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 June 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 […]
Round 1 Begins, Blue Scuti’s Documentary Crew Gets Ready – My CTWC 2024 Experience: Part 6
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 […]
The Tournament Begins – My CTWC 2024 Experience: Part 5
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 […]
Judging The Qualifying Round – My CTWC 2024 Experience: Part 4
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 […]