The Clutchest NES Tetris Performance Ever, Explained

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Breaking down the clutchest NES Tetris Match Performance Ever between Dog and Andy in the Classic Tetris Monthly March 2022 Masters Event Finals.
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[@aGameScout]

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[@Gesomaru.]

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[@algebruh4185]

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[@Noromdiputs]

On the one hand. Everyone has to pay bills. I understand some people do free to play raid and enjoy it. But still, ick. Well if it means more game scout I guess it's a net positive.

[@allenbot]

Love the sponsor message too -Purple Name

[@humanperson7814]

Thank you for the clarification -A purple name

[@Kosmicd12]

Great videos, thanks for covering significant moments like this

[@gingeral253]

Scout has been my go to reporter for Tetris.

[@black-dj9mr]

Woah, I didn't know you followed Tetris!

[@NinetyLegos]

I watch a Tetris video, I see a comment from a video game legend. It's gonna be a good day

[@matthewjagos9328]

We need a Kosmic x aGameScout crossover

[@NinetyLegos]

@@matthewjagos9328 I 100% agree with this statement

[@hydropage2855]

It’s such a crazy situation to be up against your own older brother. Like if it already isn’t interesting enough that the same family destroyed everyone, they have to face each other in the end

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

It goes back to the same old sibling rivalry thing SuperVinlin

[@alwest4472]

Some anime type stuff

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

@@alwest4472 HahaPoint

[@PaddyRoon7]

I went through the same thing in a poker tournament, my and my brother were both in the last 3. Great moment.

[@jsbmx2039]

It’s so crazy the places these young kids took this game. Sky’s the limit for these guys

[@JonathanScarlet]

I happened to notice that Dog only -just- scraped by Jonas' own earnings by less than $1k. That just goes to show how dominant Jonas was for years. You'll also notice that 3rd place, Joseph Saelee, is STILL about $4-5k behind both of them. Crazy, man.

[@MeriaDuck]

I was tearing up imagining how much Jonas would've enjoyed this. Miss you Jonas!

[@Brendan_Myers]

The Dog and Andy rivalry just gets better and better, great analysis as always GameScout!

[@Dan_d00d]

There is an unlimited joy to me over Ben having his name used in terminology for the Classic Tetris scene (regardless of the reason) , since he is such an enigmatic figure and going all the way back to Ecstasy.

[@benmullen295]

Wait... me? yes... also joy!!!!

[@Dan_d00d]

@@benmullen295 I feel like I just got touched by fame. Big fan, all the way back to 2011.

[@DSpeed.]

Jeez. Competitive Tetris sure has gotten a lot crazier ever since the rolling technique was popularized. Who knows what might happen a year later down the line.

[@irjake]

I'd expect some new "hyper-rolling" technique to come out someday, but I think we've already reached the hardware limits of the NES.

[@darkness74185]

it's been noted that rolling too fast can cause you to go over the game's 30 input per second limit on a single button and cause inputs to not register, so any future technique would be aimed to improve consistency and not speed

[@tree4104]

@@irjake IDK dude, until I see players utilizing both feet and hands then I will think we have truly reached the limit lol

[@ParkingLotNutz]

You know he’s a real KZbin now that he’s gotten a raid shadow legends sponsor

[@JP-dv7rf]

Dog is just a machine. The amount of skill he has developed is mind blowing.

[@bird9188]

seeing the difference between old and modern tetris is so crazy

[@sk4lman]

That sponsor ad read was pure gold! The way you activated your inner "clickbait voice" and hyped up the "influencer energy" 🤣

[@Xanderqwerty123]

I sat through that add out of confusion... like the confusion I feel from the Y piece, well done.

[@JasperJanssen]

It was for something genuinely new, never heard of raid shadow legends before!

[@DanVWeller]

This is the best raid shadow legends ad I’ve ever seen

[@bent.5062]

7:53 level 29 is now "right out of the gate" lol

[@trumpet1184]

Unironically, scout's sponsor voice is the best scout voice

[@patrickponce4838]

Hahaha this is actually the best raid ad I’ve seen yet. Fantastic video as always

[@deviltriggeredgaming3182]

Great Video scout. I watched live but your recap was well done. Dog has that Michael Jordan Clutch gene during tournament play. I'm so glad the prize money has been going up and up, so all these dedicated players are rewarded for their time.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

Dog is so intense and loveable

[@B-nu8ss]

The insane level of play of the top players has made the "pace" statistic obsolete :O

[@aGameScout]

It'll still be relevant at the World Cup of DAS in August at least yepbear

[@johnp2860]

GREAT VID DAVID also known by his online handle SCOUT!

[@ClockBestEvent]

Watched it live so clutch

[@danielrehfeldt]

“Figuring out why the added the Y piece” lmao

[@dennisamelunxen8283]

I watched that match on YT - absolutely insane! The title promised a lot but the players delivered so much more. Amazing match. Your coverage is, as always, perfect. Thanks so much for these highlights!

[@holonaut]

bro made the ad sound like satire and I'm 100% sure it wasn't on accident

[@Solid0528]

Brothers fighting against each other again lol

[@birbwizard]

FREE 40 CHARACTERS ON TROPHIES is the pinnacle of one's Tetris career, how dare you disrespect it! Ok but seriously what a goated sponsor ad

[@Fyuri]

it's actually sick that every seed that andy and dog play agaisnt each other the long bar is like *NOPE* *NOPE* *NOPE* *NOPE* Insert path block for long bar, *YEP* And its until today

[@poopyoldhag9020]

I am surprised you still sounded like your younger self when you advertised RSL!

[@aGameScout]

Might be partially due to me using my old lav mic for that segment, I switched primarily over to the blue yeti for recent vids

[@pumpyheart]

This dog guy is pretty good

[@EatCheese11]

I tell you this, no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn

[@BowsettesFury]

Well done Dog. That rolling technique is insane, and he’s clearly a master. 🥳👍

[@michael2244]

What about the match Fractal vs Andy?

[@aGameScout]

Fractal vs Andy is definitely right up there. imo the tiebreaker is that dog's match was in the finals, and it was leagues above what anyone else was doing in CTM Masters the time.

[@SiljCBcnr]

Scout videos are like Sports Center for Tetris.

[@TheDengler_]

2:00 LMAO

[@Oakshield2]

Post game meals in their house must be interesting

[@treepowo]

2:59 epic comparision uwu Great video as always

[@crimsoncraft1778]

No one gonna talk about the awesome sponsor ad?

[@BrokenOcktive2]

*somehow I didnt have to "clutch" a single thing from this TETRIS performance.*

[@shepherdsgamingrun]

1:36 aGameScout, blink twice if Raid has held your family hostage.

[@maxhaibara8828]

Scout's Raid Shadow Legend ads voiceover sounds like an energy drink ads

[@SpongeTMM]

I will never cease to be amazed at how far people are pushing the limits and skill ceilings of this game.

[@leToulouse]

Your commentary is top notch. So much enthusiasm, I love it! Keep up the awesome work :)

[@jeez8136]

Andy really can't help but always getting clutched on 😭

[@G809]

I never thought tetris could be so fun to watch

[@bltvd]

Your videos embiggen the community!

[@ivey]

Was waiting for the raid sponsorship segment LOL

[@michaelclarkj]

Best Raid: Shadow Legends as ever. And besides being best, actually good, which hasn't happened before. You almost made me want to play it. Bravo. Also, thanks for the legendary Tetris coverage.

[@michaelclarkj]

Ad* P.S. That post-29 graph is amazingly telling.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

For a second I thought you were going to say he got a world record for having the most world records, like those video games with and achievement for earning all achievements...

[@gingeral253]

Tetris players have been getting younger.

[@krz8888888]

Man his big brother doesn't get any break

[@MeriaDuck]

A match discussed mainly on post level 29 play. Unthinkable prior to 2021.

[@thecresp]

Awesome video as always! Thank you for your great work

[@danieltojzan6869]

They had no idea about what was coming up one and a half year later

[@spacenoodles5570]

Yooo was literally just watching your craziest comeback video

[@gdcalamity]

Great video Scout!

[@Kadencabs]

Dog is insane

[@helenau-yeung348]

2:50 that would be nice

[@billepperson2662]

Level . . . 47?! Forty fucking seven?! To think, this all began with a movie dedicated to seeing if level 30 was even possible?l

[@titopaul9299]

Love this video. Great content as always. I’m looking forward to playing Raid! Can’t wait to polish this little known gem. Will I also get a complementary set of kitchen knives if I download the app?

[@spysmile123]

what is happening in the other part of the world. I am here just finding enough time to relax from my hectic life.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

What a match!

[@z50king29]

Tetris for Jonas

[@warlove5106]

This lot tossing out millions while I can't break 20k on a lvl 0 start

[@llckme747]

i dont watch all games but has andy beaten his brother yet? I've only seen dog winning

[@jakel7213]

Andy won CTM last month.

[@ukuguru4314]

Love the videos

[@gabrielbarrantes6946]

Didn't know dog's name, I learned something 🤣

[@ChromeDaimao]

I literally give zero shits about tetris, but you get so hype commenting in your videos I can't help but watch.

[@Omnicrom]

Ad for horrible mobage ends at 3:22. I wish more youtubers added time codes like that.

[@wingfryer]

The man needs to be paid.

[@irjake]

You're acting like the first 2 minutes of intro isn't part of the video ... weird.

[@Omnicrom]

@@wingfryer And you can get paid and also include time codes.

[@Omnicrom]

@@irjake Is that better?

[@wingfryer]

@@Omnicrom The sponsor would not be happy about that.

[@mina86]

Kinda weird to use hex rather than base 36. I always assumed that the modified ROM used the latter for the most significant digit.

[@tpig83]

IIRC it’s not actually hex. Some guy made a tetris ai and the scores just went from a-z and then started grabbing random assets.

[@w7u]

I know the lines and pieces counters use base 36 (as well as the rest of the tileset afterwards) for their first digits so there’s probably a way to do that for the score somehow

[@mina86]

@@tpig83, must have been a different ROM hack then. Here we see it wrap to zero.

[@user-wv1in4pz2w]

I wonder what they gonna do once people start surviving for half an hour on the kill screen.

[@aGameScout]

Likely the first thing that will happen is people will be asked not to Mullen. It’s very improbable for the foreseeable future that even two elite players would both survive that long in the same game.

[@darkness74185]

tournament games might start implementing a timer (probably still something generous around 20 minutes) so games don't just go on forever. This probably especially applies to PAL given the slower framerate and the current score WR is over 45 minutes

[@larry5111]

Does anyone know a website so i can have callendar of all classic tetris competition?

[@aGameScout]

There's no one place that has everything, but this spreadsheet has a list of all the major in person tournaments/ctwc qualifier events. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D7amt91YLbp554k6pmiK8Q4wBrOSoK003uegFjANrWg/edit#gid=0 The CTM discord server also has CTM related events in its events tab.

[@pumpyheart]

You can find CTM’s schedule on their Twitch about page and Twitch calendar: Twitch.tv/monthlytetris

[@larry5111]

@@pumpyheart and @aGameScout. thank you very much both of you

[@magicomerv]

Damn, time for a man vs machine rematch. AIs are within reach

[@universenerdd]

Imagine being the second best in the world and you aren't even the best in your house

[@bqh3795]

sick ad

[@NerdTheBox]

SCHMAID SCHMADOW LEGENDS POGGIES

[@tetradoge]

Okay this is seriously an amazing analysis of this match. I honestly didn’t know that rolling caused level 29 and above to be somehow this consistent for top players like this. Again fantastic video, your effort is very noticeable and is very impressive

[@bendy1427]

Purple names need to attack back

[@z50king29]

Wow 3270 dollars! Awesome!

[@Patriotic_Eagle1995]

Wait, so "the scene" isnt fond of competition high scores set after the the match is effectively won? So they prefer high scores that are dependent on skill of the opponent to keep the game going as long as possible while the other player is getting a high score? That's so ridiculous.

[@creatingvideostobreakmyspe6049]

Enjoy waiting 10+ minutes in an in person tourney while your opponent is grinding himself off. Not to mention fingers can’t stay warmed up.

[@maahesghulainn9480]

Do you ever think that players playing past when the opponent has lost would ever cause logistical issues in tournament?

[@aGameScout]

It would be taboo in a live event where there’s a time crunch at the venue for sure. Mullens aren’t a huge contributor to events running overtime but they are one of the easiest things to eliminate first.

[@leotat3916]

ayo dat y pice

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

As much as I like Tetris 2, the question still remains... Why Y?

[@stevearnold2855]

Never seen someone so passionate to talk about raid shadow legends lol. Love the vid scout

[@aGameScout]

it's one of the best hidden gems of the video game industry

[@z50king29]

RAID SHADY LEGOS!!

[@Alvin_Vivian]

Mullen scores shouldn't count as "competition" scores.

[@vicious_rhubarb2247]

Well, there's a reason why we have the Highest Losing Score as a world record category that gets more of the prestige, attention, and hype as a competition-based score record. (Recent losing score WRs were the mid 1.5 by fractal against andy in may ctm, before that 1.325 by alex against fractal in april ctm, and before that the 1.30 by pokenerd against dog in ctwc 2021.) Combined Score is treated more as a secondary, fun fact kind of sidenote in the case when it doesn't coincide with the highest losing score game due to higher margins of victory, like in "Mullen" games. There's no good way to standardize at which point a "Mullen" begins in an online competition due to variance in stream delay from both the players and host, so the sensible thing to do is to count the entire game and treat it as a separate category that has less value in terms of a measure of "competition" and how good a competitive game was.

[@Alvin_Vivian]

@@vicious_rhubarb2247 Highest Losing Score makes no sense... You're literally admitting that the opponent, who had the winning score, scored higher.

[@vicious_rhubarb2247]

@@Alvin_Vivian It accurately reflects the necessary points the winner needed to score to win the game, with Mullening a game having no effect on the losing score. Big difference between, say, scoring a 1.2 against an opponent's 600k and scoring a 1.2 against an opponent's 1.1

[@ianmacd]

Well, I've watched the video and I still don't have a clue what "clutchest" is supposed to mean.

[@aGameScout]

He scored 3 of the best games ever in the finals of a tournament with the biggest online prize pool at the time. Clutchest meaning he performed the best at the most important time

[@ianmacd]

@@aGameScout Thanks for replying. Perhaps that use of the word is American. I don't know it as an adjective in British English. I always enjoy the enthusiasm you show in your videos, although I sometimes have to rewind a section and listen to the commentary a second time in order to grasp everything you're saying within a few information-packed seconds. It's amazing how good these young players are now. Who would have thought that records would still be getting broken after so many years, or that interest in the game would appear to be growing, not waning? Tetris really is a timeless masterpiece.

[@grantred101]

Last time I checked playing in lvl 31 was the best thing you could ever do now they are getting near lvl 40 what is going on

[@aGameScout]

The new rolling playstyle changed a lot of things

[@metropolis10]

Love the enthusiasm from aGameScout, but please keep it to Tetris ok? What a wild pair these two are, likely pushing each other constantly!

[@cheesecak11857]

the only thing I found interesting was that sick ad, y piece lol

[@MannifyYT2023]

Yooooo!

[@Leeroy49]

Great video again about two brilliant tetris players. But this RAID Shadow Legends shit is annoying, it's in so many videos these days... do they really pay that much? :(

[@wingfryer]

A paycheck is a paycheck. At least the viewers can skip the ad.

[@OcteractSG]

This channel is like Debian Linux-really good, but running a bit behind.

[@melon64_]

That Y piece in Tetris 2 doesn't look right... Also who plays Tetris 2

[@zaphodbeeblerock]

Thumbs down for the massiv advertising part ...

[@iankeith]

No no, for Tetris 2, it's figuring out why the hell they just made a worse Dr. Mario with uglier colors and sounds and thought it was a good idea...

[@tuckerm138]

Are we taking in account for winnings that dog has probably lost half of this in the crypto currency downward spiral 😂

[@tuckerm138]

Also great video scout always amazing!!