My biggest flaw in the game is when I get overconfident and start a series of mistakes that I cannot fix. I think I can do it because at this point, the game is not about who is faster or smarter but who makes the first mistake and who lets that mistake ruin the game for himself. This is a daunting task because I have hit a plateau recently and I cannot get past Level 92 (Superhuman). I will let you know how it goes in next week’s blog. My challenge for myself this week is to become a God of Tetris by the end of this week. Now about the challenge… On Facebook, there are ranks from 1 (Newbie) to 100 (God of Tetris). Sorry about the long tutorial, but the reason behind that is so you can play this game here (and if you want to, post the number of lines you sent in the comments section below): The rest of the game is like classic Tetris: hard-drop is space-bar, shift is holding a block, and arrow keys are for rotating the blocks. This is a beneficial quality of this game because you can essentially work downwards if you explode bombs. The radioactive symbol in the bottom is a bomb if you place a block on it you will make it explode and the gray line will disappear. As you gain levels, you will face opponents who are faster and more difficult to defeat. As soon as you get all five stars, you gain a level and you gain a star by winning a game. Given the screenshot, you can see you have stars on the top. On Facebook, you start off as a “Newbie (Rank 1)” and you gain levels as you win more games. Once he or she hits the top of the screen that counts as one KO and he or she starts again at the bottom. KO’s are earned when you can complete many lines quickly or continuously this creates layers of lines to build up on your opponent’s side and forcing him or her to hit the top of the screen. Essentially, you are given two minutes and you must either KO your opponent more than he can KO you or send more lines than him. Here you can play with one other opponent or five other opponents. On Facebook and on the Tetris Friends website, there is a version of tetris called Tetris Battle. Many of you probably know the famous and classic game, Tetris.

Tetris friends ranks