6. Glossary

damage control

jiznickery

If you push up to drop a piece, but it doesnt "stick", and meanwhile you push left or right to move the next piece, the first piece slides, usually ruining your game. This is known as jiznickery.

opening set

peaks

pipes

Another name for the factory screen.

platform, platforming

Constructing a block in such a way as to create a platform above it, where you can begin and/or complete another block, often without completing the first.

red-green builder

single-column method

slam, slamming

slam-smear combos

smear, smearing

spin maneuver

spiral

The purple and pink (L and mirror-L) are best made into a gold using the spiral configuration.

trash

two-column method

valleys