this game Im bad at Math

[@thomasgarcia9637]

Im not, my favorite subject in school is math.

[@santaana5437]

My favorite is reading

[@corinth9140]

*lMaO mAtHs Is eAsY* just kidding im not one of those people

[@lcox1188]

I love math!

[@mads7687]

Use calculator.

[@darrellwillis4871]

@1:38 I was kind of expected to hear "I'll win every time because I'm playing against myself". I'm get some serious Yu-Gi-Oh season 0 vibes from Nim-like games though.

[@frankiev116]

“If I separate your moves by 11...I RULE THE WORLD!!! Or at least, this simple number game...gotta start somewhere” 😂😂😂😂😂You sounded so sad😂😂

[@IzukuMidoriya-tl8ie]

*~me when I play with my friends~* “1” “2””3””4””5........” etc.

[@imaginebeingapngtuber3124]

hi izuku

[@PUCCl_]

Izuku is terrible, hes like pichu. He harms himself while fighting

[@doommedd]

So?

[@milanek1527]

Izuru

[@Moon-yq5yf]

Why is there always either an afton or an mha character in a video I watch XD

[@KentoNishi]

The max a person can say is 10. To make each round consistent, calculate the number of numbers to count. 10+1=11, 11 per round. To get 100 you need them to say 99. 99%11=1 Say 1, then count up at the complement of 11. *Thus, each "round" the numbers add up to 11.* This formula works with any numbers. I remember this because I calculated it on my own, and trolled everyone in class. *This is what 8th graders with no friends do in free time.*

[@lesliechrum6823]

Kento Nishi same

[@tushannarya8870]

Kento Nishi you do realise this is exactly what he explains in the video

[@muriloaugusto8559]

Kento Nishi I didn’t understand

[@Eternap]

+Top is life i was going to comment same thing

[@calandr4]

As an 8th grader with no friends I approve this.

[@bigbosscheese60]

3:18 i always knew the Vsauce guys were evil.

[@sannavunk4029]

@The Wither Empire same

[@rurall]

*i rule the world*

[@1kuzuki]

Complicated theory of “what if both players know the trick” Ok then we’ll just see how many times each one is gonna avoid the other from getting close to 100 and eventually one of them will win, it will be almost pure luck. The match stick one will not always work, so when they reach 5 matches say skeletor took 1 match, T took 1 match, then skeletor took 2 matches... T will loose

[@shail6878]

T will not take 1 match duh

[@user-iq7mk3gb9w]

Who goes first will win.

[@The-Lorax]

T will take 3 then

[@megasceptile422]

But if T takes out 3 matches then Skeletor is left with last match to lose .

[@ccbgaming6994]

Then you set different numbers and see who knows the generalized trick :)

[@JustinY.]

I'm still waiting for top ten spit facts Vsauce

[@NotShola]

Why tf are you everywhere? 😂

[@idirisahmed1584]

Justin Z. Who the hell are you and WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE, your on all genres, even on grinning anime opening vids (ahem ahem all Tokyo ghoul openings)

[@matheusjezini]

This aint no Matthew Santoro

[@marimaycry]

Why do so many people impersonate this guy

[@thechannelofeandmx4784]

Creator: *releases video* *WILD JUSTIN.Y APPEARS!!*

[@ayyyblyat6229]

I cant count so i cant win

[@TaiStar42]

NIM is WIN upside-down

[@Architector_4]

iNIM !

[@AlSmaq]

uh that depends which axis you're rotating on

[@Architector_4]

+AlSmaq I'll just drop this GIF instead of choking on own words: gyazo.com/54a4259cd8cebbb1e190f5ce078199d3

[@DDG98]

Architector #4 n

[@casoozh]

rotated 180 degrees*

[@seabassjames8222]

I remember making a program in one of my programming classes for an AI that plays a game where you take 1, 2, or 3 stones from a basket until the basket is empty, and it seems like a similar concept.

[@ronanhiggz9364]

0:21 Kinky.

[@Omaroka]

Ronan H No.

[@MikeGamePro]

waiting for someone to take that out of context

[@Replicant-ru3bw]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@not.spir0s]

Ronan H Hey! This is Vsauce, no naughty!

[@Pvddai]

I’m ur 200 th like

[@thanhnhan7900]

Me: Let's play a game Friend: Ok i go first Me: darn....

[@Graduation7484]

One of my dad's friends played this game with me about 1 and a half years ago. I figured it out by slowing down. If you play it like 10 times you will. It is simple, but hard to find at first.

[@totallynotgill5155]

I can't win because I have no friends :)

[@mytasteinmusicisyourface3020]

Play against you

[@subscriberWithoutVideosC-lz2ee]

Aww I can be your friend:>

[@okAbbi]

I'll be your friend😊

[@loofsmaj]

I can be your friend

[@vastfuldreams605]

I will be your friend

[@simmersixoxo9182]

Me playing the number game with my friend Also me: fonds out she has also watched this video

[@CheezeOfAllPizza]

Dun Dun dun..oh no oh no oh no no no no no

[@chrisconnolly8905]

I made a program like this in programming. The computer can usually beat you, depends on who goes first.

[@inz4ni7y49]

0:04 I felt that everyone felt that

[@getout6603]

In the beginning i just thought of... If your opponent said either 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Your number should be 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 respectively.....so you can skip subtracting to 11 Just put into mind that 1 is to 10 2 is to 9...and so on

[@jasmineliferider3744]

Thank you so much

[@adam102803]

Cool

[@cyronara2344]

I already have a game I never lose Smash bros against my brother

[@chriiis7002]

Zhyper your pfp is me when i hear someone want to play smash with me

[@rafaeldias8987]

I'm really worried whether this is literal or the game....

[@Phikinnie]

@@rafaeldias8987 why’d you think it would be that way, obviously not the game! That’s disgusting!

[@parasalahat871]

ToxicMatter Same

[@JamieThePhrog]

Lmao

[@kartikpatil8462]

3:11 the way he says 100 sounds like chris griffin from family guy

[@Eli_G]

Good call

[@konsti_art]

Thanks, now I can't unhear it anymore.

[@BikeinArvikacom]

Peter Griffin

[@imlocksaw]

If only i could do maths in my head

[@supersparerib]

There is another game similar: Eleven. When you are in the finals, just make sure you say six.

[@scarthy7318]

actually, if you start in that game you win. if you say 1,2 they say anything you can always win by saying 6. same with unlucky 13. you always want to be second because you always want to say 8, and if you always want to say 8 you need to say 4

[@Qweba]

why can't Skeletor and Mr. T just work together?

[@The_NSeven]

Qweba! Ikr smh

[@fizzi3dr1nk93]

Exactly

[@fn9869]

Umm... Square 10:20

[@jrcoolcat101]

Circle

[@ovi5986]

Triangle

[@jrcoolcat101]

Parralelathingy

[@humphred4912]

I thought you would mention the fact that he said he would "play with himself" at the start of the video

[@fn9869]

CarrotTimeGaming everyone's already mentioned that.

[@smileyfacehdle]

0:22 he knew what he was doing

[@Kami_26]

Me too, what he meant.pkay with myself 🤣

[@ruebenllongoria836]

8:03 Patrick: Firmly grasp it...firmly grasp it

[@aymanashour3637]

Wow...I clicked on that time and it was the time I was already in !!!! *Dun dun duuunnn* Ok good for me

[@madelinesoliven3462]

listen with ur eyes closed

[@JamieMacFlint]

Vsauce videos are the only videos I use the bell notification for. Keep it up guys!!

[@JamieMacFlint]

IhaveaPlaystation4 I subscribe to a lot, it’s that I only care to watch the new vsauce videos vs just catching up on the other ones

[@Frosty14748]

Nothing can *match* this video's quality!

[@williammccall7411]

HaHaHahAAaaHhhhhhahaahahaha *comedy*

[@theffects9545]

Mirror: hi me it’s nice to see me am I ready to play Me: yes I am

[@hi-gm3tx]

“All you need is a friend” That’s out of the question can’t do this

[@contaminating]

6:06 theres a bug @ mr T's left leg lmao

[@Kobstar]

The hand is so well positioned

[@lunarsprinkle6580]

I don't see it 😕

[@nourganouni]

@@lunarsprinkle6580 me neither 😕

[@trungcrafter4304]

U playing with urself so u can win both way... GENIUS!

[@pandora6498]

Or you can lose both way

[@brandonbombplays9304]

You can do this with tic tax toe, if you always go first. First, you go in the middle. Then, if they go into a corner space, you pick one which is one corner space away. For example, if they go top left, you can go bottom left or top right, and if they pick top right, you can go top left or bottom right. Then, they are forced to block you, since otherwise you can just win with the diagonal. Once they do this,you can just go 4 spaces clockwise from their original move, and you have 2 possible winning spaces, which they can only block one of. However, if they first go into a side middle space, you can go 2 spaces clockwise or counterclockwise and force the enemy to block your sideways winning condition. Then, you just go one below your previous move, and have 2 winning conditions.

[@peeelan]

“I guess I’ll just play with myself then” Demonitezed

[@TheFoolishSamurai]

Wait... I've seen these riddles/games before... A TV show when I was a kid? Anyone else?

[@harley_trader]

Cyberchase S1 E18 Problem Solving in Shangri-La

[@flaviopenalonzo3724]

Cyberchase? The episode with the game with the greens and red dragons?

[@TheFoolishSamurai]

I had a feeling it was that. Thanks.

[@harley_trader]

Yes

[@harley_trader]

kimcartoon.me/Cartoon/Cyberchase-Season-01/Episode-18-Problem-Solving-in-Shangri-La?id=12002

[@PhthonosTheon]

This is a sort of Quirkology trick! Richard Wiseman will be proud of you!

[@zanti4132]

I can suggest a more interesting variation on this game. Start with a number, say 200, and take turns subtracting perfect squares until one player gets to zero and wins. For a sample game with 200, let's say the first player starts by subtracting 4 (a blunder), leaving 196. The second player can now take all 196 = 14^2, winning immediately. With the starting number of 200, the first player can win every time if he plays correctly, but, in fact, of the 14 first moves available to him, only one wins. On the other hand, if the starting number is 197, the first player has NO winning moves, and so the second player wins with correct play. As for how to work out a plan for perfect play, the key is to retroanalyze the game. When there is 1 left, the player on move wins, of course. When 2 is left, the player on move has only one play, to take 1, which leaves 1 and gives his opponent the win. 3 and 4 are wins for the player on move; however, 5 is a losing position, as the player on move must take 1 or 4, leaving either 4 or 1 for his opponent. Keep working backwards, and eventually you will have the 37 numbers between 1 and 200 for which the player on move loses with correct play. Memorize those 37 numbers, and when you play just make sure every move you make leaves your opponent with one of those 37 numbers. Easy... :)

[@zanti4132]

An update (because I think this is interesting): In the NIM variation described above, I mentioned there are 37 losing positions when the starting number is 200. The losing numbers break down as follows: Numbers ending in 2 or 7: 10 each Numbers ending in 0: 6 Numbers ending in 5: 5 Numbers ending in 4 or 9: 3 each Numbers ending in 3 or 8: 0 Numbers ending in 1 or 6: 0 I expected the losing numbers to be more or less randomly distributed, and this distribution didn't look all that random to me, especially considering how the numbers exactly 5 apart always have the same or nearly the same number of losing positions. I decided this is most likely a coincidence due to 37 being too small a sample size, but I was curious enough to reanalyze the game with a much bigger starting number. With a computer program to assist me, I found there are 578 losing position under 10,000. The breakdown is as follows: Numbers ending in 2: 148 Numbers ending in 7: 144 Numbers ending in 5: 105 Numbers ending in 0: 102 Numbers ending in 9: 34 Numbers ending in 4: 32 Numbers ending in 3: 7 Numbers ending in 8: 6 Numbers ending in 1: 0 Numbers ending in 6: 0 Like, wow... there is nothing random about this distribution. The numbers that are 5 apart still have very similar results, but I can't imagine how this game could produce a bias based on mod 5.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

Solution to the puzzle at the end: Pull the up-pointing match a tiny ways up. The wood-ends of the matches make a tiny square in the center.

[@9nikola]

I love how you watched long enough to see the puzzle, but you didn't watch long enough to see him solve it :P

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

...Well I certainly have egg on my face. I just assumed that he wasn't going to show the solution, to encourage us to figure it out for ourselves.

[@rmsgrey]

Or move the rightmost one to run vertically upwards from the leftmost point of the left match to give the numeral 4 7-segment style.

[@mattmills7867]

It makes 2 squares though. 1. At Z=0 2. At Z=width of match stick

[@mikeyhartinger53]

I actually didn't catch what he meant at the end so I appreciate it lol

[@tripples6161]

21’s is a game you can always win

[@finlayosullivan1867]

I love that game

[@clayman0430]

but what if your friend is doing the same thing? will you both win?

[@pinguin1009]

you need to start

[@BigDBrian]

if both players are playing optimally, the winner will be decided by whoever starts.

[@rmsgrey]

There are variants where the second player will always win (if both players know what they're doing) - for example, if you're trying to be the one to get the total to 99 (or avoid being the one to get the total to 100). But it's still determined by who starts - or who is the last player to make a mistake.

[@BigDBrian]

that's why I was careful with my words ;) "The winner will be decided by whoever starts" does not imply that the one who starts is the winner. Just that it's determined based on who starts.

[@rmsgrey]

I was carefully not disagreeing with you with my words :)

[@MisoSoup03]

1:30 I've been using this trick to win 21 dares for YEARS now 😂 ofc, it doesn't work for bonds of 11, I do it to bonds of 4, since you can only say 3 numbers at once and you _want_ to say 20

[@jacobmeade1045]

I tried it and lost.

[@Looooren]

can't even win a game that is impossible to lose, that's sad

[@FlyfishermanMike]

Then you're terrible at math!

[@suwinkhamchaiwong8382]

1.you start 1 2.they say a 3.the formula is 11 - a = b 4.you say b 5. Repeat from step 2

[@Meme.Machine]

The absolute state of american "" education ""

[@BlackMesaEmployee]

CIER what no that’s basic algebra

[@kyuchanhan5135]

I like how I realized how to win during the demonstration

[@spoopyghost6722]

Ahem subtle brag

[@user-ur9to8rs4b]

iM sO SmArT

[@saraahmed5072]

I like how your lieing!

[@quentinAxe]

@@saraahmed5072 you're * and no. I learned by doing that too.

[@ginoyesano5649]

GG Clips You corrected 'your', but not 'lieing'? It's lying

[@Lahgic]

Anyone else remember that Episode of Cyberchase with this game in it with the dragons

[@erubianwarlord8208]

god I haven't thought of that show in ages remember the symmetry episode

[@powerguidao6249]

*Is 89* "You fool! You cant win! I know your every move!" "My every *legal* move... 0.9" "NANI"

[@ElsePoem]

He never said what happens if the other person goes first

[@MrJed87]

You hope he doesn't know the pattern and get onto it when you can. So if he says any number but 1, you can get onto 12, if he says 1, just pick randomly and you'll be able to get on 12 or 23 on the next turn, unless he happens to land on 12, etc. It's unlikely he'll land on a number in the pattern 9 times in a row, if he does he's either extremely lucky or has figured out the pattern, both of which you can't do anything about.

[@ElsePoem]

@@MrJed87 ok thanks

[@bianca_242]

At the match stick game you still win even if you go first even if you dont

[@bianca_242]

@Kat i didnt try that but i almost telled everyone in my family the strategy exept for my dad

[@scrapingbottom3966]

ok ok this game seems fun but like its really hard to add up all the numbers so just play to 20 and pick these numbers 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 20

[@realmarker]

5:03 they are literally touching eachother 😂

[@bananaknife3504]

What

[@realmarker]

@@bananaknife3504 he said they were “spread out”

[@pranavkekunnaya07]

I actually thought of this when my mom taught me this game

[@rayraysss]

2:54 I thought it was Daredevil opening from netflix.

[@drawinggunblades4263]

Dammit, I knew Mr. T was up to something!

[@real_zoid8866]

lmao

[@gary1972]

JFKB EGGS BKWSBSKS

[@Milklover1131]

I used the match game to win $5 so far since i first watched this video

[@kiara3099]

In short: The game is about saying numbers between 10 and 1, adding them, until reaching 100. The person who says the last number wins. The strategy is this: 1.- ALWAYS start with 1. 2.- If your rival says 1: you say 10 2: you say 9 3: you say 8 4: you say 7 5: you say 6 6: you say 5 7: you say 4 8: you say 3 9: you say 2 10: you say 1 Because the formula is the following: Your opponent's number - 11 = your number to win.

[@AngTheHunter]

I'm going into the sea of comments. I hope I make it back😯 \_/ that's my boat

[@papyrusau9915]

Ang Uirus this is mine -

[@opopopfammsmsdk]

And this is mine L__I

[@noel9817]

That looks like a wide cup My boat is [__]

[@Logan_Roman]

\__________/

[@mariannablk]

im smol so [___]