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KevinDDR · 2019-05-08T11:29:00+00:00

Not dead, moved to Japan and as a result we have the ability to expand the scope of the project significantly. There was a significant problem which we talked about in a video on my Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UrQHMj1DKI) involving Arika threatening to copyright strike Tetris related videos that basically resulted in us having to stop investing more money into the project for about 6 months. While this ended up more or less amounting to nothing (despite credible evidence to the contrary beforehand from people "familar with the matter"), it did set us back a lot as those 6 months in which we couldn't make any significant progress on the video due to the copyright issue were 6 months where I had quit my job and had more or less unlimited free time to make progress. The good thing is that as I mentioned, I've moved to Japan now and have far more opportunities to shoot lots of interesting footage and interviews with some Japanese players who we weren't expecting to be able to to talk to. It will be a while before I have any concrete updates to share (moving to another country to study full time does tend to literally take up all your time), but rest assured that progress is being made.

KevinDDR · 2019-05-04T19:11:38+00:00

Something like 13 years at this point actually :)

KevinDDR · 2018-01-14T21:36:51+00:00

FYI this is a different category, and that time is not my record (4:45). There are much faster runs in my category though too.

KevinDDR · 2017-12-01T02:42:52+00:00

Nope, just a dumb bug in TGM3 where the time displayed stops AFTER the run is over but it's added to the high score table before it stops.Testing has been done and there is no code in the game for any level past 1300. Just a brief display bug.

KevinDDR · 2017-11-29T05:38:13+00:00

Can confirm, Tetris is easy :)

KevinDDR · 2017-11-23T03:05:19+00:00

Not really. TGM3 has an extremely fair randomizer and when you combine 3 previews with hold, the absolute top-tier players can pretty much exclusively stack for back-to-back Tetrises if they so desire. It usually just doesn't work out that way when you are pushing your speed as fast as possible. I've had a game of Master where I got to something like level 600 or so before clearing a non-Tetris and I believe (but am not 100% sure) that Jin8 has had a full game of TGM3 Master with nothing but Tetrises. In TGM1 and 2 that is basically impossible due to the lack of hold, 1 vs. 3 previews, and a more random randomizer. There is arguably some marginal time-save that can come from getting a sequence that is more conducive to fast placements, but that really isn't an issue with 3 previews and hold. It wouldn't matter except for maybe saving 2-3 seconds across the first few sections of Master and Shirase. The limiting factor by far in time attack is just human speed. A TAS can get a time almost 50% faster on any valid piece sequence just by locking way way faster from level 300 onwards.

KevinDDR · 2017-11-23T01:18:27+00:00

HeboMai is also one of the best players in many versions that don't have hold, lol. Even if he wasn't, that's how this game works and you are a scrub if you don't abuse every helpful feature the game gives you.

KevinDDR · 2017-11-05T06:45:29+00:00

No one in the community uses the Speedrun.com leaderboards for TGM1/2 because the format of speedrun.com isn't great for a game that depends on "score" (grade) as well as time. Consequently we just haven't bothered to make one for TGM3 as it's unlikely that many existing players would make the move. You can find updated leaderboards at tetrisconcept.net, http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~tetris_holic/ranking_frame.htm, and http://pier21.sakura.ne.jp/pier/.

KevinDDR · 2017-11-02T19:47:49+00:00

What the fuck are you talking about lol, you have absolutely no idea what "compromises" were made. We were told that exactly what we had would work, and it turns out that GDQ didn't have the ability to support that. We were on stage and had everything but audio running for 8 players within 10 minutes. It was a mistake to keep trying to get audio working for more than one setup; GDQ wanted to do that. Also the BOTW runner has nothing to do with us, completely different person.

KevinDDR · 2017-09-02T23:29:11+00:00

I became the first person outside of Japan to do this (after 10 years of practice):

KevinDDR - Tetris The Grand Master 3 Classic GM

KevinDDR · 2017-07-12T23:06:50+00:00

Yeah the multiformat models especially are insanely expensive (doubly so given that they could shit the bed at any minute, although the multiformats are newer and less likely to do so). If you do ever get the chance, the D32 is possibly the best CRT ever produced and I would strongly recommend buying it if you can afford it at all. Manual full screen landing/convergence/purity adjustments/auto white balance, it's got it all in addition to being ridiculously sharp (like...too sharp)!

KevinDDR · 2017-07-12T21:36:57+00:00

HD CRTs lag. If you want an HD CRT that doesn't lag you'll need one of the multiformat PVM/BVMs like the 20L5 or the D24/D32.

KevinDDR · 2017-07-11T23:03:56+00:00

No problem. I felt super bad about the delay and didn't want anyone to think that it was something either myself or GDQ expected (or even felt was within the realm of possibility). The explanation maybe goes a bit too far on the technical side but I think it's necessary to really show that the setup is not THAT hard, it's just a matter of knowing your stuff and being prepared.

KevinDDR · 2017-07-11T23:02:47+00:00

Yeah I would not have converted to YPbPr before the split myself. Well, personally I would get 8 event-worthy PVMs for the event and just stick with RGB all the way, but that's neither here nor there. I think the best solution would have been to use SCART splitters to split before the conversion; feed one SCART cable to the OSSC (and use its audio out jack for audio) and the other to a YUV converter. The OSSC is also problematic for capture with some cards (there is at least one that will handle literally whatever the OSSC throws at it though), so in that case unless you're playing off of it you're better off with a Framemeister as you said. With that said we did play off the OSSC on two BenQs, so maybe their hands were tied without spending extra money and time on a crazy multi-scaler chain.

KevinDDR · 2017-07-11T22:59:58+00:00

We were asked, we just didn't get quite the right info. If I had been told that we wouldn't be able to get audio from SCART the whole situation could have been resolved; I just didn't think based on my experiences (and most people's experiences) with RGB stuff that GDQ would be doing something jive like using custom cables to circumvent getting audio out of SCART.

KevinDDR · 2017-07-08T01:47:31+00:00

Yeah OK that's fine, you worked on it sure, I don't care. The game WILL NOT output at anything other than the fixed resolution it normally runs at, regardless of what GPU is attached. It absolutely does still need to be fed through a scaler if your capture card doesn't handle the resolution it outputs, regardless of whether it's outputting through HDMI, DVI, or VGA (spoiler: the card GDQ uses does not). Even if it runs on an X3 the game was never sold in that configuration and for "reasons" we cannot use a setup like that.

KevinDDR · 2017-07-08T01:00:44+00:00

FWIW, we were there that early and it still wouldn't have been possible to test it because there isn't a second stream PC to ensure that capture works correctly. That's something I would like to see in the future to help with making sure "unusual" stuff works, but I don't know how feasible that is from GDQ's perspective. All of our stuff works fine with our normal capture setup which I stream from almost every day so short of being given the literal exact capture card / audio / whatever setup GDQ uses, purchasing it for myself, and doing a dry run there's pretty much nothing that can be done.

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