Final Day and Afterparty – 2026 CTWC Experience – Day 3 – Part 9
I woke up early and headed to the bus stop. I sat next to DocPi, Mari, and Wylie, who were in the same bus that I took. We walked to the SoCal Gaming Expo after getting off the bus. On our way there, we bumped into Coal who was hanging out at the Starbucks near […]
Touring the Expo and Doing Stats Work at the Classic Tetris World Championship – 2026 CTWC Experience – Day 2 – Part 8
With my tournament run over, I took the opportunity to explore the expo before I was needed to provide stats work. I had never explored the expo in the previous 2 years because I had stayed around to either watch the tournament or do stats work for the entire day. Exploring the Expo The Tetris […]
Competing at the Classic Tetris World Championship For The First Time – 2026 CTWC Experience – Day 2 – Part 7
In my third appearance at the Classic Tetris World Championship, I finally made it into one of the brackets. Once aGameScout dropped out of the competition, I barely made it into the Bronze Bracket as the #112 seed. I looked at the Bronze Bracket to find out who my opponent will be. Ninja was my […]
The Last Qualifying Session – 2026 CTWC Experience – Day 2 – Part 6
There was one more qualifying session before the bracket matches began. When I looked at the qualifying standings, I saw that I had a chance to make it in the Bronze Bracket. But I could easily get bumped off the Bronze Bracket if most of the players in this session beat my score of 459K […]
Ice Cream Social and More Tetris Action – 2026 CTWC Experience – Day 1 – Part 5
Tetris player and commentator, cchristm, organized a meetup at Wanderlust Creamery, which was in walking distance from the venue. He called the event, Ice Cream with Blue Scuti’s Grandpa. I walked over to Wanderlust Creamery along with a few other people. I ended up chatting with Karin Cox (Blue Scuti’s mom) on our way to […]
Updating the Qualifying Ranks – 2026 CTWC Experience – Day 1 – Part 4
I was assigned to the stats team for the next qualifying session. Lucy and I were sitting at the stats team table with our laptops open. We watched the first games on the large LED screens before the score runner delivered the scorecards to us. A wave of scorecards would show up once in a […]
Judging the Qualifying Round – 2026 CTWC Experience – Day 1 – Part 3
After a brief intermission, the second qualifying session commenced. There was little time in between the first 2 sessions because the first session started late. I was assigned to judge the 4 players on the CT3 stream. It was stressful in the first game because all 4 players finished their game around the same time. […]
Qualifying – 2026 CTWC Experience – Day 1 – Part 2
Since Tuesday, I had forced myself to wake up at 6 AM, preparing myself to show up to the venue on time. I arrived around 9 AM, giving myself some time to practice for the qualifying session scheduled for 10:30 AM. I pick the first session so that I can get it over with and […]
Set Up – 2026 CTWC Experience – Part 1
It was a Thursday, the day before the tournament began. This was the day where volunteers set up the stage. I decided to show up before 12 PM to help out. This was my third time at CTWC, I was already feeling comfortable around some of the players that I’ve met before at previous tournaments. […]
2026 CTWC Quebec Regional – DAS Tournament: Timestamps
2026 CTWC Quebec Regional had a DAS tournament where players competed using the DAS playstyle. Early Rounds happened on October 17 Finals happened on October 18 There were no qualifying round for this tournament. Instead, all 32 players were randomly placed in the bracket. Players were randomly matched up after every round, it was not […]