This Week in Tetris

The last few weeks have been an exciting time for NES Tetris. The biggest news between this update and the last is no doubt Dog's incredible (Gym) Rebirth run on the night of October 5th, a huge milestone in the world of NES Tetris. On the tournament side, the finals of CTM Challengers saw the return of roller Fractal in a dominating performance, and Scuti finally won his second Masters title in his fourth consecutive finals appearance. There was also the Jonas Cup at Portland Retro Gaming Expo, the biggest American DAS tournament in a long time, and DAS Masters continues to feature some of the world's best DAS players. (TWIT will cover Jonas Cup in a separate article, to come soon.) Up next, things seem to be slowing down a little bit; CTM qualifiers have slowed down in October and this season's CTL is also smaller than the last. But there is, of course, CTM's No Cap November on the horizon, and in the time of me beginning to write this article and finishing it, Tris...

There's no CTL and the CTW battle royale is over, but there's still plenty of Tetris in the leadup to the Jonas Cup. With so many players sharpening their 29 skills, venues like Challengers or CTWC Regionals offer opportunities for new names to show up on the radar and for returning veterans to show their stuff. 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 contributed quite a few writeups this week as well as fetching the scores for some first-round challengers matches. The numbers next to the players are their September 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. CTWC Polish Championship The Poli...