2018 CTWC East Coast Regional: Timestamps
The 2018 CTWC East Coast Regional took place at Replay FX in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It happened in July 28, 2018. The Winner of the tournament won a free trip to Portland, Oregon to compete at the 2018 World Championship. They also automatically qualified for the World Championship, provided they scored at least 700,000 points in […]
2018 CTWC Hong Kong Regional: Timestamps
The 2018 CTWC Hong Kong Regional took place at Retro.HK Gaming Expo. It happened on July 27-28, 2018. There was a tournament on each day, 2 tournaments total. The winner of each tournament got a guaranteed spot in the 2018 CTWC Asia tournament. Additional, there was a exhibition match on July 28 between Jonas Neubauer […]
2018 CTWC West Coast Regional: Timestamps
The 2018 CTWC West Coast Regional (formerly called Qualifier) took place at Retro City Festival in Pomona, California. It happened in January 20, 2018. The winner of this tournament won a free trip to Portland, Oregon to compete at the 2018 World Championship. If the winner had scored at least 700,000 in the qualifying round […]
2025 Waku Waku NES Tetris Festival: Timestamps
The 2025 Waku Waku NES Tetris Festival took place in Ota City, Tokyo, Japan. The event happened on January 18-19, 2025. The tournament was double-elimination. Early rounds were best of 3. Starting in the Top 4 (Losers Round 6 and Winners Finals), matches were best of 5. Chris Bidwell provided English commentary for Day 2 […]
2023 Waku Waku NES Tetris Festival: Timestamps
The 2023 Waku Waku NES Tetris Festival was a NES Tetris tournament in Ota City, Tokyo, Japan. It happened in June 17-18, 2023. The tournament was double-elimination. Early rounds were best of 3. Starting with Losers Finals and Winners Finals, all matches were best of 5. 2023 Waku Waku NES Tetris Festival: Timestamps Round 1 […]
2025 CTWC Regional – 2 Boston 2 Parity: Timestamps
2 Boston 2 Parity was the first 2025 CTWC Regional to happen. It took place in January 11-12, 2025 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This tournament was played on the speedhack, a mod created by Fractal which can effectively change the framerate of the game itself. Players will select the speed and starting level for […]
2025 Classic Tetris World Championship Regional Tournament: Timestamps
The 2025 Classic Tetris World Championship Regional Tournaments have commenced. The winner of each Regional Tournament will receive prize money to help fund their trip to the upcoming World Championship. Classic Tetris World Championship 2025 (CTWC 2025) will be happening on June 6-8, 2025 at the SoCal Retro Gaming Expo in Pasadena, California. Here are […]
Final Four – My CTWC 2024 Experience: Part 9
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 […]
Fire Alarm In The Top 8 – My CTWC 2024 Experience: Part 8
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 […]
Final Day Of CTWC 2024 – My CTWC 2024 Experience: Part 7
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 […]