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Tempest 2000vsTetris Effect

Tempest 2000 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tetris Effect leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Tempest 2000 leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs would clear every web at any speed

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Tetris Effect leans harder on optimization: Stacking theory and Zone usage have known optimal lines

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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