The World's Most Competitive Puzzle Game - Tetris Esports

[@Akshonmedia]

Hey guys, we hope you enjoyed this look into the Tetris esports scene! What competitive titles would you like to see us feature in future videos? 😀

[@dustdt]

I loved watching the classic Tetris monthlies and playing on tetr.io great vid

[@xman9354]

you should cover competitive splatoon. another team shooter but idk how competitive plays out

[@DrMegaGaming]

Great video! I especially love the CTM parts but hey, I'm really biased

[@Kromiball]

You should talk about Puyo Puyo, or “Puyo Pop” as it was called prior to Puyo Puyo Tetris in the west.

[@Kromiball]

It's another competitive puzzle game like Tetris.

[@theoverwatcher6520]

While you played the shooters, I studied the block

[@luminite5245]

While you shoot the glock, i play the block

[@Akshonmedia]

What's your favorite piece?

[@65_D]

@@Akshonmedia the one no one likes. The left sided z block. do people call it a z block?

[@luminite5245]

@@Akshonmedia The t block. Its super satisfying getting t spins

[@natend741]

@@Akshonmedia the T one

[@yakine259]

garbo speaking unironically about 4w this is hilarious

[@wertj3977]

Agreed Yakine. I'm surprised they didn't talk about the stigma behind it. lol

[@fumino.]

yakine what the fuck

[@thonker7848]

T spin expert removed

[@shiro_bakayarou]

the t-spin master himself have spoken

[@andrewprahst]

*Wumbo is typing*

[@colge4167]

Thank you for making this video!

[@aGameScout]

Very cool to see a little clip of my video included! Great summary of the classic scene, really well done!

[@Akshonmedia]

Glad you liked it!

[@pizzaslice1702]

0:59 HE DID IT. HE SAID THE THING

[@creepercraftytT99]

BOOM, TETRIS!

[@VinceeHD]

As a guideline player for more than ten years, I strongly agree that tetris is the world's most competitive game because tetris is my one in a million reason why I played this game

[@EricICX]

also as the 40 line WR holder 😁😁

[@NO1xANIMExFAN]

ok Mr. 40L world record

[@andrewprahst]

I love how many people probably aren't taking your name seriously

[@deletioninducedin7days919]

Wait, hold up, does that mean you've been playing Tetris since you were 5 years old?

[@VinceeHD]

@@deletioninducedin7days919 yes

[@jamesayewale5695]

This is absolutely fascinating; I didn't know tetris could be so complicated! Well done.

[@Akshonmedia]

It really is! As a lesser known esport that is quite entertaining once who get into it.

[@jamesayewale5695]

@@Akshonmedia My absolute favourite part was watching someone play tetris WITHOUT being able to see the blocks. I rewinded that part six times.

[@just.r1ce]

Yeah tetris is great the only problem is how small the amateur scene is

[@adumba3709]

Why is Ur profile pic actually perfect

[@boogermaiden]

I'm telling ya it's so fun

[@Zuudo]

Thank you for making this video, competitive Tetris is such a great esport that deserves more love!

[@Akshonmedia]

Couldn't agree more, the community figures we spoke to were great and we appreciate them taking time to shed some light on their scene.

[@youarefat8787]

The problem is that, the speed is toooo fast. My eyes cannot keep up.

[@Zuudo]

@@Akshonmedia the Tetris community as a whole is one of the most welcoming and friendly out there, I'm so glad you put the effort into bringing it to a wider audience

[@underray3863]

I can't agree more with Zudo here. The community is really welcoming and pretty much everyone wants to help newer players.

[@andrewprahst]

@@youarefat8787 Your eyes will adjust after watching it long enough. You could start by watching some slower versions like Puyo Puyo Tetris

[@weewuwuu]

9:42 DOREMY ah that’s why the setups were so good

[@4GRJ]

@Yoav Otts ah, the scent of rivalry

[@lemon66111]

@yoav the yoshi proof?

[@sebastianbal1008]

@yoav the yoshi doremy is a better player

[@dalicious8876]

Great video!

[@scorpioninpink]

Can I say that the scene is getting younger too.

[@hashiispep]

le average tetris player age has arrived

[@TetraKael]

Yes.

[@terterpl]

I've been in the competetive Tetris scene for 4 years now and I've gotta say: This is an absolutely excellent video! Y'all did an incredible job at explaining the 3 competetive scenes, the differences and the intricacies of each one in a way that is both greatly informative and entertaining! You did a great service in spreading the word of this amazing E-sport.

[@Akshonmedia]

Wow, thanks!

[@C4_Shaf]

@@Akshonmedia I was very afraid that you'll do what everybody did, and just focus solely on Classic. But you did justice to the entire community, and I thank you for that.

[@underray3863]

Competitive Guideline Tetris player here. That video talking about E-Sport in Tetris is one of the best I've watched EVER on the subject. I literally have nothing to criticize about it. It is pretty much perfect, and you perfectly summed up the whole situation. Glad I stumbled upon it !

[@Akshonmedia]

Wow, thanks!

[@nathant5067]

Do you play jstris?

[@underray3863]

@@nathant5067 I'm mainly playing games like PPT and Tetr.io, although I play a bit on JStris from time to time

[@idontcheckmynotifications]

8:00 shoutouts

[@Unfeatured]

Definitely some Pokémon music at around 8:30 pog

[@willythewyno]

8:00 shout-outs to simpleflips

[@shiina4826]

this made me want a puyo video

[@FireStorm58]

This was an awesome video. Thanks for making it

[@Akshonmedia]

Our pleasure!

[@Anitekku]

Homework gang

[@boogermaiden]

In Tetris, you need speed, precision, and strategy! Eye and hand eye coordination!!!

[@jonnyapplefriend401]

The only game with legal screen peeking

[@mallusaih]

thanks for chaning the color of the t piece

[@Akshonmedia]

No problem, we're always open to feedback from the community and actively check the comments!

[@maxtaetle420]

rest in peace jonas neubauer the bartender king of tetris

[@vvafels]

It's so sad that this doesn't get nearly as much views as the overwatch videos you guys make, this is so underrated, just overall great video. keep doing what you guys are good at.

[@edibledeodorant3264]

That feeling when you finally receive a I shape and get a tetris

[@allanhuang3361]

wait until u get a perfect clear or a tspin triple

[@iDunnoMC]

i had a 41 piece drought once and i managed to survive, but when i got the long bar, i wasn't tetris ready

[@andrewprahst]

Hold my Godspin

[@SilicosisNotBeta]

7bag is cool

[@andrewprahst]

XDmemeMaster it's funny because just a week ago, I would have called you a noob for needing to rely on RNG, but I've been learning this setup called the WolfMoon cannon, which is pretty RNG dependent, and now I feel your pain

[@creepercraftytT99]

3 years later, people are crashing NES tetris

[@harrym3673]

4-wides are so op that jstris sends garbage at you if you use one

[@Lacter12]

kinda surprised tetrio didn't show up at all when talking about guideline tetris

[@dogenestris]

It's a little weird but it's relatively new and maybe they plan the videos far back in advance and they just categorized tetrio as a fan made game

[@Lacter12]

@@dogenestris welp

[@lucapachee9863]

Gotta say besides OWL my favorite esport is Tetris. Watching Joseph defeat Jonas was actually one of the greatest matches I've ever seen. It was unbelievable.

[@DanQZ]

Bro I was screaming when that happened

[@Tootus69]

Unless you count the rubiks cube

[@NO1xANIMExFAN]

thanks for making this video to let more people know about competitive tetris!

[@Akshonmedia]

Thanks! It was fun putting this together and speaking with the Tetris community.

[@maribakumon]

I'm so happy to see a video discussing competitive Tetris that actually goes into detail about the Guideline scene!

[@charliekohl7358]

2:12 I’m right there on the left side :)))

[@wheatleypurse]

0:59 for Jeff

[@winterville2731]

i just learned about this game from Suisei and Doremy 3 weeks ago, now i stack blocks in my head as i sleep.

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

RIP Jonas Neubauer

[@PretzelBS]

In my case I am integrated in the classic Tetris scene. Honestly the best community I have ever seen, would highly recommend

[@lindersi]

Damn guys, your videos, they are so good! Damn!

[@beanedtea]

I think Classic Tetris gets the most traction because of CTWC, but those who are unfamiliar with guideline have their mind blown with the pros' 3+ pps gameplay.

[@ashketchup247]

The production value you bring to such niche competitive scenes is really cool of you. Every time one of these comes out it feels like some brave nerd somewhere is finally getting his spotlight.

[@boogermaiden]

Oh so the competitive Tetris I played was TGM! Coz we were trying to KO each other as fast as we can!!!

[@MylesTheGreat]

classic tetris most competitive for me imo

[@connorbeith3232]

Didn't know Odd1Sout was into this.

[@andrewprahst]

As a competitive Tetris player, it's always painful to hear outsiders talk about it because it always sounds like, "Sometimes, players will shoot each other from really far away. This is called "sniping" This video was pretty good though. Not only did you not just focus on classic like most reviewers do, you actually got some player insight into what actually goes through the head of a player. I do think you should've mentioned how controversial 4widing is, but that's just a nitpick.

[@JuanPablo-gr5pp]

What is controversial about 4widing ?

[@andrewprahst]

Juan P Garcia They're relatively easy for how powerful they are. If a 4wider knows what they're doing, there's basically nothing the other can do once they get one going. The exception to that is "just 4wide back" which kind of makes the game 1 dimensional and repetitive to watch. There are some opening counters like perfect clears, but those aren't 100% reliable, and can only really be done on command at the beginning of the match. Generally, if a player can get one up quick, especially a center 4wide, and doesn't drop the combo, there's nothing the other person can do but take the L. To give you some insight into how the community feels about it, one of the pro players shown in this video has a "No 4widing" emote on his twitch chat, and several fan-made versions of Tetris have it nerfed. I know a guy who hosts a community event where he penalizes players if he catches the, using it. In guideline games, many players just mutually agree to not use it in the name of good fun. And of course, there are the people who say "it's in the game, deal with it." Its essentially the same as any overpowered character, strategy, or item you might see in a competitive game.

[@paulsd9255]

@@andrewprahst Is it unusual that Tetris Effect: Connected, which is an official Guideline game, is nerfing combos?

[@Fauzan1812]

@@paulsd9255 i don't think it is usual among official games, but nonetheless it's a move that's appreciated by the community

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

​@@andrewprahst *Cough* wumbo *cough* Honestly I don't mind 4 wides, I can get a pc most of the time and I don't really encounter them that often

[@iara0]

Should have added that, despite being competitive, this is EXTREMELY wholesome, with everyone supporting each other as much as possible. Even other games like chess have nasty people and drama, but Tetris brings different people of many varied backgrounds together. These colourful blocks are bringing people together.

[@jepoyburner]

Thing with this video is that this is more focused in Guideline Tetris. Classic Tetris plays way differently.

[@reedmclean4073]

good video!

[@ckv954]

Ayy good job with this video!

[@Akshonmedia]

Thank you!

[@thonker7848]

When you play someone named “garbo” but you get 15-0’d by him

[@n0van0va]

really nice video quality content and editing

[@Akshonmedia]

Much appreciated!

[@moneymikz]

Getting stoned and watching high-level Tetris is like my new favorite thing

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

Tetris effect + weed is just a recipe for god damn something idk

[@thadex454]

Only 150k subs at this level of quality? This channel needs more subs ASAP

[@AuroraXD]

god I love tetris

[@Luxsy4U]

Thank you so much for this video. I play competitive Tetris along with Smash Ultimate, and sometimes it's pretty difficult to explain Tetris eSports to those in the Smash eSports side! Now I have something to show them :) As for another video idea, I hope you guys cover Puyo Puyo in the future. Puyo Puyo is the one of the first games to have an official eSports backing by the company themselves. There's a lot of history, mechanics, strategies, and players that IMO trumps Tetris in a lot of ways!

[@Akshonmedia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@llkurofoxll1013]

Boom tetris for Jeff

[@AtomicRider]

lets go joseph🇵🇭

[@kevinhe828]

I really wish people would get into Tetris more. I myself am a competitive guideline/modern tetris play and I find that it's super enjoyable to play.

[@acorn1265]

I heard that remix of "Emotion" from Pokemon Black and White 😄

[@cristo236]

really great video i honestly expected this to just be about Nestris but was pleasantly surprised that Grandmaster and Guideline also had sections that explained the differences

[@charlesw7397]

Classic Tetris competition's are so fun to watch. I knew nothing about it but kept getting recommended the video of Joseph winning the world championship and it blew my mind. I have never attempted to get into classic Tetris but watching it is awesome. Also love that you showed a clip of Taro playing 99! I loved his stream (and CLG)

[@NeekoNoel]

tetris is such an amazing and fun game and so much people think its boring because its just blocks but so many complex things can be created out of them. man i love this game

[@BusterBeachside]

I wish I could say "cover Panel de Pon next!", but our own scene is still pretty niche (but definitely growing online!). We were about to finally get one of our first really substantial offline tournaments with Pokemon Puzzle League at Perfect Clear, but then the pandemic happened... It was scheduled for April, got rescheduled for August, and now it looks likely it'll need to be pushed back even farther, assuming it even happens at all at this point. There is a silver lining, though. There exists an extremely accurate fan game called Panel Attack which has online play and a ranking ladder which the community has been using to build up a grassroots competitive scene. The release of Panel de Pon on the Nintendo Switch Online service has also added a new way for us to play the game online. I'd encourage anyone who's interested to search for either the "Panel de Pon" or "Tetris Attack Online" Discords. Feel free to hit me up, too, if you're having trouble finding us. I've more or less become the self-proclaimed ambassador for our community, despite not being terribly active in it myself. :p I'm BusterBeachside#4501 on Discord!

[@BusterBeachside]

UPDATE: Perfect Clear ended up happening online and focusing more on Tetris and Puyo since they have decent online. Also, I'm now a moderator in the Panel PvP community. xD

[@Kromiball]

I like guideline Tetris.

[@HG-mj9ow]

With global leagues and sold-out stadiums, esports is truly hitting its stride with explosive growth. However, it's not just the big names that have been able to find success in this industry. Smaller titles have also taken advantage of the improvements to streaming technology and the cultural shift in watching online tournaments to build up their competitive communities. Tetris is the second bestselling game in the world, its not exactly a smaller title

[@TradingFeline]

Boom. Tetris for Jeff.

[@Niftykevin]

Boom Tetris for Jeff

[@swidr5626]

Rip Puyo Puyo and Panel de pon community

[@underray3863]

Those communities can't understand the SwidrSpeed

[@adcrengar9877]

Video quality is 10/10. How come this doesn't have more views?

[@MegalodonKing99]

rip tetris friends

[@confus.d]

Boom! Tetris for Jeff

[@lei.ocopio]

I miss Tetris Battle

[@tolstoj9348]

How did I never see this video before? This is aweseome!

[@C4_Shaf]

The main reason why Tetris isn't as big as it could be, is because of The Tetris Company, the legal owner of the brand. They denied ARIKA to make sequels of TGM, or even port them on Consoles. They shut down Tetris Friends, a flash game, and never ported it to HTML. Tetris Friends no longer had dev support after 2014, and during 5 years, the site was filled with malwares and intrusive ads, that the Guideline had no choice but dealing with it, or creating unofficial and underfunded projects. They consistently denied both the Guideline and Grandmaster scenes to get bigger and more accessible. And you can't buy older Guideline games, like the ones made by EA, THQ or Tetris, because they constantly delist them, and deny players for buying them. Nowadays, the actual CEO of Blue Planet Software, parent company of the Tetris Company, is Maya Rogers. Daughter of Henk Rogers, founder of BPS. She did many interviews, talking about turning Tetris as a "life-style brand". They want to make Tetris a fashion brand, making partnerships with Hello Kitty, UNIQLO, and others. And those were at the same time when the Guideline Tetris scene had to make their own stable Tetris clients, or when the TGM scene had to buy expensive Arcade hardware, or rely on emulation. I get why Akshon decided to dodge this subject. It's understandable that they want to be as neutral as possible. But TTC, the real owners, did everything wrong towards the support of their competitive community. And people has to address that fact. If you think Tetris is an esport, it isn't. And if you think Tetris should be one, you have to know why it isn't.

[@Akshonmedia]

Thanks for taking the time to put this comment together, it's something that we were aware of but unfortunately the video was already getting a bit long from spotlighting the competitive scene alone. The story of how this company's desire for a certain branding direction that conflicts with the growth of its competitive community has similarities to Nintendo's interest in having Smash Bros be a family friendly title.

[@C4_Shaf]

@@Akshonmedia I completely agree. When you put both communites side by side, it has tons of parallels. Mainly Classic/SB64, Grandmaster/Melee, and Guideline/Brawl. There was Guidelines VS Grandmaster tensions in the past, that wasn't that different from the Brawl VS Melee tensions in the Smash community. So yeah, I completely agree with that statement.

[@gremory7594]

Tetris is the first game I found out I was good at. Im an aggressive Guideline player and Im ranked 2,096 in tetris effect. Not too bad if I do say so myself :D

[@Snakesrcool2003account]

the title be like "have you heard of the 2nd most popular game ever?"

[@fairnbalanced3378]

I never knew I was a high level defensive player until now

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Wasn’t the first “guideline game” released in 1999, though? Or did they not formally standardize the guidelines until two years later?

[@keychera]

yess more people talking about tetris! and I wasn't aware of TGM competitive scene, that's something new for me

[@QKlilx]

What's the name of the remix playing from about 1:33?

[@Cerezeth]

Thank you for putting a word out for tetris! Indeed tetris is more than what it looks like and it's always being analysed and practiced to have a better and more efficient gameplay!

[@Akshonmedia]

Couldn't agree more!

[@adrian482]

Pretty good video on one of the most interesting eSports out there. Keep it up!

[@Akshonmedia]

Thanks, will do!

[@entrayer]

Thanks for sharing our community ❤️

[@thedoodler783]

Can we agree that the Tetris community is the least toxic community ?

[@harrisonbolin5608]

These people’s brains are thinking in light speed

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

Nah it's just muscle memory and pattern recognition. When I start pushing myself to play at 3pps I tend to find myself drifting off into unrelated thoughts about my day

[@lettuce1626]

Just gotta mention 8:02 they got some clips of Theodd1sout and simpleflips playing against each other in tetris friends

[@vRyanXOXO]

As an avid tetris viewer for years, i love you for this

[@cnoka]

i miss tetris friends

[@NonJohns]

me too bud...

[@aydles3642]

love the video, surprised to see you guys make a video like this! everything is so accurate and truthful to the actual scene love it!

[@defectived_vn]

TGM was kind of based game, Tetris on Sega-System16: famous in Old Japanese arcade scene. They have same rotation pattern and existence of lock delay while piece is hitting stack. (also: Nintendo's Tetris for NES wasn't released in Japanese Famicom)

[@BRamz_121]

For anyone looking to try out competitive Tetris the current best option is Tetr.io Free to play, available in both browser and standalone desktop versions, simple UI, and lots of customization options for single player challenges.

[@UltimateTS64]

Dude competitive Tetris is so fun. I play Smash, but most people don't know I play Tetris on the lowkey and they're so shocked when then play against me 😂

[@gilly5809]

RIP Jonas

[@drybloxman]

This was an amazing video. Please do more like this, my interests fluctuate quite often and I'm off of shooters right now. Tetris, Puyo Puyo, maybe even speedrunning are all great topics! =)

[@cary_domiii]

God I miss the days of facebook tetris battle

[@just.r1ce]

One of the things that I always have been sad about is how underground the tetris (especially modern tetris) community is, so it's nice to see that we're getting some appreciation as well.

[@Ichiban_Dayo]

is suprising how diverse the tetris community is i myself is a gulidline tetris player (played it for 5 years, im ass at it thou) and this video is very informative, i approve!

[@zanphuis]

Enjoyed the vid! Seeing Tetris in a new light, didn't realize the depth that such a seemingly simple game could have.

[@andrewroes7942]

This was an incredibly well researched and well scripted video! Excellent job guys, you really did one of my favourite games and communities justice.

[@Akshonmedia]

Thank you so much!

[@pierrelanau3119]

Feel like your puyo puyo vidéo will be awesome

[@doku7335]

I just got into tetris because of Vtubers and I was really surprised to find out that guideline tetris was so fun and that it wasn't as popular as I expected. Thank you for the video! Just seeing the amount of effort it (probably) took to make it is amazing. What was said in the end about the game not stagnating is not probably even more true recently with tetrio coming out of the beta, and with how the slightly changed rules completely change the meta there.