Making Sketchy Bridges to Win the Poly Bridge Olympics

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  • @ReidCaptain
    @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +737

    I recommend you watch Arglin's video to see how everyone else did:
    Arglin: th-cam.com/video/fWMuNrOGE1I/w-d-xo.html
    Watch everyone else's builds here:
    Bolt986: th-cam.com/video/P8KYRKHdybc/w-d-xo.html
    Scottfreee3: th-cam.com/video/w8wS7rctceo/w-d-xo.html
    Real Civil Engineer: th-cam.com/video/VOhZtjvFR2I/w-d-xo.html
    Aliensrock: th-cam.com/video/04faxhVPb8k/w-d-xo.html

    • @silly_sheep09
      @silly_sheep09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about Scott?

    • @polarbear4830
      @polarbear4830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try building a ‘Lofting body airplane’ i Think it could be a cool challenge

    • @cholsreammos
      @cholsreammos 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cant wait for arglin

    • @gulmorte
      @gulmorte 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wanna see the weighlift of scott, how can i do that?

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@gulmorte He has a temporary twitch vod I think, but I'll ask if he has a youtube link ready

  • @galladegamerletsplays
    @galladegamerletsplays ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Poly Bridge: "What you're supposed to do is make a stable bridge with as little money as you can.
    Poly Bridge Olympics: *"Yeet a rock"*

  • @RealCivilEngineerGaming
    @RealCivilEngineerGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4071

    Nice to see your incredible thought process on these, great job! I can't believe how no one else seemed to crack under the pressure of a time limit 😂

    • @ChaseLackoYT
      @ChaseLackoYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I like your vids

    • @stuchly1
      @stuchly1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Oh hey! One of my favorite TH-camrs commenting on another one of my favorite TH-camrs! 😂😂😂

    • @Shiyuu_497
      @Shiyuu_497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You guys are amazing

    • @Boki888888
      @Boki888888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      U did it without testen, much easyer if u tried it before the timer starts...

    • @gingergaming5686
      @gingergaming5686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How are you today man. I love your videos and you are one of my most watched people on TH-cam. Keep that engineering train going man 👍🏻

  • @ThatBeTheQuestion
    @ThatBeTheQuestion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    I love how RCE came up with the idea and then placed dead last. No knocks against him, though. I could never do anything like this.

  • @ninjanicholas2459
    @ninjanicholas2459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +496

    My favorite thing to do in Poly Bridge, not make bridges.

  • @BPS298
    @BPS298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Reid captain at 19:35: Omg, I failed so horribly. I got DEAD last. I'm shocked I'm so far behind.
    Meanwhile, the difference between his time and the second to last time: 0.1 seconds

  • @palfly1864
    @palfly1864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    So happy the event came out so great in the end, glad you enjoyed it.

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Thanks for helping!!!

  • @ArglinPB
    @ArglinPB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1479

    Darn you for beating me by like, a meter on shotput. XD
    Awesome work man!! Your hurdle run was probably the most entertaining out of all of us even though it was placed last, should've deducted a second for every flip you made. :P
    I'll get my video done, eventually... =w=

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      Lol I had flips for days. Sadly there was no style points :(

    • @tamnker8465
      @tamnker8465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@ReidCaptain The style points are what get you likes on ur video. Great job!

    • @AssistantCoreAQI
      @AssistantCoreAQI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have You Considered Using The Term "Dergal", Dr. Kampling?

    • @Nelo390
      @Nelo390 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AssistantCoreAQI DERG

    • @Netosilvagames
      @Netosilvagames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      sorry if this is out of context but
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      MY GOSH SERGAL SERGAL I'M GOING TO HUG YOU ARGLIN YOU FLOOFER
      sowwy

  • @BrightPage174
    @BrightPage174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    I'll always believe the limo had 8 in my heart

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Hahaha, it's sad that it got so close, but seven was still a solid result!

  • @GriziDaWiz
    @GriziDaWiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    You see, as long as you tell them that is how it is meant to work; even the sketchiest of things is safe!

  • @real9579
    @real9579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    i usually never comment on videos and im never interested in construction and things like that, but i recently watched this video and your plane in a car simulator video, they were both so well edited, the voice-overes were accurate and straight to the point, and you are very smart and enjoyable to watch. I just want to say: thank you for making such awesome content, its bizzare how you are charming to the point where you get me interested into a topic i was never interested in before.

  • @azericthetraveller6355
    @azericthetraveller6355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    Just a thing. This isn’t a trebuchet, it’s a catapult. The difference is that trebuchets use weight, while catapults use some kind of tension or pulling, like springs.
    Edit: I was informed that actually, the difference is that trebuchets have the weight dangling by a string, while catapults always have a solid lever, but may or may not have a weight.

    • @ptrjnsn5719
      @ptrjnsn5719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's not true, trebuchets accelerate the load with a lever and a string giving it a much bigger circle and so, a much bigger lever while a catapult only uses a solid lever to launch the load, but also a simple weight.

    • @azericthetraveller6355
      @azericthetraveller6355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ptrjnsn5719 Thanks for the help! You learn something every day

    • @anikyte8461
      @anikyte8461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ptrjnsn5719 Its still not a trebuchet though, as it lacks a sling.

  • @lightknightgames
    @lightknightgames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    On highjump, the best ramp would actually go further right than the peak of the jump, like a skate ramp.

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm going to have to look into that more, ramp design is interesting!

  • @luuc4sflp
    @luuc4sflp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    He didn't notice the rock was just colliding with the springs in the first trial's sandbox test.

    • @toobapheesh3756
      @toobapheesh3756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah I had that realization half way through and just kinda facepalmed

  • @hoodio
    @hoodio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    fun fact: everything that weights more than a gram, technically weights one polygram

  • @masonator__
    @masonator__ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Glad you enjoyed!

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks for all the help!

    • @Egerit100
      @Egerit100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ReidCaptain I have a question. How many people tried to participate bc RCE said that these were the finals and that there were qualifying rounds so how many ppl were in the qualifying?

    • @ArglinPB
      @ArglinPB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Egerit100 There were a total of 9 people who were brought into the competition! Only 6 of them managed to actually submit something in time though.

  • @davemarin7340
    @davemarin7340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    8:47 the best ramp for this approach would have been a brachistochrone curve

  • @ItsJoKeZ
    @ItsJoKeZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    found you at like 2am and now I'm subbed. Younger me would've loved you. Was obsessed with these games as a kid.
    wouldve been an eng. if I didnt suck at math 😂

  • @giddycadet
    @giddycadet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    the reason your pentagram kept falling out of the sling is because it was colliding with the nodes connecting the springs together

  • @nyscersul42
    @nyscersul42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lovely example of participating for fun. Maybe if you did a similar thing again would be fun to show some shots of the other participant's designs as well. :)

  • @batman-jw7vu
    @batman-jw7vu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Imagine if this was a real event in the Olympics

  • @ДвухцветныйКуст
    @ДвухцветныйКуст 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    wow didn't expect to see a collab of those people. excited for more, maybe, perhaps?

    • @Kaboomy1210
      @Kaboomy1210 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There will always be more, don't worry.

  • @Theuncannytriplets-A
    @Theuncannytriplets-A 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:09 fun fact: Aliensrock was a bloons youtuber too 4 years ago

  • @olliemeadwell1442
    @olliemeadwell1442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Poor lad can't say trebuchet 😅

  • @southofsane877
    @southofsane877 ปีที่แล้ว

    None of the people in this competition seem to understand lever force 😭 you keep puttin springs on but you never just give yourself a long arm, on either side of the fulcrum!

  • @DamiemBlorp
    @DamiemBlorp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Besiege idea:
    A human! Basic things like move arms. Doesnt even have to be standing/walking can just be sitting In a chair. then like can move arms, breath, maybe even sorta "talk" (lip movement)

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh I'd have some uncanny valley demon if I tried, but maybe that's not a terrible thing

    • @DamiemBlorp
      @DamiemBlorp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ReidCaptain 😅 could be funny. also love ur vids, I'm happy u responded 😁

  • @alexmijo
    @alexmijo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I think you guys shouldn't get the events/stages before the 20 minute timer starts, it'd be more about making the design and less about copying your design over in 20 minutes then

    • @ricky107_
      @ricky107_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah it seemed off

    • @ricky107_
      @ricky107_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think the real engineer did it the "right" way

    • @Varksterable
      @Varksterable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I thought that initially on seeing this video too. Pretty sure RCE went into the events fairly cold; without understanding the challenges and definitely without prior practice.
      But _then_ I thought, hold on - what's the title of the event?
      In the real Olympics, do you think the competitors turn up with no idea what they'll have to do? Without have spent years, sometimes decades honing their specific skill to perfection?
      What I'd like to see instead is a Polyunseenchallenge event!

    • @Nick-hm9rh
      @Nick-hm9rh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea i thought the same. Whats the point of a time limit if the designs something for an hour and then just copies it

    • @brunobruno-c1d
      @brunobruno-c1d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Varksterable this is something i'd never think about but its a really good point - people have years to prepare when competing for real, so it makes sense to be able prepare as much as someone wants beforehand

  • @FavoRitsu
    @FavoRitsu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw this on RCE. Nice to see your perspective

  • @CEntertainArt
    @CEntertainArt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Physics man at great work again.

  • @Tells_Fox
    @Tells_Fox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    16:14 OHHH it landed on... feet?

  • @kishonoi191
    @kishonoi191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    all thats Physics class definitely came in handy for this guy

  • @rawhidelamp
    @rawhidelamp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Should've gone for a trebuchet instead of that weird catapult

  • @chabs6945
    @chabs6945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who TF would dislike this video??? I'm gonna go find those two

    • @sphixy8577
      @sphixy8577 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now try ro find the 534 ones

  • @jackklein8474
    @jackklein8474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I refuse to believe you aren’t just Nile reds gaming channel

  • @JustDan_44
    @JustDan_44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    idea: make wind powered car that goes faster than the wind, that would be cool if you can recreate that in dream car builder

    • @Dragonfire-486
      @Dragonfire-486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And then make a £1,000 bet on it working with other science nerds

    • @kori228
      @kori228 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ah yes Veritasium

  • @rafazielinski2633
    @rafazielinski2633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    its a pity you didnt show the winning design for each level

  • @karmelekanime05
    @karmelekanime05 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I find it pretty funny how he at first didnt realise that putting "colide with everything" made the shape tangle up in springs and thats why it didnt launch at qll

  • @crowmigration8245
    @crowmigration8245 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That spring one looks so fun

  • @vilhelmstorm9880
    @vilhelmstorm9880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Commented video 3. Please make a explosive powered engine in Scrap Mechanic! I want to know if you can do it, because i tried and it didnt work... And also, glad you enjoyed the event!

  • @thebearslicer7736
    @thebearslicer7736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Reid when are you gonna do another minecraft project, I really liked the last one.

    • @NStripleseven
      @NStripleseven 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah the Minecraft stuff was cool

  • @Holistacia
    @Holistacia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    very cool, smart person

  • @Me-qk5zv
    @Me-qk5zv ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Am I going crazy or is there a quiet beeping sound?

    • @sawyerdadino
      @sawyerdadino 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are probably hearing the games music in the background

  • @Unknownswor
    @Unknownswor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    994 epic keep up the great content love your vids

  • @-Sugar-Cane-
    @-Sugar-Cane- 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how the guy who is a real civil engineer and the guy that is the literal developer of the game came dead last 💀

  • @TeamUnpro
    @TeamUnpro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    not sure if I'm explaining this right becaus I'm wicked tired but -- here goes
    For an optimal 'ramp' like the one you used in the jumping one to get the flags, try a right angle ... but with this formula
    Center stick would be exactly 45/2 degrees from the start/end points, where as the start/end points are 45 degrees apart.
    Anyway, you would use 8 to 16 sticks with a sin(stick/2) which would make it start strong, smoothly even out the angles when near the middle, and then thrust the rest of the way until its exactly 90 degrees
    r/overthinking probably but yeh, also I probably just confused the sh* out of people lol
    Also I think its sin(stick/pi) or sin(stick/4) but meh

  • @Skullinhand
    @Skullinhand 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    captainsauce is the master "bridge-biologist" he should've been on that list

  • @ethan8580
    @ethan8580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    why does this guy kind of sound like NileRed

  • @piyushv5739
    @piyushv5739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    9:57 i think the more the solution (road) looks like a brachistochrone the higher it will go

  • @THESLlCK
    @THESLlCK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    so a trebuchet but catapult

  • @aritraghosh2410
    @aritraghosh2410 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    his physics is pretty on-point

  • @avgjoeshow4208
    @avgjoeshow4208 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was fascinating for some reason. Idk how I got here though

  • @mystafox3197
    @mystafox3197 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw another person do this event and when I realized this was another TH-camr who was also in the event pretty cool design for the win

  • @paulzagieboylo7315
    @paulzagieboylo7315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:45 and eventually you realized that your weight was colliding with the nodes of your spring, which were stripping it out of your basket? Basically you were trying to launch something, but it was trapped inside a cage fixed to the ground, so it was never going to be able to go anywhere.

  • @gustavgnoettgen
    @gustavgnoettgen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone remembers that game Armadillo? It's similar, the goal is to put a ball (the armadillo) into a designated area by building similar contraptions.

  • @Dracot1c
    @Dracot1c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    they should add layers to poly bridge so it’s easier to layer things
    As in just layers for the building, doesn’t affect the actual game

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are some color mods that work pretty well. I might try some out if I make something really layered.

    • @Dracot1c
      @Dracot1c 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ReidCaptain alright, those mods do sound pretty useful haha

  • @JonathanB139
    @JonathanB139 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me: Sees a video that I missed
    Also me: *Happy happiness noise*

  • @OPservatorV2
    @OPservatorV2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    when i read that Real Civil Engineer took a part i was like: POOPCANO!

  • @lfproductions3799
    @lfproductions3799 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching you get second on the bridge build blew my mind I thought you were gunna be dead last

  • @seanthesheep8670
    @seanthesheep8670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It seems like cheating to design your catapult before the timer; doesn’t that defeat the point of the timer?

  • @baconpancakez
    @baconpancakez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Epic

  • @aethertech
    @aethertech 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can the next video (or a next video) look at what the other winners did for their designs?

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think RCE has a video on that, and Arglin will have a really cool comparison video coming today/tomorrow.

    • @aethertech
      @aethertech 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ReidCaptain k

  • @unis_6248
    @unis_6248 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Hey, what's the engineer doing?"

  • @Kyrazlan
    @Kyrazlan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the high jump I suspect a brachistochrone curve would have been ideal.

  • @realmikedece
    @realmikedece 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    16:13 why is that so satisfying

  • @AlliSinned
    @AlliSinned 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Careful with the name of the event, olympics legit might DMCA that title for the event

  • @mathmagician5990
    @mathmagician5990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pretty sure 45° is not optimal launch angle

  • @whelsup4790
    @whelsup4790 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    16:13 i love how it landed

  • @SpiritSlayer1
    @SpiritSlayer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice!!

  • @Enderia2
    @Enderia2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think it’s official: Imma buy Poly Bridge 2 with my new iPad mini when AT&T carries it.

  • @thepawn08
    @thepawn08 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your lack of triangles disturbs me.

  • @GreyKnightsVenerable
    @GreyKnightsVenerable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That’s a catapult, not a trebuchet. An inferior siege machine.

  • @Noone-of-your-Business
    @Noone-of-your-Business 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well, trebuchets don't work with springs. Why don't you build the original design with a swinging weight?

  • @rigelstarz6032
    @rigelstarz6032 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh so real civil engineer is in that

  • @robojelly4420
    @robojelly4420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing

  • @gamingutility1193
    @gamingutility1193 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    one of those dudes that has too lil subs for what he provides,wonderful voice and absolute quality of a content...u jus have to love em,✌️

  • @Trygeve
    @Trygeve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice

  • @yifeiisbad2587
    @yifeiisbad2587 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    11:32 if you put it in slow mo you can see that the wright thing went to 98 percent

  • @MarkkuS
    @MarkkuS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What's the point of the timer if you can practice beforehand? Just a micro simulator?

  • @proamateur9903
    @proamateur9903 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    poor tyler, who donked the ceiling

  • @deftheocelot9125
    @deftheocelot9125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Trebuchet"
    "Ehh what's the difference between tension and counterweights?"
    > Proceeds to build what is obviously a catapult

  • @aburning_sherman2124
    @aburning_sherman2124 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This event is like all track events 💀

  • @sourmain5732
    @sourmain5732 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have no idea why this was recommended to me but good job I guess.

  • @Jkauppa
    @Jkauppa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    just a rotating drum sling

  • @der_katzentyp9495
    @der_katzentyp9495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Huh Aliensrock didnt shave himself to the win for once

  • @digitexstudios5634
    @digitexstudios5634 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The pentagon was colliding with the nodes on the spring

  • @cendronhawk977
    @cendronhawk977 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Idea; Lets use the trebuchet tennis ball built

  • @enznova
    @enznova 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    epic physics moment

  • @20firebird
    @20firebird 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    on the high jump level, you should’ve made an arch in the road before the ramp so the car could build momentum... assuming that was within the rules.

  • @mistamysta1983
    @mistamysta1983 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    love how he says me for the rock

  • @Its_Mango
    @Its_Mango 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm here before this gets recommended to 1 million people

  • @runforitman
    @runforitman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    mmhmm yes this is good

  • @BexhasDied
    @BexhasDied 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really they should add layers like in photoshop so you can hide specific things

    • @BexhasDied
      @BexhasDied 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yo that would make a cool mod I can’t code I give permission for anyone to steal this idea lmao

  • @nodvick
    @nodvick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ramp/high jump, why didn't you use a spring loaded mechanism to boost the car and give it even more speed before hitting the ramp?

  • @TJ-tm5gp
    @TJ-tm5gp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was more upset about the weight lifting on that last one

  • @RaymenNumerals
    @RaymenNumerals ปีที่แล้ว

    Peak gameplay

  • @Bacongoober
    @Bacongoober 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Last thing we need is you to build a jet in besiege

  • @potatostash1929
    @potatostash1929 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The bridge can shoot threes better than me lol

  • @Hlebuw3k
    @Hlebuw3k 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cant believe 3 months later and still no continuation on the Scrap Mechanic computer

  • @gamertf2209
    @gamertf2209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ok so is the building a gun idea happening, or is that a "ill get around to it". i just wanna know

    • @ReidCaptain
      @ReidCaptain  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I kinda did it in my tank video, but if I get another unique idea I'll run with it

    • @gamertf2209
      @gamertf2209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ReidCaptain ok cool thx

  • @Ruiluth
    @Ruiluth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ugh... this is cool and all, but _trebuchets_ use _weights_ to rotate their arm, not springs. What you made is... not anything like any real medieval siege weapon. Maybe a catapult.

    • @lamegamertime
      @lamegamertime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He said it wasn't a trebuchet...