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Man discovers that his wife is the best Tetris player (2007)

133 points by serverlessmom 5y ago

egypturnash 5y ago
One month later... With an amazing line tally of 4,988, and the highest possible score of 9,999,999, American gamer Harry Hong was crowned “Tetris DX Marathon Champion” on 13 September 2007. The record was made at Funspot in New Hampshire, USA, the world’s largest arcade centre. - https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-lines-cleared-in-tetris-dx https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-line...
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akira2501 5y ago
Unrelated.. but if you've never witnessed the Classic Tetris World Championships, you're missing out on something special.
- fartcannon 5y ago
  And id youd rather not wait that long, Classic Tetris Monthly ( https://www.twitch.tv/monthlytetris https://www.twitch.tv/monthlytetris ) on twitch is more frequent and just as good. This past months tournament had both the current CTWC champ (dogplayingtetris) and the current high score holder (Cheez). Several PBs, too. Its basically always worth a watch. Oh and theres an edited youtube for matches and highlights: https://www.youtube.com/monthlytetris https://www.youtube.com/monthlytetris
3np 5y ago
One thing that irks me with this era is the conflation of "North-America" with "the World". Records, tournaments, and championships were only announced, solicited, and held across USA+Canada, in English. The same can be observed in the referenced "King of Kong" documentary, the "Nintendo World Championships" (organized only in NA by Nintendo of America), and the "Classic Tetris World Championship". They should just call it for what it was: North-American records.
- mbrameld 5y ago
  I mean, by that logic we really can't call anything a world record until we know the results of everyone who has ever done the thing. That not feasible, so instead we just call the best performance that is known to the public and verifiable the world record.
  - cinntaile 5y ago
    I think he means there are other known records that are higher but that are outside of North-America.
    - pasquinelli 5y ago
      if that's the case then i wish he told us about those.
  - saurik 5y ago
    But if that argument were sufficient, I could replace "North America" with "Santa Barbara" and achieve the same result, which I am sure everyone would agree is absurd. Somehow--and I realize appreciating the value of nuance can be difficult--there is some fuzzy boundary where you actually feel like the terms have meaning and the statement isn't lying. My maybe-naive assumption is that the original statement of having the tournaments be advertised, solicited, and maybe even held in various places around the world would make that feel comfortable.
  - tpoacher 5y ago
    I'm pretty sure he's referring to stuff like the "Baseball World Series", where in fact the US tends to have a hard time beating Japan whenever they're pitched against each other in actual international events like the Olympics (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58130125 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58130125) It seems to be a uniquely American thing, as far as I know. I've never seen any other country characterise their competitions as "World" instead of "National" competitions. (I'd be happy to be given a counterexample if one exists).
EvanAnderson 5y ago
Prior discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8142269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8142269
rendall 5y ago
> "...detailing how a North Carolina man named Scott Kessler had recorded a 5:08..." Not to brag, but I did the Kessler run in only 12 parsecs.
bumblebritches5 5y ago
tromp 5y ago
Story with Globe cover picture: https://www.funspotnh.com/-Articles/pc-bizarroworld.htm https://www.funspotnh.com/-Articles/pc-bizarroworld.htm
op00to 5y ago
Is anyone creeped out by the comments about how the woman is the “prettiest” Tetris player, or her “little green number”? This article is from 2007, not 1957.
- SixDouble5321 5y ago
  It was striking, that's for sure. I am guessing the author felt only pride.
- smabie 5y ago
  No not really

133 points by serverlessmom 5y ago

One month later... With an amazing line tally of 4,988, and the highest possible score of 9,999,999, American gamer Harry Hong was crowned “Tetris DX Marathon Champion” on 13 September 2007. The record was made at Funspot in New Hampshire, USA, the world’s largest arcade centre. - https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-lines-cleared-in-tetris-dx https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-line...

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akira2501 5y ago

Unrelated.. but if you've never witnessed the Classic Tetris World Championships, you're missing out on something special.

fartcannon 5y ago
And id youd rather not wait that long, Classic Tetris Monthly ( https://www.twitch.tv/monthlytetris https://www.twitch.tv/monthlytetris ) on twitch is more frequent and just as good. This past months tournament had both the current CTWC champ (dogplayingtetris) and the current high score holder (Cheez). Several PBs, too. Its basically always worth a watch. Oh and theres an edited youtube for matches and highlights: https://www.youtube.com/monthlytetris https://www.youtube.com/monthlytetris

3np 5y ago

One thing that irks me with this era is the conflation of "North-America" with "the World". Records, tournaments, and championships were only announced, solicited, and held across USA+Canada, in English. The same can be observed in the referenced "King of Kong" documentary, the "Nintendo World Championships" (organized only in NA by Nintendo of America), and the "Classic Tetris World Championship". They should just call it for what it was: North-American records.

mbrameld 5y ago
I mean, by that logic we really can't call anything a world record until we know the results of everyone who has ever done the thing. That not feasible, so instead we just call the best performance that is known to the public and verifiable the world record.
- cinntaile 5y ago
  I think he means there are other known records that are higher but that are outside of North-America.
  - pasquinelli 5y ago
    if that's the case then i wish he told us about those.
- saurik 5y ago
  But if that argument were sufficient, I could replace "North America" with "Santa Barbara" and achieve the same result, which I am sure everyone would agree is absurd. Somehow--and I realize appreciating the value of nuance can be difficult--there is some fuzzy boundary where you actually feel like the terms have meaning and the statement isn't lying. My maybe-naive assumption is that the original statement of having the tournaments be advertised, solicited, and maybe even held in various places around the world would make that feel comfortable.
- tpoacher 5y ago
  I'm pretty sure he's referring to stuff like the "Baseball World Series", where in fact the US tends to have a hard time beating Japan whenever they're pitched against each other in actual international events like the Olympics (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58130125 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58130125) It seems to be a uniquely American thing, as far as I know. I've never seen any other country characterise their competitions as "World" instead of "National" competitions. (I'd be happy to be given a counterexample if one exists).

EvanAnderson 5y ago

Prior discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8142269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8142269

rendall 5y ago

> "...detailing how a North Carolina man named Scott Kessler had recorded a 5:08..." Not to brag, but I did the Kessler run in only 12 parsecs.

bumblebritches5 5y ago

tromp 5y ago

Story with Globe cover picture: https://www.funspotnh.com/-Articles/pc-bizarroworld.htm https://www.funspotnh.com/-Articles/pc-bizarroworld.htm

op00to 5y ago

Is anyone creeped out by the comments about how the woman is the “prettiest” Tetris player, or her “little green number”? This article is from 2007, not 1957.

SixDouble5321 5y ago
It was striking, that's for sure. I am guessing the author felt only pride.
smabie 5y ago
No not really