What would you play in that situation? [IMG]http://i67.tinypic.com/2uzf02s.png[/IMG] Legend: -=-=-=-=- I would suggest the abbreviation format to be: | = Vertically _ = Horizontally (intead of using h and v)

|br6 = vertically, blue on top, red on bottom, 6th column from the left.

_br6 = horizontally, blue on the left, red on the right, 6th and 7th columns from the left.

I'm totally lost in that kind of situation. I would probably try |ry3. Is |ry5 better?

On that spot, it's tough and I'm sure there is more than one "good" way to attack this but my default play is hry7 and hbb1. The result is this

The reason why I don't like |yr3 is because you don't have a spot for red-yellows in the future and you will be face the same problem you have now in a different configuration. The only way to open up options for you is to place the next double blue on |bb6 which is pretty bad. Another good reason is |yr3 will make you lose 1sec by the forced pill dropping.

Maybe you can give me your reasoning behind your play.

|ry5 is never an option here. Putting a pill vertically like that is almost always a mistake. I'm quoting my pastebin here since it's the same situation :

""This is a general tip but have more consequences in the later levels I feel and I’ve seen it enough by newer player that it needs to be addressed first. Let’s say you don’t have a spot for a specific pill, it’s almost always a bad idea to place this bad pill vertically on the board. Let’s say you have a red-yellow and don’t have a spot for yellow yet, you might think placing the pill vertically on the board connecting the red part of the pill on a red virus. This looks like a good play but have too many downsides to be considered a good play. To clear that yellow efficiently, you will need double-yellows and a specific single-color pill comes 11% of the time. If you manage to clear the yellow with double-color pills, you will be forced to wait longer for the “garbage” part of the pills to fall down. And lastly, placing that red-yellow horizontally in the first place will create a spot for future red-yellows that will be given to you, that will make you clear the red virus and have 3 yellow in a vertical line ready to be cleared. Placing a bad pill horizontally will open more options on your board and that’s one of the more important things you need to think about while playing this game.""