Frustration simmers throughout an individual as they chase their goals pertaining to this game. The more that individual plays, the more their dreams seem farther and farther out of reach; resulting in an eruption of so many different emotions.
From an outside perspective, these eruptions may seem to be a bit over dramatic. I am plenty guilty of voicing my opinion towards these out bursts as being over exaggerated. However, I have also participated in a few episodes of frustration as well. Seeing scores glowing from the screen that were as close as one Tetris (erasing four lines at once) away from a max-out would break my heart knowing that it was beginning to create a taste of victory on Bo’s tongue.
This exact situation is what happened to a certain member of the Tetris community earlier this week.
Terry Purcell, one of the greatest individuals I have ever had the pleasure of encountering, received his highest personal score but also missed a max-out by one Tetris.
A perfect max-out set up was created. All that was needed was the beloved line piece to cause the score to flip to 999,999 and become victorious. His stack begins to climb too high which results in his only choice for survival be that of ‘burning lines.’ As soon as he places a piece that blocks off his well, he finally receives the necessary line piece. Sadly, the game transitions to Level 29, significantly increasing in speed and resulting in his death. Frustration erupts like a volcano!!
The video below (skip to 22 minutes) will demonstrate both the amount of frustration from the player as the sympathy of the significant other who also feels a certain amount of disappointment.
From an outside perspective, these eruptions may seem to be a bit over dramatic. I am plenty guilty of voicing my opinion towards these out bursts as being over exaggerated. However, I have also participated in a few episodes of frustration as well. Seeing scores glowing from the screen that were as close as one Tetris (erasing four lines at once) away from a max-out would break my heart knowing that it was beginning to create a taste of victory on Bo’s tongue.
This exact situation is what happened to a certain member of the Tetris community earlier this week.
Terry Purcell, one of the greatest individuals I have ever had the pleasure of encountering, received his highest personal score but also missed a max-out by one Tetris.
A perfect max-out set up was created. All that was needed was the beloved line piece to cause the score to flip to 999,999 and become victorious. His stack begins to climb too high which results in his only choice for survival be that of ‘burning lines.’ As soon as he places a piece that blocks off his well, he finally receives the necessary line piece. Sadly, the game transitions to Level 29, significantly increasing in speed and resulting in his death. Frustration erupts like a volcano!!
The video below (skip to 22 minutes) will demonstrate both the amount of frustration from the player as the sympathy of the significant other who also feels a certain amount of disappointment.
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