Classic Tetris World Championship

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Classic Tetris World Championship
Classic Tetris World Championship logo.svg
Tournament information
Sport Classic Tetris
Established2010
Number of
tournaments
15
Venue Pasadena Convention Center (2024)
Online (2020–21)
Oregon Convention Center (2012–19, 2022–23)
University of Southern California (2011)
Downtown Independent (2010)
Purse$10,000
Website thectwc.com
Current champion
Alex Thach (2024)

The Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is a video game competition series, hosted by the Socal Gaming Expo. The competition launched in 2010, during the filming of Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters , to determine the world's greatest Tetris player. [1] In its first two years, the competition was held in Los Angeles, California, [2] but was moved to Portland, Oregon, in 2012, and was held there annually through 2023 (with the exceptions of the 2020 and 2021 tournaments, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The 2024 edition has been held in Pasadena, California. [3]

Contents

The contestants play the 1989 Nintendo version of Tetris on Nintendo Entertainment System consoles and cathode-ray tube (CRT) video displays. All of the tournaments are streamed online with live-edited screens and heads-up display to improve viewer experience. The tournament was initially dominated by Jonas Neubauer, who reached the finals in the first nine iterations of the tournament and won seven titles.

Competition

The competition takes place over two days, with the qualifying round on the first day and the main event on the second. Contestants are allowed to bring their own controller, but it must be either an original, unmodified NES Controller or an aftermarket unit that is deemed a faithful enough reproduction of one. The competition winner and second place runner-up are awarded with the Jonas Neubauer Memorial Trophy, a J tetromino shaped trophy named for the late 7-time champion Jonas Neubauer. Prior to Neubauer's death in 2021, the trophies awarded to competition winners were T tetromino shaped. [4]

Qualifying round

Qualifying takes place on a fixed number of NES stations. Entrants play "Type A" Tetris, starting on level 9 or higher, and are seeded based on their final score. Once an entrant's game ends for any reason, their score must be recorded by a tournament scorekeeper in order to be valid. Entrants may make as many qualifying attempts as they wish, but must return to the back of the waiting line for each one. Entrants may also pay a fee to rent a station for one hour, which allows unlimited qualifying attempts. In 2022, the lines were discontinued and each player could register for a two-hour time slot in which to make as many qualifying attempts as desired.

The top 32 scorers are seeded into a tournament bracket for the main event. In 2018, 40 players were allowed to qualify, with a "Round Zero" play-off held among the bottom 16 seeds to reduce the field to 32. [5] Forty-eight players qualified in 2016; the top 16 seeds automatically advanced, while the remaining 32 competed in "Round Zero" to fill the other 16 slots. In the event of multiple players maxing out (scoring 999,999 or higher), their second highest score is recorded to determine their seeding. This was especially utilized in 2018, when seven players maxed out, four of whom (Koji "Koryan" Nishio, Tomohiro "Green Tea" Tatejima, Jonas Neubauer and Harry Hong) maxed out twice. Thus, the officials needed their third highest scores just to determine the 1st to 4th seeding. [6]

Main event

The champion is presented with the Jonas Neubauer Memorial Trophy, which is shaped like a J-tetromino. Jonas Neubauer Memorial Trophy.jpg
The champion is presented with the Jonas Neubauer Memorial Trophy, which is shaped like a J-tetromino.

The Main Event is a single-elimination tournament consisting of five rounds of head-to-head matches, with seeds from opposite ends of the rankings pitted against each other in the first round (i.e. #1 vs. #32, #2 vs. #31, etc.). Originally, competition games were played on unmodified NES Tetris game cartridges. Beginning from the 2016 tournament, the game code was modified to be capable of displaying 7-figure score values (prior to this change, the score would 'max out' at 999,999). Beginning from the 2023 tournament, game code was further modified such that at level 39, the speed of the falling pieces is increased to 2 cells per frame, effectively inhibiting gameplay past level 39.

Both players in a match play "Type A" Tetris, beginning on Level 18, at the same time on separate systems. The player who reaches a higher score wins the round. [7] Matches between players are best-of-three or best-of-five rounds, depending on the event.

Silver bracket

In a manner similar to the National Invitation Tournament, a silver tournament for the top 32 players who did not qualify for the Main Event was started in 2020 with its own championship and trophy (not to be confused with the silver trophy for the runner-up in the Main Event). Some news media have incorrectly called the winners of this bracket "world champions". [8]

History

Early years (2010–2017)

The CTWC 2010 semifinals at the Downtown Independent CTWC 2010.jpg
The CTWC 2010 semifinals at the Downtown Independent

The inaugural Classic Tetris World Championship was held on August 8, 2010 [1] at the Downtown Independent theater in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles was chosen because several high-ranking players lived there. [9] Modeled after the 1990 Nintendo World Championships, eight players completed three Tetris challenges to decide the two finalists. Five of the eight seats in the semifinal were reserved for specific distinguished Tetris players: Jonas Neubauer, Harry Hong, Ben Mullen, Jesse Kelkar and Thor Aackerlund. [10] Neubauer won $1,000 after defeating Hong in the final. The tournament was attended by Henk Rogers and a film crew [9] for the 2011 documentary Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters . [10]

The second annual championship was held at the University of Southern California's Bovard Auditorium on October 16, 2011 [2] [11] [12] with financial support from Electronic Arts. [13] The main tournament was now a single-elimination tournament, and all matches were best-of-three. [12] Neubauer successfully defended his title [14] against Alex Kerr in the final. [15] In addition to classic Tetris, tournaments were also held for EA's Tetris for PlayStation 3 (including both a solo and 2 vs 2 team tournament, with best-of-seven matches) [2] [12] [16] and the tabletop game Tetris Link. [11]

The 2011 tournament was expensive and poorly attended, and it was unclear if a third event would be feasible. In what Chris Tang describes as the tournament being "saved by a miracle", the Portland Retro Gaming Expo –held at the Oregon Convention Center  –made arrangements for it to be held there in 2012. [13] Neubauer continued his winning streak in the 2012 and 2013 finals [14] which were now held as best-of-five matches. [17] His streak was interrupted in 2014 when he was defeated by Hong, [18] but he regained the title with his fifth championship win in 2015. [14]

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The 2016 final between Jeff Moore (left) and Jonas Neubauer (right) became popular online due to its enthusiastic and repetitive commentary.

Neubauer's opponent in the 2016 final was Jeff Moore, a dark horse who was performing strongly. Moore's impressive play got the commentators "overly excited", and they enthusiastically yelled Boom! Tetris for Jeff every time he scored. [19] Although Moore was not able to defeat Neubauer, the match became popular on YouTube where it was parodized. [20] Writing for Engadget , James Trew credits the Neubauer–Moore match and Boom! Tetris for Jeff with "piqu[ing] the interest of younger eyes and kickstart[ing] a growing appetite for competitive classic Tetris videos." [19]

Hypertapping era (2018–2021)

After watching the Neubauer–Moore match on YouTube, 15 year old Joseph Saelee became interested in Tetris. He prioritized learning a rare playstyle called hypertapping, which by 2017 had only been used competitively by two players –Thor Aackerlund and Koji "Koryan" Nishio. When hypertapping, the buttons on the game controller are pressed extremely rapidly with muscle tremors (rather than pressing and holding buttons). Within one year, Saelee had set numerous world records with the technique. [20]

Jonas Neubauer (left) and Joseph Saelee (right) posing with their trophies Jonas and Joseph (cropped).jpg
Jonas Neubauer (left) and Joseph Saelee (right) posing with their trophies

Saelee, now 16 years old, entered the 2018 tournament hoping "just to qualify", without serious expectations for his first competition. [21] He was much younger than most competitors, who were in their thirties or forties. After defeating both Hong and Koryan, he had reached the final where he would face Neubauer. [22] Saelee won the final 3–0, becoming the new world champion. [23] He initially exited the stage speechless; Neubauer took the microphone to praise Saelee's play. [22]

The YouTube video of the Neubauer–Saelee match, titled "16 y/o Underdog vs. 7-time Champ", became the most viewed competitive Tetris match [22] and is credited with popularizing hypertapping and attracting young players to Tetris. [24] The 2018 event was shown on commercial television, with a recap airing on ESPN2. [25] Future recaps would air as part of ESPN8: The Ocho special programming. [26]

Saelee won back-to-back titles, defeating Koji Nishio.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 event was held online with a different set of rules from the in-person tournaments. [27] Michael Artiaga (dogplayingtetris) won the final. He became the youngest-ever champion at 13 years and 16 days of age, defeating his 15-year-old brother Andrew Artiaga (P1xelAndy). Michael Artiaga scored back-to-back CTWC victories by defeating Jacob Huff in the 2021 final.

Rolling era (2022–present)

Although Huff had lost in 2021, he demonstrated the effectiveness of a new style of play known as "rolling." Originally introduced by CTWC regular Chris "Cheez" Martinez, the playstyle involves partially depressing the controller's D-pad with one hand, while tapping the back of the controller with the fingers of the other, pushing the controller the rest of the way into the first hand and registering an input. The new strategy has brought in a wave of scoring records, with the world record more than quadrupling, and has seen former DAS players and hypertappers (including the Artiagas) adopt the playing style. [28]

The 2022 tournament, held in Portland for the first time in three years, was dominated by rollers. Eric "EricICX" Tolt defeated Justin Yu "Fractal161" to win the title three games to one. The third game saw both players exceed 2.1 million points, with Tolt winning the game and later the crown.

The 2023 event saw Yu win his first title, coming from 0–2 down to defeat Eve "Sidnev" Commandeur of the Netherlands 3–2 in the final. Commandeur also set the qualifying record with 16 max-outs, [29] which was tied by both Willis Gibson "Blue Scuti" and Noah Dengler in the 2024 event. [30]

In the 2024 tournament, held in Pasadena for the first time, Alex Thach claimed his first title, topping Michael Artiaga (dogplayingtetris) in a decider.

Results

Official rankings each year

YearDateLocationPlayersChampionRunner-up3rd place [lower-alpha 1] 4th place [lower-alpha 1]
20108–9 AugustLos Angeles, California15 Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer Flag of the United States.svg Harry Hong Flag of the United States.svg Matt Buco Flag of the United States.svg Dana Wilcox
201116 OctoberLos Angeles, California20 Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer (2) Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kerr
"Kitaru"		 Flag of the United States.svg Harry Hong Flag of the United States.svg Robin Mihara
201230 SeptemberPortland, Oregon28 Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer (3) Flag of the United States.svg Mike Winzinek Flag of the United States.svg Eli Markstrom Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kerr
"Kitaru"
20136 OctoberPortland, Oregon28 Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer (4) Flag of the United States.svg Harry Hong Flag of the United States.svg Chad Muse Flag of the United States.svg Matt Buco
201419 OctoberPortland, Oregon32 Flag of the United States.svg Harry Hong Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer Flag of the United States.svg Terry Purcell Flag of the United States.svg Eli Markstrom
201518 OctoberPortland, Oregon68 [31] Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer (5) Flag of the United States.svg Sean Ritchie
"Quaid"		 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kerr
"Kitaru"		 Flag of the United States.svg Harry Hong
201623 OctoberPortland, Oregon72 [32] Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer (6) Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Moore Flag of the United States.svg Harry Hong Flag of Japan.svg Koji Nishio
"Koryan"
201722 OctoberPortland, Oregon100 [33] Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer (7) Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kerr
"Kitaru"		 Flag of the United States.svg Sean Ritchie
"Quaid"		 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Buco
201821 OctoberPortland, Oregon40 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Saelee Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Tatejima
"Greentea"		 Flag of Japan.svg Koji Nishio
"Koryan"
201920–21 OctoberPortland, Oregon48 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Saelee (2) Flag of Japan.svg Koji Nishio
"Koryan"		 Flag of the United States.svg Aidan Jerdee
"Batfoy"		 Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Zhang
"DanQZ"
202031 Oct–12 DecOnline163 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Artiaga
"DogPlayingTetris"		 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Artiaga
"PixelAndy"		 Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Huff
"Huffulufugus"		 Flag of Indonesia.svg Nenu Zefanya Kariko
20219 Oct–15 NovOnline206 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Artiaga (2)
"DogPlayingTetris"		 Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Huff
"Huffulufugus"		 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Saelee Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Artiaga
"PixelAndy"
202215–16 OctoberPortland, Oregon110 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Tolt
"EricICX"		 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Yu
"Fractal161"		 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Artiaga
"PixelAndy"		 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Artiaga
"DogPlayingTetris"
202313–15 OctoberPortland, Oregon134 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Yu
"Fractal161"		 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eve Commandeur
"Sidnev"		 Flag of the United States.svg Willis Gibson
"Blue Scuti"		 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Artiaga
"DogPlayingTetris"
20247–9 JunePasadena, California128 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Thach
"Alex T"		 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Artiaga
"DogPlayingTetris"		 Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Kwai
"Tristop"		 Flag of the United States.svg Noah Dengler
"TheDengler"
Source: [34]
  1. 1 2 There is no match between the losing semi-finalists. Instead, 3rd and 4th place are distinguished based on the scores from the semi-final matches.

Summary

PlayerWinsLosing finalsLosing semi-finalsLosing quarter-finals
Flag of the United States.svg Jonas Neubauer 72
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Artiaga 212
Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Saelee211
Flag of the United States.svg Harry Hong1233
Flag of the United States.svg Justin Yu 11
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Thach 11
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Tolt1
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Kerr222
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Artiaga 121
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Nishio12
Flag of the United States.svg Sean Ritchie113
Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Huff112
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eve Commandeur12
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Moore1
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Winzinek1
Flag of the United States.svg Matt Buco32
Flag of the United States.svg Eli Markstrom22
Flag of the United States.svg Chad Muse12
Flag of the United States.svg Terry Purcell12
Flag of the United States.svg Noah Dengler11
Flag of the United States.svg Willis Gibson 11
Flag of Indonesia.svg Nenu Zefanya Kariko11
Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Kwai11
Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Tatejima11
Flag of the United States.svg Dana Wilcox11
Flag of the United States.svg Aidan Jerdee1
Flag of the United States.svg Robin Mihara1
Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Zhang1
Flag of the United States.svg Josh Tolles5
Flag of the United States.svg Trey Harrison3
Flag of Finland.svg Jani Herlevi3
Flag of the United States.svg Ben Mullen3
Flag of the United States.svg Bo Steil3

Notable achievements

AchievementYearPlayer(s)Ref.
First level 30 in qualifying round of CTWC2018 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Saelee [35]
First level 31 in qualifying round of CTWC2019 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Saelee [36]
First max-out in CTWC tournament2019 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Saelee [37]
First double max-out in CTWC tournament2019 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Saelee
Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Tatejima ("Greentea")		 [37]
First double 1.1 million score in CTWC tournament2020 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Artiaga ("DogPlayingTetris")
Flag of Japan.svg Koji Nishio ("Koryan")
First double 1.3 million score in CTWC tournament2021 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Artiaga ("DogPlayingTetris")
Flag of South Korea.svg Minjun Kim ("Pokenerd")
First double 1.5 million score in CTWC tournament2022 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Yu ("Fractal161")
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Tolt ("EricICX")
First double 2.1 million score in CTWC tournament2022 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Tolt ("EricICX")
Flag of the United States.svg Justin Yu ("Fractal161")
Highest level reached in CTWC tournament2022 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Tolt ("EricICX") level 146 [lower-alpha 1]
Largest number of max-outs in qualifying round of CTWC2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eve Commandeur ("Sidnev") 16
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Willis Gibson ("Blue Scuti") 16
Flag of the United States.svg Noah Dengler ("TheDengler") 16
  1. ↑ Since 2023, Tetris game code used in CTWC matches has been modified to inhibit play past level 39.

Global stops

Since 2018, global CTWC stops have been officially added, many of which are directly linked to the CTWC main event in Portland. Other than prizes, the winner of each global stop is sponsored to fly to Portland and try to qualify for the finals.

Inaugural yearRegionEvent/LocationOrganizer(s)
2018 Flag of Hong Kong.svg CTWC Hong Kong Cyberport HKRETRO.HK, TKO
2018 Flag of Hong Kong.svg CTWC Asia (Regional Finals) Cyberport HK / City University of Hong Kong RETRO.HK, TKO
2018 Flag of Singapore.svg CTWC Singapore James Cook University Singapore / Versus CityRetroDNA, RETRO.HK, TKO
2018 Flag of Germany.svg CTWC Germany Gamescom TKO, Local Community
2019 Flag of Norway.svg CTWC Norway RetrospillmessenTKO, Local Community
2019 Flag of the Republic of China.svg CTWC Taipei Taipei Game Show Summer EditionBrook Gaming, TKO
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg CTWC Australia 1989 Arcade NewtownLocal Community
2019 Flag of Poland.svg CTWC Poland variousLocal Community
2020 (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) Flag of Japan.svg CTWC Japan Akihabara Hundred Square ClubLocal Community
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg CTWC UK [38] 1UP Gaming BarLocal Community
2024 Flag of Vietnam.svg CTWC Vietnam [lower-alpha 1] [39] Bi CoffeeLocal Community
  1. ↑ Formerly as Classic Tetris Vietnam Championship (2021 - 2023). Since the fourth edition, this tournament was renamed as CTWC Vietnam, marking the first time this tournament become a part of CTWC Regional Qualifiers.

Similar events and side events

During the expo there have been several tournaments on other systems over the years.[ citation needed ]

Classic Tetris Monthly (CTM)

There is a once-a-month online tournament called Classic Tetris Monthly (CTM) that was previously hosted on the same Twitch channel as the CTWC, but it now is hosted on MonthlyTetris. Competitors routinely compete from around the world in CTM, which is streamed remotely and thus allows for great flexibility on the part of the competitors. CTM is overseen and commentated chiefly by Keith "vandweller" Didion, who took over for Jessica "fridaywitch" Starr, the tournament's founder, in the Summer of 2018. Starr premiered the tournament on December 3, 2017, on her personal Twitch channel, with 16 participants that had qualified in the few weeks leading up to the event. Harry Hong, the 2014 CTWC champion, was the tournament's first victor. Didion opened a Twitch account dedicated to CTM, called MonthlyTetris, shortly after he began hosting. Additionally, the CTM Discord server is in many ways the center of the Classic Tetris Community, serving as its primary online meeting space.

Classic Tetris European Championship (CTEC)

Since 2015, a Classic Tetris European Championship has been played annually in Copenhagen. The tournament follows a similar structure, but is played on the PAL version of NES Tetris rather than the NTSC version. Due to the difference in framerates, the two versions of the game (both of which are designed for the NES) are balanced differently; pieces do not fall at identical speeds on the same level between the two versions. In addition, Delay Auto Shift (DAS) is faster in PAL compared to NTSC. At higher level play, this leads to significant differences in strategy and outcome. In particular, players who employ DAS as their primary strategy are able to play at the highest level.

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