User:Tfisher93/Classic Tetris World Championship 2018

Classic Tetris World Championship 2018
2018
Tournament information
Sport	Tetris
Location	Portland, Oregon, United States
Date	20–21 October 2018
Tournament; format(s)	Open score attack qualification; 40-players single-elimination playoff
Host(s)	Portland Retro Gaming Expo
Venue	Oregon Convention Center
Final positions
Champions	Joseph Saelee
1st runners-up	Jonas Neubauer
2nd runners-up	Tomohiro "Green Tea" Tatejima; Koji "Koryan" Nishio
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The 2018 Classic Tetris World Championship was the ninth edition of Classic Tetris World Championship which took place between 20 and 21 October 2018 in Portland, Oregon. Joseph Saelee won the tournament after defeating the seven-time champion Jonas Neubauer.^[1]

Format

The competition takes place over two days, with the Qualifying Round and Round Zero on the first day and the Main Event on the second. Contestants are allowed to bring their own controller, but it must be an original, unmodified NES Controller.

Qualifying Round

Qualifying takes place on a fixed number of NES stations. Entrants play "Type A" Tetris, starting on level 9 or higher, and are ranked based on their final score. Once an entrant's game ends for any reason, his/her total must be recorded by a tournament scorekeeper in order to be valid. Entrants may make as many qualifying attempts as they wish, but must return to the back of the waiting line for each one. Additionally there is the option to pay small amount of money and rent a station for an hour.

Winners of "Qualifying Events" held before the event are automatically qualified to the bracket, but their seedings are still determined by their Qualifying Round result. These winners are:

Harry Hong (West Coast Qualifier)
Josh Tolles (Midwest Qualifier)
Kristen Stein (Southern Qualifier)
Christopher Brady (East Coast Qualifier)
Jeff Moore (Desert Qualifier)

The 5 "Auto Qualifiers" above and next 35 best scorers in Qualifying Round qualified for the bracket. Top 24 scorers of the 40 qualified directly to the Main Event, while the bottom 16 went to Round Zero.^[2]

Round Zero

Bottom 16 qualifiers are paired in best-of-three matches. Eight winners advanced to the Main Event.

Main Event

The Main Event is a single-elimination tournament consisting of five rounds of head-to-head matches (six if including Round Zero). All matches are best of three games, except the best-of-five final match.

For each game of a match, both players begin to play at the same time on separate systems, and the game continues until one of the following occurs:^[2]

Trailing player tops-out (leader wins)
Leader tops-out; trailing player fails to match that score before topping-out (leader wins)
Leader tops out; trailing player passes that score (trailing player wins)

Result

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Qualifying Round

Only Top 50 entrants shown. Best score #2 and #3 are shown and used only for tiebreakers.
AQ – Auto Qualifier

Seed	Name	Best Score #1	Best Score #2	Best Score #3
1	Koji "Koryan" Nishio	999999	999999	999780
2	Tomohiro "Green Tea" Tatejima	999999	999999	990280
3	Jonas Neubauer	999999	999999	947100
4	Harry Hong (AQ)	999999	999999	886360
5	Joseph Saelee	999999	994720
6	Svavar Gunnar Gunnarsson	999999	930270
7	Josh Tolles (AQ)	999999	698600
8	Alex Kerr	992207
9	Sean "ZZYZX" Ritchie	952733
10	Ben Mullen	946780
11	Jeff Moore (AQ)	936040
12	Peter "Metalbeast" Grisafi	921280
13	Terry Purcell	889290
14	Christopher Brady (AQ)	886832
15	Jake Stein	865976
16	Matt Buco	864893
17	Eli Markstrom	863920
18	Chad Muse	857220
19	Joey Parker	844754
20	Matt Schoolmaster	819449
21	Jani Herlevi	808220	803580
22	Frank Westphal	808220	539900
23	Mike Winzinek	784655
24	Stacy Schierholz	761821
25	Sho "SQR" Akaki	757542
26	Robin Mihara	734330
27	Gin Morgan	684054
28	Patrick Nyffeler	681520
29	Trey Harrison	664820
30	David Legendre	643180
31	Ethan Daniels	637771
32	Paul Tesi	637222
33	Kristen Stein (AQ)	625983
34	Sam Parry	602484
35	Greg Vander Velden	583664
36	Burke Kenney	579950
37	Michael "Betastrep" Bowman	572767
38	Jon Baker	568946
39	Patrick "Packie" Haendle	563688
40	Justin Olejnik	560251
	Vince Clemente	556200
	"Friday"	539625
	Kevin Birrell	536474
	"3arrett"	532820
	David "aSongScout" Macdonald	529578
	Lars Vandenbergh	529420
	Andre Hoelscher	528366
	Thomas Vaughn	526062
	Steve H.	522167
	Rigel Pearce	507000

Bracket

Top 8

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Grand Final

1	Koji "Koryan" Nishio	2

9	Sean "ZZYZX" Ritchie	0
			1	Koji "Koryan" Nishio	1

			5	Joseph Saelee	2
4	Harry Hong	1

5	Joseph Saelee	2
						5	Joseph Saelee	3

						3	Jonas Neubauer	0
2	Tomohiro "Green Tea" Tatejima	2

7	Josh Tolles	0
			2	Tomohiro "Green Tea" Tatejima	1

			3	Jonas Neubauer	2
3	Jonas Neubauer	2

6	Svavar Gunnar Gunnarsson	0

Section 1

Round Zero			Top 32			Top 16			Quarterfinals

			1	Koji "Koryan" Nishio	2
32	Paul Tesi	2	32	Paul Tesi	0
33	Kristen Stein	1				1	Koji "Koryan" Nishio	2
						16	Matt Buco	0
			16	Matt Buco	2
			17	Eli Markstrom	0
									1	Koji "Koryan" Nishio	2
									9	Sean "ZZYZX" Ritchie	0
			9	Sean "ZZYZX" Ritchie	2
			24	Stacy Schierholz	0
						9	Sean "ZZYZX" Ritchie	2
						8	Alex Kerr	0
			8	Alex Kerr	2
25	Sho "SQR" Akaki	2	25	Sho "SQR" Akaki	0
40	Justin Olejnik	0

Section 2

Round Zero			Top 32			Top 16			Quarterfinals

			4	Harry Hong	2
29	Trey Harrison	2	29	Trey Harrison	0
36	Burke Kenney	0				4	Harry Hong	2
						13	Terry Purcell	1
			13	Terry Purcell	2
			20	Matt Schoolmaster	0
									4	Harry Hong	1
									5	Joseph Saelee	2
			12	Peter "Metalbeast" Grisafi	0
			21	Jani Herlevi	2
						21	Jani Herlevi	0
						5	Joseph Saelee	2
			5	Joseph Saelee	2
28	Patrick Nyffeler	2	28	Patrick Nyffeler	0
37	Michael "Betastrep" Bowman	0

Section 3

Round Zero			Top 32			Top 16			Quarterfinals

			2	Tomohiro "Green Tea" Tatejima	2
31	Ethan Daniels	0	34	Sam Parry	0
34	Sam Parry	2				2	Tomohiro "Green Tea" Tatejima	2
						18	Chad Muse	0
			15	Jake Stein	0
			18	Chad Muse	2
									2	Tomohiro "Green Tea" Tatejima	2
									7	Josh Tolles	0
			10	Ben Mullen	2
			23	Mike Winzinek	1
						10	Ben Mullen	0
						7	Josh Tolles	2
			7	Josh Tolles	2
26	Robin Mihara	0	39	Patrick "Packie" Haendle	1
39	Patrick "Packie" Haendle	2

Section 4

Round Zero			Top 32			Top 16			Quarterfinals

			3	Jonas Neubauer	2
30	David Legendre	2	30	David Legendre	0
35	Greg Vander Velden	0				3	Jonas Neubauer	2
						19	Joey Parker	0
			14	Christopher Brady	0
			19	Joey Parker	2
									3	Jonas Neubauer	2
									6	Svavar Gunnar Gunnarsson	0
			11	Jeff Moore	2
			22	Frank Westphal	1
						11	Jeff Moore	0
						6	Svavar Gunnar Gunnarsson	2
			6	Svavar Gunnar Gunnarsson	2
27	Gin Morgan	2	27	Gin Morgan	0
38	Jon Baker	0

References

^ "Classic Tetris World Championship". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Rules – Classic Tetris World Championship". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ "Results – Classic Tetris World Championship". Retrieved 31 October 2018.

[official-1] "Classic Tetris World Championship". Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[rules-2] "Rules – Classic Tetris World Championship". Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[result-3] "Results – Classic Tetris World Championship". Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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