First to 19 Speedrun Round 1 - TETRIS RACE!

[Music] I'm gonna give you guys a countdown and then we will begin you let me know when we're ready start from level zero the first to get to 19 don't start without my count you get one chance if you if you top out it's over all right ready where are we all in good position here okay in five four three two one go [Music] so the key here in the early levels as you can see especially if you've been watching the classic Tetris World Championships it looks painfully slow but the strategy here is to use the down drop as quickly and as often as possible to progress as quickly as possible so that you can get to level 19 [Music] speaking of speedruns did you see the individual that beat the Super Mario record the other day he shaved off 0.2 seconds I think it's four minutes and 55 seconds now incredible [Music] so Frank is at level two he is the first one and only one so far still Louisville one looks like justin has made his way to level two all of them now have made it some cleaning up to do for Justin oh and that was a unfortunate drop there of the OO piece Frank has got a nice board so far is ready for a Tetris and there it is boom Tetris for some of our [Music] [Music] Frank and the bottom left of your screen is actually a former Nintendo World Championship competitor does anyone remember Terry Lee Toric's cumberbund from that tournament I do [Music] Frank is leading the way right now with 45 lines but slow bars leading the way as he's had more Tetris a 72% tetris rate right now another thing you'll notice is there's some new statistics one of the reasons we wanted to do this Friday stream was because we wanted to test out some of the new statistics that we wanted to implement into the tournament this year in 2018 you'll notice trt and a percentage that means tetris rate so at what percentage are these competitors achieving a Tetris Slav are for example is that 77% how many brn is a burn how many love how many lines have you had to burn before achieving a Tetris since your last Tetris how many lines have you had to burn is brn there's a couple of other ones as well that we will keep secret I suppose until you seek them tomorrow [Music] there's also a drought well we've had that in the past drought counter of course [Music] so far is leading the way he actually has more points than the other three combined at this point he comes to us from Iceland he traveled here for this he's actually a two-time classic Tetris European champion and the reigning champion so he is definitely though you may not have heard his name often in previous tournaments you may certainly remember his name after this tournament a big international flavor this year at the classic Tetris World Championships and it has been said often and we'll say it again that this could be the deepest field of possible contenders that this tournament has ever seen players from Europe from Asia all around America vying for the crown [Music] so Justin doing a lot of cleanup right now his burn rate is at 92 right now so he's really trying to create a well here he's doing a good job of getting the singles and doubles maybe with a little more cleanup we'll be ready to create himself a nice well I still has got a little bit of a ways to go Lars on the other hand just as that and there you go now he's got opportunity to build his well on the left-hand side he'll do so burning a little bit they're all interesting placement of his eye below ours I'll block there his I block pardon me misspoke meanwhile hvar is just cruising through hundred and nineteen lines he leads the way there too as well two hundred and four thousand points seventy-seven percent tetris rates make that seventy-eight percent that means that 78 percent of his points have been lines pardon me 78 percent of his lines have been achieved via Tetris we may have to change the amount of time that we use boom Tetris for name because of this statistic now the commentary might change this year folks you just never know [Music] hey there's another baby hi baby hello hi yeah you're waving at me hi I like your bib very cool enjoying Tetris little bit of a spoiler alert here our main commentator Chris tang is in the audience and spoiler alert folks he got a haircut I cannot believe it for years you have been used to the flow of Chris tang and now it's cut we need to get to the bottom of this why did this happen maybe he's gonna keep us in suspense until Sunday we don't know but it has been cut folks an era is over the end of an era how are we doing here suave are doing a terrific job of creating as well oh I thought he was going to go for the eye tuck there Jonas does that often in his dreams the eye Tucker a triple there for Lars who is in a little bit of trouble there he's got a minor cleanup there meanwhile oh well finally a Tetris for Justin Frank in good position as well all four individuals now in six-figure scores other [Music] [Music] ten minutes has elapsed [Music] is everybody ready okay on go okay in five four three two one go and they're off the first person to nineteen will advance [Music] by the way we're all getting rickrolled right now if you haven't noticed how dare you Portland retro gaming expo nice well being created there by Paul Joseph has a terrific well going on right now boom Tetris for Joseph to quote the great Chris ting Joseph still with an outstanding well and you can play this high because you are at level zero don't know if it necessarily suits you in terms of the speedrun aspect of it but you can play there with less risk simply because you are playing at such a slow speed Joseph at an 85 percent Tetris rate Jessica with a little bit of cleanup to do but nothing too damaging able to get herself out of it a great well now waiting for that line she's got a burn count of 13 right now little unfortunate there as she waited for that line that's going to be a triple for Paul meanwhile who was hoping for a Tetris there has a little has a hole at the very bottom of his well or at the bottom of his wall Joseph has some cleanup to do [Music] so suave are one heat number one Joseph s QR Paul and Friday are playing right now that's heat number two Alex green t Patrick and David McDonald are heat number three and then Couser Mike whiz Annette wins a neck I apologize if I pronounced that incorrectly Robin and Kristen are heat number four Chris are you gonna do your own commentary should we just give you a mic and just do it yourself one hand one-handed tetris speedrun we should give you a cordless mic like to hang on your ear SQR is flirting with death right now he's got a burn there but again remember this is a slow pace for these competitors and there's your boom Tetris for sqr he needed that line and he got the line meanwhile Joseph has a terrific well Friday is out Friday has been eliminated from competition we are at level 5 right now 2 minutes and 45 seconds have elapsed [Music] Joseph with a Tetris that L block though was just unfortunately [Music] Joseph has the lead right now and needed to do just a little bit of cleanup there and he was doubled he was second-guessing the Z block there T block a nice position now he's cruising let's look at Paul Paul has a nice well forming decided to put that J block in position there he is gonna burn on I block right there he's putting his pieces in great position he's just building high that's a Tetris great positioning for Paul he looks like he's in the groove his well is very nice had to leave a hole open there but it will continue on meanwhile sqr has a little bit of cleanup and he'll get a Tetris right there his Tetris rate is at 44% meanwhile Joseph leads the way with 61% who a poor placement by Paul he wishes he had that one back he's gonna need to do some cleanup and he's high up already as it is Joseph is at level 9 a great well being formed Paul is in trouble at the bottom left a drought formed for Joseph he needs a line and fast he's gonna need to burn a couple lines he gets that line boom Tetris for Joseph mean Wallace QR oh no Paul does not get to level double digits he is out it's down to s QR and Joseph Joseph has some cleaning up to do s QR looking to survive we'll get a Tetris right now Joseph is way ahead he's ahead by a Tetris right now now he's ahead by two he's running away with it and he's got a nice clean board right now as well able to use the down drop at level 11 his drought is at fifteen it's growing meanwhile sqr with a Tetris great Tetris there as well another Tetris Tinto for Joseph he gets to level 12 61% and he will opt to create a Tetris place Tetris ready now needing to burn his sqr is at 7 now burning therefore joseph is well level 12 Tetris for Joseph it continues on he's at level 13 with a 61% burn rate 5 minutes and 52 seconds has elapsed nice talk there a tea talk by Joseph sqr will top out it's now down to Joseph versus himself what time will he get slow var got 10 minutes and 23 seconds he has 4 minutes to spare right now another Tetris Joseph will just take his time all he did with he's not happy with that placement of his I block right there 200 blocks in a row he will burn if Joseph can get to level 19 he will go to the finals if he cannot then we will only have three or less in the finals another Tetris 62% 6 minutes and 45 seconds have elapsed another tetris level 16 for Joseph the DJ playing C&C Music Factory not happy with that Oh block great t block saved there nice cleanup great positioning Joseph getting close to 19 7 minutes and 35 seconds 18 he is getting close he's on pace to beating slow Juarez time both of them already will make it to the finals if Joseph keeps up the pace we are ready to stop the clock as necessary he's just gonna single singles two singles and that is 7 minutes and 57 seconds and that is now the time to beat Adam that's a really fantastic time I predicted that around 8 minutes would be the threshold for the top players so that's gonna be the time to be are you already at level 0 first 2:19 will make it to the finals on go ready 5 4 3 2 1 go and there we have it Adam and so begins our third of four rounds it's always interesting to watch it looks like greens he was having some trouble with his down button I don't know if his controller now green see is that your controller is there a problem with the controller oh boy that's his controller rose if someone wants to swap him out of controller live I think we can allow that we can't start the match over what is a controller that they could swap out his controllers acting up a little bit here let's see if we can just quickly get him into the game again well it looks like he's back in it though he's not out of this thing yet but he needs help quick looks like Trey's gonna give him a new controller alright so this is our first live swap out if green-tea wins this one that's super impressive now so remember I know we don't usually use the down button in the normal CT WC but this is a whole new game hey all right now that's camaraderie it would have been funny if that controller was even worse now as you can see alex has taken a big lead while all that shenanigans was going on because he just sort of has a Tetris berry did that he didn't take and he's been playing on the second half of the board the whole time and you see he has about a oh wait now he's behind again but he was really ahead for a second Adam it's always interesting to watch players at this speed because you're not used to seeing them compete at this speed and is their thought process because these players are used to making split-second decisions and it's funny to see how they react when they have more time they can play much more deliberately and they can if they need to take time on a decision which is a totally different style Patrick with a great well doesn't opt for the Tetris there ops to continue to build a nice tuck nice advanced move there a lot of you might be wondering does it matter if you're scoring a Tetris because we're not playing for score here well actually it does because every time you do a line clear it has a line clear animation and the Tetris clear animation is the same length of time has a normal line clear animation so if you were to get four singles you've wasted all those seconds on animation that you wouldn't have so scoring Tetris is gives you an advantage so Adam just for those that are casual fans of Tetris or just stopped to watch this how does the level progression work out at what milestones are they getting to level 19 well when you start on level 0 the game progresses as it was designed to progress which is 10 lines per level and so really since there is a level 0 level 19 is effectively the 20th level to reach and it is it is a very obvious milestone in the game to reach and that's why I felt it would be a good speedrun it's sort of like in a sense it's like getting you advanced to death mode is one way of looking at it and once you're in level 19 you can't control your speed that much because if you try to play high on 19 you probably just are going to top out so and of course for those who have not played level 19 in the audience right now that's when the speed of the game drastically changes alright all our players hanging in there we've got Alex with 64 lines green tea with 55 pack he was 67 and Dave was 60 so that puts backing in the lead but not by a wide margin and he's got a nice well that he's creating here hello remember it's ten lines per level Alex just got over a 30 piece drought he's but Gerald is gonna wait kind of help you because they forced you to play high unless they kill you it's which which normally would happen if they're playing at the higher levels of course yeah so this game is almost backwards you want to push down you droughts aren't that bad in this game the only thing that's the same is that you want to score tetris is for those who have been watched to see TWC before you normally wouldn't see this high of play intentionally absolutely if you're on 18 and playing as high as say green teas playing your game would be over so it really provides us an opportunity to see a whole new style and a different type of death-defying game as we I've seen players tuck pieces flush with the top of the matrix multiple times to the left and you know you would never see that in a normal CT WC game that's a fun it's a fun variation here Alex is halfway there he's at level 9 the first one to get there he's got an 80 mm scores burn level right now is 18 but he's got it well so he's just waiting for that piece he almost is at drought territory right now greens using a little bit of trouble and now his speed has advanced a little bit so we'll see if he can dig his way out of this and if you can see on level 8 he can shove that all the way over there but he isn't if he doesn't get what he needs he's in trouble oh boy he tried his best to survive give a hand a green see yeah big round of applause for green tea he suffered the controller issue at the beginning he came all the way from Japan to be here and we couldn't be happier that we have all these international players and he's another belief he's maxed out in the neighborhood of 40 to 50 times so he's a legit contender here talk to us about just the idea that so many players are maxing out so regularly max out of course is a score of 999,999 can't get a higher score than that in this game untouched no game genie just talked to us about how routine it is now how common it has become and just the level of play yeah when we began this project some people doubted that a maxout was even possible when harry first posted his maxed out on swing galaxies that actually caused some controversy because people that were familiar with the game just couldn't understand how you could do that and it was because people didn't understand - and they didn't understand how to control the pieces as well as our top players do now but I think nowadays you see players from other game genres who are competitive gamers pick it up and it takes them maybe a year and they'll score a max hell but a lot of that's because they can watch the YouTube videos online and learn all the moves you know when you're in a vacuum in 1990 when your Thor a curl and there's no you're the only player that's as good as yourself there's no one to look to there's no tips online he had to just figure it out so it took it becomes this epic journey when you're in that vacuum but now there's just hours and hours and hours of footage to review and it really does make you play better when you watch the great players just to reset and explain what's happening right now we have a level all of them essentially around are now at level 14 so they are five levels away look this like Patrick is leading the way right now alex has a drought he's gonna have to burn some lines and he's finally got his line but not for his Tetris meanwhile David playing very well he's got he's got a nice low playing field Patrick in the best position right now he's developing as well very nicely Tetris for Patrick very close match percentage rate that's incredible that's a great tetris rate and to maintain that especially as the speed gets faster is very impressive that's right that's right and you'll see a tetris rate of around 70% you know it's about as usually as good as you're gonna see in these early rounds so 65 is close to perfect and see David has a beautiful wall really high really clean he could use a little help with the right piece he gets the J he needs and there's a long bar for David oh he chose to scoop it over a Tetris for Patrick we're at level 17 right now we're at 8 minutes and 38 seconds so we're wedged in between Joseph and Spa bars scores right now oh no David Oh David tops out at level 16 round of applause for David he did suffer from five droughts and ultimately that put the pressure on [Music] Tetris for Patrick he's about to get to that both of them are to Atlanta relics this is a race to the finish right here nature expand it congratulations and Patrick just makes it in hot pursuit but Alex Alex had a brutal game with ten droughts and a drought max of 33 incredible his Tetris rate was not very high he only had a tetris rate of 33 percent versus pakis Tetris rate of 64% and Alex closed that gap with playing very high he played high most the game and the droughts actually pushed him higher than he probably wanted to be so very impressive five-four-three-two-one Tetris I mean technically we said start on go and we haven't said go so they get they got the drift yeah I think we got I think that's it Cory on starting off with a drought but he doesn't care because he doesn't even want the long bar he just wants to build up that wall as high as he can't see Robin Mihara is nice and clean and high and you saw I got the long bar and he passed up on the Tetris because people are trying to keep get their wall as high as they can [Music] all right Chris tang with the quake well he's gonna slam that Tetris down Tetris for Christain with a 50% rest rate if Chris gets enough Tetris is in this game maybe we can sell some boot Tetris for Chris t-shirts that is my dream the the meme becomes even more meta with each passing tournament for Chris and Cory on really building huh no it's not boom it's like bang Tetris for crazy it's like a different word altogether exactly precisely how Tetris for Chris actually every Tetris we're gonna give a different word kapowee it's like it's like sixties Batman zop Tetris for Chris all right now mike is very low and he just took a Tetris and as we can see Couser that's [Music] it's like Robins out in front with 31 lines but Mike went expert Hauser and Mike takes the lead with 34 lines [Music] very high is Cory on right now oh you needed that line and he got another one - he's not gonna use it though meanwhile Chris is doing some cleanup Robin has always gonna he's gonna do the very slow tuck a very slow T Tucker Robin has a nice touch as well underneath all that junk and he's cleared it but he's an 18-piece trout so 2 minutes and 22 seconds have elapsed just a reminder spa bar Joseph and Alex all have made it to the finals they will be joined by our last competitor whoever wins this one the first one to level 19 wins if none of them make it to level 19 then we have a three-person final that's right you have to get the level 19 or you're disqualified and Cory on Zout in front with 54 lines but Robin is tied on with 54 lines however Cory on has the bigger stack so he's a little bit ahead nice placement by Mike he's got a nice well right now he is Tetris ready and bazinga touches for Mike Cory on way up there again and boom Tetris for Cory on you mean cowson yes and Cory on out in front with 68 lines he's about the transition of level 8 or 7 sorry now level 7 snout notorious for its ugly color scheme [Music] Mike with a very impressive 67% Tetris rate we've got a lot of high tetris rates here in fact Cory owns at 66% and Christine's at 60% so good tetris rates all our tetris ready for Cory on for Cal's or I should say he is tetris Rhett no he closed it off meanwhile Chris's Tetris ready Chris's Tetris ready and bit Tetris for Chris Cory on way on Tetris for Chris Tetris for Cory out with 87 lines it's got a 10 line lead right now and that's because he's stayed high and he stayed clean as we all know their Tetris dual Tetris is for Robin and Chris Cory onsen level 9 Chris's Tetris ready again now we'll see if players can modulate their height as the you know pieces go down faster now Cory on is in a tough situation he's level 9 he easy he's in a position to need to burn now but he's very high for level 9 he's high he plays fast but he's got some burning to do oh he wanted that law on the line came just in time and Robin's the second player to reach level 9 with 95 lines he's out credible so Robin still in this the other guys are starting to lag behind query on a bit too much but we'll see what happens Mike with a little bit of cleanup Chris isn't great position hurry on with a 56% Tetris rate so it's not all about Tetris rate it is about how high you're willing to push it Robin on level 10 with 103 lines he's about 14 lines behind Cory on being Tetris for Couser [Music] cows are just flying through this another one oh it didn't go for it I was ready and what was our best time so far that would have been a 757 right now we're at 514 so it could be a battle between the high hyper tappers cuz joseph had that's Joseph Sallee at that 757 and now chorion looked like he's going to give that a run for its money century Tetris ready right now is Dukey Couser MD well done Mike transitions level 11 with a 57% touches rate Korie on running away with it though he's at level 13 right now he's out he's by almost 20 lines looking look at his score to only Cal with a great score to boot he's gonna be tough to beat you guys and this is still a very comfortable speed for Cory Anja the it looks like daredevil ish to a normal player but he is just sleepwalking through this it's easy for him incredible we're only at six minutes as well 757 was the record by Joseph Mouton Tetris for Couser four more levels to get through for Cory on to get to the finish line [Music] robbing with a respectable score but this gap is just getting too big it's gonna take a miracle to catch up the chorion at this point it's gonna take more than a feeling I'll tell you that much boom Tetris for cows er he's at level 16 folks he's run away with it he's got the well he's also got the touch and you can see now that he's on 18 speed which really level 16 is when 18 speed begins he's playing a little more conservatively but he also knows he's so far ahead he doesn't need to push it the other guys really need to push to the very top if they won't have a chance nice well nice of opposite side well furs zip Tetris for Chris quarry on only 14 lines away core Khan's running away with it my goodness [Music] just the his placement insolence but it's as if a computer it's computer-generated its beauty watching him stop look at it doesn't get much better boom Tetris chorion he only has eight lines leverage finish he's on time to beat Joseph's core I only need three more lines three more lines will he beat Joseph boy he's got a single to go and here he is both seven 25 25 for Corey on furniture that's the highest score by 30 seconds are the best time I should say congrats so you guys we're going to take about a two minute break and then I need the top competitors to come and get ready that's spa spa bar Joseph Alex and of course Corey on [Music]

Channel: Classic Tetris

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Id: 9AWtcsItAIQ

Length: 35min 50sec (2150 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 05 2019