The Hardest Easy Game

Play The L-Game: hwwmath.looiwenli.com/l-game
Edward de Bono is a lot of things -- an author, an economic theorist, a physician -- but he’s also a thinker about… thinking. His 1967 book “The Five-Day Course in Thinking” included a game that’s one of the hardest in the world, yet also one of the simplest.
The idea behind creating the perfectly simple, perfectly impossible exercise that turned into The L-Game was to distill a 2-player experience down to a constant churn of critical strategic decisions. By limiting the board to just 16 spaces with 2 L-shaped tetrominoes and 2 neutral pieces, the board can’t distract from the core task. And with so few rules -- really, just that you need to move your L piece to an open space and then optionally move one of the neutrals -- the focus is purely on thinking several moves in advance.
That level of abstraction is way, way harder than it seems. But by using experience to identify and organize some strategic guiding principles to moving in the L-Game, it’s possible for both players to play perfectly -- and forever.
As de Bono demonstrates in his course, that’s the same sort of approach we apply to almost everything we value. We think strategically about the groceries we buy, the relationships we have or want… if it matters, we employ some form of strategy. And the better we are at strategic thinking, the more likely we are to get the result we need.
And it all starts with a 4x4 board, two tetrominoes, and a couple pennies.
** SOURCES **
"The L Game: Strategic Thinking". The Five-Day Course in Thinking by Edward de Bono: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
"Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Vol. 2," by By Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, and Richard K. Guy: www.amazon.com/Winning-Ways-Y...
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  • @Vsauce2
    @Vsauce24 жыл бұрын

    Just some clarification about only having 3 possible moves in the A, B, and C scenario -- yes, there’s also a fourth move (the L down the left side from the top corner), but it just mirrors the situation we have in A and B. By simply reflecting the L vertically, we open ourselves up to another immediate loss as orange places a horizontal L on the second row and kills our chance to make another move. Also, in move B, de Bono assumed that we would notice that Player 1 also moved the neutral piece from the top toward the bottom (since it can go in any of the open spots), which opens up a spot for Player 2 to go down the right half of the board. The neutral piece can’t be moved by orange *before* the L is moved, so that neutral piece had to have been moved by pink after Player 1 moved their L. Thanks for diving deep into these details -- and showing what strategic thinking is all about. P.S. -- Whether or not I put my pants back on for the rest of the video is up to you to decide.

  • @ketsu1503

    @ketsu1503

    4 жыл бұрын

    he didn't have his pants on i guess

  • @reverse5461

    @reverse5461

    4 жыл бұрын

    The breeze is gonna hit you in the nuts if you don't put that antibacterial silver tx2 fabric pants back on

  • @lukeahandsa

    @lukeahandsa

    4 жыл бұрын

    take the L

  • @kyden1329

    @kyden1329

    4 жыл бұрын

    but according to the rules, or what i understood, is that you could move the coin after you moved the L piece. And the coins seems like half the game. In your 'possible moves' you didn't move the coin at all, which would balance your enemie's possibilities..

  • @JSephH76

    @JSephH76

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kyden1329 Yeah you can open up a whole ton of possibilities further than those he listed. I don't know if I'm just misunderstanding something or if he really did miss some options. For instance if you flipped your piece into the unlisted 4th possible move and then moved the lower neutral coin into any position on the board then you can extend the game out at least one more move. I don't know why he left out the options that would extend the game. I also don't get why in situation B pink would intentionally move the neutral piece into a position that would cause him to lose the game and at the same time not show positions in A that would have pink move the neutral piece into an advantageous position. There is just a whole bunch wrong with those scenarios

  • @racool911
    @racool9114 жыл бұрын

    This just seems like a simpler version of chess and a more complicated version of tic tac toe

  • @zythex4385

    @zythex4385

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think it's more like both + tetris

  • @tcg1_qc

    @tcg1_qc

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zythex4385 You guys have the exact same profile picture but with a different letter

  • @zythex4385

    @zythex4385

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tcg1_qc shh

  • @zythex4385

    @zythex4385

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ream1622 no, why would you do that?

  • @TheCrash480

    @TheCrash480

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@zythex4385 Because swapping accounts to reply to your own comment is laaaame.

  • @jerry3790
    @jerry37904 жыл бұрын

    So he did most of the video not wearing any pants?

  • @demerion

    @demerion

    4 жыл бұрын

    How can you heart this comment and not reply?! :P

  • @goomy9966

    @goomy9966

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tell us kevin TELL US

  • @mrorion4794

    @mrorion4794

    4 жыл бұрын

    He just showed some pants while talking about the sponsor

  • @lpsfoxstar8454

    @lpsfoxstar8454

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@demerion fair enough. there, i did it XD

  • @ZenoDLC

    @ZenoDLC

    4 жыл бұрын

    Does he need to?

  • @__M.K.
    @__M.K.3 жыл бұрын

    This actually seems like a fun game Now I just need friends to play it with

  • @ElectroTiger

    @ElectroTiger

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @bpdoijfd

    @bpdoijfd

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me three

  • @milkylights2

    @milkylights2

    2 жыл бұрын

    damnit

  • @msiio

    @msiio

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's....... The hardest part

  • @_fnt_8628

    @_fnt_8628

    2 жыл бұрын

    No strategic principles works with that one

  • @Goastyy
    @Goastyy3 жыл бұрын

    V-sauce: *tries to show the pants* V-sauce: lemme take it off real quick V-sauce: *literally sitting on a chair without pants*

  • @FoxSlyme

    @FoxSlyme

    2 жыл бұрын

    When? I missed that moment

  • @ducky0nqu4ck94

    @ducky0nqu4ck94

    2 жыл бұрын

    Show the timestamp

  • @KoyasuNoBara

    @KoyasuNoBara

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's weird, this is the second comment on this video I've seen regarding whether he's wearing pants or not after taking them off, but he never took them off?

  • @SG2048-meta

    @SG2048-meta

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KoyasuNoBara there is a comment saying that the video is 12 minutes 52 seconds long, but actually it is shorter. I feel like the pants section is gone for some reason

  • @ketsu1503
    @ketsu15034 жыл бұрын

    "the hardest easy game" My brain: aight imma head out....

  • @danielabay8872

    @danielabay8872

    4 жыл бұрын

    grammar is out of here too

  • @latoon4194

    @latoon4194

    4 жыл бұрын

    ketsu ] Easiest*

  • @ketsu1503

    @ketsu1503

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@danielabay8872 lol sry

  • @ketsu1503

    @ketsu1503

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ZeroSleap well then... I guess its back

  • @ZeroSleap

    @ZeroSleap

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually...it's the Hardest easy game there's a difference...

  • @andreabarone4964
    @andreabarone49644 жыл бұрын

    1:50 my calculator when I try to divide by 0

  • @mysterymeat4197

    @mysterymeat4197

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaahhahahahahahahahzaha

  • @LeventK

    @LeventK

    4 жыл бұрын

    ROFL

  • @Havron

    @Havron

    4 жыл бұрын

    7 0 7

  • @andreabarone4964

    @andreabarone4964

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Z-Games Pro i liked it

  • @LeventK

    @LeventK

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@andreabarone4964 hey dude you ruined it

  • @leonelpowers5979
    @leonelpowers59792 жыл бұрын

    Beating the AI in this game was a lot more cathartic than what I thought and had a lot more of me flipping the bird at the thing that I would had imagine.

  • @MsChestnutter1
    @MsChestnutter13 жыл бұрын

    2:38 That would of been the best oppertunity to say "L-swhere"

  • @rawr_ahh

    @rawr_ahh

    4 ай бұрын

    damn this comment needs more attention

  • @zanr6943
    @zanr69434 жыл бұрын

    "Avoid L's and manifest W" But of course, no Luigi more Waluigi

  • @EASReviewer

    @EASReviewer

    4 жыл бұрын

    I can imagine waluigi say that

  • @overlordcringe2715

    @overlordcringe2715

    4 жыл бұрын

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @generalbacon7476

    @generalbacon7476

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wahhh

  • @rynew

    @rynew

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wal-elegy

  • @BarbarellaAlpha

    @BarbarellaAlpha

    4 жыл бұрын

    Luigi Fredo

  • @shepherd3718
    @shepherd37183 жыл бұрын

    I can't stop thinking about why his left side is red and his right blue

  • @user-mw8hu5be7n

    @user-mw8hu5be7n

    3 жыл бұрын

    THREE FRICKIN D

  • @Nova38797

    @Nova38797

    3 жыл бұрын

    Todoroki

  • @user-mw8hu5be7n

    @user-mw8hu5be7n

    3 жыл бұрын

    5upernova ah yes I see you are a (preferred pronoun) of culture as well

  • @rycedj3319

    @rycedj3319

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe to give us a seizure

  • @GSFigure

    @GSFigure

    3 жыл бұрын

    Choose the left side or right side of Vsauce. Like those pills in The Matrix.

  • @bluehoodie_gamer6867
    @bluehoodie_gamer68672 жыл бұрын

    4:36 counter-move b is an impossible move as in order for orange to play it they'd need to move the neutral piece before playing which is against the rules

  • @irrelevant_noob

    @irrelevant_noob

    2 жыл бұрын

    Guess you didn't read the pinned comment before writing this? :-)

  • @Kaepsele337
    @Kaepsele3372 жыл бұрын

    Most of this video applies to all deterministic perfect information games, like chess, go, checkers, nine mens morris, tafl, connect 4 etc. (Although some of them can't go on forever). What makes this game special is that it strikes the balance where it's not obvious how to play correctly, but you can master it in a couple of days, where the other games can take a lifetime to master.

  • @conairehorgan2456
    @conairehorgan24564 жыл бұрын

    Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Lightning McQueen blew a 3 lap lead in the piston cup

  • @immaparrot2824

    @immaparrot2824

    4 жыл бұрын

    If the cows are laying down the fish ain’t bitin I won’t. Comments like these make me remember everything.

  • @BernieYoda

    @BernieYoda

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or the 1,7 sec pit stop by Guido

  • @alejrandom6592

    @alejrandom6592

    4 жыл бұрын

    oh

  • @stillrabit73

    @stillrabit73

    4 жыл бұрын

    He did what In his cup?

  • @bw-leftturnracing7779

    @bw-leftturnracing7779

    4 жыл бұрын

    He actually blew a 1 lap lead

  • @ukatofarticus9046
    @ukatofarticus90464 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: Kevin: hey wanna play some B O N E L E S S C H E S S

  • @kherii.

    @kherii.

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ukato Farticus yes please

  • @digitalbarks5705

    @digitalbarks5705

    4 жыл бұрын

    B O N E L E S S P I Z Z A

  • @DickKick

    @DickKick

    4 жыл бұрын

    🅱️ O N E L E S S

  • @alphastar12

    @alphastar12

    4 жыл бұрын

    700th like

  • @pandydoesstuff5817

    @pandydoesstuff5817

    4 жыл бұрын

    nah man, I wanna play 🅱️ O N E L E S S M O N O P O L Y

  • @gemmamalo96
    @gemmamalo963 жыл бұрын

    played against the AI, won first try, never playing again so i can convince myself i'm a prodigy

  • @sylver369

    @sylver369

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm trying to figure out how people are playing an on paper game with AI...

  • @drmonkeys852

    @drmonkeys852

    7 ай бұрын

    @@sylver369 Just click the first link in the description

  • @twbvqc

    @twbvqc

    4 ай бұрын

    agreed

  • @bmgsplushworld8205
    @bmgsplushworld82052 жыл бұрын

    I was recently at a camp for the disabled and I played this with my cabin mate, we had lots of fun playing such a simple game, though we changed the rules so the penny could only move to open spaces connected to eachother and not boxed off areas

  • @ThrottleKitty
    @ThrottleKitty4 жыл бұрын

    "You can't place them at an angle to win!" *Places them at an angle to turn his L into a W*

  • @elementoproductions6005

    @elementoproductions6005

    4 жыл бұрын

    *buzzer!*

  • @elementoproductions6005

    @elementoproductions6005

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mantra Mahajan *he ended up scrambling this sentence.*

  • @ThrottleKitty

    @ThrottleKitty

    4 жыл бұрын

    actually i'm a cat tyvm

  • @christianjordansuryadi341

    @christianjordansuryadi341

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mantra Mahajan hm

  • @tristanjones7623
    @tristanjones76234 жыл бұрын

    Little known fact - Kevin sleeps with his SnapBack on. It never leaves his head not even to shower.

  • @zedex1226

    @zedex1226

    4 жыл бұрын

    Taking the top stop for weirdest never-nude variant.

  • @blvckgoogle

    @blvckgoogle

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, but Snapback staying on during s*x

  • @kherii.

    @kherii.

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sam Samovich wait, even better Kevin: sorry babe but the SnapBack staying on my head when it’s sexy time

  • @robfielding100
    @robfielding1002 жыл бұрын

    I bought this about 30 years ago. My mathematics students loved playing this.

  • @The_sleppers

    @The_sleppers

    2 жыл бұрын

    oof

  • @sha_663
    @sha_6638 ай бұрын

    I like the fatal weak neutral & strong mindset. It really reflects how "just being reliable enough" can have you win through a competitor's mistake. Rarely need to play the risk because just not exposing yourself is already on the winning side. Only when both sides are in the skill level of not losing through mistakes, strong moves even start to matter. Man i love that.

  • @sha_663

    @sha_663

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks for reading. The idea is: On an even playing field of experience, if you spend time only learning neutrals of playing it safe, you only need to focus on 1/3 rd of the game but win 99.5% of the time, constantly beating opponents who will make mistakes. Because the winning move is a ~1/200 chance for someone to unknowingly play to then develop into an unbeatable turn order. Only when both players mastered "not losing by mistake", the winning move even matters to learn because only then, weak moves are a guaranteed loss and only neutral moves eventually lose by chance (expecting a true neutral game to go on for a long time until one plays a winner by chance. (See chess, where low elosconstantly make mistakes and expose themselves, better elo ending in more draws and high elo confidently going for high risk moves, sacrificing high value pieces. Makes sense? More of a metaphor on how focusing on not making mistakes can put you ahead of ~99% Lmk if i'm completely wrong there

  • @littolicce
    @littolicce4 жыл бұрын

    I thought I was the easiest game. Everyone plays me.

  • @CottonTheCat

    @CottonTheCat

    4 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @thevictorhaha

    @thevictorhaha

    4 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @chadbroski6711

    @chadbroski6711

    4 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @lavalordYT

    @lavalordYT

    4 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @1000karlcool

    @1000karlcool

    4 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @georgecharles941
    @georgecharles9412 жыл бұрын

    when this game first came out in the early 1960's, I had one...and I came across it in my backgammon game. It was always one of my favorite games.

  • @mordet2
    @mordet210 ай бұрын

    3:14 there are 4 possible moves. The forth being a simple left-right mirror

  • @checkmyinstagramyaga566
    @checkmyinstagramyaga5664 жыл бұрын

    so what ur telling me is it’s tetris, chess, and tic tac toe combined?! edit: 1000 likes i’ve always wondered what it took to be cool

  • @iaapm

    @iaapm

    4 жыл бұрын

    ye

  • @riciw8915

    @riciw8915

    4 жыл бұрын

    You have 69 likes

  • @laimawolf6826

    @laimawolf6826

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well yes,but actually no,actually yes,

  • @michaelrojas8176

    @michaelrojas8176

    4 жыл бұрын

    no its not

  • @blueflamefae7898

    @blueflamefae7898

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chesstris Tac Toe

  • @MrMitchbow
    @MrMitchbow4 жыл бұрын

    “This game takes 5 days to master” Oh yea? Watch me do it in 12 minutes & 52 seconds

  • @crimzonshooter

    @crimzonshooter

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mastered it in about 5 minutes, with a 2 move win

  • @jadenjohnson8389

    @jadenjohnson8389

    4 жыл бұрын

    Speed runner?

  • @crimzonshooter

    @crimzonshooter

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jadenjohnson8389 nah, just good with AI abuse

  • @bbzlucas6932

    @bbzlucas6932

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@crimzonshooter gotta be honest i just did random stuff and won in 15 secs with 2 moves lmao

  • @Sir-Taco

    @Sir-Taco

    4 жыл бұрын

    # lakewood20 lol

  • @sporebliss
    @sporebliss2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this cool game, Vivec!

  • @LocalMaple
    @LocalMaple3 жыл бұрын

    5:10 My guess: Nestle your L against Orange’s long end, and move the corner neutral one space inward. You will control half the board, the opponent’s L will be forced to flip, and Orange will have 3 edges along the side-a more vulnerable position as shown before. But I don’t know how they’d move the coins.

  • @Navoii.
    @Navoii.4 жыл бұрын

    Vsauce2 out of context: GET THESE PANTS now back to our game

  • @Lil_mally_world

    @Lil_mally_world

    2 жыл бұрын

    Timestamp?

  • @ravrav6433
    @ravrav64334 жыл бұрын

    new rule: if you win its required to say “take the L”

  • @joaorodrigues1477

    @joaorodrigues1477

    4 жыл бұрын

    The game is 3 rounds total, the player who loses takes one of the L's, and puts it on their forehead. There are only two L's in the game and at the 3rd loss, the winning player just does the "Take The L" on them.

  • @awesomeninja1311

    @awesomeninja1311

    4 жыл бұрын

    No if u lose u have to take the l

  • @databaseinformacion4373

    @databaseinformacion4373

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Zoie Pogoreski i think is a joke

  • @meroaso4932
    @meroaso49323 жыл бұрын

    Man you are the best don't you DARE stop ☺️

  • @GenericCatboy
    @GenericCatboy2 жыл бұрын

    Yo I’d never seen any of your videos before and I’ve just walked out even more of a nerd than I used to be. Thanks

  • @kiwichu9928
    @kiwichu99284 жыл бұрын

    3:34 don’t you mean, “you can’t go anywhere... Ls?” okay bye now

  • @backseatsurfer5005

    @backseatsurfer5005

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @angelolouis3253
    @angelolouis32534 жыл бұрын

    Teacher: The test is easy. THE TEST:

  • @Cat-ki3hy

    @Cat-ki3hy

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's supposed to be the easiest game possible

  • @cjfdnqkn4374

    @cjfdnqkn4374

    3 жыл бұрын

    The test: Make a strategy that is guaranteed to win the L Game

  • @doritos5447
    @doritos54473 жыл бұрын

    1:44 my secret strategy to always win at battleship

  • @elindauer
    @elindauer Жыл бұрын

    This is an insightful description of the beautiful chaos in chess and life.

  • @latioshunter
    @latioshunter4 жыл бұрын

    Me: loses My friend: do it Me: but- My friend: take the L. Me:*eats my piece* Lol jk, I dont have friends.

  • @TheAndermany

    @TheAndermany

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @KaeOlerti

    @KaeOlerti

    3 жыл бұрын

    They had us in the first half not gonna lie

  • @thewendysguy2172

    @thewendysguy2172

    3 жыл бұрын

    You may not have friends. But you have a FRIEND :)

  • @databaseinformacion4373

    @databaseinformacion4373

    3 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @megasonichunterramirez3231

    @megasonichunterramirez3231

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can't lose if you don't have friends

  • @shadowbread6616
    @shadowbread66164 жыл бұрын

    "You can't take forever. You have to make a move." A certain skeleton with a hoodie and single glowing eye would like to have a word with you.

  • @lev7509

    @lev7509

    4 жыл бұрын

    Undertale fandom is everywhere... and I'm part of it! BTW nice joke, I can *see* you are a Mann/Frau of culture like me.

  • @altayklc9047

    @altayklc9047

    4 жыл бұрын

    well you gotta save some time to sleep

  • @darktaro9249

    @darktaro9249

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sans couldn't take/wait forever either, eventually the player would outsmart the game, unless the game itself is meant to be endless, but there are many limiting factors to an indefinite game

  • @joythecat1950

    @joythecat1950

    4 жыл бұрын

    No matter what video i click I cant run away from the undertale I mean i am not complaining XD

  • @aidenhanson884

    @aidenhanson884

    4 жыл бұрын

    Heh.

  • @Seb_Kowalke
    @Seb_Kowalke3 жыл бұрын

    I just played it for the first time, and came up with a simpler way to play it, and possibly even guarantee an infinite draw. Every corner square gets a score of 0. Every outside square that isn't a corner gets a score of 1. Every inside square gets a score of 2. Maximize your score with every move, then think about what neutral piece move would take away your opponent's highest score position, while not allowing him a higher score position by moving said neutral piece.

  • @GG_4_ETERNITY

    @GG_4_ETERNITY

    2 жыл бұрын

    How do you make the pieces.

  • @InformationEngineer59
    @InformationEngineer597 ай бұрын

    I love your lighting

  • @jacobswind4497
    @jacobswind44974 жыл бұрын

    “Let me just take off my pants” -Kevin 2019

  • @Asian.Thomas

    @Asian.Thomas

    4 жыл бұрын

    can you please stop with the quoting, it's a bit annoying. Just saying

  • @sonal8109

    @sonal8109

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very funny

  • @pewdiepieisstillabadyoutub4490

    @pewdiepieisstillabadyoutub4490

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: Las Vegas:

  • @JQ3B94

    @JQ3B94

    4 жыл бұрын

    British people: :O

  • @arkanon8661

    @arkanon8661

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JQ3B94 yep... exactly

  • @tzisorey
    @tzisorey4 жыл бұрын

    "The possibilities here are endless" No they're not. You said yourself, there's only 2296 possible board states ;)

  • @Figgy20000

    @Figgy20000

    4 жыл бұрын

    Which funny enough makes this game ridiculously easy to solve even for humans. We can easily memorize 2296 positions and just play perfect every time.

  • @tzisorey

    @tzisorey

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Figgy20000 I'm a little hazy about whether that number is before, or after, taking various reflection and rotation symmetries into a account - but you're probably right, yes.

  • @karlik4861

    @karlik4861

    4 жыл бұрын

    smh vsouce 2 i biased

  • @Ceelvain

    @Ceelvain

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Figgy20000 Most people won't memorize that many moves because it would take a lot of time. You'd better just play it a lot and get a feel for it. You'd end up categorizing the moves intuitively. I'd personnally just write an AI for it. Either specific to the game that just memorize for me all the positions. Or based on reinforcement learning, a method that would, by playing a lot, come up with an evaluation function that tells how strong a move is. This last one is my obsession of the last few month.

  • @Figgy20000

    @Figgy20000

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Ceelvain Rubix Cubers and top Chess GMs have easily memorized more positions than actually exist in this entire game. If someone were to throw a million dollar prize pool at this thing next Saturday I'd bet you we'd have at least 50 100% perfect human players entering that same weekend.

  • @lucamengo8853
    @lucamengo885310 ай бұрын

    Bro I opened this video while seshing just for fun, and damn boy this is is opened my eyes. My life makes sense now.

  • @U_N_C_R_E_A_T_I_V_E
    @U_N_C_R_E_A_T_I_V_E2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @DTheAustralian
    @DTheAustralian4 жыл бұрын

    Damn, didn’t know Tetris was THAT hard.

  • @wesguyer4182

    @wesguyer4182

    4 жыл бұрын

    Giorno killed polpo, shouldn't you be dead

  • @wesguyer4182

    @wesguyer4182

    4 жыл бұрын

    Black Sabbath I mean

  • @DTheAustralian

    @DTheAustralian

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wes Guyer You can’t kill a shadow dude

  • @wesguyer4182

    @wesguyer4182

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DTheAustralian well you can kill the user so the shadow dude dies

  • @moldyshoess

    @moldyshoess

    4 жыл бұрын

    how'd you master typing upside down? is it possible to learn this power?

  • @PeepsMichael
    @PeepsMichael4 жыл бұрын

    0:14 Me looking at the food at home when mom doesn’t want to take me to McDonald’s.

  • @ketsu1503

    @ketsu1503

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @scrap5051

    @scrap5051

    4 жыл бұрын

    its funny cause its so relatable!

  • @F3zyX

    @F3zyX

    4 жыл бұрын

    LMFAOO

  • @warGasmshit

    @warGasmshit

    4 жыл бұрын

    also, me when realizing your generation is doomed, zoomers couldn't survive a day in the forest like your forefathers had to or alone for that matter

  • @cristiandior2805

    @cristiandior2805

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@warGasmshit ok boomer

  • @christopherdiedrich40
    @christopherdiedrich403 жыл бұрын

    I specifically have a hard time with these spatial tests. This was the part of my IQ test that brought my score way down lol

  • @jaironunez7196
    @jaironunez71969 ай бұрын

    Wow!! I did not know this!!

  • @op_elanim4971
    @op_elanim49714 жыл бұрын

    The simplest game Michael: Or is it?

  • @AchievingAchievement

    @AchievingAchievement

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey, Micheal, Vsauce here.

  • @goshawk6153

    @goshawk6153

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is Kevin

  • @viditpandey9101

    @viditpandey9101

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@goshawk6153 Or is he?

  • @Mistner

    @Mistner

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kevin...

  • @AidebHerb

    @AidebHerb

    4 жыл бұрын

    sriram n or do you?

  • @Staggedtree
    @Staggedtree4 жыл бұрын

    The lighting makes him look like he got painted in red and blue

  • @tracy9610

    @tracy9610

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jack Howard - I was thinking that the whole way through.

  • @matthewmchenry2889

    @matthewmchenry2889

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nah, it's just his facepaint making the lighting look weird.

  • @catfood2

    @catfood2

    4 жыл бұрын

    I cant unsee it

  • @Speedpunk650

    @Speedpunk650

    4 жыл бұрын

    the lighting makes him look like Nerd City

  • @julius_trifinity

    @julius_trifinity

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who told you he isn't painted in red and blue?

  • @user-cb5op9qr3c
    @user-cb5op9qr3c Жыл бұрын

    Awesome 😮

  • @travpots6318
    @travpots63183 жыл бұрын

    Good job

  • @oliviavillarr
    @oliviavillarr4 жыл бұрын

    Playing... Kevin: Me: Nevermind, it's my turn now

  • @alejrandom6592

    @alejrandom6592

    4 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @KaliTakumi
    @KaliTakumi4 жыл бұрын

    I knew "take the L" was going to be said at some point in this video

  • @abronius7515
    @abronius75152 жыл бұрын

    really nice

  • @miztahrayeproductions2942
    @miztahrayeproductions29422 жыл бұрын

    This brings whole new meaning to "Taking an L" when someone loses.

  • @LastEmblem
    @LastEmblem4 жыл бұрын

    5:29 Counter-move B is invalid according to the rule that you can't move the neutral piece before the L-piece move is completed.

  • @shuvisenpai651

    @shuvisenpai651

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep, I noticed that while it was in scene as well...

  • @pasijutaulietuviuesas9174

    @pasijutaulietuviuesas9174

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is valid. The pink player flipped his piece and then moved the neutral piece from 1x3 to 3x1. Then the orange player puts his orange piece to where the neutral piece was. That's also the only move where the pink player moved the neutral piece for some reason.

  • @jacekniedzielski9837

    @jacekniedzielski9837

    4 жыл бұрын

    So he is saying that its the pink player that moved the coin? The pink player does his move in "my possible moves"

  • @jacekniedzielski9837

    @jacekniedzielski9837

    4 жыл бұрын

    (I think)

  • @LastEmblem

    @LastEmblem

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pasijutaulietuviuesas9174 Pink did not move the neutral piece, look again. The finalized board after Pink's move, which was just an L-flip, shows no movement of the neutral piece. Unless Kevin made an error in setting it up, but either way it wouldn't make sense for pink to move the neutral to (3,1) anyway, it wouldn't benefit them. It's one of the fatal moves they could make.

  • @pdpauldelaney
    @pdpauldelaney4 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are brilliant Kevin, I hope that it’s providing a good life for you and your family.

  • @pdpauldelaney

    @pdpauldelaney

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thx bro

  • @manojo123
    @manojo1233 жыл бұрын

    The most incredible thing for me in this video was learning the word halves o.O

  • @sairasutton2989
    @sairasutton29892 жыл бұрын

    Tuyệt quá, giọng Phúc ấm áp quá

  • @STANNco
    @STANNco4 жыл бұрын

    The more i look at his face, the more it looks like red and blue facepaint. I know it's lighting but, it messes with me

  • @Notester82
    @Notester824 жыл бұрын

    8:13 Everybody gangsta until Kevin gets a Perfect Clear in Tetris

  • @stanleydodds9

    @stanleydodds9

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not to mention all those L-spins he was doing

  • @jimothyjimothy1

    @jimothyjimothy1

    4 жыл бұрын

    tf is a perfect clear?

  • @stanleydodds9

    @stanleydodds9

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jimothyjimothy1 when you clear your entire stack; in this case it was with a tetris too.

  • @Notester82

    @Notester82

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jimothyjimothy1 Exactly what Stanley Dodds said, plus the reference just came to me since a standard Tetris board is 10 tiles wide, if that helps clear things up!

  • @cookiecyborg24

    @cookiecyborg24

    4 жыл бұрын

    In modern tetris games, There is a cycle which gives you every piece every 7 pieces. Players used this to make up "starter setups". There also is a "perfect clear setup", which gives you a not guaranteed, but high chance to get a perfect clear withing the first 10 (11 with the "hold" option) tetriminos.

  • @PersonManManManMan
    @PersonManManManMan3 жыл бұрын

    That *W* at the end, p e r f e c t i o n

  • @MaveRick01
    @MaveRick013 жыл бұрын

    Kevin: "You can't take forever. You gotta make a move." Great advice. Easier said than done though.

  • @outside8312
    @outside83124 жыл бұрын

    Kevin used to be my least favourite Vsauce ( no offense ) but these days it's by far the best Vsauce!

  • @shortyshawty

    @shortyshawty

    4 жыл бұрын

    Outside it’s bc it’s actually posts Also I love him :3

  • @stefan512

    @stefan512

    4 жыл бұрын

    D!NG*

  • @linuxstreamer8910

    @linuxstreamer8910

    4 жыл бұрын

    i love vsauce 1 and 3 but i'm to poor for youtube red

  • @narusferree6506

    @narusferree6506

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, Michael's stuff been paywalled until recently, and once you notice Jake's pausing every sentence, he's hard to listen to, so....

  • @xogdo5260

    @xogdo5260

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@linuxstreamer8910 It's all free until the end of the year

  • @thechair6519
    @thechair65194 жыл бұрын

    0:59 me opening my "homework" folder

  • @hypenheimer

    @hypenheimer

    2 жыл бұрын

    ?

  • @hypenheimer

    @hypenheimer

    2 жыл бұрын

    How does this have anything to do with storing the y'know in a normal looking folder

  • @thechair6519

    @thechair6519

    2 жыл бұрын

    wait i dont remember commenting this on this exact video

  • @chrisandrew7577
    @chrisandrew7577 Жыл бұрын

    My brain recognizes, deconstructs, analyzes and predicts patterns constantly, this game is like a rubiks cube in my mind. I'm gonna play.

  • @JarbyStar
    @JarbyStar3 жыл бұрын

    legit thought at 0:40 I started to hear the daredevil intro (on Netflix)

  • @waterain7774
    @waterain77744 жыл бұрын

    Them: calculating every movment , possible out com- Me who has been starving for 5 days: *alright* *mate,* *take* *your* *time*

  • @Figgy20000

    @Figgy20000

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me who has memorized all 2296 positions: Yeah this game isn't so "impossible"

  • @geradosolusyon511

    @geradosolusyon511

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Figgy20000 but it does train your brain

  • @namansingla2975
    @namansingla29754 жыл бұрын

    5:34 The B position isn't even possible because for that you'll have to move the neutral spot first and then make the move. That is ILLEGAL

  • @bellaarboleda8782

    @bellaarboleda8782

    4 жыл бұрын

    What no

  • @xdfixstudio366

    @xdfixstudio366

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was about to write the same thing XD

  • @jo_nm9484

    @jo_nm9484

    3 жыл бұрын

    What no

  • @meherinmouly

    @meherinmouly

    3 жыл бұрын

    What no (can we make a chain?)

  • @xdfixstudio366

    @xdfixstudio366

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@meherinmouly What no we can't make a chain.

  • @Simon-qh1ys
    @Simon-qh1ys3 жыл бұрын

    4:08 The Battle Nations soundtrack, nice!

  • @joshuagonzalez8645

    @joshuagonzalez8645

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seems so outta place and it threw me off when I heard it. Haven't heard that in years. Got smacked with nostalgia.

  • @TenToTu
    @TenToTu3 жыл бұрын

    3:47 i need to know the name of this song

  • @thejellybeangamer3284
    @thejellybeangamer32844 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: Not a soul: *Knight*

  • @christovac

    @christovac

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tccoydgyfdjdkdrjydfjdcfykcfycfukcutcugkcgocougcugkckygckgycugocky&ykfccfyjcfkycgkycfkyc ITS A KNIGHT

  • @charadremur333

    @charadremur333

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@christovac nah

  • @ardydyandra4788

    @ardydyandra4788

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@christovac nope

  • @lockiemcneven7219

    @lockiemcneven7219

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ostroth not in chess lol

  • @adrian.h2938

    @adrian.h2938

    4 жыл бұрын

    *knight

  • @itsyaboimike9010
    @itsyaboimike90104 жыл бұрын

    When is the anime of the L game coming out

  • @NoobMicesters
    @NoobMicesters3 жыл бұрын

    1:22 1 year later i still dont know if that was an intentional double meaning Of lose and play the l game

  • @Tera_GX
    @Tera_GX Жыл бұрын

    My first time playing it just now, against the ai linked, I won in just 2 moves. I definitely "get" the goal. Time to bring my friends into this.

  • @stutiarya
    @stutiarya4 жыл бұрын

    So nobody is talking about the weird lighting on his face that looks like face paint.

  • @stephaniaworthington4129

    @stephaniaworthington4129

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think has face paint for his face and the lighting for his arms

  • @volt7958

    @volt7958

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is no one gonna talk about how the L game doesn't work on android:(

  • @sansdusttale7224

    @sansdusttale7224

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is nintendo switch

  • @databaseinformacion4373

    @databaseinformacion4373

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@volt7958 f#

  • @GrifoStelle

    @GrifoStelle

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Zoie Pogoreski but the colors move as he moves around 2:59 see how the lights switch as he furrows his eye brows and returns after. The blue is on his right and the red is on his left. In the end as he explains the importance of planning ahead and making those Ls Ws, the W turns purple in the lights. Pretty sure this was planned for specifically that moment

  • @asspounderify
    @asspounderify4 жыл бұрын

    3:20 I can't move my L piece My whole life is an L

  • @hagridthetable

    @hagridthetable

    4 жыл бұрын

    F

  • @conteudooriginal4600
    @conteudooriginal46003 жыл бұрын

    thanks, my teacher didn't saw that game recearch coming

  • @vant3a
    @vant3a2 жыл бұрын

    It’s be interesting to see meruem play this

  • @YesNO-bn3pq
    @YesNO-bn3pq4 жыл бұрын

    Vsauce: You have a dad and a mom right? Vsauce: WRONG

  • @scunthorpe5513

    @scunthorpe5513

    4 жыл бұрын

    He isn’t wrong

  • @Majestic469
    @Majestic4694 жыл бұрын

    Wtf this is actually an amazing game! Why isn’t it more popular?

  • @10jimmy
    @10jimmy2 жыл бұрын

    4:44 there is clearly more possibilities here, as pink doesn't move a coin on their turn etc etc and now there is like 10 possible moves and even more for the enemy

  • @ella6547
    @ella65472 жыл бұрын

    It's actually quite interesting how much this just emphasises the 'control the centre square' philosophy of game shows! I would assume that the principle behind play is 'if you keep your L in the middle, you cannot lose - if you place your penny in the wrong spot, you can be moved out of the middle, so it requires TWO mistakes by player one to lose'.

  • @georgios_5342
    @georgios_53424 жыл бұрын

    Wait, I've had the L game as a board game for 10 years, ever since I was 5 years old!

  • @monikaosmenda3269
    @monikaosmenda32694 жыл бұрын

    see yall in 6 years when this is in everybody's recommended

  • @szittyano

    @szittyano

    4 жыл бұрын

    commenting to see if it really happened

  • @ineedsmooths7177

    @ineedsmooths7177

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yo same here also commenting to see if it'll happen.

  • @spiderking8011

    @spiderking8011

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a believer

  • @vortexjax3865

    @vortexjax3865

    3 жыл бұрын

    7 months

  • @ineedsmooths7177

    @ineedsmooths7177

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vortexjax3865 dude joe just got em bad..

  • @ariesyana
    @ariesyana3 жыл бұрын

    Title: "The Hardest Easy Game" Me: *VISIBLE CONFUSION*

  • @AlexH274
    @AlexH2742 жыл бұрын

    love the lighting in this one Vsauce

  • @davidtran5812
    @davidtran58124 жыл бұрын

    I’ve shown you to my teacher and she’s now obssesed with your channel :D

  • @mitchelob111
    @mitchelob1114 жыл бұрын

    When I get my midterms back: “It’s game over.”

  • @Speedy4417
    @Speedy44173 жыл бұрын

    “What you like to eat?” “Y O U R S O N”

  • @hirnlosesentertainment7656
    @hirnlosesentertainment76563 жыл бұрын

    The counter move in number B isnt possible bc you have first to move a neutral piece. In C there is a better move, you only have to move a neutral piece over the pink L

  • @AustinJASMR
    @AustinJASMR3 жыл бұрын

    "This game is super hard to master." Chess master: "Wanna bet?"

  • @cjfdnqkn4374

    @cjfdnqkn4374

    3 жыл бұрын

    No

  • @eclecticsoffy

    @eclecticsoffy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Let's not

  • @nishantchatterjee3049
    @nishantchatterjee30494 жыл бұрын

    "I'm just going to take of my pants..." -Vsauce2, 2019

  • @goroakechi3194

    @goroakechi3194

    4 жыл бұрын

    Off*

  • @thepumpkinpigs1688

    @thepumpkinpigs1688

    4 жыл бұрын

    Off*

  • @GoldenRobbery
    @GoldenRobbery3 жыл бұрын

    the starting point for the L's looks like dude perfect

  • @jessewilson8676
    @jessewilson8676 Жыл бұрын

    4:53 option “B” is incorrect you cannot make that move without removing neutral piece first.

  • @koala.symphony
    @koala.symphony4 жыл бұрын

    It’s incredibly satisfying to me that the tetrominoes are colored properly according to the way they’re colored in tetris.

  • @weegee9616

    @weegee9616

    4 жыл бұрын

    Isn't the other L blue?

  • @fortunes11

    @fortunes11

    4 жыл бұрын

    ferre feys yes

  • @calvyno_the_dumbass

    @calvyno_the_dumbass

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me: sees it one shade to dark Also me: “pic of link cooking meal for Gordon Ramsay”

  • @Subscriberswithnovideosc-wv3me
    @Subscriberswithnovideosc-wv3me4 жыл бұрын

    Vsause: is alive Everyone: braincell time

  • @Rainy_R
    @Rainy_R2 жыл бұрын

    "Get ready to *L* " Thats one of the best lines from a person i've ever heard

  • @dee_thelouie
    @dee_thelouie3 жыл бұрын

    I am addicted to 3 chennels of Vsause...