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Googling your Tetris Opponent

invalid@example.com (DaemonX) — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:49:36 +0000

Ever Google your Tetris opponent to find yourself immediately intimidated?

Here's what came up c/o Google Gemini AI when I looked up @DeHackEd.

"DeHackEd is a well-known, high-level player of Tetris: The Absolute The Grand Master 2 PLUS (TGM2P), often featured in competitive, high-speed, and TAS (Tool-Assisted Speedrun) scenarios on Fightcade. Known for exceptional skill, they have matched up against notable players like Ratttz, Hikarus, and Amnesia_TC."

He also contributed to...

Googling your Tetris Opponent

general chat thread

invalid@example.com (mycophobia) — Tue, 19 May 2026 21:28:15 +0000

if you have some thought that isn't significant enough to warrant a thread post it here! tetris- or non-tetris-related! let's post some stuff!

My first falling blocks game

invalid@example.com (Michele Mura) — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:45:51 +0000

Hi everyone, I’m Michele, an indie developer from Italy, and I’d like to share a new falling‑blocks game I’ve been working on: FiveBlocksFall.

It’s not a Tetris clone, but it’s clearly inspired by the genre. My goal was to keep the gameplay minimal, readable, and fast, while introducing a few mechanics that create new decision‑making moments without breaking the classic feel.

Core mechanics

Pieces are made of five blocks instead of four....

My first falling blocks game

Tetris: The Grandmaster documentary

invalid@example.com (gontrollez) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:09:02 +0000

I recently discovered (via a KAN tweet), that a documentary about TGM had been released. I did not imagine that it would be so comprehensive, thorough, and detailed.
The documentary is by user @Demonin , who is registered in the forum.
Not sure why it has not been brought up here, but anyway.

I have to say this has brought many memories and also taught many things I did not know abourt the old times (I started being interested in TGM by...

Tetris: The Grandmaster documentary

Carnival of Derp 2026

invalid@example.com (Arcorann) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:39:01 +0000

With the annual carnival comes the sideshow, the Carnival of Derp. Dedicated to playing Death on non-standard rulesets, this year's iteration will be hosted on the Cambridge Discord again (probably).

For people who don't have Discord, I don't know if there's an official way to submit runs that isn't through the Discord server, so feel free to put them here in the meantime. This will be updated when I get more info.

A sparsely updated leaderboard will go here in a few days' time.

DEATH TOLL 2026

invalid@example.com (user401730) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:25:34 +0000

Here is the 2026 carnival of death thread!
It runs from 3/25 to 4/1.
Post your DEATH mode runs: all games are welcome.

GL HF
2026 -
2025 - 04468
2024 - 04507
2023 - 04683
2022 - 02736
2021 - 02172
2020 - 33390
2019 - 22304
2018 - 30477
2017 - 42045
2016 - 30520
2015 - 27201
2014 - 20797
2013 - 13583
2012 - 14963
2011 - 22082
2010 - 20596
2009 - 19365

carnival of death 2026 discussion thread

invalid@example.com (mycophobia) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:09:28 +0000

https://theabsolute.plus/game/tap/mode/carnival-of-death-2026 in case you missed the link on the forum index

post screenies/vids of your runs and bitch about how bad you are at death mode now. but dont play for like another 20 minutes cuz the leaderboard isn't quite open yet

The Introduction Thread

invalid@example.com (Ai) — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:39:08 +0000

Well I was wondering about a few things for a while. I know a few things about some of the regular members, but not all that much either.

The Introduction Thread

TGM4 Announced^W Cancelled^W Revived!!

invalid@example.com (colour_thief) — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:44:44 +0000

Mihara recently spoke at a Cave event, and announced that he would be showing an early prototype of TGM4 at the upcoming Amusement Show on September 19th. Will Doubles get a much deserved update? Will versus be more prominently featured? Will it have cross-machine accounts? Will it be HD? Have double rotate? Instant DAS?

Begin wild speculation!

TGM : Understanding life with TGM.

invalid@example.com (Amnesia) — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 03:14:26 +0000

The SKILL of TGM is exactely like the Sexual experience. Now I am sure about it.

When you are young, between 16 and 24 years old, you can play 3-4 hours in a day, in being even quite efficient if you can manage your pauses and sessions. BUT your technics and accuracy SUCK, your style is not noticable, you have a brutal reserve of energy to bruteforce the game but you miss the style of the Old Masters...
ALL you have is endurance, and infinite will to improve.

When you are more than 30 years...

TGM : Understanding life with TGM.

RE: TGM3 and its Addicting Game Mechanics...

invalid@example.com (Kully) — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 01:54:31 +0000

Hi TGM Friends (first post)

I made a blogpost just today and wanted to share in here ... specifically because we are all TGM players.

https://realtok.substack.com/p/japanese-tetris-and-onions
View attachment 2032

I'm posting to spark conversations, and curious what y'all think about the game design of TGM3 in general.
It's clearly a masterpiece (my fav version of Tetris by far, Tetr.io maybe second place) and I think the developers did such a good job with these feedback loops....

RE: TGM3 and its Addicting Game Mechanics...

New game online bzhgames.xyz

invalid@example.com (Mickael_Tetris) — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:06:33 +0000

Hi all,

I created Tetris game online : http://mickael.pusku.com

I'm looking for players to try and tell me what they think.
I would also like to know if you could help me promote my site with Tetris players.

Thank you in advance for your help and support.

(I already post this message, but I think he did not fontionne.)

New game online bzhgames.xyz

Bug???

invalid@example.com (sporklift) — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 04:29:21 +0000

Hi!

My son encountered an interesting bug while playing classic (presumably) Tetris today.

His version is the gold colored Target handheld one that looks like a miniature arcade machine.

At any rate...He started a game that was bizarre to say the least. The only shape he was getting at first was the one that is 1 tile wide and 4 tiles long. Eventually, it would be three of those, followed by either a 2x2 or the L shaped one.

Does anyone know what this could have been?

Tetris TGM 3 Cabinet English Instructions

invalid@example.com (Tetris997) — Thu, 15 May 2025 02:09:16 +0000

Hi,

Has anybody created an instruction sheet for (TGM 3 Terror Instinct) an arcade cabinet (say sega blast city) in English translated from Japanese that looks like the original ?

Any help or direction towards obtaining them would be great.

Heboris C7-EX, updated for modern systems

invalid@example.com (nightmareci) — Mon, 12 May 2025 20:05:45 +0000

I took a C++ version of Heboris C7-EX, modified/upgraded it, ported it to C, and have gotten it working on the three big desktop platforms, Windows, Mac, and Linux, and PlayStation Vita. And the Mac version is Universal Binary for Intel and Apple Silicon. Maybe it's not that exciting for Windows users though, old versions still work fine on Windows. But as far as I can tell, this is the only version native for current Macs and macOS. Though the Windows version is 64-bit, which is kind of neat....

Heboris C7-EX, updated for modern systems

TGM questions as a newbie.

invalid@example.com (Kevitris) — Sun, 04 May 2025 21:55:09 +0000

Hello, new to the TGM stuff here. Here’s some questions I wanted you experts to answer:
Q1: Do emulated TGM and TAP runs count as legit attempts? (Broke to buy the PCBs)
Q2: Do attempts from that TI version off archive.org count as legit?
Q3: Other than theabsolute.plus, are there any relevant online TGM leaderboards out there?
Q4: Are Carnivals the best introduction to the series?
That’s it for the questions, I hope I’ll get support from all of you <3.

DEATH TOLL 2025

invalid@example.com (user401730) — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:02:40 +0000

Here is the 2025 carnival of death thread!
It runs from 3/25 to 4/1.
Post your DEATH mode runs: all games are welcome.

GL HF
2025 -
2024 - 04507
2023 - 04683
2022 - 02736
2021 - 02172
2020 - 33390
2019 - 22304
2018 - 30477
2017 - 42045
2016 - 30520
2015 - 27201
2014 - 20797
2013 - 13583
2012 - 14963
2011 - 22082
2010 - 20596
2009 - 19365

which tetris game is good for single player?

invalid@example.com (asdcx) — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 08:29:42 +0000

like gba tetris world style

New TGM3 GM

invalid@example.com (Magent ~) — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:31:32 +0000

Finally, after 2 months of grind, I officialy passed the exam to become a TGM3 World Rule Grand Master. I'm currently the youngest, at 14. 3rd French in the World. Here's the recording :

Done the 18th of July 2024.

N-Blox

invalid@example.com (makalaka) — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 21:20:30 +0000

Take a look:

http://www.neave.com/games/nblox/

" 2009 Tetris Holding, LLC. Tetris N-Blox developed by Paul Neave. Tetris, N-Blox and the Tetris trade dress are owned by Tetris Holding, LLC."