How did you get into Tetris?

[mobuco]

started 20 years ago, but serious NES playing for maybe 9 years now

[coolmaninsano]

As of today, I've officially been playing Tetris for two years.

[DarthDuck]

This should be how many solid years you've been playing, otherwise I would win this one.

I've been playing Tetris "since the day it came out in 1989". That's 21 years but I had like a 15 year break. I played a lot on gameboy, and then on Dreamcast (that's Sega), but I didn't even know about tspins until like 4 months ago. I consider learning about tspins as when I "really" started.

I always had a deep love for tetris, and wish it went modern sooner otherwise I would have never stopped.

[coolmaninsano]

and then on Dreamcast

http://harddrop.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3054

[DarthDuck]

yo I threw away my Dreamcast because the game I had was Tetris Worlds. I googled it [The Next Tetris] and it didn't have tspins so no more Dreamcast.

[Barneey]

happy 2nd anniversary

[Kitaru]

yo I threw away my Dreamcast because the game I had was Tetris Worlds. I googled it and it didn't have tspins so no more Dreamcast.

>Worlds didn't come out on Dreamcast
>Worlds originated modern t-spin rules

[DarthDuck]

>Worlds didn't come out on Dreamcast
>Worlds originated modern t-spin rules

It's a good thing my signature says what it does. And I'm glad you sidestepped your usual disappointment of me taking consoles out of circulation. Looks like it was "The Next Tetris" just like aaron's link said, still no tspins there.

I might not have remembered correctly, but it was high school

[coolmaninsano]

I might not have remembered correctly, but it was high school

[Barneey]

Fix'd to go with the emote

http://mirrors.rit.edu/instantCSI/

[toppingoutivan]

Around 1 and a half year.. hrm

[xenoslash]

7.5 months for me!!!!

[CaptainPaul]

A couple years ago, my brother made a bet with some girl in his class. She was obsessed with Facebook Tetris friends and was relatively good. Long story short, he made a large bet with her and all of her friends that he could beat her Marathon score within a month. He beat her score on the very last day, but I felt like it took him too long, so I decided that I would beat everyone's score in a fraction of the time. During that time I played a ton of Tetris, beating the marathon score as well as the others by a mile.
   
  Eventually my friends and I discovered that there was an actual Tetris friends website instead of just a facebook app and got really into it. Unfortunately, their interest dwindled while mine kept going. I ranked up to the top of Arena, but it felt lonely up there, haha. I soon noticed high ranking people's TF statuses saying stuff like "harddrop.com come join us."... so I did. I decided to get competitive with Tetris and switched my username to CaptainPaul for my competitive alter ego that I used for Harddrop and eventually every Tetris related thing.

[coolmaninsano]

Exactly two years ago today I was on a 16-hour flight. My friend challenged me to in-flight Tetris and after I discovered "hold" I kicked his a**. When I got back home I searched Tetris on FB and got to the Tetris Battle beta, then the same friend got me to join TF on January 4, 2010, and here I am today.

[yuyue]

i have started play tetris evolution EA in Nokia 5310.