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MattsAwesomeStuff t1_isrknx5 wrote

I dislike how when you have a record, you stop playing and raise your arms. CONTINUE GETTING THE BEST RECORD.

I recall years ago someone set the world record for the 100M sprint, and they were so far ahead they raised their hands a couple strides before the finish line. Olympic world record. I was like, motherfucker, your record would be more significant if you just ran it full out. Now we'll never know how fast you could've beat it.

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DoomGoober t1_isrsy02 wrote

I think the goal is to score as high as possible in a set amount of time or lines.

The game was over when he raises his hands. You can see the screen going white.

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psamathe t1_iss86cn wrote

I see the shapes stacked on each other (since he dropped the controller) until he dies which is when the screen goes white. From 0:50 and forward in the video.

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DoomGoober t1_isswoqp wrote

You are right. He stops after he exceeds the other player's score.

Eric's world record by himself (not head to head) is much higher than the score he posted on the clip, so he could have theoretically kept going.

I read the official rules and the judges can let him keep going if he wants to run up a high score. I think he stopped to save energy because the head to head matches are best of five and he had more matches afterwards?

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psamathe t1_ist5mkj wrote

> I think he stopped to save energy because the head to head matches are best of five and he had more matches afterwards?

That makes sense, yeah.

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Soul353 t1_isy9vx6 wrote

Because players are reaching higher levels than ever before the tournament was concerned about time and specifically asked for people to not continue playing after winning a match, known as Mullening in classic tetris, the tournament ended up going over time by several hours.

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c9999 t1_iss2r50 wrote

> someone

Homie. That was mf Usain Bolt!

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MattsAwesomeStuff t1_iss4p0h wrote

Naw, way before then. It was either Ben Johnson or Donovan Bailey that I'm thinking of.

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Prandom_returns t1_isur9qx wrote

Don't you get incredible monetary incentive every time you break any record in sports?
At that point, you've got only yourself to beat.

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