Help with adding T-spins to strategy

[phobophobia]

Hi everyone.


I am a pretty fast, but not always efficient player with a rating around 7000. I am looking to add in double t-spins to my strategy, but I wouldn't mind advice about T-spins in general.


Currently, whenever I try to DTS it is usually in the middle somewhere and I end up piling blocks all over the sides, which leaves me open to attack.


I'd like to hear how all of you incorporate t-spins into your game and what I can do to more efficiently add them in mine (without completely destroying my rating hahaha)


Thanks.

[tepples]

Remember the algorithm for detecting T-spins: Iff at least three of the four corners surrounding the T piece are filled, and it hasn't moved left, right, or down (except in wall kick) since you last rotated it, then it's a T-spin.


Here's how to clear garbage with T-spin singles:

                     J           T X            TX
                     JJJ        TTTXXX         TTXXX          XX
XXXXXX XXX => XXXXXX XXX => XXXXXX XXX => XXXXXXTXXX ->      XXXXX
XXXX XXXXX    XXXX XXXXX    XXXX XXXXX    XXXX XXXXX    XXXX XXXXX
_XXXXXXXXX    _XXXXXXXXX    _XXXXXXXXX    _XXXXXXXXX    _XXXXXXXXX

      Z             X             X
     ZZ            XX            XX             X
     ZXX         T XXX          TXXX           XX
     XXXXX =>   TTTXXXXX =>    TTXXXXX =>     XXXX
XXXX XXXXX    XXXX XXXXX    XXXXTXXXXX       XXXXXXX
_XXXXXXXXX    _XXXXXXXXX    _XXXXXXXXX    _XXXXXXXXX

      X             X             X
     XX OO         XX XX         XX XX         XX XX
    XXXXOO =>  T  XXXXXX => T   XXXXXX =>      XX XX
   XXXXXXX    TTTXXXXXXX    TT XXXXXXX    X   XXXXXX
_XXXXXXXXX    _XXXXXXXXX    TXXXXXXXXX    XX XXXXXXX

EDIT: fix glitch on third row

[phobophobia]

Wow, those count as t-spins? LOL! That will add a lot to my game, definitely.


Can you show where the four corners you were referring to are? I can't really picture it.


Edit: Should I be doing this all the time, or only when it makes sense?

[colour_thief]

If the T piece was extended to a Plus piece, the 4 corners would make it a square.

[cosmonaut]

go here:


http://bugloderunner.my.land.to/tetDS/t ... Tspin.html (http://bugloderunner.my.land.to/tetDS/tetDS08_Tspin.html)



you can see some general set ups for back to back tspin doubles and triples

[cosmonaut]

also the link i just posted sets them up specifically to set them up. when i play i use them mainly when they are convenient to set up. i don't go too far out of my way to set them up.

[phobophobia]

Thanks for the responses. I think I'm going to have to work on stack management and piece prediction before going too far with most of this. http://www.tetrisconcept.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

(My speed is what usually makes up for my lack of advanced technique)

[Sully]

Check out this thread (http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=tetris&message.id=22362) over on the Nintendo forums.

[Rosti LFC]

Check out this thread (http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=tetris&message.id=22362) over on the Nintendo forums.

Is that my thread? I can't go on NSider as this PC I'm using blocks certain sites, with forums beings something it blocks, though for some reason not this one.

[colour_thief]

Heh, my work randomly blocks this place for some reason. Not that proxies don't rectify that.