Sudoku

Hades_Vulvuhzela · February 12, 2006, 6:13pm

Do you play it? I do, and some of the puzzles are fucking hard

Steve · February 12, 2006, 6:19pm

Hey I remember this thread, only it had a link to some online version of it.
I hate it

cait_sith · February 12, 2006, 6:48pm

Yes I play it. I got a book full of them for christmas.

Sinistral · February 12, 2006, 6:55pm

I play it and yeah some are obscenely hard. Its only a matter of time and technique though for the really hard ones. Once you figure out how to do it, its just a matter of looking at possibilities.

Jango · February 12, 2006, 7:31pm

My sister plays that game… she tried to explain it to me as I thought it looked interesting. But then she’s like “there’s some math involved” and I was all “Man, I’m retarded. Don’t go waving your mathematical abilities at me.” then I ran away.

Valkyrie_Esker · February 12, 2006, 7:37pm

I loved those puzzles for the longest time, and wished that I could find more of them. I jsut wonder why it had to go through Japan before it became popular over ehre again.

Cidolfas · February 12, 2006, 8:07pm

There’s actually no math involved at all. The numbers could just as easily be replaced by fruit and the same rules would apply.

I started getting into it, but got sick of it pretty quickly.

Ramza · February 12, 2006, 8:41pm

Hey, I wanna feel smrt

hellhawk · February 12, 2006, 10:25pm

I didn’t like it, it involved too much thinking.

Frameskip · February 13, 2006, 5:16am

It’s not too much thinking beyond completing a square, just a lot of elimination and double checking.

Nulani · February 13, 2006, 5:24am

No, not really. It got boring.

YoungPaladin · February 13, 2006, 7:12am

One of my teachers is a Sudoku nut, and he showed the class how to do them one day. Pretty fun, but I like Magic Squares more.

Evil_Dave · February 13, 2006, 7:33am

I don’t like Sudoku. It’s pointless.

At least crossword puzzles increase your vocabulary.

TaranWanderer · February 13, 2006, 8:51am

I play it occasionally. As for the online version…

http://www.websudoku.com

Have fun

Hypharse · February 13, 2006, 9:12am

I haven’t played it much. I have helped friends/family do some of the puzzles, but never done one myself. I’ve always been a fan of logic puzzles, and I think sudoku uses the same thought patterns that those use. Look for the part you know the most about and try to eliminate the parts within that that you don’t know about based on the connected information. At least with normal logic puzzles you get the often witty stories that keep things interesting. I think I could get into sudoku if they put it in a daily newspaper so I can do it while I do the jumble. They are starting to do that with some papers.

Zero · February 13, 2006, 11:02am

I play it.

I also get paid to play it.

But then I get paid to play alot of things.

Curtis · February 13, 2006, 11:11am

You’re some kind of a game tester? Are you serious?

Mr_Saturn · February 13, 2006, 11:36am

I used to play it at work, so I got paid for it. Now my job isn’t as lenient.

I keep a book of Sudoku puzzles next to my recliner in my living room, in case there’s a slow episode of Law & Order on and nothing interesting is online.

KexMex · February 13, 2006, 11:39am

It’s kinda boring. It was fun the first few times. But then some newspapers started including them. So now they’re not fun.

BahamutXero · February 13, 2006, 12:27pm

I play it occassionally at work as well. However, I usually don’t have time to complete a puzzle before another patient comes in, so I have to quit early. It does get boring for me after awhile though. I found it on Gamehouse, and was surprised when I actually looked at the puzzle section of my local newspaper to find it there as well.