Surviving The Deadliest 2-Player Game

[@Vsauce2]

People are mentioning using dice as a Russian roulette simulator. DO YOU HAVE DICE IN YOUR POCKET? I DO. BUT DO YOU?

[@josephmeeks240]

ALWAYS

[@solarwolf678]

Maybe

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

yes most of the time yes.

[@lzielinski4212]

DND player is always ready to play

[@jazzabighits4473]

I have dice on my desk. Also I wouldn't say this is the deadliest game, for example you could make a game out of everyone drinking cyanide and see who lives the longest.

[@treggosaurus]

We interviewed 500 people who had played russian roulette. All of them survived. Russian Roulette is a completely safe game to play.

[@eclecticsoffy]

Kids, this is why statistics are deceiving sometimes

[@jerecakes1]

survivorship bias best bias uwu

[@cl759]

@@eclecticsoffy statistics are always deceiving and that was a good example

[@eclecticsoffy]

@@cl759 yeah, not always, but a lot of times

[@cl759]

@@eclecticsoffy how so ? I found every single time it can be used to suit the needs, thus always deceiving

[@danlowe]

At least you didn't miss Headison. But Tailsla was right there too.

[@hel2727]

@Luca 245 it's coming

[@imbob99999]

Omg is tesla u stoopeed human person 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 do rebserc bafor yoo say a E Me've the smartest and thik brayn *h*

[@mr.waterbucket]

@@imbob99999 I can't tell if this is sarcastic or not. If not, r/wooooooooooosh.

[@nanomoltoalto1589]

@@mr.waterbucket bro you don't understand, you don't have the thik brain

[@l.t.c8.1.46]

@@mr.waterbucket I actually think you got wooooooooshed

[@Majorkill675]

I love the detail of him hesitating whenever shooting Tesla, but absolutely zero for Edison

[@kjohn5224]

tesla had a dark side though

[@timothymclean]

@@kjohn5224 Not all dark sides are equivalent. There are no angels, only people.

[@shlokippala7087]

My grandpa was so good at Russian roulette that he lost only once

[@TK--yf3yt]

Oh that's why he was soo good

[@blaineturner4993]

:|

[@polaarj]

Ok thats a good one

[@nicokilg8529]

Cool, hows he doing?

[@TK--yf3yt]

@@nicokilg8529 he would respond: he's cool, just visiting the grave for some years

[@SvetlinTotev]

"you can run a russian roulette simulation without a computer program" *pulls out a computer from his pocket* *uses a computer program* ...

[@nobody5093]

he said "you can" not that he would

[@syweb2]

He probably meant "dedicated computer program," or a program meant specifically for that simulation.

[@maxhuzen6329]

He also calls a stopwatch a random number generator, which it definitely is not.

[@syweb2]

@@maxhuzen6329 I think he's referring to the _viewer_ as the random number generator. It's a little unclear, though.

[@Sporrik]

@@maxhuzen6329 Many "random number generators" are actually just stopwatches. They use time in the same exact way he did in the video (but to a more precise decimal) to determine "random number."

[@IchiroSkywalker]

The Russian roulette I heard is a different version: Instead of shooting at their rival the one who goes first shoot his own head instead and then hand the pistol to his rival for his suicidal turn _without re-spin_ and so does the rival will hand it back without spinning the cartage again if he survives. And there is a trick for this version of roulette: if you goes first and you survived the 5th shot, instead of handing the revolver to your rival for his suicidal turn, do him a favor by shoot him directly because chances are as soon as he loaded the 6th guaranteed shot he will cheat by immediately point the gun at you and fire.

[@RomanNardone]

I'd be curious what the statistics were on if one person spun the chamber and the other one didn't

[@Ippikiryu]

@@RomanNardoneThe person who doesn’t respin the chamber only has a 4/5 chance of surviving an individual trial compared to the one who spins having 5/6.

[@RomanNardone]

@@Ippikiryu thanks I appreciate it 🙂 so are your calculations accounting for the nonspinner going first?

[@ctgsuchok740]

The Deer Hunter (1978)

[@mathguy37]

If i did the math correctly, it is actually perfectly even

[@benjamindover4337]

Pro tip: The odds are better if you don't use a revolver.

[@rjs6510]

Use a semi-automatic or fully-automatic instead

[@starchan1001]

@@rjs6510 to be fair that reduces the odds to a nice even 50% coinflip

[@gabrielfraser2109]

If you use a Zip-22, it can take hours.

[@jazzabighits4473]

Use a musket

[@awwastor]

@@starchan1001 You’re not wrong but I don’t like it,

[@Tytoalba777]

Alternate title: “Balloon forces other balloons to shoot each other”

[@ceddyd]

Nice.

[@trueaidooo]

Where is real Kevin?

[@tonyf3431]

are you calling him a bag of wind?

[@tonyf3431]

@@snowwsquire would you prefer I say he's full of hot air?

[@shoecan2047]

So you could say, that Tesla and Edison’s rivalry is still a “current” event

[@countrycoffeecup7772]

Haha, that's an ole knee slapper (forgive my uncommon terminology, I just find that better than making a drum kit onomatopoeia)

[@isaacmalik3714]

yeah but it's not really because they're both dead ages ago lol

[@countrycoffeecup7772]

@@isaacmalik3714 Open a dictionary, go to the J chapter. Find a word spelt Jay - Oh - Kay - Ee.

[@natantitelbaum6061]

Ah history repeats itself

[@OctavianMCL]

I was always routing for Tesla I new he would get a "direct" hit

[@glebkachur8033]

can we just appreciate the attention to detail?? he got 2 pringles cans and took the time to design them suits, hands and even a bow tie, as well as drawing a face on a balloon, sticking google eyes on it and sticking it to the can. this man is amazing

[@monohymn]

His wife is the crafty one...

[@jakelencher817]

thats not really that hard to do.

[@brazenpo6408]

@@jakelencher817 Yes, but that's not the point, it's that he didn't have to do it but he still did it

[@SeetiIsoaho1302]

I have done it since i saw this the first time.

[@kingatlas5066]

How'd you know it was a Pringles can fatass Joke

[@Mx.Chowder]

The music fades, and with a dazed look on his face: "Headison."

[@ayush.kumar.13907]

so if Tesla gets Tails thats "Tailsla"

[@ZelPie]

You can tell that he’s actually genuinely having fun lol

[@Lettuce1]

Fun fact: 5 out of 6 people find Russian Roulette a completely safe game

[@anthonyliloia2022]

Nice

[@Lettuce1]

@@sotminXD thats why nobody knows why it is safe for only 5 out of 6 people and not fun for the whole family

[@Lettuce1]

@@sotminXD next he brings it to school

[@sillylilfella2010]

Wtf?

[@DontKnowDontCare69]

I mean he's right

[@Bacony_Cakes]

After stealing every technology that can ever be, Edison begins killing his rivals.

[@silvertheelf]

Hahaha 😂 brilliant my friend.

[@minebrandon95264]

He is killing the competition

[@DubiousMints]

@@AxxLAfriku oh no it's you again 😂

[@nunyabiznes33]

Some guy in France disappeared in a train to Paris with his invention. Later Edison comes out with something similar. Brother sued. Brother died in a "hunting accident".

[@nunyabiznes33]

@@Isometrix116 of course! Always. Never forget.

[@ElderonAnalas]

interesting that this is the first time i've heard of spinning the chamber again after handing it over to the next player, usually the first person loads, spins, pulls, and just passes it over, player 2 just pulls the trigger again.

[@Crazdor]

Yeah, I was confused when he suggested that each time one person's round fails, the next person gets one more shot because I thought that eventually it would just reach a point where one person gets all six shots and is guaranteed a victory lol. Spinning it each time does make more sense.

[@nanochad2979]

@@Crazdor also it is possible to rig if you know what ur doing so it makes sense for the second person to spin as well

[@6272355463637]

There was a flash game like that back in the day. You know, when flash games were still a thing.

[@ElderonAnalas]

@@6272355463637 there are a handful of flash emulator plug-ins still going around, and if you were like me and saved the .swf files, you can still run them with the standalone player

[@6272355463637]

@@ElderonAnalas Didn't know how to do that back then - I was quite new to the internet. But the game I'm thinking about differed from how this video played out, too. You could choose to spin the drum.

[@arbel1990]

The best proven way to guarantee a win in a Russian Roulette is with another gun in your pocket... You will have to kill all the players before the game starts... It's the exact same outcome as you would have won if you played by the rules... Plus, No one left alive to blame you for cheating...

[@livedandletdie]

No a toast to keep the courage is the best way to win Russian Roulette. Good old Pal Polonium...

[@hakanbackman371]

i can comfirm this works

[@nicokilg8529]

I mean yeah it works, but my backyard cant fit anymore skeletons... But I have an idea. Massive Death ray. Cart it in and say it's a surprise, and when the game starts, BLAM. No cleanup, my backyard can finally rest.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1259]

Can confim, never lost a Match once

[@MrDalgard]

3 People can keep a secret, If 2 of them are dead.

[@badbovine7427]

Video's purpose: how to make a game of killing more fair. Bloody brilliant.

[@MCMaterac]

Haha, yeah. A pity Headison still had an advantage. I'd do this that way: Headison spins and shoots. Tesla shoots. Repeat till dead end ;) It easy to see it's perfectly fair as the chance of bullet after spinning being in the first chamber is the same as in second (if we neglect the off-center mass of the bullet causing slightly uneven spin). Alternatively it can be: First baloon spins, shoots and passes the gun. In each next step a baloon shoots, spins, shoots again, passes the gun. Also 50 - 50, but both get chance at spinning.

[@New_Germany]

*Bloody* like literally Bloody

[@brandenhall4063]

It's not a game of killing....it's a game of dying

[@zohakhan8714]

plot twist: he took out the bullet when it was tesla's chance

[@MINECRAFTLOVER4000]

nah you can see the bullet tho

[@tophat6511]

@@MINECRAFTLOVER4000 r/woooosh

[@alecjosephson8540]

Look at 9:00 how he reaches back to grab the bullet

[@q_fxed]

@@alecjosephson8540 he grabed the pen…

[@codyarmentrout6438]

U can see it

[@TheGodOfInsanty]

I see balloon Kevin has brought some of his friends

[@abhijitprajapati3764]

lol

[@deankrahling6060]

yes

[@shaunakbrahme9683]

You mean the "Real Kevin"

[@ChatGPT-IV]

LMAO

[@luistheugliestdude1909]

yes

[@differentturret9890]

11:09 top 10 saddest anime deaths

[@psewdymcpseudonym9852]

I love how excited he gets when the balloons survive.

[@myowncomputerstuff]

That was such an intense scene to watch.

[@ManpasTheBreathingHuman]

Yeah, that's because he's also a balloon.

[@BenTheSkipper]

same

[@Charming_VODS]

I absolutely agree ahaha

[@x97sfinest]

That "this video was sponsored by no one" was so aggressive lol

[@nunyabiznes33]

"This could have been you here"

[@mechanick]

I think only randomizing once in the beginning, and just firing consecutively afterward, would make it an even 50/50... at that point there's a maximum turn count (6), and parameters for victory (even or odd) which aren't affected by who goes first. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@beowolf9480]

fun fact about Duels: they were very formally done, and they were made specifically so that odds are, assuming it even got to shooting, neither of them died by having the barrel of the gun be very small, causing the bullet to bounce around in it, and, most duels in the first place never even got to the shooting, people tend to assume that duels were informal, but in reality, there was a whole process, basically, if your pride was challenged, you would challenge the person to a duel, assuming they don't back down, you pick your second, who is there to basically there to just talk to the other second and try and resolve the issue, so the seconds are essentially peacemakers, then you have a doctor on site, turned around, etc etc, like I said, there's a lot of formalities, and few even got to the shooting

[@BRAZILIAN_MIKU]

Also, a lot of these duels used an "fake bullet" that only made the noise and a little smoke, so they didn't get hurt

[@snapcircuit9135]

Don’t worry, I watched Hamilton.

[@beowolf9480]

@@snapcircuit9135 I did watch Hamilton, but that was never mentioned in it

[@beowolf9480]

@Jack Rainwater I have

[@charanickles3812]

You sound like you listened to Alexander Hamilton and you're just rehashing what was sung >w>

[@Alfonzo_Q]

Wow, balloon Kevin got the real Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. If only real Kevin were here to see this

[@yagmiramen4097]

?? But there was only 2 balloons

[@zatanfromhell7718]

@@yagmiramen4097 r/woooosh

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

@@yagmiramen4097 r/woooosh

[@SoI-]

@@yagmiramen4097 r/woooosh

[@tammyoldman6083]

@@yagmiramen4097 r/woooosh

[@mt.everst3433]

nobody: Kevin literally every second: But wait there's more

[@niccy_the_niccy]

Introducing, the TRUE deadliest game! War with somebody who owns multiple nukes while you dont!

[@TheGamerMan64]

I love how the comment section has this secret agreement to not spoil who gets shot

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

Tesla(sorry)

[@andermium]

Edison(sorry)

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Balloon Kevin(sorry)

[@0bread286]

Edison(sorry)

[@thef13key]

Tesla(sorry)

[@engreyight]

"without a computer program" **pulls out a phone**

[@ManpasTheBreathingHuman]

He kniw that you can just search rng on google and google will give you a random number, right?

[@ava_niche]

@@ManpasTheBreathingHuman The numbers generated by computers are pseudo-random, they're not actually random.

[@janekkouril476]

@@ava_niche the stopwatch method is dependent on humans, I think that computers are more random.

[@nikhilpolekar8325]

@@janekkouril476 it's opposite. Computers are pseudorandom. Humans are more random than a programmed machine.

[@Reashu]

@@nikhilpolekar8325 Ask 100 people to choose random numbers from 1-100 and I bet you'll see some reproducible outliers. Ask a class of students to "fake" a series of 50 coinflips and it'll typically look "more random" than a real one, which will often have "patterns" like six heads or tails in a row - a random outcome which humans consider non-random. A person could, probably quite reliably, stop the timer in a designated region of they so wish. Human behavior can be used to generate randomness, but it has to be something we don't directly control. If you want a result which is unpredictable (by someone who has access to a normal person's resources), computer PRNG will probably do much better than any human choice. Many computers *do* use subconscious human input to seed their randomness. If you have fine enough control to affect that in a predictable way, you could definitely control a dice roll or timer.

[@nacoran]

You could make the NFL coin flip much closer to even with a simple change... the team that wins the coin flip would still have a 52% chance to win, but if you made it so the team that lost the coin flip only had to tie to win you'd get them up to 48%. It would also create an interesting choice... let the team that wins the coin toss decide to either receive, in which case they have to win to win, or to receive, in which case they would win or tie to win. That could create an interesting tactical decision. A team with a really strong defense might choose to kick with their only goal being to stop the other team from scoring.

[@koko-lores]

Don't know about (american) football, but isn't it much easier to enforce a tie than to score, which is a prerequisite for winning?

[@samuelbako2692]

this felt like 2 actual people were playing but they were just baloons, it was intense

[@brownie3454]

like the pixar short that played before A bug’s life

[@angelpulido7841]

Great storytelling.

[@jacoblambert1586]

Music: Rhasody in Blue, George Gershwin For anybody wondering

[@ayushpaul6863]

OH THANK YOU I AS SEARCHING FOR THIS!!!

[@superkoff1]

Noticed it right away! 👌🏿✨✨

[@3lEctrikah]

Thank you so much! It sounded so familiar and nostalgic but I didn't know where I had heard it before. Turns out its ingrained into my memory from that old animated film Fantasia 2000 .

[@attilamagyar91]

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@RaVen99991]

Chuck norris played 45 games of russian roulette lost 8 times, won 31 times and drew 6 times he lived a heroic life after

[@truegamer2097]

Why not actually make it even more of a duel: each one gets a gun, both spin and pass it to the other, and both shoot their opponent simultaneously?

[@marcelobulhoes6180]

That makes both of them losing possible

[@truegamer2097]

@@marcelobulhoes6180 though true, it's still a fair duel with Russian Roulette mixed in.

[@fasebingterfe6354]

hmmmmmmmm

[@pbnetto]

Certainly one will shoot before the other just to guarantee his life if both guns are loaded.

[@truegamer2097]

@@pbnetto not if the shot is automatically timed after the roulette is spun

[@miloc9900]

“You’re not going to believe this. And if you do, I won’t believe you!” I’m using that

[@DavideCosmaro]

He actually forgot to put in the rubber bullet, and he realized his mistake only in the last round

[@chowdown]

11:02 You can actually see the dart in the chamber for about two or three frames when he swings the gun around.

[@jamespotter1436]

Oh yea there was that blue bit

[@sasavlaisavljevic824]

But after he was done with re-spinning the cylinder a few seconds before, the bullet actually ended up 3 frames away from being fired. So, it wasn't truly "random" or honest.

[@Mr_Yeah]

Vsauce2: saying that you can actually run Russian Roulette simulations yourself without a computer program 10 seconds later: pulling out a smartphone and starting an app

[@connorw6335]

I’m ten seconds into this video and the rhapsody in blue is already giving me ptsd

[@niikiyama]

never seen a guy this happy just from playing with balloons dressed as people before

[@nitzajimenez5811]

me, an English major who can't even add: "yeah, seems legit, his math checks out"

[@Sheridantank]

I love that you felt the need to qualify your comment by adding that you’re an “English major” but didn’t use capitalization or punctuation. Not to mention that majoring in language studies is pretty lame. Literally the only thing it teaches you is to sound smart but know nothing.

[@kugelblitzingularity304]

@@Sheridantank bad day?

[@Sheridantank]

@@kugelblitzingularity304 How does it feel to be so sensitive?

[@nitzajimenez5811]

@@Sheridantank wtf dude chill, this is a comment section not a college essay. You clearly missed the joke by a lot. Todo bien en casa??

[@Sheridantank]

@@nitzajimenez5811 Again, another overly sensitive sheep with an opinion. Thanks for proving my point. Why would you comment in a second language when speaking to someone who has given no indication of being multilingual? Because it makes you FEEL smart.

[@Lav_The_Deer]

One thing that confused me a lot was that, with these new rules of Nicola getting two shots, then four, then six, Nicola would shoot the sixth shot first, so how can the first player have an advantage?

[@Lav_The_Deer]

Nevermind, Nicola is the first to shoot HIS sixth shot, but Eddison is the first to shoot the sixth shot between them both. I wonder what benefit Nicolas would get from shooting HIS sixth shot before Eddison. Also, the number six is referencing the declared average trigger pulls off a single game

[@tiedeman39]

I'm glad to see 3 Balloon characters enjoying themselves

[@flybyj1384]

Glad?? The one in the middle has forced the other two to kill each other, it’s sad

[@spencerdumlao1654]

Ballon kelvin: …

[@cherrybombcoffee]

Rhapsody in Blue plays Vsauce2 a fellow genius

[@DUGHBYO]

Duds i was listening to gershwin earlier, the videp kinda scread me cause i thought i was hearing things. Great peice tho

[@Ash_Tallant]

I came down to the comments specifically to find someone who noticed ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ being played, I’m glad I didn’t have to scroll far!

[@Nooticus]

OHHH I knew I heard it before!!! I was looking in the description for the music haha

[@FreeTimeFeats]

Thank you fantasia 2000 for expanding seven year old me's musical tastes! A classic!

[@Banana-Slug-Woo]

I love how the music always quiets down when it's about to shoot, then if they survive it swells back up again. Great job basswatie!

[@lucaswallace7476]

"Anything...more dangerous" *Quickly hides .38 special snakeshot.*

[@wrecker3318]

Glad to know that my friend and I have almost even odds of killing each other!

[@windzero00w0]

Hey Kevin, check my math here but I think I can make it completely fair: If player 2 doesn't spin the cylinder (or can choose to spin the cylinder, but it's best if he doesn't spin), a quick math gave me the chance of player 1 winning to be exactly 50%. Player 1 still have to spin the cylinder every time, of course.

[@gabrielamaral978]

Man, if you want the most fair game of russian rullet, use a semi-automatic pistol. If the coin is a fair one, this is a perfect 50/50.

[@aldothelizard6669]

Feeling anxiety every time kevin pulled the trigger

[@jollow250]

Your reaction every time it missed always made me smile without failure.

[@nilsragnar1347]

What is the music at 9:13 ? Edit: Found it in another comment, for anyone wondering it's Rhasody in Blue by George Gershwin

[@dielip1781]

seeing just how excited kevin gets when a shot misses is the best part

[@ishaangattu5315]

He is WAYYYY too excited for their demise

[@NickAndriadze]

I think the best way to approach the inherent unfair advantage that the player who goes first gets is making the one who went second fire 2 shots, but then every subsequent shot returnes to only 1. This case it's also not the insanity of the survivor getting so much better of a chance at winning because *BOOM,* they get some 69420 shots in one round now!

[@Reashu]

If you want it fair, use the "ABBA" sequence, or don't spin between shots.

[@Goldy01]

I had to scroll way too much to find a person that suggests to NOT spin the chamber between shots. Isn't that how it's supposed to be played? lol

[@Danicker]

Im curious, is the ABBA sequence the only fair solution?

[@RishabhSharma10225]

Someone please explain what's the ABBA sequence!

[@Icalasari]

@@RishabhSharma10225 Edison shoots, Tesla shoots, Tesla shoots, Edison shoots

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

ABBA? Waterloo, Take A chance on me, or Dancing Queen?

[@ivanzlatev9298]

If Edison goes first, then Tesla has two shots and then they start taking turns with one shot each, Edison will have 48.2% chance of winning and Tesla - 51.8%

[@theoldfinalchapters8319]

Better yet, just have them do two shots indefinitely after Edison's single shot.

[@ivanzlatev9298]

@@theoldfinalchapters8319 Yes, in this case it's 50.8% for Edison and 49.2% for Tesla

[@andermium]

Wouldn't it be even better to use the sequence ETTETEETTEETETTETEETETTEETTETEET I guess it's called the “fair-share sequence” (that's what I read in another comment) You can generate it by starting with E and then forever replacing each E by ET and each T by TE Or you can by putting the same sequence you already have behind it and flipping the E's and T's

[@ivanzlatev9298]

@@andermium You can also define this sequence in another, maybe a little more complicated way: take the sequence cscccscscscccscccscccscscscccsc It is defined in the following way: You start with c, then write s and repeat the sequence before it, then write c and repeat the sequence, then write s and repeated it, then write c and repeated it, and so on. Now you start with E and every time there is c - change the letter, every time there is s - it stays the same.

[@odedsayar4345]

​@@ivanzlatev9298 I've wrote a short script in python to optimize the game - where each round the player less likely to have won so far takes a shot. Edison's turns are represented with 1's, Tesla's with 0's. Got the following sequence: 1001011001100110011001011001100110011001101001100101100110011001... Turned it to hexa for a more compressed representation: 9666659999a65999a5a6665a659999a659a665a65a5a. When stopped, the difference between their chances to win is ~1.55e-15 (in Tesla's favour surprisingly), and the chance for a tie is ~9.6e-15). Obvious patterns are hard to find, though it does start along with ETTE-TEET-TEET and then breaks out and even presents other viable 4-turn-blocks: 5=TETE, a=ETET

[@pandagirl7144]

I just love how he was having so much fun playing that game

[@NovaAge]

am I the one that's triggered by the fact that he pulls the trigger with his middle finger?

[@conradrobinson7941]

Yes

[@Lybrel]

Yes. But it’s a Nerf gun and he’d have to use his index finger to pull the safety if it were a real gun so he gets a pass 🤔

[@muranziel]

Interesting. How triggers are used, trggers you.

[@james4v261]

*squeeze

[@lucasng4712]

@@Lybrel no..you thumb a safety

[@connorconnor2421]

I was hoping he'd crush Edison at the end

[@hudgynsasdarl6967]

Edison won by stealing the bullet

[@cannon614]

the funny thing is is that he was actually enjoying that game of russian roulette

[@wierdpeopleotherdude1422]

I played this with my friends once except all of the 6 barrels were loaded and there were 7 of us I haven’t heard from them in a while I wonder what’s wrong

[@nekolalia3389]

The odds change depending on the amount of available information, so to even it out you remove some information. Two guns. One bullet/dart. Nobody peeks down the chambers. Guns are swapped between each set of simultaneous shots.

[@qibli3927]

Everyone I have talked to who has played Russian roulette has survived so there must be a 100% survival rate.

[@bradleyvernon7973]

If Edison gets one shot and then every turn after that is 2 shots I get probabilities of 50.8% and 49.2%. This is the basis of a “snake” draft or you could call it switching who goes first each round. I wonder why this wasn’t used considering its a more obvious approach and produces closer probabilities.

[@JohnDoe-hs5vq]

My thoughts exactly!

[@BartonMaxwell]

Also tie breaks in tennis use this format due who serves.

[@6272355463637]

Yeah, wondered about that, too. Still not perfect but certainly closer (and it felt closer, too).

[@brettcyr7426]

If you only spin the cylinder at the start of each players turn, the probabilities are 52.2% and 47.8%. Slightly more fair than Vsauce's approach and slightly less fair than your approach. However, it puts a definite limit on the duration game and makes any 6th round a hell of a lot more fun to watch XD.

[@BioTheHuman]

If Tesla gets 3 shots only for 2 round and then everyone get 2 shots. Wouldn't it be even closer to 50/50?

[@thebiglink]

“Dooooooooooo!” -Kevin 2020

[@Luca_5425]

9:58

[@Luca_5425]

10:20

[@Luca_5425]

And it goes on

[@thebiglink]

Thanks Luca, very cool

[@Luca_5425]

@@thebiglink you're welcome!

[@zackula1]

If the game went back to one shot each, after Tesla got 2 shots, what would the odds have panned out to be? Some reason, I think that it would still have been in Edison's favor, however, by a smaller margin than the scenario you ran. I'm no mathematician, I'm not crunching the numbers. Just from a quick thought experiment, that's what I figured made the most sense when you started to explain the rules you were going to play by.

[@Autumnly]

“I will need two complete morons-“ *sign me up.*

[@Bell-ih5ln]

lol

[@Mauripsu]

Can I be the second moron?

[@henryboianimations4869]

@@Mauripsu Can I also be the second moron?

[@Mauripsu]

@@henryboianimations4869 We can all be the second moron

[@Danilego]

What happens if we play the game with 3 morons?

[@howdo8342]

I never knew you spun the barrel after every shot. I always thought you spun once, then each person shoots without spinning again.

[@alanbanh]

He literally said that in the video. Pay attention :/

[@s0ako48]

@@alanbanh not that deep

[@justins8802]

I think there are variations, but that version has a problem where after 5 clicks the chance is gone and there’s no reason to continue the game.

[@LuLu-ip4zb]

@@justins8802 the game is decided after the first spin, no more randomness after that

[@justins8802]

@@LuLu-ip4zb Sure, but if no one knows the position, then from the perspective of the player, it’s chance all the way until then last pull. My point is the game changes significantly on the last pull when there is a 100% chance of death.

[@albertholl4836]

Not gonna lie, I thought "Headison" and when he said it I couldn't stop laughing.

[@AreEnTee]

Headison & Tailsla

[@Lucepad]

I think there is an easy more even way: let’s say Edison starts, than Tesla takes two shots, and than they keep shooting one shot at a time. (It would be ETTETET... where the letter stands for who shoots). And, if my maths isn’t wrong, it should give a probability of 51,8% of Tesla winning, and 48,2% of Edison winning, thus it’s also more probable for the second person to win

[@Lucepad]

Actually, if Edison starts with one shot, than they continue shooting twice at a time (a sequence like ETTEETTEETTEETT...), we have a probability of 50,82% of Edison winning and 49,18% of Tesla winning

[@0bread286]

Or just have two guns and make them shoot at the same time for 50 50 odds

[@therealshavenyak]

@@0bread286 That works, but also will lead to a 1/6 chance that both guns fire at the same time and no one wins. But, you could make it fair and prevent the possibility of a tie by having someone else hold the gun. Each turn, he will spin the cylinder, point at one player and pull the trigger, then without spinning again, point at the other player and pull the trigger.

[@the1exnay]

Luca Spadacini I did some python coding, which isn't something i do much so i may have made an error, and it agrees with your math for your original suggestion (ETTETETETET...) but i got 50.82% for the ETTEETTEETTE.... Though i did get 50.16% for the thue-morse sequence which is similar Edit: did a slight tweak to my code to calculate what he had at 4:15 and it agreed to 15 decimal places so i think i did it right

[@Lucepad]

@@the1exnay yes, sorry, that must have been a typing mistake, ‘cause I got 31/61, which is in fact 50,82, and 30/61, which is 49,18, thanks for checking 👍🏻

[@gingerinajacket8519]

Ah yes, the video where 3 balloons play Russian roullete

[@NetheriteMiner]

Waiting for his response saying I'm real Kevin

[@mobileterrarian8860]

I thought there was only one.

[@TK--yf3yt]

Wait 3.....?

[@gingerinajacket8519]

@@TK--yf3yt yes 3. Balloon Tesla, Balloon Kevin, and Balloon Edison. That is 3 balloons

[@TK--yf3yt]

@@gingerinajacket8519 uhm i did t whatch full video soo he might have added a new balloon

[@myplaybox2178]

5 out of 6 people think russian roulette is completely safe.

[@Fouxjin]

Who spins the barrel in between each shot? That’s... not how this game is played.

[@ArloMathis]

I've seen it played both ways a lot.

[@connorpickens7523]

I can't imagine the original creator(s) is (are) still around to settle this, but I'd say it doesn't matter as long as the rules are established before playing. Personally, I'd say spinning it makes it more interesting. Additionally, I'd say the double-blind, double-revolver version from the end of MGS3 is as interesting as it gets.

[@thatonedude-6819]

Not spinning between each turn ensures the game will end at a maximum of 6 shots

[@enzoeijsermans4161]

When spinning the chance does not change between shots. If you don't spin the chance goes from 1/6 to 1/5 to 1/4 until after 5 shots it's 1/1.

[@henrykid1393]

it is a lot more tense if you spin the barrel because if you don't, then after each try, the odds increase

[@cesiumanonymous6068]

Amazing how Tesla’s ending was the same, even in an alternate reality

[@Roerco]

you can’t believe it ? the pin is the least likely of outcomes because you spin it each shot.

[@matthewwalmsley2093]

Why was that Russian roulette part near the end sooo entertaining 😂😂

[@micmac1719]

I thoroughly enjoyed "Head-ison"

[@TheGuyWhoGamesAlot1]

10:07 in the upper right cor near it looks like the dart fired but wasn't aimed at his head

[@demonman905]

Like real life, I'm certain Edison cheated his way to victory over Tesla here.

[@Real28]

Nice to see Balloon/Fake Kevin running this episode. I wonder where real Kevin is? Must be running the camera. Fake Kevin won't acknowledge this anyways.

[@RipleySawzen]

8:35 Fun fact: When you distribute that 4.6% unevenly, with a 52:43 ratio, you get THE EXACT SAME PERCENTAGES

[@brownie3454]

that is actually fun

[@rudragarge4108]

I was sooo scared at each shot, but I realised one can have so much fun alone too :)

[@varmituofm]

The scared has a lot to do with the music choice. Music is the most important part of film making when it comes to setting the mood. Imagine Jaws with Bennie Hill playing in the background.

[@mcblorf]

Just finished recovering after watching poor balloon Kevin in the last version, I cant do this again D:

[@clarkeugene5727]

100% of the time, this left handed person doesn't smear the marker ink by dragging his hand as he writes. Now that's incredible!

[@bobjoe1832]

Alternate title: Three balloons play with a nerf gun.

[@violeteastwood3241]

"You took a shot and it did you in," "EDISON'S MEDICINE!"

[@justinbrentwood1299]

I did the math for Russian Roulete where you don't spin the barrel after each shot, and it turns out that your chances of winning are 50/50 if you go first or second. The advantage of getting the first shot gets cancelled out by the possibility of having to get shot by the sixth shot, a garunteed death.

[@gioliber1137]

Balloon Kevin Is that EVIL that he's killing his similars making us think they are Just playing a game, IMPOSTOR!

[@p1nkfreud]

I can't tell if he's being sarcastic over Edison being a "titan of the electron"...he was a liar and a thief, a patent troll and a narcissist

[@nunyabiznes33]

And likely a murderer as well with that suspect Louis Le Prince story.

[@iterumconare4258]

And person voted "most likely to be Jack the Ripper" Don't forget that.

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

Tesla was a thief

[@p1nkfreud]

Virat Kohli I don't know if that's supposed to be some kind of terrible joke? Tesla was a genius, and an honest man. EDISON was a patent troll and a thief, notwithstanding all the allegations of the above comments.

[@iterumconare4258]

@@ViratKohli-jj3wj wait what

[@GDTGaming]

2:27 I regret to inform you there probably exists a parallel universe in which the result of the coin flip led to the questionable pun... "Tailsla"

[@Panceak]

I KNEW IT!!!

[@nlibre]

Pretty sure the grin on Edison's face changed the moment the shot went off..

[@mrman3157]

Everyone: The deadliest game! Me: Is it Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin?

[@Stigma536]

11:07 Tesla: *Dies Vsauce: *Proceeds to turn into a cow

[@VValunt]

It hurts me that he isn’t taking out the barrel before spinning

[@bltn7469]

What ?

[@Werk4Cash]

@@bltn7469 like pulling the 6 round chamber spinny thing out to the side so it spins smoother and then putting it back into the locked position

[@bltn7469]

@@Werk4Cash Oh so you mean everytime before he pulls the trigger you want him to release the cylinder and spin that , put it back into the firing position and then pull the trigger ?

[@mcmarc4924]

It hurts me so much

[@Maximise07]

@@mcmarc4924 if you spin it with the cylinder out, you can see what position the bullet is in...

[@johanniballecter4242]

2:32 The opposite outcome would be „Tailsla“... Coincidence?

[@rjpittman4510]

I want to see the meeting where he proposed this and said "guys, we need a nerf gun revolver, balloons shaped designed Edison and tesla, and a couple of pringles cans..." to which they ask what he is on

[@Madmij]

The excitement was contagious

[@qazzzyqaz5517]

Really was

[@monkeyplayer1]

You don’t spin the cylinder every time, just once.

[@jeffhinzman7219]

That’s the version of Russian Roulette I’m familiar with as well. It changes the stats QUICKLY.

[@cubicengineering4715]

@@jeffhinzman7219 Same. In fact the game is already balanced from the start without any modifications

[@monkeyplayer1]

@@jeffhinzman7219 yeah exactly lol. Your chances of losing goes up every time you win a round...

[@ulfjohnsen6203]

And then it is actually fair. 50-50

[@milosstojanovic4623]

Yup, the point was that one of the persons playing gonna be killed in finit time, so if gun has place for six bullets, you chance to survive is 3 or 2 tries, also you can be certain when final shoot gonna come if you survive 2 or 3 shoots.

[@10--50]

9:30 All I can think of when I hear this song is that I'm boarding a united flight

[@anant_singh]

SO you think Tesla will win the game, right ? Kevin : *WRONGG !!*