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# Tetrinet

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Tetrinet is a multiplayer version of the famous game Tetris, a game can be played with 1 to 6 players in teams or not. Linux version of Tetrinet is GTetrinet, it is available in AUR

## Install

Download the tarball of the AUR package here, then run makepkg.

Extra themes are available here. Download the tar files and extract them into `/usr/share/gtetrinet/themes`.

## Game

You can start gtetrinet by clicking Applications => Games => GTetrinet or typing gtetrinet in a terminal.

### Objective

You have to be the last player or the last team still playing. A game is end when there is only one player or one team.

### Connecting

Click on "Connect"

I suggest you to play on tetridome.com, there are always some good players and many people at night.

Choose Original and then write your nick.

### Playing

When you have been connected to the server, you will be in the chat tab. You will see players in this room at the right of the window. If a game is started, you can spectate it in "Playing Fields" tab.

Every player has a number, yours is at the left of your nick.

### Control

- Left/right arrows let you move pieces.
- Up arrow lets you turn pieces.
- Low arrow lets you drop pieces faster.
- Space lets you drop directly pieces.
- Numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) correspond to players numbers and let you send bonuses/maluses to you or others.
- S lets you remove the special at the left of your special bar.

### Specials

They are letters A, C, R, S, B, N, G, Q and O.

- You can get a special by cleaning a line of blocks.
- You get them when you clean a line with a special.
- Specials are stored in a bar under your field.
- You can only send the special at the left of you special bar by typing the number of the target.

#### Effects

- A : Add a line from the bottom
- C : Clean a line from the bottom
- R : Clear Random blocks in a field
- S : Switch your field with another player
- B : Clear specials Blocks by replacing them to normal blocks
- N : Nuke a field of a player
- G : Gravity a player's field
- Q : Quake a players field
- O : BOmb a player, when you get is and another player gets it in his field, just bomb him, his blocks will fly.

### Strategy

Here are my strategys for playing Tetrinet :

- Play fast
- Don't Panic
- At the start of the game, build fast to get specials
- Look at your opponents fields

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