Make your own video then

A comment is just as valid as contributing to a conversation as a video.

The video is the topic of conversation, because it is a record of an achievement. A lowbrow dismissal of that achievement is, as you say, a valid contribution to a conversation about the video. But I would not put the achievement and the lowbrow dismissal on a level as you have suggested.

And for whatever it's worth, my kneejerk dismissal of the lowbrow dismissal is just as valid a contribution to the conversation. So, good day to you.

sschueller offered a differing opinion, klyrs attempted to gatekeep the conversation.

I agree the rollover to level 0 would be the ultimate milestone, if it really resets to the beginning and doesn't introduce a bunch of new challenges and crash conditions. But this would be a much less satisfying milestone, as it just leads to the endurance-fest of being able to play until your physical/mental stamina is exhausted.

I gatekept with the force of a peanut husk. Boo hoo.

But then the game still keeps going right? You just go to level 0, then 1, 2 etc again. So you can keep on going, and you can still go game over. So then you still lose, not beating the game. But if you manage to progress the game so far that the developers didn't take that behavior into account or just couldn't with the hardware they had. So then the game becomes unable to make the player game over. So essentially that is then the end of the game, when it crashes. And then you finished it. That is the philosophy behind this.

You can still get a higher high score before crashing it and have other achievements. But as far as beating the game by not going game over I think that goal has been reached.

The video points this out as a potential future goal, and it outlines what would be required to actually accomplish it.

The definition of "beating" the game is simply a convention.

Not going to happen without TAS.

At around level 247, you start to get game crashes without clearing any lines, just because the 'wrong' kind of piece appeared.

Now try to clear a bunch of lines with restrictions on what kind of pieces are allowed to randomly spawn.

Spreadsheet documenting these: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zAQIo_mnkk0c9e4-hpeD...