Episode 18 - BUSTED! 6 Matches and 4 Triangles puzzle [Discussion]

[travislopes]

Watch the Master finally get beat at his own game!

Watch and download this episode of Scam School here. (http://revision3.com/scamschool/3Dmatchtrick)

[chromemystic]

Don't play this with any Roleplayers ;) They might think of the Good Old D4 and have you there :)

Its a very nice Scam though as most people just won't get it ^^

[evansawred]

haha that was good!

and now I'm going to have to get MORE videos up of me doing the scams :)

[edmarriner]

Great puzzle, I would never had thought of that

-ed

[xibalba]

Are you serious the first person you ever had solve the puzzle? It is a simple puzzle

[shwooddotcom]

Are you serious the first person you ever had solve the puzzle? It is a simple puzzle

I think his advantage was that he was sober.

[xibalba]

I suppose I can't be a judge of how people can/can't solve the puzzles. I have seen these puzzles before so it is a tad hard not to go come on it is so simple!

[anothertruth]

It's really not that obvious when you present the matches flat on the table. If you simply told them you can stand the matches up then it's easy. Of course, after you see how it's done, it's all easy :P

[retz]

I picked it after a minute or so just jotting down shapes with a pencil and paper (before I saw the answer of course :p), *posted something that I just realised wasn't even true, but the point is I solved the thing and it's time to go to bed*. Its also 5:20am so its kind of like I'm drunk... (Not really, I'm feeling a lot less violent and horny than when I'm drunk)

/douchebaggery

[jayunsplanet]

Before Brian was even done explaining it I had it figured out (less than 30 seconds). That's about the only puzzle I'm good at though...

[smokinn]

Before Brian was even done explaining it I had it figured out (less than 30 seconds). That's about the only puzzle I'm good at though...

Same here. He hadn't even put in the extra rules yet that I thought making it 3d would probably work... I don't think I can use this one =(

Still love your show though!!

[rabidbadger]

what a cute couple.
and yeah, If you did that scam to me, Brian, I MIGHT have come up with it, I think in 3D. Like your bro.

But how dare you dare me to post a vid of me doing one of your scams. almost drunk enough to try the cig on tounge one. too shy to do anything public. (see other recent thread)

[toadx]

Interesting.

[rabidbadger]

you clevr mutha fugga!

[missbombpop]

I don't think I can use this one either. I figured it out before he started and I am horrible at puzzles. I almost hope someone tries pulling this on me sometime. I can look smart =)

[nextgenxbox]

I like that you left this in as an episode and didn't ignore it and just find another victim. :) Master defeated!

[shwooddotcom]

I like that you left this in as an episode and didn't ignore it and just find another victim. :) Master defeated!

Yeah, that was a tough decision to stick to... part of me wanted to rely on softer volunteers and edits <cough! cough! criss angel! cough!> but I guess getting shot down in flames from time to time is just another part of the free beer process.

[nextgenxbox]

Brian vs. Criss! - I'd pay good money to see that! Toss in what's his name... street magic dude/hang in a box for a week dude... ahh, what's his name? Meh.

[termit]

At the age of seven my father told me about this puzzle, for next 6 years I was master of tricking of the middle school :)

[rabidbadger]

At the age of seven my father told me about this puzzle, for next 6 years I was master of tricking of the middle school :)

fun first post . gave you rep. welcome to rev3.

[retz]

Brian vs. Criss! - I'd pay good money to see that! Toss in what's his name... street magic dude/hang in a box for a week dude... ahh, what's his name? Meh.

David Blaine

[minton]

So I actually watched all the commercials at the end of the episode (do I get a cookie?)

One question, Brian what's your pull with the revision 3 family, can you hook a brother up with Sara Lane...or atleast put in a good word for me???

Please!!!

[nextgenxbox]

So I actually watched all the commercials at the end of the episode (do I get a cookie?)

One question, Brian what's your pull with the revision 3 family, can you hook a brother up with Sara Lane...or atleast put in a good word for me???

Please!!!

Lol. Last time I checked, she was apparently married.

[minton]

damn....oh well, worth a shot

[jlouderb]

So my son and his friend tried to do this trick... here's how it ended up.

nF8-nNixiMg

jim

[murphy1d]

Smart Kid! Get him designing computers in the garage ASAP!

EDIT: BTW, the sound didn't work for me, so I went to youtube to watch. Don't know if anyone else had the same prob.

[rabidbadger]

That was fun. Smart kids.

and we keep mentioning the embed sound issue in support but no love yet :(

[fangbeer]

I came up with a different solution.

Lay 4 matches on the table in a square.

Make an X in the middle of the square with the remaining two matches.

Each match in the X divides the square into 2 equilateral triangles that meet the requirements.

[shwooddotcom]

I came up with a different solution.

Lay 4 matches on the table in a square.

Make an X in the middle of the square with the remaining two matches.

Each match in the X divides the square into 2 equilateral triangles that meet the requirements.

Those are isosceles triangles. If you're bisecting a square diagonally, you're creating two 45-45-90 right triangles, which means the hypotenuse is longer than the other two sides.

...

Good God, why do I know that?

[nextgenxbox]

So my son and his friend tried to do this trick... here's how it ended up.

nF8-nNixiMg

jim

I would hate to say your son got pwned but... ;)

Smart kid. It's gotta be the glasses.

[dangermouse]

I think his advantage was that he was sober.

I wasn't that sober. I was two or three beers in at that point. One with dinner, one at the bar, and then the one in the scam. I just hide my inebriation well. I also think decently in 3D. I may have had it faster if my brain wasn't stuck on the Star of David we tried earlier.

That said, the point of these scams is n't that NO one will get them, but like in any good scam, you choose your marks carefully. Every puzzle can be broken by someone in the bar... you just try and figure out who that person is and go for the other guy/girl.

[dangermouse]

Those are isosceles triangles. If you're bisecting a square diagonally, you're creating two 45-45-90 right triangles, which means the hypotenuse is longer than the other two sides.

...

Good God, why do I know that?

Nice try though.

[labuda]

Ok, so this is one of the episodes I've watched already (just got my ipod on Monday, and on Tuesday my buddy jeffrey told me about Scam School), and I used it Thursday night at my local bar.

Andddddddd, YAY! Thank you, Brian! I got a free Dos XX and Jager Bomb from my bartender. :) hehe

I can't wait to catch up on all the episodes and see how many more free drinks I can get without doing my usual thing of showing a lot of cleavage. heh

[masherscf]

I think his advantage was that he was sober.

Wow, this is old, I totally missed this episode.

Granted, I do have a Ph.D. in mathematics which required me to answer questions regarding algebraic topology and are familiar with D& dice. But, I read the title of the podcast and a solution appeared immediately in my head.

I thought, "the tetrahedron has four vertexes six edges and four faces."

To be fair, my wife who only has a Master's degree solved it in about 45-seconds without the aid of matchsticks.

[bradcool1]

I watched the episode on the 6 match 4 triangle puzzle and decided to try it.

My results:

Attempts:
1. free beer
2. free beer
3. Hot girl's phone number and a shot
4. free beer
5. didn't want to take challenge, but still bought me a beer for the answer
6. free beer
7. free beer
8. 2 free beers (showed two cuties this time, didn't get the numbers)
9. free beer

also did the whiskey and water trick on the bar tender, got a free beer on that one also

all in all, a great way to get a beer, beer is cheaper down here compared with where BB is doing his runs.

Peace all, I am going to go call #4 now, Cheers

[rabidbadger]

I watched the episode on the 6 match 4 triangle puzzle and decided to try it.

My results:

Attempts:
1. free beer
2. free beer
3. Hot girl's phone number and a shot
4. free beer
5. didn't want to take challenge, but still bought me a beer for the answer
6. free beer
7. free beer
8. 2 free beers (showed two cuties this time, didn't get the numbers)
9. free beer

also did the whiskey and water trick on the bar tender, got a free beer on that one also

all in all, a great way to get a beer, beer is cheaper down here compared with where BB is doing his runs.

Peace all, I am going to go call #4 now, Cheers



That, my friend, is what we wanna hear.

Well No, not really.

We wanna know what happened with the friggen phone number chicks! DO tell.

ER, not like they are checking these forums, right?

(/desperatly living vicarously through your youth)

[bradcool1]

To update my previous post on my fun run of getting free beers and a phone number.

Didn't get any action tonight, but we have a date set up so I am happy. (just glad it wasn't a fake number, Thanks BB your the man, Scam School has helped my social life.)

[shwooddotcom]

I watched the episode on the 6 match 4 triangle puzzle and decided to try it.

My results:

Attempts:
1. free beer
2. free beer
3. Hot girl's phone number and a shot
4. free beer
5. didn't want to take challenge, but still bought me a beer for the answer
6. free beer
7. free beer
8. 2 free beers (showed two cuties this time, didn't get the numbers)
9. free beer

also did the whiskey and water trick on the bar tender, got a free beer on that one also

all in all, a great way to get a beer, beer is cheaper down here compared with where BB is doing his runs.

Peace all, I am going to go call #4 now, Cheers

BIG time congrats! I'd like to think that's something special about "scam school", is that it's something that inspires you to go out and give it a try (excluding the episodes involving crime :-)