Is anyone else obsessed with Sudoku?

[phattymatty]

this is creepy shtein.  I just did one this afternoon for the first time and it took me about an hour and a half.  I was probably doing it when this thread was started.  Weird.  I didn;t know they were popular.

[rjs246]

I'm stuck on this one.  I suck.

I just printed this out. I'm gonna solve it and get back to you.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I'm stuck on this one.  I suck.

I just printed this out. I'm gonna solve it and get back to you.

The "medium" difficulty ones usually take me 10-15 minutes.  The "difficult" ones usually 20-25 minutes.

This one's supposed to be medium.  Ha.

[rjs246]

5 9 2 3 6 1 7 8 4
4 6 8 9 2 7 3 5 1
3 1 7 5 8 4 6 2 9
7 2 1 4 9 8 5 3 6
8 4 5 6 7 3 1 9 2
9 3 6 1 5 2 8 4 7
2 5 4 8 1 6 9 7 3
6 7 9 2 3 5 4 1 8
1 8 3 7 4 9 2 6 5


I totally rule at being a dork. Also, this one was freaking tough.

[henchmanUK]

They have taken over Britain too. If I'm bored on the tube commuting to work I fill in any old number in double quick time so people think I'm clever.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

5 9 2 3 6 1 7 8 4
4 6 8 9 2 7 3 5 1
3 1 7 5 8 4 6 2 9
7 2 1 4 9 8 5 3 6
8 4 5 6 7 3 1 9 2
9 3 6 1 5 2 8 4 7
2 5 4 8 1 6 9 7 3
6 7 9 2 3 5 4 1 8
1 8 3 7 4 9 2 6 5


I totally rule at being a dork. Also, this one was freaking tough.

How many times did you have to guess?  More than once?

[Diomedes]

They have taken over Britain too. If I'm bored on the tube commuting to work I fill in any old number in double quick time so people think I'm clever.

That gave me my first chuckle of the day.

[rjs246]

How many times did you have to guess?  More than once?

My first guess, proved to be incorrect quickly, which is good because it let me know that the 'other' number in that square was the correct one. After that things opened up pretty quickly.

[PhillyGirl]

linky dinky

[rjs246]

Biters.

[Feva]

I've been hooked on these damn things for about 2 months now.

Here's the site for you if you can't get enough.  There's a new one every day and there's an archive that dates back to May.  Even a timer so you can see how slow you are.   


You're welcome bitches...

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I've been doing some "research", and the puzzles (even the hardest ones) are SUPPOSED to be done in such a way that you never HAVE to guess to complete it.  The challenge lies in trying to do one without guessing at all.

You can solve them much more quickly in many instances with guessing, but the mental stimulation is greater when you don't... or so they say.  I bought the "Mensa Sudoku" book the other night, and have done a few puzzles.  The book's kind of cool, because theoretically each one is more difficult than the last.

[Father Demon]

I've never heard of this puzzle until last week when rjs brought it up.  Now, this Sunday's paper had on init, next to the crossword puzzle.  I was at Borders bookstore this weekend, and they had about 25 different books on these things on an end cap.

rjs, you are a trend leading sonuvabitch.....

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

If you use pencilmarks and practice a little, you should be able to solve even the most difficult ones w/o guessing.

[MURP]

http://www.inertiasoftware.com/top50/index.php?id=72