- Yo, what's up guys and welcome back!
Today we're,
(eerie music)
- You okay Chris?
(dramatic music)
(grunting)
- (chuckling) What's up guys?
Welcome back.
Today,
Today is an epic day indeed.
I've been reading the comments,
hundreds, maybe thousands of comments on my videos
demanding Excalibur be solved.
Today I had a vision, dare I say I had a dream.
I had a prophesy that I would release Excalibur
from the stone and become king.
Maybe a little bit overdramatic here.
But I've been waiting a long time.
I've never solved this puzzle.
Today I am geared up, ready to go, fired up,
guys we're doing it.
I've cleared the schedule.
We're gonna solve Excalibur.
No need for explanations where this puzzle comes from.
You got it.
You already know.
(grunting)
Let's get into it!
(laughing)
Here it is, this is the Excalibur puzzle!
Okay, so in the past, I've not completed this puzzle.
I spent a total of I think five or six hours on it,
couldn't complete it.
We're here today, now I know a lot of you
are gonna mention Mr. Puzzle in the comments.
Checked into it, I looked at his videos,
Mr. Puzzle did solve it.
You know, he's probably much smarter than I am to be honest
and I'm glad someone did solve it.
Today is gonna be my attempt in solving it.
I, again, have no idea how this video is going to go.
I'm gonna try my best.
Wish me luck in the comments guys.
I actually, almost had an anxiety attack
last night before going to bed,
knowing that I had to solve this puzzle.
And if I don't solve it, you know what?
It'll just live on in an infamy.
I wanna get the moves right here.
This is the puzzle if you don't get the moves right,
nothing happens.
I think there are 130 moves to solve this puzzle by the way.
That's something I'm going to have be aware of.
Is that there are a lot of moves
and if you go in the wrong direction,
guess what, you're on the wrong path.
Now it needs to be said as well,
that I attempted this puzzle off camera.
Got it to a point where I had a really hard time
putting it back but I did eventually bring it back.
That being said, I don't know,
I don't know what else to do.
I'm just gonna, and the camera angle we chose today
is actually a little bit different
just because I wanted you guys to see
some of the moves going on.
So it might be a little bit disorienting.
I do have to look at the pieces individually
and try to figure them out.
So this one goes here.
(soft music)
I'm trying to get a sense of the different pieces
and the shapes of them as well
because going into this puzzle,
you're kind of fiddling around randomly
and that's not how you solve this puzzle.
It's just not how you solve it,
so I do need to get a feel.
And by just sitting at home studying it as well,
I mean I've gotten a little bit of a feel
of the different pieces so I'm gonna try to help that and,
I'm gonna try to let that guide me throughout.
I feel like I'm the right path.
This is a point that I've gotten to multiple times
in trying to solve it.
It's after this point, a little bit
that I start to get lost and my brain starts
to get scrambled and I start panicking and going randomly.
(chuckling) I'm gonna try to avoid that moment today.
I'm using this pad as well because it helps me
turn it around without lifting it.
Because as soon as you lift this and tilt this,
the pieces start sliding
and I start forgetting where things are.
I think this one,
nope that one stays up and this one,
has to fall down.
(wood shifting)
Just when you think there's a piece that's gonna move,
it turns out not to be the piece you wanted to move.
How's this moving together?
And why aren't, there we go.
I think I'm stuck.
(loud clicking)
Hold on, there's something on it
as I move it, do it properly here.
Let me get this one back upstairs.
Here, then,
(loud click)
Once that's in,
I'll be able to, should be able to move this one.
That's very like, there's so many moving parts
that I wanna move one piece, like this one here,
very, very tricky.
Kind of in the middle of everything.
And then once that part's up, I have to,
I think slide this one.
No, that won't slide.
I feel like I'm on the right path though.
I know the sword has to come out at the end.
I know that much from seeing the end of Mr. Puzzle's video.
And for those of you thinking,
oh you know the solution now because you watched that video.
Trust me, go watch that video.
(laughing) I invite you to watch that video.
It's not a video that is going to lead you to a solution.
It's a video to show you that it can be done.
It's definitely not a step-by-step video
but it does give me a few clues
which I might've needed to solve this puzzle.
Otherwise, I mean, this would just be
another futile attempt at solving a puzzle on my behalf.
And by all means, if you guys find this puzzle online
or a 3D printed version or whatever you want,
give it a shot!
It ain't easy baby!
Okay, why is this piece not coming out as it should?
Oh!
Hm, this one can't slide forward here.
It's stuck?
Or maybe that one needs to go back in
and for that to happen, this one needs to go up?
This one can't go up because it's stuck on this one,
so this one needs to move out of the way?
(puzzle pieces shifting)
It boggles my mind that there is only
actually one solution to this,
and that you can't just randomly fiddle it around
to get another solution.
Kinda hard to find out what moves you have done
and what moves you haven't done.
I honestly think I'm just going
back to the beginning at this point.
I think that's what's gonna happen here.
Yeah, I'm kind of in a random spot
to be quite honest with you guys.
I don't, feel like I've lost the train, you know?
When you feel like you're going somewhere
and then you're like, ah hell with it.
(laughing)
That's kind of where I feel like I'm at, unfortunately.
We'll get there, we'll do it.
It might take some time but we'll get there.
(loud clicking)
Can't do any half moves.
It's like you gotta commit.
Honestly, if I could only even get one of these out,
I don't care which one, just even one,
that would be amazing.
I would consider that a small victory
'cause even to get one of these out
is definitely a test of patience and dexterity
and problem solving.
Likes of which I have never encountered.
I'm seeing all the way through.
I suppose that's something.
Oh, I think that's a good move.
What do I follow her up with?
Maybe this one?
That's a little stuck.
Not supposed to be stuck.
Oh no, guys!
(gasps) No!
The cursed Excalibur brings me back to the beginning!
That's why I'm just not as smart guys.
(laughing) I'm just not a smart guy.
We're gonna keep going!
This hilt broke a few times, it just comes out.
It just, unglued.
But again, you don't have to move this piece, trust me.
It's just there decoratively.
The key is actually what's inside this piece.
So those of you saying, "turn the hilt!"
It doesn't actually matter.
It's all about the moves, ladies and gentlemen.
There is no secret.
I'm sorry guys.
I had to get myself a coffee.
To move over.
How do I get that to move over?
That's a lift.
That's the problem here.
You gotta let,
It's not only about, like you move something
and then a piece falls down.
But that piece not, it doesn't necessarily
have to fall down, it should stay up
and that's, I think where this puzzle gets really difficult
is you do one false move and clunk clunk,
your pieces are falling and that's not a good sign!
Right there, see?
That piece fell and I don't think that it had to.
Now this one,
can go through here.
That one needs to stay up.
(loud clicking)
I feel like I've gotten to a point
where I haven't gotten before, which is kind of nice.
This piece here needs to come down.
(loud click)
(yells)
No!
I broke it.
I shouldn't have forced it through.
No. (wooden pieces clicking)
(groaning)
I was doing so well!
Welp!
I am devastated right now.
Got dammit!
I feel, oh my god, are you kidding me?
Today was the day!
I cleared off the entire day!
I had set everything aside, I'd studied this puzzle,
I got it back to where I needed it so I could complete it,
and then I forced it too hard.
And I knew that I shouldn't have forced it.
I knew, the second I forced it I was like,
maybe I shouldn't, and then I forced it,
and it broke, and I am completely devastated right now.
This was the time, dude.
God, no!
I feel like crying!
(chuckling) I feel like crying.
Dude.
(wood slamming)
(heavy sigh)
Let me set-up this camera.
Words can not express how disappointed I am right now.
I literally feel like crying.
I've, I'm just out of words right now.
I feel so defeated.
I said that I wouldn't upload this video
until it was solved.
I wanted that to be today.
I, you know, this is,
it's so discouraging right now for me because
this puzzle was the bane of my existence. (laughing)
And I know that you guys, you've commented a lot
like oh, Excalibur, Excalibur!
And then I saw Mr. Puzzle's video
and I was so inspired because I was like,
oh it can be done and I wanted to do it
and I feel like I gain enough knowledge through
all the past puzzles that I've been solving on this channel
and with your support, I felt like it was
the right time to solve this puzzle
and I do believe in my heart of hearts
that today was the day and that I could've solved it
had I not broken it.
I mean like, I,
dude, I went through,
I'm not even lying when last night,
I could almost not sleep 'cause I knew
I was doing this puzzle today,
and I was mentally preparing myself
and now I've broken it.
Temporarily they're out of stock.
I guess I'll, even if I fix it,
I don't think that I can put it back together
'cause I'd have to put it the exact position
that it was within the puzzle which,
I don't know that I can be able to do that right now.
I might have to wait 'til they restock this
and try it again.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry for you guys.
I didn't want to upload this video.
I thought we worked so hard on that intro
and everything else that,
I would feel like crap if I didn't at least upload that
and this
but I also feel like crap by uploading it
and not completing it for you guys.
It really sucks.
Hopefully you guys still enjoyed this video
even though things didn't work out.
I'm sure by tomorrow I'll think back
and I'll be like, you know what, it's fine.
It's okay to fail, it's okay to keep going,
it's okay to not succeed at something that you try
and failure is the best,
lesson, but right now it just sucks.
It's weighing heavy on me and I just wanted to give you
my point of view right now, what I'm feeling.
So there you go.
Live to solve another day.
We'll get this fixed.
We'll get a new one.
We'll do it again.
I'm sorry guys.
Thanks for watching this video.
Leave a like if you did enjoy it.
I understand if you won't. (chuckles)
On to the next video, on to the next puzzle.
(disappointing sigh)
Thanks for watching guys.
Peace, bye.