The Great Maxout Debate of 2014

How hard is it for a random person to get a maxout in Classic Tetris for the first time? Is there an intrinsic level of talent a person needs to achieve the maxout, or is it just a matter of time spent? And how might we entice people to spend all that time? These (and more) are the topics of this debate which happened at the after-party for CTWC 2014 in my kitchen. This is a bonus feature for Best of Five, but I'm posting it here in its entirety because I think the community will find it interesting to compare and contrast the opinions of maxout players in 2014 versus today in 2024.

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