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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by qsort on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:01PM (#27065252)
I'd suggest that life is neither Chess nor Tetris, it's Magic the Gathering:

- You have to learn to relentlessly blame yourself for the mistakes you make, but also to accept that you can't change everything, and sometimes you WILL lose to random luck, no matter what you do.

- Actually understanding probability goes a long way.

- Regrettably, a large chunk of the game depends on your initial hand.

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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by dec0dedab0de on Thursday May 06, 2021 @01:05PM (#27066197)
... and sometimes your opponent can just afford a better deck than you.
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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by jerrre on Friday May 07, 2021 @05:59AM (#27074193)
This is perhaps why Magic the Gathering is a better metaphore for life than Poker, which also has the elements above, but not this one.

Although with poker you have the house that always wins...

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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by YeGoblynQueenne on Thursday May 06, 2021 @02:33PM (#27067376)
- Wizzards of the coast will take all your lunch money.

No, wait.

But actually true.

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Re:Hatetris – Tetris which always gives you the worst piece by I-M-S on Thursday May 06, 2021 @12:27PM (#27065655)
Which is probably why my favourite card game is now Dominion - everybody has the exact same starting position and access to resources. Too bad it doesn't extrapolate to the life analogy.
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