Records: [TetrisFriends] Solo and Marathon

Blink · 11 Jul 2008

zaphod77 said:

My point is unless you can ST stack FAST you arent' gonna get ANYWHERE on the leaderboard.

I feel it's a gimmicky way of playing, and refuse to learn it. So I don't try. it's a waste for me to even try Solo.

Perhaps i put it wrong. But if ST stacking is not your cup of tea, the Guideline's score attacks are not for you.
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you can still get pretty high up without ST stacking, i don't ST stack and i'm currently top rank. About 1/3rd of the top 20 don't ST stack, so it's not the only way to get anywhere on the leaderboard. don't let the lack of knowing how to ST stack discourage you from playing.

Amnesia · 11 Jul 2008

I am realising that I will be very busy if I want maintain this leaderboard..If DIGITAL and caffeine could help, that would be cool..
I expect that this leaderboard increases and evolutes faster than every other one..

Ai · 13 Jul 2008

I'll add my current records too.

Marathon: 701450 - 569
2:00 Solo: 17334 - 618
3:00 Solo: 22616 - 1599

Edit:

Just improved my marathon score. I now need to get a better rank in 3:00 Solo.

GFish · 17 Jul 2008

2 min - 32603
3 min - 43122
marahon - 713864

Amnesia · 18 Jul 2008

Tetris Marathon : Does the speed count for the points ??
Because I did my best game, I mean, the most possible Tetris b2b that I can, until the last line, and struggled at 699k, I played very slowly..

Magnanimous · 18 Jul 2008

It's not the speed, but the strategy. Tetris Friends uses the scheme where certain actions(b2b tetris, most t-spins) can actually take away more lines from the Goal than are cleared on the screen. I'm pretty sure your first tetris took away 4 lines(of course), but successive tetrises took 5 each.

It's great how they never released a detailed page on how score is calculated.

Kitaru · 18 Jul 2008

Amnesia said:

Tetris Marathon : Does the speed count for the points ??
Because I did my best game, I mean, the most possible Tetris b2b that I can, until the last line, and struggled at 699k, I played very slowly..
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My reply to someone else on the Tetris Friends Discussion Board said:

That isn't quite the case. In order to score that high, you need to get pretty creative. There are two main things that you have to abuse heavily in order to get that kind of score. I'll summarize what they are and then outline the optimal Marathon strategy. The description of how to abuse the systems may be a bit wordy; feel free to skip down to the outline if you're more interested in the results than the theory.

Thing #1 is the Goal system. Goal is designed in a rather awkward manner: 1 Goal point is deducted for every (100 * Level) points earned. (A Single will deduct 1 Goal, a standard Tetris will deduct 8 Goal, a T-spin Double with the back-to-back bonus will deduct a whopping 18 Goal, etc.) However, it won't always round up points in subdivisions of 100.

Trick #1 is to use Single->Single combos for most of each level. The first Single is worth 100 pt, the second is worth 150, but both deduct 1 Goal. You're getting more points than you're "supposed" to be able to get with this method.

Thing #2 is how Goal behaves when you finish a level. If you deduct more Goal than you need in order to finish a level, it won't count against the Goal of the next one.

Trick #2 is to make a high-scoring clear on the very last Goal point of the level. The best way to do this is to get a back-to-back T-spin Double. The back-to-back bonus has to come from somewhere, so you'll have to do a Tetris before that. So, you'll want to do a Tetris when Goal = 9 to deduct 8, and then a T-spin Double at Goal 1. You score (2400 * Level) points in the space that would normally only allow (900 * Level) points.

***Outline of optimal Marathon game***
On Level 1: 2 Single->Single combos (Goal 5 - 2 - 2 = 1). One T-spin Double. (Goal 1 - 12 = 0)
On Level 2: Tetris->T-spin Double (Goal 9 - 8 = 1. Goal 1 - 18 = 0.)
On Levels 2+: Single->Single combo until Goal = 9. Tetris->T-spin Double.

EDIT: Looking at the stats you pasted again, I'm not sure about the Level 2 strategy anymore. (It has 13 Tetrises, whereas my outline calls for 14.) Either way, the outline here will net you a very high score.
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Amnesia · 18 Jul 2008

pppfffffououff....
That is soo complicated !!??

Magnanimous · 18 Jul 2008

... And that's why you should forget Marathon and go to the timed solos.

DIGITAL · 18 Jul 2008

Not to mention that Marathon is more gimmicky than skillful. At least with STing, you're required to have a strong sense of T-Spins to pull it off quickly, efficiently, and consistently.

Zaphod77 · 19 Jul 2008

3 things matter in marathon

1) hard drop as muchas possible
2) get partial goal line s(only really possible with single single combo)
3) make huge scoring clears when you have 1 goal left. (b2btsd)

DumbledorsArmy · 4 Aug 2008

Here's a video I made for higher scores in Tetris Splash. This will also apply to tetrisfriends... and any other guideline tetris game. I got tired of trying to explain it to people who message me over XBL. Now I just point them to the vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISANNTEf3J0

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