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Originally Posted by kokiri
question about advanced: I never use my powers until the first set of 4 rolls is finished. Is this good strategy?
NOTE: Ok, so I actually wrote this while watching Real Madrid-Barcelona after seeing only the post above, so some of these you have already gone through during the match, but I didn't feel like editing things out, so they will be repeated. Sorry about that.
Wow, this is really spooky, I had noticed some players getting advanced scores with multiple 3s/4s left on the board from racks 1-4, so earlier today I wrote (on paper while eating) some quick thoughts about some tips for trying to get the very high scores in advanced. Then I thought that whatever, I really don't want to write all this now on computer, I'll just let players figure it out themselves over time. But now that you asked, I guess I felt obliged to write it. Obviously there is no guarantee that I'm right, so I'll let everyone decide themselves whether to trust what I'm saying or not. As evidence to support that I might be right I would suggest looking at my top 10 advanced scores.
So, it depends on what you are trying to do. Maximizing your odds to snake both 5s and 6s, sure, but if the idea is to score 60k+, or even 70k+, then absolutely NOT. The thing is, you might get racks 5-9 with all 5s/6s/1s/2s, and then you'll leave manipulations unused while having some 3s/4s on the board, and could even miss a 70k+ game. So, you should definitely use manipulations immediately when they are needed to get rid of 3s/4s. Yes, the opposite is possible, you might get so many 3s/4s in later racks, that you can't snake both 5s/6s. But you know what, that doesn't matter, the game wouldn't have scored very high anyways with so many 3s/4s. To get very high scores (60k+, or even 70k+), you can't really have a lot of 3s/4s (well, not counting snake charmers with 4s, which are very rare), and unless something really weird happens, you must get both 5s/6s snaked. So since you can't leave 3s/4s on the board, you kind of need to trust that the racks 5-8 are good and have at least three of both 5s and 6s (using the perfect advanced setup I introduced, maybe more with non-perfect setups/other setups) for the very high scores.
Below is an example, where not using manipulations when they were first needed backfired with perfect later racks. This was played way back in July, and would've been my first 70k+ at that time, if it had been played perfectly. So I very much know how you feel kioshk
, really hope you get that 70k soon. So, iirc I had already used re-roll rack in 3rd/4th rack, and 5th rack had three 4s, I was watching tv at the same time, so was just clicking buttons and thought I'd save the 4->6 later, since I thought it was very unlikely that racks 6-9 would have zero 4s. Well, there weren't any more 4s.
Some other tips to make your odds better in getting good later racks, the first one should be obvious (some of these I've mentioned before):
- DO NOT start with racks that have 3s/4s.
- If the 2nd rack has one 4 or two 3s, start a new game, one 3 is borderline ok using re-roll 3, if it doesn't turn to 4, in which case, start a new game. These are because to get very high scores, the manipulations are usually needed later, so no point in continuing a game, where you need to spend them already in 2nd rack, and there are less manipulations to get rid of 4s, so they are more important. For this reason, re-roll rack should mainly be used to get rid of 4s, if possible. For 70k+ it is probably better to start a new game even with one 3 in 2nd rack. With Premonition, you should always start with perfect first two racks.
- If there are two or more 3s/4s on the board after 4 racks after using manipulations, start a new game. Even one 3 or 4 is really not good at all (but since it is usually possible to still get 70k+ in theory, it is probably worth continuing), unless it is at the end of a 4x2-zone, but that isn't a good plan for 70k+ imo, it is completely fine for 60k+ though.
- Because realistically both 5s/6s need to be snaked for very high scores, you don't have to play the chains in order, if it is better for 1s/2s. Example below, as an exercise, how would you play a 5th rack of 12566 here?
I think this is correct:
Hopefully this was helpful, and we will see more players break their personal records, and even join the 70k club. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by BingoBango
I just want to say, Donk, you have an A+ avatar right there
Agreed.