#Classic Tetris

[dadwhosagirl]

so classic tetris has been one of my hyperfixations since the first game crash and i’ve been watching the classic tetris world championships

just happen to pull up the stream at like ten last night and logan paul was there?? just like. competing.

had to take a screenshot to confirm this was in fact reality

[startedwellthatsentence]

(By the way if any of you were interested in the Tetris news from earlier this year, the World Championships top 16 are happening now. They have four games live on CTWC on Twitch, and four more on CTWC2.)

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

[wingerb17]

It's Tetris Tuesday! Hop on in whenever you like and however long you're able, as always I'm live for five hours~

https://www.twitch.tv/WingerB17

[smbhax]

Playing Classic Score Attack mode in Tetris Effect: Connected on PS4.

Well, I guess I got a new tiny high score, 67652 pts. 'p'

Zoomed the view in and realized the gosh darned blocks are blurry. Blurry 2D in new games has become my biggest pet peeve of late! There was that blurry Shanghai game, a blurring of some of the game with a certain setting in Zachtronics Solitaire Collection--and now someone had the gall to make a blurry Tetris game!!! RAWHWHGAHGHA

[thepetrichist]

Cannot emphasize enough how fucking cool this is. You should absolutely check out the aGameScout video above, but in case you don't have time, here's some highlights/Fun Stuff about the obstacles he had to overcome to pull this off:

The glitched colors mentioned above are absolutely wild, and we are really talking about "impossible to see" here. They've all got community-given names, and a few in particular have caused past players issues when playing and actively prevented them from getting the crash. Here are some screenshots taken from Blue Scuti's game, so you can see what I'm talking about. (You'll see two different level counters - this is thanks to Blue Scuti's streaming setup, so you can read score/lines/levels more accurately.)

Level 146, "Dusk", is the first really bad one. The previous world record, held by a former world champion who goes by EricICX, ended here.

Level 148, and my personal favorite: "Charcoal", is the next nightmarish one.

A player who goes by P1xelAndy had his run end here, and for a very understandable reason. You see, these players aren't playing on monitors or high-def screens. This is NES Tetris we're talking about. They're playing on CRT TVs. Levels like Dusk and Charcoal are next to impossible to see.

If I recall correctly, Level 151, "Australian Outback", is pretty bad on CRTs too, but don't quote me on that.

So in order to get the game crash, Blue Scuti had to play through all these levels and successfully hit one of the game crash triggers - a massive accomplishment.

Two more players (as of 1/5/24) have since gotten the crash - Fractal161 (the current world champion), and the aforementioned P1xelAndy. However, Blue Scuti is, as far as I'm aware, still the world record holder as of 1/5/24, because the other two managed to hit the first possible crash trigger, whereas Blue Scuti had to hit the second!

The best part of all of this? Blue Scuti and Fractal were racing to see who could crash the game first. They were on stream at the same time when Blue Scuti managed it, and the sportsmanship displayed by Fractal (extreme excitement!) is a great indicator of what the Classic Tetris scene is like.

(See also: one of the current top players, Sidnev, is a trans woman, who came out within the past year or two, I believe? And as far as I've seen, everyone immediately switched pronouns etc. with no issue!)

If you're interested in checking out some Classic Tetris stuff for yourself beyond the aGameScout video, I'll put some links under the cut!

The History of NES Tetris World Records by EricICX (outdated as of Blue Scuti's game crash, but still a great introduction)

Classic Tetris World Championship 2018 Final - the video that got me into Classic Tetris, played by two extremely influential players. (Sadly, Jonas Neubauer, the 7-time champion, died in 2021 - the shape of the CTWC trophy was actually changed to a J-piece in his honor.) This game is a great showcase of the two former dominant playstyles, DAS (Jonas) and Hypertapping (Joseph), and a fantastic benchmark for how far the game has come compared to...

Classic Tetris World Championship 2023 - I've linked the full playlist, but if you're only going to check out one video, check out the final! These games are dominated by the current - and likely permanently-best, playstyle, Rolling.

Game Crashes:

Blue Scuti

Fractal161

P1xelAndy

So apparently the pro-Tetris scene is exploding right now because a 13 year old nerd just reached the game's true killscreen for the first time ever

[b3crew]

Duck Amuck in Japan | Episode 24: Here Be Monsters | B3crew.com

On this week's Duck Amuck in Japan: Tetris Championships, Okitsune Gyaru no Katabami-san, Dead or Alive Xtreme 3, Paul McCartney, and Monster Hunter!

[ewon625]

JUST REVEALED: 15 classic games. Packed into a GIANT collection. Everything is falling into place for a special game.

“Tetris Forever” is coming to consoles and PC later this year.

[kylelowe]

Here's my BTS of what went down between Logan Paul and Blue Scuti!

[zu-is-here]

skelegoosebumps ♫

[clemont213]

Okay this is probably NOT what you’re looking for but I’ll comment anyway

I’m a high level modern/grandmaster games player (not to be confused with classic players, who play on nes) I do believe there was a famicom version, not so sure if it was the same as the North American nes version though. I do suggest though that you try out Tetris effect connected if you want to play classic online.

2. Practice and research, specifically watching how professionals play (for example if you want to learn classic Tetris watch some ctwc stuff and play a lot)

3. You have to accommodate for your next piece, so plan at least one piece in advance and make sure your stack is flat, making sure to leave room for pieces you may not expect

6. Me /j

6.5. The ctwc twitch channel does a lot of classic Tetris stuff so watch them ig, I know some competitors in those tourneys also stream classic, for example huff and dogplayingtetris

I hope this gets to the right people.

Tetris: WHAT THE HELL I DON'T UNDERSTAND CRAP

I have many questions for the smart people.

1. Does tetris have famicom (family computer) cartridges (please please please)

2. How does one become good at tetris

3. Somebody please explain stacking

4. Does the famicom only have tetris 2

5. Does anybody know of tetris 2 cuz i feel like I'm going insane

6. Any good tetris streamers that i could watch?

Thanks

[beans-in-a-toaster]

rip Adric of Alzarius, you would've loved competitive NES Tetris

[startedwellthatsentence]

I’m definitely not crying in public because some kid* just beat Tetris** again.

*DogPlayingTetris

**Rebirth, where the level counter gets so high it loops back around to zero.

(Just a reminder, playing past level 31 wasn't possible until 2021. Rebirth is at level 256.)

[gelarshiesprofruitboarder]

the color scheme of lv 138 in tetris reminded me of them,,,,, thats it idk why i made this

[digitalfossils]

[smbhax]

Tetris (NES) w/ "Nes Tetris Nostalgic" romhack by CAndiman

Session: https://youtu.be/8lEcg9kvOgw