Drunk Simon Tries Solving A Sudoku

[@jansteyaert1]

Kinda sad that slightly tipsy Simon still makes better deductions than sober me...

[@tyomytch9945]

Sorry to say this but Simon really didnt see some very simple things like: 1) The moment r3c7 becomes green - r3c8 and r3c9 become gray since there is a 5 in the cage, 2) you can even start the puzzle with shading r9. 31 clue says there are at least 6 gray cells there so at least r9c5 and r9c6 become gray.

[@igronus]

@@tyomytch9945 31 can be done in five cells. Also, your shading logic is incomplete: if six perimeter Yin Yang cells in are shaded, the central box is always shaded.

[@srwapo]

Oof, slightly tipsy me last night did a puzzle in about 6x the video length.

[@victormanjarinsala2253]

@@tyomytch9945 but that's normal Simon, makes insane deductions and misses obvious stuff. No difference between drunk Simon and normal Simon that I can spot.

[@lostinspace2009]

lol..same here.

[@HonkeyKongLive]

So, I don't want to encourage alcoholism, but I will encourage Simon doing a puzzle whenever he overindulges a bit lmao

[@KyleBaran90]

You're encouraging Simonism

[@WereDictionary]

@@KyleBaran90 that went downhill really fast

[@xavierheeren7303]

OH MY GODNESS ME

[@KyleBaran90]

@@WereDictionary It's all meant in good fun

[@tinakerr8163]

Levels the playfield at bit LOL

[@schwupel7318]

Thanks a lot for the feature! It was a great pleasure to watch and I enjoyed every second of it, although I simultaniously felt bad that the puzzle stressed out Simon so much. Sorry for that! I was quite impressed with drunk Simon's solving ability. He squeezed out an immense amount of information using everything BUT the intended solve path. I would love sober Simon revisiting the first few steps of the intended path to see that there is indeed an easier way of solving this. For everybody who wants to attempt this: Don't get intimidated by the length of the video. There is a very logical solve path and the individual deductions are all very approachable. If you find yourself getting stuck, I have included some hints on logicmasters germany. Thanks again for the feature and all the nice comments!

[@gnfnrf]

Sober Simon is a scalpel, slicing to the heart of the puzzle and making massive deductions that cause it to fall away. Drunk Simon is a sledgehammer, beating away at the puzzle, causing it to slowly chip and crack, until the sheer volume of his attacks cause it to crumble. Both Simons are better at Sudoku than I am.

[@xialemai6412]

I want the video of sober Simon reacting to watching tipsy Simon solve !

[@ReapZ1373]

That video I feel needs to be made. Not only to watch him react to his slow brain but to find out the differences in how he normally would solve this if not intoxicated.

[@brocchan6081]

36:02 I've been screaming at my screen for so long now haha the easy way was that since there's a 5 in the cage, and it's a 6 celled cage with one unshaded cell already marked in, the other two MUST be shaded Drunken Simon is truly a joy to watch haha, no matter how much I scream at my screen I still chuckle

[@Astervista]

Usually when I think Simon is missing something it means there’s something wrong with my thought process, but this time drunk Simon is giving me some joy since I have gotten something right before him

[@MysticalQ]

Haha same here! Simon should do this more often :)

[@BrizzitHQ]

I thought he would look at it right when he put the unshaded cell in. I verbally said “ahhh he’s got it!” Then some 15 minutes later he finally got it by a super roundabout way. I loved every second of his deduction but man did it hurt 😂😂

[@13vatra]

He even mentioned that early on in the video, then promptly forgot about it and went about solving that part in a much harder way lol.

[@jennwinter2243]

YESSSSSSS! hahahaha "I feel like there is an easier way of doing this."

[@michaeletzkorn]

Interestingly, "It's really simple. It's just my brain doesn't work" 42:29 is also my reaction to seeing Simon describe a deduction at a point where I'm stuck solving the puzzle. Also, a lovely quote: "Brain, why hath you forsaken me?" 42:12

[@windybeach2184]

I’m loving all the comments that he makes to his brain. It’s like sober me every day!

[@clausewitzianwar]

This video is the tipping point where I have to admit that the thumbnails on this channel are actually hilarious.

[@_aullik]

you mean the tipsy point?

[@Zach010ROBLOX]

I love how much logic drunk Simon did just because he didn't remember how many gray cells were in the 5 cell vault. A true master of noodling logic

[@nonyobisniss7928]

Thanks for this. I didn't want to look at the video, but I was stumped after 13 minutes of looking at the puzzle and wanted to see if anyone else was struggling. I'd totally forgotten this rule! (about number of gray cells in a vault)

[@tsgsjeremy]

The 20 minutes watching Simon click on the 6-cell vault in the top right and miss that he could shade those r3c8 and r3c9 were like an emotional roller coaster. 🥴😂

[@cwcaton]

Honestly thought I was going to have a total meltdown.

[@Sh3phrd]

Thiiiiis. Count the cells Simon! Count the shaded cells! Haha It's funny because it's not like he forgot about the rule, he used it to deal with the bottom right vault at the same time. XD

[@AstronomyMark]

And him constantly saying he should be able to solve it and completely missing the obvious. It was brutal. That and the 1 in box 6 (which then cracked the puzzle) were my hair pull-out moments.

[@stefanpretorius5544]

I don't always see things before Simon does, but this was one of them. Those 2 cells caused the entire top row to be unshaded. I was shouting at my screen that he pointed out that only one of the 3 cells was unshaded, so when he marked one as such, I was like "Shade the other two!"

[@pm1248]

His drunk brain solves it in the most complicared way... great!

[@KestrelQ]

"That cell cannot be 7 by the silly rule" - This made me laugh :D

[@Mappycastro]

I also love that he referred to this as a the naughty cage tule at some point

[@istvanmagi473]

I'm not laughing, I'm sratching my head. What is the silly rule?

[@parlabaneisback]

@@istvanmagi473 I think it was the rule about not having the same digit orthogonally connecting to a cage containing that digit.

[@tinakerr8163]

Yep I laughed too, with some irony as I had been plodding on for ages having forgotten about it entirely. I can't be the only one to keep trying to use the vaults as killer cages.

[@slurve0h]

Now Simon knows how it feels every time I attempt to solve one of these puzzles :P

[@autumndragonfly.]

I have never been so excited to watch a CTC video before, over an hour means this is going to be enjoyable for sure!!

[@inspiringsand123]

Rules: 03:27 Let's Get Cracking: 07:20 Simon's time: 1h7m26s Puzzle Solved: 1:14:46 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! The Secret: 8x (07:32, 07:35, 08:13, 09:20, 27:08, 27:13, 27:17, 27:19) Knowledge Bomb: 2x (04:20, 53:15) Bobbins: 1x (50:01) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! Ah: 24x (13:31, 14:12, 15:03, 15:03, 15:59, 16:38, 16:47, 18:34, 18:40, 28:12, 29:40, 29:40, 31:22, 43:01, 47:22, 48:34, 54:11, 58:04, 1:00:10, 1:02:02, 1:03:55, 1:10:56, 1:12:34, 1:12:49) Hang On: 15x (11:19, 20:07, 23:09, 26:44, 35:36, 40:21, 42:26, 47:16, 50:58, 55:57, 57:11, 1:02:53, 1:05:14, 1:05:16, 1:08:20) By Sudoku: 10x (31:22, 36:48, 49:25, 51:24, 51:46, 51:51, 52:01, 54:29, 1:08:33, 1:11:50) Sorry: 9x (13:18, 44:59, 50:13, 50:16, 1:01:54, 1:01:59, 1:14:53, 1:14:53, 1:14:59) Checkerboard: 9x (07:42, 08:11, 09:07, 27:58, 34:33, 34:54, 35:52, 36:19, 39:18) Clever: 7x (18:45, 31:59, 39:23, 53:56, 59:16, 1:07:05, 1:08:16) Good Grief: 5x (05:00, 15:31, 41:46, 43:39, 52:23) What on Earth: 4x (34:49, 39:38, 41:07, 1:07:17) Goodness: 4x (51:03, 52:17, 55:58, 1:09:33) The Answer is: 4x (10:35, 42:37, 57:02, 1:09:55) Beautiful: 4x (18:40, 18:42, 36:59, 43:01) Brilliant: 4x (01:20, 01:35, 01:37, 10:37) I've Got It!: 4x (31:32, 31:35, 31:35, 47:58) What Does This Mean?: 4x (24:27, 28:50, 37:37, 1:01:04) Nonsense: 3x (19:11, 29:59, 43:58) Break the Puzzle: 3x (10:32, 26:48, 47:18) In Fact: 3x (08:42, 10:59, 42:41) Nature: 3x (23:01, 52:43, 56:20) Pencil Mark/mark: 3x (1:00:27, 1:02:14, 1:07:49) Naked Single: 2x (56:10, 1:10:46) I Have no Clue: 2x (22:26, 41:46) Lovely: 2x (25:24, 1:11:39) Cake!: 2x (01:32, 01:40) Out of Nowhere: 1x (45:58) Naughty: 1x (50:34) Stuck: 1x (1:14:55) Discombobulating: 1x (1:13:18) Come on Simon: 1x (52:35) Shouting: 1x (1:01:56) Facetious: 1x (12:18) Surely: 1x (42:05) Disappointing: 1x (1:10:29) Corollary: 1x (29:17) Progress: 1x (22:17) Wow: 1x (41:03) Next Trick: 1x (46:34) Almost Interesting: 1x (12:52) That's Huge: 1x (1:11:05) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Sixteen (17 mentions) Two (149 mentions) Green (73 mentions) Antithesis Battles: Even (5) - Odd (0) Shaded (38) - Unshaded (10) Inside (3) - Outside (1) Column (18) - Row (15) 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!

[@BeheadedKamikaze]

I think "drunk brain" appeared more than once :) and I seem to recall more than 2 "that's huge"-s so maybe count "that is huge", "this is huge", "that is absolutely huge", and "this is absolutely huge" as the same thing?

[@th.nd.r]

59:00 “tickle its tummy”

[@whythosenames]

17:27 "I've got a digit!"

[@meiter]

Poor Simon, I can imagine it was very stressful to be late with recording and editing and not be able to meet the usual video time, while usually being so mindful of video routines. I hope you managed well! (with another drink?) thank you for the upload!

[@huseyininancihan9036]

This video appeared just in time which I am also drunk while watching 😆

[@dsquirrel]

At 48:15 Simon puts corner marks in r7c5 and r9c5 indicating that the 4 in box 8 must go into one of those two cells. However, r8c5=4 is also possible. He doesn't use this incorrect deduction though. He correctly has 4789 in r7c5, r6c4, and r9c5, and later (at 54:30) correctly deduces that r9c4 is 7, 8, or 9. This 4789 quadruple in box 8 then leads him to correctly place 23 in r8c5 and retroactively justifies his corner marks. Phew!

[@rontyson6118]

I was looking for this comment about that "4". Thanks, he got lucky. :)

[@esonsee]

Thanks for mentioning this. I was so confused when he didn’t include r8c5 as a possible cell for 4. It was a logical error. He got lucky.

[@johnh2052]

From very near the beginning, Simon figured out the 4-cell vault consisted of 123s, and determined it had to include a 3, so three of the four cells were shaded. Shortly after that, he figured out that the top two cells of the vault were one each, shaded and unshaded. At that point, the bottom two cells were known to be shaded, but it was a LONG time before that actually happened.

[@devoinc1]

How much do I need to donate to see a Simon on Edibles CTC?

[@kamikamkamm]

Yes

[@meredithnavin1358]

Yes please!

[@keyaanmatin4804]

Well now we know why the video is slightly late. I was almost worried.

[@sunriselg]

Fun fact: immedeately after placing the first 9, you can place a second 9 in r6c7, because that cell "sees" both vaults and therefore all of c6. Edit: ah, he saw it after 56 minutes.

[@Julia.Rob-Hurts]

We need a Drunk History style Cracking the Cryptic video where we watch Simon get proper drunk then solve.

[@pedrobluis]

Didn't Simon get lucky by rulling 4 out of r8c5?

[@dsquirrel]

Yes, but he didn't use it. Later he independently found a 4789 quadruple that meant r8c5 could not be 4.

[@ImpulseTrain]

I think so! But about 6 minutes later he gets a 4789 quadruple in the box ruling out the 4 from r8c5.

[@spudd86]

@36:00 the most complicated way to figure out those two cells a grey... far easier is just to notice that *there is a 5 in the vault* the vault has 6 cells total, you've already proved on is unshaded so every other cell in it must be shaded to get to 5 shaded cells. So r3c8 and r3c9 are a 1,4 pair and r3c7 is a 5.

[@benjaminwatts1119]

Watching Simon have a couple inside him, while having a couple inside me, is a perfect combo

[@oneeyedman4431]

I struggle when I’m sober, well done Simon. Very entertaining and thank you for the free app, the quality of the puzzles are unbelievable. Probably take me months to solve them, if ever, but looking forward to the challenge

[@asktheraccoon]

He’s just as bamboozled by finding a digit as when he’s sober haha :)

[@RJ_Eckie]

Literally the only CTC where I’m seeing a fair bit of clues before Simon 😂😂😭😭 (I mean… in the first half at least 🙈)

[@smylesg]

24:07 This is fun to watch. Simon claims 31 cannot be done in six cells and then lists off four cells that only add to 30.

[@TheARCZClan]

His point was that you couldn’t split 1 across two cells

[@emmbeesea]

Hey, anyone who desires to indulge should get to every once in a while! Cheers, Simon! (:

[@maxgreve7856]

The sad part is that Simon's time drunk is almost exactly the same as mine sober. :(

[@mallomon]

The early logic where you were seeing if the 2 and 5 in row 3 might be in the right vault, you could've ruled that out right away. You noted that that would force a 1/3 pair in the vault on the left, but that they would both have to be green. But then you'd have a 3 in the vault and could only shade 2 cells. Similarly, when you determined that the vault on the right had to be either a single 5 with a green and grey cell, or a 1/4 pair with two grey cells, it had to be the latter. The former would only give you four shaded cells in that vault.

[@olestampevestergaard4746]

I would LOVE a reaction video from sober Simon to this video 😁

[@MitchHamer98]

I’m not sure if it would be possible. But I’d love a video where Simon and Mark solve the same puzzle in tandem, each doing 5 minutes or so at a time, but they cannot communicate (i.e. their workings or why they’ve inputted things) Would be interesting to see how their solving styles differ, and if their pencil marking would confuse each other.

[@chitraagarwal8259]

Chinese Whispers?

[@djyarnsworth]

84 minutes for me! I usually don’t attempt puzzles that take Simon over an hour, but he said something wrong almost immediately and I thought I would take a crack at it. I did it in an opposite way from him, too. I assigned colors to the cells in box 2 and used vault logic to propagate those around the grid, mostly ignoring shading rules. After about 50 minutes I was sure I’d squeezed everything from it, I left my digits and pencil marks, cleared the coloring and then the shading fell out almost immediately. I had to backtrack at one point because I can’t add to 16 (while sober). 😂 A really fun puzzle!

[@christophstahl8169]

"i apologize for everything" :D This was a fun video and it was a truly fun puzzle, not too hard with a lovely flow. I enjoyed that quite abit.

[@isaacweber8289]

That's certainly one of the funniest videos we've gotten, on top of being a brilliant puzzle

[@saiyanprince989]

I lost count of how long I was screaming about the 1 in box 6.

[@Compliance0]

I was screaming about the 1 in box 6 for a good 15 minutes and I even started begging for it to be noticed. Turns out it was the digit that cracked the entire thing too.

[@sanctionbuster]

36:00 mins in. There was an easier way. There are 5 shaded cells in the cage! Still ❤️ you Simon!

[@awilliams1701]

The 5 in box 3 bothered me. Maybe it's the drunkeness? But you had a 4 and a 5 in a 6 cell cage. That means there can only be 1 green cell...........but you already had 1 green cell meaning that a 5 being the 5 clue would have included a 2nd green cell which is impossible making it a 1/4 pair. Much easier than what you came up with.

[@dwebb2805]

typically simon figures out sudoku logic in very difficult and unnecessary ways, today he extended that ability to yin/yang (and weird vault) logic as well

[@jasminedavis6686]

I am once again ill and stuck in bed, this is cheering me up so much haha

[@BremSterPuzzles]

I have also woken up very sick. So this has given me something to watch, but I also share the stress of “how am I going to record in time?” stress.

[@DGskwinch]

"...I may be wrong about that. If I am, forgive me, it won't be the first mistake I make in this video." --Drunk Simon 💕

[@Darkskytornado]

I think the vault next to the 5 clue could have been shaded, since the green cell was placed, and it was deduced that it had to have a 5 in it, leaving only 5 cells to be shaded.

[@ericpraline1302]

What an ingenious puzzle. I was really quite pleased with myself when I spotted the 8 logic in column 6. Still took me ages to solve the whole thing in a less inebriated state than Simon.

[@garrettsmith9788]

Guess we know why this video appeared late (and we don’t need to blame KZbin processing)!

[@OverkillSD]

About 51:30 (I stepped away for 20 minutes and forgot to pause, ended up with 71:32) for me! Glad to know I still beat inebriated Simon =) I could hear him in my head while solving "can't make a checkerboard" and "can't make a 2x2" - said most of those out loud as a result.

[@goddessSue13]

Simon is still impressive solving when drunk, but the solution path he takes is much harder to follow 🤣🤣

[@notonlyhuman6073]

The way I solved this one was by focusing on my 123s. I pencil marked in parity on my 2s and 3s after discovering where my 1s were, and that propagated through the board, and helped me to disambiguate a lot of the pairs and triples and quadruples. Took me 200 mins, so I'm still worse than drunk Simon, but I'm happy to have solved my 3rd variant sudoku. It's always cool seeing where I could improve my logic when I watch the video after solving. edit: I just got to the part where Simon ended up marking 2-3 parity as well, so I'm glad that I did something right!

[@th.nd.r]

Great setting and solving!! Simon, you are an incredible solver drunk OR sober, and you have nothing to apologize for. Also, I would love to hear some MLK quotes :)

[@paperbird9817]

At 48:15, Simon actually makes a mistake that makes the puzzle easier, by assuming that 4 can't go in the middle cell of box 8, which at this point it absolutely can. He later uses this to exclude 4 from the rest of the cage. He got lucky with this one. Edit: it's actually not that hard to prove 4 can't go in there, just requires a few extra steps, so not a massive puzzle-breaking mistake.

[@Doofmonster]

I usually avoid any kind of 'shading' sudoku, because I often make a coloring mistake somewhere which leads to false deductions. It took me a little while to undertand the rules, but after I got into it, there was a lot of beautiful logic to discover. Really enjoyed it, thanks Schwupel! ♥

[@tedg1278]

I got to the end with the 23 pair and 78 pair still to resolve but all marked as to which of each went where as AB and EF respectively. I couldn't figure out which way they went and ended up skipping to the end of the video for a clue. Well duh, I had forgotten about the clues on the outside of the grid after using them to make sure the possibles added up.

[@BobDylan530]

Simon didn't seem particularly drunk for most of the video, but the way he said the Martin Luther King bit near the end gave it away, that was a classic drunk ramble

[@wewk584]

A sudoku with so many rules (especially including yin/yang) may have been a poor choice to tackle while drunk.

[@flsal27]

@36:04 yes there is an easier way: both cells are gray to fulfil the number of 5 gray cells in the vault!

[@sko3225]

Yes, and by the same logic the shading in the 2x2 vault can almost be done, as he already knows that there is shaded/unshaded each in row three, so both cells in row four had to be shaded. Drunken Simon just decided to skip the last rule to make more people shout at their screens ;) Edit: I'm 40:51into the video, one minute later he got it.

[@stefanpretorius5544]

By the length of this video, either this is a very hard puzzle, or Simon is drunk and his brain isn't working.

[@danielwcrompton]

Loved it. You missed some things-likely due to being slightly inebriated-I thought you might spot earlier, like the 9 in r1c6. Didn't make it any less enjoyable to watch.

[@gregind01]

Cheers Simon 🍾🍷🍸🍹🍻🥂 What a marvellously entertaining solve. 👍 36:05 the easier way to do it is to count the number of grey cells you have in the vault which must have a total of 5 grey cells.

[@MonkehBuns]

So today we learned that the hidden danger of alcohol overconsumption is total blindness to 236 triples.

[@stephenmccarthy1795]

I can’t read directions; I thought I had to have a 6 in a 6 cell cage. Oh well, this is why I watch the videos, to learn rules I don’t understand yet.

[@cparks1000000]

23:13 The S-shaped vault in the upper-right must have 5 shaded cells since it must contain a 5.

[@rekad3118]

Loved Drunk!Simon, gave me an opportunity to keep up with him :D

[@nwdreamer]

Love how well Simon rips through the Yin/Yang part and determines the number of shaded cells in a vault, only to completely forget about the shading rule and its largest number! I'll blame the alcohol. 😜

[@nagranoth_]

So that last rule also means you can't have digits in a blue vault larger than the number of cells in the vault.

[@emilywilliams3237]

As I am starting to write this comment I am still chuckling over your closing - so frantically hurried. Sorry, I should not laugh, I know. OK, no more laughing. But I will say that this was a very enjoyable puzzle and video - very fun. I love the yin yang part, it actually made sense to me. I really must look up some of those that are not related to sudoku (they all aren't, are they?) because I have decided that they look like fun. The vault/yin yang combo in this puzzle was really excellent. I loved watching the logic unfold. Thanks for this puzzle, Schwupel, and thank you for the video, Simon!! (Other than your repeatedly mentioning it, no one would have guessed, I think, that you had had anything to drink. I am sure this reference to adult beverages makes it all more fun for many viewers!)

[@xDanKaix]

Serious Simon argues about the nature of everything xD

[@nathan_j]

watching this drunk when it came out made it so much fun to watch aslo me shouting at the screen from the begging about the 2x2 cage and the bottom 2 being shaded was amazing. great video again thank you

[@nameno6895]

Tipsy simon tends to miss easy points, then does some crazy logic to solve the puzzle :-D I really like to see simon solve this again when he's sober.

[@NB_703]

*like* simply because I’m excited to see what this video will turn out like. Haha drunk Simon. Who would have thunk.

[@nemuchan]

i think the message is clear : don't drink and crack

[@marcosdiez7263]

Great puzzle. I made a mistake while solving it and realized that you can swap the 7 and 8, and the 2 and 3, make the 8 clue a 7, and you have a second solvable puzzle with the same ruleset and the same grayed cells but one (the one referred by the 2 clue).

[@queen.hell.kitten]

the video we've all been asking for 👁👁

[@Tringard]

I reread that first line of the rules multiple times just to make sure it was indeed saying "Normal Sudoku rules apply". For me, the coloring was also relatively easier, but I had a good deal of trouble with placing values after that. I had to backtrack several mistakes made from mixing up rules around the Vaults and also missed some simple deductions from their properties.

[@Coyotek4]

1:20:34 ... considering that I had to restart after 45 minutes (I don't know why I thought a particular vault couldn't have a particular digit), I thought I did rather well. I love puzzles like this!

[@sxmchn]

An hour and a half for me , but sure feels good to solve it without Simon's help.

[@glennmelven3414]

Now we know Simon is a sorry drunk. Do AI's get drunk?

[@sheumack]

There needs to be an entire sub-series of drunk Sudoku.

[@Sh3phrd]

Honest question, when he pencil marked the 4s in box 8, had he proven that 4 couldn't be in the vault?

[@Sh3phrd]

Like, it would definitely be more difficult to deal with the other digits around the vault but as far as I could see wasn't impossible

[@LednacekZ]

1:03:52 for me. i made a lot of mistakes, but solved it.

[@Rach881101]

64:43 for me. Love these Ying Yang sudoku puzzles!

[@bodilnielsen9760]

Nice to actually spot a deduction or two before Simon for once! 😂

[@markp7262]

56:06 finish. Of course, I will never be able to duplicate Simon's feat, as a (not quite complete) teetotaler, who gave it up after drinking too much during his college years. I will still have a sip of the wife's wine, but that about does it for me. So congrats on an unbelievable solve of an insanely brilliant puzzle. Excellent!

[@AndreAy1975]

Solved it with a bit of help from the video.

[@hughescorpell]

This has added another level of excitement

[@Steelwolfknives]

This was the first time I was able to see over half the deductions before you (while watching you solve)! Definitely learning from your videos over the past months, and glad to see the improvement. Good job Simon, and it was a really entertaining video

[@jitagan]

That was excruciating.

[@oliverlane9716]

Almost as entertaining as drunk Magnus Carlson

[@Gonzalo_Garcia_]

41:41 for me. I’m not drunk, but I solved this as if I were lmao. I was doing pretty well and then made the exact same mistake three times in a row, which obviously slowed me down a lot. Very fun puzzle anyways!!

[@SirPoonga]

I enjoyed this video. I could actually see things well before Simon does for once.

[@aere481]

Exceptional puzzle. There is a lot of intricate logic that I loved.

[@yandyyay]

Am I losing the plot.... I swear I saw this video last week...

[@yadiracamacho499]

This was hilarious 😂 Simon didn't see some obvious things, but certainly did way better than I would if I had been drinking. And I appreciate his commitment to record a video every day no matter what. Thank you, Simon!

[@longwaytotipperary]

Yay tipsy Simon!!😄

[@BillLamoreaux]

Love tipsy Simon doing puzzles. Does he have to close his eyes when he goes up and down stairs like his video game streams? :)

[@michaelmappin8626]

I enjoyed that in every way. Cheers.

[@peterarbeiter7838]

I tried the puzzle. When I came to the end, I had a mistake. Tried to fix it, but I was not able to. I gave up with 472 minutes on the clock. My longest try for a solve ever. Great puzzle though! Looking forward to watch Simon do it.

[@michaeltritter2743]

This was sooo fun!

[@Raven-Creations]

A drunk Simon? Oh no, I'm going to be hoarse at the end of this! Your second yin yang secret was only partially correct, at least for this puzzle. There's nothing in these rules about either colour having to connect to the edge, so one colour could entirely surround the grid, completely containing all of the other colour. The 31 clue puts an end to that, but until you get there, the secret should have been that there can be no more than two runs of colour around the edge. You missed an opportunity for a super-quick first digit. None of the vaults is 9 cells, so none can contain a 9. So where does 9 go in C6? Your tipsy brain did spot this 18 minutes in, but failed to spot (until 56 minutes in) that this gives you a second 9 in R6C7. The right-most vault must contain a 5 (from the 12345), which puts a shaded cell on the edge. The 31 clue must cover the 5th cell, so it must be shaded. You've got a green on the edge in C1, so you can join the shaded cells around the SE corner. Avoiding a 2x2 means the vault on the bottom cannot contain an 8, so the vault above it must contain an 8, and is therefore all shaded. You can't have two shaded next to this in R1, so green must extend to at least R1C5. The 31 clue cannot stretch to the last two cells in the row, so they must be green, and join to the others. At 21 minutes, your addled brain was discussing putting the 2 in box 3, completely oblivious to the shaded 678 earlier in the row, which forced the 2 into the 2x2. Having placed a green in a 6-cell vault with 5 shaded cells, you could have just shaded the rest of the cells, and skipped the repeated debates over whether the 5 clue was a single digit. You correctly point out that the top of the 2x2 can only have one shaded cell, but don't immediately shade the bottom two, because you know there is a 3 in the vault. You spent ages considering which of the cells along the top row next to the vault could be grey. Well, given your second rule, if any are grey, it could only be the one in box 3, any more and you either get a 2x2 or more than two runs of colour in the perimeter. I don't think you can blame inebriation here, because you do the same sort of thing for every chaos construction - considering in great depth situations that are utterly impossible. You placed the 6 in box 2, ruling it out of the upper vault, so where does it go in C6? You eventually spotted this, but it took a while. 35 minutes in, and you're *still* trying to fit a second green in a 6-cell vault that needs 5 shaded cells. In the end, you fixed this by the most circuitous route imaginable. You have a knack of forgetting the most powerful rule in any situation, and try to use the less powerful ones instead. Consider ALL rules ALL of the time. When you work out the vault in box 9 contains 2 and 3, how can you not see that the empty cell in R8C5 must be the second 23 in the box? I wouldn't say this was easy, but you made it look much, much harder than it really was. Your yin yang was certainly not as good as you think it was, but your judgement may be impaired. Sure enough, I'm hoarse now, but it was fun (if a tad uncomfortable at times) watching you make a fool of yourself on camera. I really liked this ruleset. There were lots of interesting things going on, most of which passed you by. Can we have more please? You could try the next one sober and see if you do any better.

[@emdiar6588]

I'm really not trying to be mean, but I spat my tea out at ''Hatty, Jemima and Tristen''. Sounds like the set up for a Mickey Flanagan joke about the middle class. Sorry. I grew up in a world of Debbies, Sharons and Daves.

[@philipmetcalfe4736]

Well.....I got hrunk....like Simon.....but still ...hic..could not solbe the wuzzel...hic...bbuuuuuuurp🤣🤣🤣