MMC News 129

MMC Weekly #128 & 129 (Aug 13, 20) audition mayb go wel

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┈┈┈┈Community News:┈┈┈┈


 * Tetris Company Sued Over Alleged Copyright Infringement

Dan Ackerman, author of the book the Tetris Effect has filed a lawsuit against among others Tetris Company, alleging illegal copying from his work for the making of the Tetris movie.

Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/aug/09/the-tetris-effect-author-says-film-makers-copied-his-story-brick-by-brick

Reported by Ellie.

┈┈┈┈Records and Accomplishments:┈┈┈┈


 * GrBtAce pushes the tetris.com world record to a staggering 3,419,783 points, further than some calculations of the theoretical limit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBkAJ6VesHE&ab_channel=GrBtAce NBkAJ6VesHE


 * VinceHD breaks another second barrier in Cultris II, setting a time of 23.98s almost two seconds ahead of second place!



┈┈┈┈Tourney News:┈┈┈┈


 * World Puzzle League Championship 2023
 * PPT2 Swap
 * 🥇 OSW
 * 🥈 Wumbo
 * 🥉 JaydenPPT


 * TE:C Zone Battle
 * 🥇 OSW
 * 🥈 Promooooooo
 * 🥉 JaydenPPT


 * TETR.IO
 * 🥇 Blaarg
 * 🥈 Promooooooo
 * 🥉 Firestorm


 * Cultris II
 * 🥇 Firestorm
 * 🥈 z2sam
 * 🥉 Qmk


 * PPT Mixed Vs.
 * 🥇 Blaarg
 * 🥈 JaydenPPT
 * 🥉 OSW


 * UC x IFT Trios Results:
 * 🥇 exploding head (The_R0ach, uriel, yuuka_w1nd)
 * 🥈 Team Michdrop (TL_IS_A_SCAM, mxmossy, Cyansyber)
 * 🥉 👍 (Wintel, Master_fish, elijahexists)


 * Hummingbird Nest Winners --reported by flowerpetal
 * Stratosphere 46 winner - Promooooooo
 * Radiant 51 winner - Usaki_nono
 * Fusion 23 winner - Bacchess
 * Stratosphere 47 winner - Tatoes
 * Radiant 52 winner - Ivan


 * Upcoming:
 * Jan 5-6, 2024: Snow is Infinite (LAN event in Toronto, Canada hosted by Puzzle Kingdom - PPT2, TE:C, TETR.IO, Tetra eSports, and more!) Tweet PK Discord Snow is Infinite website (merch, info, stream links)


 * Aug 26: TETR.IO Cup East 2: "Pianoforte: The Revival"  Register Discord Tweet


 * Hummingbird Nest Hummingbird Nest Discord
 * Aug 25: Radiant 53
 * Aug 27: Stratosphere 48
 * Aug 26: Fusion 24 (Nuketris)
 * Sep 10: Stratosphere 50


 * Ongoing:
 * Every Wednesday: Full Throttle Weekly    Full Throttle Discord

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