Index: server/Plugins/SlimTris.pm
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--- server/Plugins/SlimTris.pm	(revision 10122)
+++ server/Plugins/SlimTris.pm	(working copy)
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@
 	$xpos = 3;
 	$ypos = 2;
 	$currblock = int(rand() * ($#blocks+1));
+	# initial position of 4x1 block might overlap with border resulting in false Game Over
+	if ($currblock == 1) {
+		checkBorderConflict();
+	}
 	if (!move(0,0)) {
 		gameOver();
 	}
@@ -245,7 +249,30 @@
 	return (1);
 }
 
+
 #
+# adjust block position if overlap with grid border
+#
+sub checkBorderConflict {
+	my $block = $blockspix[$currblock];
+	my $upperConflict = 0;
+	my $lowerConflict = 0;
+	foreach my $pixel (@$block) {
+		my $y = @$pixel[1] + $ypos;
+		if ($y == 0) {
+			$upperConflict = 1;
+		} elsif ($y == ($height+1)) {
+			$lowerConflict = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	if ($upperConflict) {
+		$ypos++;
+	} elsif ($lowerConflict) {
+		$ypos--;
+	}
+}
+
+#
 # convert from the asciii block picture to coordinate pairs
 # all pairs are relative to the starred block for rotational goodness
 #