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iPod Tetris Game and Cube Effects?
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Fake city!
Maybe this has been brought up already, I don't know. But you people need to look at the tetris pictures! There's two pictures showing tetris being played. The second photo is the exact same as the first photo except two more lines are missing, one of which was the bottom line. How exactly did he clear the bottom line of the first photo if he were playing tetris. Keep in mind he's only cleared three lines, and only two lines since the first screen. Sorry, but in my tetris experience, there ain't no way to get from picture one to picture two.
The tetris is fake, and as such, the whole thing can't be trusted.
nagromme said:I do think it's fake, but those two elements ARE shown in the photos just the way my iPod looks.
My About scrollbar ends below the version number just like that: I have no Format line at all. Maybe that only appears if your iPod is formatted for DOS? Mine is Mac. Good catch spotting the difference, even so
And the gray shading on the Play icon is really only visible on mine if you tilt your iPod to the right a bit. Straight on or to the left (like the photos) you really get pretty much a black silhouette.
Maybe this has been brought up already, I don't know. But you people need to look at the tetris pictures! There's two pictures showing tetris being played. The second photo is the exact same as the first photo except two more lines are missing, one of which was the bottom line. How exactly did he clear the bottom line of the first photo if he were playing tetris. Keep in mind he's only cleared three lines, and only two lines since the first screen. Sorry, but in my tetris experience, there ain't no way to get from picture one to picture two.
The tetris is fake, and as such, the whole thing can't be trusted.
Oh you guys, these pictures aren't fake at all. EXIF data is still intact for them, check it out for your self. So, they aren't photoshoped.
Yes the ARM7 based CPU in the iPod Photo is infact powerful enough to do these transitions. Infact, its even powerful enough to play compressed video's. Now would apple let you play a movie off your iPod, right to a TV? Obviously not, but this is only a software limitiation, at the courtesy of most likely jobs him self.
Yes the ARM7 based CPU in the iPod Photo is infact powerful enough to do these transitions. Infact, its even powerful enough to play compressed video's. Now would apple let you play a movie off your iPod, right to a TV? Obviously not, but this is only a software limitiation, at the courtesy of most likely jobs him self.
Lou Zer said:
it couldn't be played, unless they are two different games starting from the same or similar set-up or unless there is the possibility to zap unfinished lines.
from the first frame (14pt) to the second there are three lines missing: the bottom one (with one space), the fifth from bottom (again with one space) assuming that after the visible incoming pink block an orange 2x2 came down, and then a vertical red, green, yellow and orange again). at some point the third line was eliminated (corresponding to the eight line in the first image, which would include the two middle of the new green, the foot of the pink L, two empty spaces, the two middle off the yellow, the top of the red and an other empty space).
so the images are compatible but the missing lines are not following the rules that i know.
edit: it's bizarre that one would go through so much work to make the alleged fakes an not use a more simple scenario as screenshots
Summary of the main "fake" points
I posted this summary of the above in another thread. Thought it would be useful here too:
Signs this is a fake:
1. It's easy to fake because you just make an image, upload it on the iPod and view it like any photo, and then your image really IS on the iPod and you can photograph it at will with no additional Photoshopping needed.
2. Battery icon shows "plugged in" even though the dock and charging cable are seen in the background. The guy COULD have bought a second charging cable, and plugged it in for no apparent reason while taking the photo, just to make things extra awkward, but....
3. Boldface on the left side of the About (Uber) menu, which a real iPod (even in German) does not have. Apple could have added that, but...
4. Icon shows that iPod is playing even though no headphones are attached. And pulling out the headphones pauses an iPod automatically. He could have re-started playback for no reason with nothing connected, but...
5. The two Tetris shots show a sequence of events that's impossible in Tetris. Rows at the bottom have been cleared, despite the mess over top preventing any changes down there.
All together, it's too much doubt. Too bad.
Expect --it's [url=https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/129604/[/url] on iPod Photo!
I posted this summary of the above in another thread. Thought it would be useful here too:
Signs this is a fake:
1. It's easy to fake because you just make an image, upload it on the iPod and view it like any photo, and then your image really IS on the iPod and you can photograph it at will with no additional Photoshopping needed.
2. Battery icon shows "plugged in" even though the dock and charging cable are seen in the background. The guy COULD have bought a second charging cable, and plugged it in for no apparent reason while taking the photo, just to make things extra awkward, but....
3. Boldface on the left side of the About (Uber) menu, which a real iPod (even in German) does not have. Apple could have added that, but...
4. Icon shows that iPod is playing even though no headphones are attached. And pulling out the headphones pauses an iPod automatically. He could have re-started playback for no reason with nothing connected, but...
5. The two Tetris shots show a sequence of events that's impossible in Tetris. Rows at the bottom have been cleared, despite the mess over top preventing any changes down there.
All together, it's too much doubt. Too bad.
Expect --it's [url=https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/129604/[/url] on iPod Photo!
apinstein said:
I hate to burst your bubble, but the photo was clearly photoshoped after the photo was taken so as to cover the iPod's serial number and user name, obviously so as to maintain some anonimity. Those swirls were probably not meant to be a new feature of the version 1.2 software. https://forums.macrumors.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1492606#
Wow!
I just visited the Apple site, and momentarily they showed an entire iPod games download section. Whilst it was there I was able to download loads of amazing 3D games for my iPod photo, including V-Rally (see evidence below). Then, inexplicably, Apple pulled then entire site - maybe they changed their mind.
Strange, huh?
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I just visited the Apple site, and momentarily they showed an entire iPod games download section. Whilst it was there I was able to download loads of amazing 3D games for my iPod photo, including V-Rally (see evidence below). Then, inexplicably, Apple pulled then entire site - maybe they changed their mind.
Strange, huh?
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Wow, that is strange, especially because it's just like what happened to that German guy and Tetris. Such an amazing coincidence.
Oh, and thanks for posting a huge-a$$ photo that screws up the width of the page. You need to learn iPhotos resizing features.
Oh, and thanks for posting a huge-a$$ photo that screws up the width of the page. You need to learn iPhotos resizing features.
Foocha said:
You're going to be hard-pressed to find anyone who's going to take you seriously after all that has been discussed and debunked in this thread already.
If you downloaded all these games from Apple's site then please open up your Download Manager, which will have a record of all your recent downloads, then take a screen grab of it for us to show what all has been downloaded recently, i.e. your iPod games, and that might help. Or, dig into your browser cache and find some links or something along those lines to back up your claim. Otherwise, this will be considered no different than the pics we saw earlier in this thread.
MontyZ said:
I hope so, but he never indicated anything in his post along these lines, so I never find it safe to assume.
MontyZ said:
I too think he was joking. I like it
But as an aside... big images no longer mess up MacRumors for me! I don't know when that changed, but everyone else's post fits the exact width of my browser at any size I make it. Only the one image post is any wider. Cool.
GeeYouEye said:
Look at all the little handheld LCD tetris games. Joe-sixpack does not care about how many lines can fit in a game of tetris. I'm sure a consumer would rather play "unofficial" tetris than no tetris at all.
Foocha said:Sorry about the big picture, which I have re-sized so as not to cause offence. I just wanted everyone to see the pixels on the iPod, so that I could "prove" how true my story really was
Well, you get an A for effort...
