This Week in Tetris

Sonic (@sonicthescrew) is a staff writer at This Week in Tetris, the main editor of the DAS Statistics Project, and a math graduate student who likes playing with numbers and computers. It's no secret that 2024 has been a huge year for NES Tetris. Over the course of the year, TWiT has covered many open playstyle tournaments, featuring rollers, tappers and DAS players, but one huge change in the landscape has fallen outside our coverage -- that of DAS-only matches. The DAS playstyle has seen a huge revival this year, with multiple new DAS-only tournaments popping up after the announcement of the Jonas Neubauer Cup at Portland in September. With this we saw the rise of many players who haven't had the spotlight before and are now garnering accolades for their abilities in the DAS playstyle. We began the year with five DAS 1.3 players (Tristop, Tugi, Mark Migas, Nenu, NGC Man), and ended the year doubling that count (adding PixelAndy, Matt Martin, Giovanni, Valor and Meme, who g...

This post includes, to the best of our knowledge, all DAS-only Classic Tetris matches in December that may be relevant to Premiere Poll panelists, with links to the Twitch VODs if they exist. Remember that the final scoreline may not tell the full story. Numbers next to names refer to October's Premiere Poll rankings. Since the Premiere Poll reflects matches from the previous three months, you may wish to review the December cheat sheet. For daily updates, and to be informed when new TWiT posts are released, be sure to join our Discord server . There are bound to be a few errors on this list, so if you notice any, please let me know. DAS Champions League Table & Knockout Bracket Playoff Round (Dec 6) 10 BLUE SCUTI def. POOPYOLDHAG (4-2) | Twitch Round of Sixteen (Dec 1-6) 14 TEGAMECH def. 16 AVGEEK (4-1) | Twitch 10 BLUE SCUTI def. 6 NENU (4-2) | Twitch Quarterfinals (Dec 4-8) 18 TOMMYNTG def. 4 DOG (4-2) | Twitch 17 TRISTOP def. 11 BENDY1 (...

This post includes, to the best of our knowledge, all open-playstyle Classic Tetris matches in November that may be relevant to Premiere Poll panelists, with links to the Twitch VODs if they exist. Remember that the final scoreline may not tell the full story. Numbers next to names refer to December's Premiere Poll rankings. Since the Premiere Poll reflects matches from the previous three months, you may wish to review the November and December cheat sheets. For daily updates, and to be informed when new TWiT posts are released, be sure to join our Discord server . There are bound to be a few errors on this list, so if you notice any, please let me know. Classic Tetris Monthly November events (both Masters and Challengers) have no cap. Masters Event November Bracket | Statistics NOVEMBER MASTERS BLUE/ORANGE SEMI (Dec 1) 1 BLUE SCUTI def. 8 MEME (3-2) | Twitch | TWiT NOVEMBER FINALS (Dec 7) 2 DOG def. 1 BLUE SCUTI (3-1) | Twitch | TWiT Challengers Ci...

Though CTM went on a break for December, bleedover from November provided a historic set of matches, as No Cap November lived up to its promise. CTL also provided its share of drama, as top-tier players started to go into panic mode to claim their spots in the playoffs. We're always looking for new contributors, so if you're interested, join our Discord server and say hello. Huge thank you to sonic , who provided writeups for the huge Masters matches, and stolenshortsword , who put the bulk of this post together in addition to contributing prose. The numbers next to the players are their December Premiere Poll rankings, not their tournament seeds. Scores in the tables are given in thousands; an (i) or (a) next to a score indicates that the topout was intentional or aggressive, respectively. As always, let me know if you found this entertaining or useful, or if there's anything else you'd like to see. Classic Tetris Monthly No Cap November Masters Finals ...

The back half of November featured some key CTM and CTL matchups, as both mainstay online events continued their last iterations of the year. With a lot of veteran players becoming inactive and a new crop of players determined to make a name of themselves, these matches set the scene for one of the most volatile Premiere Polls of the year. We're always looking for new contributors, so if you're interested, join our Discord server and say hello. Huge props this time around to stolenshortsword and sonic ; shortsword, in addition to writing contributions, also helped put together the line scores and match info. The server also features the Almost-Daily Update , which provides the scores of yesterday's big matches and lets you know what's going on in the future. The numbers next to the players are their November Premiere Poll rankings, not their tournament seeds (or the more recent December poll ). Scores in the tables are given in thousands; an (i) or (a) next t...