[Puyo Puyo Tetris] T-Spins are cool and all but have you ever done 50 S-Spin Triples?

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Published on September 20, 2019 11:08:14 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXPL7JHzElA

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Puyo Puyo Tetris (2014)

Duration: 4:14

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This video is a replay of a marathon game played back at 2x speed.
The technique used here is called Infinite S-Spin Triple, or S-Spin Triple stacking. You can read up on this technique here: https://harddrop.com/wiki/ZST/SST_Stacking

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Now for some extra details:

To make my life easier, I used some tricks I figured out to make my life easier which (at the time of recording) are not on the page linked above.

First off, when starting to build the stack, I make sure to use two L, two T and two S in the stack. Since, past this point, a 3-line clear occurs whenever I get L, S and T dealt, this makes sure I can use the following L, T and S pieces only to clear triples, and that I won't get two of any of these before getting them all.
(Note that you don't have to use two of L, S and T at the start, any amount works as long as it's the same for each piece, but even numbers are preferred to make the next step easier, and using 4 makes the stack uncomfortably high to start.)

Now that the placement for L, S and T is defined (to clear with a S-Spin Triple), the only pieces I have to worry about are I, J, O and Z. First, I try to get in a position where I can place a Z standing up in either side of the remaining 6 columns. This is where I am going to place literally every following Z piece, because this leaves me a 4-column wide area to deal with J and O, which gives me ease and flexibility in my stacking decisions. The I pieces either go on the Z pile or the JO pile, to keep things balanced. I am biased towards putting them in the Z pile when I can though, since it's rarely convenient to do so.

And now I am set pretty much forever, except not really. Since I clear 3 lines (30 blocks) every 7 pieces (28 blocks), my stack is drained at a rate of 2 blocks per 7 pieces (because 28 - 30 = -2). This means that my stack will eventually become too low if I do not take some time to make it higher again. This is what I'm doing at 1:05. Like at the start, I use two L, two S and two T in my stack, in a way that makes it easy to start the loop again. You probably want to put the T pieces in the Z pile for this, and build 3x4 rectangles with JLS or JLO.

I managed to keep the strategy going until 3:47, where I started panicking and just somewhat winged the last few line clears. Probably because keeping it up for any longer would have had needed another refilling which I didn't feel comfortable doing on level 15 speeds.

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If you read the entire description, hats off to you, and feel free to put these extra strategies in the wiki or something, if they haven't made it there yet.

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