At the beginning of the game Your goal is to get the attacking special block first and attack your enemy before they can attack you. This will make the game under your control. In order to do that, if the setting of the game is 1 special/1 line, make 1 line first. If the setting is 1 special/2 lines, make 2 lines first. If the setting is 1 special/4 lines, try to make 4 lines first if possible. During the Game Try to build more than 1 line constantly during the game because you can both get special blocks and add 1 line or more to all players. Don't be too greedy to build a tetris unless you are sure your opponents won't attack you with 'Q' or 'R'. Bad Block at the Beginning of the Game and are 2 blocks that people do not like to get at the beginning of the game. What people usually do is to slip the next block under that bad block. Like this before       after This strategy might usefull if you play 1 special/4 lines or pure classic game, but I suggest you not to use this strategy if you play 1 special/1 line or 1 special/2 lines game. There are 3 main reasons why you should not use this strategy. First, it takes more time to slip the next block under this bad block. Second, the risk is too big. When you try to slip the next block under the bad block, you might miss it. Third, if your next block is another bad block, what will you do? Will you try slip it under the first bad block? Then you will waste your time. Or will you put it on top of the first bad block? How about the 3rd block that you get is another bad block again? You must be very confused, right? :-) Here is my suggestion... 1. If the bad block is the red one, put it horizontally at the left end of your field. If it is the blue one, put it horizontally at the right end of your field. Like this and PS: a hole is the blank area under the bad block, and the bridge is the square above that hole 2. If it is possible, do not block the hole under the bridge by putting the next block above the bridge. Like this 3. Now, your goal is to clear the second row first by ignoring the first row. Remember, do not care to fill in the first row, clear the second row first, and do not block the hole under the bridge by putting the next block above the bridge. Here are the screenshots of few examples: Hole and Bridge I often saw people blocked their bridge instead of remove it. Here is what I mean by bridge and hole. After you remove the bridge, you can fill in the hole, add couple lines to all, open another bridge, and add another lines to all. I have ever played with someone who has 2 S's blocks and both his and my field were very high. I just kept concentrate not blocking my bridge, try to remove it, filled in the hole so that I could add 1 or 2 lines to him continuously, and when I got 'Q' or 'R', I screwed up his field so he could not make a tetris. He was very frustated and screwed up his field many many times and when his field was too high, he switched his field with mine. Then, I again kept remove the bridge, add 1 or 2 lines continously, and he use his 'S' block again. I kept adding 1 or 2 lines continuously again until he died. :) The most important lesson in here is that don't block the bridge, try to remove it instead. If you do this strategy, you will amaze how quickly your field is going down. Try to practice by playing pure classic. If you can survive in pure classic, then you should survive in classic + special style. Copyright © 1998, Crazor. All Rights Reserved.