MMC News 46

MMC Weekly #46 bye wisdom teeth didn’t like u anyway

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┈┈┈┈Community News:┈┈┈┈


 * Finally, an IRL Event!

BeastinShen will be hosting an in person event in Ohio in August. Games that will be played include TETR.IO, TE:C, PPT2, and Classic Tetris, and several high level players have already confirmed their attendance, including Firestorm, qmk, and Wumbo!

https://twitter.com/BeastinShen/status/1415384649799507972



After failing 12.7k lines in due to server reset, KezDaBez finishes a 42069 Line Sprint in 8 hours! Shan also completed the challenge along with him and finished his run an hour later. The two players were in voice chat together, and both found PC end.
 * BREAKING: Two Gamers’ Hands

https://jstris.jezevec10.com/usermodes/1915

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1083923574

https://clips.twitch.tv/CrypticAverageDugongSSSsss-lAAV26qY-6HvfnsW

┈┈┈┈Personal Bests:┈┈┈┈


 * Caboozled_Pie becomes the first person to finish a DPC ultra run at over 4pps, at the same time claiming the world record, beating the previous record by nearly 8k points!

https://jstris.jezevec10.com/replay/37803313


 * mystery swiftly takes back his least piece 18L cheese world record with the first ever 24 piece run, beating the previous records by just one piece!

https://jstris.jezevec10.com/replay/37872572


 * MgCaSi2O6 continues to improve at an unheard of pace, absolutely skyrocketing all the way up to 2nd place in Jstris 20L!

https://jstris.jezevec10.com/replay/37810009


 * KezDaBez and ducklife4player both sub 10 minutes in 1000L sprint, making it to 6th and 9th place respectively! (nice)

https://jstris.jezevec10.com/replay/37918170

https://jstris.jezevec10.com/replay/37832700


 * LordTime/Cascalian becomes the first person to achieve top 10 in 10L cheese in 2021, and he does so with the fastest 11 piece cheese ever!

https://jstris.jezevec10.com/replay/37856273


 * fortissim2 makes it to 9th place in Blitz with a score of 979767!

https://tetr.io/#R:qB-5MZkn-

┈┈┈┈Tourney News:┈┈┈┈


 * Firestorm wins IFT:C #2 after doing a little trolling...
 * Tag Cup PPT #6 was won by GigaWhatGaming


 * Upcoming:
 * 7/18: Stack It Up (TETR.IO LogoTetrio.png)
 * 7/24: Jstris Cup (Jstris LogoJstris.png)
 * 7/24: Tag Cup TETR.IO #2


 * Ongoing:
 * now: Salty Cup Season 4 (PPT2 Switch LogoPPT2SW.png)

┈┈┈┈Player Interviews: Diao┈┈┈┈

''Diao, who’s that, who’s Diao? Somebody tell me.'' -Blink, Hard Drop Awards 2019

Since he burst into the competitive scene with an incredible victory against Rideris in Jstris Cup East, Diao has been a fan favorite for well over a year, known for his flashy playstyle crammed with deadly downstack combos and risky maneuvers. Today, we’ll get to know this 17 year old Malaysian pro better, and perhaps finally we can answer the penultimate question…?


 * Q. How long have you been playing Tetris?

9 years


 * Q. Who are some players you look up to? Why?

Diao, because who is diao


 * Q. Which Tetris platform or gamemode is your favorite? Why?

tetris battle, the combo table is buffed but still capped at 4

5 is too nani for fast tetris, ppt is ok but jstris have 5 attack too nani


 * Q. How can I play against zzztoj?

dm me if you want me to host it


 * Q. When you aren't playing Tetris, what are some hobbies you like?

sleep, but not at night


 * Q. Which achievements are you most proud of?

304 lines sent fst in tetris battle arena


 * Q. What keyboard or controller do you use?

logitech k120(very bad)


 * Q. What's your favorite food?

roasted resunwonku, kfcpotato


 * Q. What kind of music do you listen to while playing?

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5WbR9EUe8Eqm4Dpb5DuJcAC6n7B6R-jV


 * Q. Do you play an instrument?

yes, osu


 * Q. What's your favorite color?

white sus


 * Q. Are you single?

YES


 * Q. Can you share an embarrassing story about yourself?

yes.


 * Q. If you had one chance to wish for anything, what would you wish for?

delete my embarrassing story before sending to everyone


 * Thank you so much!! Is there anything you would like to say?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Diao’s Social Media:

https://twitter.com/hibennxt

https://www.youtube.com/diaoo

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