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> [Tetris] simply shuffles a list of all 7 pieces, gives those to you in shuffled order, then shuffles them again to make a new list once it’s exhausted. Inter
by adwhit 9y ago
> [Tetris] simply shuffles a list of all 7 pieces, gives those to you in shuffled order, then shuffles them again to make a new list once it’s exhausted.
Interesting tidbit! So all the times I've furiously cursed at my gameboy because I swear the 'I' is by far the rarest tetrimino and it hasn't given me one for at least 20 turns... was just classic cognitive bias.
- joshuamorton 9y agoThis is, I believe, implementation specific. Modern, competitive Tetris games do this, but not all versions do, and I'm not sure it was true historically/originally.