Best of Five Ep 1 "A Chance to Win" - The Classic Tetris Champions Documentary

"Best of Five: The Classic Tetris Champions" is a five-episode documentary series about people who play Tetris on the original Nintendo console. It covers the fifth year of the tournament, 2014, when a single player—Jonas Neubauer—had won the first four in a row. Going into that fifth year, every player went in with a single goal: Beat Jonas.

This documentary tells the story of Jonas, along with all the people who took him on. We meet the key players, watch nine full tournament matches, and then catch up on where everybody ended up ten years later.

SUMMARY: Episode 1 introduces the CTWC, which began in 2010. First we recount the history of the tournament leading up to 2014, its fifth year. Then we meet some of the key players we'll follow. We see qualifying for the tournament, fill in (most of) the bracket, and show our first match. At the end, we meet the five key players we'll follow for the rest of the series.

Directed by Chris Higgins, Best of Five is a love letter to Classic Tetris. It is presented here on YouTube for free in order to reach the widest possible audience—but it cost a fortune to make. If you'd like to send Chris a tip, go to: https://ko-fi.com/chrishiggins

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Legal disclaimer: This film was not sponsored or endorsed by The Tetris Company.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Strobe Warning
00:10 Opening Titles
02:28 CTWC History
04:43 Harry vs. Jonas
08:17 What Is Tetris?
12:56 Level 19
15:13 Terry
19:58 Qualifying
25:42 The Bracket
26:50 Dana
29:52 Meet the Announcers
31:49 Match 1
45:34 Top Five Seeds
46:23 Closing Titles

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