Who is the Best Classic Tetris Player in the World? 

agreed, him and sidnev especially have been on the rise recently. can't wait to see what they're able to do this weekend

@@aGameScout yeah sidnev is crazy I have been watching him on his RU-vid channel for a while.

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@@ryanamburgy2791 yea

He had the worse statistics and still did what he did

I was going to point this out too. We finally have the 6 gods of Tetris.

@@drsunju Was also going to comment this as soon as he pointed out the CTM bit. Glad we all thought alike here.

although i love the comparison, i think we do need to wait for this one. The five gods of melee had similar precedence of dominance by its 5 gods for a much longer time in terms of supermajors. From 2007 to 2015 the 5 gods won practically every tournament where 2 of them seriously played in. 5 months is nothing compared to the era of the five gods but it is a cool shoutout

@@thatkidkim I do agree with the sentiment, but I also think it's worth pointing out the comparison just to see if it starts to pan out. It seems unreasonable to demand these 6 stay this dominant for as long as the 5 gods did, but I think that if it stays that those 6 are the only semi-/finalists for at least a year or two (in both CTM and the CTWC, which are the only two "major" events to speak of AFAIK) the comparison should be given some merit.

Rather we had* the 5 gods of melee. Different era now

The thing is that Hypertapping advantage over DAS is much smaller than the advantage of Rolling over Hypertapping. Hypertapping is very tiring, even the best hypertappers couldnt last long post 29, simply because the hand muscles started to "give out". For this reason, despite being at a disadvantage, DAS players still had realistic chances against Hypertappers if they managed to keep higher tetris rate. Rolling however is not only faster than hypertapping, but also less tiring, the only player who could keep hypertapping competitive against rolling was Alex T and even he had to give in eventually.

@@juyifan7933 That was really something to watch wasn't it! I almost wish Alex and Dog didn't transfer to rolling but they had to of course, but watching them be able to hang with and beat most rollers even for a good while before they mastered it and hyper tapping to level 32-36 in competition was really something.

so deserved

No shot hi Xeno Philips

@@Sidnev hi sidney!!!

Interesting point.

Great idea

This is a great suggestion, we need to know who is prone to the most early top outs. Rank 1 would be higher mean losing score or least early top outs.

Jonas solos no diff

What happened to Joseph? Did he retire?

@@luisma8916 yes, semi retirement because he started college

@@luisma8916 For a moment I read "Jonas" and not "Joseph".

@@PresidentScrooge RIP

This is exactly what my brain went to. Like these six are the heads of Tetris. Just beating them is a major accomplishment alone.

love seeing more melee & nes tetris crossover 😍

exactly what i thought of

I thought of the Era of Five Gods too. I miss Armada, PPMD, and Mew2King so much dude 😔

where's the anime?

Legitimately... kinda on a binge atm of the raw data side of YT when this pops up - - pleasantly satisfying while hitting on that CTWC hype 👌

The existence of J Trophy demonstrates that you are not alone.

Same. Him and Thor.

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No one will ever dominate a tournament like he did anymore. He was always several steps of the competition.

These kids would’ve destroyed him..Jonas is lucky coz all his opponents were noobs

*THE* TETRIS PLAYER

THE TETRIS PLAYER

THE TETRIS PLAYER

THE TETRIS PLAYER

really just the tetris players in the world

i've never seen tetris like this. some of the games ever

on the list of all the people who have ever played tetris, these guys take spots on it.

@@Xenophilius This is a comment about this video!

they are certainly tetris players.

Welp...

@@galaxystudios370 well, it was a bigger reaction than I expected!

Six actually...

He's my pick to win

Dog is still a player in tetris ever

Huff is a Tetris machine. Damn near unstoppable

@@tommj4365 If you look back over time I think Jonas was of the Tetris players

Yeah Alex T is so fun to watch so aggressive yet really good at the game

I'm actually shocked Fractal hasn't won every single CTM since the main event last year.....I'm glad he hasn't cause its more interesting I mean, just also genuinely surprised is all. Feel really bad for Sidnev though poor guy has made like 3 straight finals and lost all of them in heartbreaking fashion!. Just a matter of time though.....I think lol. Nah it is I know it!. All these dudes are amazing players. Also bit shocked Alex hasn't been winning to but just shows the closing gap is' all he's still amazing. And your right that kid is hilarious and a riot when he wins and loses lol.

you mean the tetris world?

One might say...rolling...over the competition.

They do a bit of rolling

Since the game only counts 30 inputs during any 60frame cycle, rolling is the last technique barrier. Sure, someone might find a way to get 30 inputs some other way, but 30 is the limit. And that is hard enough given you have to flip pieces too.

A new technique that allows for more control over rotating, whilst also maintaining directional movements, could be invented which would, therefore, be better than rolling. I am open to the idea that there could still be advancements because people were sure that hypertapping was the last, best technique up until it wasn't.

good morning huff

@@aGameScout was good video

He is a very solid pick

I wouldn't rule out the 2 brother and Eric.. I think the winner will be decided on who can handle the live atmosphere and pressure the best, almost all the CTMs and the past 2 CTWC were played online where there is no crowd pressure and no peeking over ur shoulder to see ur opponents screen, this looking at ur opponents screen could be a decider if ur a peeler and get distracted and make mistakes. Plus analysing Dogg's, Andy's and Ericks games in the recent past they have been trying to go aggressive mostly past 29 and not concentrating on longevity like fractal and Huff. Plus we don't know which of them has been playing mind games, example when strong appear weak, or don't play gpod enuf so u dont enter the competition as top seed, there is a certain pressure when ur top seed and people expect you to win. Mind you there is no line limit and the past CTM people had line limit so tactics will change. And last of all twill depends on who will have nerves of steel and play the smartest, wisest game. Play intelligently. But by far the top stackers in my opinion with the 'tetris cerebral intelligence ' are Dog, Andy and Erick. The winner will be one of those 3 if they don't eliminate themselves early I predict 2 of them to meet each other if they Don't play each other in earlier rounds. Joseph ran away as soon as he saw there were better players than him and started loosing games.

But ur Alex t

Esp Eric, I don’t think he’s gonna make it too 8.

@@chimyshark this really aged poorly lmao

@@arhithdharanendra5053 yeah I guess he fixed his mentality and pulled through. Congrats to him. I was rooting for AlexT and exact opposite of what I had hoped for when it was Alex who didn’t make top 8.

@@chimyshark He had a bad day while Eric had a good one, simple as that

@@chimyshark LMAO. I was predicting Eric to win already once I saw his quals. Your comment aged poorly.

The legend of Alex T clips.twitch.tv/WealthyFlirtyPigeonPJSalt--7nlmFhqJBK9W4_1

Really, the issue is that Eric is the most inconsistent of the group. He either plays amazingly or like shit. His shit play is usually enough to beat most people, but not this year.

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Hopefully he retains his relevance in Tetris history ... although many newcomers may not know why they use certain techniques across the game, the information on progenitors should rightly live on.

He dropped off on purpose, he made a decision not to share his high scores anymore so for all we know he could be holding onto a 10 million or smth. He's more of a wild card than anything rn imo

He seems too inconsistent, but I think it'd be cool to see him in the go the distance

Just doesn't have the consistent results in CTM to merit consideration. Not saying he can't shock in Portland, just not expecting him to do it.

It's that old man scout made a video of once

I purposely didn't watch this video until after the finals yesterday. It always seemed like Eric's nerves got the best of him in CTM events, so I was happy to see him conquer those nerves on the biggest stage and his victory was well earned. I don't know what the future holds for any sort of line count limit, but his consistency on those chasedowns was epic.

Joseph has not declined in terms of his standard, the new playstyle, rolling, is the reason he has been falling behind, like many other great players from the "pre rolling era". Watch Scouts video's on rolling if you are not familiar with it.