Best of Five: The Classic Tetris Champions (2024)
Best of Five: The Classic Tetris Champions
2024
In 2014, the Classic Tetris World Championship was at a crossroads. For the first four years of its existence, Jonas Neubauer won every time. In its fifth year, a documentary crew followed key players as they set out with one goal in mind: Beat Jonas. This five-episode documentary series tells the story of the tournament, the players, and what it means to be the champion of an unwinnable game.
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We learn how players have trained for the tournament. Some have extreme training regimens...and some haven't played in a year. We meet Trey Harrison, who has programmed a Tetris simulator to help him train for the tournament. We also learn about his history with Tetris legends Thor Aackerlund and Jonas Neubauer. Finally, we learn the unusual way Trey earned his spot in the bracket...and what happens as a result.
We start by exploring how Tetris experts think about the game. Then we learn about how, in the small Classic Tetris scene, close friends often compete and feel bad about it—each person wants to win, but nobody wants their friend to lose. Finally, two friends do battle, in an intense match dubbed "the buzzer beater" by commentator James Chen.
In 2014, the Classic Tetris World Championship was at a crossroads. For the first four years of its existence, Jonas Neubauer won every time. In its fifth year, a documentary crew followed key players as they set out with one goal in mind: Beat Jonas. This five-episode documentary series tells the story of the tournament, the players, and what it means to be the champion of an unwinnable game.
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