Yeah, you've used the word 'pattern' and I think it is very interesting... The more I play, the more patterns I can see, and learn more and more about them... I guess that to master Super Gravitron you need to have proper muscle-memorized moves ready for every possible pattern combination, a bit like like winning strategies for games like chess and hex... Funny thing that the more I play, the more I tend to think of S-G as a puzzle game, not just reflex-testing one.
One question arises: is is possible to have a winning strategy for every pattern combination?

Sometimes I have a feeling that the old bastard Terry made some time intervals between one wave and another waaay too short

Though it's rather me sucking really hard at S-G (10.00 sec) (update, make that 17.90 :DDDD I'm so proud

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BTW have you noticed that you NEVER get the 'zig-zag' wave:
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as the first wave? And it generally occures rather rarely? Question to Terry: Why? Is it too easy?
