Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes - Sudoku Style
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Many of you have requested that we take a crack at a game called Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes. Here Simon and Mark give it a go!
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Mark: *visibly recovering from stress*
Simon: Okay next one is starting now!
Bombs can't wait.
Reminds me of an exam.
LMAO
41:10 - The lights go out, so Simon inexplicably turns the alarm back on.
Well, I think we all learned a valuable lesson here: don't staff your bomb defusal squad EXCLUSIVELY with British people... "I think we might explode in a few seconds..." "Is that so? Terribly sorry about that..."
Great fun guys, thanks for the stream!
Keep Talking and Carry On.
That made me laugh so hard!
@@cr1197 oh that's terribly good
"Detonate? Yes/No"
"I don't want to detonate, do I?"
"I would say no"
"there should be a sort of battery thing that looks like a battery" love it
Let's show more appreciation for Mark! He's been doing mega-incredible.
I haven't ever played the game myself and watched two groups of people playing it. And for the memory game the manual guy was saying "press the number that was in position you pressed in stage two" and stuff like that - literally reading the directions. Meanwhile Mark PROCESSES all the logic, MEMORIZES all Simon's answer and gives the most straightforward instruction possible. That is super hard to do!
In the wire sequences too - it looks very easy for Simon - he just gives info and Mark gives "cut or not" back, meanwhile Mark does actually incredible logic on his side. And no failures!
I agree. That wire sequence thing they said you have to remember the previous colors. Mark did a ridiculously good job behind the scenes on that game and it looked so easy for simon. Too bad we didn't get to actually see his work on screen, but personally I was really impressed.
I think Mark was writing down the work on the wire sequences and the memory game. At least he should have been. It’s not terribly complicated once you understand the rules but Mark did a good job communicating to Simon.
He was writing down notes I think
Yep, you really need the roles to be distinct. The person handling the bomb should be describing and defusing. The rules person should be recording and decoding.
I HAVE beaten it with a friend and we were both quite good and didn't find it terribly difficult (but still lost here and there) since we created strategies to be efficient.
aaand...
Mark is AMAZING. He was doing these things almost as fast as we did with experience on his FIRST time seeing it. The complex wires, wire sequences, memory, even password. I never found the maze one hard but lots of people seem to and again Mark did it very well. For some reason even with notes I find memory hard to do fast and Mark was super fast and made it look casual.
His communication was also excellent during that (which obviously Simon helped with, also having very good communication).
You're right, he did mega-incredible.
Gotta say, never thought it’d be the sudoku channel that became one of my favorites for playing video games, but I’m not complaining. 😂
Sudoku is the original video game
hahahaha same! I think their commentary is very interesting and funny to watch
@@guycomments Unless I'm mistaken, I am fairly certain video games predate sudoku, actually.
It's because they aren't douchebags like other gaming youtubers.
Another great "Knowledge Bomb" from Cracking the Cryptic ;)
take my upvote and go. lol
Lmao, I loved when the lights turned off at 41:10, and Simon turned the alarm back on. Never seen his face look more confused or flabbergasted!
This was one of the best streams because Mark could actively participate in the game. You could see how engaged and happier he looked. Very entertaining stream, thank you!
If Mark has a machine which could play some games I highly recommend We Were Here trilogy - each player can see only see their own puzzles and hints to solve the ones of their partner. They're absolutely great and the first one is free.
YES THIS WOULD BE AMAZING
Oh my god yes, the fourth one is coming out this summer also.
I would love to see them go through We Were Here. Brilliant series.
I used to think it was odd that people would sit and watch others play video games. That was before I watched Mark and Simon bicker and apologize their way through this game. Great fun, thank you!
It's always been fun to watch! Playing is great but it's always a good laugh with friends
Same. I got hooked with the witness play through and have stayed here ever since.
Exactly! Watching gameplay is fun when injected with personalities you can vibe with.
So endearing how Simon reacts to the alarm clock and the lights going off. As if he’s really in a room with a bomb and these things weren’t put in by the game’s designers.
Calculator game was probably the worst possible descriptor for that module. And Mark's amusing annoyance at Simon refusing to learn its name gave me a very good laugh
It almost seemed like he hasnt seen or isn't familiar with "Who's On First" so he doesn't connect with why it's called that. It's almost unfathomable for me to think he wouldn't know that because it's such an iconic bit, but never rule out that possibility!
@@BenRHarsh exactly, i was thinking he must have not heard of that classic sketch, so Simon, if you are reading this, please look up Abbott and Costello 'Who's on First' here on YT!
i have no clue what the name met so
1:37:20 - 1:37:50 : Simon solves the button
1:39:35 - 1:40:05 : Simon solves the same button again
1:43:45 : Bomb is still solved within time limit
That was hilarious xD
You have no idea how well you did compared to a lot of other first timers. You developed a rapid rhythm.
It helps that they're already used to many puzzle mechanics.
"It's a bit like sudoku because it's so involving" I think he's finally realizing that games are fun :')
Hahahaha
I love how Simon is answering exactly at what Mark is asking without adding any other information lol
"Is there exactly one yellow attached to B?" "No" "Is the Blue attached to A?" "No" "Is the Blue attached to B?" "No" "Is there a Blue?" "No"
@@jpryan90 Certainly finish it off, and do the mods and a freeplay one
Honestly, answering more than was asked is not a good strategy in stressful situations, so kudos to Simon
If nobody has ever looked at the manual; besides "wires", giving extra information doesn't help AT ALL until you've absolutely learnt whether the amount of batteries, or serials with vowels, or three letter indicators with lights, matters. And I _mean_ *absolutely* learnt. Otherwise you're slowing down the expert.
Simon: Needing to concentrate on the morse code sequence...
Also Simon: Distracted by obvious distractions and ignoring the morse code.
Never change Simon!
Simon: has the one module which doesn't require room lights (Morse)
Room lights: go out
Simon: panics
I can just imagine hearing a soft "oh bobbins" before an explosion
57:32
- ready, have you got yes?
+ no
- okay
+ yes
that was perfect
Out of context this is funny
And this is exactly why the module is called Who's on First
@@KittyKatalina have to remember all the altenative words. The game is also slow at bringing up the next options on the word game and on the numbers on, maybe that is one of the mods to vary things.
I do hope Simon has a go at the bomb manual, I can't stand to see mark suffer on his own
The problem is Mark isn't that great with 3D games. You saw Simon struggle with turning the bomb and selecting the modules at times. Mark would be so much worse, unfortunately.
I could take one look at the manual and probably remember half of it. Even just watching Simon I know many of the answers (ie - cut white wires with no light and no star, and the order of some of the symbols.)
My memory is better when I read text.
@@justinwhite2725 bravo dude you deserve a pat on the back for being so great, eveyone really cares a lot about your memory and skill at this game
@@AshEshyr the point was (which I didn't explain, my bad) that having them switch roles would taint the experience.
@@justinwhite2725 Agreed. A group of my friends played this game so much that it became unplayable... because they had unintentionally memorized enough of the manual that the core of the experience - the asymmetric gameplay - was lost
"I don't want to detonate do I?"
"I would say no..."
Its a bit like the skip ads button on YT, sometimes it shrinks so you click the ad instead (and amazon checkout with a bit prime and a small no prime thanks exit
Simon’s reaction at 23:45 is priceless 🤣
Now I can't stop playing that over and over 😂
Quickly followed by 25:07 😅
Really need to see Mark play & stream the game & Simon read the manual.
Never thought I would watch a 2-hr. stream, but it went by so fast, what fun, thanks gents!
Exactly how the game feels to play. Each bomb is a few minutes but it just feels like a flash to go through. Before you know it hours have passed and you realize you need a break. Good time to swap manual expert and bomb defuser roles
“We’ve probably got time for one more. Should we just do a ridiculous one?”
_(defuses final bomb at 3.9 seconds past midnight)_
“At the witching hour, exactly”, indeed. Just be glad the alarm clock didn’t go off.
Mark is incredible as the manual reader. I've been both roles before and never seen someone so quick with the password, morse code, or complicated wires!
"Try anything you like, I haven't got a clue".. BOOOM
It's amazing how little information Simon is giving Mark haha!
First of all, I watched about 15 minutes of this live and immediately turned it off and ordered the game for myself. My husband and friend and I have had several entertaining (and stressful, yes, Mark) hours with it already and we have not gotten out of the Moderate section! (I wonder if they had a spike in sales once this stream got going?) After we had done several of the bombs I watched the rest of the stream. Secondly, it was quite interesting (and amusing) to hear how each of you described things. Third, I think that it would be very interesting, after a month or two, to see how the two of you would do if you switched roles. I wonder if Simon would be more stressed than Mark (my experience is that the person defusing the bomb mostly has to observe and be attentive, it is the "expert" role that has the heavy lifting to do mentally). Fourth, I hooted with laughter so many times, either because you are very funny when you are in a more informal setting than a prerecorded video, or because I recognized myself and my husband and friend in your experience. This stream was truly entertaining and highly funny in so many ways. Thank you!
Simon: "It gave me what sounded like a good noise."
Mark: "Not an explosion?"
I see this is going to be a fun ride.
This game is also fun with multiple people splitting the manual duty.
And as the timer gets tighter, you gotta learn to be efficient at communicating, that is a meta game in itself.
As somebody who is used to playing the game with all the crazy mods, always studying the manual in advance, watching tutorial videos and practicing the mods before I even get to any real gameplay... I didn't think I'd enjoy the classic "play vanilla and figure things out as you go" sort of gameplay.
But somehow, you two have made it a lot of fun :D
As someone who has seen both (but only tried vanilla gameplay) I prefer the base game.
Figuring things out as you go is the fun stuff, so if you have any mod recommendations that add modules at a strady difficulty curve that would be appreciated. Just something that feels more like an extension of the base game instead of a full blown mod
@@purplpasta There's quite a few "easy" mods out there. *shameless self-plug* the "commuting" module is one I made which one can describe as "Keypad" mixed with "Memory".
47:00
Mark: Do you have any idea what you just pressed
*Insert intense thinking*
Simon: ... no
Mark: Well your gonna have to guess
* Simon guesses wrong *
Mark: I can't help you anymore
Somehow only the British are capable of such incredible unintentional comedic timing
It’s so fun to watch beginners learn this game, you guys did so well for your first time! It’s even more fun to play once you get to understanding how all the puzzles work! I hopes y’all keep playing the game in the future and I am so down to answer any questions/give advice to anyone who is playing!
Man I would absolutely LOVE to see those guys playing Portal and Portal 2
Me too! But Simon’s vertigo (“Oh no, not the stairs…”) would be sure to make it a challenging experience 🥴
That was so much fun! You guys work together so well, too, I know people in my life I absolutely wouldn't be able to play this with 🤣😂 I'd vote for both more of this and more Baba, either is great! 👍
Petition to name the next stream: Explaining the Explosive 💣
Maybe : Deblatering the Defusing
Pulling The Payload?
Simon screaming was hilarious. Well worth the watch.
I love this stream. It's my favourite so far.
However - I love listening to the two of them to help me fall asleep. I literally fell out of bed when I first heard this massive, horribly loud alarm clock going on in the middle of the night 🤣
I missed this live, and I’m watching it in 2x speed. This is giving me so much anxiety! Gotta go down to 1x to not have a heart attack!
Idea for custom modules in a bomb:
Explain Phistomefel Ring
Tell secret
Sing a song for 3 in the corner
Reduce possibilities from Goodliffe'd sudoku cell
Color sudoku with 8 colorblind-friendly colors
Idea for distractions:
Maverick
Mark making phone call
Good news -- sudoku module exists as a mod. Literally, a module where you solve a sudoku.
Trying to listen to this video while falling asleep.
ALARM CLOCK
This was so much fun Simon and Mark! A combination of Simon's brilliant logic and Mark's very clever letter play was a joy to watch. Suffice it to say it was stressful on your end, but your stress is our entertainment!
It took me an hour into the video to realize that the alarm clock in the game is showing the real time during the stream (in UK time at least)
This was one of my favorite streams I've watched! Thank you so much for doing these; my only regret was that I couldn't get the chance to watch it live. Still, I watched the entire VOD and it convinced me to ABSOLUTELY catch the next stream live. You two are amazing and thank you for making such great videos and streams for us to enjoy.
This was wonderful, and as usual, you did much better than you give yourself credit for! This game is often played with more than one person keeping track of the manual, so that after the defuser gives some information (e.g. "Here are the wires I have"), one person can be looking up the solution to that while the defuser works with someone else on another part of the bomb. This makes it all the more impressive that you've done so well so quickly with just the two of you; I look forward to seeing you play some more when you can!
“Lead as in Pb” is the nerdiest thing I’ve heard
1:39:37 Simon forgot that the button module was already solved and did it again
He didn't even noticed that the light was green.
@@plumber1337 Its like a suduko missed scan
You two make a great team for solving these together.
It's amazing seeing how well you guys did with just the two of you. Back when this game was new, I remember watching a group with like 2-4 people on book duty, and I'd say your efficiency equals if not surpasses theirs.
Surprised no one told them that the leaderboard "top %" is global, and the "Friends Only" just meant it was only showing names on friends list.
This is the most excitement I have ever had in my life.
I'm looking at the manual. At 23:23, with the word LED in the box, the issue wasn't only that the "What?" had the "?". Mark asked what was in the middle left box, and Simon replied with "Uhhh, uh 'U R'". Mark then read the list of words for "Uhhh" which is what Simon said first. Coincidentally, the "What?" was also wrong for that list - the fifth word was "What" without the "?". But the correct list for "UR" started with "Done" and that is what should have been selected.
I believe you that done is correct and for anyone curious as to what answer should they have clicked, you give a good explanation, but I don't really think it matters too much, not saying your efforts are in vain just (with respect) that it's probably not that important, hope you still enjoyed the stream though
Educational ^^;
@@johngranahan6102 I disagree, it's much more enjoyable to learn that Mark looked up the "UHHH" section after Simon said that inadvertently. That IS the spirit of that particular puzzle!
@@DukeBG I am not saying the answer isn't worth knowing just that the explanation seems to be almost too indepth for what is really achieved
@@johngranahan6102 I was entertained by it. Maybe for reasons other than intended, but it was a worthy addition to the comment section, so I shall defend it to my dying breath or until I get distracted by something else - whichever comes first!
Given their inability to remember the name of the "Who's on First" game, I must conclude that 1) they were always too stressed to get the reference or 2) neither of them have seen the Abbott and Costello skit called "Who's on First"
...but 2) isn't possible, right? Everyone's seen that, right? (If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend looking it up, it's great fun)
I've seen the skit, but it didn't occur to me that it's a reference until I started reading your comment
I’m 30 and I’ve seen the skit. I would imagine the older you are the likelier you are to have come across it
@@CRASHkennedy2000 That's my assumption as well, which is why I was so surprised that Mark and Simon didn't seem to recognize it. My recommendation to look it up to people who haven't seen it was, in my mind, mostly aimed at people who are young enough that they haven't happened to come across it yet, while guessing most people my age (mid-20s) and older probably already knew it
It is one of the greatest skits of all time. But I can completely see how people might not have seen it. Although I'd never guess in a million years that Mark and Simon (especially between them) were on that list.
Also; good though "Who's on first?" is, it still needs more cowbell.
I guess it would be easy not to have seen since Abbott and Costello were an American duo and Britain already has a robust comedy scene that gives American acts less prominence. The sketch is about baseball, too! If the game had been made by Brits the module would have probably been called "Four Candles", after a similar confusing skit.
That was hilariously awesome! I could watch another 5 hours of this easily!!!!
My advice: watch your own play-through and think about where you can save time in communication.
Swapping roles is not needed, but would help you each understand what the other is going through.
Guys, it's been a very bad week and I just needed this tonight. Thank you so much for all you do and Merry Christmas to all xoxo
This is my favorite game to watch people play, and you two did beautifully! Thanks for having a go at it, I love this.
Very good fun indeed. Good work lads. You so quickly picked up on key strategies but more importantly worked so well together. Very fun stuff and more importantly your supreme logic skills were on full display
So much fun to watch this! Even my hubby, who was in the room, but not actively watching, got a chuckle from the stream a time or two. Can't wait for more!
14:43 Mark's face! Priceless!
This is so incredibly wholesome
edit: I hope they do one with the roles swapped! That's the most fun way to play the game, switching who does what :)
Simon and Mark; I just watch this content and its WONDERFUL!
I know its not your normal puzzle games...
but it is so much fun watching you two wrok together. (And much better after reading your intro's into the book!)
Please keep up the excellent content of two middle aged men(who are top tier puzzle solvers) playing games (and watching you two work together... similar brain waves!!! no wonder you two solved puzzles back in the analog age!)
This mean no disrepect at all.... please keep up this content. Thanks CTC for helping me through a hard last 18 months! CHEERS
Can I just say, this is a SPECTACULAR game. If you've got a person who doesn't like video games, but can parse information quickly, it's just a wondrous thing. I know I'm years late to this, but blimey this is a very enjoyable two hours. Edit - I'm very early in (15 mins) but hearing Mark shocked at 6 tasks in 5 minutes, and knowing how this quickly can become double decker, back and front nonsense requiring a whole team of manual experts, I chuckled.
Now at the end, wow what a team.
Thank you for playing this! I can't wait to see how efficient you two get when you do this more! Your exchange of information became extremely concise (in a good way)!
This is such a brilliant game. A few drinks a few friends. So fun. So stressful.
Also I gotta say so amazed with how calm and collected. And absolutely brilliant at explaining what is actually going on at both ends!
1:39:34 one of my favorite moments :D Great stream, nonetheless. Really good job though!
Thanks for this Simon and Mark - not only is watching you play this hilarious, I bought it for christmas as our family game for my partner and teenager and had a wicked time repeatedly blowing up over the festive period. Thanks for the channel, you are a pair of rare gems, and good luck for 2022
32:50 "Oh, we've got another one. A detonate button. We've got enough time."
"Are you sure?"
Nah, better not stress ourselves out too much trying to solve it with too little time. It was nice knowing you!
This was tremendously entertaining!loved it, loved every minute of it, loved everything about it.
Oh, I'm die. Thank you forever!
nice to see this played.
As far as I remember, the % given is globally over all players, while it would also show the time of your friends who have completed the bomb, if you had any who also have played the game.
There is a very big modding community for this game, so even after the base, game, there are a lot of opportunities. Although for some challenges, you probably need more than 1 expert.
This is such an excellent game, and I very much enjoyed seeing you give it a go! When I last played this, I was basically in charge of the big Venn diagram. That was a lot of fun!
I can’t believe I missed this. OMG it’s my favourite game 😍
I was so excited for this and the two of you absolutely delivered - thanks a million.
I know this is well after you posted this video, but I just wanted to say that this was so much fun to watch. Thanks so much to both of you!
PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE!!!!!!
This is so funny and fun to watch yall work together
That was great fun! Looking forward to more.
Oh my god, this is absolutely hilarious! You guys are so funny playing this. Love it. 🙂
Really fun stream, sad I missed it live but fun to watch nevertheless. Simon and Mark did an amazing job especially considering they've never played it before. I expected them to be great at the maze (since Sudoku experience would help so much here) but was shocked by how well they'd manage stuff like the symbols etc. Would definitely be interested in seeing this streamed again, including possibly having Mark be the one playing the game, though I realize there are technical issues with that. Anyways super glad people suggested this be played.
Brilliant! i love KTANE and its a perfect game for you guys you should get onto some mod packs for more of what Mark is looking for puzzle wise too!
Love this video, I'm impressed you got fiendish on the first go there at the end. Hoping for part 2!
I have played this with a good friend of mine, and we completed all except the last one. This is so much fun, and so much fun watching you two play it! I like the concept when Simon plays and Mark is in the stream! Kind of like a coop, and this time, even better!
Much
This was so far the best game you two have played together! :) I mean, they were all entertaining and enjoyable but there was just something about this one that brought out the best of you. More calculator games, spiders and upside down y-s please!
i can't believe you two are playing this. this is wild.
i can tell you two really know how each other's brains work by how easily you describe and understand the symbol buttons though!
This is the most perfect video I’ve ever seen. Thank you!!
I'm so glad you guys keep playing all these suggested games. Keep them coming!
Would be awesome to see you try some custom campaigns from the steam workshop. Some of the modules start going into genuinely complicated puzzle territory
The wait when he's reading "Let go when there's a X in any position".. Like just say the number as soon aspossible! You're stressing me out! :D
Simon: "We don't have much time so ask me a load of questions to determine the colour of the wires. I can't possibly say 1 yellow, 5 black"😂
This was stressful and hillarious too! Loved it!
Mark is amazing at this game. That manual is not easy to comprehend the first time you read it.
Very fun watch. Thanks for this. Wasn't able to watch the stream but the VOD was very fun.
I love this game, Watching you guys place this is great fun.
This was a very fun watch and hats off to Mark for working with Simon's very terse responses! My hope is for Mark to invest in a better computer so he can take the lead on some of these streams.
this was fun and def. playing into your strenghts. Personally, I prefer to see let's plays where I could also have a guess while watching (I guess I could have looked into the manual)
we need more of this!
More of this game please!!!
I've never seen people just... be so good at morse from the beginning
Lots of fun with a large group, especially in VR...
That was a lot of fun to watch, thanks crew!