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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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. […]