Downstacking is the act of clearing existing blocks inside the playfield to lower the height of the stack. Most commonly used in multiplayer Tetris to refer to clearing garbage sent by an opponent.

Trivia

• Downstack.com hosted a popular Tetrinet server. See http://web.archive.org/web/20021201172325/http://www.downstack.com:80/

See also

• Anonymous's Downstacking Guide

External links

• Tetris Concept: Downstacking
• How to win. Going the extra mile: Defensive Play (web archive)