i often found myself hoping for a log to position itself so that i could push myself back to about a third of the way up the screen or lower — it becomes a lot easier when there’s more time to react!
no, the opposite! i’d prefer to start much lower down. the difficulty in these games is determined by reaction time, and if you’re lower on the screen then you get more time to react
i push myself down to the bottom at the first opportunity and then keep playing from there