After Blue Scuti was eliminated in the Quarterfinals, I noticed that his family had left the front rows. At that point, I sat in the front row towards the middle of the stage where players do their post-match interview. Lapis and Bendy joined me in the front row. Blue Scuti’s elimination opened up the first […]

It was down to the Top 8 players, who would be competing head to head in the Quarterfinals. This year, there was a wrestling style entrance for the players to get on stage. The host, Kingsman, was on stage to introduce the first group of 4 competitors. After introducing a player, they would walk through […]

It was Sunday, the final day of the tournament. I showed up 40 minutes early, so the Tetris area was nearly empty. Ben Mullen was there, so I decided to take the opportunity to talk to him about a Tetris documentary that he appeared in. After that, I got a photo with Ben Mullen and […]

After all of the Round 0 matches finished, we had a short break before Round 1. In the meantime, the CTWC camera operators were recording some of the audience members. I was able to make it on the big screen for a moment. Blue Scuti’s Documentary Crew Prepares Ever since Blue Scuti’s Game Crash made […]

Before the tournament began, Alexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers made an appearance on stage. Henk Rogers talks about how he went to the Soviet Union to get the rights to Tetris. Which led to Alexey and Henk becoming friends. The 2023 Tetris movie, starring Taron Egerton, portrays their story. Before the tournament started, Henk Rogers […]

It was Day 2 of CTWC 2024. After getting off the bus, I walked to the SoCal Retro Gaming Expo. As I approached the building, there was a line of people that wrapped around the block. Since it was the first official day of the expo, they were waiting in line to get the convention […]

After eating tater tots, I was back at the CTWC area to report to the Stats Team. Chris Foryst was on the laptop, typing in submitted qualifying scores on a Google Spreadsheet. The second qualifying slot was still going on. When I showed up, he already inputted a stack of scorecards into the Spreadsheet. Each […]

It was the first day of the 2024 CTWC. That was the only thing happening at the expo, which meant there was no line to get in. As I walked into the building, there was Eunha at the front desk. She immediately noticed me and gave me the CTWC wristband and the Expo wristband. You […]

In January 2024, the Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) announced that it was relocating from Portland, Oregon, to Pasadena, California. As someone from Southern California, that was exciting news. It meant that I was going to be there. In the days leading up to the event, it did not sink in that I would be […]