Tetris Plus

"'Ooch!'" Tetris Plus is an arcade puzzle game based on the original concept of Tetris. Players guide Tetris pieces into a pre-filled board while trying to guide the professor (affectionately referred to as "grandpa" by many of the streamers) to the bottom of the screen.

1st Race
On September 22nd, 2018, Mark took place in a race to beat Tetris Plus between himself, SimpleFlips, Foxen, VestingBarbecue, Jelledot, and LittleTub.

SimpleFlips would go on to win, but for Mark, the race wound up being his longest stream ever at the time, as it took him over ten hours to complete the game. Being such a slog to get through, this would garner the game a bit of a reputation on Mark's channel, leading to the occasional reference to it. By the end of the race, all of the racers had a rather low opinion of the game, citing its restrictive nature given the lack of many modern Tetris features in combination with stressful and awkward levels that would have benefited from those additions. In particular, the detection on when the professor would start climbing pieces was particularly frustrating.

A highlight video from SimpleFlips' perspective can be seen here.

2nd Race
It would be over six months before the game came back in any real capacity, as on April 6th, 2019, a second race took place. SimpleFlips, Mark, and Jelle returned for this race, along with new racers Cilletix, awooo_, and Dawnfinder.

Jokes about the game were rampant this time, with the returning racers taking delight in listening to the new players' frustrations. Claims that there were "bonus minigames" in between levels were very frequent as well, in attempts to trick the new racers.

Mark would end up finishing the game much quicker this time around, though Cilletix would be left behind to spend over eleven hours on the game.

SimpleFlips' highlight video for the second race.

Trivia

 * Tetris Plus has a sequel, but the game's multiple-paths structure makes it unwieldy for a race, as the game is incredibly short without a simple way to play every level.
 * Despite the first race taking over 10 hours for Mark to complete, only one quote was added for the entirety of the race."Quote 35: I wish grandpa didn't know how to climb. [Tetris Plus] [09/23/2018]"
 * Though the game is not held in very high regard for its quality, it is never met with malice in the community, and is instead often a reminder of how fun races can be. In both of SimpleFlips' YouTube highlights, Mark comments that he loved the game and that it makes want to race again, respectively.
 * Also despite the incredibly long and frustrating stream, Mark would stream again the very next day.