The Greatest Tournament Run in Tetris History

Top Tetris player Fractal161 had a 1.3% chance to win one of the most competitive NES Tetris tournaments in its 33 year history. Here's how he defied the odds.

Check out Fractal here:
YouTube:    / @fractal161  
Twitch:   / fractal161  

Check out my Twitch:
  / amcobalt  

Watch the Classic Tetris Monthly here:
  / monthlytetris  
Individual match uploads can be found here:
   / monthlytetris  
Here's every full Mega Masters match bundled into one playlist:    • CTM Mega Masters April 2022  

Players featured:
Rapta:   / rapta725  
Huffulufugus:    / huffulufugus  
TommyNTG:    / du0ling0  
AlexT:    / @alexthach276  
Dogplayingtetris:    / @michaelkhanhofficial  

Music used:
Foewi - Lucid Dream
HOME - Tides
e s c p - Stardrive
Foewi - Negative Gravity
HOME - Head First
LEMMino - Nocturnal
FTL Advanced Edition Soundtrack - Lost Ship (Explore)
Outro Music:
Caleb Micklus - Purdie Jazz

Some background:
Tetris tournaments, and in particular Classic Tetris tournaments have a long-winded history, stemming back to the 1990 Nintendo World Championships, the event where Thor Aackerland showed off hypertapping for the first time. Ever since the Classic Tetris World Championships (CTWC) began in 2010, the community has become closer each year, and once the Classic Tetris Monthly was created in 2017, it had an ever-increasing online presence. Fractal is a apart of the new generation of Tetris prodigies, learning the rolling technique that top player Cheez invented with its purpose being to help increase piece movement for the killscreen. This tournament run showcases Fractal's mastery of the technique, with him fighting his way through some of the most absurd matchups the tournament format has ever produced.
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