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From: kfink@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Kevin Fink)
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Subject: Re: Seeking "Tetris" for IBM XT
Message-ID: <919@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 21 Apr 89 18:42:53 GMT
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Reply-To: kfink@jarthur.UUCP (Kevin Fink)
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
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>Does anyone regularly get in the 9,000 - 10,000 range with "Nyet"?  If so, 
>what clues can you offer, which level do you start from, etc.


Yeah, Nyet is a lot of fun. Wastes too much of my time, though. Currently
the bottom score on the high scores is over 11000. I always start at level 0
and drop pieces as fast as possible. My high score is about 12500. After
about 10000 the pieces are moving so fast it's largely how good your
reflexes are and how well you prepared up to that point. You need to keep
your stack as low as possible, preferably two lines max. Don't worry about
gaps, just keep your stack level and fill in holes as you come to them.
DON'T leave long lines just waiting for "that one perfect piece". It may be
satisfying to drop five rows at once, but at the higher levels it's suicide.

Kevin Fink
kfink@jarthur.claremont.edu