"You can go slowly here" WTF DO MEAN "SLOWLY?!" THOSE PIECES ARE FALLING FASTER THAN MY SEMESTER GRADES!

@hearueszueke6206

9 жыл бұрын

Ben Sachs with slowly he means to reduce his speed and get more time, because to get a cool. without cool, no GM

@baconater4000

9 жыл бұрын

Haris Ziko lol you answered

@Meloku171

9 жыл бұрын

Ben Sachs The game, internally, checks your split times. Every 300 levels or so, the game checks if you reached the next checkpoint at least two seconds later than the previous one, and levels increase for every placed piece and every line cleared. Playing "slower" means waiting for the pieces to fall on their own instead of dropping them, clearing less lines, etc., in order to trick the game into expecting longer splits, but not playing slow enough that the game boots you out mid-game for "being too slow".

@hearueszueke6206

9 жыл бұрын

Meloku171 great comment bro

@bensachs5206

9 жыл бұрын

Meloku171 so basically its best to simply staircase your speed every checkpoint to lighten the load on the harder levels?

Dude, you will always be remembered in gaming history "First non-Japanese person to become a grand master in Tetris, one of the most well known games in the world.". Go out and buy yourself a drink!

@Scary7064

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Canny That awkward moment when he goes on ancestry.com and finds out he is 1/4 Japanese.

@josephcanny9733

8 жыл бұрын

XD

@Smaka47

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Canny "most well known games in the world." [citation needed]

@NotLuigi

8 жыл бұрын

No citation needed

@Smaka47

8 жыл бұрын

uh yeah it is

Kevin's explosion of excitement at 8:20 is so awesome. Understand that it took him 8-9 years to get to this point and there are only 5 other people in the world who can do what he just did.

Almost passed out when the game trolled you with DID NOT PASS to PASS:

@alexrector2150

7 жыл бұрын

Digi, thank you for confirming that there's a promotional exam for every rank.

@Cublex

6 жыл бұрын

Oh hey look, it's me.

@Neubulae

6 жыл бұрын

If you are too weak to receive that rank it will be a straight "Failed". If you exceeds too much it will also be a straight "Qualified". But when you are close to the promo. requirement, shits happen like that.

@BaconSenpai

2 жыл бұрын

@@Neubulae afaik there is no straight qualified for GM, but I could be wrong

I come watch this video every now and then to see the pure happiness when he passes the Gm exam, you can feel the happiness and relief at the same time competing for dominance.

@KevinDDR

2 жыл бұрын

Aw, thanks man! For what it's worth it really did feel awesome.

"you can play pretty slowly here" *blocks moving so fast they seem to be appearing in place*

@hellboy19991

5 жыл бұрын

Instant gravity :p

@matiasmannelli5722

4 жыл бұрын

JAJAJAJA SAME WTF IN ME THE DUDE RELAXED AND TETRIS DESTROY THE FLOOR

@natend741

4 жыл бұрын

@@hellboy19991 20G*

For people who don't understand,I mean just for background purposes. There are only 6 people who achieved this and Kevin is the sixth person and also the only non japanese to achieved it. 5 japanese 1 american.

@alexrector2150

7 жыл бұрын

HOPEFULLY I can eventually make it 5j2a.

@richtofen4888

4 жыл бұрын

Alex Rector Have you made it?

@NOT_A_ROBOT

Жыл бұрын

I could do this, I just need to get all cools. It's pretty hard to memorize the times needed. P.S. yeah I'm already pretty good at invis and 20g

7:07 starts one of the most intense minutes in all of video games. The FINAL EXAM.

@NOT_A_ROBOT

Жыл бұрын

still not the hardest tho

To think he did this while having idle chitchat, too... that takes skill!

@SrmthfgRockLee

5 жыл бұрын

it has been proven that talking while in car driving=most dangerous. only worse= to drive while sleepy than to take a phone call(especially phone calls which have mathematics involved and stuff..questions makign u think.. if u drive drunk u know ure drunk so u try to concentrate on purpose.. driving drunk isnt as bad as these other things)

@BaconSenpai

5 жыл бұрын

@@SrmthfgRockLee This comment made me lose brain cells. You're a fucking dolt.

@BaconSenpai

5 жыл бұрын

scratches his face/head multiple times and still does L/J piece slide

@noahdomingo1162

4 жыл бұрын

@@SrmthfgRockLee Drunk driving is still arguably the stupidest thing you can do at all. It sounds like you're saying drunk driving is defendable because there's something worse.

@SrmthfgRockLee

4 жыл бұрын

@@BaconSenpai I saw it on a very famous TV Show called Mythbusters that has over 15 seasons(I saw it by 2011 when it had around 11-12 seasons, so around the 8th season probably) n they tested n proved what I stated. They also showed sporting is the best way to get alchohol out of your system. Milk helps vs spiciness.

"I love you all and cherish the memories we made. I hope time is kind, and allows us to craft just a few more!" is the kind of quote I would proudly put on my gravestone

8:21 The moment that a dream comes true.

@aaronl22

8 жыл бұрын

+

Doesn't matter how much time passes, this is still absolutely legendary

Boom! Tetris for Kevin.

This is probably one of the greatest things I've seen. Saw it live on twitch and saw your AGDQ in person. I'll never forget this.

I wonder if that level of concentration reveals the secrets of the universe...

Watched the whole AGDQ and was amazed by what I saw. YT searched "Tetris Grandmaster World Record" and happened to stumble upon this vid without even recognizing the runner. Finally saw it was one of the guys, and then Grand Master happens??? BAWSE!!!!! Congrats, dude!

@Core1138

9 жыл бұрын

I just had the exact same experience!

@4:57 jsut a casual L spin

"I'm pretty good at Tetris" *_Watches video_* "I'm pretty good at solitaire"

@meechisminners

5 жыл бұрын

Me with cubing. I felt good being able to solve a rubik's cube in 45 seconds...until I found out the world record is 3.47 seconds

Tetris, IIDX, and DDR. I wish I could be your friend LMAO

I know its been a few years but clean game man. I love pulling up tetris masters now and then on youtube and your joy at passing is infectious!

@KevinDDR

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I've actually been playing again lately and I'm hoping I can beat the Doubles WR again this year with KAN. We'll see! :D

@AgentSapphire

Жыл бұрын

@@KevinDDR Good luck! Just don't give up and you'll get there!

That brain processing speed. damn!

@NOT_A_ROBOT

Жыл бұрын

nah, everyone can do that, you just need quite a bit of experience

...man, I thought I was good at Tetris LOL That was so freakin sick. Congratulations!!!

7 BILLION people in the world 1.2 BILLION identify as gamers Of those 1.2 billion that identify as gamers only FIVE others before Kevin were able to accomplish the Grand Master rank. ALL of them Japanese. Many of us could go ten lifetimes without accomplishing something THAT great in our gaming lives.

@thegame346

9 жыл бұрын

Rented Mule Whether they play it or have even heard of it makes no difference. They won't go anywhere near it because they don't possess the skill for it

@snusk741

9 жыл бұрын

Wahaha so dumb xD

@icecreamget

9 жыл бұрын

Rented Mule TGM (the first one) was made by people who were like "tetris is fun but its soooo easy" and tgm2 was for people who were like "tgm was fun but soooo easy" and then tgm 3.... yeah. tgm3 was literally made for the tetris gods

@Forslimjims

9 жыл бұрын

thegame346 I'd just like to point out that becoming GM on TGM 3 is technically the rarest thing in the world.

@thegame346

8 жыл бұрын

Rented Mule I'm sure you can provide examples then right?

A true Tetris Grand Master. KevinDDR is now a true Tetris Grand Master! Finally, the West has a Tetris Grand Master!! WOOOOOOOO!

A must watch for any gamer

If I'm ever in dire need of surgery, I think there's only one set of hands with skill and precision that I'd stake my life on.

gg Tetris The Grand Master 3, bring on the release of Tetris The Grand Master 4!

@BizerkPixel

9 жыл бұрын

humanity is not ready for such a beast :P

@moneyfolder1182

9 жыл бұрын

BizerkPixel TETRIS DOESN'T CARE IF YOU'RE READY OR NOT!

@BizerkPixel

9 жыл бұрын

Ross Anderson damn straight

@OliverTC

9 жыл бұрын

TGM4 was actually cancelled back in 2009 iirc

@pokevii

9 жыл бұрын

Ross Anderson Tetris The Grandmaster 3 Omega was announced. Get. Hyped.

"You can play pretty slowly here" *says this while instantly dropping each piece perfectly like a fucking legend*

HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION!

@OyVeey

7 жыл бұрын

ALL POWER TO THE GAMERS

And people tell me I'm good lol. Compared to this dude, I'm Stevie Wonder playing Tetris.

Godtier. Absolutely unbelievable. Congratulations Kevin, you sir are incredible.

I remember witnessing a guy at Magfest getting grandmaster at one of the candy cabs. It was a glorious thing to see.

Truly amazing, wish I caught this when it was live but it had me on the edge of my seat watching the Twitch recording even when I knew you got the GM. Congratulations!

You can tell that by the time the invisible credits came on, beneath the banter he had with his friend: he was giving it his all. All that energy built up and how it led to him almost losing the whole run by choking, only coming out once he won. Like his whole life depended on this one run - go GM or give it all up. This dude made HISTORY. He has accomplished an ultimate gaming feat that I'm very confident in saying that very, very few of us here will never get close to reaching. I sincerely hope he's living an awesome life right now. After almost a decade leading up to this I think he's absolutely earned it.

When I lived in Seattle back in 2008, I used to work at Gameworks there and I think I saw you play DDR there. Little did I know you'd be the first GM at Tetris. I had no idea who you were back then...incredible.

GM試験を合格したおめでとうございます！

Wow... Congratulations Kevin. I watched your performance at AGDQ love earlier this year, and when I found this video I felt so happy for you. Congrats, #6! :D

that is so awesome, congrats dude !!!

top 10 most epic moments in gaming history.

I never thought I'd get excited about watching someone play Tetris. I was very wrong. That was awesome.

Wow, I'm sad i missed this live. I just saw the AGDQ from last year and had no idea this existed. This is truly awesome, congrats! Clearly lots of hard work you put in, so i'm glad you got GM.

Sick dude, that was pretty cool, happy to see a long time want of yours come to fruition

Bummed I didn't catch this live, but huge congrats. 6th ever and 1st outside of Japan is crazy, especially for a game that's been around this long.

Love how he immediately wanted to hang out with anyone watching the stream in the area

This and the KAN Stunfest video I still come back to for my TGM fix. Absolutely blows me away how flawless you manage this shit and just talk like it's nothing. If ever there was a GM deserving of the moniker, it's you my man.

Your reaction is awesome, I also loved how your buddy had no idea what happened when you promoted :)

The 9 year anniversary of this achievement is coming up in a couple weeks. No one else has become a grandmaster since this video came out.

Remember you from the Games done quick. REALLY HAPPY YOU MADE IT! ROCK ON! CONGRATS!

i thought i was pretty good at tetris til now holy fuck it's hard to even comprehend how this is possible. it's like you have super powers

The fact that he is able to maintain a conversation while accomplishing one of the hardest feats in gaming history is just staggering.

Congratulations on your amazing achievement. Let's all keep running and craft those memories.

Dude this looks INSANE! I know this is many years late but congrats on the GM! You deserved it!

Looks like tetris being played using a fight stick.

@thorc4167

4 жыл бұрын

Astro City arcade panel.

@NOT_A_ROBOT

Жыл бұрын

it's an arcade game so yeah

Congratulations man, that was truly amazing!

Such a great video. I revisit it every few years.

Kevin, if you're ever in Pittsburgh, PA I'll treat the Grand Master to dinner and drinks.

@KevinDDR

7 жыл бұрын

The Sedaiv Hah, I come there twice a year for pinball tournaments! PAPA, the one coming up soon is way out of actual Pittsburgh but I'll take you up on it at Pinburgh which is in the summer! :)

@RealGateGuardian

7 жыл бұрын

KevinDDR Cool, I'll see you in Pinburgh. dinner and drinks on me.

@RealGateGuardian

7 жыл бұрын

Burgers Butritrundle Good sir, I object to your objection. I am merely wishing to convey proper respect to the American Grand Master.

@RealGateGuardian

5 жыл бұрын

@@KevinDDR still waiting fir your arrival in Pittsburgh to pay homage to you.

@RealGateGuardian

5 жыл бұрын

@@KevinDDR Hey Kev, are trying for SGDQ? I made my submissions for Resident Evil 2. Hoping to meet you there and if you'd be on my couch.

As someone who struggles to get an S5, this is so ridiculously impressive. Could honestly call it the video that inspired me to start playing TGM3 and try to learn it better. No idea how I could improve in this game further, but I'm still hoping!

Congratulations! That was an amazing feat!

That... made my jaw drop. AND THEN THE CREDITS. What a rush!

You've surely mastered your Terror, and made it your Instinct as a Grand Master. Well done!

Truly amazing. Anybody who doesn't lose their mind at this has no idea how big a deal it is.

didn't know this was a thing until they talked about it about 20 minutes ago on SGDQ. Amazing run. Cant imagine the elation you felt.

What a legendary moment. The atmosphere makes it that much better. The haters don’t know shit

omg this dude is on God Mode playing Tetris. Good shit. i was blown away on how he was able to do this. never seen anything like this. how could he see the piece so fast amazing

@NOT_A_ROBOT

Жыл бұрын

tons of experience, that's how.

I've never head of the GM games until a few days ago and holy shit this is amazing

Congratulations. Absolutely incredible.

These Tetris grand masters are incredible. Probably the best I've seen anyone be at anything.

@LMTR14

8 жыл бұрын

+KIFulgore starcraft players are better as in meaningful input/time

@BaconSenpai

7 жыл бұрын

lol

I can't believe I'm this late to congratulate you on beating Tetris. Congratulations, man.

Dang. I've seen this video so many times that this time, I just clicked the timeline ONCE and got the reaction without even thinking about it.

Holy shit, congratulations! That is ridiculously impressive O.o

"What is with that randomizer?" Every game for me!

That was one of the most incredible things i've ever seen.

I'm still in awe of your ability. congrats

Coming back to this during SGDQ 2015, the Tetris block just reminded me of how insanely difficult this game is, and how amazing this run really is, as well as how amazing the runners of this game are.

@NOT_A_ROBOT

Жыл бұрын

nah you just need to play Tetris (especially 20G invisible Tetris) a lot

Watching this in 2020 and I'm still mind blown.

You've inspired me to try to get more than 3 lines in one go.

the only game where the credits are the hardest part

I know this is a 7 year old video but good fucking job, I can only imagine how much time you've spent getting Grand Master.

Most people never get this good at anything in their entire lives

How's excited to watch Tetris @ sgdq 2017, it's starting in a couple minutes :D!

GODMODE Kevin! You da best!!!!

Can't wait to meet you at SGDQ this year!

@nickpeck4561

2 жыл бұрын

Little that he knew, something horrible happened (RIP GM)

Man i'm so happy for him i wanna hug him

This actually makes me kinda interested in playing this game. I doubt I could ever make Master rank let alone GM, but it looks fun and a good way to hone reflexes and memory.

@nightshademagia

7 жыл бұрын

Red Mck Try MasterO or MO grade. I think it's the lowest in the MasterX grades.

@NOT_A_ROBOT

Жыл бұрын

@@nightshademagia Master is even lower than MasterV or MasterK.

Congrats! The Americans have done it!

I would have reacted far more crazy than that. Congratulations from the Phillipines!

Amazing. Inspiration to start playing tetris! :)

That was fucking crazy. Time to get off my scrub ass and get better.

nobody: this boi: damn dude the game: COOL!! COOL!!! me: [turns on game and plays a bit of master casually] the game: REGRET!!

Imagine the power went out when he was in the middle of this? Damn, i'd be playing this with a UPS hooked up if I was in this situation.

God damn that was nois! Grats man!

Not only did you beat Tetris... you Are Tetris! =)

And thus a legend was born

I have no clue about all of this, why is he constantly saying he is to fast and then waiting a bit?

@KevinDDR

9 жыл бұрын

One of the requirements to trigger the invisible credit roll is to get all the COOLs throughout the game. Basically the game keeps track of your time from x00-x70 in each 100 level section; if you're more than 2 seconds slower than your previous x00-x70, you don't get the little "COOL" text and don't get the 100-level speed curve increase plus extra grade that comes with it. If you miss any of the cools, you simply get a fading credit roll instead of the purely invisible one. Consequently, I had to be conscious as to how fast I was playing to prevent myself from setting up an almost impossible COOL time to beat in the next section. It's best when playing conservatively to build a little "buffer time" into each section so that if you make a bad mistake, you can simply play faster to catch up and get the COOL.

@PewPew1234567

9 жыл бұрын

***** Ah okay, thanks very much for your answer! And congratulations ;)

@ryankasson9947

8 жыл бұрын

+KevinDDR This was super helpful, I thought this was a completely shitty game. Now that it looks more than arbitrary, I can understand the prestige to beating the challenges.

@MattiasCL

6 жыл бұрын

You thought Tetris was a shitty game? What?

This is the video that fuelled me to ask “What Japanese arcade games have been spotted in western regions?”. I’m hoping to find some Japanese arcades cabinets within Canada without having to travel far to Japan which I want to do but not for a long time.

Big ups, man!

GM合格おめでとう！

What a fucking legend KevinDDR you will go down in history congratulations 🎉👏🏻

8:20 one of the greatest pop offs in all of gaming.

Holy shit! What a great run!