Meaningless ramblings of a guy and a game
2006-09-11 18:13:48
Tetris, what a way of life...I mean game. I first played tetris on my first console system, the (almost sacred) NES. I remember it being a game that you didn't sit down and try to "beat", in the normal sense of beating games, like smb, contra, or the like. It had a certain attractive quality, something that I usually didn't find in otherwise titled "puzzle" games.Now, I've always been a "gamer" of sorts. I've gone through countless titles on the NES, gameboy, n64, gamecube, and PC. I suppose I got back "into" (I likes me some quotes) tetris in high school, when I was in AP calculus. I was re-introduced to tetris on my TI-83+, through a program known as ion (or a-shell). Ah, the memories. Many a study hall was filled with the sweet bliss of perfectly placing falling tetriminos, or the occasional outbreak of anger with a misdrop.
Enter the DS. I rekindled my love for tetris with the release of tetris DS. Well, ok, I did play tetris a few times against my uncle on my homemade arcade cab (yeah, you heard me...it plays over 5000 some games), but it was hardly a revival. The DS brought me new modes to explore, and a silly "hold your piece" tactic which I at first thought of as lame, but now use it so naturally that I find it odd playing ye 'ole NES pack. The preview window also seems to much to me...takes away from the original game. After playing around with the 1-player game for a while, I felt it time to test my skills on wi-fi. The first couple games, as I recall, were not in my favor, but I quickly caught on to the tactics used to win, I faired alright. At one point I became obsessed with my rating and score, and I managed to pull 7600 out of my *** which I will be the first to admit, I didn't really deserve. I had been playing some guy with a ridiculously high score, but he seemed to be half as good as I was. I won nearly every game and pulled his score way down (yeah, I was happy). I don't know what the deal was, but clearly he wasn't rated correctly (and ironically this put me in the same predicament). So, I held of playing for a while, basking in the top 100 players, when I got the bug to play wifi some more, and was put in my place. Ironically, I met the same durp that I had leached points from before and I made a comeback of sorts. However, that short romp was soon ended, and I dropped down to some 7000, and that's where I belonged.
I played in a tetris tourney, and made it to the semi-finals. After chugging Dr. Pepper, blasting techno music into my ears, permanently damaging my spine from sitting hunched over (ok not really), and training for the tourney against the level 5 cpu, I had it with tetris for a good while.
I took off maybe three months, but recently the bug hit me again, so I decided to break out the DS. I'll be moving and starting graduate school very soon, so I won't be able to play too often, but I hope to see you online!
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