Tetris Party Tournament 3 Round 3 (Shadow: SMILE)

Shadow mode, stage 25: SMILE

This video is kind of obsolete -- youtube user DeaseanUD has been posting much better ones. Check them out instead.


[My personal best is 19"93, but there's no way I can get a video of that; my capture device introduces too much lag. Sorry! I did explain my new strategy in a comment, though.]

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Gaming

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• tetris
• party
• tournament
• shadow
• smile

[LostCrick]

Nice man :) Im Europe Rank 1st :D With 00:24'20 ^^

Worldwide Im 2nd, Bill from USA got 00:23'92 -.-

[Billmaan]

I am Bill from USA. :P This was my personal best at the time, but I've since tweaked my strategy and honed my execution.

Great job on the time, btw!

[mytai17]

thanks for posting! i was so lost on this stage until i saw how you setup the base and cleared the line...once that was done, smooth sailing from there =)

so do you have an eye for this stuff or did you take some time to plan out your strategy? just wondering...

[Billmaan]

If you don't set things up just right, it's really easy to shoot yourself in the foot, so I have a (mostly) set plan for the beginning. I usually restart until I get the pieces I need pretty early. After that I play it by ear.

The strategy I used here is actually a little weak. Ideally I should fill the squares just outside the bottoms of the eyes; that'd make it easier to stack after the line clear. With that in mind, one could likely find a better strategy for setting up the line clear.

[Billmaan]

As a follow-up, the new strategy I described above works very well.

I try to set up the line clear with an O on the far left, an I to its right, a dark green block to the right of that, and a T on the far right. Make sure either the T or the O is the last one you drop; before you finish the line clear, use an S and Z to fill in the space below the eyes.

This setup makes it very easy to stack after the line clear. You can even start stacking on one side before the clear.

[0x60000000]

This new strategy is great! Thanks for the help

[LostCrick]

Omg It's the real Bill :D

Thanks, but this was a really lucky turn when I got the 24 Sec's. :b

[sinthetiq]

Bill, YOU are awesome.

[dboutic617]

Very nice! WTG!