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A magnificent score, Relkeel. Please PM me with your address for the £20 to be sent. I bow to your genius.
 
Please keep them, although I fear Tetris may drive me insane before too long. If I'm found with a pair of pants on my head, knitting needles up my nose and saying "wibble", it's all your fault :laughing:
 
Tetris seriously messes with me, if I play it too much I find myself playing it in my mind when I'm trying to concentrate on other things. Very weird sensation.
 
I don't really have much Tetris advice, except that there is no point in fannying about getting lines in ones and twos - you have to be brave and wait for the long thin one to poke down the side to get four at once. In the early stages, you get 12,000pts a time for this - but it rises as the game progresses. In the latter stages of my big scores, I was getting about 40,000 a time. Obviously, these can crank one's score up a fair bit.

I also use the pause button every now and again - if my fingers are aching and/or my eyes are starting to go fuzzy.

I find it annoying that the one thing in life that I'm really good at offers no opportunity to make wads of cash (apart from PDJ's £20) or have sex with hundreds of beautiful women (although Griffin seems quite impressed). Why can't I be good at football instead?

Anyway, being the talkinghorses forum Champion means a lot to me, but I feel that this is a good moment to announce my retirement from the game.
 
Originally posted by Relkeel@Feb 23 2007, 03:11 PM
I don't really have much Tetris advice, except that there is no point in fannying about getting lines in ones and twos - you have to be brave and wait for the long thin one to poke down the side to get four at once. In the early stages, you get 12,000pts a time for this - but it rises as the game progresses. In the latter stages of my big scores, I was getting about 40,000 a time. Obviously, these can crank one's score up a fair bit.
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Ah so you're not starting at level 1 then? I start at level 7 or 8 to ease myself into the game, any higher and my poor little fingers can't keep up!

And yes, I am deeply deeply impressed. You have my complete and utter admiration. If only all men could be as nimble fingered as you :D
 
:rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: I'd almost reached 400000 on Tetris when Mr GG started wittering on to me about a new gogglebox and put me off my stride. :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:
 
Stupid, stupid hexxagon was driving me crazy so I haven't played it for a week. Please, please, please take the stupid horrible game away.


I'm going for another go now.
 
Originally posted by Griffin@Mar 1 2007, 07:32 PM
:rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: I'd almost reached 400000 on Tetris when Mr GG started wittering on to me about a new gogglebox and put me off my stride. :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:
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Can someone please tell me how to get these astronomical scores ? I reached 50000 once, and nearly beat it once - but only just - before getting interuppted.
 
Originally posted by cricketfan+Mar 1 2007, 11:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (cricketfan @ Mar 1 2007, 11:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Griffin@Mar 1 2007, 07:32 PM
:rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: I'd almost reached 400000 on Tetris when Mr GG started wittering on to me about a new gogglebox and put me off my stride. :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:
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Can someone please tell me how to get these astronomical scores ? I reached 50000 once, and nearly beat it once - but only just - before getting interuppted. [/b][/quote]
Don't waste your time getting one or two lines, you need to be getting four at once and the higher the level the higher the score for getting four. On level 9 or 10 you score around 10000 for a line of four. I always start on at least level 8. Build the blocks up so that you have a gap at one end to slot a long block into to get four lines at once.
 
Originally posted by Griffin+Mar 2 2007, 08:22 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Griffin @ Mar 2 2007, 08:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
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@Mar 1 2007, 07:32 PM
:rant:  :rant:  :rant:  :rant:  :rant: I'd almost reached 400000 on Tetris when Mr GG started wittering on to me about a new gogglebox and put me off my stride. :rant:  :rant:  :rant:  :rant:  :rant:
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Can someone please tell me how to get these astronomical scores ? I reached 50000 once, and nearly beat it once - but only just - before getting interuppted.
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Don't waste your time getting one or two lines, you need to be getting four at once and the higher the level the higher the score for getting four. On level 9 or 10 you score around 10000 for a line of four. I always start on at least level 8. Build the blocks up so that you have a gap at one end to slot a long block into to get four lines at once. [/b][/quote]
I picked up on the four-lines-at-a-time bit a while back. Guess I'll have to accept the fact that I'm just rubbish at it.
 
You just have to entirely restrict yourself to four-lines, you'll get wiped out really quickly in a lot of games but once in a while things will fall right and you'll hit a huge score.
 
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