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Bastet, or Bastard Tetris, or The Game that Hates You

LunkerLunker Registered User regular
edited October 2009 in Games and Technology
http://blahg.res0l.net/2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/
Have you ever thought Tetris was evil because it wouldn’t send you that straight “I” brick you needed in order to clear four rows at the same time? Well Tetris probably isn’t evil, but Bastet certainly is. >:-) Bastet stands for “bastard tetris”,... Unlike normal Tetris, however, Bastet does not choose your next brick at random. Instead, Bastet uses a special algorithm designed to choose the worst brick possible. As you can imagine, playing Bastet can be a very frustrating experience!

It's Tetris, but with each turn you have a 70 percent chance of getting the least useful block available. This is wonderful and terrible at the same time. After all of those years of wondering whether the AI hates you, it's refreshing to find a game where it outright tells you so!

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Lunker wrote: »
    http://blahg.res0l.net/2009/01/bastet-bastard-tetris/
    Have you ever thought Tetris was evil because it wouldn’t send you that straight “I” brick you needed in order to clear four rows at the same time? Well Tetris probably isn’t evil, but Bastet certainly is. >:-) Bastet stands for “bastard tetris”,... Unlike normal Tetris, however, Bastet does not choose your next brick at random. Instead, Bastet uses a special algorithm designed to choose the worst brick possible. As you can imagine, playing Bastet can be a very frustrating experience!

    It's Tetris, but with each turn you have a 70 percent chance of getting the least useful block available. This is wonderful and terrible at the same time. After all of those years of wondering whether the AI hates you, it's refreshing to find a game where it outright tells you so!

    Holy shit.

    It's spamming Z blocks. Fuck that.

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  • MegaMekMegaMek Girls like girls. Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    20 n blocks in a row ffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Seems like it would be extremely easy to program, just give nothing but Zs.

    Seriously can you even make one line with that? I submit that you cannot.

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  • BillmaanBillmaan Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Seems like it would be extremely easy to program, just give nothing but Zs.

    Seriously can you even make one line with that? I submit that you cannot.
    Rotate each piece once, and drop one in every other column. You can play indefinitely. (edit: this is what I mean)

    Zs and Ses together can ruin your day, though.

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  • Gennenalyse RuebenGennenalyse Rueben The Prettiest Boy is Ridiculously Pretty Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I managed to get 15 lines before it began raining Zs and squares and screwed me over.

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  • Last SonLast Son Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Seems like it would be extremely easy to program, just give nothing but Zs.

    Seriously can you even make one line with that? I submit that you cannot.

    This is pretty much what it devolves to. You will frequently get nothing but Zs until you lose.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    It spammed the stupid pink ones.

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