I talked back and forth about the events/gaming competitions post and how it would work. For the first event, we decided something simple was best. Tetris is pretty simple.
To compete:
You can play with an anonymous name here: https://tetr.io/
Post a comment with the score and a record of gameplay, preferably a link to a video on a platform like odysee vimeo. (I recommend playing a few times, then recording the replay of the top score with something like obs.)
Top score on two minute blitz mode by Friday (April 9) at midnight PST wins.
Fair. I mostly thought of speedruns because it allows you to compete in games that you otherwise wouldn't be able to, without the networking/server requirements needed for tournaments.
I could set up emulators and servers for games I own. If we did that, I feel like most of the speedrun options would be replaced with more tournament style competitions, based on some of the comments and votes here.
That's an interesting line of thought. Sort of like adding a versus mode to an otherwise single player game. I think something could come of that, but I'm not feeling very creative right now. I just keep thinking of the movie The Wizard, and how it was effectively a speedrun competition, but it circumvented normal speedrun procedure by denying the elements of knowledge/memorization to all participants. But as entertaining as that would be to a spectator, I can imagine some frustration from the players being thrown into a game that they may hate, and that's after getting all the participants to agree to gather for a mystery game session that will take hours of their time.
Worthwhile insight, though, thanks.