Soduko Challenge

General Information about Soduko

Soduko is probably the puzzle game that has risen the fastest in popularity these past few years. Its roots go back to the ancient times. Of course it didn't have the exact same form as it has now. However, most people believe that Magic square that is a game going back almost 5000 years and Latin squares are the ancestors of sudoku.

The game of soduko in its current form was first created in the seventies but with a different name (Number Place) and was actually invented in the USA, contrary to the popular belief that it is a Japanese game. Nonetheless it didn't become popular at that time at least in the Western world. The journey of soduko continues to Japan where it gets the name that we use today by the Japanese puzzle company Niccoli.

Soduko arrives in Europe several years after in 2004 and it become an instant success and all major newspapers in the UK start publishing daily soduko puzzles. It didn't take long for this new craze to cross the Atlantic and reach its home. This time Number Place with its new name becomes extremely popular and is probably today one of the most popular puzzle games (If not the most popular). Its popularity is evident simply from the fact that dozens of variations of soduko have been created within a very short amount of time.<. The main appeal of the soduko puzzle is that they are solely based on logic. No math, knowledge or anything else is required to solve a soduko puzzle just plain, pure logic. Of course not all soduko puzzles are the same. Difficulty levels vary from easy to impossible.

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I would see this game on the newspaper everyday and my friend Allan would take his time just to answer the puzzle. I never manage see the logic of the game even when it was Bob's time to teach me..One day, because of curiosity, I started solving the puzzle and patience and perseverance was paid..I was able to solve an easy puzzle.

Life is like Soduko; you look at the boxes and think they do not make any sense. Why are these random numbers put there? What is their purpose? But if you look closely and try to solve it, all of them are connected. All of the numbers are scattered clues to which will be your next move and eventually if you look hard enough and challenge yourself, you'll see a satisfying result and it is solving the puzzle.

Of course at first, there might be erasures, mistakes. You may also choose to stop and throw the newspaper away, but what the heck, if you try a little bit more, maybe you can do it..And if all things failed, you can call a friend for help, that's what I do, if I cannot solve the puzzle anymore. hehehe =)

I see life like that, we may choose to just surrender or choose to challenge ourselves, to see how far we can go, how far we can stay on the path to reach our goal. I am not a strong person, but I thank God for always been patient with me, providing me friends and love ones, guiding me even when I go astray..

So are you ready for the Soduko Challenge =)