Can You Play A Game of Tetris... Forever?

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  • @austinmcconnell
    @austinmcconnell  4 года назад +3340

    Hey. Do me a solid and share this video with everyone on Earth.

    • @paxtonpods
      @paxtonpods 4 года назад +26

      Got it

    • @picotrains8064
      @picotrains8064 4 года назад +36

      Can I adapt this video to book form for the people without a screen?

    • @TailcoatGames
      @TailcoatGames 4 года назад +4

      Speech 100 i n t e n s i f i e s

    • @RyTheFirecracker
      @RyTheFirecracker 4 года назад +12

      Does the replication of earth on Minecraft count?

    • @iKarrott
      @iKarrott 4 года назад +6

      Best I can do is like, remain subscribed, and give you a compliment.
      You're doing a great job. I greatly enjoying the variety of topics you cover on your channel.

  • @mr.admr1016
    @mr.admr1016 4 года назад +6067

    Oh, i have this friend that is immortal and is faster than the speed of light. If you want to i can get him to test this out.
    Or her... i am not sure how to find the gender of a glowing orb of light.... it keeps telling me that its a celestial being here to destroy earth but i gave it Mario odyssey and it keeps speed running it so I think we are fine.

    • @IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou
      @IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou 4 года назад +187

      Please send them this video!

    • @legendgames128
      @legendgames128 4 года назад +372

      Is their name tool assisted speedrun?

    • @thelemoadegd9144
      @thelemoadegd9144 4 года назад +346

      Ahh yes, Tool Assisted Speedrun. I think his nickname is TAS. TAS is _SUPER_ good at videogames for some reason, like better than anyone else!

    • @TheMilli
      @TheMilli 4 года назад +167

      @@thelemoadegd9144 He does need someone else to teach him everything though. Dude can't play a new game on his own.

    • @jamesdeerwood146
      @jamesdeerwood146 4 года назад +78

      Did the orb come from the hole?

  • @chungo.
    @chungo. 4 года назад +4025

    Alternate title: How to do the longest full clear set-up

    • @IDGs_space
      @IDGs_space 4 года назад +71

      this is now how i pc in competetive tetris

    • @hashiispep
      @hashiispep 4 года назад +112

      @@IDGs_space only if you wanna get a fuckton of garbage before the first clear :'^)))

    • @allhailthewhale1423
      @allhailthewhale1423 4 года назад +18

      @@IDGs_space not gonna work man

    • @jknifgijdfui
      @jknifgijdfui 4 года назад +12

      Theres a perfect clear with 1 bag but its luck

    • @unnamedperson8619
      @unnamedperson8619 4 года назад +29

      @@jknifgijdfui There's not. You'd need 2 O's in the first bag. There is a setup so you can PC with a like 74% chance with 10 Pieces +1 Hold though

  • @pkxqt
    @pkxqt 4 года назад +3594

    I can imagine someone doing a "AI play Tetris Forever" Livestream

    • @josiahsmith7250
      @josiahsmith7250 4 года назад +71

      Chewable careful... that may be the gateway to SkyNet...

    • @thisrandomdude_
      @thisrandomdude_ 4 года назад +142

      We should spam this video to Code Bullet

    • @duffman18
      @duffman18 4 года назад +76

      Have you ever seen that video where a machine learning AI that's programmed to do trial and error so it can eventually best any game, plays tetris? It ends up just pausing the game, indefinitely. Because the only way to "beat" tetris, is to not play. You'll otherwise always lose.

    • @ITR
      @ITR 4 года назад +27

      ​@@duffman18 The trial and error (bruteforce) AI of those videos is actually not what's being presented, but rather the AI that uses algorithms to find out what "winning" is.
      The way it does it is by looking at the bytes of memory the game uses from a pre-recorded gameplay video, then tries to find out which bytes it should try to increase to get a better score.
      The reason it gets stuck is because the pausing the game is a local maximum in terms of "points", and there's not really a good way for it to have one tile-structure give more points than another

    • @ITR
      @ITR 4 года назад +10

      Not a livestream, but Michael Birken has some videos on an AI that plays the NES version until it's impossible to play more. And also a tetris printer algorithm that "cheats" by looking into the future. I think both of those have no bagging though.
      If there's interest for an AI playing tetris forever I could probably set up something like that, isn't too difficult to code tetris + an AI that follows an algorithm

  • @odinangie1377
    @odinangie1377 4 года назад +1983

    So we need queen Elizabeth to play Tetris.

  • @ToonamiT0M
    @ToonamiT0M 4 года назад +2807

    Tetris is like life. Your successes disappear while your failures pile up.

    • @bigboiganiga8356
      @bigboiganiga8356 4 года назад +131

      I reported you for your underrated true comment. Thanks for reminding me my life.

    • @MRZ7818
      @MRZ7818 4 года назад +69

      This feels like you’re calling me out

    • @deedeeen
      @deedeeen 4 года назад +16

      Your score...

    • @undeniablySomeGuy
      @undeniablySomeGuy 4 года назад +82

      But by planning ahead you can avoid any long term failures and fix the problems that seem to be forced upon you

    • @tyvellg5374
      @tyvellg5374 4 года назад +3

      Did you get this from Death Battle?

  • @hornetluca
    @hornetluca 4 года назад +1933

    Once I saw a guy playing Tetris with invisible blocks

    • @alfredzanini
      @alfredzanini 4 года назад +109

      Agdq tetris the grand master presentation? That was one of my firsts as well

    • @Fat3Distr0
      @Fat3Distr0 4 года назад +96

      That's Tetris the Grandmaster 3 Terror Instinct. You gotta play through the credit roll with invisible pieces, then you can achieve the highest rank in the game.

    • @Oshisaure
      @Oshisaure 4 года назад +138

      @@Fat3Distr0 And to even get a chance at the invisible credit roll, you also gotta have full control over your pace during the entire main game, which already forces you to play at a stupid speed. And not only do you have to survive the invisible roll, you also gotta clear enough lines/tetrises to get the Grand Master grade. AND THEN when you get it actually you don't, because the account system requires you to get a promotional exam first which requires you to have at least 4 out of your last 7 runs being GM-worthy and then to do another GM-worthy run to actually pass the exam. Only after all of this you can get a shot at putting a GM run in the arcade machine's leaderboard.
      TGM3 is for masochists with infinite determination to be kicked in the crotch.

    • @Oshisaure
      @Oshisaure 4 года назад +20

      @@mystral_fox Sprint with ghost is one thing, but now try that in 20g.
      Also please realise that what you consider "not that hard" may be a lot harder for someone who doesn't have enough training to break 30s in sprint, let alone 60s, which is most people.

    • @Oshisaure
      @Oshisaure 4 года назад +12

      @@rastas_4221 I just feel like pointing out just the invisible part isn't enough to convey the stupid level of dedication you have to put in this is all

  • @chromosoze
    @chromosoze 4 года назад +400

    0:14
    If it's that easy to learn, how come 6 year old me thought that it was a building game? and tried to build a house? and got mad because the lines kept clearing?

    • @anawesomepet
      @anawesomepet 3 года назад +40

      Go to minecraft first

    • @becauseimapotato7599
      @becauseimapotato7599 3 года назад +19

      @@WishingWell24 No...can't be that...let's keep thinking

    • @averagechannelname9969
      @averagechannelname9969 3 года назад +9

      I feel that. I thought I was supposed to build to the top

    • @speechless1883
      @speechless1883 3 года назад +1

      meanwhike 6 year old vince started playing tetris and is now the fastest tetris player in the world

    • @carrotfuton
      @carrotfuton 3 года назад +6

      i thought you were supposed to build to the top as fast as you could and was confused why i always lost right as i got to the top of the screen

  • @ChengTeoh
    @ChengTeoh 4 года назад +408

    I miss playing Tetris on an actual arcade cabinet. Man those were the good old days when college campuses had pool tables and multiple game cabinets. BTW, I think the longest I spent on a quarter on Tetris was like 2 hours ... it could have been longer but I had a class and handed my game off to another person, lol. Fond memories.

    • @projectretro8243
      @projectretro8243 3 года назад +3

      How has nobody commented on this?

    • @coyraig8332
      @coyraig8332 3 года назад

      Not sure about all of them, but my college has multiple arcade cabinets

    • @imthesleepyskeleton5462
      @imthesleepyskeleton5462 3 года назад +4

      Funny story I remembered: there's a shopping center near where I lived and me and my friends were going to the play area. There was lots of games but we usually played guitar hero. We took turns and we were doing really good and one of my friends started to play and he was going really good. People started to look at him play while standing behind and we were like "dude we're famous lol" when he finished and acted like everybody was watching him, he found out that they were just waiting for their turn.

    • @imthesleepyskeleton5462
      @imthesleepyskeleton5462 3 года назад +2

      @@dovahkitten9732 I mean you can still play it on normal too

    • @Ten_Thousand_Locusts
      @Ten_Thousand_Locusts 3 года назад

      @@imthesleepyskeleton5462 yeah but then you gotta pay

  • @jerodwood
    @jerodwood 4 года назад +700

    Austin is always asking the important questions that nobody else will.

    • @nojot0
      @nojot0 4 года назад +2

      I mean, he didn't discover this, I saw some videos from a few years ago talking about this strategy...

    • @undeniablySomeGuy
      @undeniablySomeGuy 4 года назад +1

      Jerod Wood This isn’t important nor is it the first time someone’s asked this question. I don’t know why he made this video

  • @josephwheeler2954
    @josephwheeler2954 4 года назад +268

    “This video really makes you FEEL like Tetris” - 9/10 IGN

  • @tracque_5677
    @tracque_5677 4 года назад +132

    The short answer is that it depends:
    Classic Tetris uses a “true random” sequence of pieces, meaning that eventually you’re guaranteed to get a sequence of S and Z (the objectively hardest to deal with) pieces that becomes impossible to deal with, resulting in a top-out.
    In modern Tetris which uses the 7-bag randomiser, it’s trivial to continue forever since you are guaranteed a perfect clear every 10 pieces.

    • @meta04
      @meta04 4 года назад +6

      Even the classic games generally have measures to avoid having the player get the same piece multiple times in a row, but it still isn't deterministic and you can still get D96 O-pieces in a row if you use RNG manipulation in the NES version.

    • @crassinula
      @crassinula 4 года назад +8

      He does say that modern tetris uses the 7-bag system. He just called it random for some reason though.
      Edit: classic tetris isn't 100% random either. It's more of a diceroll. However, if the game notices that you "rolled" the same peice again, it'll 're-roll' and give you that peice. Even if it's still the same. So not 100% random, it tries to not have lots of repeats.

    • @CaboozledPie
      @CaboozledPie 4 года назад +6

      Perfect clear every 10 pieces? I’m pretty sure that’s not possible in all circumstances.

    • @myrmyxo
      @myrmyxo 4 года назад +2

      @@CaboozledPie Actually it could be, just be Zetris and have the PC finder lol. But the normal setup and Grace system do not guarantee you to have a PC every 10 pieces.

    • @Kromiball
      @Kromiball 3 года назад

      @@CaboozledPie It's possible.

  • @TheCarDemotic
    @TheCarDemotic 4 года назад +405

    No because I’ll lose my mind to the music after playing for more then 3 hours

  • @Sam-nl8ie
    @Sam-nl8ie 4 года назад +158

    Wow. I mean, we all spend Quarantine differently, but my god!

  • @funkylimonada
    @funkylimonada 4 года назад +259

    Im gonna be honest, i have been trying this strategy for 40 minutes now, and its not really working that well. . . I mean imma spend another 3-20 hours trying to figure it out , but

    • @WillJackDo
      @WillJackDo 4 года назад +20

      Are you using the original NES version?

    • @wariolandgoldpiramid
      @wariolandgoldpiramid 4 года назад +46

      Are you using a modern version of Tetris, like you were told?

    • @bean9662
      @bean9662 4 года назад +164

      Are you immortal like the video said?

    • @josiahsmith7250
      @josiahsmith7250 4 года назад +37

      Lol that escalated quickly.

    • @lettuce1626
      @lettuce1626 4 года назад +13

      Because the math is off, in his video he somehow pulled out 2 O pieces and 2 L pieces out of thin air, after he talked about the balancing point, I made a comment about how the math is off you might not see it though

  • @ndv135
    @ndv135 4 года назад +424

    Me: Oh look a video about tetris!
    Austin McConnell: No matter what you do you will die someday, just reminding you!
    Me: :(

    • @veovanhpaliphasouk8171
      @veovanhpaliphasouk8171 3 года назад

      Stop saying :(

    • @ndv135
      @ndv135 3 года назад +1

      @@veovanhpaliphasouk8171 Why?

    • @calatwork7308
      @calatwork7308 3 года назад +2

      @@veovanhpaliphasouk8171 :(

    • @Mikey-jv5fv
      @Mikey-jv5fv 3 года назад +1

      @@veovanhpaliphasouk8171 :( !

    • @altraa
      @altraa 3 года назад +1

      @@veovanhpaliphasouk8171 :(

  • @romiio1
    @romiio1 4 года назад +83

    I love how he still managed to make a meaningful quote at the end

  • @shrimpychicken7887
    @shrimpychicken7887 4 года назад +385

    Austin is slowly turning into the next Vsauce

    • @metanumia
      @metanumia 4 года назад +8

      Yes, I am also perfectly content with this metamorphosis.

    • @JacobRy
      @JacobRy 4 года назад +9

      Lol no. Vsauce was amazing, this isn't that. Vsauce is still pretty good. Exurba1a maybe

    • @undeniablySomeGuy
      @undeniablySomeGuy 4 года назад

      I’d be severely disappointed if Vsause made a video this useless

    • @zackydev
      @zackydev 4 года назад

      *G O O D*

    • @robotmaster4515
      @robotmaster4515 4 года назад

      Exept a bootleg version.

  • @preethamrn
    @preethamrn 4 года назад +42

    Nobody:
    Absolutely no one:
    AustinMcConnell: Just like Tetris, eventually we all die.

  • @SuperDZ555
    @SuperDZ555 4 года назад +22

    *“FERB I KNOW WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO TODAY”*

  • @Aericane
    @Aericane 4 года назад +135

    There is an tool assisted speedrun on youtube that goes on for 12 hours. It uses the NES version.

    • @connorking8503
      @connorking8503 4 года назад +13

      NES Tetris is the _ONE TRUE VERSION!_

    • @oledakaajel
      @oledakaajel 4 года назад +24

      @@connorking8503 lmao nes tetris isn't even the original version.

    • @teampokepals763
      @teampokepals763 4 года назад +7

      I bet whoever made that TAS got bored by then. And seeing what ridiculous amounts of time people put into TASing, that takes a lot lol

    • @PromoCraft-rz3vz
      @PromoCraft-rz3vz 4 года назад +7

      @oledakaajel What does that have to do with Connor’s statement? It’s like saying ‘Uh, actually I only play the true version of Minecraft, aka cave game.’

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 4 года назад +7

      The NES does neither use a bag or a good randomised; it instead randomises the next block based on your input, meaning you can decide which the next block is with your inputs. Something a TAS would use.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 года назад +115

    Next video: Can you keep walking in Death Stranding forever?

    • @sheepgod887
      @sheepgod887 4 года назад +4

      How are you on like every channel I watch‽ I just don't understand

    • @pesty4592
      @pesty4592 4 года назад +4

      @@sheepgod887 he's just a youtube commenter. like owo or justin y.

    • @briandee554
      @briandee554 4 года назад +2

      Yes, it’s called playing the game.

    • @Dan-pi6dx
      @Dan-pi6dx 4 года назад

      I cu everywhere

    • @fran5678can
      @fran5678can 4 года назад

      Nah.

  • @Oshisaure
    @Oshisaure 4 года назад +33

    Nice video to teach new players about the playing forever loop.
    Though when I think about it, this kind of loops being possible in the modern official tetris variants contrasts with the proof of the game being literally impossible to play forever under a truly random and unrestricted piece sequence. There's a paper out there showing that it's impossible to survive a sequence of a few thousand S/Z pieces, and if we assume each piece is always as likely as any other to be picked at any time, eventually such a sequence will occur, forcing the game to end.
    Neat example of how the changes that were made to the game affects its dynamic, in my opinion.

    • @sisisit10
      @sisisit10 4 года назад +4

      the master of wack setups commenting on a video about a wack setup? how incredibly in character of you

    • @Oshisaure
      @Oshisaure 4 года назад +3

      @@sisisit10 Hey I had to say something right

    • @donnguyen166
      @donnguyen166 4 года назад +1

      new players should be banned from seeing this video. They will only go out and try to do it themselves, getting frustrated that they max out because of garbage with their .5pps. The stack reaches up to 16 lines out of 20, so any simple attack or opener an opponent uses would send 4+ lines to max them out. Also, were you not paying attention to when he told u about modern tetris and the 7 bag rng?? that makes it IMPOSSIBLE to get 3 pieces in a row.. much less a series of thousands of s and z pieces. Now going back to the impossible 3 pieces in a row... if this occurs, sequences like abcbba could also happen, making the perfect clear impossible with keeping the pattern

    • @Oshisaure
      @Oshisaure 4 года назад +6

      @@donnguyen166 Alright so:
      >"getting frustrated that they max out because of garbage"
      The whole video is implying that you're playing in singleplayer. He's mentioning how the game gets faster over time, which to my knowledge in guideline VS games only happens in Tetris 99.
      >"were you not paying attention when he told you about modern Tetris and 7-bag"
      I did. I was just making a note to how there is also a mathematical proof that _without that very thing_ your game has to end at some point. Looks like you didn't pay attention to the conclusion of my comment.
      >"new players should be banned from seeing this video"
      If you're implying I'm a new player, I'll let you know that I've been making Tetris videos for the past 3 years or so.
      I think that instead people like you should be banned from commenting without even trying to understand the point of neither the video nor the comment you're replying to.

    • @veniceramos2425
      @veniceramos2425 4 года назад

      Lilla Oshisaure lmaooo. dudes really called you a new player but any tetris player worth their salt knows your name and pfp by heart

  • @AKittyBox
    @AKittyBox 4 года назад +83

    This specific solution would stop working once you hit 20G (moving to the bottom instantly) since you lose the ability to maneuver certain pieces to the right places, but is an interesting watch and a cool method regardless

    • @a006delta
      @a006delta 4 года назад +6

      currently though, all versions that has a marathon mode doesn't have 20G marathon so it's fine

    • @a006delta
      @a006delta 4 года назад +6

      oh, and swapping a left and center loops would fix that because naturally the left loop's higher in stack, so you can slide pieces around. That combined with pre-rotating pieces and having good movement would fix things perfectly.

    • @Oshisaure
      @Oshisaure 4 года назад +15

      Just make a rotation system that puts the piece high up in the air after rotating

    • @AKittyBox
      @AKittyBox 4 года назад +3

      That seems like a very you solution to the problem lol

    • @user-uw4uv3cy7l
      @user-uw4uv3cy7l 4 года назад +4

      @@Oshisaure oh hi oshi! There is another way to stack 'infinitely' even with 20g, its in the hard drop wiki

  • @squid-boy4178
    @squid-boy4178 4 года назад +56

    Austin telling me things I didn't know I wanted to know again.

  • @uenoyamakamishiro7646
    @uenoyamakamishiro7646 4 года назад +100

    You can just tell from all the strats and analysis that this man has been playing tetris all day long since the quarantine began

    • @bcunningham3718
      @bcunningham3718 4 года назад +2

      Honestly I’ve been doing that, just looked at my statistics on the site I use, I’ve been playing Tetris for on average 21% of the day since the start of quarantine

    • @myrmyxo
      @myrmyxo 4 года назад +2

      @@bcunningham3718 What site ? Jstris, tetrio ?

    • @drcgaming4195
      @drcgaming4195 3 года назад +2

      he still only counter clockwise spins, so i doubt
      hes gotta learn how to spin clockwise

  • @tanmanvevo1011
    @tanmanvevo1011 4 года назад +4

    I absolutely adore Tetris. It’s in my personal top 10 favorite games ever. During my 9th grade finals, all I had available was my school-issued iPad to entertain myself during Geometry, where I had exempted the final exam. I played the same game of Tetris on that iPad for an hour and half without stopping, and it was some of the most fun I’ve ever had playing a video game.

  • @bloomfilms
    @bloomfilms 4 года назад +2

    Okay, but can someone make a follow up video with a TAS script? That would be the cherry on top.

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 4 года назад +25

    *Tragic Fact:* Alexey Pajitnov's son, Dmitri, died on a skiing accident back in 2017. Dmitri Pajitnov was the first year medical student at St. George's University and the member of the Heavenly Resort Ski Patrol on Lake Tahoe.

  • @lampcrow5453
    @lampcrow5453 4 года назад +39

    *This* kind of stuff is what I subbed for lol. When the channel was refocused last year or so to be almost entirely about “creating" itself, I wasn't as interested. Now I'm right back into things. Don’t get me wrong, absolutely make vids about things you find interesting, that’s the beauty of it, but part of that beauty *is* the grab bag feeling that was lost for a while.

  • @rebca_
    @rebca_ 4 года назад +6

    Arguably, one of the most important parts of playing forever is the game having lock delay. Lock delay is the time it takes between your active piece hitting the ground, and it locking into place. If the game has no lock delay, the pieces will eventually get too fast to move effectively.

    • @elementgermanium
      @elementgermanium Год назад

      Either way, the speed has a hard cap of one frame per movement regardless

  • @wraithgames
    @wraithgames 4 года назад +1

    Great video as usual! As our team's working on a puzzle game that uses a Tetris-like bag generation system, it was SUPER weird hearing the process explained by someone (since we explain it at our convention booths a lot)!

  • @jolynecujoh9518
    @jolynecujoh9518 4 года назад +17

    "can you play a tetris game forever"
    in this quarantine? *maybe*

  • @redblackhobbit
    @redblackhobbit 4 года назад +15

    i'm getting very confused and frustrated. Right before the so called "flip point" you used four bags for the z,t,s combo and four bags for the o,L.The I piece only is presented as having two bags however, so in practice the middle column is way too high, causing the end of the flip point to be to way too high! Am i doing something wrong or is this method flawed?

    • @ItsSkylah
      @ItsSkylah 3 года назад +4

      It's his method, he placed the I J loop only once when it should be placed down twice

  • @christianhernandez8519
    @christianhernandez8519 4 года назад +1

    THANKS AUSTIN!!! I appreciate you so much I need more things to keep me entertained. I LOVE YOUR VIDS. Keep making em.

  • @justinc.5591
    @justinc.5591 4 года назад +9

    “Tetris Forever” would be a good name for a Tetris game.

  • @guscox9651
    @guscox9651 4 года назад +13

    Every time you make a video, i always walk away wanting to do something creative. Really nice for these months of quarantine

  • @nerdwiththehat
    @nerdwiththehat 4 года назад +5

    Today on "things that I guess I kind of knew in the back of my head, but never really set in": "Real" Tetris only randomises a full set of pieces at a time.

  • @TheInkPages
    @TheInkPages 4 года назад +3

    I love the randomness of your content! Keeps things fresh and interesting, as well as fascinating. Keep it up!
    Another thing I'd love, is to see the CTWC guys try this out! That would be super cool!

    • @user-dn2bb6ts3u
      @user-dn2bb6ts3u 4 года назад +2

      Classic Tetris has more randomness, such that you're gonna get S and Z pieces inevitably.

  • @chaartimor4109
    @chaartimor4109 4 года назад +4

    That's so cool he included jstris and tetr.io, which are notre very well none but deserve more attention

    • @myrmyxo
      @myrmyxo 4 года назад +1

      And the music in tetrio is super good. But I mean the music in jstrs is obviously better lol

    • @drcgaming4195
      @drcgaming4195 3 года назад

      @@myrmyxo lol

    • @drcgaming4195
      @drcgaming4195 3 года назад

      tspin quad

  • @RegularEarthlingEngineer
    @RegularEarthlingEngineer 4 года назад +37

    Well boys I know what I am going to do until the Quarantine ends.
    I am the man who arranges the cartridges that will bring me to the championship

  • @Kami-mk7tu
    @Kami-mk7tu 4 года назад +26

    0:35 laughs in Minecraft.

    • @DigiTensei
      @DigiTensei 4 года назад +2

      “One of OR”

    • @egbertdezee702
      @egbertdezee702 3 года назад

      Before Minecraft took the gold, Tetris was number 1

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun 2 года назад +1

    0:36 This would legit be a cool art style for a Tetris game (because God knows we need more of ’em!)

  • @GaneshNayak
    @GaneshNayak 3 года назад +1

    This is why I like classic Tetris with true random piece generator. Each game is unique and one can have long stretches without I piece

  • @thefury770able
    @thefury770able 4 года назад +9

    A really good speedrunner that runs about anything could do that, his name is TAS, I’ve never seen his face but he is everywhere

    • @Jonny2myren
      @Jonny2myren 4 года назад

      TAS couldn't do it since the order of the blocks is random.

    • @donnguyen166
      @donnguyen166 4 года назад

      @@Jonny2myren its not 100% random... were u not paying attention to the 7bag? Anyways, im slow AF in the tetris community with a 40l sprint of 51 somthing something seconds, and i could do this no problem indefinitely. you have to note this has nothing to do with speed or skill, but rather just by memorizing a few easy things

    • @donnguyen166
      @donnguyen166 4 года назад

      and wtf does tas have to do with this... He doesnt ~even play~ the game shown in the video. Tas plays classic tetris like nes, NOT modern tetrises. Nes tetris rng would work, cuz if u get a 3rd pieces in a row, or even a 3rd pieces before your 7th, ur finished

    • @myrmyxo
      @myrmyxo 4 года назад

      @@donnguyen166 That's not that bad, that's like 2.4 PPS

  • @jeffc5974
    @jeffc5974 4 года назад +5

    I remember when I was little, playing one of the early versions, and I was surprised to find out that when you beat level 24, you went to level 24. The speed did not increase or anything, so I was able to beat level 24 several times in a row. I did not need the ability to swap my piece. That seems like cheating to me. I was not beaten by the end of my life, end of my free time, or lack of dexterity. I'm don't remember if it was an unlucky sequence of pieces or simple distraction that lead it to end.

    • @HardGuess
      @HardGuess 3 года назад

      Ah yes the _perfect player_

  • @EhRandomGuy
    @EhRandomGuy 3 года назад

    Big props for featuring a lot of the mainstream Tetris options out there!
    Even including Nullpomino w/ Shuey's footage!

  • @alwaysanimated1351
    @alwaysanimated1351 4 года назад +1

    WOO! AUSTIN MCCONNELL IS THE MAN!!! Austin McConnell’s videos are so awesome, ue’s even inspired me to create my own RUclips channel! Keep up the great videos, Austin!

  • @lolazokekk6765
    @lolazokekk6765 4 года назад +23

    0:35 Minecraft: Hold my beer

    • @egbertdezee702
      @egbertdezee702 3 года назад

      Before Minecraft took the gold, Tetris was number 1

  • @j34iiw
    @j34iiw 4 года назад +5

    You know the saying: “You live playing ТЕТЯIS, you die playing TETЯIS.”

  • @leeionicatlas6461
    @leeionicatlas6461 4 года назад

    Thanks for the exsistential dread at the end there Austin!
    but seriously great video, keep it up

  • @jackkraus6948
    @jackkraus6948 4 года назад

    Thanks for teaching me how Tetris block selection works. I made my own Tetris game and was wondering why it was so hard

  • @Alex-gv2jc
    @Alex-gv2jc 4 года назад +6

    I feel like this leaves an important question unanswered: How long can the game handle this?
    I dont mean like, processing power. I mean how long can the game last before the frame rate is literally not high enough to allow execution of the pattern before the pieces fall, if that ever even happens. This requires cementing which version of the game is in question, but it helps tie a lot of loose threads when I'm coming into this thinking "He's gonna talk about how long a Tetris TAS can last".

    • @justbny9278
      @justbny9278 4 года назад +1

      If the games locks its speed out after a while due to hardware limitations then it can be done indefinitely

    • @donnguyen166
      @donnguyen166 4 года назад +3

      uh what??? the framerate would never drop since the pieces arent rendered after they are cleared, not to mention tetris is a very light game to run....

    • @aetimes2
      @aetimes2 3 года назад

      @@donnguyen166 The frame rate won't drop. But the pieces may be so fast that they move down 5 spaces in one frame because the FPS was never high enough to deal with that speed.

  • @BTMCLive
    @BTMCLive 4 года назад +17

    TETRIO MADE IT IN

    • @myrmyxo
      @myrmyxo 4 года назад

      Oh hey god ! I got destroyed last time lol ; ;

    • @adilacma
      @adilacma 3 года назад

      why no like

    • @myrmyxo
      @myrmyxo 3 года назад

      @@adilacma not know

    • @ryanchung6494
      @ryanchung6494 3 года назад

      YES

    • @skinnyjeens64
      @skinnyjeens64 3 года назад

      Had no idea he played Tetris kinda surprising

  • @drcgaming4195
    @drcgaming4195 3 года назад +1

    1:36
    also the SRS rotation system. its a must-have in all modern games
    you also have a problem where you always rotate counter clockwise. dont do that.

  • @briandee554
    @briandee554 4 года назад

    Jeesh these are some hard-hitting questions Austin.

  • @cube5081
    @cube5081 4 года назад +6

    ahh yes! my two favourite things in the world; austin and tetris

  • @gh0stwoods
    @gh0stwoods 3 года назад +3

    Chiaki’s AI seeing this: P A N I C

  • @maen953
    @maen953 4 года назад

    I was scrolling through my recommended and saw this video. Granted, I watch a ton of Tetris vids, so I thought this was a just an upload from Doremy or Zetris. But no, I saw it was from you and I squealed as I imagined two of my favorite things coming together for one vid!!!

  • @josedolfstaller6491
    @josedolfstaller6491 3 года назад +1

    Even if all the numbers are correct (some are saying they aren't), the pieces can be given to you in such an order that the left side is impossible, such as getting the red piece first, or the right side is impossible, such as getting an L followed by a square. While holding fixes the issue partially, a combination of the two issues in a specific but not uncommon order causes the entire strategy to fall apart.

  • @dawidmarkuszewski1010
    @dawidmarkuszewski1010 2 года назад +3

    2:07 o piece WTF? SMASHBOYYY

  • @elijahp9779
    @elijahp9779 4 года назад +9

    Omg I was playing tetris and this showed up, what

    • @cmarley314
      @cmarley314 4 года назад +2

      Elijah Peter
      Looks like you need a VPN

  • @iamnotsure1351
    @iamnotsure1351 4 года назад +2

    Wait.... does this mean infinite guaranteed perfect clears?
    Also if you call them all clears, *i will look for you, I will find you, and I will corner you and kick you*
    All clear is for Puyo Puyo

  • @chastitywhiterose
    @chastitywhiterose 2 года назад +1

    This is awesome. I'm gonna try this!

  • @CaroFDoom
    @CaroFDoom 4 года назад +6

    I really appreciate the level of detail in this when most other "can you play tetris forever" videos are just "no because we only considered the NES version of Tetris"

  • @proxy1035
    @proxy1035 4 года назад +3

    1:42 sooo... a TAS?
    also the "pieces" are called "tetromino's"
    ironically despite the game being so well known barely anyone knows that fact above.

    • @Nulled6666
      @Nulled6666 4 года назад

      I live for Tetris

    • @paulsd9255
      @paulsd9255 3 года назад

      Tetris Company actually prefers 'tetrimino' and that's the trademarked term, since 'tetromino' is the generic mathematical term for 4-block pieces

  • @258thHiGuy
    @258thHiGuy 2 года назад

    I love that a good two minutes of this video is just explaining how and why the 4-wide strategy works so well

  • @jimmykalkhoven36989
    @jimmykalkhoven36989 5 месяцев назад

    Legendary video
    Vast applications of this information, a truly well done intelligent delivery

  • @connorking8503
    @connorking8503 4 года назад +3

    Are we sure this isn't a SIGBOVIK paper?

  • @CommunistFBI
    @CommunistFBI 4 года назад +3

    Sonic: I am the fastest
    Flash: No i'm the fastest
    Pro Tetris players: Amateurs

  • @fannerbuoy3688
    @fannerbuoy3688 3 года назад

    Thanks! Going to use this in my next 1000L run.

  • @abcdemi
    @abcdemi 4 года назад

    Austin really has the most random content of any RUclipsr and I love it

  • @JimFourOneTwoThree
    @JimFourOneTwoThree 4 года назад +8

    Does the title refer to how addicting it is that you can’t stop playing?

  • @Ember28
    @Ember28 3 года назад +3

    to play tetris forever, you will need to have infinite dexterity, lifespan, and freetime. No one has this.
    Queen Elizabeth: *hold my crown.*

  • @Shuey187
    @Shuey187 4 года назад

    Thanks for the mention, much appreciated! :)

  • @NotAGoodUsername360
    @NotAGoodUsername360 5 месяцев назад

    You can also use this technique to optimize Tetris Effect, where any piece can be used in the middle well during Zone mode.

  • @shrimpychicken7887
    @shrimpychicken7887 4 года назад +25

    RUclips: there's 9 comments, would you like to see them?
    Me: "of course, yes please!"
    Also RUclips: no, Y O U F O O L

  • @iDunnoMC
    @iDunnoMC 4 года назад +3

    I was playing NES Tetris as this started autoplaying

  • @mr.noodle6931
    @mr.noodle6931 4 года назад +1

    Thanks man. I have been playing the same Tetris game for a month now.

  • @KASP112
    @KASP112 4 года назад

    This is why I love this chancel talks about everything random

  • @williamkim8866
    @williamkim8866 4 года назад +3

    You can play a game of Tetris forever! Just pause it.

  • @markvanderlinden1679
    @markvanderlinden1679 4 года назад +3

    Petition for 2 million subs special: trying this Tetris method as long as possible with TheOdd1sOut

  • @mynameismmandimheretosay7979
    @mynameismmandimheretosay7979 4 года назад

    Thank you so much for making this less than 10 minutes

  • @PinkieOats
    @PinkieOats 4 года назад

    I've been casually following speed runs for years, so discovering this technique was fascinating. There should be a whole movie on how it was developed, and other techniques.

  • @connorking8503
    @connorking8503 4 года назад +3

    This vjeo is heretical because it doesn't use the NES version.

  • @animal_4826
    @animal_4826 4 года назад +3

    Minecraft is actually the best selling game in the world.

    • @Oshisaure
      @Oshisaure 4 года назад

      "... becoming one of or the best selling video game in the world"
      Tetris was the best selling video game ever until 2019. Since then Tetris remained second so it's still one of the best selling video games ever.

    • @myrmyxo
      @myrmyxo 4 года назад

      @@Oshisaure I like how all the tetris fans are destroying everybody who says something wrong in the comments lol. And O spin octuple when ?

  • @galxyguy8229
    @galxyguy8229 3 года назад

    while scrolling through different versions of Tetris, it showed Puyo Puyo Tetris, and that was my jam man, basically anime characters from different dimensions meet and have to do a thing, 2 different styles of play, and a whole lot of fun.

  • @Chely0321
    @Chely0321 4 года назад

    This only fed my addiction to Tetris. Thanks :)

  • @polyhedronman9975
    @polyhedronman9975 Год назад +2

    we need to collectively call this technique "infitris"

  • @The_BenD
    @The_BenD 3 года назад

    That took quite the dark turn at the end

  • @alpaca4902
    @alpaca4902 3 года назад +1

    Tetris can run on either 32 bit or 64 bit operating systems. This means on a 32 bit operating system the highest possible score would be 2^31-1 or 2,147,483,647 (the 32 bit integer limit). Any more than this would cause it to roll over into the negatives at the minimum value of -2^31 (-2,147,483,648) stop going up or crash. On a 64 bit operating system the highest score possible would be 2^63-1 or 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (the 64 bit integer limit) any more than this and your score would roll over into the negatives (it would go to the minimum value of -2^63 or -9,223,372,036,854,775,808) stop going up or just crash.

  • @crynsinia3182
    @crynsinia3182 4 года назад

    Glad to see your still uploading. I got concerned after that last video.

  • @AdrianHereToHelp
    @AdrianHereToHelp 2 года назад +1

    Man I was trying so hard to figure out how you deal with inconvenient patterns be side I totally forgot we necessitated the hold feature

  • @michaelschlicker
    @michaelschlicker 4 года назад +1

    5:11 You're only showing two rounds of I L blocks instead of four rounds like with the other loops. Therefore it doesn't resolve itself after the flip point as the middle part is about 8 blocks higher than the two side parts. Only after applying the original loops twice (so 8 packs) it evens out.

  • @xiutecuhtli15
    @xiutecuhtli15 3 года назад

    In the balancing loop it looks like the left and middle stacks might both demand the hold function at the same time, and you can only hold one piece. This might break the pattern.

  • @bloomfilms
    @bloomfilms 4 года назад +1

    I was playing Tetris while I got the notification for this video. Quarantine got us all playing it again lol

  • @PGucci
    @PGucci 3 года назад +1

    I like how he ties this information to life by saying “tetris is basically life”

  • @devnol
    @devnol 3 года назад

    FYI there's a Tetris version built for a **soldering iron**. It's called the miniware TS100 and it can take custom firmware. Every time you lose, the iron's tip rises in temperature by 10°C

  • @hollyarmstrong2293
    @hollyarmstrong2293 3 года назад

    This video was so relaxing.

  • @marwinout
    @marwinout 4 года назад

    Oh boy another episode of Things I didnt know I wanted to learn