The tournament was held at USC, in a nearly empty auditorium. The organizers lost a lot of money from the event and put the tournament in danger of becoming extinct. I wrote about the aftermath of this tournament in a previous article.
Surprisingly, footage of the entire tournament exist. For years, most of the Classic Tetris community did not know the videos existed until someone found it on YouTube.
The format of this tournament was more straightforward. Basically, the qualifying round was played on Type B, Height 0. There was a 100,000 point bonus for playing on Level 19.
The Top 8 qualified for the main bracket were competitors faces each other 1 vs 1 in a Best of 3 format. Full rules can be found here.
2011 CTWC Timestamps
Here’s a playlist of the entire event.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGYm0DTUp70miBZrw3mUx42yayrJuGwMD
Introduction
https://youtu.be/ZdmK189-CQw
Quarterfinals 1: Jonas Neubauer (#1 seed) vs Eli Markstrom (#8 seed)
https://youtu.be/8sorxlk7QLs
Quarterfinals 2: Robin Mihara (#4 seed) vs Ben Mullen (#5 seed)
https://youtu.be/jeelo1C0Y68
Quarterfinals 3: Dana Wilcox (#3 seed) vs Alex Kerr (#6 seed)
https://youtu.be/Vw607VRrUd4
Quarterfinals 4: Harry Hong (#2 seed) vs Matt Buco (#7 seed)
https://youtu.be/lO4PhwLyg-c
Adam Cornelius Shows Trailer For Ecstasy Of Order
https://youtu.be/5ibssYPo-6s
Semifinals 1
https://youtu.be/feJ4lhgWg_E
Semifinals 2
https://youtu.be/0TmCIdH3x00
Henk Rogers makes an appearance
https://youtu.be/TMfhsksyO78
Intro to PS3 Team Battle Finals
https://youtu.be/Qx7C5P9JH_U
PS3 Team Battle Finals
https://youtu.be/Ebwr90kTg8I
NES Tetris Finals
https://youtu.be/E0wAjofNk2c
PS3 Battle Finals
https://youtu.be/Ve5jx7ERoPk
Award Ceremony
https://youtu.be/MLVQP2_rF-M
