May. 11th, 2004

Tetris.

May. 11th, 2004 09:02 pm
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If someone were to ask you what your favorite tetris block is, what would you say? "what a random question 0_o" is probably what they would answer. Then without much hesitation, they would probably answer "the line"
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Simple answer? Right? The line. The one block that gets you there, the only block that can get you a tetris. If we were to assign Tetris blocks to human personalities, what would the line represent? The real go-getter, the one who is the achiever, the one who gets the job done. It's the ideal personality? Then there is the box
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This is our hypocrite, our President Bushes, our General Lees. They never think outside the "box". They cannot bend, they cannot change, they only move where directed, and still are quite displaced from society.

Then we have our various L shaped blocks.
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These are twins. Replicates. Identical, but opposite. They cannot fit in the same places, this is our metaphor for two people who seem alike, but opposite. It is hard to find them a fit in our tetris society, but once you can get them situated, they can be the most useful citizens. It's all a matter of getting them there.

Next we have the funky-shaped blocks.

            
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These are our problem children. Most tetris players will find that right off the bat, these guys are just HARD TO FIT. They give you the most problems in our tetris society. They cause you gaps and make you lose your game? Who wants that? I mean, why do such funky blocks exist? No one knows, except the Russian tetris creator himself, Alexei Pajitnov . They exist to make the game more challenging, so you can lose faster and get frustrated.

And now we have the best block. The best for last.
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Yes, this T-shaped block is the best tetris block there is. It is often the symbol of Tetris itself. I mean, it's T-shaped, right? So why is it the best one? On the outside, it appears like the mentioned "problem children" up above. It's funky looking, and you initially wonder why it fits anywhere. But what you may not know is that this block fits literally *anywhere*. You can never, possibly make a gap in your tetris game by using this T-shaped block. As a matter of fact, the more advanced tetris player will actually use these blocks to fill in gaps recently made by the problem blocks. There is no way to lose tetris if you keep gaining these resillient blocks. So who is this kind of person? This T-shaped block? Well, it's the kind of person I admire most. Someone who is just as resillient, someone who can fit into any situation and make the best of it, even if they are correcting others errors. I admire these kinds of T-shaped people and want to be just like them.

This is why, if someone ever asks you "what is your favorite Tetris block" you should suprise them and say "the T-shaped one" Because it should be. It should be what everyone aspires to be.

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