Anyone ever heard of Sudoku?

Post by **Transient** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:11 pm

Apparently it's some puzzle fad that's gotten quite a following, completely unbeknownst to me. I've never seen or heard of a single person doing this, and 20 minutes ago was the first time I heard of it when I got bored and checked out How Stuff Works for the hell of it. I stumbled a cross this article and got interested.

So it's this logic puzzle game that has only one final correct answer. It's a 9x9 grid separated into 9 3x3 boxes. A few numbers are placed in various places on the grid. Each box must contain the numbers 1-9, each row in the 9x9 grid must contain one of each number as well, and the same goes for the columns. Lots of process of elemination is involved, I guess.

Here's a website about it:
http://www.dailysudoku.co.uk/sudoku/index.shtml

I have to take a dump, so I think I'll print out one and give it a try.

Anyone else heard of this, or done it? Thoughts?

Post by **werldhed** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:15 pm

Yah, it's a huge craze for reasons unbeknownst to me. I personally find them too easy and boring.
Crosswords for me.

Post by **mik0rs** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:15 pm

Yeah I've heard of it, something to do when you're bored ennit.

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:26 pm

Yeah I have completed one and it was heck of a fun.

But I don't have time for those thou.

Post by **Pext** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:38 pm

i've met the sudoku world champion at my uni. he solves even the hardest ones in about 10 minutes

Post by **4days** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:14 pm

Pext wrote:i've met the sudoku world champion at my uni. he solves even the hardest ones in about 10 minutes

is he going to be at the asahi comp in japan? was in a pub the other day where they were holding the uk leg - next one is in japan.

not a fan of it myself, if i'm going to do something completely non-productive then i'll play a computer game.

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:17 pm

you cant open a magazine without seeing sudoku here in dutcholand.
hurray

i personally dont like it that much

Post by **Ryoki** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:19 pm

Every day i share a tram with a herd of soduku practicing office cattle.

Post by **Transient** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:39 pm

Woot, I just completed my first puzzle, the one on the front page of the link in my first post. Took me an hour, but I did it!

Post by **Zyte** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:45 pm

i do em in boring colleges

Post by **Grudge** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:47 pm

MKJ wrote:you cant open a magazine without seeing sudoku here in dutcholand.
hurray

i personally dont like it that much

same here

Post by **PhoeniX** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:27 pm

http://www.sudokusolver.co.uk/