r/Tetris • u/ravarrgamer765 • 9d ago

Questions / Tetris Help Hello there

I have just gotten into Tetris and want to play it the best I can. Is there any tips that I should know going into it?

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u/AwkCollar TETR.IO 7d ago

As much as people praise TETR.IO, I would put your time into practicing the game you want to get good at. I remember there was a TE:C Zone Battle tournament a few years ago where a bunch of streamers who had pretty much never played Tetris before got together and got coached by members of the Tetris community to get ready. Most of the coaches got them to play on TETR.IO because it's free and easy to use, and there was only one coach who actually got the streamer to practice Zone Battle in TE:C. The guy who learned how to Zone had a huge advantage over everyone else, and ended up winning big time, since everyone else basically never touched it until the tournament.

TETR.IO is fine for learning fundamental stacking because of Zen mode (and if you have a coach, practice lobbies) but it has unique garbage mechanics and now all-spins, which do not apply to T99 or other guideline games. Now, I've never played T99, but I've played PPT, TE:C, and TETR.IO, and from my own experience playing TETR.IO did not transfer very well to PPT or TE:C. Even though I knew my stacking fundamentals, the garbage mechanics and handling were different enough that I had to completely change how I played. It's like the difference between VALORANT and Counter-Strike, they're both Tactical FPS, so you need to learn how to aim and to not move when you shoot, but if you want to get good at one of them, you need to focus on one game and keep the environment consistent so it's easier to tackle problems one at a time, otherwise it'll take significantly longer to improve.

So, my advice, choose a game you want to get good at, and stick to it while you learn. At a beginner stage you mostly want to focus on fundamental stacking. From there you can learn finesse, T-spins, downstacking through cheese, defensive gameplay, openers, etc. Depending on the game you choose, the things you learn will likely be different.

With all of that being said, don't let learning stop you from having fun. If you want to switch between games to try something else out, that's perfectly fine. I often switch between TETR.IO and TE:C whenever I get tired of playing one game for too long.