it is so fucking weird that guideline tetris players say T, J, L, S, Z, I and O, and classic tetris players say T, J, L, S, Z, long bar, and square
@monorail Potentially stupid question, but what's guideline tetris-slash-what's a guideline tetris player?
@witchfynder_finder the tetris guideline is a document that's existed since like 2002-ish i believe (but has had a few updates) listing rules that you have to follow if you want to use the "tetris" name. it's why they all use the same colours for the pieces, the same rotation system, etc etc etc
these games are called "guideline games", and if you play them you're a guideline player
@monorail Ahhhh that makes sense, I never thought about it before but of course there would be a codified document to make sure all Tetris games play p much the same
@monorail Anyway while it does make more sense to have the naming be consistent for all pieces, that's not an O, that's a damn square
@witchfynder_finder the piece names aren't a codified thing it's just a community convention, it's just weird that the classic players use a weird convention
they're all letters just call it fucking O like an adult
@monorail @witchfynder_finder potentially foolish question, but why would you play classic tetris instead of guideline tetris
@Lady @witchfynder_finder i couldn't tell you, i can't stand classic tetris
like the ctwc is cool in theory but i don't watch it because i just can't bring myself to give a fuck about classic tetris
@monorail @witchfynder_finder so what i’m gathering is they are wrong about piece names, but really, they are wrong about a lot of things
