what is #tgm_series

[eliser4]

I know about the tgm games, but why is everyone tagging it in youtube titles these days?

[Okey_Dokey]

Arika, the company behind the Tetris The Grand Master series, has made a video guideline that their fans must follow when posting a video. Part of that guideline is using #tgm_series either in the video title or as a tag. Another part is having authentic footage (played on a real Arcade machine, no emulation).

Arika did a purge 10 years ago where they deleted videos of TGM clones like Texmaster, Heboris or Speed-/Grademania (NullpoMino). Arika announced via Twitter that they will force the guideline at the start of 2019 which may mean another purge. As a result, many TGM fans have deleted videos showing emulated TGM or TGM clones (2 or 3 copyright strikes and your Youtube account is gone). And as protest, Blink thought it would be a good idea to tag unrelated Tetris videos (e.g. Tetris Friends, Puyo Tetris) with #tgm_series, too.

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