13 year old is world's first to beat OG Tetris, Sky News anchor belittles him on national TV
I watched a couple of really good videos on this the other day. First one is made by one of the very best tetris players in the world:
And this one includes a clip where the previous record holder breaks off from a livestream attempt to watch Scuti achieve it:
I watched some Tetris stuff a couple of years ago when the 'rolling' technique was fairly new, and there was speculation on just how far it would allow human players to push it. Amazing how quickly they reached this point.
And this one includes a clip where the previous record holder breaks off from a livestream attempt to watch Scuti achieve it:
I watched some Tetris stuff a couple of years ago when the 'rolling' technique was fairly new, and there was speculation on just how far it would allow human players to push it. Amazing how quickly they reached this point.
Just had a look at her Twitter, and to put it politely, she's getting (quite rightly) kerb stomped into oblivion.
I can only wish that the fleas of a thousand camels infest her lady garden.
Still, it's refreshing once again to see the MSM nailing their own coffins shut, and good riddance to utter trash.
I can only wish that the fleas of a thousand camels infest her lady garden.
Still, it's refreshing once again to see the MSM nailing their own coffins shut, and good riddance to utter trash.
one silly auld bint - to paraphrase Chris Wilson - makes a stupid comment and the whole world seems to crap itself.
Well done to the lad but I doubt without all the hoohah the kid would have known or even given a stuff about her and her arsey comments.
Took some dedication on his part and no small amount of skill - he’ll be forever the first person to have achieved this.
I imagine Miss Misery-guts will never have such an accolade.
Well done to the lad but I doubt without all the hoohah the kid would have known or even given a stuff about her and her arsey comments.
Took some dedication on his part and no small amount of skill - he’ll be forever the first person to have achieved this.
I imagine Miss Misery-guts will never have such an accolade.
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I wonder if anyone finished it pre internet and as there was no Internet it wasn't a big deal.
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I was a wiz at it on the gameboy back in the day but I can't remember the details. At one point the speed of ones block recognition just goes into overdrive and you can't process fast enough obviously. This kid is amazing.
If you watch the explanation video above and the weird and wonderful techniques used to reach the crash, it would seem unlikely
The concept of 'finishing' it is interesting too, as there are many different crash points, I guess the next record(s) the community will chase will be how far after the first theoretical crash point they can continue to play before triggering another crash point
Mini rant incoming as this kid impressed me a lot with a legitimate achievement, I'm dismayed by her sheer ignorance as a newsperson:
Firstly is this Sky lady not aware of Tetris' storied and newsworthy history?
Created by Soviet academic Alexey Pajitnov behind the iron curtain using the bare minimum of technology. Using brackets to make up the shapes as his computer didn't have anything but text graphical abilities. The very essence of an educational game encouraging spatial awareness, decision making on the fly, reaction times, calculation speed. All kinds of positive mental attributes are helped to improve by playing the game. There's proof it can be used to help people with PTSD due to how memorable and effective at pushing out bad visual memories the style of the game can be when users are engaged in playing it.
It involved a huge game of political cloak and dagger to even be released in the West, eventually makes its most triumphant appearance as a original Gameboy title in the late 80's with the iron curtain still well and truly in operation. It helped to bridge gaps between opposing cultures, eventually granting Alexy his freedom in the West.
As far back as 1989 grandparents born at the turn of the century were playing this game with their grandkids and appreciating its educational aspects and its ability to help disparate generations bond over a videogame. In 1989 highly educated and successful people recognised it as very special game that in many cases was the only videogame they'd ever play, genuinely believing it to have educational properties.
Some 35 years later a moronic news person makes a pathetic joke about a 13 year old kid thoughtful enough to play and master a venerable old game, that on the surface might not seem to offer much at all to a kid his age, the antithesis of Fortnite, a very basic looking, stripped down game of pure skill and intelligence. In doing so he's been lauded by many people of all ages, has been part of a community and made many in-person friends, attending tournaments and having fun. Not only that he beat players many times his age, devoted adults who have been playing it for decades.
Many highly powerful tech bosses are aware of, and greatly respect his achievement at just 13 years of age. He can put that achievement on his C.V which will have value to him for decades to come. On top of all that, he seems like a great kid who made a genuinely great achievement.
This whole entirely played out, decades dated and tired attitude of games being for nerds or lesser than whatever that moronic woman likes doing or values needs to die out fast.
Firstly is this Sky lady not aware of Tetris' storied and newsworthy history?
Created by Soviet academic Alexey Pajitnov behind the iron curtain using the bare minimum of technology. Using brackets to make up the shapes as his computer didn't have anything but text graphical abilities. The very essence of an educational game encouraging spatial awareness, decision making on the fly, reaction times, calculation speed. All kinds of positive mental attributes are helped to improve by playing the game. There's proof it can be used to help people with PTSD due to how memorable and effective at pushing out bad visual memories the style of the game can be when users are engaged in playing it.
It involved a huge game of political cloak and dagger to even be released in the West, eventually makes its most triumphant appearance as a original Gameboy title in the late 80's with the iron curtain still well and truly in operation. It helped to bridge gaps between opposing cultures, eventually granting Alexy his freedom in the West.
As far back as 1989 grandparents born at the turn of the century were playing this game with their grandkids and appreciating its educational aspects and its ability to help disparate generations bond over a videogame. In 1989 highly educated and successful people recognised it as very special game that in many cases was the only videogame they'd ever play, genuinely believing it to have educational properties.
Some 35 years later a moronic news person makes a pathetic joke about a 13 year old kid thoughtful enough to play and master a venerable old game, that on the surface might not seem to offer much at all to a kid his age, the antithesis of Fortnite, a very basic looking, stripped down game of pure skill and intelligence. In doing so he's been lauded by many people of all ages, has been part of a community and made many in-person friends, attending tournaments and having fun. Not only that he beat players many times his age, devoted adults who have been playing it for decades.
Many highly powerful tech bosses are aware of, and greatly respect his achievement at just 13 years of age. He can put that achievement on his C.V which will have value to him for decades to come. On top of all that, he seems like a great kid who made a genuinely great achievement.
This whole entirely played out, decades dated and tired attitude of games being for nerds or lesser than whatever that moronic woman likes doing or values needs to die out fast.
Another mini rant incoming. Being a gamer changed my life. It is 1995, I was working in the staff canteen of a supermarket and on a whim I entered an Arcade gaming tournament. My performance at the tournament got me noticed and I ended up on the show Gamesmaster. I got a job at the production company (bye-bye greasy kitchens!) that made the show and worked on various gaming shows (including a documentary on Tetris but this was later and for a different company). I got to travel to the US and Japan to cover games, I'd never been abroad before.
Today I work at a media technology company. I quite literally gamed, went outside and related events changed my life! But the sad thing is I dealt with the same stigma, mainly from my parents, and the even sadder thing is now almost 30 years later gamers still have to deal with this uneducated, stereotypical nonsense.
My blood is boiling now. Think I need to go make a cup of tea!
This is the Tetris doc I worked on if anyone is interested in watching:
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Today I work at a media technology company. I quite literally gamed, went outside and related events changed my life! But the sad thing is I dealt with the same stigma, mainly from my parents, and the even sadder thing is now almost 30 years later gamers still have to deal with this uneducated, stereotypical nonsense.
My blood is boiling now. Think I need to go make a cup of tea!
This is the Tetris doc I worked on if anyone is interested in watching:
Tetris: From Russia with Love (TV Documentary)
Really need to start uploading some of the classic video game documentaries that have been on TV over the years.But this is Tetris: From Russia with Love, a...
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