I beat my high score after 2 attempts

 Good golly, that was fast!

Last weekend, many of my friends used the free time to get as much work done as possible on college applications, which were due November 1st. However, since I knew I would have more than enough time to finish my applications, decided to instead take a break from all the stress with a game of Tetris. Instead of focusing on getting a high score, I just relaxed, playing some chill music in the background. Without realizing it, I ended up surpassing the score of 400,000. (For reference, my goal is slightly over 500,000. Also, this was my first game of Tetris in several weeks.) This was surprising, as I expected my score to be a lot less.

From this experience, I realized two strategies that would be helpful in my goal: background music, and ignoring the score counter. I put a sticky note over the score and tried again. This time, I played nearly perfectly, making hardly any mistakes until I reached the higher levels. (In case you don't know, the pieces fall progressively faster as you get farther into the game.) Eventually, I made enough mistakes that the game was pretty much unrecoverable, but at that point, I knew I had accomplished my goal. Sure enough, I peeled the sticky note off my screen to reveal a score of 543,997. In case you don't believe me, I will attach a screenshot below.

By now, you may be asking the question "What will I write about now?" To be completely honest, I don't know either. I might try to beat my new high score, or try to beat my good friend Arjun's score of 574,866. However, I feel like I might get bored with this. If you want me to write about anything else Tetris-related for future posts, feel free to leave a suggestion below!

- Gus