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NES Tetris Players Call It 'Rolling,' And They're Setting New World Records

Zwiezen, Zack. 2021. “NES Tetris Players Call It 'Rolling,' And They're Setting New World Records.” Kotaku.

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Zack Zwiezen (Kotaku); the article credits a video by the YouTuber aGameScout.
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Updated 2022-03-03, per the article.

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Hypertapping is moving pieces with many quick presses of the D-pad instead of holding it; it spread in competition after a hypertapping player won the 2018 Classic Tetris World Championship.paragraph 4paragraph 4Magazine
Rolling, which the player Cheez worked out in late 2020, keeps light pressure on the D-pad while the fingers roll across the back of the controller, and moves pieces faster than hypertapping.paragraph 6Magazine