In 2017, the first Dr. Mario Championship (DrMC) took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The tournament was called Replay Rx at the time, which was a pun for the name of the expo it was held at, Replay FX.
The Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) organizer, Vince Clemente, wanted to create a Dr. Mario tournament. So he brought in Chris Bidwell to organize the tournament.
The rules of the 2017 DrMC can be found here. Basically, the qualifying process involved players being placed in a Pool. In each pool, the players played against each other in a Round Robin format.
At the end of the qualifying session, 32 players made it to the Playoffs.
The Top 8 rounds have been recorded, with post commentary provided by tournament director Chris Bidwell, 2019 DrMC World Champion Heather Ito, and 7-time Classic Tetris World Champion Jonas Neubauer.
Check out the matches here.
Quarterfinals
Interview with Emily
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=64
Interview with The Storm
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=163
Match #1: Emily vs The Storm
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=271
Interview with Packie and BSG4000
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=1393
Match #2: Packie vs BSG4000
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=1435
Interview with Phil
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=2288
Interview with Britt
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=2401
Match #3: Britt vs Phil
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=2536
Interview with Vince Clemente
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=2822
Interview with Chris Brady
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=3036
Match #4: Vince Clemente vs Chris Brady
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=3193
Semifinals
Match #1
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=3593
Match #2
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=3873
Finals
https://youtu.be/7S92AgmWaS4?t=4930
Audience Perspective
https://youtu.be/4s2mS23Xk7Y
Results
