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JenovaSephiroth
10-12-2006, 03:36 AM
I've lurked this forum for a long while, and now I decided to gather up enough courage to post. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

I'm not bad at Tetris, but I'm not awesome at it either. I can get S1 in TGM1, and the farthest I made it was lv. 412.


So... uhh... yeah. Glad to be here. ^^
cdsboy
10-12-2006, 04:51 AM
welcome to the club.
colour_thief
10-12-2006, 11:51 AM
Greetings.


A nice surge of new players here recently. If this keeps up we could possibly use an introduce yourself topic.
Amnesia
10-12-2006, 03:29 PM
Welcome and good luck for your futur improvement!
JenovaSephiroth
10-12-2006, 08:30 PM
Thanks!


By the way, I reached 446 later that day yesterday, and I'm probably gonna have a drinking party when I reach 500. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif
Amnesia
10-13-2006, 10:12 AM
YEAH, like me but in T.A. DEATH...
mek1
10-20-2006, 11:48 PM
I'm also new and might as well introduce myself here:


I'm Adam. I live in Seattle and have a very poor internet connection in my apartment (56k gratis), but frequent a nearby coffee shop with free internet and wifi.


Purchased TDS around Christmas, then dropped my DS in the snow. Didn't get a new one until the summer, then accidentally left it in Connecticut. I recently had it shipped out to me and am playing again (maybe too much).


Started with NES and GB Tetris. Next I got into The New Tetris and a Japanese Tetris for Dreamcast (forget the name), and now TDS. Would love to eventually test myself in TGM, but not yet.


So far this has been the most informative site I've found regarding TDS (and Tetris in general) and it's improving my game significantly. I love to compete and love to learn, and plan to frequent this site as much as I can.


Still unfamiliar with blockstats.org and how to earn/post a rank. If anyone could let me know or point me in the direction of where to look (I had trouble understanding exactly what to do from their site) it would be appreciated.


Sorry for the long post. I just really like Tetris and am glad to be here. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif
caffeine
10-21-2006, 12:07 AM
"So far this has been the most informative site I've found regarding TDS (and Tetris in general) and it's improving my game significantly."


this is exactly what i like to hear. it's a great complement to us. welcome to the forum.
Rosti LFC
10-21-2006, 12:15 AM
Greetings.

A nice surge of new players here recently. If this keeps up we could possibly use an introduce yourself topic.

Sully made one a while ago.
PetitPrince
10-21-2006, 02:18 AM
This one (http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=197) ?
tepples
10-21-2006, 02:39 AM
See Sully's old intro topic (http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=197).
tetrisdude
10-21-2006, 06:48 AM
"So far this has been the most informative site I've found regarding TDS (and Tetris in general) and it's improving my game significantly."

this is exactly what i like to hear. it's a great complement to us. welcome to the forum.I agree a 100%....This best tetris site i know!! http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif
DIGITAL
10-21-2006, 07:35 AM
Still unfamiliar with blockstats.org and how to earn/post a rank. If anyone could let me know or point me in the direction of where to look (I had trouble understanding exactly what to do from their site) it would be appreciated.



You have to sign up for an account and input your wifi name. In the members area, there is a section of code you can copy into your signature in order to display an image of your rank.


Welcome to the forums!
mek1
10-21-2006, 02:44 PM
might as well use this thread to say thanks as well!


about blockstats.org, it was the option to submit your own versus statistics that confused me. I think it's all squared away now.


with all this said, what is the best way to make some friends here? to be honest, I'm not sure I've ever actually connected to someone via friend-code.


I'm pretty sure I'm supreme noob when it comes to all of this. I have a decent grasp on the game, but not any of the perks.


I'm also still posting in this thread because I don't know where else to ask, and I don't want to flood the board with personal questions. anybody care to answer some questions via PM? or would it be better off kept on the board?


Question 1: Learned STS yesterday. How effective is it in multiplayer when starting the round? If I can make tetrises as fast, which is more lucrative?
Caithness
10-21-2006, 05:29 PM
The best place to make friends and set up friend matches is undoubtedly the blockstats chat. It's not always active, though, so you have be patient and wait around until someone comes to the keyboard.
caffeine
10-21-2006, 07:04 PM
"Learned STS yesterday. How effective is it in multiplayer..."


you may be better off learning <a href="http://www.tetrisconcept.com/wiki/index.php/T-spin_double_triple">these</a> methods. DT specifically.
DIGITAL
10-21-2006, 08:19 PM
you may be better off learning these methods. DT specifically.


Those are a bit advanced perhaps? I'd say stick with simpler tactics until you can grasp the preview in such a way that you can plan ahead for such setups.
caffeine
10-21-2006, 11:24 PM
well yeah, if you want to start with your fundamentals, just learn to stack for tetrises first. STS is useful, but if you are going to learn advanced tactics, i'd put that energy into DT.
mek1
10-22-2006, 01:03 AM
the first time I saw someone using DT stacking was a couple days ago. I couldn't believe the amount of garbage I was having to clean up. it was unfortunate that I played him right after I played my first hacker (infinite starman?) so I figured he was hacking too. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif

thanks. I'll get to work on DT, and continue to stack for tetrises online.
10-28-2006, 08:17 AM
well yeah, if you want to start with your fundamentals, just learn to stack for tetrises first. STS is useful, but if you are going to learn advanced tactics, i'd put that energy into DT.


I agree, I've been working on leaving the 2nd or 9th column open and working on tetrises or t-spin doubles. Starting with STS can screw you up sometimes depending on what kind of garbage you get. Sometimes I'll start setting up STS and will have to back out of it and end up with a mess to clean up, and by the time you get things straight again the game might be out of hand. I still think STS is good practice for programming your brain to spot t-spin triples but when playing competitively I wouldn't recommend it very much. Maybe just occasionally to mix things up.
DIGITAL
10-28-2006, 08:50 AM
well yeah, if you want to start with your fundamentals, just learn to stack for tetrises first. STS is useful, but if you are going to learn advanced tactics, i'd put that energy into DT.

I agree, I've been working on leaving the 2nd or 9th column open and working on tetrises or t-spin doubles. Starting with STS can screw you up sometimes depending on what kind of garbage you get. Sometimes I'll start setting up STS and will have to back out of it and end up with a mess to clean up, and by the time you get things straight again the game might be out of hand. I still think STS is good practice for programming your brain to spot t-spin triples but when playing competitively I wouldn't recommend it very much. Maybe just occasionally to mix things up.


Exactly, garbage alone makes STS a fairly risky strategy for beginners.


However, it can be quite deadly as an opening move if you have memorized the pattern and can pull it off quickly enough (It's a really consistent since the pattern is always the same). If you don't pull off that first t-spin single quickly enough, you can always just back out very quickly with only placing a few pieces. It shouldn't take more than a couple of seconds to fix the setup.
mek1
10-28-2006, 09:12 AM
I agree, I've been working on leaving the 2nd or 9th column open and working on tetrises or t-spin doubles. Starting with STS can screw you up sometimes depending on what kind of garbage you get. Sometimes I'll start setting up STS and will have to back out of it and end up with a mess to clean up, and by the time you get things straight again the game might be out of hand. I still think STS is good practice for programming your brain to spot t-spin triples but when playing competitively I wouldn't recommend it very much. Maybe just occasionally to mix things up.

Exactly, garbage alone makes STS a fairly risky strategy for beginners.

However, it can be quite deadly as an opening move if you have memorized the pattern and can pull it off quickly enough (It's a really consistent since the pattern is always the same). If you don't pull off that first t-spin single quickly enough, you can always just back out very quickly with only placing a few pieces. It shouldn't take more than a couple of seconds to fix the setup.


I've noticed that too. Since I'm not used to setting up for t-spins and DT stacking and all that, I'll usually just go for tetris set-ups as fast as possible. If I end up playing a second match though, and I notice that my opponent tends to spend the first 15 or so seconds building, I'll try and open with an STS, and then build tetrises from there. It's been pretty consistent, but I haven't tried it on anyone 7000+ yet, so I don't know.


to the more advanced players: what are you generally looking for in your first X pieces? i.e.: is I,L,S usually automatically built on the left for t-spins? same with I,J,Z on the right?
DIGITAL
10-28-2006, 10:00 AM
I tend to only look in the preview for the the S before J or the Z before L to decide on whether I should pull it off or not. Most of the time, I just stick to BtB tetrises, TSSs, and TSDs as they work quite well with garbage.
jujube
10-28-2006, 10:40 AM
I don't know what you guys are talking about I play cultris mostly. Do you guys know if cultris is safe to play online?
mek1
10-29-2006, 03:28 AM
that makes sense digital, but I'm having a hard time being able to build fast enough to make any of that effective. I guess it's just something I should practice in marathon mode until I can see it without having to think so much.


how come my TDS rating according to blockstats is always 100-150 points lower than it actually is? I finished the day ~6850.
Caithness
10-29-2006, 10:46 PM
I don't know what you guys are talking about I play cultris mostly. Do you guys know if cultris is safe to play online?


I'm not quite sure what you're talking about. What would be dangerous about it?
Rosti LFC
11-01-2006, 08:43 PM
I'd say Cultris is pretty safe, but I've not much experience with it.
cdsboy
11-02-2006, 01:58 AM
what does safe mean?? i'm so lost.
colour_thief
11-02-2006, 02:15 AM
i am stealing ur megaherts
Rosti LFC
11-02-2006, 01:28 PM
what does safe mean?? i'm so lost.


If it isn't prone to giving viruses and the like. At least, that's what I assume he meant.
cdsboy
11-03-2006, 01:59 AM
oh well that makes sense. You all should just buy macs : P