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Kirby's Star StackervsPeak

Kirby's Star Stacker leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Peak leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Kirby's Star StackerPeak

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Kirby's Star Stacker leans harder on variance: Falling-block sequence is random but rapidly mappable

Optimization6 vs 5

Kirby's Star Stacker leans harder on optimization: Setting up cascading star clears is the strategy layer

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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