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Re:2048 by jackmaney on Monday March 10, 2014 @02:04PM (#7374588)
Likewise. I had one game where I had a 256 block and two 128 blocks, but I ran out of room to maneuver before I could combine the 128s to another 256 and then combine the 256s to a 512.
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Re:2048 by ilovecookies on Monday March 10, 2014 @02:11PM (#7374631)
by pressing up-right-down-left, then repeat, I managed to get to 512 two times...
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Re:2048 by anon4 on Monday March 10, 2014 @03:29PM (#7375158)
I did it by pressing up-left-down-right, repeating each direction as many times as possible. That's the worst part - knowing that your carefully calculated playthrough is actually no better than someone just pressing the keys in a set order.
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Re:2048 by 0-o on Monday March 10, 2014 @07:58PM (#7376537)
Ran your strategy 162 times with autoit of which the following blocks came by: [128]: 150 times, [256]: 36 times, [512]: 13 times, [1024]: 0 times. Anyone else a good suggestion for an optimal "blind" strategy?
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Re:2048 by ilovecookies on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @06:53AM (#7378457)
Perhaps I had a little bit of luck. But this shows you can easily get to 256 with little dedication. After which you can start to puzzle things together.

Also about your autoit "analysis" 36 + 150 + 13 != 162

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Re:2048 by 0-o on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @08:16AM (#7378763)
Well, when it reaches a 256 block, it also reached a 128 block, so some games count for 2 or 3 blocks.
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Re:2048 by ilovecookies on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @08:18AM (#7428089)
That's true. :)

Anyway managed to get to 1024 + 512 + 256 after that without random button mashing.

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Re:2048 by wakeless on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @12:11AM (#7377374)
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