Simply’s Austin, Tetris Tournament: Timestamps
Popular Twitch streamer, Simply, got into playing NES Tetris after watching Summoning Salt’s video on the history of Tetris World records. Since then, he has been mastering the game. Eventually deciding to host his own tournament called Austin, Tetris. Featuring 16 Twitch streamers from Austin, Texas who will compete head to head to become the […]
NES Tetris Will Be On The Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of Tetris will be available on the Nintendo Switch this winter. The Nintendo Corporation made the announcement this morning. The game will be available through the Nintendo Switch Online (NSO) subscription service. 2024 has been a big year for Tetris. In December 2023, Blue Scuti crashed the game of […]
John Green Is A Tetris Master
At the 2018 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) Finals, 16-year-old newcomer Joseph Saelee defeated 7-time champion Jonas Neubauer to become the new Tetris World Champion. This became a major turning point in the Classic Tetris scene, inspiring a new generation to pick up the game. 2 days later, on October 23, 2018, John Green uploaded […]
2024 CTWC DAS: Timestamps
The 2024 CTWC DAS Championship took place at XPERION Cologne in Germany from July 26-28. This was the third annual CTWC DAS tournament. During the qualifying rounds, players signed up for a 90-minute time slot where they had unlimited attempts to get the highest score. The Top 48 players qualified for the tournament. Just like […]
2024 Classic Tetris World Championship – Bronze Bracket: Timestamps
The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship Bronze Bracket featured players that ranked 81-112 in the Qualifying round. (This is for the Bronze Bracket. Here are the links to the other brackets, Gold and Silver) The Bronze bracket was created to give additional players an opportunity to play some Tetris matches. The cutoff for Bronze Bracket […]
2024 Classic Tetris World Championship – Silver Bracket: Timestamps
The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship: Silver Bracket featured players that ranked 49-80 in the Qualifying round. These are the Silver Bracket Timestamps. (Here are the links for Gold and Bronze Bracket) Silver Bracket is a completely different tournament from the main bracket. The Silver tournament was created to give more players a chance to […]
Alex T Wins The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship
Alex Thach, who goes by Alex T, was a top contender going into the 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship. He had multiple World Records in separate categories and became the 4th player to crash the game. Going For The High Seeding Rank The qualifying round was the same as last year, where players raced against […]
2024 Classic Tetris World Championship: Timestamps
The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) took place at the SoCal Retro Gaming Expo from June 7-9. It had relocated from Portland, Oregon to Pasadena, California. The tournament format was the same as last year. In the Qualifying round, players were given 2 hours to play as many games as possible. The Multiple Maxout […]
How To Watch The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship
The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is happening this weekend from June 7-9. Here is how you can watch the tournament live. (Update 6/11/2024: Tournament is done, here are the videos) The tournament will be live streamed on their Twitch and YouTube channel. YouTube Channels Classic Tetris Twitch Channels ClassicTetris – Gold Bracket ClassicTetris2 […]
Tetris Creator, Alexey Pajitnov, Will Attend The 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship
Tetris creator, Alexey Pajitnov, will attend the 2024 Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) in Pasadena, California. Henk Rogers (Founder of the Tetris Company) and Maya Rogers (CEO of the Tetris company) will also be at the event. They were all featured in The Pop Insider last week. It is unknown what day they will be […]