Polymer T-Spins
Polymer T-Spins refer to T-Spin setups consisting of two or more of either Iso-, Neo-, or Fin-TSDs.
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NTSD
New TSD. These TSDs involve kicking the T piece 2 rows down compared to traditional TSDs. They're bulky and trickier to clean up than regular TSDs, so it's hard to use them in matches appropriately.
Iso-TSD
Building Iso-TSDs
Iso-TSDs are easy to build if you use a T
The first picture below is a common mistake that people make while making the overhang for Iso-TSD. It is missing one block marked red on the right.
Example:
Neo-TSD
Building Neo-TSDs
Most people just recognize the two-step stair like above when building it, but don't forget that you can also make it when you have a 2-wide well like below. You can't create a Fin-TSD here.
Example:
Notes
A Neo-TSD will count as a T-Spin Double Mini instead of a regular TSD. This means that it will send 1 line instead of 4 lines. With back-to-back, it will send 2 lines.
Neo-TSDs can be converted into TSTs.
Fin-TSD
Perhaps the most practical out of these three TSDs when you consider setup and cleanup.
Building Fin-TSDs
Using a J overhang would be the easiest way to build a Fin-TSD. You will need an S in your queue to clean up the overhang.
Tip
For Fin-TSD and Neo-TSD, it is easy to accidentally soft drop the piece into its place instead of kicking the piece into place, which will result in them counting as a double instead of a T-Spin Double/T-Spin Mini Double. A way to avoid this is first to place the piece and then rotate in the opposite direction before performing the kick.
Polymer T-Spins
Polymer T-Spins refer to T-Spins done when you do two or more of either Iso-, Neo-, or Fin-TSDs. Some of these setups were named Trehalose, Isotrehalose, and Kojibiose, because of how they looked like chemical structures. Therefore this class of T-Spins is called "Polymer" T-Spins.
Trehalose
A Fin-TSD → Neo-TSD setup. Given its name due to its resemblance to the chemical structure of trehalose, a disaccharide sugar.
The Neo-TSD can be converted into a TST. Named Kojibiose (kobjibiose is also a disaccharide sugar).
Devised by TCM-β.
Building Trehalose
Isotrehalose
An Iso-TSD → Neo-TSD setup. A wordplay on trehalose.
Building Isotrehalose
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A Fin-TSD → Iso-TSD setup.
Godspin
The ultimate Fin-TSD → Neo-TSD → TST meme setup. Built for fun.
Godspin is just Trehalose with an extra spin.
Building Godspin
Below is an example of how you would build Godspin with your opening 3 bags.
Setups involving NTSD
Yog-Sothoth
A TSD → Neo-TSD or Fin-TSD setup.
Building Yog-Sothoth
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A TSD → Fin-TSD setup.
Example:
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A TSD → Iso-TSD setup.
Example:
credit to nnoihs21 (エバンス) for the example
FinT Cannon
罰金砲. A Fin-TSD → TST setup.
You can use this setup as an opener.
Maltose
Another setup devised by TCM-β. It's a TST → Neo-TSD setup.
See Also / References
- Harddrop Wiki on Polymer T-Spins and Harddrop Thread on Polymer T-Spins
- Tetrisch on Yog-Sothoth, Isotrehalose, and Trehalose
- テトリス開幕テンプレWiki on FinT Cannon
- tetrisbabel.net Wiki on NTSD重合体 (archive) and Neo TSDの導入 (archive)