[GAME ON!] TETRIS DS TUESDAY

Gunstar

Anyone wanna serve up some T-spin pain?

Friend Codez

Gunstar:
015240
374352

edit: ok then, anyone from the late night crew wanna play?

Gunstar

anyone up for a game now?

Nickle

I'd be up for a game later tonight. (after 5 CST)

I do have to warn you, I've got mad Tetris skills.

In fact, I'm pretty sure I could take down everyone here at PA.

(I'm'a callin' you out)

Gunstar

I have class from 4-7:30 but around then look for this thread again, we'll see how much of a blockhead you really are

Tofystedeth

Man, I wish I had a DS now... I would Tetris your world so hard. I think. Its been years since I've dueled.

Gunstar

I wish you had a DS, playing strangers is getting old

Tofystedeth

I used to play Tetris on my TI-83 instead of, you know, paying attention in class. I had the best score out of everyone at my school. But only a couple people would play against me. God I'm such a nerd.

Nickle

Tofystedeth wrote: »

I used to play Tetris on my TI-83 instead of, you know, paying attention in class. I had the best score out of everyone at my school. But only a couple people would play against me. God I'm such a nerd.

I think I learned more about programming for graphing calculators than I did about any of my subjects in school. I made a bunch of games that made the rounds at my school, mostly text adventure type games with characters based on fellow students, teachers, etc.

I still regret never finishing my masterpiece, the third game. I'd added an overworld map type thing, kinda like zelda, so the player could move around, instead of picking from a menu, and was doing sprites for all of the characters, and a Final Fantasy type battle screen. My TI-83 just decided to drop dead in the middle of my doing all of the art assets for the game, so I just said screw it.

They were fairly popular though, except for a few people that weren't able to take a joke.

But that's not important.

What is important is that everyone here on PA, except for you two, is afraid of my god-like Tetris abiities. Bunch of sissies, if you ask me.

Gunstar

seriously i need to play some serious tetris

Tofystedeth

Anyone know of a decent online tetris clone? I've played a couple that were really laggy, but I wouldn't mind a duel if someone knew of a good one.

But I will take on all comers at sword fighting in Puzzle Pirates.

Speed Racer

I am ready to rock and roll some Tetris DS. It's been a while, so I might be a touch rusty.

My FC: 829449-567752

Gunstar

i'll be on in a couple minutez

edit: as in now

I made an AIM chat: Tetris DS

join if you wanna throw down

Gunstar

i'll play swords in puzzle pirates too if you wanna do that

Nickle

I don't have AIM, but I'm so throwing down.

Nickle
282193
293770

I'll add both of you.

e: Gunstar, your FC isn't working for me.

Gunstar

k im signing on now

Gunstar

i editted it

Nickle

Cool, got it.

Who's inviting?

Gunstar

how do you know it's in right, you just appear as numbers

invite me

Nickle

Gunstar wrote: »

how do you know it's in right, you just appear as numbers

Basically, it'll either be valid, or not. It doesn't seem like it has a name associated, but I'd imagine it pops up once you connect.

You're my first tetris friend, so I really have no idea. I'll Invite, I guess you join?

Captain Crunch

I'll play....if I can find my DS charger.

Gunstar

I guess we should be better versed in ds wifi before doing this, when i click join game it just says searching and if i click invite it just says my name

Nickle

Gunstar wrote: »

I guess we should be better versed in ds wifi before doing this, when i click join game it just says searching and if i click invite it just says my name

Yeah, I've just left it on Invite, maybe I have to be on invite first. Try joining again, let it search for a sec.

Speed Racer

I call winner of the game.

Gunstar

suck it

Captain Crunch

Okay my FC is:
424698
080262
Name is Crunch.

Speed Racer

Gunstar do you have an invite up? I do too, and if we're both inviting, this isn't really gonna happen.

Captain Crunch

mushroom pie, add me.

Speed Racer

Captain Crunch wrote: »

mushroom pie, add me.

Will do, Gunstar's not showing up, so wanna play?

Gunstar

lemme add you

i think we're gonna do best of 5 for now

edit: i think we have enough for a 4 player

Nickle

Took me a sec to warm up.

GG, though.

Should we all just agree on a first-to-five thing?

Four player would also be nifty.

e: added you, Crunch.

Gorilla Salad

If I can find it, I'll join.

Speed Racer

Epic comeback was epic.

Gunstar

i got a 4 player invite up

Nickle

Gunstar wrote: »

i got a 4 player invite up

I'm in.

Speed Racer

C'mon doods lets 4-player this up.

I'm pretty shit with items so this isn't gonna be pretty.

Gunstar

where be you nickle, we need ya

Captain Crunch

Mushroom, dude, you decimated me.
I used to be so good too, I guess I lost my skills. Good game.

Billmaan

Tofystedeth wrote: »

Anyone know of a decent online tetris clone? I've played a couple that were really laggy, but I wouldn't mind a duel if someone knew of a good one.

But I will take on all comers at sword fighting in Puzzle Pirates.

Cultris is worth a shot if you're looking for online multiplayer tetris. The controls are a bit too loose for my liking, but the game is still loads of fun.

For singleplayer tetris, there's an excellent clone named Heboris. Along with that you'd want to get a copy of the "Heboris unofficial expansion", which is basically a mod created by some very devoted fans. The graphics are somewhat dated, but the gameplay is solid. It's basically a clone of the Japanese arcade game series TGM (Tetris: The Grand Master), and as such, is somewhat designed for hardcore play. Don't let that stop you, though; it does have something for everyone. Unfortunately, official distribution for Heboris (and, subsequently, the unofficial expansion) was recently halted, and as such it might be tough to find a download location now.

Another good choice for singleplayer tetris is Lockjaw. The big draw with Lockjaw is customizability; it lets you modify nearly everything about the game engine, from simple stuff like piece drop speed curves and the number of "next" pieces displayed, to more subtle things like piece randomizers and piece "kicks" (i.e. how the a piece behaves when it hits another piece during rotation). Its presentation is significantly less polished than that of Heboris/UE, but it is skinnable, so that can be remedied to some extent.

EDIT: bleh, figures I'd type all that out and then see the word "online" in the original post. Oh well -- the offline stuff might prove useful to someone anyway.

Speed Racer

Captain Crunch wrote: »

Mushroom, dude, you decimated me.
I used to be so good too, I guess I lost my skills. Good game.

Second to last game you had me up against the ropes pretty hard.

"Yep, I lose" were my exact words until I got that straight piece right in the nick of time.

Captain Crunch

I'm in the 4-player battle....but I'm shit with items.

Nickle

Gunstar wrote: »

where be you nickle, we need ya

I click the join and your game, but then it just displays my name and boots me.