Yo that's me!! XD About a month prior to this video, I actually did not realize that my win was considered the biggest upset in CTWC competition history. It shocks me to know it is, let alone it being in the top 10 all-time upsets. Also, WOW that was a nailbiter! Great job with this video and your performance at the qualifier aGameScout! :D

@dannthegentleman4261

3 ай бұрын

Hello Tetris upset GOAT!

Note: Dmj also has a 1.2 with das, so he was still no slouch

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

??? Why didn't I hear about this yet???

@ryanamburgy2791

11 ай бұрын

@@davidjennings2300 wait I thought you were, is it only a high 1.1 lol

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

@@ryanamburgy2791 ya, 1.2 into 29 is godly

@Jack_80

11 ай бұрын

kinda messed up that he was playing with das to "make it more fair", but then starts rolling when he's about to lose. kinda eliminates the point.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

@@Jack_80 Yeah, understandable. Maybe I'll ask my opponent before the match if they are okay with me doing that

9:01 "It seems that you are a worthy opponent. Very well, I shall use my full power!"

@scienceevolves4417

11 ай бұрын

Would have been funnier if game of scouts accused dmj of cheating once he switched to (t)rolling technique 😅😅

@gabemoothart7943

10 ай бұрын

"I admit it, you are better than I am" "Then why are you smiling?" "Because I know something you don't know. I am not left handed"

@How_Many_Monkeys

8 ай бұрын

@@gabemoothart7943”I am not *DAS* handed” ftfy

@lt_johnmcclane

8 ай бұрын

@@How_Many_Monkeysnah you actually made the joke worse

It's been nice to see your growth in Tetris over the years in your videos and it's insane how much you have improved.

@RichConnerGMN

11 ай бұрын

nice pfp

@Ch1oe2472

11 ай бұрын

@@RichConnerGMN Thanks.

DMJ intentionally played with DAS to make it a close match so he would get featured in a Scout video.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

Shhhhhhhhhh

Growing up with dmj it’s crazy watching him grow in his Tetris success and becoming one of the best in the world! Super proud of this man.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

Brenden, my man, thank you for the kind words!

That fake thumbnail at 11:11 is actually goated

A minor correction: In modern Tetris, ex tetrio / jstris , or ppt 1 or 2 (many other games as well) you are not guaranteed to get a piece after 7 peices, there is a bag system where all 7 pieces are in that bag, and you randomly take pieces out until the next bag (this is the most simple way to explain or imagine this), so while yes you do get and I piece every 7 lines (on average), you can get it anywhere from no no drought in pieces to a 12 piece drought.

@sinchrotron

5 ай бұрын

But that is cheating (altering the game mechanics). It should be random. Possible with the same seed for both players but still random

9:04 I love the look on your face😂 it’s like, “okay party’s over”

Fantastic fantastic playing dude! I really hope that we get to do another match against one another, would be really fun!

The diagrams where you show the hypothetical options for where to drop something, I've honestly never seen anything so helpful and informative in any other Tetris video, I understood exactly what you were talking about

NICEEE!!! Above and beyond performances like these against people above your level is always a joy. Congrats for the double tournament PBs!

love seeing in-person competition content, warms my heart seeing how wonderful this community is ❤️❤️❤️ also WOW you popped off scout GGs

So exciting. Keep up the tournament efforts and great video (as always).

7:36 Just some helpful advice, this pole vault is actually counter-intuitive when moving left since it unnecessarily shifts weight back to the right, making the S piece more likely to snag somewhere on the stack. That aside, great games, and congrats on the competition PB! 😃

Congrats! Its been fun watching you grow.

these guys are pretty decent at tetris

@remixtheidiot5771

11 ай бұрын

yes, i would say they are at an acceptable skill

Congrats on 3rd place! Been watching for 5 years @ this point (time flies!), You've really put in the work, you should be incredibly proud of your performance!

Classic Tetris is implementing ELO system now? That's pretty cool

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s an amazing project. It’s actually been around for years, although not always widely publicized - I have a link to it in the video description!

When you still have to make the thumbnail for the video that never happened

Wow your Tetris skills have just gotten so much better over the last couple years, you should be really proud! Also, no one can make a Tetris match sound more exciting than Scout lol

Congrats Scout! I love your narrative reviews of Tetris events.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

Me too! Especially when you didn't attend, seeing footage of the room and players is awesome.

Congrats mate you have improved a lot! Also you have become a big reference in the Tetris community!

Very well done, fun to watch.

I mean come on, the fact you pushed DMJ, who had been using DAS the entire time to switch to rolling? That talks a lot about his confidence both in his own DAS, and his confidence in YOU to pull it off within 3 games. Either way, if I were in your shoes, heck yeah I would be proud to have even done that.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

So true! After seeing his game 3 score, my God if I didn't switch to rolling he would have smoked me! What a different video this would have been

Awesome vid! Loved it.

This just proves how absolutely superior rolling is to DAS and even HT. Since the CTWC has already gone in and made fundamental changes to the game with the Super Killscreen, maybe it's time to buff DAS by upping its speed to closer match modern.

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

We’ve known rolling is superior to the other playstyles for about two years now - a non-roller hasn’t won the CTM masters event since January 2022. There has never been a serious push to buff DAS though because it would take away from what makes DAS special - playing within its current limitations. The rolling meta is currently the most accessible the top of the scene has been to the average person in a long time, as long as they are willing to put in the hours - not everyone can be a fast hypertapper, but nearly everyone can master rolling with enough practice.

Great to see a vid from you again :D

Three of my most favorite people in the NES Tetris community...Scout, DMJ, and Barrett. The closing words really hit home...the competition is fun, but the community is what makes the event.

Congratulations Scout! It has been a long time coming, you surely would have deserved to win the match :D Much respect for DMJ also for playing with DAS for a time, what a sportsman! Great video as always 👌

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

Thanks bro! I though people might hate me for switching in the 3rd game, but I know Scout wanted to beat me with rolling so I though it was respectful to him and AtKoster

@wingfryer

11 ай бұрын

​@@davidjennings2300 It made it exciting when you switched to Rolling.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

@@wingfryer Thanks! I had to win 3 before Scout won 1, so it was exciting!

@scienceevolves4417

11 ай бұрын

Otherwise known as handicap

Very cool! Good job!

Congratz man!

You're climbing the ranks, my dude!

I finally made it into a gamescout video! 0:20 Excellent video as well, ggs on some great comp scores!

The fact that you had to force DMJ to roll after he was trying to make it fair by playing DAS style is actually hilarious to me because had he stayed DAS, you would have beat him no doubt about it. The fact that he had to switch to rolling... can't say I blame him. If I could roll I would probably do it too. Just not sure how I feel about it lol.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

Yes! Scout absolutely bested me in the first 2 games. I thought the switch might be controversial when thinking about it afterwards, but I don't think AtKoster, who was waiting for the winner, would have felt as good about winning if I didn't use rolling when I was on the brink of elimination. Plus, I think Scout did want a shot to beat me when I'm rolling, so I had to have some respect for them. The real question is: was it disrespectful to even the playing field in the first place?

@stevemelo

11 ай бұрын

@@davidjennings2300 fair points

@richardli4038

11 ай бұрын

@@davidjennings2300glad you thought thru it

@scienceevolves4417

11 ай бұрын

​@@davidjennings2300 You absolutely obliterated him in games 3-5, nothing to worry about bro

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

@scienceevolves4417 Thanks bro! it was actually a miracle I got out of that game 4 dig 😆

Dude, I'm, like, SO STOKED watching this! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Tetris, but I've only been able to reach Type A Level 12, but it was a GLORIOUS day when I did! The soundtracks on KZread are awesome too, btw. 🤔🥰🤗💖🇨🇦 I smiled watching this video, the... competitiveness...😆 The excitement, on the edge of My seat...even though I'm lying down. 🤔🤣 I haven't gamed ANYTHING in about six months plus... Watching this inspires Me too play again ! Thx, guys! 🤔😁👍🏻

DMJ is an honorable man.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

Much appreciated sir!

ok but can we talk about how based dmj was to use das just to make it more fair

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

Heyyyy thank you! Made sense in my mind, I was afraid people would hate me for switching LOL

Great video!

I wish they would do a dos only bracket to make it fair for them so they could have a chance to win

Great vid! Scout you gotta do a vid of Joseph’s rise and dominance soon I been waiting on it‼️‼️

Amazing :) what a great community

Great vid, as per usual!! Playlist is not on screen at the end btw

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

thanks for the catch, I've added it now!

very well played!

Let's go Scout!

16:55 BATFOY!

great video!

Can’t believe he got the controller out. That means you had him in panic mode haha. Great work.

As allways it is so much fun to watch your Videos. Greetings from Leipzig Germany

2:12 3rd place for something no way

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

You da goat

Hey man, you r a proud and nice DAS player. GZ

your videos are next level

@-hypernova-

23 күн бұрын

h

Been silently watching your videos for years now and I just made my account… You got me into this beautiful game and am now sitting at 500k, really appreciate everything you do brother and your beautiful videos❤🔥

haven't watched a tetris video for like a year. Damn I really miss watching tetris games

5 minutes in and this sounds like me in Vegas 2023. After finishing: Actually so cracked but the similarities between this and me in Vegas is oddly close. Qualifying the 800s, That there are 2 world championships players, 12 people in the bracket, Getting a good top 8 match, facing a top player much more skilled than us, winning the first game, and getting third. Very Monka S

I'm shocked that the video started with "This... Is me"

GGs on third

I say even though you aren't "The best", your still easily in the top 100. And for a game as widely played as classic tetris, thats mad impressive.

DMJ was just mucking around when he used DAS. It became obvious very quickly who the superior player was once he goes all-out.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

I was actually trying my hardest in those first games, and Scout just outplayed me.

@budgetcoinhunter

11 ай бұрын

@@davidjennings2300 But only when you had one hand tied behind your back. The second you switched input style, it was over.

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

@@budgetcoinhunter it wasn't immediately over - there's always the risk of an early topout no matter the skill level, which nearly happened to dmj in game 4 if he hadn't saved himself with a heroic dig. And then I miraculously smashed my competition pb in game 5, so he needed to post an above average score in order to beat me. I emphasize at the end that it was a clutch performance from both of us.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

@aGameScout Yup! This should be a classic example that losing doesn't always correlate with making a mistake. People play perfect and lose sometimes

14:17 What if you put Z vertical in columns 4 and 5 and S vertical in columns in 6 and 7? That creates 3 rows of garbage but allows you to stack up a right well.

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

At 220 lines, I can only burn one line if I want to get all 3 of my final tetrises before 29. Looking back, the one other possible move might’ve been setting the Z horizontal on columns 8 9 and 10 and hoping that I could skim the one line of garbage up top.

@pineapplewhatever5906

11 ай бұрын

@@aGameScout The ZS placement I suggested wouldn't burn any lines.

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

@@pineapplewhatever5906 Oh I see what you mean now, yeah that would also be theoretically possible (but super difficult with DAS) to build and get tetrises up 3 rows

I thought the upset was he beating the best of the best, Scout😂. I mean, he was so lucky to beat the GOAT

just curious, did you ever play against DAS-era titans (Harry, jeff, Jonas, Quaid) ?

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

I did play a match against Quaid once! I wasn’t nearly as good back then, but I did do a video breakdown of how it went kzread.info/dash/bejne/c56q0I9-l8KYnto.html

Is that a Buc-ee's hat?

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

It is!

now i want to know : hows your progress on practicing rolling?

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

Before getting the maxout, I thought I would be motivated to learn rolling once I’d achieved it - but afterwards, I quickly realized I just wanted to take a break and enjoy a while of feeling like I had “beaten” the game (as the maxout goal had been looming above me for so long). So I haven’t started the grind yet. The main thing that will motivate me to start soon is probably documenting the entire process of me learning it and seeing how long it takes me to get back up to getting a maxout with rolling

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

@@aGameScout I've always thought that would make a good series. If you want coaching or advice, I can always tell you what I know!

You should make a video of 'What happened to Joseph Saelee'?

@aGameScout

10 ай бұрын

There's not much to say, really. 2021 CTWC was his last event, after that he shifted his focus on college and working out, likely in part due to the increased effort it would take to master rolling and stay at the top of the scene.

Ain't no way that Cchristm beating Mecex isn't the craziest upset ever

i would've titled the video "i forced a pro tetris player to max out." amazing performance!

btw in description wou spelled championship wrong just a correction :D

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the catch, fixed!

@amberlandball

11 ай бұрын

​@@aGameScoutok thanks :D

No way I am actually in a Scoutvideo

🍻

I need an NTSC NES.

This is some anime stuff. An underdog goes up against a pro and wins the first two rounds and then they stop holding back. The underdog then breaks his personal best! No real life plot armor to take home the win after that though. Probably won't rematch at the end of the manga or a training arc and win either.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

Definitely a "You are worthy of my true power" moment

How's that phrase go? After every amazing game comes a bomb one? Ggs either way, tho (still kind of wonder how it would have gone if he had kept using DAS the whole time 🤔)

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

If Scout still put up that huge game 5 score, it's HIGHLY likely he would have won

@TS_Mind_Swept

11 ай бұрын

@@davidjennings2300 assuming his game was the same, obv :p

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

@@TS_Mind_Swept Yeah, it's hard to say that because he might have played differently if I was using das.

@TS_Mind_Swept

11 ай бұрын

@@davidjennings2300 Fair point, I s'pose (also I didn't realize you were the one playing against him SuperVinlin )

You practicing rolling? If so progress check?

11:22 J flat at 123 should be better

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

True, I didn’t see it in the moment

@spragetwang6317

11 ай бұрын

@@aGameScout It's hard to see that. I trained a lot on 19-3 with DAS so that might help me get the correct instinct instantly. Great performance btw. GGs

tetris

If you play smart, could you technically have an advantage by playing slower and seeing what peices you have next by looking at your opponents screen?

You look like Trent Lenkarski.

To bad you can't measure almost.

Surely the biggest upset of all time is jonas vs megaretroman. I assume it isn't listed because the elo ranking is too new? Or wasn't the elo difference between these two not as high as you would expect?

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

Jonas vs megaretroman is definitely the most iconic upset of all time - however their skill gap was a lot less than dmj and I (they were both das players, and mrm had 10 maxouts at the time, while I currently only have 1). iirc, Elo gave mrm about a 10% chance of winning that match. The match is mainly remembered for the games that Jonas fumbled on, but mrm was quite a good player in his own right.

@Himolino

11 ай бұрын

@@aGameScout thanks for clearing that Up for me :)

@thetoddlanders1992

11 ай бұрын

In addition to what Scout wrote, Megaretroman was about 15% vs Jonas (1440 against 1820 in Elo). Biggest upset in main CTWC draw is Asta vs PixelAndy in 2021 (just under 10%) when Andy was rated 2100. Though TetrisTime being Fractal TWICE was given about a 3% chance by Elo.

Is it just me or DMJ looks like Madeon

What’s with the players wearing gloves and flicking there wrists

why does he have to re-explain the entirety of nes Tetris every video, like why, we already know that long bars is what's most efficient

@aGameScout

9 ай бұрын

Semi-frequently, my videos get shown on the KZread algorithm to a bunch of people who’ve never seen Classic Tetris before, so I do it for them. I try to only explain the bare minimum and get through it as quickly as possible

bro lowkey look like wumbo

Man I wish DAS was viable :(

@oxoboo

11 ай бұрын

RIP DAS

@budgetcoinhunter

11 ай бұрын

Well, since they're monkeying with the rules of the game already with Super Killscreen, why _not_ just go in and update the DAS piece movement speed?

@scienceevolves4417

11 ай бұрын

Neubauer "rolling" in his grave😅😅😅

Grats for placing 3rd in the tournament Scout, but IMO this video shouldn't have been made, at least not the way you made it. Yes, he went easy on you, just accept it. Is it possible that he taps out with rolling before you do? Yes. Is it probable? I would bet that the probability of this happening is lower than you beating him. And it is not just because rolling is objectively better, but also because he was playing outside of his comfort zone. Yes, he is still very competent at DAS, but if you play constantly with one technique and then switch to another one you ain't gonna be playing 100%, but more like 80-90% at most.

@aGameScout

11 ай бұрын

I acknowledge in the video that he was going easy on me for the first 2 games, but if that was the only factor that made the match close, I wouldn't have made the video. It was improbable that I'd break my competition pb twice in a single set, and it was improbable that he'd get out of the Game 4 dig and by no means a guarantee that he'd get a maxout in game 5 (in the following match, he got fairly average scores while rolling the whole time). What made the match special was that both of us managed to put in clutch performances in the end.

@davidjennings2300

11 ай бұрын

You are right, I was probably not at 100% with DAS, but to me it's pretty easy to pick up quickly since it's just a timing thing, so I wasn't too rusty. But I was definitely trying my hardest in those first games to win with DAS, I thought I could win and show I'm actually the better player when on a level playing field, but that obviously DID NOT happen.... lol