HOW ARE THEY THAT CLOSE!!! | Fractal vs Alex T | CTWC X GENESIS Tetris Regional FINALS

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Results (Contains Spoilers)
Qualifying Results: go.ctm.gg/event/ctwc-genesis-...
Gold Bracket: go.ctm.gg/event/ctwc-genesis-...
Silver Bracket: go.ctm.gg/event/ctwc-genesis-...
Final Standings: web.archive.org/web/202407042...
aGameScout's Photos: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
For the first time in CTWC history, we hosted an event at GENESIS X! This event was one of the most stacked events yet featuring Current World Champion Fractal, First Game Crasher Blue Scuti, Tiktok Star Myles, and Young Phenom Alex T! This Match Features Fractal vs Alex T with Sharky and Bidwell on commentary!
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Produced by Vince, Barret, Sharky, Chris Bidwell
Interviews by Agamescout
Edited by Sharky

[@dunderdotten]

Fractal is so calm and Alex looks like a duracell bunny :D

[@AshrZ]

The duality of focused faces

[@fractal161]

35:09 TAIKO MENTIONED AYYYYYYYY Being at Genesis was the most unique experience I've had at a tournament ever, easily one of my favorites. I'm hoping that I'll get to go again next year!

[@A_Nick]

Wait you play Taiko? The rhythm game?

[@LiteralDescend]

@@A_Nickosu!taiko, he reached 3 digit few weeks ago

[@ITZsharky1]

With that this concludes all the matches played at the genesis venue... But there is one more we have in store for you guys. A rare 3rd place match that was played online. This was one of the most memorable experiences for me. My commentary still needs some work so I hope to continue to improve by the time CTWC rolls around. Definitely my favorite event to attend so far in my entire career

[@ohMind.]

top tier commentary btw, keep it up like that

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Your commentary needs to be more subdued. Less hamming typical to sports announcers and more sedate, calm explanation of events typical to documentary narrators. Of course practice makes perfect.

[@ITZsharky1]

@@vksasdgaming9472 I prefer the play by play than color. It’s just unfortunate that bidwell is also more of a play by play caster too it would seem

[@vksasdgaming9472]

@@ITZsharky1 If commentary is from single person then play-by-play is better option in my books. Might harken back to audio only-medium of radio when listeners had to be made aware of what is happening. With more visual medium of television color commentary became possible as viewers were able to see what happened. Just slight and flawed history lesson. If two announcers are there I think best choice is one providing color and one providing play-by-play and those roles can be switched around if necessary. Two announcers going on same track tends to overwhelm listener's attention span. You are good enough announcer and definitely can and should improve.

[@_quakeel1199]

@@ITZsharky1 Agreed, since you are an experienced commentator, I am sure you understand how important having structure and mutual understanding with the co-casters is. I can imagine how frustrating it must be when you are constantly interrupting each other. For many people, especially when an exciting situation ensues, doing play-by-play is a natural impulse. In my opinion, you are hands down the best commentator in terms of the play-by-play style. It is up to you to find a great partner who compliments that style. Who knows? Maybe JD can hop on the mic with you if he shows up this year in Pasadena 👀👀👀👀👀👀

[@lemonsliice]

42:34 BRO STARTED MEWING

[@narfuzs]

37:29 bro 💀

[@benjerranger]

lmao

[@SodiumOverdose]

😭

[@Algebraictivist]

You mean the police number or🛩🏢🏢

[@narfuzs]

@@Algebraictivist ask him lol

[@elen1ap]

He means🛩🏢🏢🔥🗽 because he said eleven and not one one

[@MrBdog1021]

At around 13:26 or so, it’s absolutely insane to see how quickly Alex goes from a cluster of a board to the much cleaner one he ended up with, in literal seconds as well. That was utterly insane.

[@tommj4365]

Two absolute legends. It's always a joy watching these two

[@robertsimonuy9743]

For the past few tournaments, I havent seen fractal lose a single game.

[@ryanamburgy2791]

17:58

[@MasDouc]

Cool nice spoiler

[@gargamel3393]

@@MasDouc That's why I watch the video before I read the comments.

[@MasDouc]

@@gargamel3393 it was the first comment that showed up at the top

[@terracraft6631]

@@MasDouc then full screen the video so you can't see it? If you look anywhere near the comments or description you may get spoiled.

[@anonymousbeaver4486]

This was intense and amazing. I'm screaming behind the screen as much as the commentators with how well they're playing 🎉

[@mikeratkiewicz6720]

Having the commentators talking over each other made it very difficult to listen to. But I can watch Fractal and Alex all day even without sound. Those two along with Andy have to be the top 3 right now.

[@hupekyser]

most other pro commentator systems allow for each to have space and finish and take it in turns to speak. and they know to let the other finish before the other continues. usually using some kind of signal. this commentary is just a mess

[@andrewqi7404]

dog is top 2 imo

[@mikeratkiewicz6720]

@andrewqi7404 Dog is my favorite player but I just haven't seen the 29 efficiency and stacking capabilities that the other three have. For me I have him number 4 but I get why one would think that.

[@andrewqi6695]

@@mikeratkiewicz6720 he just got 2 mil in comp and he is #1 in fms right now, also swept alex to win ctl season 24

[@ITZsharky1]

Honestly it’s not one of my more proud commentaries. Normally when it gets to 29 I take the reins because I’m the best at casting it. But understandably so my co caster wanted some spotty too

[@MatthewBluefox]

I have never heard Chris Bidwell be this excited! He deserves so much to commentate the late stages of CTWC as well, after so many years having to commentate the group stages. :)

[@BiggyBollocks]

Two absolute legends that deserve all of the flowers that are getting handed to them. P.S. Alex’s pregame flex is looking fierce!

[@George-li1yv]

19:18 Z Z S Z S Z S S 😂

[@dbarra-]

GGs congratulations to both players! Thank you :)

[@BIGSTANK1983]

I'm amazed at how much hype is in Tetris. This shit is crazy 🤣

[@BlueSpaceLizard]

29:37 This needs to be on a t-shirt :D

[@N1Kson89]

Не думал, что тетрис может быть таким захватывающим)))

[@feeshforlife9853]

Esports sportsmanship is the GOLD standard. Love the announcers enthusiasm. So cool

[@BookwormSkates]

The preset piece sets make these matches so hype

[@austinkern]

The last time AlexT will lose a game.

[@Myyri4]

that second game will go down in history. Commentators are also doing fantastic job!

[@sparkfx5874]

these guys are superhuman

[@MM___333]

Nothing personal because he seems like a great guy, but Bidwells commentary is starting to become cringe. The screams and constant talking over the play by play of Sharkey is super distracting. Cowbell is also cringe. Feel bad writing this but its starting to become difficult to watch, maybe some gentle feedback and adjustments needed... Otherwise a really cool tournament!

[@Cyber_Cowboy]

It's hard for all of us to hear but most of the time the criticism we receive has some truth in it. He has a good voice for an announcer. and good announcers acknowledge valid criticism. I think you're helping him to be even better

[@ffaabb79]

That 2nd game is the best match ever witnessed

[@channel.3.]

Fractal is just so locked in right now

[@sweethomealabama121]

this community is the opposite of toxicity

[@ObinSesami]

“Dirty triple sounds like a website you should not look up”

[@awesomescentz744]

Alex t is a beast, he needs to practice even more

[@w00tix]

How do you guys set the seed on the console so they get the same order of pieces?

[@Patrick-fi9ts]

what's your favorite holiday? 37:29

[@Taseradict]

Fractal is so cool, our proud world champion

[@hywel-morgan]

"Yeah, this isn't gonna affect his survival..." 06:45

[@martinkerrmusic]

How do these guys concentrate with the commentators freaking out and screaming while they play lvl 29?

[@dunderdotten]

they are aliens

[@vksasdgaming9472]

My guess is that 2024 World Championship tournament sees game go all the way to super killscreen.

[@TheHungryHobo]

every single matchup in the past 2-3 months has gotten better than the previous... 2025 will be who can go the longest with a perfect score, first one to take a burn loses :P

[@Frostwriter111]

I liked the part where Bidwell screamed.

[@TheGuyGuyde]

Damn you summoningsalt

[@jondoh9025]

I've never heard another commentator do what Bidwell did screeching like that on 29, it seems like a big distraction and it would be cool if he could stop doing that lol. I feel like he became a fanboy for a minute when he's supposed to be commentating.

[@nathanlin6798]

That was really annoying 💀

[@meinkanta]

Bless him, I didn’t really enjoy the screeching either but I did have to feel slightly warmed by his passion for the game and the players. 😅

[@itsbonjee]

Thats wack that theres two people just yelling over each other 😂 it should be like in football where theres a main guy and the other guy shows up sometimes

[@ITZsharky1]

Normally I’m the play-by-play but in this particular pairing bidwell also want to do some play by play too. It was never communicated so resulting in a lot of overstepping.

[@abdullahtayyab8828]

the reporters trying to act surprised is the worst way of being surprised

[@fufis9061]

I am little bit outside the tetris community, but can anyone explain why AlexT did 16 million points, 200 smth level and now they both were able to clear only 300 lines. Its still fun to see how good they play but im just concerned.

[@aaanimations_]

thing is there is super mega level 39 killscreen on tournaments and there is not on the alex t records. the killscreen also forces players to play more aggressively, causing more topouts.

[@rezhaadriantanuharja3389]

In the original game, the speed does not increase anymore after level 29. Consequently, players who can play at level 29’s speed can play for so many levels until the color glitches or the game crashes. While impressive, each game may last for hours, which is not feasible for tournaments. Therefore, they play a modified version of the game, which increases the speed once again at level 39, ensuring that no current players can past the level.

[@MrBdog1021]

At 13:26, how Alex goes from that mess to a as clean of a board as he ended up with in just a few seconds was absolutely insane.

[@riceracingb0i]

What version or setup are these players playing and practicing on? I tried playing on my original nes and the inputs are so slow or laggy.

[@ITZsharky1]

We are playing on the original NES but they are using rolling which is why they are able to get pieces over so fast

[@riceracingb0i]

@@ITZsharky1 Thank you.

[@imbagirl8631]

what twitch channel is this? i want to watch with comments :D

[@ClassicTetris]

ClassicTetris on twitch!

[@DreamMarkets]

ALEX T..... F YESSS

[@Legend-ip9sw]

Commentator jinxing it

[@joga_bonito_aro]

ALEX... You will win one day... FOR SURE!

[@tommitchell9068]

Fractal has the world champ difference

[@steliosxamalakis5500]

!!!!!! ❤

[@superepicproportions]

aMSa vs Zain on the stage in the back

[@Cyber_Cowboy]

He would have thought a KZbin reactor would be so good at Tetris😉

[@Cyber_Cowboy]

In a tournament like this do they play the exact same game? In other words do they receive all the pieces in the same order?

[@jirachytft]

Yes

[@Dyas777]

In the end for a sec I though it was "Let;'s go Brandon". My mistake. Crazy game. Crazy competition.

[@R2CHaze]

Whelp, I can officially say that I'm azz at Tetris. These boys are on some Goku/Vegeta type of level. I can say I'm on a Krillen, but not a Yamcha kind of level. I might be on a Tien scale level at Tetris.

[@maafremsayablong]

gg

[@micohdeguzmandmd]

Why did AlexT already have a 15 pts at the start?

[@meinkanta]

I think the commentators explained they were “push down points”, afaik if you press the down arrow in-game the pieces descend faster and this earns you points. It’s not something many players use to get points in-game as it’s only a tiny amount of points and generally you want more time to place the piece and think about your move for the next piece, not less 😅

[@fede53104]

sharky the best

[@Andorski]

Is this before or after Alex T broke all those records?

[@wingfryer]

This was before. This happened in February 2024.

[@BrianVoong-tm9rr]

RIP headphone users first 5 seconds.

[@PortalBear2050]

top 200

[@jiamonx2]

this is nuts xD Grandmaster on FB Tetris, sorry you're not good enough compared to these guys

[@Luggy1394]

At 37m 30secs, the commentator yells nine eleven, nine eleven! NINE ELVEN! I've never heard an American that exited about 911 before

[@Tonyplat98]

Alex T need to drink more Milk!

[@TTarragon]

Maybe some Fight Milk *caaaw*

[@MozzarellaWizard]

Can't wait for someone on mobile to be spoiled for the one wins from the top comment

[@Peace_Guard]

By halfway through the video, you can also tell by length that whoever wins 3rd game, wins the match.

[@ChiwieeZ]

yeah i saw dude get angry at top comment cuz he got spoiled 😆

[@Buzznhrd]

The host is like young Micheal Jackson beat it.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

That's Sharky. Decent player by himself with very beautiful articulation of words and occasionally silly appearance.

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Ofcause they had to be Asian.

[@pillowkisser]

Why are the names on the thumbnail flipped

[@lapre]

SPOILER BLOCKER ❌❌❌

[@phyx4514]

I never watched this but in the first second i already hated the mic sound.. wtf is that!?

[@WPFDemos]

Please stop talking so close or yelling into the mic. Listen to an NBA game to hear how the audio is handled. I don't think Sharky understands the basic concept of levels and peaking.

[@ITZsharky1]

I appreciate the feedback I do understand the levels. on my streams and when I commentate online it’s perfectly fine. But we were experience audio issues all weekend and working with an unfamiliar audio interface. Each time we changed scenes audio levels were never the same. We believed that there was a duplicate audio source leading to things being twice as loud as they were. I also had to be close to the mic so the PA system would actually pick up so the audience there could hear the commentary. CTWC it the mic won’t be peaking nearly as much simply because we’ll be working with a familiar audio interface and system

[@WPFDemos]

@@ITZsharky1 As a professional commentator, you should never yell into the mic regardless of how excited you are. The first 5 seconds of this video is an example of something you tend to do.

[@ProfessorCat-lf1tm]

@@WPFDemos I disagree ! I much prefer the shouting, the scratching doesnt bother me much. But Im not very critical on commentators in a game like tetris, so what youre saying is probably right.

[@vickmackey24]

This is so confusing. What does "regional" finals mean? Is there a *real* non-regional finals, or was this all of it? Are there multiple CTWC championships? Is Genesis one of them? Which one is considered the *true* CTWC championship? Also, when did this event actually take place? Is there an official website with an up-to-date schedule of events, standings, results, prizes, etc. (a lot of thectwc site seems to be out of date by a few years)? I wish you would put all this info in the description box so people can more easily understand the significance of these events.

[@aGameScout]

I'd recommend the website TetrisInterest, it's kept very up to date. Here's the page explaining Regional events and the schedule: tetrisinterest.com/2024-classic-tetris-world-championship-regional-tournament-dates/ And here's the page of prior results for this year: tetrisinterest.com/2024-classic-tetris-world-championship-regional-tournament-timestamps/

[@SodiumOverdose]

It means it’s the final match of a regional tournament The winner will get free entry to CTWC, the world championships. Genesis is a smaller tournament which is considered a regional, and they have a bunch of regionals all over the US

[@zlack9057]

Alex T is Dog ?

[@acopperheart]

No?????

[@neikehezotsira7803]

I dont know but the commentary is just a mess

[@steamboat3.14R8]

whattadouche