Sudoku

[xSilverPhinx]

Anyone else hopelessly hooked on this game?  I don't play nearly as much as I used to but every now and again I can't help seeing and noticing grids all over the place.

[Arturo]

I could never get those finished...

[xSilverPhinx]

I could never get those finished...

Blasphemy! 

[Arturo]

It's not my fault they are impossible.

[xSilverPhinx]

The problem of course, is when you make a mistake and only find out when you've almost completed the puzzle. To say that that is "frustrating" is an understatement.

[Tank]

Done thousands. Even created excel sheets to solve them. Also do the hexadecimal version, 0 to A rather than 0 to 9.

[xSilverPhinx]

...Even created excel sheets to solve them...

Ok, you took it to a whole other level, Tank.

[Dave]

I'll stick to grid puzzles involving letters/words, thanks. Apart from simple grids, just to pass away time in waiting rooms, sudoku leaves me cold!

[joeactor]

did sudoku for a while, then got hooked on the number/pictogram style puzzles instead.

[Dark Lightning]

Love it. I get up, and get the paper, read it and then do the Sudoku puzzle...then the Jumble. It's almost to the point where nothing else is going to get done unless I do those first. I did consider using Excel (well, the Oracle open office version) to set up a solver, but got lazy and didn't ever do it.

[Biggus Dickus]

I have this game on my Nook, and used to play it tons to the point it was disrupting my reading, but haven't played in a while (Same with chess).

I go in spats were I can't put something down to total boredom with games.

By the way I think using an "Excel sheet" = "Cheating",...but hey, I now know never to play poker with Tank

[Dark Lightning]

I have this game on my Nook, and used to play it tons to the point it was disrupting my reading, but haven't played in a while (Same with chess).

I go in spats were I can't put something down to total boredom with games.

By the way I think using an "Excel sheet" = "Cheating",...but hey, I now know never to play poker with Tank

It would be only for verification purposes...I don't cheat, even when the opportunity presented itself in uni.

[xSilverPhinx]

I only cheated once in middle school, but that was because there was so much at stake. As for whether I regret it, I have mixed feelings. 

[Dark Lightning]

I only cheated once in middle school, but that was because there was so much at stake. As for whether I regret it, I have mixed feelings. 

I hope you aren't still kicking yourself for it. We all slip up, once in awhile. I'd say that that may have been a real learning experience that helped to shape you into a better person. I like to think that not being perfect (though I sure as hell try, I never make it there) helps with understanding the human condition in other people.

[xSilverPhinx]

I hope you aren't still kicking yourself for it. We all slip up, once in awhile. I'd say that that may have been a real learning experience that helped to shape you into a better person. I like to think that not being perfect (though I sure as hell try, I never make it there) helps with understanding the human condition in other people.

Every now and then I do remember and feel bad about it. It's a story I would probably tell the young 'uns many years from now.   Though I don't want to be deemed a bad influence.

I was able to get my hands on the maths final beforehand, took it home and got my parents to help me solve what they thought was just some homework. I memorised the steps and the answers to the questions. During the final, all I had to do was write down what I had stored in my head, but careful not to get a perfect score because that would be highly suspicious. I remember how scared I felt that my parents would find out. I also feel ashamed because my parents saw me as a serious student who would never get into any school-related trouble. 

Nobody knows about this but who ever reads this. I feel so exposed now.