ZeldaFreak | 3,747 Events Team · Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 @PII @Gloves @Bearcat-Doug @mbd39 @Richardhead @Dr. Morbis @NESfiend @docile tapeworm @BlackVega @SuperJimtendo @G-type @RH @Red @8bitdontquit @wongojack @a3quit4s @Murray @Krunch @TriHart @Abner Stomps @TWarwick07 @Kguillemette @Scrobins @Deadeye @Aguy @spacepup @drxandy @TDIRunner @Mega Tank @Splain @nesmaster14 @RegularGuyGamer @Gaia Gensouki @Jicsan @ZeldaFan042 @darkchylde28 @DefaultGen @Brickman @the_wizard_666 @JVOSS @koifish @acromite53 @KokiriChild @Jeevan @Bonanza125 @Lago @Avgn Gamer @CT @multiboot @ndsnfr @Link @fcgamer @rdrunner @Wasg13 @North @Nugfish @captmorgandrinker @DoctorEncore ------------------------ (If any of you would like to be removed from this ping list for future events, please let me know and I'll take your name off the list! Or, likewise, if you'd like to be added to the list, let me know as well! For these events, I ping people who have participated in previous events, and/or people who I think would be generally interested in future events.) ------------------------ 1ST PLACE WINNER mbd39 - 433,563 2ND PLACE WINNER Sumez - 400,711 3RD PLACE WINNER Splain - 275,155 ------------------------ Heya there everyone! For this month's contest, I figured we'd try out an absolute classic, one that just about everyone has played at one point or another: (For the purposes of this contest, we'll be playing the US release of the NES version of Tetris specifically.) I think it's pretty safe to say that all of you are familiar, but, just to give a quick little recap regardless: Tetris is a puzzle game in which you drop descending pieces of various shapes, all of which are made up of different configurations of 4 squares, on to the board. The pieces will continually stack on top of each other, and you only have so much horizontal space to work with. If the pieces make it to the very top of the board, it's game over. The goal is to fill as many horizontal lines with pieces as possible, as when you fill a line with pieces, that row of pieces will disappear, giving you more space to work with and allowing you to continue the game. The more lines you complete in a single move (IE clearing 4 lines at once with a single long piece) the more points you'll get. Additionally, the game will gradually speed up faster and faster over time, until it eventually gets to the point where it's almost impossible to keep up. The goal is to simply keep playing for as long as possible until the game inevitably gets the better of you sooner or later (or until you make it to the kill screen, but doing so is obscenely difficult and very unlikely to happen during this challenge, haha.) ------------------------ Again, for this contest we'll be using the US release of the NES version of Tetris, so make sure you're playing that version of the game in particular. Now, with all that said, the rules for this contest are as follows: Boot up the game, start an A-Type game at Level 0, and... well, play the game! The goal of this contest is to get as high of a score as you can before eventually losing, so getting super far in to the game isn't as important as getting as high of a score as possible. In the event of the score counter being maxed out or a tie, whoever has the most amount of lines completed will be used to determine who's in the lead. Once you're satisfied with your score, take a photo or screenshot of your screen once you've lost, and submit your score! Prizes will be dealt out to those who end up with the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd highest scores, respectively. As per usual, the prizes up for grabs are as follows: 1st Place: $25 Amazon gift card or cash equivalent 2nd Place: $20 Amazon gift card or cash equivalent 3rd Place: $15 Amazon gift card or cash equivalent The only further stipulations to the contest are as follows: As you would expect, no save states, cheat codes, slow motion, turbo controllers, etc. are allowed. Anything that would give you any kind of advantage over playing the base game on real hardware is not allowed. If it feels like cheating, consider it not allowed. In-game exploits/glitches which allow you to increase your score in a way that wasn't intended are not allowed. If you're unsure about whether or not something would count as an exploit, feel free to PM me and ask about it. When you submit your score, make sure your VGS username is visible somewhere within view of the photo/screenshot of your score. It could be a slip of paper with your VGS username written down on it, or a text document displaying your VGS username. Use whatever method you like, so long as your username is clearly visible alongside your score. Only scores that have been achieved after this contest has started will be accepted. If you've already submitted a score, and you end up getting a better score, you may of course submit the better score, and it will simply replace your previous score. This event will last from now until 10/1/2024 at 11:59 PM EST, a little over 1 week from now. Once we make it past that deadline, that'll be the cutoff point for new score submissions. I'll tally everyone's final scores up, and deal out prizes accordingly! Good luck, and I hope you all have fun! Remember that there are real prizes on the line here, so try your best! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,747 Events Team · Posted September 25 Author Share Posted September 25 LEADERBOARD mbd39 - 433,563 Sumez - 400,711 Splain - 275,155 PII - 230,014 D~Funk - 147,871 Gaia Gensouki - 86,560 NESfiend - 82,414 Aguy - 52,892 G-type - 51,625 multiboot - 31,659 RH - 31,339 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,564 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Can't go wrong with a classic. I will definitely throw up a poor to mediocre score I worked embarrassingly hard for. As for @mbd39... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,237 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 (edited) *BlueScootie quietly enters the room...* Edited September 25 by RH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,106 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Super Punch-Out and now this? Someone wants to give me money lol. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,722 Editorials Team · Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 Yep, it's always good to go from being the best Tetris player I know IN PERSON, and then going on VGS like 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D~Funk | 356 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Played a couple rounds haven't played nes Tetris is years! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Gensouki | 1,113 Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 (edited) I'm really bad at Tetris, but I'll at least throw in a participation score. 86,560 Edited October 1 by Gaia Gensouki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,832 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESfiend | 1,564 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Wish I could keep going, but I'm leaving town for a few days. Fun to get some runs in though. Great tetris players amaze me. It's humbling trying to run up a score in tetris. 82,414 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,832 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 On 9/24/2024 at 8:36 PM, ZeldaFreak said: LEADERBOARD D~Funk - 117,701 Gaia Gensouki - 49,111 G-type - 48,484 screenshotting this before I get wiped out 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D~Funk | 356 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 Fresh score today! My castle took off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVOSS | 1,774 Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 wow this is one tetris i don't own. lol. Good luck to you all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,106 Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 (edited) 433,563 \ Edited October 2 by mbd39 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aguy | 784 Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 I play Tetris on GB, not much experience with it on NES. I'm kind of surprised at how I did. I did 4 rounds ending up in the 29k range, then pulled this one out. 52892 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,747 Events Team · Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 Still a couple days left for submissions, get 'em in while you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,041 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 (edited) 230,014 Edited October 1 by PII 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 3,168 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 How are you gonna confirm that the game was played with a level 0 start? The score is multiplied by the current level, so you don't really get any points worth of note before you're at least level 9, so the statement that getting far into the game isn't important is blatantly false. It's not really worth going for tetrises at all until you're around 100 lines into the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdrunner | 445 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 3 hours ago, Sumez said: How are you gonna confirm that the game was played with a level 0 start? To some degree you can't, especially when the score photo only shows the castle screen. Displaying the high score screen instead helps since it shows which level you died on. So far, I don't see any problems with the top scores. Great job everyone so far! (not entering) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,747 Events Team · Posted September 30 Author Share Posted September 30 4 hours ago, Sumez said: How are you gonna confirm that the game was played with a level 0 start? The score is multiplied by the current level, so you don't really get any points worth of note before you're at least level 9, so the statement that getting far into the game isn't important is blatantly false. It's not really worth going for tetrises at all until you're around 100 lines into the game. The honor system, same as all the other non-cheating rules. I have no way to confirm that someone isn't abusing save states in an emulator or using a turbo controller or what have you; I just have to trust that the participants of the challenge won't stoop to that. Also, I didn't say getting far isn't important, I said it's not as important as going for as high of a score as possible. You're not trying to make it to the kill screen here, you're just trying to get the highest scores you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splain | 2,722 Editorials Team · Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 184372 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 3,168 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 (edited) Man, level 0 start is even more tedious than i remember I want to go back an improve my score, but I'm not sure I want to go through that again EDIT: Score superseded below Edited October 1 by Sumez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,832 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Minor improvement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,747 Events Team · Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 Last day for new score submissions, so get 'em in while you still can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 3,168 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 11 hours ago, Sumez said: I'm not sure I want to go through that again Well I did it anyway 400,711 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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