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K
06-01-2006, 09:42 AM
http://www.frappr.com/tgm

http://www.frappr.com/tetris
caffeine
06-01-2006, 10:20 AM
i just added myself to "tetris." can you find me? http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif
Sully
06-01-2006, 04:58 PM
I'm there now, as well. It's sort of lonely.
Phydeaux
06-01-2006, 07:27 PM
whee South represent yo. :p
06-03-2006, 08:41 PM
Is there nobody apart from me and niku who lives outside the U.S.?
Spectre256
06-04-2006, 05:25 PM
PA for life, yo.
Shirase
06-05-2006, 11:41 AM
PA for life, yo.


Ditto....at least til I move. lol
Phydeaux
06-05-2006, 12:01 PM
Oh, holy cow, cosmonaut lives in Wisconsin? Dude, I went to college up there in Ashland (which admittedly is a solid 3 hour drive from where you live, but still:), that's awesome.
M.Bison
06-05-2006, 12:19 PM
lol, seriously the nearest Tetris player from me is like 170,00 km!

Dam Australia and its non-Tetris playing population.


- Jono
PetitPrince
06-05-2006, 02:51 PM
Added myself. Feel pretty lonely in Europe's mainland http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif .
06-05-2006, 05:27 PM
Interesting how there's no-one on mainland europe on 'tetris', but loads on'tgm'
tepples
06-05-2006, 09:08 PM
TGM probably stands for something else in Europe, just as TNT stands for both The New Tetris and an explosive.
K
06-05-2006, 10:05 PM
TGM probably stands for something else in EuropeI don't think that "TGM" acronym stand more naturally to a puzzle game in Europe/EU or everywhere else except Japan...


in France TNT also stand for :


- dynamite (napoleon ?)

- a company delivery service

- Television Numerique Terrestre (more recently)
caffeine
06-06-2006, 01:33 AM
don't forget the next tetris.
colour_thief
06-06-2006, 02:34 AM
TGM probably stands for something else in Europe, just as TNT stands for both The New Tetris and an explosive.


Uhh... no they're all TGM players. And there're more who aren't on there, mostly from mainland europe as well. For some reason France and Sweden are just full of them.
tepples
06-06-2006, 03:28 AM
I thought TGM didn't run on North American or European consoles.
colour_thief
06-06-2006, 03:44 AM
And you would be correct.
tepples
06-06-2006, 04:10 AM
So 1. why was the decision made to make TGM a Japan-exclusive game, and 2. how are there so many players of a Japan-exclusive game on the other side of the globe from Japan?
kotetsu213
06-06-2006, 05:07 AM
1. Licensing problems

2. Dunno, but I'm guessing that tetris_japan_finals video had something to do with it. At least... that's what sparked my interest in it...
colour_thief
06-06-2006, 07:08 AM
Kotetsu nailed it. Though I'd add to #1:


TGM seems to exist in spite of TTC and not because of it. Also, Arika is a pretty small company. Put it all together and TGM is more or less stranded in Japan. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif

Amusing sidenote: tetris_japan_finals is not the proper name of that video. It was originally distributed as death_800.mpeg from Arika's website. And it's quite possibly the weakest Tetris video to ever appear on Arika's site.
caffeine
06-06-2006, 07:14 AM
i suspect at the time someone submitted it to ebaum, it was the most impressive speed-wise.
tepples
06-06-2006, 07:41 AM
TGM seems to exist in spite of TTC and not because of it.

So why not rename it Flashpoint: The Grand Master (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7823) and break away from the Tetris franchise?
caffeine
06-06-2006, 07:47 AM
probably would've sold half the units without the tetris name.


the word tetris = gold http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif
colour_thief
06-06-2006, 08:06 AM
You'll notice in the credits of Flashpoint that it traces back to ELORG also.


Now, yes they could name it something random, but I can't picture a serious game developer doing that. Also, I'm not sure but I think "look and feel" laws work differently in Japan.