Trial of Masters

[colour_thief]

Here's a competition that's a little exclusive... But hopefully awesome as well. Here are the rules:

Every time you get an M, you need to carve a vertical line into the nearest object. For your 5th line, carve a horizontal line through the previous 4, in the style of someone in prison counting the days passing. Wimps can use paper or something to keep track, but carving it into your desk, wall, or little brother is preferred.

Post a picture of your tally whenever you're done playing for the day, and the winner will be the person with the highest tally. Or rather, everyone wins because they have a souvenir to remind them of how awesome they were at death mode all week. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif

[Rosti LFC]

Or the really hardcore people can carve the lines into their forearm.

Get enough M's and you can die for real! http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif

[colour_thief]

So what are people up to? I'm assuming Rosti is at 7... I stopped after 15.

[Kitaru]

I've made two slices in this can of Coca-Cola on my desk. I almost had three, but I had some wacky problems and lost control. That game ended on-pace at 497, hehe.

My challenge, proposed by Zircean, is to have 10 slices in the can by the end of the Carnival. I think I can pull it off. >:]

[Rosti LFC]

I've made two slices in this can of Coca-Cola on my desk

I assume you drank the coke inside first http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

I'm up to seven, all with the keyboard so far. Five on TAP and two on Texmaster Sudden.

[colour_thief]

I'm up to 30... Stopped again today after another 15.

[TWF]

You know, c_t, generally those are called "tally marks" http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif

Maybe they don't use them much in canada?

Anyways, I can't say much here because I'm not an M player.

[tepples]

Perhaps c_t was trying to specify the Euroamerican variant of tally marks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_marks), not the East Asian variant that runs more like this:
Overline T Ligature of T and F used to cheat on true-false exams Add vertical stroke near the baseline Add baseline (http://baseline.ytmnd.com/default.htm), ending up with a character similar to the Chinese character for "five"

[colour_thief]

You know, c_t, generally those are called "tally marks" http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif

http://mfrost.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/29/the_more_you_know2.jpg

[colour_thief]

Just thought I'd share that I hit 100 last night!

[K]

wow
dude you rock ! http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

[muf]

Just thought I'd share that I hit 100 last night!
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/3093/100tallymarks.png

[Ai]

Congrats! A lot sooner than I expected. Nice job mufunyo!

<Amnesia> tous les êtres humains ne peuvent pas devenir astronautes
<Amnesia> tous les etres humains ne peuvent pas devenir GM
<Space_monkey> c'est sur, en tout cas pas avec une fusée construite dans un garage
^^

[colour_thief]

<Amnesia> not everyone can become an astronaut
<Amnesia> not everyone can become a GM
<Space_monkey> sure, or at least not with a rocket built in their garage

Zing!
I love jokes where the punchline is Amnesia needs to buy a real stick. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

[Rosti LFC]

Currently in my sig, but for reference in a day or two when it isn't:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m313/rostilfc/deathsig-1.png

And I'm done for the carnival this year.
Definitely going to keep playing Death though. I don't feel like Gm is that far away any more.

[colour_thief]

http://pici.se/pictures/SDDJlCVZC.jpg

The breakdown was like this:
Wednesday: 15
Thursday: 15
Friday: 1 (I only played 1 game total)
Saturday: 34
Sunday: 35
Monday: 6
Tuesday: 14

[merpy]

The messy times are mine...oops. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_redface.gif I didn't know it was an *important* piece of paper!

[Amnesia]

Sunday: 35

I hope to never become so addicted in my life honnestly..
My best so far is still 6..But maybe I already did more than 20 games at 460+ one day..I am still expecting to see one day my average move over 500...

[colour_thief]

Sunday: 35I hope to never become so addicted in my life honnestly..

You're starting to sound like an average youtube comment. Keep making up excuses for what seperates us.

[Amnesia]

Ha ha..No seriously c_t, do you think that 35 M rank in a day is reasonable for the health ?

[colour_thief]

What's wrong with playing 5 hours of tetris from time to time? http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif If someone had a special weekend event where they, say, watched every Star Wars movie, I don't think you would be making such a comment.

[Amnesia]

that was something like a compliment but you have not noticed it..Too subtile maybe..Ok, let's go for a simple :

"woah !! 35 M in a day !! it is insane !! you are so strong and consistent !!"

[colour_thief]

I'm sorry... I read your recent French rant about Kevin which made me interpret the worst.

[Amnesia]

ah ! OK....I am ready again for 1 year of bad reputation... http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif

1 : I was in a very bad humor
2 : He deserved it !! http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif

I have nothing else to say.lol ofcourse the point #2 is a joke..

I would like to see you at my place c_t..I find that my motivation and my resistance against the depression is an example...I really would like seeing you struggling like I've been doing since September.And you would understand what makes me so afraid and agressive..The risk to have rich a maximum unbreakable point is still present in my head..Where do you think taratang is ?? And those other hundred players who disapeared ?

You can not imagine the whole implication I place on that game..So when I see someone doing in 3 weeks what I did in 3 months, it is a swindle. excuse me to explode like I did for kevin..

When I wrote this message, I was definitely prepared to leave this place and Tetris. But the obsession came back again in my head. If a genius or a god would propose me to forget everything about TETRIS in 1 sec, I would accept..
It is not only a game I am fond of, or even an obsession...It is more like this for me, it is an area I use to proove myself that I can do anything with enough motivation..I don't play with the objectif to become a common storng player at TGM, I want to be one of the best, and I sacrify plenty of time for this. I don't want to waste my time to see everyone passing me months after months..

I'm sorry... I read your recent French rant about Kevin which made me interpret the worst.

I was sure that was you..I had planed that you would translate the text for kevin at the moment where I wrote it..
I can not stand the idea that a player A can do something that a player B can not with his maximal motivation to success..
or it would mean that I am really stupid, with a smaller brain than kevin, rosti, digital or you, and in this case it would be useless that I continu..

well..I promised you something earlier, DO NOT stop until I tried to play with a real stick..I will hold my promess.

Oh, and you know what, I have nothing to hide :

Quelqu'un qui me prend au sérieux, et en plus c'est Kevin..je vais parler en francais car je pourrais ainsi parler du fond du coeur sans filtre de language, et j'ai bonne espoir que tu ne traduises jamais ceci..Voila, je ne t'ai jamais vu en vrai et dans des circonstances autre que pour parler de tetris. Je ne te connais pas donc je ne te jugerai jamais ta personne, en fait tu sembles plutot sympa, intelligent et ouvert, j'admire l'energie que tu influes autour de cette borne de TGM3 à Seattle, j'aime te considerer comme mon équivalent américain, un excentrique évangile de TGM en quelque sorte..
Seulement je n'ai jamais detesté un style autant que je déteste le tien, il me répugne, quand je vois une de tes parties, j'ai l'impression qu'un Dieu se fout de ma gueule en me faisant comprendre que j'ai passé 4 ans à perdre mon temps..Ta façon de te démener avec ce foutu hold et ce reflexe qui me provoque des picotements, à chaque fois que je te vois chier un mouvement, tu as ce satané reflexe d'appuyer sur D..C'est irritant..Je ne peux le dire autrement, mais lorsque tu as atteind se score à doom, seulement une poigné de jour après avoir passé le torikan, j'ai compris alors que j'étais vraiment un gros con d'avoir sacrifié autant de temps à perfectionner le moindre de mes mouvements, optimiser mes placements, fluidifier ma technique..Je pense que je vais virer tout le monde de TC, soit 40% de mes contacts environ, et te garder seulement toi, juste pour me rapeler qu'un jour, j'ai été vaincu, sorti de la scène par un joueur grossier et complètement dénué de style. J'espère en tirer une grande leçon pour l'avenir, en fait TETRIS ca ma servi à ca, entretenir une micro dualité au sein d'une communauté, à l'image de notre monde réel et risqué. Sauf que la, il n'y a pas de grosse conséquence, j'ai perdu l'une de mes trois raisons de vivre mais c'est temporaire, je m'en remettrais, le temps de me focaliser sur autre chose...

[Rosti LFC]

I am really stupid, with a smaller brain than kevin, rosti, digital or you


You could have a good point there http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_exclaim.gif

Seriously, Amnesia, you need blinkers (Scheuklappen/Uillire) or something. You should concentrate far less on how others are improving. And if people do improve quickly, you should think "They have improved quickly, good job for them", not "They have improved faster than me, the fucking assholes". People improve at different rates, and people start off with different amounts of skill. You don't know what prior experience someone has when they start playing TGM. They could have played other variants of Tetris or other games that develop the same set of mental skills that help fast Tetris play. Maybe they have a better way of practising than you do, or put more time into Tetris. It doesn't matter.

Maybe if you concentrated less on how everyone else was doing you'd have more space free in your mind to concentrate on what you are doing.

[KevinDDR]

I'm thinking of a long reply to this...so far it is 4 pages of single spaced text...I want to share my story. Please, don't lock this thread just yet; maybe you guys will understand why I am the way I am a little better after these things..

[Kitaru]

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2677/104/111/515950674/n515950674_1516621_779273.jpg
The gnarly looking tally can itself. Tallies were cut with butter knives, flathead screwdrivers, and scissors.

[jujube]

is Coca-Cola the official carbonated beverage of Tetris The Absolute The Grandmaster 2 PLUS?

[Kitaru]

I figure that Coca-Cola fits in reasonably with ARS, what with the red color and subtitle "Classic" and all. Fanta is a Coca-Cola product as well, correct?

[jujube]

I figure that Coca-Cola fits in reasonably with ARS, what with the red color and subtitle "Classic" and all. Fanta is a Coca-Cola product as well, correct?
i'm not sure. let's ask Phil Hartman (http://www.maximumdonline.com/tvwavs/mcmahon.wav).

[Edo]

j'ai été vaincu ... par un joueur ... complètement dénué de style
Reading this, I can't help but think of the great chess Grand Master, Aron Nimzovich, who in 1925 faced defeat at the hands of the far inferior Friedrich Samisch. Everyone at the tournament knew who the better player was - the audience knew it, Nimzovich knew it, and even Samisch himself would have admitted he was outclassed. What was remarkable was not that the lesser player won, but the ridiculous display of eccentricity that followed. Nimzovich in his exasperation, swept the chess pieces to the floor, leapt up on to the table, fell to his knees, and exclaimed: "Why must I lose to this IDIOT?!"

Samisch was so amused that he didn't even take offense at being called an idiot. Likewise, I suspect Kevin doesn't even mind being told that he's devoid of style; Amnesia's obvious state of torment, and his reliably crazy melodramatic outbursts are just far too funny. Honestly Amnesia, I don't know what we would do without you! http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

[COL]

Kasparov had a similar reaction few years ago, when he lost to Radjabov (who was 15 years old at the time)

[Ai]

Quelqu'un qui me prend au sérieux, et en plus c'est Kevin..je vais parler en francais car je pourrais ainsi parler du fond du coeur sans filtre de language, et j'ai bonne espoir que tu ne traduises jamais ceci..Voila, je ne t'ai jamais vu en vrai et dans des circonstances autre que pour parler de tetris. Je ne te connais pas donc je ne te jugerai jamais ta personne, en fait tu sembles plutot sympa, intelligent et ouvert, j'admire l'energie que tu influes autour de cette borne de TGM3 à Seattle, j'aime te considerer comme mon équivalent américain, un excentrique évangile de TGM en quelque sorte..
Seulement je n'ai jamais detesté un style autant que je déteste le tien, il me répugne, quand je vois une de tes parties, j'ai l'impression qu'un Dieu se fout de ma gueule en me faisant comprendre que j'ai passé 4 ans à perdre mon temps..Ta façon de te démener avec ce foutu hold et ce reflexe qui me provoque des picotements, à chaque fois que je te vois chier un mouvement, tu as ce satané reflexe d'appuyer sur D..C'est irritant..Je ne peux le dire autrement, mais lorsque tu as atteind se score à doom, seulement une poigné de jour après avoir passé le torikan, j'ai compris alors que j'étais vraiment un gros con d'avoir sacrifié autant de temps à perfectionner le moindre de mes mouvements, optimiser mes placements, fluidifier ma technique..Je pense que je vais virer tout le monde de TC, soit 40% de mes contacts environ, et te garder seulement toi, juste pour me rapeler qu'un jour, j'ai été vaincu, sorti de la scène par un joueur grossier et complètement dénué de style. J'espère en tirer une grande leçon pour l'avenir, en fait TETRIS ca ma servi à ca, entretenir une micro dualité au sein d'une communauté, à l'image de notre monde réel et risqué. Sauf que la, il n'y a pas de grosse conséquence, j'ai perdu l'une de mes trois raisons de vivre mais c'est temporaire, je m'en remettrais, le temps de me focaliser sur autre chose...
lolwut?! roflrofl!!!

Wow Amnesia! You worry too much about INSIGNIFICANT things. Instead of being constantly obsessed with how others play and perform you should just keep developing your OWN game style which is clearly far supperior for what YOU want to achieve and what most ARS player would call REAL skill.

Forget about becoming the best Western player and ENJOY the game more. You put a tremendous amount of pressure on yourself by telling yourself everyday that you have to become the best. You would probably have been an even better player by now if you didn't put yourself constantly under so much pressure.

Also the way you compare yourself with Kevin is totally wrong. He focuses on certain games and modes more than you do and has confidence in his OWN playing style. He too will hit a brick wall in the modes he's good at and will be forced to be patient and to adapt if he wants to get even better. Have you seen where Kevin stands on the TGM1, TAP Master and T.A. Death leaderboard? You are firmly vested at the very top which gives us a clear indication of your overall ARS skill. As long as he doesn't come near your personal bests over there, he is no threat to you as an ARS player. And what if he beats you or equals you in some modes using methods you consider low? That doesn't make him a better or worse player than you nor does that mean that you have wasted your time practicing your own way. Kevin is a great player with a stunning growth rate in some games/modes and I respect him for that, but I don't see why you should worry about him so much (yet).

And even if at some point he surpasses you, how does that prevent you from doing your own thing and explore how far you can take the game? You can't be the best at everything you're obsessed with. Just accept the fact that other people will be better than you at a lot of things. Make sure you keep improving your OWN strengths and enjoy the game. If something this silly is bothering you then I actually lost some respect for you.

[Amnesia]

Hmmm...Sage paroles..

Et pourtant, dsl, mais je n'arriverai jamais à extirper de ma tête ces vocations compétitives démoniaques..

J'aime bien kevin en fait !

J'ai besoin d'une "confrontation" avec quelqu'un avant d'etre son ami..Ca a été la même pour Digital, maintenant on s'adore..
J'allais justement ajouter kevin à ma liste msn pour discuter et organiser notre match qu'il va gagner 10-2.. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif