Nullpomino - [Tool-Assisted] 40 Lines in 2.75s

This is a tool-assisted superplay. Slowdown, rewinding, etc. were used to create a performance beyond human capabilities.

To make this TAS, I fixed a minor bug in 7.5 (Charge DAS On Blocked Move rule option). The bug should only affect TAS makers, and, the option should work as expected with DAS/Rate set above 0. If you want a patched build, just let me know.

Anyway, Charge On Blocked Move is a feature that was added to 7.5 in order to improve support for NES's DAS tricks. Being able to "tech" DAS in a tool-assisted setting allows me to change directions for free so long as I can get a piece to a position where it is stuck before the frame on which I lock it.

The same optimizations from the 3.45s run apply -- the gist of it is that I abuse the hell out of being able to treat Instant DAS as a 2 frame option to place at the wall, a 2 frame option to place at "20G-able" notch in that direction by leveraging Sonic Drop, or as a 1 frame option to place at one tap from spawn in that direction. I think I only completely lose my frame of DAS once near the end, when I didn't have a blocked option to tech the direction change and I absolutely needed to place at the wall (3 frames without the held frame of DAS charge).

The holy grail would be a run with no DAS loss and a perfect clear finish, but this is pretty good for just an evening of messing around. 165 frames compared to the theoretical minimum of 100 if every placement has 1 frame macros as in Keyblox... not bad.

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• Nullpomino
• Sprint
• 40
• Lines
• TAS
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• tool
• assisted
• speedrun
• superplay

[kitaru2004]

@doneplayalmada Classic mode as in the Classic/ARS rotation rules from Tetris Grand Master games? Yeah, most of the videos on my channels are played on TGM games or the modes based on them in fan games. I don't have a setup to record my latest games at the arcade so they're a bit out of date, but hopefully what I have is enjoyable anyway. :)

If you're looking for some more videos beyond human ability, I have a few Classic rotation TAS as well -- watch the Nullpomino Final mode TAS. ;)

[kitaru2004]

@doneplayalmada This is a Tool-Assisted Speedrun (TAS). What that basically means is that I paused the game and went through each move frame-by-frame, and with the option to re-record over mistakes or if I discovered a better solution. When played back at full speed, the result is a game near perfection. TAS are usually made for entertainment and to explore the theoretical limits of a game in the hands of a "perfect player."

[Mufasagaming]

nice going ;)

[ZeroT28]

wow ...very cool :)

[Shuey187]

As usual, your knowledge of the science behind it all is amazing, and the run is awesome. If anyone is capable someday of TASing the "holy grail" run, it's you ;).

Thanks for sharing it kitaru :).