What It's Like to Play in the World's Biggest Dr. Mario Tournament

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My experience at the world's biggest Dr. Mario Tournament and diving into the pro Dr. Mario scene.
Dr. Mario discord server: / discord
Dr. Mario Monthly website: monthly.drmc.gg/
2021 Dr. Mario Championship Top 8 videos: • 2021 DrMC Quarterfinals
Dr. Mario Championship twitch: / thedrmc
Minor correction: JB Henry did not come up with the idea of Dr. Mario Monthly, but was a commentator/key advisor from the beginning and took over running the tournament when the original creator Eggmaster had to step away after the first 2 months.
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@DrMChampionship Год назад

JB here. Thanks to everyone for the lovely comments and thank you to Scout for this fantastic video! We're excited about the 2022 VS championship this weekend!

@JalebJay Год назад

I hope Heather is still doing well and will be returning to the Tetris/Dr Mario community even without Jonas.

@dkillalegend Год назад

It's been 8 months since her last stream, I thought she would be living quite a happy retirement by now. Jonas' recent passing makes me imagine what would happen to me if my mother ever passed away. But one day, I would also have a choice to happily retire if I did lose her. I often look at retirement as simply enjoying life, relaxing and not having a worry in the world.

@thomasdalton1508 Год назад

@@dkillalegend She's a little young to retire! I'm sure she's still doing her day job.

@psterud Год назад

I've been asking about Heather for a while now, hoping she'll return. That's got its ups and downs because the Dr. Mario community has grown quite a bit and has become quite a lot more competitive since she was last seen playing. I'd like to think that Jonas would want her to compete some more. She's a great player.

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

I am in contact with Heather and she has a standing invitation to attend any of our events under whatever conditions she wishes. I don't see her coming back to full competition, but her 2019 run was an inspiration for many of our newer players and still remains our most watched RU-vid video. She will be welcomed with open arms in any capacity.

@JalebJay Год назад

@@chrisbidwell895 I would find it exciting even if she only commentated about a few matches. She helped bring into the spotlight.

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

A little Insider baseball, Scout had sent me the script for this video for fact checking and I saw it was well put together and easy to understand for a person new to the scene to understand. When the video was dropped, our crew was in the middle of setup for DrMC 2022 and we all paused and huddled around a phone to watch it. Even though I had read the script beforehand, it still got me in the feels. The biggest gut punch was watching the clip of the combo I dropped early on in the vid. Hearing Jonas call that moment hit me hard, and then seeing all my friends shine throughout the rest of the piece was a Rollercoaster while I was emotionally stun locked. S tier work Mr Scout. You and SGG are true friends and beautiful people.

@savage_octagon Год назад

Thanks, Scout! As Bidwell said, we all paused setup to watch and were so touched by your capture of the spirit and the love at the event. Yay!

@birbwizard Год назад

Man, Bidwell had asked me if I could make it this weekend and I was really bummed to tell him I couldn't. This video just added to that so thanks. That is to say, excellent job covering the event! I got some real early CTWC vibes

@aGameScout Год назад

Definitely. My reaction after the weekend was that this must've been what it was like at the pre-2018 CTWCs.

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

Birb is ok at apologies

@jstnrgrs Год назад

Hey, I was watching this and my 7 year old started asking me what this is. Next I know were playing Dr. Mario in a whole family round robin tournament. SO thanks for bringing Dr. Mario to a new generation.

@okCobalt Год назад

Incredible video as always, it's very cool to know that the share of Tetris and Dr. Mario talent have some form of an overlap to them. Both games do feel awfully similar in their combination of having a simple premise yet complex strategy.

@nahometesfay1112 Год назад

I mean pieces falling from above into a grid that clears out pieces that have already hit the ground. They're definitely the same sub genre like how F-zero and wipeout are both antigravity racers.

@DuBstepAnDa98 Год назад

That pools/seeding/qualifying (tbh idk what it's called lmao) system is actually genius. I love how it's great for both making the tournament balanced and making sure the players play their best and not cheese the system. Plus spectators get the best matches to watch. Also you broke that down so simply, I'm super impressed.

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

I am going to frame this comment and hang it next to my other prized possessions.

@DuBstepAnDa98 Год назад

@@chrisbidwell895 Lol yeah it's a very smart alternative way of doing it instead of just basing it solely on how players played in the past.

@IanZWhite00 Год назад

@@chrisbidwell895 Did you pull from any specific source for this tournament structure? It’s extremely efficient, and has me wondering how applicable it might be for other types of games. This could be a really great example for tournament organizers across many different esports

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

@@IanZWhite00 I took some inspiration from the old ctwc format where players could play as little or as much as they wanted. I combined that festival feeling with a mini version of a regular season of a sports league. Lower stakes + more variety = more fun for players ( hopefully) A dedicated qual period gives players the chance to play a lot of Dr Mario matches against a lot of different players. I wanted to avoid a traditional double elim bracket where half the players are finished after 3 matches.

@AirmanTerror180 Год назад

Hearing everybody's stories on how they go into Dr. Mario was very cute, especially how most of them got into it from a family member/partner

@thezaneiac1006 Год назад

I went from not knowing there was a Dr Mario Championships to becoming extremely invested into this one very quickly lol. Great video as always!

@inphlox Год назад

Watching this video the night before the 2022 championship. This video captures the atmosphere of the event so perfectly.

@inphlox Год назад

@@doodbob2250 roomies with dmwit this year haha

@cowsareinme Год назад

This such a good video! Was at the phoenix qualifier for tetris reasons, but got sucked into this community, everyone is so nice! Doc helped me get set up and into the tourney, thank you Doc!!

@RedGreen1 Год назад

Your enthusiasm is always contagious. Thanks for sharing.

@viddywatchin Год назад

Great video! and better late than never. I’ve been sending it to all my friends that were curious about my experience today at the 2022 championship. Cant wait to see you all at the next one for a rematch!!

@astanix Год назад

Thank you so much for documenting this tournament. It's very cool!

@hollowman064 Год назад

Look ma, I'm famous! I was shown for 2 seconds! haha. This was a very well put together video. Good job :)

@swongstrong Год назад

Excellent video! Thanks for piecing this together for all of us!

@sparklyspartan1833 Год назад

This scene seems super interesting and full of genuinely passionate players. I hope it continues to grow and maybe that we’ll get to see more of dr Mario on this channel (who knows, right?) Just one thing though, I feel like when the rounds start they should find something that sounds more exciting to say, because ‘3, 2, 1, pills’ just sounds a bit underwhelming in my opinion, nothing like ‘3, 2, 1, TETRIS!’ I mean idk what it should be, maybe like “CAPSULES UP!”, or “DOCTOR TIME!” 😂 These are just ideas, I’m certain the players can come up with something better. But seriously this game looks like such a fun time I should check it out!

@aenstreams1998 Год назад

Really great video scout! This looks like a really fun event!

@hayabusa8314 Год назад

I've had Packie, Vince & Bidwell all ask me, "So...when are you coming to the Dr. Mario Championships?" Problem is I've mainly played for score and playing Vs is fairly new to me and I know that's a different ballgame.

@swongstrong Год назад

We'd be happy to coach you! Either in Speedrun, or Versus. Always looking for new players to enter the scene, and show their prowess!

@aGameScout Год назад

Although I am still relatively new to Dr. Mario, just being good at the game in general seems like it can translate pretty quickly to being good at comp. There were plenty of people at the 2021 and 2022 event that had either never played Vs or had never done it against another strong player and did quite well.

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

Without any adjustments to your game at all, you would be an automatic wrecking ball to any pool or bracket you enter. Work on your speed and you could be a threat to take the title. Either way, the hidden purpose of the tournament is to hang out with other players. I think you would enjoy the trip, Paul.

@fwubs8298 Год назад

thank you for the dr mario love!! this community is really the best all the love for every player featured

@Tetrasaurus_ Год назад

You know its gonna be a banger when the video starts with "This is me..."

@tytris Год назад

I really loved this video. This was a really informative video on the basics of Dr. Mario and has given me a whole new level of appreciation for this scene. I'm getting the same feeling I got when I watched your 2018 CTWC experience video all over again... and now I may have to try out Dr. Mario.

@bbeight3843 Год назад

As a huge fan of the original NES game and still love playing with friends when I (rarely) get the chance, this was awesome to see. Keep the fever alive and maybe someday I'll train a bit and throw my hat in the ring. Thanks for showing me this world exists!

@MatthewBluefox Год назад

So cool to see Chris Bidwell again on stage and doing an interview! Greetings from Switzerland. :)

@nevetsov Год назад

Love your videos Scout!

@nuparuchi Год назад

awesome video, super cool to see how the new and old players played!

@metropolis10 Год назад

Great video on this game. I wish I could have you introduce me to all video game tournaments this well!

@aGameScout Год назад

It would be super fun to go experience other gaming competitions/communities!

@IsoYear Год назад

crimson stunlock was nuts

@GTM_ 7 месяцев назад

amazing video, such an awesome community of people even if small

@JohnnyLeven Год назад

I've been meaning to get back into Dr. Mario. I'm gonna get my old NES when I go home for Thanksgiving and make sure I go to the world championships next year.

@SmolJordan Год назад

packie is such a badass

@wileecoyotegenius5955 4 месяца назад

I've never even played Dr. Mario before but seeing how great the community around the game is it's making me want to.

@drmariojonathan Год назад

Nice insight into the retro competitive gaming scene down to the last min couch surfing. I miss it.

@DuBstepAnDa98 Год назад

I feel like this channel may become *the* competitive puzzle game channel lol. Never thought about the competitive Dr. Mario scene. I hope you check out the competitive Puyo Puyo scene.

@txemanovelo 9 месяцев назад

Lovely crowd for a lovely game! So much fun!🎉

@IsoYear Год назад

that move john did to beat vince was insane

@JaggerG Год назад

One of these days I need to go looking for Essentia and NESkamikaze, some oldschool DrM speedrunners. They played vs. for hours on Essentia’s stream once, like a decade ago. It’s such a mesmerizing game.

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

Essentia and I were competitors at the 2015 Nintendo World Championships. i am trying to get her to come out to one of our events.

@dannyjohnston92 Год назад

Great content!

@tolstoj_ Год назад

These players look like a wholesome bunch to be around.

@superbanana3398 Год назад

Chris Bidwell seems like a really cool person!

@Hofnarr2k Год назад

Great video! Didnt know about the DrMC but I am glad to follow more competitive Tetris! One question: In the beginning they were playing on the same monitor. But later each player has had their own CRT screen. I was wondering if each monitor was connected to their own console and both consoles somehow connected to each other (but never heard that's possible). Or was the game still on one console (with duplicated output to two screens)?

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

Most stations are on a single large screen, but for our streaming station we use a splitter and give each player their own monitor. It looks pretty cool up on a stage.

@BGDMusic Год назад

this is a cool video of the scene!

@davidtt8372 Год назад

I think I'm starting to like watching Dr Mario over Tetris. Watch the speed tournaments every month. Savage is the best

@iamjorj Год назад

Coming from the modern tetris community, I didn't expect to see any names i recognized, and was here because this is similar to puyo puyo. To my surprise, at 13:31, Beastin Shen is actually the WPL organizer, and an amazing tetris player.

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

Shen is great! I helped him out with the CT portion of WPL Ohio, so he helped me out in DrMC 21. He splits his time between Canada and Ohio, so he couldn't make it this year, but I hope he will be back next year.

@MissAshley42 Год назад

Yup. Tale as old as time. Moms _love_ Dr. Mario. (Incidentally, the first Zelda is the dad game.) *EDIT:* Also, this video was an unexpected treat. You're very good at this!

@savage_octagon Год назад

My mom would be so proud of me! Yes to all the Dr. Mario moms out there!

@EarlyMusicDiva 6 месяцев назад

My mom absolutely LOVED Dr. Mario! She played it until Parkinson's made it impossible for her to use the controller. She would have been 84 now, may she rest in peace.

@Stephen-Fox Год назад

What things do you think CTWC could learn from the DRMC and vice versa, and as a Tetris player who's taken part in tournaments for other classic puzzle games, which was easier to transition to? Hatris or Dr Mario?

@20Dan03 Год назад

JB has a nice announcer voice, it just sounds right. 3, 2, 1, PILLS

@togetherlaced2752 16 дней назад

I love these old game communities, the people look so nice

@9unslin9er Год назад

This is so much more entertaining than a fighting game tournament.

@criticaloptimist 4 месяца назад

Me and my buddy held a tournament for our birthdays, which were just a day apart. I got a few Wiis together and we got a bar to let us use their buck hunter TVs to plug in the wiis. For the first trophy I bought an old trophy at goodwill and glued some pills to it. It’s portland, so I was telling the winner to be careful in the rain. lol it was so fun.

@LancePuns Год назад

I started playing Dr. Mario in 2018 when switch online launched. I very quickly picked up how to play and had wondered about competitive Dr. Mario but I haven't gone out searching for other Dr. Mario players. I'm now out of college, so I don't have much time or money to travel, but maybe someday I'll go to one of these events and play against some amazing people.

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

Check out our discord through the link in the description and try your hand at online drm racing. It's the perfect way to get your toes wet in the scene.

@funkybassymf132 Год назад

Dr. Mario surge about to take over

@aGameScout Год назад

It would be really fun to see tetris players get into dr mario! The community is amazing.

@dannyjohnston92 Год назад

Has anyone here ever played the Tetris/Dr Mario combo cart on the snes? There is a great mode called Mixed Match that alternates players between the two games in a head to head competitive match.

@PanchoKnivesForever Год назад

I LOVE that game! I play with my sister all the time!! I play A LOT of Tetris because of my exposure to the CTWC scene from a couple of years back, so I usually crush her at that, but she absolutely dominates me in the Dr. Mario rounds since she’s been playing since the 90s!

@PanchoKnivesForever Год назад

The first round, which is pretty much B-type Tetris, is always a toss up between the two of us, I sometimes play too aggressive and top out early. Anyway, great game! I’m glad someone else has enjoyed this awesome combo of a game, too!

@dannyjohnston92 Год назад

@@PanchoKnivesForever my wife and I play all of the time! She always beats me at b type tetris.

@felixlloyd9390 Год назад

Can’t wait for GameScout to try out for a puyo puyo championship next

@sinfinite7516 Год назад

Wow this is so awesome

@nsnick199 Год назад

Aw man, I live in Columbus and dig Dr. Mario and had no idea this was here! Would've loved to spectate! That's what I get for being late to the video XD

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

We will be back at the TORG Expo in Columbus on November 11th, 2023 at the Bricker Building on the Ohio State Fairgrounds. See you there!

@SogaNightwalker Год назад

Damn what a cool game and competition

@dylanwicklund5129 Год назад

Don't you love how it's like in one country and not everybody is there but they're the world champion

@tiffc00 Год назад

Just wanted to shout out all the female players I saw! It's a nice contrast to Tetris, where I only really see male competitors making it... well... anywhere. Representation matters and you rock :)

@lulucukipofa7411 Год назад

I remember when Una was your girlfriend only. How the time flies. Congrats on the engagement.

@kyleh1974 10 месяцев назад

Now someone should make a World Panel De Pon tournament.

@HarrisonCheng Год назад

Doc and Chococat are actually my aunt and uncle

@aGameScout Год назад

that is very cool! They are great people

@theraginglol9413 Год назад

I play Dr Mario 64 and the umbrella strategy is always made by the CPU I face off against, so all this time I was accidentally doing a strategy which was good up until the end when I have to clear the rest of the viruses

@MKF30 Год назад

Thanks for this video. Really helpful I've watched some.matches the past few years but have been competitive online since the wii and 3ds versions. Sadly the switch versions has input lag and you can only play your friends and not random. On the wii and 3ds I've been in the top 30 and tied for 1 at times with like 5o others. If they have an online thing maybe I'll compete but I can't travel unfortunately to Ohio or anything. So I'll weigh my options. Surprised they just don't use mame or pie packer online.

@aGameScout Год назад

They do have online events and have regional events in addition to the Ohio championships! This year the regionals are in Texas, Arizona and Kentucky. The discord linked in the description has more info

@MKF30 Год назад

@@aGameScout Oh wow that's cool they're doing regional now huh? Narly. I remember like you said in this vid they started in Pittsburg but that joint closed down huh? Unfortunate, that I was considering since I'm in NYC. But the online options I will definitely look into, interesting how they have speed runs vs another player so that's like 2 challenges if you think about it lol speed running in general is tough plus you're battling your opponents live which is crazy haha. But makes sense if they can't do the head to head. Appreciate the info, I'll check out the site and the discord! Thanks!

@FloydMaxwell Год назад

I've played DrM since the arcade game came out. I've only seen the "cut screen" after completing level 20.

@aGameScout Год назад

I recorded the example footage and it gave me the cutscreen after level 5 on medium speed. It might be different depending on the exact version?

@savage_octagon Год назад

The cut screen is every five if you play on medium or high speed (but not low speed)! Great video scout!

@Shawn-cv1lr Год назад

New video nice

@memphis_RAlNS Год назад

Go scout!

@QwDragon Год назад

Will you participate this year too?

@SeaSlug Год назад

i grew up with the wii game. played online so much for years.

@dylanwicklund5129 Год назад

Yeah I love dr. Mario and Tetris like I play them all the time on my Gameboy I literally busted it out earlier when I was watching the tetris video of yours and got a score of 400,000 before just stopping I needed to get something to eat

@eirikkrvo894 Год назад

Yay, new vid

@chairwood Год назад

does puyo have a big tournament too

@DiMaggio82 Год назад

Love dr Mario

@Ariesgodtron Год назад

I have the sudden urge to play Pouyo Pouyo now.

@christophergolfer Год назад

Having to play standing up seems less than ideal.

@joey5745 Год назад

Omg I didn’t know this was a thing, I wanna play these ppl, :(

@antonioguglielmetti2661 Год назад

GameScout always jumping into the scenes once the talent pool is just past him 😭

@aGameScout Год назад

To be fair with this one, I had probably played Dr. Mario less than 5 hours total when I went haha. I just went to be a spectator and played just to have something to include in the vlog - it was a complete surprise to me that I won any games at all.

@MannifyYT2023 Год назад

11 yr old DR Mario pro here.

@jellyface401 Год назад

Dr.Mario 99 when?

@khulgarulfsson8067 Год назад

Is COVID still a thing in the US or have face masks just become more popular as a general precaution, like in some parts of Asia?

@aGameScout Год назад

Face masks have mostly gone away in the US at this point. There was a high amount of face masks in this video as it was filmed back in September 2021, when the pandemic had still not yet died down.

@khulgarulfsson8067 Год назад

@@aGameScout thanks for answering! Really enjoy your videos. 👍❤️

@MTMIKU Год назад

What level and speed are they playing?

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

Knockout play is played at level 14 / Hi speed

@frank6148 Год назад

Competitor from Israel. Is that my old friend Sparky? Also just learned JB used to be Nintendo tester.

@swongstrong Год назад

We just met him this weekend! No, it's not sparky, but a player who goes by the handle, "nudnik".

@toddhouchin3252 10 месяцев назад

I'll be at 2023.

@PichaBanda 4 месяца назад

14:10 what in the Dr Mario is my boy doing in the background? 💀

@saymyname5942 Год назад

THAT WAS IN COLUMBUS, I WAS IN COLUMBUS WHAAAAAAAT

@aGameScout Год назад

It’s happening again in Columbus tomorrow if you’re still there!

@mahman2813 11 месяцев назад

What’s the grand prize payout?

@Boatdude31 Год назад

I want to compete. This is my favorite game of all time.

@aGameScout Год назад

The discord link for the community is in the description!

@Oakshield2 Год назад

Any particular reason they mostly play standing?

@wingfryer Год назад

The tournament follows the traditions of the Nintendo World Championship where the competitors played standing up.

@ngoc-ducnguyen4334 6 месяцев назад

I will join the championship

@tbeck27 Год назад

Are you playing in the 2022 DRMC?

@aGameScout Год назад

Both Eunha and I qualified and filmed another video for it, yeah! We both didn't get in though because the field was much stronger this year.

@latteru. Год назад

nice vid also, small little correction for 6:40. Players actually can play online together, they just need to use emulator and use same emulator (mesen for example) and use netplay service inside emulator.

@chrisbidwell895 Год назад

Nintendo is extremely protective of their IPs and would likely C&D us if we held a public tournament using legally grey software.

@latteru. Год назад

@@chrisbidwell895 ik, but I corrected as matter of fact and I didn’t said it should be used for tournaments.

@MegaMultiAnonymous Год назад

we had dr mario growing up, its always been >> tetris for me because of the competitive/garbage aspect

@Pumbear Год назад

I hope they make enough funding to get the players some chairs

@wingfryer Год назад

The tournament does NOT have chairs because they follow the traditions of the Nintendo World Championship (NWC) where the competitors played standing up. Chairs were available upon request.

@RockEsper Год назад

How is Packie so good?!

@gabemoothart7943 Год назад

Why do they stand instead of sitting?

@wingfryer Год назад

The tournament follows the traditions of the Nintendo World Championship where the competitors played standing up.

@crudojoshuaricofort8795 Год назад

I feel like you would be given the choice if you ask

@wingfryer Год назад

@@crudojoshuaricofort8795 Yes, chairs are available upon request.

@henry_b1230 Год назад

Heather

@untexan Год назад

Can’t wait until a bunch of teenagers on Twitch solve/break this game like they did Tetris

@aGameScout Год назад

This game will be much harder to do that on as rolling/raw speed doesn't give you an overwhelming advantage like it does in Tetris. I could see teenagers becoming dominant in the game, but that would mainly be due to having more time to practice than the adults.

@Hugelag Год назад

They don't give out chairs?

@wingfryer Год назад

The tournament follows the traditions of the Nintendo World Championship where the competitors played standing up. Chairs were available upon request.

@Hugelag Год назад

@@wingfryer Ah, I see.