Difference between revisions of "Glossary of terms"

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These are terms of art that are used when discussing Petal Crash play.

48/64: A known bug where the AI may occasionally grow twice with at least 48 petals on its board, overgrowing itself in the process
accept: Allowing garbage to fall
blocking: Preventing garbage from falling by clearing, without necessarily countering
blueprint chain: A chain which is planned far in advance rather than built on the fly, generally referring to a large opening chain built around the outside of the board
bulky chain: Also known as fancy chain, power chain; A chain with a large number of petals compared to its length.
checkerboarding: When the board is full of petals but few or no adjacent petals of the same color, which generally occurs when growing many times in succession
corner cases: The set of rules for determining the direction a petal moves when pushed from several directions simultaneously
counterpressure: The ability to continue sending garbage while digging through your own garbage
CPM: Clears per minute
cut: Unintentional clears that interrupt a chain in the middle, or petals that are pushed by early links of a chain that interrupt later links, making the chain shorter
cyclicity: A property of chains wherein the full chain can be set off from any constituent link
DAS: Delayed auto-shift, via which the cursor quickly repeats inputs if a direction is held down for a brief period (only applicable on keyboard or controller)
digging: Focusing on clearing garbage
GPM: Garbage per minute
head: The beginning of a chain, generally where one finds the intended trigger
link: One clear involved in a chain
lock-out: A board state from which overgrowth is inevitable, even if there are valid moves available
rescue: Winning a game from a deeply unfavorable state, such as a 2-stock deficit with lots of garbage on the board
reversibility: A property of chains where both ends of the chain can function as the head
tank & send: Accepting garbage that could have been countered in order to ensure your opponent receives garbage as well
tail: The last group(s) to be cleared within a chain
trigger: The group of petals intended to set off a chain
warhead: A short, but very bulky chain, which can become destructive when extended

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 ; bulky chain
 : ''Also known as '''fancy chain''', '''power chain'''''
-: A chain with a large number of petals compared to its length.
+: A chain with a large number of [[petal|petals]] compared to its length.
 ; checkerboarding
 : When the board is full of [[petal|petals]] but few or no adjacent [[petal|petals]] of the same color, which generally occurs when growing many times in succession