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NintendoAge 2016 Weekly Contests Presents: Tetris Contest ends Sunday, 2/28/16 at 11 PM NA time

Feb 23, 2016 at 2:52:59 PM

TWarwick07 (85)

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170,249
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Edited: 02/24/2016 at 04:36 PM by TWarwick07

Feb 23, 2016 at 5:30:03 PM

Shane (146)

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Feb 23, 2016 at 5:35:27 PM

bimmy_lee (78)

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Originally posted by: Shane

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Shane, make sure you take a picture of the computer screen. We don't allow submissions where you hit "Print Screen."

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Feb 23, 2016 at 8:28:43 PM

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Edited: 02/28/2016 at 12:34 PM by matt

Feb 23, 2016 at 9:40:28 PM

EgasKrad (17)

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Other than this play through I haven't come close to 50K otherwise, so I'll just take my participation points and call it a week now.

Edited: 02/23/2016 at 09:40 PM by EgasKrad

Feb 23, 2016 at 10:00:11 PM

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Feb 23, 2016 at 11:28:57 PM

gutsman004 (126)

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I started on level 7 and it definitely helped improve my score. I tried 8 and 9,but washed out too quick as I'm trying to just go for Tetrises only....or as many as I can get in anyway.

Feb 24, 2016 at 12:12:29 AM

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Here's a ~30,000 point improvement over my last score. I took the advice in this thread and started on level 9. I'm actually able to play at this speed when I start at it, before I was getting jarred and panicky whenever I got this high. Would recommend anyone to try this strategy.

edit: new score below, old score 119,465

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Edited: 02/25/2016 at 12:27 AM by Krunch

Feb 24, 2016 at 12:14:08 AM

mattbep (107)

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Originally posted by: gutsman004

I started on level 7 and it definitely helped improve my score. I tried 8 and 9,but washed out too quick as I'm trying to just go for Tetrises only....or as many as I can get in anyway.

I am very curious about this. How does it benefit to start on a faster speed? Won't the game become unplayably fast at a quicker rate?

Or, was this a training regimen?

Feb 24, 2016 at 12:26:38 AM

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Originally posted by: mattbep

I am very curious about this. How does it benefit to start on a faster speed? Won't the game become unplayably fast at a quicker rate?

Or, was this a training regimen?

Even if you start at a high level, you still need to get the required number of lines to move on to the next level. Since he started at level 7, the game stayed at the same speed until he got 80 lines, then it went to level 8. If you start at level 9, it will stay the same speed until you get 100 lines, at which point you'll go to level 10. Since you get more points at higher levels, it's best to start at the level with the highest speed you can handle.

Edited: 02/24/2016 at 12:27 AM by Red

Feb 24, 2016 at 3:26:15 AM

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I'm either starting on 7 or 6 because I suck too much for 9. Also, I couldn't get past 80K the other day. Gosh I hate this game for competition, I'd prefer having a Tengen Tetris contest one day.

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Feb 24, 2016 at 9:41:20 AM

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Originally posted by: Vectrex280996

I'm either starting on 7 or 6 because I suck too much for 9. Also, I couldn't get past 80K the other day. Gosh I hate this game for competition, I'd prefer having a Tengen Tetris contest one day.

I really dislike the RNG in Tengen Tetris, since it is the only implementation where I've gotten something like 12 square blocks in a row.

But aside from that, for the better players, a round of Tengen Tetris takes hours, versus a round on Nintendo Tetris that takes minutes.
The speeds plane out at dramatically different levels.

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Feb 24, 2016 at 9:54:27 AM

mattbep (107)

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Thanks, Red! I'll have to give that a try if I get another chance to play this week.

Feb 24, 2016 at 9:58:09 AM

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I think "participation" is going to be my theme for 2016...

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Feb 24, 2016 at 10:28:50 AM

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Originally posted by: bimmy_lee

Originally posted by: Shane

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Shane, make sure you take a picture of the computer screen. We don't allow submissions where you hit "Print Screen."

Phone is broke but I should have a replacement Friday.

Just throwing this out there, I much prefer this version of Tetris over the Tengen Tetris.

Feb 24, 2016 at 11:18:14 AM

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Ok my score must of been a fluke because I haven't even gotten to 150k since. Guys getting 300-400k... I have no words

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Edited: 02/24/2016 at 11:19 AM by Brock Landers

Feb 24, 2016 at 1:39:29 PM

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Feb 24, 2016 at 4:25:16 PM

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Edited: 02/28/2016 at 12:59 PM by erizisto

Feb 24, 2016 at 4:37:50 PM

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Got all the way to level 12 with nothing stacked up and all of a sudden the pieces fell and my game was over. i could see where i wanted to put the pieces but i was a half a step slow and everything piled up

Feb 24, 2016 at 4:43:46 PM

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I'll get one of the other judges/mods to add it to the rules, but going forward, it would be best to use the "CONGRATULATIONS" high score screen as your picture, rather than the spaceship screen.

Just in case there is any concern/complaint about somebody's score, knowing what level they ended on will be informative as to what is mathematically possible.

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Feb 24, 2016 at 4:47:42 PM

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Originally posted by: Brock Landers

Ok my score must of been a fluke because I haven't even gotten to 150k since. Guys getting 300-400k... I have no words

Tetris players brains work differently than the rest of us

Feb 24, 2016 at 5:01:30 PM

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I hate this game. Going to be a low score.

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Feb 24, 2016 at 6:23:04 PM

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I have one complaint about this game.

It needs the "angry goat" Tetris sound from the Game Boy version.

Feb 24, 2016 at 9:05:24 PM

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Edited: 02/28/2016 at 07:21 PM by bertsampson

Feb 24, 2016 at 10:09:42 PM

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I don't mean to clog the thread or anything, but look what happened to me. Is this a glitch that comes up often, not showing the next piece? And for the record, this is an actual cart this time; I picked up a copy yesterday.