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Thursday, May 4th, 2023 7:53 AM

Live Poll: Which TETRIS Block Do You Hate the Most?

Tetrominos, occasionally known alternately as tetrads, blocks, Tetriminos (official name), or tetriminoes, are the blocks used in every known Tetris game.

They come in 7 shapes, all of which can be rotated and then dropped.

Tetrominoes all have an area of 4 squares.

In certain Tetris games, the colors of them vary.

For an uncropped view of the images see the slides here.

Which TETRIS Block Do You Hate the Most?

Source: Tetris Wiki (fandom.com)

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2 years ago

@mariojacobs 

IMHO, I think a more compact paragraph would be more readable, more visually appealing, and make the poll more likely to be featured at some point. Personally, I would drop the sentence about color variations, as it is not that interesting or relevant. It seems like just a random fact and that you are trying to make a square peg fit in a round hole. A better sentence to include would be about the Apple + Tetris movie or about the game's objective. Also, I like the title, even with the all-capped TETRIS. I think the question could be better asked and without all the capitalized words too.

Which TETRIS Block Do You Hate the Most?

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Title: Which TETRIS Block Do You Hate the Most?

The Apple TV Plus movie, Tetris (2023) has become a worldwide hit within a month of its debut, not unike the video game Tetris (1984) did when it was bundled with Nintendo's Game Boy. The movie tells Tetris' origin story and how it forever changed the gaming industry and a country at the same time. The game itself features blocks called Tetrominos, or alternately tetrads. Tetrad blocks are central to playing every known Tetris game. All tetrominoes have an area of 4 squares and come in 7 shapes, all of which can be rotated and then dropped. The game's goal is to move tetrads to complete lines without gaps, thus making them disappear and to delay uncleared lines from reaching the top of the playing field, as long as possible to maximize the points accrued. Source: Tetris Wiki (fandom.com)

Which type of TETRIS block do you find the most frustrating?

For an uncropped view of the images see the slides here.

Live Poll: TBD

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@urbanemovies​ done.

>I would drop the sentence about color variations, as it is not that interesting or relevant.

I wanted to play with colors:

[b][red]In certain[/red] [blue]Tetris[/blue] [green]games,[/green] [orange]the colors[/orange] [purple]of them vary.[/purple][/b]

If it ever goes LIVE, this line is going to be displayed "like a rainbow". I thought it could be interesting...

Perhaps we could deleted the game's objective to make the paragraph shorter. I can't imagine someone who doesn't already know how to play the game.

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@mariojacobs​ I disagree.

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@urbanemovies​ I must confess, I like the final colors rendering...

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2 years ago

Just a thought, you could make this a five-option Face-off instead. As I see it,  the SmashBoy, TeeWee and Heros are unique blocks.

The two Ricky and two Z shapes are mirror images and could be two combined options instead of four options. It likely would change the vote dynamic by not splitting the vote between similar shapes that are mirror reflections of each other too. I might be wrong, but I don't see how one could be more difficult than other within the pairs.

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@urbanemovies​ face-off done.

Indeed, I also thought about this. The shape is what really matters.

I think I'll choose

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls568376827/mediaviewer/rm2739153921/

to represent

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/mediaviewer/rm1346644993/


AND
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls568376827/mediaviewer/rm2739153921/

and put in the image description:

Z-shaped blocks: The green piece (Rhode Island Z) OR The red piece (Cleveland Z).

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https://www.imdb.com/list/ls568376827/mediaviewer/rm2755931137/

is going to represent

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls568376827/mediaviewer/rm2755931137/


AND
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12758060/mediaviewer/rm1547971585/

and put in the image description:

L-shaped blocks: The orange piece (orange ricky) OR The blue piece (blue ricky).

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2 years ago

Ha, mariojacobs! Whew! I thought you would never ask.

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2 years ago

cleveland and rhode island are the worst.

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@cinephile​ I hate the Z-shaped ones.

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@mariojacobs,

I think the Z's are the most challenging too. It probably would have been the two Zs competing for the top spot in a 7 option race, and a smaller lead. I think it is a runaway vote now.

Thanks, I think it is a better suggestion, now. You might want to update the thread poll header too. 

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2 years ago

No one can possibly hate the lovely straight stick tetris. It is a life saver from time to time.

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@Pencho15, He not called "Hero" for nothing.

3% Hero

6% SmashBoy

9% TeeWee

15% Ricky

67% Z

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@urbanemovies​ Indeed, I also checked the results. What a surprise, I haven't expected the square as the 2nd most frustating block. I have been doomed by the stick block more often than by the square one (when it is laid in its vertical position in the wrong x-coordinate).

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@mariojacobs

The results were pretty much what I expected with the exception of the square and the stick both getting more votes. They were 4% to 9% of the total votes higher than I expected, which is probably a normal variance for a 100 vote total survey. The other three were within 2 to 3 total votes of the projection (2-3%).

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2 years ago

Congratulations, @mariojacobs 

Poll Title: Which TETRIS Block Do You Hate the Most?

Poll List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls568376827/

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/bssrsMcBI5A/

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