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26-08-2008, 06:05 AM
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Clinically addicted to Macs
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Tris Leaving The App Store
From Mac Rumors:
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Originally Posted by Mac Rumors
Noah Witherspoon, the developer behind the current #1 application on the App Store, has revealed that Tris [Free, App Store] will no longer be available as of Wednesday, August 27th.
The Tetris-clone caught the attention of the Tetrisฎ Company who claims a "copyright" claim on the game. The trouble is, I'm a college student, and not an affluent one, and I simply do not have the time, energy, or resources to fight this battle right now. There's a point at which I am willing to give up and be practical, to let the world have its way with that ever-mistreated little ideal of principle. Thus, it's with great sadness that I must announce that I'll be pulling Tris from the App Store on Wednesday, August 27th, to remain in Apple's systems but publicly unavailable until I work out a solution to this.
As a result, if you had any interest in Tris, now's your last chance to get the popular game.
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26-08-2008, 06:28 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Adelaide, SA
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Fuck'em, those arseholes.. Unless they release Tetris in other store regions.. fuck'em, support Tris as much as you can folks..
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26-08-2008, 06:31 AM
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Stuck in IKEA. Send help.
Group: Administrators
Location: St. Albans, Melbourne
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Well to be fair - Tetris is Tetris, you just can't go and make your own clone of a game and expect them not to do anything. Imagine you had a cool idea for a game and someone else started making copies of it with the same gameplay?
Sure, it's a bully tactic, but I'd probably do the same if I made Tetris and some dude was profiting off my idea.
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26-08-2008, 06:50 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne and Brisbane Australia
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I agree Decryption however the small difference here is free. Still if I was Tetris and I intend brining out a version that would see me get this taken down. They just need to follow up by releasing a official version.
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26-08-2008, 06:58 AM
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Location: Adelaide, SA
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Couldn't agree more, but at least the developer has allowed Tris to be released on all but the US store.. And I still check daily to see if Tetris officially has dropped onto the AU store.. still no  |
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26-08-2008, 07:01 AM
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Location: Sydney, Australia.
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Has anyone noticed you can flick the pieces up in Tris? i.e Kind of cheat? Is there any fix for this?
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26-08-2008, 07:03 AM
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Location: Adelaide, SA
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oh yeah, that! that'll be in the next version that gets released :3
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26-08-2008, 07:51 AM
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Location: Melbourne Australia
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My favourite game pulled...lucky I downloaded it.
Im actually addicted to this, play it on the train, while watching TV...the battery dies so quick while playing though!
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26-08-2008, 08:01 AM
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The Angels have the phone box
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Hopefully there's no solitaire company who can wipe that off.
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26-08-2008, 08:25 AM
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Location: Adelaide, SA
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If only there's a way to tell EA to sell the Tetris app elsewhere besides the US store...
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26-08-2008, 08:26 AM
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Location: \\AU\Vic\Dandenong_Nth\
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Jees...If they want to go after someone, why not go after all those chinese clones you see in dollar stores, not some guy with a free app!
I'm wondering though if there's an official paid app on the horizon then.
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26-08-2008, 08:27 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Wollongong, NSW
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EA's TETRIS is exceptionally good. As in, I'd pay $20 for it.
The problem is that it's US only. Not a problem for me, but it means I can't openly recommend it to everyone.
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27-08-2008, 09:33 PM
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The Apple store is down
Group: Regulars
Location: Adelaide
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Had to restore the iPhone tonight and I had Tris on both the Mac and iPhone and it's gone, jumped into Time Machine and cannot find it there either, buggar!
Shame EA's version is $10, just seems overpriced for Tetris, might just have to take the plunge. 
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27-08-2008, 09:44 PM
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I'm kind of a big deal.
Group: Regulars
Location: Bayside, Melbourne
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Can anyone who's paid both versions give a bit of a comparison?
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27-08-2008, 10:12 PM
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I Am Hollywood
Group: Regulars
Location: Bendigo, Victoria
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I can understand Tetris getting pissed at him copying their game if he was charging money for the app, but he wasn't making anything from it. I guess the bigger man won this fight.
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