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It is estimated that two
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out of every three Americans
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have played Tetris.
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Tetris is a game of skill.
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Seven blocks of different shapes
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descend from the top
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of the screen.
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The player must arrange them to
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form and clear horizontal lines.
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Success is measured
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by the number of lines cleared
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and the total number
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of points scored.
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As the player clears more lines,
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the pieces fall faster.
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The faster the pieces fall,
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the more points are scored.
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When the pieces reach the top
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of the screen, the game is over.
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Russian computer scientist,
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Alexey Pajitnov,
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invented Tetris in 1984
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on an electronika 60.
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In the years that followed,
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the game exploded in popularity
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and was ported to virtually
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every computer and console on
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the market.
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In 1989, Nintendo
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released Tetris for the game boy
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and the Nintendo
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entertainment system,
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selling nearly 40 million copies
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and bringing the game
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to the masses.
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In 1990, Nintendo chose Tetris
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as the central game
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in the largest video-game
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tournament the world had ever
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seen: The Nintendo
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world championships.
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A 14-year-old boy
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from Texas named Thor won.
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Nintendo's Tetris came to be
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viewed as the definitive version
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of the game...
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Its secrets and mysteries
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fascinating the best players
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in the decades to come.
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Every successful game ends with
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the same message to the player.
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This is the story of the people
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who truly mastered the game.
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I have done nothing but play
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Tetris for many, many years,
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and now I'm here because I heard
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about a Tetris competition,
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and I'm here, hopefully,
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to win it.
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I mean, I began Tetris really
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when I was a kid.
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I used to take statistics
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of every single game I played,
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and write down
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whether I had a cup
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of coffee beforehand
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or something like that,
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to kind of see what would make
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me play Tetris the best.
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And I found out that, actually,
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exactly one half-hour
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before you have...
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After you have some coffee,
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you play the best.
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Top players, moving
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to the Super Nintendo version,
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we actually
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play against each other
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and every time you get a Tetris,
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it sends garbage
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to the other person.
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Oh, the most painful misdrop
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in Ashley's life.
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Let's see if she can survive.
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Oh.
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I'm sorry.
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Tetris is not fair, folks.
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I got to get it together.
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I'm still in a viable place.
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I can hear his breath.
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Ben was just informed that
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in the final match, the players
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won't be allowed
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to rotate the pieces.
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This is considered
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a very unusual style of playing.
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Chk, chk, chk, chk, chk, chk,
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chk, chk.
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This is what 15 years of playing
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one game and one game only will
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get you... in a tournament
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somewhere and a documentary
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thereafter.
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It's all about Tetris.
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Chk, chk, chk, chk, chk, chk.
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Goes a lot faster than that
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if you're really good.
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We have a new low...
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53 points.
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She came in and asked
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for a glass of blood.
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Mollin clears a little space,
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gets ready for her long bar.
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And look at this comeback.
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Oh, mollin
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takes it by a landslide.
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You're a champion.
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Mollin nylander.
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And that's it,
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everybody please go home.
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So this one is $3.
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Yeah.
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You got three more for $5.
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Yeah.
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If I bought all three of 'em,
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would you go to $4 for each?
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Sure.
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You're a good Tetris hand?
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Yeah, we are finding the best
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Tetris player in the world.
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We always had wondered why
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the biggest game in the world,
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or what's probably the...
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The most played game ever,
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didn't have a champion.
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And games like pac-man had
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Billy Mitchell and asteroids
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now has John McAllister,
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and Tetris is possibly even
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played more than that.
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And I decided to find
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the best Tetris players
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in the world
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and play them in a contest.
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It's the only video game
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that can be described
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as perfect, right?
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Because how would you
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improve it?
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What, add a shape?
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Take away a shape?
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I believe that Tetris may
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well be the first virtual sport.
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If was going to practice, uh,
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to be the smartest
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or the fastest thinker
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in the world, would I
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play football?
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I don't think so.
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I would play Tetris.
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For months, I've been
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searching for these, uh,
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crt televisions.
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They're kind of hard to find,
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but, uh, we're here
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at this thrift store
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and we found the mother lode.
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There's about 10 in there.
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Despite being based
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in Portland, Oregon,
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Robin decides to hold
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his tournament in Los Angeles
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in an effort
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to draw more people.
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He hopes that if he can get
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the best players involved
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and crown a champion,
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he will have done his part
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to legitimize Tetris
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as a profession sport.
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Well, I'm pretty happy with
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this.
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No more Internet scoreboards,
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no more second chances,
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just a good old-fashioned
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face-to-face tournament
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for the ages.
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It's a Tetris showdown
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of the century,
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and we're joined
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live by Robin mihara.
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So, the world championships.
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What kind of competition
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we talking about here?
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Uh, we're talking
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about the classic nes Tetris.
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Uh, Tetris is probably
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the most-played
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video game of all time.
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It's a...
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It's an addicting game, and, uh,
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it's stolen millions of hours
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from millions of people.
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The champion has never been
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crowned, and I made it my goal
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to seek out
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and find a world champion.
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Are you a big fan,
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'cause I know when I play,
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I like to stack 'em up
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all on one side
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and then you get
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one of those long four ones,
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'cause it's such a good payoff
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when you get the four...
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Y-Yeah,
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I do enjoy that maneuver.
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The... the long bar to get
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the Tetris is pretty solid.
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Yes.
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Tetris is a game of
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decisions, each one affecting
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the next.
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At speeds of up to two decisions
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per second, the Tetris master
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strives to make the right
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decision every single time
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up to 700 times per game.
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To do this, the Tetris master
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must maintain focus.
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The four-line clear,
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called a Tetris,
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scores the most points.
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The master
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relentlessly pursues tetrises.
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This is done by building a wall
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and leaving a well.
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The long bar
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completes the Tetris.
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The probably of getting
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a long bar at any given moment
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is about one out of seven.
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The long bar is the most
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important piece in the game.
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An extended period without it
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is known as a drought.
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A long bar drought
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is the most dreaded occurrence
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in nes Tetris.
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Robin is about to experience
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a drought.
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Yuck.
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To survive the drought, Robin
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is forced to start burning lines
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off the top of his wall.
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That was a drought.
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I think I've narrowed down
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what I consider to be the top
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Tetris players in the world.
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Uh, this is where they live.
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And I've decided that I am going
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to hold a massive contest,
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invite them all,
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and come out of there knowing
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who the best Tetris player
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in the world is.
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Once I found twin galaxies...
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They keep the world records
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for all video games...
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It dawned on me
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that not only had several people
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been playing this game
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ever since it came
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out 22 years ago, uh,
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but a lot of people have been
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taking it very, very seriously.
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Quite a few years ago,
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it all started with just
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a mysterious tape popping up.
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Hmm.
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Well, a couple hundred thousand
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on Tetris.
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Well, this should definitely
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be interesting,
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and I had no idea
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it was gonna snowball
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so exponentially as it has.
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Dana Wilcox, uh, kind
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of out of nowhere,
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just posted this score
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a month ago.
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I don't know very much
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about her,
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but she's from the Oakland area.
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I mean, I had no idea
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that that was even...
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That twin galaxies even
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existed until my friend was all,
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"dude, check out
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'king of Kong'."
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And I saw "king of Kong"
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and I was like...
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You know, it's on.
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Like, "whoa, that... that
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exists?"
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And then I started
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checking out Tetris on there,
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and all the scores were crap.
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When I was a kid,
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my mom got pretty good.
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We had this, like, dry-erase
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white board, and it would say
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what chore you had to do that
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week.
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And in the top corner,
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it would always say the reigning
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highest Tetris score,
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which my mom
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00:12:35,798 --> 00:12:38,199
held for two months,
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and then I... I wiped her
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off the board and that was it.
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Do you remember
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what the score was?
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Uh, I think it was,
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like 151-ish.
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The next one I remember was,
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uh, like, a 624.
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I took a polaroid
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00:12:50,579 --> 00:12:53,448
of the TV, like, "624!
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Check it out, bitches."
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You know, I couldn't leave
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00:12:56,552 --> 00:12:59,687
the screen on for that long.
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Freeze.
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It's like an etch a sketch
335
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that you freeze in time.
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Like, no one
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00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,226
ever touches the TV again,
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00:13:05,227 --> 00:13:06,162
which maybe I would do
339
00:13:06,163 --> 00:13:08,297
if I got... if I maxed it out.
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Uh, Jessie Kelkar at one
341
00:13:10,132 --> 00:13:11,766
point held the world record for
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lines.
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I wanna say somewhere
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00:13:14,203 --> 00:13:15,470
between 3 1/2 and 4 feet long
345
00:13:15,471 --> 00:13:17,638
so he's almost doubled in size
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since we got him.
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No?
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00:13:21,743 --> 00:13:22,544
Well, let's see.
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My mom would've been the one
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to bring the game
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00:13:25,214 --> 00:13:26,548
into the house.
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00:13:26,715 --> 00:13:28,249
She brought it home one night,
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00:13:28,250 --> 00:13:29,085
and the whole family
354
00:13:29,086 --> 00:13:30,485
sat down and started playing.
355
00:13:30,486 --> 00:13:32,653
And she had a natural knack
356
00:13:32,654 --> 00:13:34,255
for it, and I turned out
357
00:13:34,256 --> 00:13:35,523
to have a natural knack for it,
358
00:13:35,524 --> 00:13:36,657
and so it would turn
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00:13:36,658 --> 00:13:37,493
into competitions
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00:13:37,494 --> 00:13:39,194
between me and my mom a lot.
361
00:13:39,195 --> 00:13:40,261
And I was... would do my
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00:13:40,262 --> 00:13:41,529
schoolwork because she wouldn't
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00:13:41,530 --> 00:13:42,863
let me on the Nintendo before my
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00:13:42,864 --> 00:13:44,232
school... and yes, she would
365
00:13:44,233 --> 00:13:45,400
check it, 'cause she was not
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00:13:45,401 --> 00:13:46,567
giving up that Nintendo for
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00:13:46,568 --> 00:13:47,702
anything.
368
00:13:47,703 --> 00:13:48,637
My husband, you know,
369
00:13:48,638 --> 00:13:50,771
goes onto Google, and he finds
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00:13:50,772 --> 00:13:52,207
twin galaxies' website.
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00:13:52,208 --> 00:13:53,741
This is, like, a serious website
372
00:13:53,742 --> 00:13:54,742
and they track this stuff
373
00:13:54,743 --> 00:13:55,611
and they've been doing it
374
00:13:55,612 --> 00:13:57,212
since the '80s, and...
375
00:13:57,213 --> 00:13:58,246
So, I sat and I played
376
00:13:58,247 --> 00:14:00,215
and I got to level 29.
377
00:14:00,216 --> 00:14:01,249
For the first time,
378
00:14:01,250 --> 00:14:02,583
I saw level 29,
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00:14:02,584 --> 00:14:04,785
and I went, "whoa,"
380
00:14:04,786 --> 00:14:06,754
and I finally got to 291,
381
00:14:06,755 --> 00:14:08,756
and I was like, "okay, you know,
382
00:14:08,757 --> 00:14:09,691
this is enough Tetris."
383
00:14:09,692 --> 00:14:11,126
"I'll... I'll stick with 291.
384
00:14:11,127 --> 00:14:11,827
Let's see how it goes,"
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00:14:11,828 --> 00:14:12,893
and I got the certificate
386
00:14:12,894 --> 00:14:13,829
where I have, you know,
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00:14:13,830 --> 00:14:15,463
I am a world record holder
388
00:14:15,464 --> 00:14:17,298
and whatnot.
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00:14:17,299 --> 00:14:18,134
And then I think Ben
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00:14:18,135 --> 00:14:19,300
came in about three months later
391
00:14:19,301 --> 00:14:20,269
and just went,
392
00:14:20,270 --> 00:14:22,303
"no, I'm not having this 291."
393
00:14:22,304 --> 00:14:23,538
"I'm gonna go with 294,"
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00:14:23,539 --> 00:14:25,174
and I went, "oh."
395
00:14:25,341 --> 00:14:26,374
Uh, Ben Mullen
396
00:14:26,375 --> 00:14:27,675
is the world record holder
397
00:14:27,676 --> 00:14:28,544
for the most number
398
00:14:28,545 --> 00:14:30,578
of lines at 296,
399
00:14:30,579 --> 00:14:32,280
which means, uh, incredibly,
400
00:14:32,281 --> 00:14:33,714
he was able to score
401
00:14:33,715 --> 00:14:36,284
six lines into what everyone
402
00:14:36,285 --> 00:14:39,287
considers the death screen.
403
00:14:39,288 --> 00:14:40,355
Lines in Tetris
404
00:14:40,356 --> 00:14:42,323
have a real elegance to them
405
00:14:42,324 --> 00:14:44,392
if you get really good
406
00:14:44,393 --> 00:14:45,560
at getting a lot
407
00:14:45,561 --> 00:14:47,595
of lines every time.
408
00:14:47,596 --> 00:14:48,430
In high school,
409
00:14:48,430 --> 00:14:49,198
I was to the point
410
00:14:49,199 --> 00:14:50,898
where I could average
411
00:14:50,899 --> 00:14:53,501
over 270 lines per game,
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00:14:53,502 --> 00:14:54,270
which, when you
413
00:14:54,271 --> 00:14:55,403
average in some bad games,
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00:14:55,404 --> 00:14:56,205
I'm getting
415
00:14:56,206 --> 00:14:57,873
to level 29 nearly every time.
416
00:14:58,240 --> 00:14:59,240
So, this is just a quick game
417
00:14:59,241 --> 00:15:01,176
I'm playing to show
418
00:15:01,177 --> 00:15:01,943
that I'm still capable
419
00:15:01,944 --> 00:15:03,778
of getting to level 29,
420
00:15:03,779 --> 00:15:05,180
and I may or may not get there
421
00:15:05,181 --> 00:15:05,947
because I can't remember
422
00:15:05,947 --> 00:15:06,615
if the piece
423
00:15:06,616 --> 00:15:07,715
I just dropped gets me there,
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00:15:07,716 --> 00:15:09,584
or not.
425
00:15:09,585 --> 00:15:12,387
And I... Wish it luck.
426
00:15:12,388 --> 00:15:12,888
Oh yeah, it does.
427
00:15:12,889 --> 00:15:14,189
Okay, that's level 29.
428
00:15:14,190 --> 00:15:15,923
That was really quick,
429
00:15:15,924 --> 00:15:17,292
but level 29 does tend
430
00:15:17,293 --> 00:15:17,693
to kill you.
431
00:15:17,694 --> 00:15:19,327
So, I'm dead.
432
00:15:19,328 --> 00:15:19,795
In high school,
433
00:15:19,796 --> 00:15:21,896
I got an 820,000,
434
00:15:21,897 --> 00:15:23,964
and that's a pretty good score
435
00:15:23,965 --> 00:15:24,933
even today.
436
00:15:24,934 --> 00:15:26,367
So, I started watching, and...
437
00:15:26,368 --> 00:15:27,735
And people like Harry Hong
438
00:15:27,736 --> 00:15:29,504
and whatnot would come along,
439
00:15:29,505 --> 00:15:30,272
and they were scoring,
440
00:15:30,272 --> 00:15:31,207
but they were scoring way
441
00:15:31,208 --> 00:15:32,473
beneath what I had done.
442
00:15:32,474 --> 00:15:34,542
So I got an arrogant attitude,
443
00:15:34,543 --> 00:15:35,710
like, "I'm number 1.
444
00:15:35,711 --> 00:15:37,478
No one can touch me."
445
00:15:37,479 --> 00:15:38,979
Harry Hong's nothing.
446
00:15:38,980 --> 00:15:39,748
Everybody's nothing.
447
00:15:39,749 --> 00:15:41,549
That's the attitude I had,
448
00:15:41,550 --> 00:15:42,484
so I wasn't trying
449
00:15:42,485 --> 00:15:44,552
to make myself better,
450
00:15:44,553 --> 00:15:47,323
and Harry Hong was.
451
00:15:49,825 --> 00:15:51,226
I made it a goal
452
00:15:51,227 --> 00:15:51,960
to get the Max.
453
00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:52,894
Like, I had to.
454
00:15:52,895 --> 00:15:54,529
I would say four years was...
455
00:15:54,530 --> 00:15:55,931
Was a pretty long time.
456
00:15:56,298 --> 00:15:57,298
I just believed...
457
00:15:57,299 --> 00:15:58,299
I just made myself believe
458
00:15:58,300 --> 00:15:59,867
that I was capable of doing it.
459
00:15:59,868 --> 00:16:01,936
For the past couple of years,
460
00:16:01,937 --> 00:16:02,771
there's been
461
00:16:02,772 --> 00:16:05,306
a... a leapfrogging situation
462
00:16:05,307 --> 00:16:06,507
where everyone was trying
463
00:16:06,508 --> 00:16:07,376
to be the first person
464
00:16:07,377 --> 00:16:09,777
to ever Max out the game.
465
00:16:09,778 --> 00:16:10,811
There are two Paramount
466
00:16:10,812 --> 00:16:12,647
achievements within nes Tetris,
467
00:16:12,648 --> 00:16:13,482
largely dismissed
468
00:16:13,483 --> 00:16:15,283
as unattainable.
469
00:16:15,284 --> 00:16:16,884
The first is the Max out,
470
00:16:16,885 --> 00:16:17,753
or a perfect score
471
00:16:17,754 --> 00:16:22,390
of 999,999 points.
472
00:16:22,391 --> 00:16:23,558
With only a six-digit score
473
00:16:23,559 --> 00:16:24,659
counter, this
474
00:16:24,660 --> 00:16:27,995
is the highest possible score.
475
00:16:27,996 --> 00:16:29,397
The master strives to score
476
00:16:29,398 --> 00:16:30,498
the Max before reaching
477
00:16:30,499 --> 00:16:32,467
the level 29 kill screen,
478
00:16:32,468 --> 00:16:33,868
a level so fast it is believed
479
00:16:33,869 --> 00:16:35,837
impossible to survive.
480
00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:39,408
To reach the Max
481
00:16:39,409 --> 00:16:40,841
before hitting the kill screen,
482
00:16:40,842 --> 00:16:42,843
the master must play perfectly,
483
00:16:42,844 --> 00:16:43,812
scoring tetrises
484
00:16:43,813 --> 00:16:46,614
at least 60 percent of the time.
485
00:16:46,615 --> 00:16:47,782
But I didn't really reflect
486
00:16:47,783 --> 00:16:48,717
on the fact that there's only
487
00:16:48,718 --> 00:16:50,518
so many lines to work with,
488
00:16:50,519 --> 00:16:51,686
so I had to fit
489
00:16:51,687 --> 00:16:52,820
more and more perfection
490
00:16:52,821 --> 00:16:56,491
into that same space.
491
00:16:56,492 --> 00:16:57,293
No one ever thought
492
00:16:57,294 --> 00:16:59,327
that there would be a Max out.
493
00:16:59,328 --> 00:17:00,296
That's pushing the realms
494
00:17:00,296 --> 00:17:00,996
of feasibility
495
00:17:00,997 --> 00:17:03,531
and, lo and behold, little
496
00:17:03,532 --> 00:17:04,799
while later, suddenly Harry
497
00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,334
pulls out some more magic
498
00:17:06,335 --> 00:17:10,838
from his hat, and poof.
499
00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:11,773
That night when I got the
500
00:17:11,774 --> 00:17:12,907
Max, I checked my score...
501
00:17:12,908 --> 00:17:14,442
I just glanced at it real quick.
502
00:17:14,443 --> 00:17:17,478
It was around, I believe, like,
503
00:17:17,479 --> 00:17:19,814
in the high 960,000s,
504
00:17:19,815 --> 00:17:21,482
and I knew I had to get a
505
00:17:21,483 --> 00:17:23,351
Tetris, like, within the next,
506
00:17:23,352 --> 00:17:24,686
like, five lines.
507
00:17:24,853 --> 00:17:26,754
The pieces didn't come out to...
508
00:17:26,755 --> 00:17:28,088
I had to really think quickly
509
00:17:28,089 --> 00:17:29,457
on where to put the pieces
510
00:17:29,458 --> 00:17:30,525
at that time.
511
00:17:30,526 --> 00:17:31,992
I made, like, two-second, like,
512
00:17:31,993 --> 00:17:33,994
last, maybe like,
513
00:17:33,995 --> 00:17:35,763
last millisecond decision,
514
00:17:35,764 --> 00:17:36,665
so I had to, like, maneuver,
515
00:17:36,666 --> 00:17:38,634
like, really quickly.
516
00:17:46,942 --> 00:17:48,376
I-I just dropped the controller,
517
00:17:48,377 --> 00:17:49,710
you know, 'cause I was done.
518
00:17:49,711 --> 00:17:51,011
You know, I-I dropped the
519
00:17:51,012 --> 00:17:52,647
controller, and I just yelled.
520
00:17:52,648 --> 00:17:53,515
I just yelled.
521
00:17:53,516 --> 00:17:54,749
It was, like, 1:30 in the
522
00:17:54,750 --> 00:17:55,484
morning.
523
00:17:55,485 --> 00:17:56,851
I saved a bottle of
524
00:17:56,852 --> 00:17:58,786
Johnny Walker just for, you
525
00:17:58,787 --> 00:18:00,755
know, that occasion,
526
00:18:00,756 --> 00:18:01,723
and I've had that bottle
527
00:18:01,724 --> 00:18:02,724
for two years.
528
00:18:02,724 --> 00:18:03,492
And that night,
529
00:18:03,492 --> 00:18:04,426
we all took a shot of that,
530
00:18:04,427 --> 00:18:06,827
and that was a good night, yeah.
531
00:18:06,828 --> 00:18:07,629
That made me,
532
00:18:07,630 --> 00:18:09,063
like, "all right, that's it.
533
00:18:09,064 --> 00:18:11,098
I'm maxing it out."
534
00:18:11,099 --> 00:18:12,900
Harry Hong is my hero.
535
00:18:12,901 --> 00:18:14,735
'Cause before that, honestly,
536
00:18:14,736 --> 00:18:16,604
I had started kind of, like,
537
00:18:16,605 --> 00:18:18,839
in my own solitary Tetris world,
538
00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,108
wondering if it was possible.
539
00:18:21,109 --> 00:18:22,510
Harry did it first.
540
00:18:22,511 --> 00:18:24,479
Uh, Jonas actually claimed that
541
00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:25,646
he had done it before Harry,
542
00:18:25,647 --> 00:18:26,747
but he didn't have
543
00:18:26,748 --> 00:18:28,484
the appropriate video.
544
00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:29,650
I got to show you the
545
00:18:29,651 --> 00:18:30,851
technique that has really kind
546
00:18:30,852 --> 00:18:32,520
of put me over the edge,
547
00:18:32,521 --> 00:18:35,155
and it is, like, the eyes.
548
00:18:35,156 --> 00:18:37,058
I got... I got, like, the eyes.
549
00:18:37,426 --> 00:18:38,426
I can split it out
550
00:18:38,427 --> 00:18:39,560
and check the next button,
551
00:18:39,561 --> 00:18:40,695
right?
552
00:18:40,696 --> 00:18:43,030
Sometimes you need an advantage.
553
00:18:43,031 --> 00:18:44,699
The first time I maxed it out,
554
00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:45,733
I just...
555
00:18:45,734 --> 00:18:49,437
I-It's a really weird thing.
556
00:18:49,438 --> 00:18:50,905
You... you have this goal,
557
00:18:50,906 --> 00:18:53,073
and you Max it out.
558
00:18:53,074 --> 00:18:54,542
It's 1:00 A.M.
559
00:18:54,543 --> 00:18:55,643
You have no camera, you have
560
00:18:55,644 --> 00:18:58,145
no way to put this on film.
561
00:18:58,146 --> 00:19:00,047
So, on my birthday last...
562
00:19:00,048 --> 00:19:02,783
Last year in 2009, April 19th,
563
00:19:02,784 --> 00:19:05,152
I saw that Harry had, you know,
564
00:19:05,153 --> 00:19:06,487
given me the birthday present
565
00:19:06,488 --> 00:19:09,457
of usurping me first to...
566
00:19:09,458 --> 00:19:10,658
To the title.
567
00:19:10,659 --> 00:19:11,892
And so, you know, I... I didn't
568
00:19:11,893 --> 00:19:13,027
wanna see that on my birthday.
569
00:19:13,028 --> 00:19:14,161
That kind of motivated me.
570
00:19:14,162 --> 00:19:14,930
I was like,
571
00:19:14,930 --> 00:19:15,664
"I need to do this."
572
00:19:15,665 --> 00:19:18,699
The first video was, uh,
573
00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:20,535
a level 18 Max out with no
574
00:19:20,536 --> 00:19:23,804
sound, and the initial reaction
575
00:19:23,805 --> 00:19:25,640
was, because there was no sound,
576
00:19:25,641 --> 00:19:26,774
it seemed like I had something
577
00:19:26,775 --> 00:19:27,108
to hide.
578
00:19:27,108 --> 00:19:28,076
But yeah, the second one
579
00:19:28,076 --> 00:19:29,010
was a level 19 Max
580
00:19:29,011 --> 00:19:31,211
out with my at&t tilt phone.
581
00:19:31,212 --> 00:19:33,080
Right off the bat, people kind
582
00:19:33,081 --> 00:19:34,114
of dismissed it because they
583
00:19:34,115 --> 00:19:35,516
couldn't see what was going on.
584
00:19:35,517 --> 00:19:36,784
People comment on my video,
585
00:19:36,785 --> 00:19:37,653
saying, "it's fake, it's a
586
00:19:37,654 --> 00:19:39,854
glitch, he's cheating."
587
00:19:39,855 --> 00:19:41,021
But, I mean... I mean, in a way,
588
00:19:41,022 --> 00:19:42,156
I'll take that as a compliment,
589
00:19:42,157 --> 00:19:42,891
you know, like,
590
00:19:42,892 --> 00:19:44,058
I mean if they think it's really
591
00:19:44,059 --> 00:19:44,760
that impossible
592
00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:45,694
to play like that then.
593
00:19:45,694 --> 00:19:46,061
You know,
594
00:19:46,062 --> 00:19:48,063
that... that's good for me.
595
00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:49,497
Dude, the best on that
596
00:19:49,498 --> 00:19:50,631
YouTube was reading all the
597
00:19:50,632 --> 00:19:51,799
comments of people that said,
598
00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:52,933
like, "this is a fake video.
599
00:19:52,934 --> 00:19:53,869
This is slowed down.
600
00:19:53,870 --> 00:19:55,035
Oh, you know, look at..."
601
00:19:55,036 --> 00:19:55,637
Yeah.
602
00:19:55,637 --> 00:19:56,171
"You know,
603
00:19:56,172 --> 00:19:57,237
one minute and 25 seconds
604
00:19:57,238 --> 00:19:58,473
in, the camera glitches.
605
00:19:58,474 --> 00:19:59,640
It's... it's clearly computer
606
00:19:59,641 --> 00:20:00,709
generated."
607
00:20:00,876 --> 00:20:01,610
But that...
608
00:20:01,611 --> 00:20:02,843
That's the whole folklore thing.
609
00:20:02,844 --> 00:20:03,579
That's the kind
610
00:20:03,579 --> 00:20:04,513
of bigfoot photo type
611
00:20:04,514 --> 00:20:05,580
of situation that I was...
612
00:20:05,581 --> 00:20:06,181
That I was trying
613
00:20:06,182 --> 00:20:09,817
to develop actually.
614
00:20:09,818 --> 00:20:10,918
The second Paramount
615
00:20:10,919 --> 00:20:12,152
achievement within the game
616
00:20:12,153 --> 00:20:13,688
is passing the level 29 kill
617
00:20:13,689 --> 00:20:17,758
screen and reaching level 30.
618
00:20:17,759 --> 00:20:18,660
This is widely believed
619
00:20:18,661 --> 00:20:19,794
to be impossible
620
00:20:19,795 --> 00:20:21,028
because the pieces begin falling
621
00:20:21,029 --> 00:20:24,164
too quickly to reach the sides.
622
00:20:24,165 --> 00:20:24,933
Ben Mullen has come
623
00:20:24,934 --> 00:20:26,033
the closest.
624
00:20:26,034 --> 00:20:27,868
His record of 296 lines,
625
00:20:27,869 --> 00:20:28,770
falling just four lines
626
00:20:28,771 --> 00:20:30,204
short of level 30.
627
00:20:30,205 --> 00:20:31,072
Getting that record,
628
00:20:31,073 --> 00:20:32,139
it's really helpful
629
00:20:32,140 --> 00:20:33,041
if you're good at getting
630
00:20:33,042 --> 00:20:35,110
the level 29 a lot of times.
631
00:20:35,276 --> 00:20:36,611
So, I just got to it
632
00:20:36,612 --> 00:20:37,513
over and over,
633
00:20:37,514 --> 00:20:38,946
built up as high as I could.
634
00:20:38,947 --> 00:20:39,781
Got tetrises
635
00:20:39,782 --> 00:20:41,115
and whatever I could do,
636
00:20:41,116 --> 00:20:42,282
and eventually
637
00:20:42,283 --> 00:20:43,885
I got six lines on there.
638
00:20:44,052 --> 00:20:45,886
I mean, that's nuts
639
00:20:45,887 --> 00:20:46,688
in and of itself.
640
00:20:46,689 --> 00:20:47,822
You got to really build up
641
00:20:47,823 --> 00:20:49,189
pretty darn high to do that.
642
00:20:49,190 --> 00:20:50,725
To get really far past that,
643
00:20:50,726 --> 00:20:51,527
you're gonna have to get
644
00:20:51,528 --> 00:20:53,060
pieces at the edge on 29,
645
00:20:53,061 --> 00:20:55,530
which is, to me, just crazy.
646
00:20:55,531 --> 00:20:56,997
There is a significant jump
647
00:20:56,998 --> 00:20:58,666
between level 28 and 29.
648
00:20:58,667 --> 00:21:00,568
It boggled me, you know?
649
00:21:00,569 --> 00:21:02,537
I absolutely had to find out
650
00:21:02,538 --> 00:21:03,771
who has seen level 30.
651
00:21:03,772 --> 00:21:05,005
Does level 30 exist?
652
00:21:05,006 --> 00:21:06,173
Does it just keep going on
653
00:21:06,174 --> 00:21:06,942
forever?
654
00:21:06,942 --> 00:21:07,776
There are two known
655
00:21:07,777 --> 00:21:10,210
strategies to reach level 30.
656
00:21:10,211 --> 00:21:11,712
The first is to prepare a center
657
00:21:11,713 --> 00:21:14,314
well at the end of level 28,
658
00:21:14,315 --> 00:21:15,150
eliminating the need
659
00:21:15,151 --> 00:21:17,653
for pieces to reach the sides.
660
00:21:24,793 --> 00:21:25,960
The big question
661
00:21:25,961 --> 00:21:28,095
is whether or not Thor
662
00:21:28,096 --> 00:21:29,597
is going to participate.
663
00:21:29,598 --> 00:21:31,666
He has claimed to get
664
00:21:31,667 --> 00:21:33,167
past the death screen
665
00:21:33,168 --> 00:21:35,870
on level 29 into 30, uh,
666
00:21:35,871 --> 00:21:37,237
which is very hard to believe
667
00:21:37,238 --> 00:21:38,238
once you've seen the speed
668
00:21:38,239 --> 00:21:39,007
of 29.
669
00:21:39,008 --> 00:21:40,841
He, I believe,
670
00:21:40,842 --> 00:21:41,743
has maxed the game
671
00:21:41,744 --> 00:21:44,111
out at the age of 14.
672
00:21:44,112 --> 00:21:45,112
Uh, never saw it...
673
00:21:45,113 --> 00:21:46,681
I don't know if anyone did...
674
00:21:46,682 --> 00:21:47,248
But I have no reason
675
00:21:47,249 --> 00:21:48,249
not to believe him.
676
00:21:48,250 --> 00:21:49,884
He was the greatest Tetris
677
00:21:49,885 --> 00:21:51,586
player in the world 20 years
678
00:21:51,587 --> 00:21:51,953
ago.
679
00:21:51,954 --> 00:21:55,623
He beat over a million kids, um,
680
00:21:55,624 --> 00:21:57,224
and he... he beat us handily.
681
00:21:57,225 --> 00:21:59,760
Robin mihara knows Nintendo.
682
00:21:59,761 --> 00:22:00,828
He recently returned from
683
00:22:00,829 --> 00:22:02,597
the Nintendo world championships
684
00:22:02,598 --> 00:22:04,198
in universal city, California.
685
00:22:04,199 --> 00:22:05,299
The key to success?
686
00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:06,734
Hand-eye coordination.
687
00:22:06,735 --> 00:22:08,002
Yup, an eagle eye,
688
00:22:08,003 --> 00:22:10,004
a finger that flies and hours
689
00:22:10,005 --> 00:22:11,672
and hours of practice.
690
00:22:11,673 --> 00:22:13,307
You know, three months
691
00:22:13,308 --> 00:22:15,075
of training and hundreds
692
00:22:15,076 --> 00:22:17,812
and hundreds of lawns mowed, um,
693
00:22:17,813 --> 00:22:18,714
all invested
694
00:22:18,715 --> 00:22:20,080
into this one contest.
695
00:22:20,081 --> 00:22:21,849
Welcome to universal studios,
696
00:22:21,850 --> 00:22:22,818
Hollywood.
697
00:22:22,819 --> 00:22:24,785
This is the playing field
698
00:22:24,786 --> 00:22:25,621
of the future,
699
00:22:25,622 --> 00:22:28,956
the unprecedented 1990 Nintendo
700
00:22:28,957 --> 00:22:30,357
world championships.
701
00:22:30,358 --> 00:22:32,960
Nintendo had 12 massive
702
00:22:32,961 --> 00:22:34,094
trailer trucks full of
703
00:22:34,095 --> 00:22:35,830
equipment, and it was touring
704
00:22:35,831 --> 00:22:37,397
around the... the country,
705
00:22:37,398 --> 00:22:38,933
taking one winner from each
706
00:22:38,934 --> 00:22:40,334
city, and then was gonna play
707
00:22:40,335 --> 00:22:41,902
all of the winners together in
708
00:22:41,903 --> 00:22:43,137
Hollywood, uh, to crown a
709
00:22:43,138 --> 00:22:43,939
champion.
710
00:22:43,940 --> 00:22:45,405
But after watching Thor play,
711
00:22:45,406 --> 00:22:47,007
uh, he had the ability
712
00:22:47,008 --> 00:22:49,877
to vibrate the directional pad
713
00:22:49,878 --> 00:22:50,978
so that the piece actually
714
00:22:50,979 --> 00:22:52,913
moved faster than the rest
715
00:22:52,914 --> 00:22:53,782
of us could move it.
716
00:22:53,783 --> 00:22:55,349
It seemed kind of unfair.
717
00:22:55,350 --> 00:22:57,117
I ended up playing two of my...
718
00:22:57,118 --> 00:22:59,086
My better games and ended
719
00:22:59,087 --> 00:23:01,355
up taking third behind Thor,
720
00:23:01,356 --> 00:23:02,190
who won it all.
721
00:23:02,191 --> 00:23:03,323
Want me to write "damn you,
722
00:23:03,324 --> 00:23:04,125
Thor," or anything?
723
00:23:04,125 --> 00:23:05,060
He's the guy that beat me.
724
00:23:05,061 --> 00:23:06,193
Yeah, do it, totally.
725
00:23:06,194 --> 00:23:07,227
Totally good.
726
00:23:07,228 --> 00:23:08,328
That's my quote.
727
00:23:08,329 --> 00:23:10,330
The day that he
728
00:23:10,331 --> 00:23:12,232
won the national championships,
729
00:23:12,233 --> 00:23:13,300
I went to his room and talked
730
00:23:13,301 --> 00:23:14,802
to him for the first time.
731
00:23:14,803 --> 00:23:15,936
And he said that,
732
00:23:15,937 --> 00:23:17,972
um, he had gotten to level 30.
733
00:23:17,973 --> 00:23:19,807
This is a quote of his: "If you
734
00:23:19,808 --> 00:23:20,975
get past level 30,
735
00:23:20,976 --> 00:23:22,677
it's pretty easy to Max it out,"
736
00:23:22,678 --> 00:23:23,378
and it was the first time
737
00:23:23,378 --> 00:23:24,212
I'd ever heard someone
738
00:23:24,212 --> 00:23:25,046
say that maxing
739
00:23:25,047 --> 00:23:27,182
out Tetris was pretty easy.
740
00:23:27,348 --> 00:23:28,716
I think, you know, in...
741
00:23:28,717 --> 00:23:29,784
In 1990 I was really
742
00:23:29,785 --> 00:23:30,885
obsessed with wanting
743
00:23:30,886 --> 00:23:32,320
to win that competition.
744
00:23:32,688 --> 00:23:33,754
Hey, is it weird
745
00:23:33,755 --> 00:23:36,290
if I know Thor?
746
00:23:36,291 --> 00:23:37,357
Thor won in Houston,
747
00:23:37,358 --> 00:23:38,993
which was where I went
748
00:23:38,994 --> 00:23:41,028
the very first time, and I
749
00:23:41,029 --> 00:23:42,362
don't know if he had developed
750
00:23:42,363 --> 00:23:44,231
the multi-tap technique by then.
751
00:23:44,232 --> 00:23:45,766
By the end of the tour,
752
00:23:45,767 --> 00:23:46,834
he had done it.
753
00:23:46,835 --> 00:23:47,368
He was really moving
754
00:23:47,369 --> 00:23:48,402
the pieces left
755
00:23:48,403 --> 00:23:50,104
and right faster than everyone.
756
00:23:50,105 --> 00:23:50,806
What none
757
00:23:50,807 --> 00:23:51,906
of us practiced doing
758
00:23:51,907 --> 00:23:54,709
was vibrate our left thumb...
759
00:23:54,710 --> 00:23:55,843
And that's what Thor would do...
760
00:23:55,844 --> 00:23:57,211
And he could get the piece to
761
00:23:57,212 --> 00:23:58,445
move left to right faster
762
00:23:58,446 --> 00:23:59,214
than all of us.
763
00:23:59,214 --> 00:24:00,115
Now, if you watch,
764
00:24:00,116 --> 00:24:01,148
Thor's got a technique
765
00:24:01,149 --> 00:24:02,416
for his 10-second countdown
766
00:24:02,417 --> 00:24:03,450
to get the long bar.
767
00:24:03,451 --> 00:24:04,752
He's playing all the way
768
00:24:04,753 --> 00:24:05,820
up there and he's vibrating it
769
00:24:05,821 --> 00:24:07,387
so fast that it can get it
770
00:24:07,388 --> 00:24:08,289
over his giant stack,
771
00:24:08,289 --> 00:24:09,157
and he doesn't even
772
00:24:09,157 --> 00:24:09,925
get the long bar.
773
00:24:09,925 --> 00:24:10,792
He... he could have
774
00:24:10,793 --> 00:24:12,059
demolished the score.
775
00:24:12,060 --> 00:24:13,928
This is the seven champs
776
00:24:13,929 --> 00:24:15,730
with Howard Phillips,
777
00:24:15,731 --> 00:24:17,164
the face of Nintendo in the
778
00:24:17,165 --> 00:24:17,766
'90s.
779
00:24:17,767 --> 00:24:18,966
And there's something about each
780
00:24:18,967 --> 00:24:20,400
of us that was a little off,
781
00:24:20,401 --> 00:24:23,303
like, I have a.D.D. And a couple
782
00:24:23,304 --> 00:24:25,072
other guys were awkward.
783
00:24:25,073 --> 00:24:26,240
And none of us were,
784
00:24:26,241 --> 00:24:27,241
like, your everyday guy,
785
00:24:27,242 --> 00:24:28,408
which is probably why we were
786
00:24:28,409 --> 00:24:29,744
in the house playing Nintendo
787
00:24:29,745 --> 00:24:31,212
for 10 hours a day.
788
00:24:31,379 --> 00:24:32,813
Thor was kind of the guy
789
00:24:32,814 --> 00:24:34,882
where it's like, you feared him,
790
00:24:34,883 --> 00:24:36,183
but you didn't want to be him.
791
00:24:36,184 --> 00:24:37,451
Thor would kind of come up
792
00:24:37,452 --> 00:24:39,019
to us as sort of like an outcast
793
00:24:39,020 --> 00:24:40,888
and he'd walk up and say,
794
00:24:40,889 --> 00:24:42,290
"my name is Thor.
795
00:24:42,457 --> 00:24:44,291
I'm good at games."
796
00:24:44,292 --> 00:24:45,126
Then, you know, we'd go
797
00:24:45,127 --> 00:24:46,961
to the arcade and, you know,
798
00:24:46,962 --> 00:24:47,995
Thor would be there
799
00:24:47,996 --> 00:24:48,897
and he'd walk up to us
800
00:24:48,898 --> 00:24:51,165
and he'd say, "I'm Thor.
801
00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:52,332
I'm good at games."
802
00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:53,500
You know, is it an ocd thing?
803
00:24:53,501 --> 00:24:54,835
You know, it's... it's like
804
00:24:54,836 --> 00:24:55,903
some people who are, you know,
805
00:24:55,904 --> 00:24:56,937
prodigies sometimes, you know,
806
00:24:56,938 --> 00:24:57,938
have, you know, a little bit
807
00:24:57,939 --> 00:24:59,039
of... of thing to that.
808
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,175
Kind of demonized him
809
00:25:01,176 --> 00:25:02,242
as a child because he...
810
00:25:02,243 --> 00:25:03,778
He squashed my dreams,
811
00:25:03,779 --> 00:25:07,147
but now that I'm past that, I
812
00:25:07,148 --> 00:25:08,849
just wanna know who this guy is.
813
00:25:08,850 --> 00:25:09,517
I felt like he was
814
00:25:09,518 --> 00:25:11,185
just like me, just a nerd.
815
00:25:11,186 --> 00:25:12,053
We hung out,
816
00:25:12,054 --> 00:25:14,121
like, in the mid-'90s and,
817
00:25:14,122 --> 00:25:15,289
like, played games together.
818
00:25:15,290 --> 00:25:16,191
After the Nintendo
819
00:25:16,192 --> 00:25:17,192
world championships,
820
00:25:17,192 --> 00:25:18,059
he kind of burnt
821
00:25:18,060 --> 00:25:19,794
out on, uh, the fame.
822
00:25:19,795 --> 00:25:20,795
There was a video someone
823
00:25:20,796 --> 00:25:22,029
must have recorded off the TV
824
00:25:22,030 --> 00:25:22,964
in early '90s,
825
00:25:22,965 --> 00:25:23,965
and it was, um,
826
00:25:23,966 --> 00:25:25,433
the home shopping network.
827
00:25:25,801 --> 00:25:27,301
The woman was selling, uh,
828
00:25:27,302 --> 00:25:28,502
micro machines.
829
00:25:28,503 --> 00:25:30,570
32 different tracks to play
830
00:25:30,571 --> 00:25:31,806
with.
831
00:25:31,807 --> 00:25:33,007
There he is, Thor.
832
00:25:33,008 --> 00:25:34,108
He's our Nintendo world champ,
833
00:25:34,109 --> 00:25:35,209
and he is over there having a
834
00:25:35,210 --> 00:25:36,277
ball.
835
00:25:36,444 --> 00:25:37,345
I'm pleading with him.
836
00:25:37,346 --> 00:25:38,813
I'm going to send him a Nintendo
837
00:25:38,814 --> 00:25:40,815
to practice if he needs one.
838
00:25:40,816 --> 00:25:41,816
But if he can truly
839
00:25:41,817 --> 00:25:42,817
get to level 30,
840
00:25:42,818 --> 00:25:43,518
that's probably
841
00:25:43,519 --> 00:25:45,820
the most difficult achievement
842
00:25:45,821 --> 00:25:47,221
in gaming history, and he
843
00:25:47,222 --> 00:25:49,390
needs to get that on tape.
844
00:25:53,061 --> 00:25:54,328
The specific game, that's
845
00:25:54,329 --> 00:25:54,863
over.
846
00:25:54,864 --> 00:25:56,096
This has to do more with my
847
00:25:56,097 --> 00:25:57,364
wife.
848
00:25:57,365 --> 00:25:59,266
The game that's over being
849
00:25:59,267 --> 00:26:00,868
the dating game, uh,
850
00:26:00,869 --> 00:26:02,369
of which I was never successful
851
00:26:02,370 --> 00:26:03,238
anyways.
852
00:26:03,239 --> 00:26:04,338
So I guess I never pushed start
853
00:26:04,339 --> 00:26:05,840
on that.
854
00:26:05,841 --> 00:26:07,274
I didn't really
855
00:26:07,275 --> 00:26:09,209
seek a geeky guy,
856
00:26:09,210 --> 00:26:11,211
but I found out that I really
857
00:26:11,212 --> 00:26:13,081
enjoy the things that he did.
858
00:26:13,248 --> 00:26:14,982
And one of my lifelong goals
859
00:26:14,983 --> 00:26:16,083
was to be able to solve
860
00:26:16,084 --> 00:26:17,517
a rubik's cube,
861
00:26:17,518 --> 00:26:20,989
ever seen the '80s, growing up.
862
00:26:21,156 --> 00:26:26,526
Um, and Ben taught me and
863
00:26:26,527 --> 00:26:29,096
slowly began to fall in love,
864
00:26:29,097 --> 00:26:31,131
and now we're married.
865
00:26:31,132 --> 00:26:32,132
Every... any way that you
866
00:26:32,133 --> 00:26:35,402
can turn it has a number code
867
00:26:35,403 --> 00:26:38,906
or a space or a dash.
868
00:26:38,907 --> 00:26:42,576
Five, five, two, five...
869
00:26:42,577 --> 00:26:46,546
One, nine, eight, two...
870
00:26:46,547 --> 00:26:49,216
Sometimes you get stuck.
871
00:26:49,217 --> 00:26:50,350
I learned it, uh,
872
00:26:50,351 --> 00:26:51,485
for the specific purpose
873
00:26:51,486 --> 00:26:53,253
of impressing women.
874
00:26:53,254 --> 00:26:54,022
So...
875
00:26:54,022 --> 00:26:54,489
Really?
876
00:26:54,490 --> 00:26:56,356
Oh, yeah.
877
00:26:56,357 --> 00:26:58,192
Okay.
878
00:26:58,193 --> 00:27:00,161
Really.
879
00:27:07,202 --> 00:27:08,535
I think we're all of one accord,
880
00:27:08,536 --> 00:27:09,270
that we need to save
881
00:27:09,271 --> 00:27:10,437
the Princess here.
882
00:27:10,438 --> 00:27:11,671
At the end of Mario 3, I...
883
00:27:11,672 --> 00:27:12,973
I really
884
00:27:12,974 --> 00:27:14,141
believe that the appropriate way
885
00:27:14,142 --> 00:27:14,910
to beat that game...
886
00:27:14,911 --> 00:27:15,976
Or to not beat that game...
887
00:27:15,977 --> 00:27:18,545
Is to have bowser
888
00:27:18,546 --> 00:27:20,414
fall down his hole,
889
00:27:20,415 --> 00:27:21,249
and then fall
890
00:27:21,250 --> 00:27:23,517
right down that hole behind him.
891
00:27:23,518 --> 00:27:24,919
Just kill yourself.
892
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:25,920
Well, they've just... they've
893
00:27:25,921 --> 00:27:27,287
had such a struggle together,
894
00:27:27,288 --> 00:27:28,422
and it feels just right
895
00:27:28,423 --> 00:27:31,125
for them to go down together.
896
00:27:31,126 --> 00:27:32,326
Cheapens the experience
897
00:27:32,327 --> 00:27:33,294
to just beat bowser
898
00:27:33,295 --> 00:27:35,629
and listen to a show tune.
899
00:27:35,630 --> 00:27:37,364
I like all games that end
900
00:27:37,365 --> 00:27:41,668
like Tetris, just in sadness
901
00:27:41,669 --> 00:27:44,539
and walking away.
902
00:27:44,705 --> 00:27:46,506
I've only just watched her
903
00:27:46,507 --> 00:27:47,707
play and been like,
904
00:27:47,708 --> 00:27:50,177
"will you stop playing Tetris?"
905
00:27:50,947 --> 00:27:52,046
When we were talking about
906
00:27:52,047 --> 00:27:52,647
this, I was like,
907
00:27:52,648 --> 00:27:54,048
"have you even played Tetris?"
908
00:27:54,049 --> 00:27:54,615
And she was like,
909
00:27:54,616 --> 00:27:57,952
"yes, like, hello.
910
00:27:57,953 --> 00:27:59,319
I had," and, like, listed off
911
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:00,487
her... the games of her
912
00:28:00,488 --> 00:28:02,023
childhood.
913
00:28:02,190 --> 00:28:03,158
People who know Dana
914
00:28:03,159 --> 00:28:04,658
very well are like... they've
915
00:28:04,659 --> 00:28:06,961
known about her situation
916
00:28:06,962 --> 00:28:07,995
for a long time.
917
00:28:07,996 --> 00:28:08,729
They know that she's really good
918
00:28:08,729 --> 00:28:09,364
at...
919
00:28:09,364 --> 00:28:10,231
my situation.
920
00:28:10,231 --> 00:28:11,032
My condition.
921
00:28:11,032 --> 00:28:11,732
Her condition.
922
00:28:11,733 --> 00:28:12,967
To me, it kind of is a
923
00:28:12,968 --> 00:28:13,434
condition.
924
00:28:13,435 --> 00:28:14,634
What would be the best thing
925
00:28:14,635 --> 00:28:16,003
if... when I Max out,
926
00:28:16,004 --> 00:28:17,404
if the Nintendo or the TV
927
00:28:17,405 --> 00:28:19,039
would just, like, explode.
928
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,141
That would be awesome.
929
00:28:21,142 --> 00:28:22,010
What will happen
930
00:28:22,011 --> 00:28:23,643
if you Max it out, Dana?
931
00:28:23,644 --> 00:28:25,112
Are you still gonna play Tetris?
932
00:28:25,113 --> 00:28:25,981
I think so, yeah.
933
00:28:25,981 --> 00:28:26,514
As... as much
934
00:28:26,515 --> 00:28:27,581
as you play Tetris now?
935
00:28:27,582 --> 00:28:31,251
Um, I mean...
936
00:28:31,252 --> 00:28:33,353
I think I'll always play Tetris.
937
00:28:33,354 --> 00:28:34,388
And your controller
938
00:28:34,389 --> 00:28:36,656
felt a little worn out to me.
939
00:28:36,657 --> 00:28:37,258
Yeah.
940
00:28:37,259 --> 00:28:38,358
They tend to get... it's sort
941
00:28:38,359 --> 00:28:39,127
of a mushy feeling.
942
00:28:39,127 --> 00:28:39,660
They get mushy.
943
00:28:39,660 --> 00:28:40,195
Yeah.
944
00:28:40,195 --> 00:28:41,096
I mean, that's everyone's
945
00:28:41,096 --> 00:28:42,063
favorite part of the Harry
946
00:28:42,064 --> 00:28:43,064
preview is that he's taking
947
00:28:43,065 --> 00:28:44,065
apart the controller, and his
948
00:28:44,066 --> 00:28:46,266
controller was the most mushy.
949
00:28:46,267 --> 00:28:47,035
Well, it's probably
950
00:28:47,036 --> 00:28:48,635
because he presses so hard.
951
00:28:48,636 --> 00:28:49,270
Yeah.
952
00:28:49,271 --> 00:28:50,637
Doesn't he loop something?
953
00:28:50,638 --> 00:28:51,671
I remember seeing...
954
00:28:51,672 --> 00:28:52,607
No, he, like,
955
00:28:52,608 --> 00:28:54,041
plays through his t-shirt,
956
00:28:54,042 --> 00:28:55,242
or a t-shirt, like this.
957
00:28:55,243 --> 00:28:55,710
Right.
958
00:28:55,711 --> 00:28:57,011
I... I use a shirt
959
00:28:57,012 --> 00:28:58,112
on my left hand 'cause
960
00:28:58,113 --> 00:29:00,414
the d-pad's too stiff,
961
00:29:00,415 --> 00:29:01,349
I mean, too rough.
962
00:29:01,350 --> 00:29:02,649
He loops his thumb through...
963
00:29:02,650 --> 00:29:04,051
Which I tried, by the way,
964
00:29:04,052 --> 00:29:04,719
after I saw that.
965
00:29:04,719 --> 00:29:05,586
'Cause I was like,
966
00:29:05,586 --> 00:29:06,521
"what is he doing?"
967
00:29:06,522 --> 00:29:07,687
And I tried it and was like,
968
00:29:07,688 --> 00:29:08,688
"I can play like that,
969
00:29:08,689 --> 00:29:10,424
but I don't need to."
970
00:29:10,425 --> 00:29:11,558
Why does he do that?
971
00:29:11,559 --> 00:29:13,060
'Cause his... so his thumb
972
00:29:13,061 --> 00:29:14,361
doesn't hurt.
973
00:29:14,362 --> 00:29:15,330
Oh.
974
00:29:15,331 --> 00:29:17,265
'Cause he presses so hard.
975
00:29:20,368 --> 00:29:21,468
Yeah.
976
00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:22,170
All my controllers
977
00:29:22,171 --> 00:29:24,171
are messed up, yeah.
978
00:29:24,172 --> 00:29:25,505
How much you... how many you
979
00:29:25,506 --> 00:29:26,407
went through with?
980
00:29:26,407 --> 00:29:27,208
Three or four?
981
00:29:27,208 --> 00:29:28,109
Three or four.
982
00:29:28,110 --> 00:29:29,610
Yeah, like, four maybe.
983
00:29:29,777 --> 00:29:31,178
When he wasn't getting the
984
00:29:31,179 --> 00:29:32,080
record, he would...
985
00:29:32,081 --> 00:29:33,280
He would blame the controller.
986
00:29:33,281 --> 00:29:33,814
No, no,
987
00:29:33,814 --> 00:29:34,615
but then that was legit.
988
00:29:34,615 --> 00:29:35,283
I know.
989
00:29:35,283 --> 00:29:36,184
I know it's legit,
990
00:29:36,185 --> 00:29:37,384
but I... at the time, I was
991
00:29:37,385 --> 00:29:38,652
like, "this is not legit, all
992
00:29:38,653 --> 00:29:39,187
right?
993
00:29:39,187 --> 00:29:40,121
You're just blaming
994
00:29:40,122 --> 00:29:41,188
the controller."
995
00:29:41,189 --> 00:29:42,189
Yeah, never... never words
996
00:29:42,190 --> 00:29:42,757
of encouragement.
997
00:29:42,758 --> 00:29:44,158
It's always discouragement.
998
00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:44,692
All the time.
999
00:29:44,693 --> 00:29:46,260
"Harry, you'll never get it."
1000
00:29:46,261 --> 00:29:46,627
Just...
1001
00:29:46,627 --> 00:29:47,495
That's what...
1002
00:29:47,496 --> 00:29:48,528
Yes, but then to him,
1003
00:29:48,529 --> 00:29:49,796
that's... that's him trying to
1004
00:29:49,797 --> 00:29:50,565
encourage me.
1005
00:29:50,566 --> 00:29:51,598
That's... that's...
1006
00:29:51,599 --> 00:29:52,233
But...
1007
00:29:52,233 --> 00:29:53,168
I felt like that
1008
00:29:53,168 --> 00:29:54,135
was the motivation.
1009
00:29:54,136 --> 00:29:55,369
I just remember that one time
1010
00:29:55,370 --> 00:29:56,137
where he had,
1011
00:29:56,138 --> 00:29:59,206
I think it was like 979,000
1012
00:29:59,207 --> 00:30:00,374
and then he totally choked.
1013
00:30:00,375 --> 00:30:01,342
He had it. He had it.
1014
00:30:01,342 --> 00:30:02,277
It was right there,
1015
00:30:02,278 --> 00:30:03,310
and he choked
1016
00:30:03,311 --> 00:30:05,212
and I just laughed at his face.
1017
00:30:05,213 --> 00:30:06,646
He did... he did say that
1018
00:30:06,647 --> 00:30:08,548
once... once he gets the record
1019
00:30:08,549 --> 00:30:10,450
he will never touch Tetris ever
1020
00:30:10,451 --> 00:30:11,818
again.
1021
00:30:11,819 --> 00:30:12,520
He did say that.
1022
00:30:12,521 --> 00:30:14,754
Did you not say that?
1023
00:30:14,755 --> 00:30:15,490
Yeah, I did.
1024
00:30:15,490 --> 00:30:16,191
Yeah.
1025
00:30:16,191 --> 00:30:17,092
He told all of his...
1026
00:30:17,092 --> 00:30:17,825
All of his friends.
1027
00:30:17,825 --> 00:30:18,593
But then,
1028
00:30:18,594 --> 00:30:20,094
that was my motivation to,
1029
00:30:20,095 --> 00:30:21,095
like, because I wanted
1030
00:30:21,096 --> 00:30:22,329
to end it, you know?
1031
00:30:22,330 --> 00:30:23,497
I wanted to just be done
1032
00:30:23,498 --> 00:30:24,132
with it.
1033
00:30:24,132 --> 00:30:24,732
But then... no,
1034
00:30:24,733 --> 00:30:25,799
so for a while he didn't play.
1035
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:26,800
Oh, yeah, that's right.
1036
00:30:26,801 --> 00:30:28,102
And then he started playing
1037
00:30:28,103 --> 00:30:28,769
this Internet Tetris.
1038
00:30:28,769 --> 00:30:29,504
It's not Tetris.
1039
00:30:29,504 --> 00:30:30,338
Not Nintendo Tetris.
1040
00:30:30,338 --> 00:30:31,306
It was Tetris friends.
1041
00:30:31,307 --> 00:30:32,307
It was like some Tetris
1042
00:30:32,308 --> 00:30:33,573
online, and I called him out.
1043
00:30:33,574 --> 00:30:34,874
I was like, what are you doing?
1044
00:30:34,875 --> 00:30:36,143
I thought you were done
1045
00:30:36,144 --> 00:30:37,144
with Tetris.
1046
00:30:37,145 --> 00:30:39,113
"This isn't Nintendo Tetris.
1047
00:30:39,114 --> 00:30:40,247
This is Tetris
1048
00:30:40,248 --> 00:30:41,415
with friends," or something.
1049
00:30:41,416 --> 00:30:42,516
Tetris friends, man.
1050
00:30:42,517 --> 00:30:43,451
Yeah, Tetris friends.
1051
00:30:43,452 --> 00:30:44,684
Wow. Wow.
1052
00:30:44,685 --> 00:30:46,420
And it slowly,
1053
00:30:46,421 --> 00:30:47,454
it started progressing
1054
00:30:47,455 --> 00:30:48,356
and then eventually...
1055
00:30:48,356 --> 00:30:48,889
I went back.
1056
00:30:48,890 --> 00:30:49,890
He went back to playing
1057
00:30:49,890 --> 00:30:50,658
Tetris.
1058
00:30:50,659 --> 00:30:51,659
If I start feeling
1059
00:30:51,660 --> 00:30:54,694
like physical discomfort
1060
00:30:54,695 --> 00:30:56,396
from playing Tetris,
1061
00:30:56,397 --> 00:30:57,797
I usually try to stop.
1062
00:30:57,798 --> 00:30:58,699
That's probably
1063
00:30:58,699 --> 00:30:59,534
a good policy.
1064
00:30:59,535 --> 00:31:00,535
What if your girlfriend yells
1065
00:31:00,535 --> 00:31:01,436
at you, like, come to dinner?
1066
00:31:01,437 --> 00:31:03,237
I stop then, too.
1067
00:31:03,238 --> 00:31:03,904
Liar.
1068
00:31:03,905 --> 00:31:05,205
Unless I'm, like, unless I
1069
00:31:05,206 --> 00:31:06,740
have a really great game going,
1070
00:31:06,741 --> 00:31:09,209
I stop.
1071
00:31:09,210 --> 00:31:10,277
We have a different version
1072
00:31:10,278 --> 00:31:11,511
of that.
1073
00:31:12,747 --> 00:31:13,747
What's your version?
1074
00:31:13,748 --> 00:31:14,715
That you don't stop.
1075
00:31:14,715 --> 00:31:15,516
That I just...
1076
00:31:15,517 --> 00:31:16,716
you say, "one more game."
1077
00:31:16,717 --> 00:31:17,585
Keep playing
1078
00:31:17,586 --> 00:31:18,618
until the crack of dawn.
1079
00:31:18,619 --> 00:31:20,421
It's always one more game.
1080
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:26,660
We're actually a mortgage
1081
00:31:26,661 --> 00:31:28,295
banker, um, which means that we
1082
00:31:28,296 --> 00:31:29,363
fund our own loans.
1083
00:31:29,364 --> 00:31:29,930
My real talent
1084
00:31:29,931 --> 00:31:31,931
is business-card throwing.
1085
00:31:31,932 --> 00:31:33,300
I have one stuck in the ceiling.
1086
00:31:33,301 --> 00:31:33,868
I don't know why,
1087
00:31:33,869 --> 00:31:34,869
but I have these kind of,
1088
00:31:34,870 --> 00:31:36,936
just ritual things I do.
1089
00:31:36,937 --> 00:31:38,605
And so I just kind of flicked it
1090
00:31:38,606 --> 00:31:39,773
and stuck one up there.
1091
00:31:39,774 --> 00:31:41,275
I like to think that Tetris
1092
00:31:41,276 --> 00:31:43,311
had something to do with that.
1093
00:31:43,478 --> 00:31:44,578
Jonas always wanted to be
1094
00:31:44,579 --> 00:31:45,712
some kind of prodigy.
1095
00:31:45,713 --> 00:31:46,946
I know he always used to scold
1096
00:31:46,947 --> 00:31:47,415
us.
1097
00:31:47,416 --> 00:31:48,648
"Well, why didn't you get me a
1098
00:31:48,649 --> 00:31:49,949
piano and make me practice every
1099
00:31:49,950 --> 00:31:50,451
day?
1100
00:31:50,452 --> 00:31:51,618
I could have been a prodigy."
1101
00:31:51,619 --> 00:31:52,220
I know.
1102
00:31:52,220 --> 00:31:52,920
"I could have been
1103
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:53,888
a Beethoven, you know?"
1104
00:31:53,889 --> 00:31:55,255
This is factually correct.
1105
00:31:55,256 --> 00:31:56,323
My mom can't watch me play
1106
00:31:56,324 --> 00:31:56,657
Tetris.
1107
00:31:56,658 --> 00:31:58,358
She gets too...
1108
00:31:58,359 --> 00:31:59,194
She gets too stressed
1109
00:31:59,195 --> 00:32:01,461
out with the speed.
1110
00:32:01,462 --> 00:32:02,263
And if it really
1111
00:32:02,264 --> 00:32:03,830
gets, like, close, she gets
1112
00:32:03,831 --> 00:32:05,232
more stressed than I do.
1113
00:32:05,233 --> 00:32:05,866
Yeah.
1114
00:32:05,867 --> 00:32:07,401
Well, I was worried it's going
1115
00:32:07,402 --> 00:32:08,568
to bother him and make
1116
00:32:08,569 --> 00:32:09,669
him mess up, you know?
1117
00:32:09,670 --> 00:32:10,837
And if he does, I'm like, "oh,
1118
00:32:10,838 --> 00:32:12,540
it's all my fault.
1119
00:32:12,707 --> 00:32:13,873
I shouldn't have looked at it."
1120
00:32:13,874 --> 00:32:15,242
I can't watch, but,
1121
00:32:15,243 --> 00:32:16,376
yeah, I don't want to be
1122
00:32:16,377 --> 00:32:17,877
the smother mother, you know,
1123
00:32:17,878 --> 00:32:19,579
which is tempting when you
1124
00:32:19,580 --> 00:32:21,615
got somebody like Jonas.
1125
00:32:21,616 --> 00:32:23,317
The reason I think
1126
00:32:23,318 --> 00:32:25,419
that perfectionists actually
1127
00:32:25,420 --> 00:32:26,753
don't play the best Tetris
1128
00:32:26,754 --> 00:32:28,355
is that you have to kind
1129
00:32:28,356 --> 00:32:29,423
of be sloppy.
1130
00:32:29,424 --> 00:32:31,591
If I was hung up on how nice and
1131
00:32:31,592 --> 00:32:32,493
pretty the boards the looked,
1132
00:32:32,494 --> 00:32:33,927
I don't think I would be as good
1133
00:32:33,928 --> 00:32:34,595
as I am.
1134
00:32:34,596 --> 00:32:35,895
Yeah. That's where you take
1135
00:32:35,896 --> 00:32:37,364
after your dad, because he was a
1136
00:32:37,365 --> 00:32:39,233
real messy guy.
1137
00:32:39,234 --> 00:32:41,235
When it was competitive,
1138
00:32:41,236 --> 00:32:43,237
he didn't like to watch me.
1139
00:32:43,238 --> 00:32:45,004
Um, he... he scored pretty well.
1140
00:32:45,005 --> 00:32:46,740
I think his highest games
1141
00:32:46,741 --> 00:32:48,308
were about 200,000.
1142
00:32:48,309 --> 00:32:50,344
And when I was like 10 or 11,
1143
00:32:50,345 --> 00:32:51,878
I was scoring around then.
1144
00:32:51,879 --> 00:32:53,313
And then, I kind of left him
1145
00:32:53,314 --> 00:32:54,481
in the dust, unfortunately.
1146
00:32:54,482 --> 00:32:55,350
And so, there's a period
1147
00:32:55,351 --> 00:32:56,583
where he took that personally.
1148
00:32:56,584 --> 00:32:58,918
Once it got ridiculous,
1149
00:32:58,919 --> 00:33:00,587
he started coming back
1150
00:33:00,588 --> 00:33:01,621
and watching it,
1151
00:33:01,622 --> 00:33:03,690
and with my uncle, too, uh,
1152
00:33:03,691 --> 00:33:04,592
both of them.
1153
00:33:04,593 --> 00:33:06,326
His brother liked to watch
1154
00:33:06,327 --> 00:33:07,027
it quite a bit.
1155
00:33:07,028 --> 00:33:08,728
He was actually diagnosed, uh,
1156
00:33:08,729 --> 00:33:10,264
with cancer 16 months
1157
00:33:10,265 --> 00:33:11,898
before he passed.
1158
00:33:11,899 --> 00:33:14,268
We had a... we had a long window
1159
00:33:14,269 --> 00:33:15,935
to just kind of work things out.
1160
00:33:15,936 --> 00:33:17,704
And we spent a lot of days just
1161
00:33:17,705 --> 00:33:19,573
talking, having great, you know,
1162
00:33:19,574 --> 00:33:21,908
philosophical, deep, uh,
1163
00:33:21,909 --> 00:33:23,009
wonderful discussions
1164
00:33:23,010 --> 00:33:24,911
while I was playing Tetris.
1165
00:33:24,912 --> 00:33:25,880
I... I remember the first
1166
00:33:25,881 --> 00:33:26,946
time that I watched Jonas play.
1167
00:33:26,947 --> 00:33:27,548
I came here.
1168
00:33:27,548 --> 00:33:28,516
It was, uh, we were in high
1169
00:33:28,517 --> 00:33:29,784
school.
1170
00:33:29,950 --> 00:33:31,017
And I'm watching, and I was
1171
00:33:31,018 --> 00:33:32,319
like, "dude, Jonas is really
1172
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:32,887
good at Tetris."
1173
00:33:32,888 --> 00:33:33,987
And then just started seeing
1174
00:33:33,988 --> 00:33:35,756
more and more little moves.
1175
00:33:35,923 --> 00:33:37,056
If you play enough Tetris,
1176
00:33:37,057 --> 00:33:38,025
you get to see, like,
1177
00:33:38,026 --> 00:33:39,293
that he flipped right at
1178
00:33:39,294 --> 00:33:40,560
the very last possible second,
1179
00:33:40,561 --> 00:33:41,728
the only moment it worked.
1180
00:33:41,729 --> 00:33:42,929
And I asked him, I was like,
1181
00:33:42,930 --> 00:33:43,864
"how do you do it?"
1182
00:33:43,865 --> 00:33:45,432
You know, how is this, because I
1183
00:33:45,433 --> 00:33:46,633
can't think of it that fast.
1184
00:33:46,634 --> 00:33:47,901
And he goes, "you have to see
1185
00:33:47,902 --> 00:33:48,902
the next piece coming
1186
00:33:48,903 --> 00:33:50,069
and imagine... like,
1187
00:33:50,070 --> 00:33:51,805
when I'm placing this piece,
1188
00:33:51,806 --> 00:33:52,573
I'm actually thinking
1189
00:33:52,573 --> 00:33:53,441
about where the next one
1190
00:33:53,442 --> 00:33:56,443
is already going."
1191
00:33:56,444 --> 00:33:57,511
The master's primary
1192
00:33:57,512 --> 00:33:58,812
consideration is the next piece,
1193
00:33:58,813 --> 00:34:01,615
which, along with the piece in
1194
00:34:01,616 --> 00:34:04,451
play, allows for over 500
1195
00:34:04,452 --> 00:34:05,785
possible combinations of moves
1196
00:34:05,786 --> 00:34:08,855
at any given moment.
1197
00:34:08,856 --> 00:34:10,457
There are always many bad moves
1198
00:34:10,458 --> 00:34:12,926
and very few good ones.
1199
00:34:12,927 --> 00:34:14,027
Limited to a single piece
1200
00:34:14,028 --> 00:34:15,895
preview, the perfect moves
1201
00:34:15,896 --> 00:34:18,399
are unknowable.
1202
00:34:37,685 --> 00:34:38,553
The one trick
1203
00:34:38,554 --> 00:34:39,886
to training in Tetris
1204
00:34:39,887 --> 00:34:42,389
is to be always almost dead.
1205
00:34:42,390 --> 00:34:44,824
If you're almost dead,
1206
00:34:44,825 --> 00:34:46,894
you're probably training.
1207
00:34:51,499 --> 00:34:52,666
Robin is about to head south
1208
00:34:52,667 --> 00:34:53,933
to Los Angeles,
1209
00:34:53,934 --> 00:34:54,835
where he'll make his final
1210
00:34:54,836 --> 00:34:57,871
preparations for the tournament.
1211
00:34:57,872 --> 00:34:59,038
Two years ago,
1212
00:34:59,039 --> 00:35:00,139
if you brought up the Nintendo
1213
00:35:00,140 --> 00:35:01,641
world championships,
1214
00:35:01,642 --> 00:35:03,743
it was like sort of a novelty
1215
00:35:03,744 --> 00:35:05,011
piece of trivia about me.
1216
00:35:05,012 --> 00:35:06,646
If I was in a bar and my friend
1217
00:35:06,647 --> 00:35:07,881
would be like, you know,
1218
00:35:07,882 --> 00:35:08,516
this guy
1219
00:35:08,517 --> 00:35:09,983
is a Nintendo world champion.
1220
00:35:09,984 --> 00:35:10,951
The person who he was talking
1221
00:35:10,951 --> 00:35:11,752
to would always say,
1222
00:35:11,753 --> 00:35:13,387
"oh, is it, like 'the wizard'?"
1223
00:35:13,388 --> 00:35:14,121
And I'd be like, yeah.
1224
00:35:14,121 --> 00:35:15,022
That was actually...
1225
00:35:15,022 --> 00:35:15,956
"the wizard" was made
1226
00:35:15,956 --> 00:35:16,891
to sort of promote it.
1227
00:35:16,892 --> 00:35:18,057
It went from just, like,
1228
00:35:18,058 --> 00:35:19,926
this funny little tidbit
1229
00:35:19,927 --> 00:35:21,828
to me finding nintendoage.
1230
00:35:21,829 --> 00:35:22,697
But their editor
1231
00:35:22,698 --> 00:35:23,930
for their e-zine
1232
00:35:23,931 --> 00:35:25,865
asked me to write some articles,
1233
00:35:25,866 --> 00:35:26,634
which I did.
1234
00:35:26,635 --> 00:35:27,967
And it was really nice to,
1235
00:35:27,968 --> 00:35:29,068
like, have, you know,
1236
00:35:29,069 --> 00:35:30,103
a couple thousand people
1237
00:35:30,104 --> 00:35:31,005
reading my story.
1238
00:35:31,005 --> 00:35:31,906
And it's like I was getting
1239
00:35:31,907 --> 00:35:33,039
a little touch
1240
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,575
of fame that I didn't get
1241
00:35:35,576 --> 00:35:38,712
when it actually happened.
1242
00:35:38,713 --> 00:35:39,946
Robin stops in sunnyvale,
1243
00:35:39,947 --> 00:35:40,681
California
1244
00:35:40,681 --> 00:35:41,549
to visit one of his old
1245
00:35:41,550 --> 00:35:43,650
competitive gaming buddies.
1246
00:35:43,651 --> 00:35:44,651
He hopes to get some help
1247
00:35:44,652 --> 00:35:46,453
running his Tetris tournament.
1248
00:35:46,454 --> 00:35:47,422
These are thumbs
1249
00:35:47,423 --> 00:35:48,622
genetically designed
1250
00:35:48,623 --> 00:35:50,957
to dominate video games.
1251
00:35:50,958 --> 00:35:52,158
These are massive.
1252
00:35:52,159 --> 00:35:54,361
And they're born to win.
1253
00:36:01,836 --> 00:36:02,637
Actually,
1254
00:36:02,638 --> 00:36:03,970
I found the newspaper article
1255
00:36:03,971 --> 00:36:05,439
of my first game contest,
1256
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,206
which was the Hawaii state
1257
00:36:07,207 --> 00:36:08,908
Nintendo championships.
1258
00:36:08,909 --> 00:36:09,710
And the game
1259
00:36:09,711 --> 00:36:10,844
was super Mario bros. 1.
1260
00:36:10,845 --> 00:36:11,812
I was the only one
1261
00:36:11,812 --> 00:36:12,580
who beat the game.
1262
00:36:12,581 --> 00:36:14,614
250-something-thousand points.
1263
00:36:14,615 --> 00:36:16,215
I had like four minutes left.
1264
00:36:16,216 --> 00:36:17,651
I just sat back, relaxed,
1265
00:36:17,652 --> 00:36:18,752
watched everybody else
1266
00:36:18,753 --> 00:36:20,154
dying on world 8-3.
1267
00:36:20,521 --> 00:36:21,688
But I was a kid at the time, and
1268
00:36:21,689 --> 00:36:22,689
I was just like, "wow, I'm
1269
00:36:22,690 --> 00:36:23,723
actually good at something."
1270
00:36:23,724 --> 00:36:24,891
You know, all this time I'd been
1271
00:36:24,892 --> 00:36:25,959
spending playing video games,
1272
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,828
you know, it's not for nothing.
1273
00:36:27,995 --> 00:36:29,629
You know, I'd proven it.
1274
00:36:29,630 --> 00:36:31,798
That prepared me for rock
1275
00:36:31,799 --> 00:36:32,567
the rock,
1276
00:36:32,568 --> 00:36:33,600
which is the biggest game
1277
00:36:33,601 --> 00:36:34,168
contest, you know,
1278
00:36:34,169 --> 00:36:35,835
that they had on TV.
1279
00:36:35,836 --> 00:36:37,804
$25,000 contest.
1280
00:36:37,805 --> 00:36:38,972
And right now it is the
1281
00:36:38,973 --> 00:36:40,574
battleground for all the gamers
1282
00:36:40,575 --> 00:36:41,641
is to get busy
1283
00:36:41,642 --> 00:36:42,909
on Sonic and knuckles
1284
00:36:42,910 --> 00:36:46,145
for the $25,000 big day prize.
1285
00:36:51,952 --> 00:36:53,119
I did this thing
1286
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:54,054
where I closed my eyes.
1287
00:36:54,055 --> 00:36:55,555
I played the game in my mind.
1288
00:36:55,556 --> 00:36:56,890
And I guess I freaked out
1289
00:36:56,891 --> 00:36:57,592
a lot of people,
1290
00:36:57,592 --> 00:36:58,258
which is a good thing.
1291
00:36:58,259 --> 00:37:01,194
Yes, he got it!
1292
00:37:01,195 --> 00:37:06,533
The sega world champion!
1293
00:37:06,534 --> 00:37:09,936
Here you go.
1294
00:37:09,937 --> 00:37:10,738
You know, this is it.
1295
00:37:10,739 --> 00:37:12,772
This is really awesome.
1296
00:37:12,773 --> 00:37:13,741
Um, I'm becoming
1297
00:37:13,742 --> 00:37:15,108
this larger-than-life
1298
00:37:15,109 --> 00:37:16,275
video-game star.
1299
00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:17,677
And I'm becoming
1300
00:37:17,678 --> 00:37:19,579
like Robin mihara,
1301
00:37:19,580 --> 00:37:20,747
which was the guy I thought,
1302
00:37:20,748 --> 00:37:21,915
like, this is the guy
1303
00:37:21,916 --> 00:37:23,049
I want to be when I grow up.
1304
00:37:23,050 --> 00:37:24,150
I want to be that cool kid
1305
00:37:24,151 --> 00:37:25,119
with the hat and the finger,
1306
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,453
and he's got confidence.
1307
00:37:26,621 --> 00:37:28,522
And he looks good.
1308
00:37:28,523 --> 00:37:29,823
He plays good.
1309
00:37:29,824 --> 00:37:30,890
You know, stone cold,
1310
00:37:30,891 --> 00:37:32,559
just destroying everything
1311
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:33,560
in his path.
1312
00:37:33,561 --> 00:37:34,761
And I was fine with living
1313
00:37:34,762 --> 00:37:37,697
up to that example.
1314
00:37:37,698 --> 00:37:38,198
Hey, man.
1315
00:37:38,198 --> 00:37:39,133
You just got to 30.
1316
00:37:39,133 --> 00:37:40,100
You're going to have
1317
00:37:40,101 --> 00:37:41,300
to pass out some of the pins
1318
00:37:41,301 --> 00:37:42,536
because we're all going
1319
00:37:42,537 --> 00:37:43,838
to be competing.
1320
00:37:44,004 --> 00:37:45,171
Don't let that scare you,
1321
00:37:45,172 --> 00:37:45,773
though.
1322
00:37:45,774 --> 00:37:48,007
Please, please do anyway.
1323
00:37:48,008 --> 00:37:48,843
All right, I know that
1324
00:37:48,844 --> 00:37:50,143
already people are doubting him
1325
00:37:50,144 --> 00:37:51,045
because he doesn't have
1326
00:37:51,045 --> 00:37:51,979
any videotapes.
1327
00:37:51,980 --> 00:37:53,179
Uh, he really...
1328
00:37:53,180 --> 00:37:54,948
I sincerely believe he does not
1329
00:37:54,949 --> 00:37:56,583
want the spotlight ever again
1330
00:37:56,584 --> 00:37:58,084
because he feels like it kind
1331
00:37:58,085 --> 00:38:00,286
of was the, uh...
1332
00:38:00,287 --> 00:38:01,255
I forget how I phrased it.
1333
00:38:01,255 --> 00:38:02,189
Like the cornerstone
1334
00:38:02,190 --> 00:38:04,090
of a very difficult life.
1335
00:38:04,091 --> 00:38:06,059
I had always wondered,
1336
00:38:06,060 --> 00:38:06,794
you know,
1337
00:38:06,795 --> 00:38:08,061
what would happen if you
1338
00:38:08,062 --> 00:38:09,796
and Thor went face-to-face.
1339
00:38:09,797 --> 00:38:10,330
Yeah.
1340
00:38:10,331 --> 00:38:12,131
Who... who would, uh,
1341
00:38:12,132 --> 00:38:13,567
would win basically?
1342
00:38:13,568 --> 00:38:14,234
Thor was saying
1343
00:38:14,235 --> 00:38:15,635
that he wasn't going to compete.
1344
00:38:15,636 --> 00:38:16,670
Like he was going to come,
1345
00:38:16,671 --> 00:38:17,837
but he wasn't going to compete.
1346
00:38:17,838 --> 00:38:19,338
And so, I found him on Facebook.
1347
00:38:19,339 --> 00:38:21,274
Got into a little bit of why he
1348
00:38:21,275 --> 00:38:22,642
doesn't want to win again.
1349
00:38:22,643 --> 00:38:24,210
I think there was a sort
1350
00:38:24,211 --> 00:38:26,580
of a failed negotiation
1351
00:38:26,581 --> 00:38:27,214
with Nintendo.
1352
00:38:27,214 --> 00:38:28,048
He was kind
1353
00:38:28,049 --> 00:38:29,148
of getting pimped out.
1354
00:38:29,149 --> 00:38:29,950
Like, his dad
1355
00:38:29,951 --> 00:38:31,317
would drive him to trade shows
1356
00:38:31,318 --> 00:38:32,852
and consumer electronic show.
1357
00:38:32,853 --> 00:38:33,654
And I don't know
1358
00:38:33,655 --> 00:38:34,788
if he would speak for money,
1359
00:38:34,789 --> 00:38:37,123
or what he was doing exactly.
1360
00:38:37,124 --> 00:38:39,659
But, um, sounded like Thor
1361
00:38:39,660 --> 00:38:40,595
didn't get any of it.
1362
00:38:40,596 --> 00:38:41,661
I don't know, maybe it's also
1363
00:38:41,662 --> 00:38:42,862
just annoying to be known
1364
00:38:42,863 --> 00:38:45,099
as the Tetris champion.
1365
00:38:48,636 --> 00:38:50,003
Being a pretty big student
1366
00:38:50,004 --> 00:38:50,871
of the game,
1367
00:38:50,872 --> 00:38:52,205
I'm really excited about meeting
1368
00:38:52,206 --> 00:38:53,140
all of these people
1369
00:38:53,141 --> 00:38:54,273
and seeing their different
1370
00:38:54,274 --> 00:38:56,242
styles and personalities.
1371
00:38:56,243 --> 00:38:57,877
Most of these people,
1372
00:38:57,878 --> 00:38:59,713
I'm guessing, just play
1373
00:38:59,714 --> 00:39:01,247
by themselves in front of a TV
1374
00:39:01,248 --> 00:39:02,982
and didn't even know that other
1375
00:39:02,983 --> 00:39:04,150
people were doing the same thing
1376
00:39:04,151 --> 00:39:06,085
until they found twin galaxies.
1377
00:39:06,086 --> 00:39:07,286
So, I... I want to meet
1378
00:39:07,287 --> 00:39:09,288
them all and learn their tricks
1379
00:39:09,289 --> 00:39:11,024
and just talk about Tetris.
1380
00:39:11,025 --> 00:39:12,325
It's going to be exciting for
1381
00:39:12,326 --> 00:39:13,927
all of us to be able to talk to
1382
00:39:13,928 --> 00:39:15,294
somebody who really understands
1383
00:39:15,295 --> 00:39:19,032
the high level of the game.
1384
00:39:19,033 --> 00:39:19,967
Yep.
1385
00:39:19,967 --> 00:39:20,768
Burn.
1386
00:39:20,769 --> 00:39:21,835
Right. Straight down.
1387
00:39:22,671 --> 00:39:24,003
Right.
1388
00:39:24,004 --> 00:39:25,840
Can read your mind.
1389
00:39:31,746 --> 00:39:32,713
Totally closed my eyes
1390
00:39:32,714 --> 00:39:34,648
for that one.
1391
00:39:34,649 --> 00:39:35,115
Can you talk
1392
00:39:35,115 --> 00:39:35,950
when you're on 19?
1393
00:39:35,950 --> 00:39:36,917
Oh, yeah.
1394
00:39:36,918 --> 00:39:38,818
I love to talk when I'm on 19.
1395
00:39:38,819 --> 00:39:40,353
The stuff that you do is
1396
00:39:40,354 --> 00:39:41,188
different.
1397
00:39:41,189 --> 00:39:43,222
It's like... it's like you can
1398
00:39:43,223 --> 00:39:44,924
see... that is so crazy
1399
00:39:44,925 --> 00:39:46,192
what you just did.
1400
00:39:46,193 --> 00:39:47,061
That is insane.
1401
00:39:47,061 --> 00:39:47,928
I'm nuts.
1402
00:39:47,929 --> 00:39:49,763
You put both of them
1403
00:39:49,764 --> 00:39:50,864
just wrong.
1404
00:39:50,865 --> 00:39:51,965
And then it was fine.
1405
00:39:51,966 --> 00:39:52,833
Yeah.
1406
00:39:52,834 --> 00:39:54,167
Isn't it gorgeous?
1407
00:39:54,168 --> 00:39:55,201
So, what are you seeing
1408
00:39:55,202 --> 00:39:56,003
when you did that?
1409
00:39:56,004 --> 00:39:57,136
Like, you're seeing the level
1410
00:39:57,137 --> 00:39:57,872
above it.
1411
00:39:57,873 --> 00:39:59,138
You don't care about...
1412
00:39:59,139 --> 00:40:00,940
yeah, you kind of just see...
1413
00:40:00,941 --> 00:40:02,408
It's just like in chess,
1414
00:40:02,409 --> 00:40:03,810
seeing a few moves ahead.
1415
00:40:03,811 --> 00:40:04,378
Yeah.
1416
00:40:04,379 --> 00:40:05,379
Like, you create a hole,
1417
00:40:05,380 --> 00:40:06,380
and it's gone.
1418
00:40:06,381 --> 00:40:07,847
It's just a... you think of it
1419
00:40:07,848 --> 00:40:08,949
as a combination.
1420
00:40:12,687 --> 00:40:13,187
I noticed
1421
00:40:13,187 --> 00:40:14,021
for your record game,
1422
00:40:14,022 --> 00:40:15,288
you were stacking on this side.
1423
00:40:15,289 --> 00:40:15,856
Yeah.
1424
00:40:15,857 --> 00:40:17,090
I don't know for some reason I
1425
00:40:17,091 --> 00:40:20,026
usually score higher on average
1426
00:40:20,027 --> 00:40:21,829
when I stack to the right.
1427
00:40:27,835 --> 00:40:30,737
Get there. Get there. Get there.
1428
00:40:30,738 --> 00:40:32,972
Get there. Oh, shit.
1429
00:40:50,825 --> 00:40:53,060
Nice.
1430
00:40:57,832 --> 00:40:59,298
Whew!
1431
00:40:59,299 --> 00:41:00,867
That's it.
1432
00:41:00,868 --> 00:41:02,501
You're a one-button player.
1433
00:41:02,502 --> 00:41:03,770
What do you mean?
1434
00:41:03,771 --> 00:41:06,105
You only flip one direction.
1435
00:41:06,106 --> 00:41:07,841
I have never played
1436
00:41:07,842 --> 00:41:09,008
any other way.
1437
00:41:09,009 --> 00:41:10,143
That is crazy.
1438
00:41:10,144 --> 00:41:12,078
Like, some of your flips are,
1439
00:41:12,079 --> 00:41:14,914
like, right before it lands.
1440
00:41:14,915 --> 00:41:16,115
I have never even heard
1441
00:41:16,116 --> 00:41:18,284
of not being a one-way flipper.
1442
00:41:18,285 --> 00:41:19,119
This might be one
1443
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:20,153
of those breakthrough moments
1444
00:41:20,154 --> 00:41:22,021
we spoke of earlier.
1445
00:41:22,022 --> 00:41:23,757
"And then these guys came over,
1446
00:41:23,758 --> 00:41:25,124
and they showed me that you
1447
00:41:25,125 --> 00:41:26,826
could actually flip the pieces
1448
00:41:26,827 --> 00:41:28,261
in more than one direction."
1449
00:41:28,262 --> 00:41:29,129
Just never thought...
1450
00:41:29,130 --> 00:41:31,197
when all these years, I just
1451
00:41:31,198 --> 00:41:32,298
thought it did the same thing.
1452
00:41:32,299 --> 00:41:33,133
Yeah, because most... I
1453
00:41:33,133 --> 00:41:33,968
think every piece...
1454
00:41:33,968 --> 00:41:34,835
I was always like,
1455
00:41:34,836 --> 00:41:36,402
why would you use "b"
1456
00:41:36,403 --> 00:41:37,937
when you could use "a"?
1457
00:41:37,938 --> 00:41:39,405
Now, I have a hard time
1458
00:41:39,406 --> 00:41:40,474
setting this up.
1459
00:41:43,978 --> 00:41:45,478
Okay, here we go.
1460
00:41:45,479 --> 00:41:48,514
So, this is a t-spin.
1461
00:41:48,515 --> 00:41:50,049
Oh.
1462
00:41:50,050 --> 00:41:50,818
Rotate it,
1463
00:41:50,819 --> 00:41:52,018
it just went right in there.
1464
00:41:52,019 --> 00:41:53,252
Dude, I have never done a
1465
00:41:53,253 --> 00:41:53,821
t-spin.
1466
00:41:53,822 --> 00:41:54,988
You've never seen that?
1467
00:41:54,989 --> 00:41:56,122
Not even accidentally.
1468
00:41:56,123 --> 00:41:57,057
This is pretty big.
1469
00:41:57,058 --> 00:41:58,491
Like, I didn't know
1470
00:41:58,492 --> 00:42:00,293
about a million things
1471
00:42:00,294 --> 00:42:01,996
that you just told me.
1472
00:42:02,162 --> 00:42:03,362
Do you guys think I'm stupid?
1473
00:42:03,363 --> 00:42:04,331
No, not whatsoever.
1474
00:42:04,331 --> 00:42:05,299
I mean, I've spent...
1475
00:42:05,300 --> 00:42:06,465
This has been like a year of
1476
00:42:06,466 --> 00:42:08,368
my life figuring this stuff out.
1477
00:42:08,535 --> 00:42:09,469
And then...
1478
00:42:09,469 --> 00:42:10,437
yeah, but this has been,
1479
00:42:10,438 --> 00:42:11,971
like, I've been playing Tetris
1480
00:42:11,972 --> 00:42:13,306
for, like, 20 years.
1481
00:42:13,307 --> 00:42:14,440
I don't even want to know how
1482
00:42:14,441 --> 00:42:15,942
many hours I've played Tetris.
1483
00:42:15,943 --> 00:42:17,811
Like, that would just depress
1484
00:42:17,812 --> 00:42:19,145
me to know.
1485
00:42:19,146 --> 00:42:20,114
There's some things that,
1486
00:42:20,115 --> 00:42:22,081
um, I've studied your games,
1487
00:42:22,082 --> 00:42:23,216
or a couple that I've seen,
1488
00:42:23,217 --> 00:42:24,818
and you have a few things
1489
00:42:24,819 --> 00:42:28,221
that no one else does.
1490
00:42:28,222 --> 00:42:30,023
Wow. Did you do that all on
1491
00:42:30,024 --> 00:42:30,958
purpose?
1492
00:42:30,959 --> 00:42:32,358
Uh, I saw it develop.
1493
00:42:32,359 --> 00:42:33,160
Nice.
1494
00:42:33,161 --> 00:42:34,493
The "I" blocks can be flipped
1495
00:42:34,494 --> 00:42:35,962
all over the place.
1496
00:42:35,963 --> 00:42:39,032
Little I block flips like that.
1497
00:42:39,033 --> 00:42:41,300
Just end around.
1498
00:42:41,301 --> 00:42:43,870
Um, so that right there,
1499
00:42:43,871 --> 00:42:44,471
hold on.
1500
00:42:44,471 --> 00:42:45,105
There we go.
1501
00:42:45,106 --> 00:42:46,605
Oh, damn.
1502
00:42:48,408 --> 00:42:49,909
I have never seen anybody do
1503
00:42:49,910 --> 00:42:50,210
that.
1504
00:42:50,211 --> 00:42:51,410
But he actually did it clean,
1505
00:42:51,411 --> 00:42:52,578
like with a purpose.
1506
00:42:52,579 --> 00:42:53,980
That was awesome.
1507
00:42:53,981 --> 00:42:54,614
I can stamp it,
1508
00:42:54,615 --> 00:42:56,850
and I'd just gotten Tetris.
1509
00:42:56,851 --> 00:42:57,851
And I wasn't thinking
1510
00:42:57,852 --> 00:42:58,618
about playing.
1511
00:42:58,618 --> 00:42:59,519
I was just kind of playing,
1512
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:00,520
you know, 9 or 10 years old,
1513
00:43:00,521 --> 00:43:02,121
whatever.
1514
00:43:02,122 --> 00:43:02,990
And I put up
1515
00:43:02,991 --> 00:43:05,591
like 175,000 or whatever.
1516
00:43:05,592 --> 00:43:07,861
I tripled my highest score
1517
00:43:07,862 --> 00:43:08,262
since then.
1518
00:43:08,262 --> 00:43:08,963
It was just kind
1519
00:43:08,964 --> 00:43:10,997
of like an epiphany.
1520
00:43:10,998 --> 00:43:12,131
And ever since then,
1521
00:43:12,132 --> 00:43:13,266
I've just been kind of trying
1522
00:43:13,267 --> 00:43:14,600
to relegate the play
1523
00:43:14,601 --> 00:43:16,102
to the back of the mind.
1524
00:43:16,103 --> 00:43:18,404
I play better when I hum a song
1525
00:43:18,405 --> 00:43:19,239
to myself.
1526
00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:20,874
Random daydreaming, you know,
1527
00:43:20,875 --> 00:43:21,641
while I'm playing.
1528
00:43:21,642 --> 00:43:23,242
I almost believe that the mind
1529
00:43:23,243 --> 00:43:24,277
kind of has, like, a little,
1530
00:43:24,278 --> 00:43:25,544
like a buffering kind
1531
00:43:25,545 --> 00:43:27,246
of ram situation.
1532
00:43:27,247 --> 00:43:28,647
And so, if you think about
1533
00:43:28,648 --> 00:43:29,648
a move too much,
1534
00:43:29,649 --> 00:43:30,950
your next move suffers.
1535
00:43:30,951 --> 00:43:31,985
Like, there's some...
1536
00:43:31,986 --> 00:43:33,119
There's a loading screen
1537
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:33,888
for the mind.
1538
00:43:33,889 --> 00:43:35,889
And I have definitely tested
1539
00:43:35,890 --> 00:43:36,390
mine.
1540
00:43:36,391 --> 00:43:37,556
Man, the heart rate
1541
00:43:37,557 --> 00:43:39,158
starts increasing.
1542
00:43:39,159 --> 00:43:40,226
At one point, I started getting,
1543
00:43:40,227 --> 00:43:41,527
like, tunnel vision.
1544
00:43:41,528 --> 00:43:42,262
I thought I was,
1545
00:43:42,263 --> 00:43:43,496
like, about to pass out.
1546
00:43:43,497 --> 00:43:44,530
Playing that many hours,
1547
00:43:44,531 --> 00:43:45,899
you got to think stuff.
1548
00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:47,066
You just think random
1549
00:43:47,067 --> 00:43:47,567
weird things.
1550
00:43:47,568 --> 00:43:49,102
When I was little,
1551
00:43:49,103 --> 00:43:50,103
I just figured there was
1552
00:43:50,104 --> 00:43:51,504
little electronic dwarfs
1553
00:43:51,505 --> 00:43:52,605
in the system.
1554
00:43:52,606 --> 00:43:54,240
And they were just, you know,
1555
00:43:54,241 --> 00:43:55,474
sadistic in the way
1556
00:43:55,475 --> 00:43:56,575
that they gave me pieces.
1557
00:43:56,576 --> 00:43:57,643
And that was my first concept
1558
00:43:57,644 --> 00:43:58,946
of the Tetris god.
1559
00:44:02,216 --> 00:44:04,083
So, there's a little bit of,
1560
00:44:04,084 --> 00:44:05,451
give-and-take war
1561
00:44:05,452 --> 00:44:06,485
with the game itself.
1562
00:44:06,486 --> 00:44:09,122
Sometimes you have to concede to
1563
00:44:09,123 --> 00:44:09,556
it.
1564
00:44:09,557 --> 00:44:10,589
It is very difficult
1565
00:44:10,590 --> 00:44:11,991
to fight the game,
1566
00:44:11,992 --> 00:44:14,128
because it will win.
1567
00:44:17,164 --> 00:44:18,098
Sometimes I really do think
1568
00:44:18,099 --> 00:44:19,532
it has a mind of its own.
1569
00:44:19,533 --> 00:44:20,467
You have to think four or five
1570
00:44:20,468 --> 00:44:24,337
steps ahead in one second.
1571
00:44:24,338 --> 00:44:25,239
When I'm in the zone,
1572
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:26,605
it feels like I'm pretty much,
1573
00:44:26,606 --> 00:44:27,941
like, one with the game,
1574
00:44:27,942 --> 00:44:32,145
in sync, just flowing.
1575
00:44:32,146 --> 00:44:35,214
It's like a constant flow.
1576
00:44:35,215 --> 00:44:36,682
You're just doing this thing,
1577
00:44:36,683 --> 00:44:38,284
and, like, things are changing.
1578
00:44:38,285 --> 00:44:39,318
It's really fluid.
1579
00:44:39,319 --> 00:44:40,486
And it just is always,
1580
00:44:40,487 --> 00:44:42,221
like, morphing into a new thing
1581
00:44:42,222 --> 00:44:42,957
that you're just
1582
00:44:42,958 --> 00:44:45,192
constantly reacting to.
1583
00:44:52,599 --> 00:44:55,168
When you're playing Tetris,
1584
00:44:55,169 --> 00:44:57,036
just put stuff where it fits.
1585
00:44:57,037 --> 00:44:58,638
It's that simple.
1586
00:45:10,284 --> 00:45:11,417
The definition of np-complete
1587
00:45:11,418 --> 00:45:13,119
is basically that with the input
1588
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:14,387
size of the problem,
1589
00:45:14,388 --> 00:45:15,621
the time required
1590
00:45:15,622 --> 00:45:18,357
to calculate the answer,
1591
00:45:18,358 --> 00:45:21,027
um, basically increases
1592
00:45:21,028 --> 00:45:23,063
faster than polynomial time.
1593
00:45:23,230 --> 00:45:24,297
With a problem like Tetris,
1594
00:45:24,298 --> 00:45:26,565
it'll become longer than we,
1595
00:45:26,566 --> 00:45:28,401
like, humanly have on this earth
1596
00:45:28,402 --> 00:45:29,203
to even, like,
1597
00:45:29,204 --> 00:45:31,370
calculate the perfect answer.
1598
00:45:31,371 --> 00:45:32,272
This is, um,
1599
00:45:32,272 --> 00:45:33,140
Tetris grand master.
1600
00:45:33,141 --> 00:45:35,141
It came out in, uh, 1998.
1601
00:45:35,142 --> 00:45:36,275
I think I first played back
1602
00:45:36,276 --> 00:45:37,077
when I saw,
1603
00:45:37,078 --> 00:45:39,412
um, it was one of those videos
1604
00:45:39,413 --> 00:45:40,380
that went around on YouTube.
1605
00:45:40,381 --> 00:45:41,680
It was I think, uh, Tetris Japan
1606
00:45:41,681 --> 00:45:42,616
finals or something.
1607
00:45:42,617 --> 00:45:43,649
It was what was labeled
1608
00:45:43,650 --> 00:45:44,683
as a death mode video.
1609
00:45:44,684 --> 00:45:45,585
And I just thought
1610
00:45:45,586 --> 00:45:46,619
that was really cool.
1611
00:45:46,620 --> 00:45:47,454
It looks really,
1612
00:45:47,454 --> 00:45:48,322
uh, challenging.
1613
00:45:48,323 --> 00:45:49,455
It looks really fun.
1614
00:45:49,456 --> 00:45:51,457
Tetris: The grand master 2,
1615
00:45:51,458 --> 00:45:53,092
a Japanese arcade game,
1616
00:45:53,093 --> 00:45:54,427
awards grand master status
1617
00:45:54,428 --> 00:45:55,295
to players
1618
00:45:55,296 --> 00:45:56,429
who can survive invisible Tetris
1619
00:45:56,430 --> 00:45:58,297
for at least one minute.
1620
00:45:58,298 --> 00:46:00,166
In invisible Tetris, the pieces
1621
00:46:00,167 --> 00:46:02,635
disappear once they land.
1622
00:46:02,636 --> 00:46:04,370
Alex is one of only 30 grand
1623
00:46:04,371 --> 00:46:06,072
masters in the world.
1624
00:46:06,073 --> 00:46:06,673
I got
1625
00:46:06,674 --> 00:46:07,806
to the invisible credit roll
1626
00:46:07,807 --> 00:46:09,375
and somehow managed
1627
00:46:09,376 --> 00:46:11,277
to survive for long enough
1628
00:46:11,278 --> 00:46:12,311
to actually pull it together
1629
00:46:12,312 --> 00:46:13,512
and get the grade.
1630
00:46:13,513 --> 00:46:14,580
You have to learn the game
1631
00:46:14,581 --> 00:46:16,449
all over at a deeper level
1632
00:46:16,450 --> 00:46:17,450
in order to succeed.
1633
00:46:17,451 --> 00:46:18,185
Where you have to,
1634
00:46:18,186 --> 00:46:19,352
like, really know how is
1635
00:46:19,353 --> 00:46:20,719
this piece affecting the stack.
1636
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:21,655
And that you have
1637
00:46:21,656 --> 00:46:22,721
to keep track of,
1638
00:46:22,722 --> 00:46:24,323
like, how can I keep
1639
00:46:24,324 --> 00:46:26,260
the stack easy to remember?
1640
00:46:32,299 --> 00:46:33,332
I just hope that I can, you
1641
00:46:33,333 --> 00:46:34,500
know, play pretty consistently.
1642
00:46:34,501 --> 00:46:35,568
I don't want to have, like,
1643
00:46:35,569 --> 00:46:36,503
a bad day or something.
1644
00:46:36,503 --> 00:46:37,171
I don't have
1645
00:46:37,171 --> 00:46:38,105
many other expectations
1646
00:46:38,106 --> 00:46:39,138
for myself other than that,
1647
00:46:39,139 --> 00:46:40,306
just to go and have a good time
1648
00:46:40,307 --> 00:46:43,109
playing some nes Tetris.
1649
00:46:43,110 --> 00:46:44,477
Nintendo Tetris allows
1650
00:46:44,478 --> 00:46:45,744
the player to start on any level
1651
00:46:45,745 --> 00:46:47,813
up to 19.
1652
00:46:47,814 --> 00:46:49,548
Starting on 19 is the only way
1653
00:46:49,549 --> 00:46:51,217
to train to become a master.
1654
00:46:51,218 --> 00:46:51,851
The basic thing
1655
00:46:51,852 --> 00:46:53,352
you got to do when you train is,
1656
00:46:53,353 --> 00:46:54,753
you do level 19.
1657
00:46:54,754 --> 00:46:55,854
And you try to Tetris
1658
00:46:55,855 --> 00:46:56,790
constantly.
1659
00:46:56,791 --> 00:46:58,725
You fail because it's fast.
1660
00:46:59,093 --> 00:47:00,193
Nes Tetris,
1661
00:47:00,194 --> 00:47:01,360
or Nintendo Tetris,
1662
00:47:01,361 --> 00:47:04,763
the speed plateaus for 10 levels
1663
00:47:04,764 --> 00:47:06,832
at a speed that seems impossible
1664
00:47:06,833 --> 00:47:08,735
to most players.
1665
00:47:36,730 --> 00:47:38,531
Right when I know the piece
1666
00:47:38,532 --> 00:47:40,333
is done, as the next piece...
1667
00:47:40,334 --> 00:47:42,268
I'm already pressing the d-pad.
1668
00:47:42,269 --> 00:47:43,636
So, by the time it comes down,
1669
00:47:43,637 --> 00:47:44,538
it's already moving
1670
00:47:44,539 --> 00:47:47,540
in that direction.
1671
00:47:47,541 --> 00:47:49,408
Once you get past the panic
1672
00:47:49,409 --> 00:47:50,609
and you realize
1673
00:47:50,610 --> 00:47:52,445
that you're probably pushing way
1674
00:47:52,446 --> 00:47:53,612
too hard on the buttons,
1675
00:47:53,613 --> 00:47:55,148
I try really hard to shift
1676
00:47:55,149 --> 00:47:56,549
into my peripheral vision.
1677
00:47:56,550 --> 00:47:58,184
Because if you focus too hard
1678
00:47:58,185 --> 00:48:00,586
on the actual screen,
1679
00:48:00,587 --> 00:48:03,656
I find that flusters me.
1680
00:48:03,657 --> 00:48:05,824
It really makes sort
1681
00:48:05,825 --> 00:48:08,594
of a radical certainty
1682
00:48:08,595 --> 00:48:09,862
the only way to go.
1683
00:48:09,863 --> 00:48:10,830
It's better to put a piece
1684
00:48:10,831 --> 00:48:12,331
in the wrong place,
1685
00:48:12,332 --> 00:48:13,832
than to change your mind and try
1686
00:48:13,833 --> 00:48:15,634
to put it in the right place.
1687
00:48:15,635 --> 00:48:16,536
So, you have to go
1688
00:48:16,537 --> 00:48:17,736
with your first instinct.
1689
00:48:17,737 --> 00:48:19,738
And you have to have
1690
00:48:19,739 --> 00:48:21,374
the software in your brain
1691
00:48:21,375 --> 00:48:22,541
to make that first place
1692
00:48:22,542 --> 00:48:24,611
you think of the right place.
1693
00:48:31,785 --> 00:48:32,851
The last time I got
1694
00:48:32,852 --> 00:48:34,587
Tetris effect was when I was,
1695
00:48:34,588 --> 00:48:35,921
um...
1696
00:48:35,922 --> 00:48:38,191
Shoot, I was in high school.
1697
00:48:38,192 --> 00:48:38,958
The Tetris effect
1698
00:48:38,959 --> 00:48:40,593
refers to players having dreams
1699
00:48:40,594 --> 00:48:41,727
or mild hallucinations
1700
00:48:41,728 --> 00:48:42,928
about the game.
1701
00:48:42,929 --> 00:48:43,797
I was doing
1702
00:48:43,798 --> 00:48:44,863
some specialty stacking.
1703
00:48:44,864 --> 00:48:45,931
Like, there's something that
1704
00:48:45,932 --> 00:48:48,267
sega Tetris players used to do.
1705
00:48:48,268 --> 00:48:49,335
They would draw a pattern
1706
00:48:49,336 --> 00:48:50,237
in the stack.
1707
00:48:50,238 --> 00:48:51,304
They would leave holes to make
1708
00:48:51,305 --> 00:48:52,705
a, uh, greater than shape
1709
00:48:52,706 --> 00:48:54,240
in the stack.
1710
00:48:54,241 --> 00:48:55,241
And so, the last time
1711
00:48:55,242 --> 00:48:56,275
I got Tetris effect really bad
1712
00:48:56,276 --> 00:48:57,576
was when I started doing that.
1713
00:48:57,577 --> 00:48:59,478
And I did it for, like, an hour
1714
00:48:59,479 --> 00:49:00,347
or something the first day.
1715
00:49:00,347 --> 00:49:00,980
And the next day, I was
1716
00:49:00,981 --> 00:49:02,348
just like, wanted to kill myself
1717
00:49:02,349 --> 00:49:03,482
because I couldn't stop thinking
1718
00:49:03,483 --> 00:49:05,651
about making the staircase
1719
00:49:05,652 --> 00:49:06,586
and, like, putting all the
1720
00:49:06,586 --> 00:49:06,986
pieces down.
1721
00:49:06,986 --> 00:49:07,921
Because it was something...
1722
00:49:07,922 --> 00:49:09,522
It was a totally new problem
1723
00:49:09,523 --> 00:49:10,889
for my brain to consider.
1724
00:49:10,890 --> 00:49:12,825
When I have a square
1725
00:49:12,826 --> 00:49:13,992
or rectangle shape
1726
00:49:13,993 --> 00:49:15,761
or a box of any sort
1727
00:49:15,762 --> 00:49:17,330
and I need to put things
1728
00:49:17,331 --> 00:49:17,831
into it...
1729
00:49:18,565 --> 00:49:19,533
It goes back to...
1730
00:49:19,534 --> 00:49:20,866
It's what everybody calls it.
1731
00:49:20,867 --> 00:49:21,835
"They say, Jesse,
1732
00:49:21,835 --> 00:49:22,802
your tetrisizing."
1733
00:49:22,803 --> 00:49:24,270
I daydream during the day.
1734
00:49:24,271 --> 00:49:25,438
I'll sit and play Tetris
1735
00:49:25,439 --> 00:49:26,005
in my head.
1736
00:49:26,006 --> 00:49:27,573
I have Tetris dreams at night,
1737
00:49:27,574 --> 00:49:28,641
sometimes, you know,
1738
00:49:28,642 --> 00:49:29,675
if I'm playing right
1739
00:49:29,676 --> 00:49:31,211
before I go to bed.
1740
00:49:31,378 --> 00:49:32,346
There was
1741
00:49:32,347 --> 00:49:33,812
a very interesting study
1742
00:49:33,813 --> 00:49:35,548
by some guys at Harvard
1743
00:49:35,549 --> 00:49:37,750
who were studying sleep.
1744
00:49:37,751 --> 00:49:39,385
And they did have people play
1745
00:49:39,386 --> 00:49:40,654
Tetris before they went to bed.
1746
00:49:40,820 --> 00:49:42,321
And sure enough,
1747
00:49:42,322 --> 00:49:44,990
they often dreamed about Tetris.
1748
00:49:44,991 --> 00:49:46,525
And the researchers
1749
00:49:46,526 --> 00:49:47,926
came to the general conclusion
1750
00:49:47,927 --> 00:49:49,962
from this and other data
1751
00:49:49,963 --> 00:49:51,930
that one of the purposes of
1752
00:49:51,931 --> 00:49:54,667
dreaming is memory consolidation
1753
00:49:54,668 --> 00:49:55,502
of things
1754
00:49:55,503 --> 00:49:57,436
you've learned during the day.
1755
00:49:57,437 --> 00:49:59,838
In 1992, Dr. Haier
1756
00:49:59,839 --> 00:50:01,374
used brain scans to show
1757
00:50:01,375 --> 00:50:02,541
that Tetris training can lead
1758
00:50:02,542 --> 00:50:04,410
to increased brain efficiency.
1759
00:50:04,411 --> 00:50:05,744
The brains of people
1760
00:50:05,745 --> 00:50:06,879
struggling to learn the game
1761
00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:08,514
showed high levels of activity,
1762
00:50:08,515 --> 00:50:09,715
indicated here
1763
00:50:09,716 --> 00:50:11,550
on the brain scan in red.
1764
00:50:11,551 --> 00:50:12,551
But the brains of players
1765
00:50:12,552 --> 00:50:13,952
who have mastered the game
1766
00:50:13,953 --> 00:50:15,288
showed very little activity
1767
00:50:15,289 --> 00:50:17,290
and appear to be at rest.
1768
00:50:17,291 --> 00:50:17,791
Now, of course,
1769
00:50:17,792 --> 00:50:18,792
on the second scan,
1770
00:50:18,793 --> 00:50:19,793
the game is faster.
1771
00:50:19,793 --> 00:50:20,694
The game is harder.
1772
00:50:20,695 --> 00:50:22,695
They're processing more.
1773
00:50:22,696 --> 00:50:24,330
And the question for us was, is
1774
00:50:24,331 --> 00:50:26,565
the brain more or less active?
1775
00:50:26,566 --> 00:50:28,301
Virtually everyone assumed
1776
00:50:28,302 --> 00:50:30,836
the brain had to be more active.
1777
00:50:30,837 --> 00:50:31,970
We had thought the brain
1778
00:50:31,971 --> 00:50:34,673
actually might be more efficient
1779
00:50:34,674 --> 00:50:36,542
as the Tetris program
1780
00:50:36,543 --> 00:50:38,977
became unconscious and automatic
1781
00:50:38,978 --> 00:50:41,347
and would require less activity,
1782
00:50:41,348 --> 00:50:42,848
less energy.
1783
00:50:42,849 --> 00:50:43,583
And sure enough,
1784
00:50:43,584 --> 00:50:44,850
that's what we found.
1785
00:50:44,851 --> 00:50:46,485
That software, so to speak,
1786
00:50:46,486 --> 00:50:47,053
in your brain
1787
00:50:47,054 --> 00:50:48,587
can become very powerful.
1788
00:50:48,588 --> 00:50:49,456
So much as you can get
1789
00:50:49,457 --> 00:50:50,723
out of its way,
1790
00:50:50,724 --> 00:50:52,558
you can become,
1791
00:50:52,559 --> 00:50:53,592
when you're playing,
1792
00:50:53,593 --> 00:50:54,693
when you calm yourself down
1793
00:50:54,694 --> 00:50:56,763
enough, like a human computer.
1794
00:51:00,334 --> 00:51:01,067
You would not believe...
1795
00:51:01,068 --> 00:51:02,601
I walk around in this t-shirt
1796
00:51:02,602 --> 00:51:04,036
all the time.
1797
00:51:04,037 --> 00:51:06,339
No one gets it.
1798
00:51:06,340 --> 00:51:07,506
No one gets it.
1799
00:51:07,507 --> 00:51:09,375
I'm like, "guys, really?"
1800
00:51:09,376 --> 00:51:11,009
To go along with it,
1801
00:51:11,010 --> 00:51:12,745
my Nintendo pants.
1802
00:51:12,746 --> 00:51:15,514
We have "Mario is my homeboy."
1803
00:51:15,515 --> 00:51:16,782
"Classically trained," with the
1804
00:51:16,783 --> 00:51:19,017
original Nintendo controller.
1805
00:51:19,018 --> 00:51:19,986
So, this will be
1806
00:51:19,987 --> 00:51:23,356
my official competition outfit.
1807
00:51:23,357 --> 00:51:24,957
Just being at the competition,
1808
00:51:24,958 --> 00:51:26,892
like I am so stoked about that,
1809
00:51:26,893 --> 00:51:28,594
that all I want to do is just go
1810
00:51:28,595 --> 00:51:30,563
play with these guys, you know,
1811
00:51:30,564 --> 00:51:32,064
these guys that are great.
1812
00:51:32,065 --> 00:51:32,899
The tournament
1813
00:51:32,900 --> 00:51:35,033
as I understand it basically is,
1814
00:51:35,034 --> 00:51:36,635
uh, three games
1815
00:51:36,636 --> 00:51:38,937
and you... the highest score
1816
00:51:38,938 --> 00:51:40,072
gets into the finals.
1817
00:51:40,073 --> 00:51:41,040
It's really going to come down
1818
00:51:41,041 --> 00:51:43,776
to who can survive to level 29,
1819
00:51:43,777 --> 00:51:44,810
because that's going to give you
1820
00:51:44,811 --> 00:51:47,145
another 200,000 points.
1821
00:51:47,146 --> 00:51:47,881
So, if I just
1822
00:51:47,882 --> 00:51:49,114
survive to level 29,
1823
00:51:49,115 --> 00:51:50,949
I will beat most of the people
1824
00:51:50,950 --> 00:51:53,386
who traditionally are...
1825
00:51:53,387 --> 00:51:54,420
Have lower scores than me.
1826
00:51:54,421 --> 00:51:54,954
Like players
1827
00:51:54,954 --> 00:51:55,822
like Jesse and Ben,
1828
00:51:55,823 --> 00:51:57,923
they will... I know
1829
00:51:57,924 --> 00:51:59,024
they'll play safe already.
1830
00:51:59,025 --> 00:52:00,393
You might just get a bad set
1831
00:52:00,394 --> 00:52:00,827
of pieces.
1832
00:52:00,827 --> 00:52:01,595
You never know.
1833
00:52:01,596 --> 00:52:02,761
So, I think playing a little
1834
00:52:02,762 --> 00:52:03,862
safe will be the best bet.
1835
00:52:03,863 --> 00:52:04,831
It's going to kind
1836
00:52:04,831 --> 00:52:05,632
of be a balance.
1837
00:52:05,633 --> 00:52:06,633
I'm going to try to...
1838
00:52:06,634 --> 00:52:08,066
I'm going to try to Tetris,
1839
00:52:08,067 --> 00:52:09,101
but try to do it in such a way
1840
00:52:09,102 --> 00:52:10,669
that I don't kill myself.
1841
00:52:10,670 --> 00:52:11,505
I've kind of designed
1842
00:52:11,506 --> 00:52:13,939
it to score consistently.
1843
00:52:13,940 --> 00:52:15,073
I don't want
1844
00:52:15,074 --> 00:52:16,509
to put down a 400,000.
1845
00:52:16,510 --> 00:52:17,176
That's... if you see
1846
00:52:17,177 --> 00:52:19,044
me put down a 400,000,
1847
00:52:19,045 --> 00:52:20,646
like, hide the sharp objects.
1848
00:52:20,647 --> 00:52:22,781
I'm hoping on Sunday,
1849
00:52:22,782 --> 00:52:23,949
it'll be over.
1850
00:52:23,950 --> 00:52:26,084
Like, you know,
1851
00:52:26,085 --> 00:52:27,553
I don't expect anything less
1852
00:52:27,554 --> 00:52:29,087
than, you know, a victory.
1853
00:52:29,088 --> 00:52:30,989
So, yeah.
1854
00:52:30,990 --> 00:52:31,925
Maybe I shouldn't have said
1855
00:52:31,926 --> 00:52:34,192
that, but okay.
1856
00:52:34,193 --> 00:52:35,428
Yeah, well I'll guarantee
1857
00:52:35,429 --> 00:52:36,629
the finals.
1858
00:52:36,630 --> 00:52:37,163
So, you...
1859
00:52:37,164 --> 00:52:38,164
You asked about Jonas,
1860
00:52:38,165 --> 00:52:39,165
but you haven't asked
1861
00:52:39,165 --> 00:52:39,833
about Thor.
1862
00:52:39,834 --> 00:52:41,900
Do you have any questions
1863
00:52:41,901 --> 00:52:42,602
about him?
1864
00:52:42,602 --> 00:52:43,169
From what I heard,
1865
00:52:43,169 --> 00:52:44,137
I heard he's not playing.
1866
00:52:44,138 --> 00:52:46,104
Uh, actually, we think he's
1867
00:52:46,105 --> 00:52:47,073
going to make an appearance.
1868
00:52:47,074 --> 00:52:48,173
He's definitely...
1869
00:52:48,174 --> 00:52:49,442
Appearance, as in,
1870
00:52:49,443 --> 00:52:51,009
like, participant or a...
1871
00:52:51,010 --> 00:52:52,110
Yeah. Yeah.
1872
00:52:52,111 --> 00:52:52,979
He's showing up tonight.
1873
00:52:52,979 --> 00:52:53,847
And he's going
1874
00:52:53,848 --> 00:52:55,147
to be in the tournament?
1875
00:52:55,148 --> 00:52:56,549
Uh, yes.
1876
00:52:56,550 --> 00:52:57,517
Man.
1877
00:52:57,518 --> 00:52:58,851
Sorry I didn't tell you.
1878
00:52:58,852 --> 00:52:59,885
No, last I knew,
1879
00:52:59,886 --> 00:53:01,587
I thought he wasn't going to be.
1880
00:53:01,588 --> 00:53:02,988
I just, I feel almost annoyed
1881
00:53:02,989 --> 00:53:04,723
that Thor hasn't done anything
1882
00:53:04,724 --> 00:53:05,492
in the way
1883
00:53:05,492 --> 00:53:06,460
of proving what he's done.
1884
00:53:06,461 --> 00:53:08,093
He recently had a Facebook
1885
00:53:08,094 --> 00:53:08,862
update.
1886
00:53:08,863 --> 00:53:10,663
Just got to a million points
1887
00:53:10,664 --> 00:53:11,498
and level 30
1888
00:53:11,499 --> 00:53:12,598
for the first time in 20 years.
1889
00:53:12,599 --> 00:53:13,599
Well, you got the cellphone,
1890
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:14,600
just take at least a cellphone
1891
00:53:14,601 --> 00:53:16,001
picture, something.
1892
00:53:16,002 --> 00:53:17,135
He finally broke out
1893
00:53:17,136 --> 00:53:17,871
his Nintendo,
1894
00:53:17,872 --> 00:53:18,872
and he says that,
1895
00:53:18,873 --> 00:53:22,007
uh, he got to level 30.
1896
00:53:22,008 --> 00:53:23,542
He says that he got to 30.
1897
00:53:23,543 --> 00:53:24,577
That's what he says.
1898
00:53:24,578 --> 00:53:24,878
Yeah.
1899
00:53:24,879 --> 00:53:25,978
He says that it, like,
1900
00:53:25,979 --> 00:53:26,846
killed his thumbs.
1901
00:53:26,847 --> 00:53:28,213
But it has never been on tape.
1902
00:53:28,214 --> 00:53:29,748
Yeah, I mean, if he recorded
1903
00:53:29,749 --> 00:53:30,717
it and showed you some of it,
1904
00:53:30,718 --> 00:53:31,950
then yeah.
1905
00:53:31,951 --> 00:53:32,819
Because I'm always...
1906
00:53:32,819 --> 00:53:33,753
I was always, like...
1907
00:53:33,753 --> 00:53:34,488
Skeptical?
1908
00:53:34,489 --> 00:53:35,754
Yeah, about the whole
1909
00:53:35,755 --> 00:53:37,490
past-level-30 thing.
1910
00:53:37,491 --> 00:53:38,857
I can't imagine it.
1911
00:53:38,858 --> 00:53:41,193
Unless... unless he's, like,
1912
00:53:41,194 --> 00:53:43,228
you now, a finger-tapping god.
1913
00:53:43,229 --> 00:53:45,964
But even with that, I don't
1914
00:53:45,965 --> 00:53:48,767
think he could maneuver that
1915
00:53:48,768 --> 00:53:51,504
well, to get rid of 20-plus
1916
00:53:51,505 --> 00:53:53,639
pieces in that speed.
1917
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:54,707
I mean, that's what I think.
1918
00:53:54,708 --> 00:53:56,274
But you know what, honestly,
1919
00:53:56,275 --> 00:53:57,610
what are we, like, five days
1920
00:53:57,611 --> 00:53:57,911
away?
1921
00:53:57,912 --> 00:53:59,712
I mean, I really hope
1922
00:53:59,713 --> 00:54:02,781
Thor proves me wrong.
1923
00:54:02,782 --> 00:54:03,949
Robin has just found out
1924
00:54:03,950 --> 00:54:07,185
that Thor has finally arrived.
1925
00:54:07,186 --> 00:54:08,021
They've agreed to meet for
1926
00:54:08,022 --> 00:54:09,622
the first time in 20 years here
1927
00:54:09,623 --> 00:54:10,756
at the production's home base
1928
00:54:10,757 --> 00:54:12,758
in laguna beach, California.
1929
00:54:12,759 --> 00:54:13,827
Where is he?
1930
00:54:19,666 --> 00:54:21,233
20 years later.
1931
00:54:21,234 --> 00:54:22,068
Oh, yeah, brother.
1932
00:54:22,068 --> 00:54:23,002
Turned into a man.
1933
00:54:23,002 --> 00:54:23,737
How you doing?
1934
00:54:23,738 --> 00:54:24,870
We've both grown a little
1935
00:54:24,871 --> 00:54:25,138
bit.
1936
00:54:25,139 --> 00:54:26,873
Yeah. Yeah.
1937
00:54:43,122 --> 00:54:44,923
Do you feel any
1938
00:54:44,924 --> 00:54:47,192
responsibility to like people
1939
00:54:47,193 --> 00:54:48,226
that like see this game
1940
00:54:48,227 --> 00:54:49,595
as a religion
1941
00:54:49,596 --> 00:54:50,829
to like just show
1942
00:54:50,830 --> 00:54:52,699
what is possible?
1943
00:55:01,841 --> 00:55:04,877
Wow.
1944
00:55:04,878 --> 00:55:06,211
Do you think that affected your
1945
00:55:06,212 --> 00:55:07,847
game at all?
1946
00:55:18,224 --> 00:55:19,958
It's an honor to be able to
1947
00:55:19,959 --> 00:55:21,326
actually meet some of them
1948
00:55:21,327 --> 00:55:23,161
popping up here today, like Thor
1949
00:55:23,162 --> 00:55:24,730
Aackerlund and Ben Mullen,
1950
00:55:24,731 --> 00:55:26,298
people I've just heard the names
1951
00:55:26,299 --> 00:55:28,734
of, read the legends of, seen
1952
00:55:28,735 --> 00:55:30,236
random forum posts from.
1953
00:55:30,604 --> 00:55:32,037
Now, seeing them live to life,
1954
00:55:32,038 --> 00:55:35,808
it's, wow, like a mortal walking
1955
00:55:35,809 --> 00:55:37,109
amongst gods.
1956
00:55:37,110 --> 00:55:38,077
Don't know what to do with
1957
00:55:38,078 --> 00:55:39,812
myself other than snap pictures
1958
00:55:39,813 --> 00:55:41,379
and humbly stay away
1959
00:55:41,380 --> 00:55:43,215
unless they beckon me.
1960
00:55:43,216 --> 00:55:44,817
With Kelly handy,
1961
00:55:44,818 --> 00:55:45,851
Robin decides to attempt
1962
00:55:45,852 --> 00:55:48,721
a world record on tengen Tetris.
1963
00:55:48,722 --> 00:55:49,355
Ben Mullen currently
1964
00:55:49,355 --> 00:55:50,289
holds the world record
1965
00:55:50,290 --> 00:55:52,758
with a score of 1.89 million.
1966
00:55:52,759 --> 00:55:54,860
The record on tengen Tetris
1967
00:55:54,861 --> 00:55:56,328
is known as a marathon
1968
00:55:56,329 --> 00:55:57,830
because the difficulty plateaus
1969
00:55:57,831 --> 00:56:01,166
at a sustainable level.
1970
00:56:01,167 --> 00:56:02,068
Robin has been playing
1971
00:56:02,069 --> 00:56:04,604
for about one hour.
1972
00:56:07,006 --> 00:56:07,974
Oh, okay.
1973
00:56:07,975 --> 00:56:10,209
1.84.
1974
00:56:10,376 --> 00:56:15,648
Whoa!
1975
00:56:15,649 --> 00:56:19,752
There it is.
1976
00:56:19,753 --> 00:56:20,353
Yeah!
1977
00:56:20,354 --> 00:56:23,189
Oh!
1978
00:56:23,356 --> 00:56:24,657
Oh, wait, wait, wait.
1979
00:56:24,658 --> 00:56:25,991
Let's see the high score on the
1980
00:56:25,992 --> 00:56:28,227
screen.
1981
00:56:33,266 --> 00:56:34,366
Having been reluctant to play
1982
00:56:34,367 --> 00:56:36,669
any Tetris since arriving,
1983
00:56:36,670 --> 00:56:37,270
Thor suddenly
1984
00:56:37,271 --> 00:56:40,205
decides to break both records.
1985
00:56:40,206 --> 00:56:41,206
Kelly, uh, Thor's about
1986
00:56:41,207 --> 00:56:42,876
to break the world record now.
1987
00:56:53,086 --> 00:56:54,386
What is... I don't even know
1988
00:56:54,387 --> 00:56:55,288
what my record is.
1989
00:56:55,288 --> 00:56:55,989
Eleven...
1990
00:56:55,990 --> 00:56:57,055
twelve thirty-eight.
1991
00:56:57,056 --> 00:56:58,223
I will never get there.
1992
00:56:58,224 --> 00:56:59,825
Let me tell you the story
1993
00:56:59,826 --> 00:57:00,426
of the signing
1994
00:57:00,427 --> 00:57:02,227
of the treaty of versailles.
1995
00:57:02,228 --> 00:57:07,132
It all began with world war I.
1996
00:57:07,133 --> 00:57:07,934
Thor has been
1997
00:57:07,935 --> 00:57:10,235
playing for over two hours.
1998
00:57:10,236 --> 00:57:11,403
He has smashed
1999
00:57:11,404 --> 00:57:12,371
both world records.
2000
00:57:17,010 --> 00:57:17,811
Congratulations.
2001
00:57:17,812 --> 00:57:19,244
Good work, Thor.
2002
00:57:19,245 --> 00:57:20,278
Good game, Thor.
2003
00:57:20,279 --> 00:57:22,147
It's done.
2004
00:57:22,148 --> 00:57:23,782
Broke both records.
2005
00:57:23,783 --> 00:57:24,751
So, Thor, you just
2006
00:57:24,752 --> 00:57:26,919
broke the tengen record.
2007
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:27,453
Was that something
2008
00:57:27,454 --> 00:57:28,454
you saw yourself trying
2009
00:57:28,454 --> 00:57:29,355
before you got here?
2010
00:57:29,356 --> 00:57:30,756
No, it just looked like fun.
2011
00:57:30,757 --> 00:57:31,324
Was it a game
2012
00:57:31,325 --> 00:57:32,725
that you'd ever played before?
2013
00:57:32,726 --> 00:57:33,092
Yeah.
2014
00:57:33,092 --> 00:57:34,060
It was actually the one
2015
00:57:34,060 --> 00:57:34,928
that I could rent.
2016
00:57:34,928 --> 00:57:35,862
So, I practiced that,
2017
00:57:35,863 --> 00:57:36,895
uh, because I didn't have
2018
00:57:36,896 --> 00:57:37,330
a Nintendo.
2019
00:57:37,330 --> 00:57:38,297
My friend, Aaron, did.
2020
00:57:38,298 --> 00:57:40,498
I was out of school by then.
2021
00:57:40,499 --> 00:57:42,935
Um, my last school
2022
00:57:42,936 --> 00:57:44,102
was in fifth grade.
2023
00:57:44,103 --> 00:57:45,303
So, I would hang out with him.
2024
00:57:45,304 --> 00:57:46,172
He was, like, my only people
2025
00:57:46,173 --> 00:57:47,372
that I knew in the neighborhood.
2026
00:57:47,373 --> 00:57:48,107
And he had
2027
00:57:48,107 --> 00:57:48,975
a Nintendo power thing,
2028
00:57:48,976 --> 00:57:51,409
and it was talking about nwc.
2029
00:57:51,410 --> 00:57:52,410
His parents took him down there,
2030
00:57:52,411 --> 00:57:53,746
and they took me with him.
2031
00:57:53,747 --> 00:57:54,880
It was fun, because socially,
2032
00:57:54,881 --> 00:57:55,749
I didn't really have
2033
00:57:55,750 --> 00:57:56,782
much exposure to anything,
2034
00:57:56,783 --> 00:57:57,916
because I was either at home,
2035
00:57:57,917 --> 00:57:59,017
or I had, like, two friends.
2036
00:57:59,018 --> 00:58:02,855
You know, um, my house
2037
00:58:02,856 --> 00:58:05,023
had burned down in '89.
2038
00:58:05,024 --> 00:58:06,191
And my mom was in the hospital
2039
00:58:06,192 --> 00:58:07,525
for a long time.
2040
00:58:07,526 --> 00:58:09,161
She had a attack of something
2041
00:58:09,162 --> 00:58:10,896
called ventricular fibrillation.
2042
00:58:10,897 --> 00:58:12,364
It's a kind of, uh,
2043
00:58:12,365 --> 00:58:13,966
tachycardia attack
2044
00:58:13,967 --> 00:58:15,200
where your heart tries to pump
2045
00:58:15,201 --> 00:58:17,069
too fast from the signals.
2046
00:58:17,070 --> 00:58:17,771
She had a lot
2047
00:58:17,772 --> 00:58:18,971
of facial paralysis,
2048
00:58:18,972 --> 00:58:20,405
like a stroke victim.
2049
00:58:20,406 --> 00:58:21,774
And, uh,
2050
00:58:21,775 --> 00:58:23,041
so that was pretty hard on us.
2051
00:58:23,042 --> 00:58:24,442
So, my dad, um,
2052
00:58:24,443 --> 00:58:26,879
wasn't really having any income.
2053
00:58:26,880 --> 00:58:27,980
And my mom was unable to work.
2054
00:58:27,981 --> 00:58:31,950
And, um, just being able to get
2055
00:58:31,951 --> 00:58:34,787
the prizes was helpful.
2056
00:58:34,788 --> 00:58:36,054
We've got some big winnings
2057
00:58:36,055 --> 00:58:36,890
tonight.
2058
00:58:36,891 --> 00:58:38,924
$10,000 U.S. saving bond,
2059
00:58:38,925 --> 00:58:40,092
a large-screen panasonic TV,
2060
00:58:40,093 --> 00:58:41,060
a pair of reeboks...
2061
00:58:41,061 --> 00:58:42,427
You can keep those...
2062
00:58:42,428 --> 00:58:43,461
And a brand-new geo lsi
2063
00:58:43,462 --> 00:58:44,163
convertible.
2064
00:58:44,163 --> 00:58:44,998
Like, I wanted
2065
00:58:44,999 --> 00:58:46,231
to give the car to my brother,
2066
00:58:46,232 --> 00:58:47,232
but we had to sell it.
2067
00:58:47,233 --> 00:58:48,001
Um, we had cash
2068
00:58:48,002 --> 00:58:49,067
in the savings bond then
2069
00:58:49,068 --> 00:58:50,135
and all this other stuff.
2070
00:58:50,136 --> 00:58:51,336
So, it was more like a relief
2071
00:58:51,337 --> 00:58:53,172
than anything else.
2072
00:58:59,112 --> 00:59:00,345
I didn't really have anything
2073
00:59:00,346 --> 00:59:01,446
left over from the fire.
2074
00:59:01,447 --> 00:59:02,881
But I did have a little metal
2075
00:59:02,882 --> 00:59:03,582
box that survived.
2076
00:59:03,582 --> 00:59:04,483
And what was in it
2077
00:59:04,483 --> 00:59:05,418
was micro machines.
2078
00:59:05,419 --> 00:59:06,819
And then, in a couple years,
2079
00:59:06,820 --> 00:59:07,586
I would be endorsing
2080
00:59:07,587 --> 00:59:09,155
the video game.
2081
00:59:09,322 --> 00:59:11,089
Micro machines for Nintendo
2082
00:59:11,090 --> 00:59:11,991
is one of the best, most
2083
00:59:11,992 --> 00:59:14,427
innovative racing games ever.
2084
00:59:14,593 --> 00:59:15,994
From there, I had, uh,
2085
00:59:15,995 --> 00:59:18,196
a short career endorsing things.
2086
00:59:18,197 --> 00:59:19,998
And my family had a lot
2087
00:59:19,999 --> 00:59:21,867
of financial difficulties.
2088
00:59:21,868 --> 00:59:23,001
And, uh, for a while,
2089
00:59:23,002 --> 00:59:23,937
this is interesting,
2090
00:59:23,938 --> 00:59:28,106
but my income from, uh, the nwc
2091
00:59:28,107 --> 00:59:30,175
and the endorsements
2092
00:59:30,176 --> 00:59:31,110
for several years was
2093
00:59:31,111 --> 00:59:33,278
the only income my family had.
2094
00:59:33,279 --> 00:59:34,913
You know, we basically became
2095
00:59:34,914 --> 00:59:36,381
pretty much almost homeless.
2096
00:59:36,382 --> 00:59:38,383
It left me with a really bitter,
2097
00:59:38,384 --> 00:59:40,053
uh, feeling.
2098
00:59:44,257 --> 00:59:45,490
I think you can make a lot
2099
00:59:45,491 --> 00:59:46,292
of parallels
2100
00:59:46,293 --> 00:59:47,625
with life philosophy that way,
2101
00:59:47,626 --> 00:59:49,327
because life isn't fair.
2102
00:59:49,328 --> 00:59:51,296
And all Tetris sure isn't fair.
2103
00:59:51,297 --> 00:59:52,031
You got to deal
2104
00:59:52,032 --> 00:59:53,131
with what they give you.
2105
00:59:53,132 --> 00:59:54,232
And, uh, sometimes, they
2106
00:59:54,233 --> 00:59:56,134
give you some really
2107
00:59:56,135 --> 00:59:58,270
hard-to-swallow garbage.
2108
00:59:58,271 --> 00:59:59,271
But, you know,
2109
00:59:59,272 --> 01:00:00,173
if you can chug through it,
2110
01:00:00,174 --> 01:00:02,475
that makes you a winner.
2111
01:00:09,315 --> 01:00:10,448
You want to call Harry, say,
2112
01:00:10,449 --> 01:00:11,284
where are you?
2113
01:00:11,284 --> 01:00:12,051
Robin was worried
2114
01:00:12,052 --> 01:00:13,052
you might have chickened out
2115
01:00:13,053 --> 01:00:14,086
because you were afraid of me,
2116
01:00:14,087 --> 01:00:14,420
but...
2117
01:00:14,420 --> 01:00:15,254
Right.
2118
01:00:15,254 --> 01:00:16,155
Oh, I didn't get your name.
2119
01:00:16,156 --> 01:00:17,455
Good to finally meet you.
2120
01:00:17,456 --> 01:00:18,224
Alex, Jonas.
2121
01:00:18,225 --> 01:00:19,357
It's a pleasure, man.
2122
01:00:19,358 --> 01:00:20,326
What's up, yo?
2123
01:00:20,326 --> 01:00:21,027
Hello.
2124
01:00:21,028 --> 01:00:22,028
Good to meet you.
2125
01:00:22,029 --> 01:00:24,496
You too, man.
2126
01:00:24,497 --> 01:00:26,298
We hung at a mall
2127
01:00:26,299 --> 01:00:28,000
and played mortal kombat
2128
01:00:28,001 --> 01:00:29,869
for a couple hours.
2129
01:00:39,612 --> 01:00:40,913
Ugh!
2130
01:00:40,914 --> 01:00:42,214
Really?
2131
01:00:42,215 --> 01:00:43,950
Whoo!
2132
01:00:52,658 --> 01:00:53,926
You know, the Tetris players
2133
01:00:53,927 --> 01:00:55,060
that are here right now
2134
01:00:55,061 --> 01:00:56,494
are going to shatter
2135
01:00:56,495 --> 01:00:57,930
any possible idea
2136
01:00:57,931 --> 01:00:58,964
of what people thought
2137
01:00:58,965 --> 01:01:00,900
could be obtained in Tetris.
2138
01:01:01,067 --> 01:01:01,634
I used to play
2139
01:01:01,635 --> 01:01:03,068
the original arcade version,
2140
01:01:03,069 --> 01:01:03,702
and I used to bet money
2141
01:01:03,703 --> 01:01:05,103
with guys at my high school.
2142
01:01:05,104 --> 01:01:06,171
Whoever could hold
2143
01:01:06,172 --> 01:01:07,040
the reins, you know,
2144
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:07,540
king of the hill
2145
01:01:07,540 --> 01:01:08,441
in the arcade longest,
2146
01:01:08,442 --> 01:01:09,942
was sort of, you know,
2147
01:01:09,943 --> 01:01:11,276
the unspoken god of Tetris.
2148
01:01:11,277 --> 01:01:13,245
And, you know, I was that guy.
2149
01:01:13,246 --> 01:01:14,279
And to come here and see
2150
01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:16,214
these guys just wax the floor
2151
01:01:16,215 --> 01:01:17,950
with me was sort of like a level
2152
01:01:17,951 --> 01:01:18,517
of inhuman.
2153
01:01:18,517 --> 01:01:19,352
It's moving
2154
01:01:19,353 --> 01:01:20,485
faster than onlookers
2155
01:01:20,486 --> 01:01:22,287
can actually perceive the game.
2156
01:01:22,288 --> 01:01:23,355
These guys are thinking it,
2157
01:01:23,356 --> 01:01:24,422
you know, they're thinking
2158
01:01:24,423 --> 01:01:25,391
pieces ahead and making
2159
01:01:25,392 --> 01:01:26,591
sure that their platform's ready
2160
01:01:26,592 --> 01:01:27,460
for the next piece.
2161
01:01:27,460 --> 01:01:28,027
You know,
2162
01:01:28,028 --> 01:01:29,227
it's really something to watch.
2163
01:01:29,228 --> 01:01:30,362
I think anyone can appreciate
2164
01:01:30,363 --> 01:01:32,730
Tetris at that level.
2165
01:01:32,731 --> 01:01:34,399
Ah!
2166
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:35,400
The Tetris community
2167
01:01:35,401 --> 01:01:36,668
is a phenomenal community.
2168
01:01:36,669 --> 01:01:39,237
And it just needs to be exposed
2169
01:01:39,238 --> 01:01:40,173
to the world,
2170
01:01:40,173 --> 01:01:40,974
the world to see,
2171
01:01:40,975 --> 01:01:42,674
yeah, it's not just a game.
2172
01:01:42,675 --> 01:01:44,977
It's a history.
2173
01:01:44,978 --> 01:01:46,478
It's an evolution.
2174
01:01:46,479 --> 01:01:47,712
You kind of, like, shake
2175
01:01:47,713 --> 01:01:49,147
the whole controller with you.
2176
01:01:49,148 --> 01:01:50,348
It's not just your thumb.
2177
01:01:50,349 --> 01:01:51,284
Kind of like a drum.
2178
01:01:51,285 --> 01:01:52,285
It's, like, your whole
2179
01:01:52,286 --> 01:01:53,318
high school drum major.
2180
01:01:53,319 --> 01:01:54,452
Yeah, exactly, exactly,
2181
01:01:54,453 --> 01:01:55,054
exactly.
2182
01:01:55,055 --> 01:01:56,088
'Cause you have been
2183
01:01:56,089 --> 01:01:56,589
to level 30.
2184
01:01:56,590 --> 01:01:58,590
Which I haven't even flirted
2185
01:01:58,591 --> 01:01:59,724
with, I think.
2186
01:01:59,725 --> 01:02:00,993
Yeah, I think all of us,
2187
01:02:00,994 --> 01:02:01,760
that's kind of the white
2188
01:02:01,761 --> 01:02:03,061
elephant in the room, is that
2189
01:02:03,062 --> 01:02:03,696
we want to see it.
2190
01:02:03,697 --> 01:02:05,430
I'll give it my best.
2191
01:02:05,431 --> 01:02:06,598
It's... it's something
2192
01:02:06,599 --> 01:02:08,000
that I probably won't see.
2193
01:02:08,001 --> 01:02:09,201
But I will watch in, like,
2194
01:02:09,202 --> 01:02:09,668
reverence.
2195
01:02:09,669 --> 01:02:11,203
I was watching you earlier.
2196
01:02:11,204 --> 01:02:12,071
I think that you
2197
01:02:12,071 --> 01:02:12,738
could definitely
2198
01:02:12,739 --> 01:02:14,106
do it almost immediately,
2199
01:02:14,107 --> 01:02:15,307
if you do the center well.
2200
01:02:15,308 --> 01:02:16,275
The center well?
2201
01:02:16,276 --> 01:02:17,309
Yeah.
2202
01:02:17,310 --> 01:02:19,111
Call.
2203
01:02:19,112 --> 01:02:20,345
One down, one up.
2204
01:02:20,346 --> 01:02:22,414
Two over.
2205
01:02:22,415 --> 01:02:24,082
Survey says.
2206
01:02:24,083 --> 01:02:25,383
Six out.
2207
01:02:25,384 --> 01:02:26,518
Stick a white in there,
2208
01:02:26,519 --> 01:02:29,421
Kevin, if you want to stay.
2209
01:02:29,422 --> 01:02:30,189
All of a sudden,
2210
01:02:30,189 --> 01:02:31,090
I'm just looking, and like,
2211
01:02:31,091 --> 01:02:32,590
wow, I'm up against Robin.
2212
01:02:32,591 --> 01:02:34,659
He's destroying everyone.
2213
01:02:34,660 --> 01:02:35,394
He's wanting
2214
01:02:35,395 --> 01:02:38,696
to push it all in hard.
2215
01:02:38,697 --> 01:02:40,098
You only live once.
2216
01:02:40,099 --> 01:02:40,699
And I pushed in
2217
01:02:40,700 --> 01:02:41,700
and figured, why not?
2218
01:02:41,701 --> 01:02:43,035
Turn card.
2219
01:02:43,036 --> 01:02:45,303
Trips.
2220
01:02:45,304 --> 01:02:46,804
So do I. King high.
2221
01:02:46,805 --> 01:02:48,673
Ah!
2222
01:02:48,674 --> 01:02:50,075
Boom, baby!
2223
01:02:50,076 --> 01:02:50,476
Boom!
2224
01:02:50,476 --> 01:02:51,344
That's right,
2225
01:02:51,345 --> 01:02:53,478
you are in my house now, bitch!
2226
01:02:53,479 --> 01:02:56,181
Yeah!
2227
01:02:56,182 --> 01:02:57,150
I couldn't contain
2228
01:02:57,150 --> 01:02:57,783
my excitement.
2229
01:02:57,784 --> 01:02:59,584
It was an absolutely incredible
2230
01:02:59,585 --> 01:03:01,053
moment.
2231
01:03:01,054 --> 01:03:01,620
Kind of felt
2232
01:03:01,621 --> 01:03:02,654
like some basketball player
2233
01:03:02,655 --> 01:03:05,657
that goes out to the hoop, boom,
2234
01:03:05,658 --> 01:03:07,459
dunks on Shaquille O'Neal.
2235
01:03:07,460 --> 01:03:08,760
Take that.
2236
01:03:08,761 --> 01:03:09,728
That's right.
2237
01:03:09,729 --> 01:03:11,564
It's my home, now.
2238
01:03:17,203 --> 01:03:18,236
They're, like, the only one
2239
01:03:18,237 --> 01:03:18,537
left.
2240
01:03:18,538 --> 01:03:19,771
If anyone would be Tonya,
2241
01:03:19,772 --> 01:03:20,639
it would be Ben.
2242
01:03:20,639 --> 01:03:21,274
Yeah.
2243
01:03:21,275 --> 01:03:22,275
I've already actually
2244
01:03:22,275 --> 01:03:23,109
broken Harry's.
2245
01:03:23,109 --> 01:03:23,742
He's on his way
2246
01:03:23,743 --> 01:03:24,842
to the doctor right now.
2247
01:03:24,843 --> 01:03:25,811
See, you don't do... you
2248
01:03:25,812 --> 01:03:27,779
don't do the two buttons yet.
2249
01:03:27,780 --> 01:03:29,081
Well, I do, now.
2250
01:03:29,082 --> 01:03:30,448
I think Harry's 808 video
2251
01:03:30,449 --> 01:03:32,150
online doesn't use both buttons.
2252
01:03:32,151 --> 01:03:34,120
He and I talked about that.
2253
01:03:37,823 --> 01:03:38,624
I find it...
2254
01:03:38,625 --> 01:03:39,625
I feel the right side.
2255
01:03:39,626 --> 01:03:41,527
I find that to be unacceptable.
2256
01:03:41,694 --> 01:03:42,794
You mean, you leave your...
2257
01:03:42,795 --> 01:03:43,596
You leave your...
2258
01:03:43,597 --> 01:03:45,230
I mean, it works for him.
2259
01:03:45,231 --> 01:03:46,798
But I just, I would not do that.
2260
01:03:46,799 --> 01:03:47,766
You said was unacceptable
2261
01:03:47,767 --> 01:03:51,669
to go to the left?
2262
01:03:51,670 --> 01:03:52,505
No, see,
2263
01:03:52,506 --> 01:03:54,106
for my level 19-plus game...
2264
01:03:54,107 --> 01:03:55,107
No, I know that you...
2265
01:03:55,108 --> 01:03:56,608
I... I switched back, yeah.
2266
01:03:56,609 --> 01:03:57,443
The reason why I did it
2267
01:03:57,444 --> 01:03:58,610
to the left, began on the left,
2268
01:03:58,611 --> 01:04:00,878
was I score higher when I go to
2269
01:04:00,879 --> 01:04:01,814
the left.
2270
01:04:01,815 --> 01:04:03,448
Yeah, I've done it.
2271
01:04:03,449 --> 01:04:04,516
Back in the day, I used to play,
2272
01:04:04,517 --> 01:04:05,451
like, hours and hours
2273
01:04:05,452 --> 01:04:09,154
and hours, leaving a gap.
2274
01:04:09,155 --> 01:04:10,888
Good luck tomorrow, man.
2275
01:04:10,889 --> 01:04:11,790
Good luck.
2276
01:04:11,790 --> 01:04:12,525
You're awesome.
2277
01:04:12,526 --> 01:04:13,858
I appreciate that.
2278
01:04:13,859 --> 01:04:14,660
You're awesome, too,
2279
01:04:14,660 --> 01:04:15,628
you know that?
2280
01:04:15,629 --> 01:04:17,563
Why, thank you.
2281
01:04:31,210 --> 01:04:32,244
There are eight spots
2282
01:04:32,245 --> 01:04:33,911
in the semifinals.
2283
01:04:33,912 --> 01:04:35,347
Five are reserved for players
2284
01:04:35,348 --> 01:04:37,415
who hold previous world records.
2285
01:04:37,416 --> 01:04:39,551
Those players are Jonas, Harry,
2286
01:04:39,552 --> 01:04:42,487
Jesse, Ben and Thor.
2287
01:04:42,488 --> 01:04:43,422
The remaining three spots
2288
01:04:43,423 --> 01:04:44,922
are open to the public.
2289
01:04:44,923 --> 01:04:45,891
The preliminary round is
2290
01:04:45,892 --> 01:04:47,559
unlimited attempts at high score
2291
01:04:47,560 --> 01:04:48,626
on type b Tetris
2292
01:04:48,627 --> 01:04:50,428
with a 25-line limit.
2293
01:04:50,429 --> 01:04:51,729
Seven tetrises are possible
2294
01:04:51,730 --> 01:04:53,531
within the 25 lines.
2295
01:04:53,532 --> 01:04:55,333
Dana, Alex and Trey almost
2296
01:04:55,334 --> 01:04:56,934
qualify to reach the semis.
2297
01:04:56,935 --> 01:04:58,270
They'll have from noon
2298
01:04:58,271 --> 01:05:04,509
until 2 pm to post a high score.
2299
01:05:04,510 --> 01:05:05,777
I'm not gonna wish him luck.
2300
01:05:05,778 --> 01:05:06,911
She doesn't even like me,
2301
01:05:06,912 --> 01:05:07,780
doesn't want me to win.
2302
01:05:07,781 --> 01:05:09,314
It's got to be skill.
2303
01:05:09,315 --> 01:05:10,615
But I expect to win on skill,
2304
01:05:10,616 --> 01:05:11,350
not on luck.
2305
01:05:11,350 --> 01:05:12,185
Yeah.
2306
01:05:12,186 --> 01:05:14,452
Uh, this is my mother, Doris.
2307
01:05:14,453 --> 01:05:15,453
Yes. Hello.
2308
01:05:15,454 --> 01:05:16,222
She's the best mom
2309
01:05:16,222 --> 01:05:17,190
a Tetris player could have.
2310
01:05:17,191 --> 01:05:18,290
I'm about nervous enough
2311
01:05:18,291 --> 01:05:19,557
to throw up, because everyone
2312
01:05:19,558 --> 01:05:21,394
I know is expecting me to win.
2313
01:05:21,560 --> 01:05:22,760
There are some times
2314
01:05:22,761 --> 01:05:24,329
when you're just in a zone.
2315
01:05:24,330 --> 01:05:25,463
You know where to put
2316
01:05:25,464 --> 01:05:26,265
every piece.
2317
01:05:26,266 --> 01:05:27,599
You know what that's going
2318
01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:28,834
to leave you with.
2319
01:05:29,202 --> 01:05:30,602
Anyway, I came out here, uh,
2320
01:05:30,603 --> 01:05:31,869
from New York.
2321
01:05:31,870 --> 01:05:32,671
I was just hoping
2322
01:05:32,672 --> 01:05:34,306
to make it to the semi rounds,
2323
01:05:34,307 --> 01:05:34,973
maybe be, like,
2324
01:05:34,974 --> 01:05:37,675
the underdog or something.
2325
01:05:37,676 --> 01:05:39,611
I think the highest
2326
01:05:39,612 --> 01:05:41,613
you can get is seven tetrises.
2327
01:05:41,614 --> 01:05:43,981
And at that point, you've hit
2328
01:05:43,982 --> 01:05:45,750
sort of the 25-line limit
2329
01:05:45,751 --> 01:05:46,818
and the game ends.
2330
01:05:46,819 --> 01:05:47,720
So, I think it would be cool
2331
01:05:47,721 --> 01:05:49,287
to play in the semifinals,
2332
01:05:49,288 --> 01:05:50,822
although I know that I'll just
2333
01:05:50,823 --> 01:05:52,625
get destroyed there.
2334
01:06:02,268 --> 01:06:03,401
Now I think I'm number two
2335
01:06:03,402 --> 01:06:04,936
now, but not for long.
2336
01:06:04,937 --> 01:06:06,371
Did Alex...
2337
01:06:06,372 --> 01:06:07,273
All right!
2338
01:06:07,274 --> 01:06:09,607
So, no one's done it.
2339
01:06:09,608 --> 01:06:10,942
No one's done the perfect.
2340
01:06:10,943 --> 01:06:11,910
Nope, not yet.
2341
01:06:11,911 --> 01:06:12,911
Door's still open.
2342
01:06:12,911 --> 01:06:13,812
Eventually, I think people
2343
01:06:13,812 --> 01:06:14,780
are going to get perfect ones.
2344
01:06:14,781 --> 01:06:15,980
I think the highest right
2345
01:06:15,981 --> 01:06:17,649
now is 147.
2346
01:06:17,650 --> 01:06:18,617
Then it comes down
2347
01:06:18,618 --> 01:06:19,884
to the pushing it down.
2348
01:06:19,885 --> 01:06:20,819
It comes down to the push
2349
01:06:20,820 --> 01:06:22,488
down.
2350
01:06:27,393 --> 01:06:30,027
167,759.
2351
01:06:30,028 --> 01:06:31,664
How does it feel? Good?
2352
01:06:31,830 --> 01:06:32,997
After all those really bad
2353
01:06:32,998 --> 01:06:33,899
games, I just got one
2354
01:06:33,900 --> 01:06:34,932
where everything was clean,
2355
01:06:34,933 --> 01:06:36,501
I didn't push it too hard.
2356
01:06:36,502 --> 01:06:37,835
And I just, like,
2357
01:06:37,836 --> 01:06:38,671
went for the tetrises,
2358
01:06:38,671 --> 01:06:39,605
and they all just came together.
2359
01:06:39,605 --> 01:06:40,406
So, that was good.
2360
01:06:40,407 --> 01:06:41,673
There was a move at the end
2361
01:06:41,674 --> 01:06:43,475
where I saw...
2362
01:06:43,476 --> 01:06:44,576
I had to make a hole,
2363
01:06:44,577 --> 01:06:45,278
but I saw it was
2364
01:06:45,278 --> 01:06:45,978
above the fourth row.
2365
01:06:45,978 --> 01:06:46,945
It was at the sixth row,
2366
01:06:46,946 --> 01:06:48,012
and I was on my last Tetris.
2367
01:06:48,013 --> 01:06:48,747
So, I was like,
2368
01:06:48,747 --> 01:06:49,515
"thank goodness."
2369
01:06:49,515 --> 01:06:50,449
Because I could, like,
2370
01:06:50,450 --> 01:06:51,450
you know, make that hole,
2371
01:06:51,450 --> 01:06:52,285
not worry about it,
2372
01:06:52,285 --> 01:06:53,051
complete the rows that I
2373
01:06:53,052 --> 01:06:54,319
needed to go for the Tetris.
2374
01:06:54,320 --> 01:06:55,453
And I just, like, went for it.
2375
01:06:55,454 --> 01:06:56,488
Just a few minutes ago,
2376
01:06:56,489 --> 01:06:57,055
I finally got it.
2377
01:06:57,056 --> 01:06:58,056
I got the seven in a row.
2378
01:06:58,056 --> 01:06:58,924
So, I should be able
2379
01:06:58,925 --> 01:07:00,024
to make it through with that.
2380
01:07:00,025 --> 01:07:01,293
There's about four
2381
01:07:01,294 --> 01:07:01,894
or five people
2382
01:07:01,895 --> 01:07:04,329
who could probably match that.
2383
01:07:04,330 --> 01:07:05,897
And then it's all about
2384
01:07:05,898 --> 01:07:07,399
how many times you pushed down
2385
01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:08,500
to get a few extra points.
2386
01:07:08,501 --> 01:07:09,468
I don't think it's gonna be
2387
01:07:09,469 --> 01:07:10,602
like where two or three people
2388
01:07:10,603 --> 01:07:11,470
are just gonna, like,
2389
01:07:11,471 --> 01:07:12,570
come in and get perfect games
2390
01:07:12,571 --> 01:07:13,506
and, like, push me out.
2391
01:07:13,507 --> 01:07:15,441
I think I have a spot.
2392
01:07:18,311 --> 01:07:20,978
Yes!
2393
01:07:20,979 --> 01:07:22,680
How are you feeling, Trey?
2394
01:07:22,681 --> 01:07:23,981
Uh, well,
2395
01:07:23,982 --> 01:07:25,517
my heart's pounding now.
2396
01:07:25,518 --> 01:07:26,651
But during the game, I was just
2397
01:07:26,652 --> 01:07:28,019
like, I'll either get the pieces
2398
01:07:28,020 --> 01:07:29,387
or I won't get the pieces.
2399
01:07:29,388 --> 01:07:30,555
I figured, if I just keep
2400
01:07:30,556 --> 01:07:31,556
playing, eventually,
2401
01:07:31,557 --> 01:07:32,657
I'll get seven in a row.
2402
01:07:32,658 --> 01:07:35,660
So, I did.
2403
01:07:35,661 --> 01:07:36,595
Trey's now in first
2404
01:07:36,596 --> 01:07:38,496
with 167,911,
2405
01:07:38,497 --> 01:07:40,332
making it all level 18,
2406
01:07:40,333 --> 01:07:42,467
seven tetrises, uh,
2407
01:07:42,468 --> 01:07:43,935
and pretty much pushing down
2408
01:07:43,936 --> 01:07:46,338
on the d-pad to get extra points
2409
01:07:46,339 --> 01:07:47,572
is separating the top three
2410
01:07:47,573 --> 01:07:48,606
scores at this point.
2411
01:07:48,607 --> 01:07:49,607
Dana's still in there.
2412
01:07:49,608 --> 01:07:50,808
I'm not doing as well
2413
01:07:50,809 --> 01:07:51,610
as I can do.
2414
01:07:51,611 --> 01:07:52,677
So, it's a little bit
2415
01:07:52,678 --> 01:07:53,546
disappointing.
2416
01:07:53,547 --> 01:07:54,646
But hopefully, I can,
2417
01:07:54,647 --> 01:07:56,382
you know, pull it together.
2418
01:07:56,549 --> 01:07:57,782
She's usually really
2419
01:07:57,783 --> 01:07:59,517
even-keeled, for the most part.
2420
01:07:59,518 --> 01:08:01,052
And so, it kind of surprises me
2421
01:08:01,053 --> 01:08:02,053
that she's having
2422
01:08:02,054 --> 01:08:03,621
such a hard time right now.
2423
01:08:03,622 --> 01:08:05,122
Dana is one of the most
2424
01:08:05,123 --> 01:08:06,458
kick-ass people I know.
2425
01:08:06,459 --> 01:08:09,595
She is a gamer at heart.
2426
01:08:09,762 --> 01:08:10,696
She and Brooke are just,
2427
01:08:10,696 --> 01:08:11,630
like, meant for each other.
2428
01:08:11,630 --> 01:08:12,130
I don't know.
2429
01:08:12,130 --> 01:08:12,965
I think... I think...
2430
01:08:12,966 --> 01:08:14,031
I think girls in gaming
2431
01:08:14,032 --> 01:08:16,568
adds a really, really valuable
2432
01:08:16,569 --> 01:08:17,869
perspective for, you know,
2433
01:08:17,870 --> 01:08:18,970
a male-dominated nerd-fest,
2434
01:08:18,971 --> 01:08:19,572
you know?
2435
01:08:19,573 --> 01:08:20,738
I think that's she's under
2436
01:08:20,739 --> 01:08:21,873
the most pressure of anybody
2437
01:08:21,874 --> 01:08:22,940
here, because the cameras
2438
01:08:22,941 --> 01:08:23,776
are following her.
2439
01:08:23,776 --> 01:08:24,610
She keeps getting
2440
01:08:24,611 --> 01:08:26,379
interviewed by newspapers.
2441
01:08:26,545 --> 01:08:27,612
And I kind of feel bad for her,
2442
01:08:27,613 --> 01:08:28,146
because it's, like,
2443
01:08:28,146 --> 01:08:29,114
a lot of added pressure
2444
01:08:29,115 --> 01:08:31,450
that's obviously affecting her.
2445
01:08:31,617 --> 01:08:35,587
Ah! What happened?
2446
01:08:35,588 --> 01:08:39,023
Oh, man.
2447
01:08:39,024 --> 01:08:40,392
Starting to get pissed.
2448
01:08:40,393 --> 01:08:41,559
God, it's giving me heart
2449
01:08:41,560 --> 01:08:43,462
palpitations just to watch this.
2450
01:08:55,408 --> 01:08:56,108
Dana is forced
2451
01:08:56,109 --> 01:08:58,075
to burn off her last line,
2452
01:08:58,076 --> 01:08:59,076
just as she receives
2453
01:08:59,077 --> 01:09:00,778
the necessary long bar.
2454
01:09:00,779 --> 01:09:02,880
Fuck me!
2455
01:09:02,881 --> 01:09:05,717
Oh, man!
2456
01:09:05,718 --> 01:09:06,519
Holy fuck!
2457
01:09:06,519 --> 01:09:07,119
Yeah, like,
2458
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:08,520
it would have been better
2459
01:09:08,521 --> 01:09:09,554
if it didn't even...
2460
01:09:09,555 --> 01:09:10,888
Yeah, if it didn't show up.
2461
01:09:10,889 --> 01:09:12,591
Yeah, if it didn't even show.
2462
01:09:12,758 --> 01:09:14,659
It was really close to seven
2463
01:09:14,660 --> 01:09:15,060
twice.
2464
01:09:15,061 --> 01:09:17,563
I can't get seven.
2465
01:09:54,232 --> 01:09:58,770
Fuck, yeah!
2466
01:09:58,771 --> 01:10:00,104
How do you feel?
2467
01:10:00,105 --> 01:10:01,807
Fuckin' awesome!
2468
01:10:01,974 --> 01:10:03,040
Dana just edged out
2469
01:10:03,041 --> 01:10:04,476
her friend Alex for the last
2470
01:10:04,477 --> 01:10:05,910
spot.
2471
01:10:05,911 --> 01:10:06,645
I think
2472
01:10:06,646 --> 01:10:07,712
I'm in fourth right now.
2473
01:10:07,713 --> 01:10:08,246
Might just be
2474
01:10:08,246 --> 01:10:09,147
that I got knocked out.
2475
01:10:09,147 --> 01:10:09,815
He's so cute.
2476
01:10:09,816 --> 01:10:11,616
He's the little baby
2477
01:10:11,617 --> 01:10:12,117
grand master.
2478
01:10:12,118 --> 01:10:15,587
No more tickets?
2479
01:10:15,588 --> 01:10:18,122
Hey, guys.
2480
01:10:18,123 --> 01:10:20,892
Hey. Congratulations.
2481
01:10:20,893 --> 01:10:21,760
Thank you, Alex.
2482
01:10:21,760 --> 01:10:22,628
You did great.
2483
01:10:22,629 --> 01:10:24,261
Top three.
2484
01:10:24,262 --> 01:10:26,631
It's official.
2485
01:10:26,632 --> 01:10:27,665
And we have our top eight
2486
01:10:27,666 --> 01:10:28,866
for the finals.
2487
01:10:56,695 --> 01:10:59,030
So, when I first met Alexey
2488
01:10:59,031 --> 01:11:00,164
in 1989, it was February of
2489
01:11:00,165 --> 01:11:01,666
1989, he said to me, "Hank, you
2490
01:11:01,667 --> 01:11:02,934
know, you're going to go back,
2491
01:11:02,935 --> 01:11:04,168
and you're going to make this
2492
01:11:04,169 --> 01:11:05,470
game."
2493
01:11:05,638 --> 01:11:08,773
And I really want to find out,
2494
01:11:08,774 --> 01:11:10,207
uh, who is the best player
2495
01:11:10,208 --> 01:11:13,210
in the world."
2496
01:11:13,211 --> 01:11:14,979
And, uh, you know,
2497
01:11:14,980 --> 01:11:18,082
we really haven't found out
2498
01:11:18,083 --> 01:11:19,951
in all these years.
2499
01:11:19,952 --> 01:11:21,052
And the very interesting thing
2500
01:11:21,053 --> 01:11:22,319
about all this is that, well,
2501
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:23,121
Robin's the guy
2502
01:11:23,121 --> 01:11:24,056
who's been putting
2503
01:11:24,057 --> 01:11:25,189
this tournament together.
2504
01:11:25,190 --> 01:11:26,558
And we really need to give
2505
01:11:26,559 --> 01:11:27,025
him a hand
2506
01:11:27,026 --> 01:11:28,225
in making this Tetris world
2507
01:11:28,226 --> 01:11:30,127
championships possible.
2508
01:11:30,128 --> 01:11:32,296
It comes from his passion
2509
01:11:32,297 --> 01:11:33,798
and from his life experiences,
2510
01:11:33,799 --> 01:11:35,567
how Tetris and the Nintendo
2511
01:11:35,568 --> 01:11:36,168
world championships
2512
01:11:36,169 --> 01:11:37,902
changed his life,
2513
01:11:37,903 --> 01:11:38,804
that now, we're having
2514
01:11:38,805 --> 01:11:40,237
this wonderful Tetris classic
2515
01:11:40,238 --> 01:11:41,106
world championship.
2516
01:11:41,106 --> 01:11:41,907
All right!
2517
01:11:41,908 --> 01:11:42,940
It is now time
2518
01:11:42,941 --> 01:11:44,275
for our semifinals.
2519
01:11:44,276 --> 01:11:46,143
Eight players will compete
2520
01:11:46,144 --> 01:11:47,712
in three rounds.
2521
01:11:47,713 --> 01:11:49,013
Round one will be an attempt
2522
01:11:49,014 --> 01:11:50,347
for the most lines.
2523
01:11:50,348 --> 01:11:51,849
And round two and three will be
2524
01:11:51,850 --> 01:11:53,585
attempts for the most points.
2525
01:11:53,586 --> 01:11:55,286
And the top two players will
2526
01:11:55,287 --> 01:11:57,989
advance to our Tetris finals.
2527
01:11:57,990 --> 01:11:58,857
All right.
2528
01:11:58,858 --> 01:12:02,093
Let's start in 10, nine, eight,
2529
01:12:02,094 --> 01:12:06,297
seven, six, five, four,
2530
01:12:06,298 --> 01:12:07,632
three, two, one.
2531
01:12:07,633 --> 01:12:10,968
Let's play some Tetris!
2532
01:12:10,969 --> 01:12:13,771
All right, we start off here.
2533
01:12:13,772 --> 01:12:15,707
Harry gets a triple line score,
2534
01:12:15,708 --> 01:12:17,041
followed by another, I believe.
2535
01:12:17,042 --> 01:12:17,910
Oh!
2536
01:12:17,911 --> 01:12:20,211
It looks like Jesse is out.
2537
01:12:20,212 --> 01:12:23,715
52,541.
2538
01:12:23,716 --> 01:12:24,249
Thor setting up.
2539
01:12:24,249 --> 01:12:25,150
He's got his well saved,
2540
01:12:25,151 --> 01:12:27,384
just needs a long block.
2541
01:12:27,385 --> 01:12:35,192
And, wow, as we switch to Thor.
2542
01:12:35,193 --> 01:12:37,094
Oh, Thor, it looks like...
2543
01:12:37,095 --> 01:12:39,196
Oh!
2544
01:12:39,197 --> 01:12:40,965
Thor is out with 89 lines.
2545
01:12:40,966 --> 01:12:43,400
Thor has topped out.
2546
01:12:43,401 --> 01:12:44,302
The audience is shocked
2547
01:12:44,303 --> 01:12:46,170
by Thor's early top-out.
2548
01:12:46,171 --> 01:12:47,705
He'll have to dominate the score
2549
01:12:47,706 --> 01:12:48,840
rounds to have any chance
2550
01:12:48,841 --> 01:12:50,975
to make the finals.
2551
01:12:50,976 --> 01:12:52,777
Now, remember, at level 29,
2552
01:12:52,778 --> 01:12:54,011
the speed increases again,
2553
01:12:54,012 --> 01:12:54,980
believe it or not,
2554
01:12:54,981 --> 01:12:56,347
what's known as the kill screen
2555
01:12:56,348 --> 01:12:57,215
or death level.
2556
01:12:57,216 --> 01:12:58,783
We're getting close to that
2557
01:12:58,784 --> 01:13:00,117
kill screen, here at level 28.
2558
01:13:00,118 --> 01:13:01,118
Jonas is at 278.
2559
01:13:01,119 --> 01:13:02,219
Look at that speed.
2560
01:13:02,220 --> 01:13:03,387
Harry at 290.
2561
01:13:03,388 --> 01:13:05,222
Harry is out.
2562
01:13:05,223 --> 01:13:07,692
290 for Harry.
2563
01:13:07,693 --> 01:13:09,827
That's the leader right now.
2564
01:13:09,828 --> 01:13:11,328
Jonas at 281.
2565
01:13:11,329 --> 01:13:12,297
Can he hit 290?
2566
01:13:12,298 --> 01:13:13,665
Dana was out.
2567
01:13:13,666 --> 01:13:14,966
I don't know where Dana was out,
2568
01:13:14,967 --> 01:13:15,734
but Dana's out.
2569
01:13:15,734 --> 01:13:16,068
61.
2570
01:13:16,069 --> 01:13:17,168
Let's go back to the other
2571
01:13:17,169 --> 01:13:19,871
screen.
2572
01:13:19,872 --> 01:13:21,138
Let's switch the video
2573
01:13:21,139 --> 01:13:22,239
back to... there we go.
2574
01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:24,308
All right, Jonas, 29.
2575
01:13:24,309 --> 01:13:26,377
294!
2576
01:13:26,378 --> 01:13:27,912
294 for Jonas!
2577
01:13:27,913 --> 01:13:30,816
That's our leader!
2578
01:13:35,387 --> 01:13:38,222
Jonas scores 294 lines,
2579
01:13:38,223 --> 01:13:39,091
the second most
2580
01:13:39,092 --> 01:13:41,425
in recorded history.
2581
01:13:41,426 --> 01:13:43,427
Ben... two players left.
2582
01:13:43,428 --> 01:13:44,461
Ben at 280.
2583
01:13:44,462 --> 01:13:46,463
But this is a good score,
2584
01:13:46,464 --> 01:13:47,132
as well.
2585
01:13:47,132 --> 01:13:47,933
He'll be in the top,
2586
01:13:47,934 --> 01:13:50,802
looks like three, for sure.
2587
01:13:50,803 --> 01:13:52,970
Oh, single line.
2588
01:13:52,971 --> 01:13:54,872
Oh, here we go.
2589
01:13:54,873 --> 01:13:56,941
Ben, 290 as well.
2590
01:13:56,942 --> 01:13:58,075
Great job, guys!
2591
01:14:04,983 --> 01:14:06,117
Jonas, Ben and Harry
2592
01:14:06,118 --> 01:14:07,118
all succeed at reaching
2593
01:14:07,119 --> 01:14:09,220
the level 29 kill screen.
2594
01:14:09,221 --> 01:14:10,122
Matt and Dana post
2595
01:14:10,122 --> 01:14:10,923
decent scores,
2596
01:14:10,924 --> 01:14:14,125
while the rest lag behind.
2597
01:14:14,126 --> 01:14:15,126
Second, looks like, tied
2598
01:14:15,127 --> 01:14:17,094
for second, is Harry and Ben.
2599
01:14:17,095 --> 01:14:19,163
Four, three, two, one, go.
2600
01:14:19,164 --> 01:14:22,166
Let's play some Tetris.
2601
01:14:22,167 --> 01:14:23,167
Now, we will be looking
2602
01:14:23,168 --> 01:14:25,403
for lots of tetrises here.
2603
01:14:29,842 --> 01:14:31,275
Dana's... Dana's trying to
2604
01:14:31,276 --> 01:14:31,844
work out.
2605
01:14:31,844 --> 01:14:32,377
She's working it.
2606
01:14:32,378 --> 01:14:33,477
She's doing good to survive
2607
01:14:33,478 --> 01:14:33,979
there.
2608
01:14:33,979 --> 01:14:34,847
Awesome burning, Dana.
2609
01:14:34,847 --> 01:14:35,480
She's back there.
2610
01:14:35,480 --> 01:14:36,281
She burned it off.
2611
01:14:36,282 --> 01:14:37,348
She's waiting for the long...
2612
01:14:37,349 --> 01:14:37,983
There it is.
2613
01:14:37,983 --> 01:14:38,350
Tetris!
2614
01:14:38,351 --> 01:14:40,284
That's good for a Tetris.
2615
01:14:40,285 --> 01:14:41,019
Triple-line score
2616
01:14:41,020 --> 01:14:42,419
for Thor right there.
2617
01:14:42,420 --> 01:14:43,955
134 for Jonas.
2618
01:14:43,956 --> 01:14:46,891
122, Harry.
2619
01:14:46,892 --> 01:14:52,496
Thor at 99,000.
2620
01:14:52,497 --> 01:14:57,101
Ben setting up for a Tetris!
2621
01:14:57,102 --> 01:14:58,202
Boom, Tetris for Harry.
2622
01:14:58,203 --> 01:14:58,937
And Thor!
2623
01:14:58,938 --> 01:15:01,172
Thor with a Tetris!
2624
01:15:01,173 --> 01:15:02,473
Thor burns a double line right
2625
01:15:02,474 --> 01:15:03,308
there.
2626
01:15:03,309 --> 01:15:05,076
He's waiting for the long piece.
2627
01:15:05,077 --> 01:15:06,778
Here it comes, Tetris!
2628
01:15:06,779 --> 01:15:08,545
207 for Thor.
2629
01:15:08,546 --> 01:15:10,514
Double line, Jonas.
2630
01:15:10,515 --> 01:15:11,449
Tetris for Harry.
2631
01:15:11,450 --> 01:15:13,017
343 for Harry, wow.
2632
01:15:13,018 --> 01:15:14,118
The leader looks
2633
01:15:14,119 --> 01:15:16,053
like it could be... Jonas might
2634
01:15:16,054 --> 01:15:17,789
be the leader on this one.
2635
01:15:17,790 --> 01:15:24,361
Ben is out with 249,919.
2636
01:15:24,362 --> 01:15:26,530
Thor with a Tetris.
2637
01:15:26,531 --> 01:15:28,532
Dana needs a long piece.
2638
01:15:28,533 --> 01:15:29,566
Dana gets it!
2639
01:15:29,567 --> 01:15:33,938
Triple-line score for Dana.
2640
01:15:33,939 --> 01:15:35,506
Dana in trouble.
2641
01:15:35,507 --> 01:15:37,174
She slides it out.
2642
01:15:37,175 --> 01:15:38,309
Dana's out.
2643
01:15:38,310 --> 01:15:43,580
Dana with 363,824.
2644
01:15:43,581 --> 01:15:45,582
Double line for Jonas.
2645
01:15:45,583 --> 01:15:47,384
Harry's at 19.
2646
01:15:47,385 --> 01:15:48,086
The end is near.
2647
01:15:48,087 --> 01:15:49,320
But he's going
2648
01:15:49,321 --> 01:15:52,589
to come away with it.
2649
01:15:52,590 --> 01:15:55,226
Harry with 451,615.
2650
01:15:55,227 --> 01:15:56,227
That's the current leader,
2651
01:15:56,228 --> 01:15:58,495
but not for long.
2652
01:15:58,496 --> 01:15:59,997
Level 19.
2653
01:15:59,998 --> 01:16:01,098
348 for Thor.
2654
01:16:01,099 --> 01:16:02,133
He just slides a long block.
2655
01:16:02,134 --> 01:16:08,973
Jonas is out, 453,378.
2656
01:16:08,974 --> 01:16:10,474
Jonas is now the top score,
2657
01:16:10,475 --> 01:16:11,376
followed by Harry.
2658
01:16:11,377 --> 01:16:12,509
We're down to just two
2659
01:16:12,510 --> 01:16:15,512
players, Matt and Thor.
2660
01:16:15,513 --> 01:16:20,184
Matt is staying alive here.
2661
01:16:20,185 --> 01:16:22,119
Matt is...
2662
01:16:22,120 --> 01:16:24,989
Matt is out, 421,146.
2663
01:16:24,990 --> 01:16:26,223
Down to Thor.
2664
01:16:26,224 --> 01:16:27,524
Thor is remaining here.
2665
01:16:27,525 --> 01:16:28,860
I believe Thor has the lead
2666
01:16:28,861 --> 01:16:34,131
for the round.
2667
01:16:34,132 --> 01:16:35,000
His vibrating thumbs
2668
01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:35,633
are the only thing
2669
01:16:35,634 --> 01:16:39,236
that can keep you alive here.
2670
01:16:39,237 --> 01:16:42,106
And Thor is out.
2671
01:16:42,107 --> 01:16:47,278
469,454.
2672
01:16:47,279 --> 01:16:48,113
Great round, guys.
2673
01:16:48,114 --> 01:16:49,881
Thor narrowly wins round two,
2674
01:16:49,882 --> 01:16:51,182
but it's not quite enough
2675
01:16:51,183 --> 01:16:52,084
to put him back in the race
2676
01:16:52,085 --> 01:16:55,286
for the finals.
2677
01:16:55,287 --> 01:16:56,254
Did a lot better this round.
2678
01:16:56,255 --> 01:16:57,421
You went from next to last
2679
01:16:57,422 --> 01:16:58,356
to first, I believe.
2680
01:16:58,357 --> 01:17:00,491
I'm surrounded by greatness.
2681
01:17:00,492 --> 01:17:01,558
Greatness makes you great.
2682
01:17:01,559 --> 01:17:02,927
451, not bad.
2683
01:17:02,928 --> 01:17:04,128
You were the leader for a while.
2684
01:17:04,129 --> 01:17:06,297
I'll do better.
2685
01:17:06,298 --> 01:17:07,398
He'll do better.
2686
01:17:07,399 --> 01:17:08,100
Jonas, 453.
2687
01:17:08,101 --> 01:17:09,266
Think you could have done
2688
01:17:09,267 --> 01:17:10,434
a little bit better, or...
2689
01:17:10,435 --> 01:17:12,336
Uh, I feel inside that I have
2690
01:17:12,337 --> 01:17:14,038
the Tetris monster within me.
2691
01:17:14,039 --> 01:17:14,639
Unleash it!
2692
01:17:14,639 --> 01:17:15,573
Unleash that monster, Jonas!
2693
01:17:15,574 --> 01:17:18,309
I'm just going
2694
01:17:18,310 --> 01:17:19,476
to let it out next game.
2695
01:17:19,477 --> 01:17:20,544
I'm just going to open the cage
2696
01:17:20,545 --> 01:17:22,313
door and see what happens.
2697
01:17:22,314 --> 01:17:23,447
The leaders right now...
2698
01:17:23,448 --> 01:17:24,416
Wow, it's close.
2699
01:17:24,417 --> 01:17:26,650
In first is Jonas Neubauer
2700
01:17:26,651 --> 01:17:29,120
with 196.6 points.
2701
01:17:29,121 --> 01:17:30,088
The top five scores
2702
01:17:30,088 --> 01:17:30,923
are close.
2703
01:17:30,924 --> 01:17:32,489
A weak game from Harry or Jonas
2704
01:17:32,490 --> 01:17:33,225
in round three
2705
01:17:33,225 --> 01:17:34,192
could give Dana or Matt
2706
01:17:34,193 --> 01:17:35,960
a chance to make the finals.
2707
01:17:35,961 --> 01:17:36,461
It would take
2708
01:17:36,462 --> 01:17:37,462
a near Max-out score
2709
01:17:37,463 --> 01:17:39,596
for Ben or Thor to sneak in.
2710
01:17:39,597 --> 01:17:41,933
Three, two, one.
2711
01:17:41,934 --> 01:17:45,202
Tetris time!
2712
01:17:45,203 --> 01:17:47,238
Again, points matter,
2713
01:17:47,239 --> 01:17:48,106
so we're looking
2714
01:17:48,107 --> 01:17:49,140
for lots of strategy
2715
01:17:49,141 --> 01:17:50,541
to try to get those tetrises.
2716
01:17:50,542 --> 01:17:51,708
Ben burns off a double
2717
01:17:51,709 --> 01:17:53,344
and follows up with a Tetris.
2718
01:17:53,345 --> 01:17:54,079
Beautiful.
2719
01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:59,150
And another Tetris for Ben, 221.
2720
01:17:59,151 --> 01:17:59,684
Matt and Dana
2721
01:17:59,684 --> 01:18:00,585
are keeping a good pace
2722
01:18:00,586 --> 01:18:02,486
to challenge Harry and Jonas.
2723
01:18:02,487 --> 01:18:03,221
Dana's living
2724
01:18:03,222 --> 01:18:04,721
a little dangerously now.
2725
01:18:04,722 --> 01:18:08,492
Another Tetris for Dana, 191.
2726
01:18:08,493 --> 01:18:09,161
But midway
2727
01:18:09,162 --> 01:18:10,361
through round three,
2728
01:18:10,362 --> 01:18:11,296
Harry and Jonas are showing
2729
01:18:11,297 --> 01:18:12,396
no signs of letting up.
2730
01:18:12,397 --> 01:18:13,530
Setting up for another
2731
01:18:13,531 --> 01:18:14,132
Tetris.
2732
01:18:14,133 --> 01:18:15,166
Here it comes for Ben.
2733
01:18:15,167 --> 01:18:16,200
Ben breaches 300,000.
2734
01:18:16,201 --> 01:18:17,069
He's at 331,000.
2735
01:18:17,070 --> 01:18:18,602
I believe that's the lead.
2736
01:18:18,603 --> 01:18:20,404
Ben is on pace for a Max-out.
2737
01:18:20,405 --> 01:18:21,638
A score in that range
2738
01:18:21,639 --> 01:18:22,607
would be his only chance
2739
01:18:22,608 --> 01:18:24,241
to make the finals.
2740
01:18:24,242 --> 01:18:27,378
And another Tetris, 345.
2741
01:18:27,379 --> 01:18:29,680
Three forty-five for Ben.
2742
01:18:29,681 --> 01:18:30,747
Jonas, 302.
2743
01:18:30,748 --> 01:18:32,683
Thor, 229.
2744
01:18:32,684 --> 01:18:37,088
Harry, 283.
2745
01:18:37,089 --> 01:18:37,655
Remember, the speed
2746
01:18:37,656 --> 01:18:38,722
will stay about consistent,
2747
01:18:38,723 --> 01:18:40,157
until it hits level 19,
2748
01:18:40,158 --> 01:18:44,161
where the speed level jumps up.
2749
01:18:44,162 --> 01:18:45,296
Thor is waiting for a long
2750
01:18:45,297 --> 01:18:48,699
block, as is Jonas, as is Ben.
2751
01:18:48,700 --> 01:18:50,201
Thor knocks down another one.
2752
01:18:50,202 --> 01:18:51,202
Ben's in over... Ben
2753
01:18:51,203 --> 01:18:52,669
burns off a triple line score.
2754
01:18:52,670 --> 01:18:57,708
That was key.
2755
01:18:59,044 --> 01:19:00,477
Uh oh, Ben... Ben's
2756
01:19:00,478 --> 01:19:02,679
in a little bit of trouble.
2757
01:19:02,680 --> 01:19:05,649
Come on, Ben.
2758
01:19:05,650 --> 01:19:06,618
Oh!
2759
01:19:06,619 --> 01:19:09,186
Ben is out.
2760
01:19:09,187 --> 01:19:10,554
Ben succumbs to a 36-piece
2761
01:19:10,555 --> 01:19:11,489
long-bar drought.
2762
01:19:11,489 --> 01:19:12,424
Good job, Ben.
2763
01:19:12,425 --> 01:19:13,724
Jonas is now our current
2764
01:19:13,725 --> 01:19:17,194
leader.
2765
01:19:17,195 --> 01:19:20,164
Dana at 314.
2766
01:19:20,165 --> 01:19:23,567
Harry at 495,431.
2767
01:19:23,568 --> 01:19:26,370
Jonas.
2768
01:19:26,371 --> 01:19:31,775
Dana's out, 484,073 for Dana.
2769
01:19:33,711 --> 01:19:35,246
Jonas setting up for a Tetris
2770
01:19:35,247 --> 01:19:37,048
on the right side.
2771
01:19:37,583 --> 01:19:38,815
Jonas slips a little bit.
2772
01:19:38,816 --> 01:19:40,484
He gets it back a little bit.
2773
01:19:40,485 --> 01:19:41,785
Jonas is out.
2774
01:19:41,786 --> 01:19:45,456
Jonas, 550,841!
2775
01:19:45,457 --> 01:19:46,457
Jonas tops out
2776
01:19:46,458 --> 01:19:48,559
with a 550,000,
2777
01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:49,527
leaving the door open
2778
01:19:49,528 --> 01:19:52,729
for Matt and Thor.
2779
01:19:52,730 --> 01:19:53,797
Oh, Matt's in a little bit
2780
01:19:53,798 --> 01:19:57,234
of trouble here.
2781
01:19:57,235 --> 01:19:59,836
Gets back a single.
2782
01:19:59,837 --> 01:20:00,605
Trey with a single.
2783
01:20:00,606 --> 01:20:02,406
Matt is out.
2784
01:20:02,407 --> 01:20:03,208
Good job, Matt.
2785
01:20:03,209 --> 01:20:07,411
Matt, with 454,781.
2786
01:20:07,412 --> 01:20:09,413
Thor is out!
2787
01:20:09,414 --> 01:20:12,549
Thor, with 506,084, 506,084.
2788
01:20:12,550 --> 01:20:13,351
Harry's gunning
2789
01:20:13,352 --> 01:20:15,352
to take the lead from Jonas.
2790
01:20:15,353 --> 01:20:16,620
He's doing a great job keeping
2791
01:20:16,621 --> 01:20:17,621
it low and burning it off.
2792
01:20:17,622 --> 01:20:18,390
Oh, he's almost
2793
01:20:18,391 --> 01:20:19,623
at the death screen here.
2794
01:20:19,624 --> 01:20:23,494
He's almost at level 29.
2795
01:20:23,495 --> 01:20:25,229
Harry.
2796
01:20:25,230 --> 01:20:29,766
Harry, 582,373.
2797
01:20:29,767 --> 01:20:31,602
Harry finishes off round
2798
01:20:31,603 --> 01:20:33,104
three by achieving the top score
2799
01:20:33,105 --> 01:20:36,773
of the day of 583,000 points.
2800
01:20:36,774 --> 01:20:38,442
I just felt so great
2801
01:20:38,443 --> 01:20:39,643
that third game,
2802
01:20:39,644 --> 01:20:43,214
and just tanked on level 13,
2803
01:20:43,215 --> 01:20:44,781
I think, or something.
2804
01:20:44,782 --> 01:20:46,217
Well, where'd you lose, 13?
2805
01:20:46,218 --> 01:20:46,584
Yeah.
2806
01:20:46,584 --> 01:20:47,252
Oh, man.
2807
01:20:47,253 --> 01:20:48,485
I know how you feel right now.
2808
01:20:48,486 --> 01:20:49,221
You can do.
2809
01:20:49,221 --> 01:20:49,787
You can do it.
2810
01:20:49,788 --> 01:20:51,188
Hopefully, hopefully.
2811
01:20:51,189 --> 01:20:51,889
Jonas is tough.
2812
01:20:51,890 --> 01:20:53,190
Jonas is tough, so...
2813
01:20:53,191 --> 01:20:53,858
Oh, I know.
2814
01:20:53,858 --> 01:20:54,659
We'll see
2815
01:20:54,660 --> 01:20:56,393
what happens with that.
2816
01:20:58,363 --> 01:21:01,298
Top two, Harry Hong
2817
01:21:01,299 --> 01:21:03,601
and Jonas Neubauer.
2818
01:21:09,341 --> 01:21:10,607
The finals are a best
2819
01:21:10,608 --> 01:21:11,742
two-out-of-three head-to-head
2820
01:21:11,743 --> 01:21:14,545
match for the highest score.
2821
01:21:14,546 --> 01:21:15,712
Harry and Jonas made it here by
2822
01:21:15,713 --> 01:21:17,414
playing consistent, mistake-free
2823
01:21:17,415 --> 01:21:19,217
Tetris in the semifinals.
2824
01:21:51,683 --> 01:21:53,450
Harry executes a death-defying
2825
01:21:53,451 --> 01:21:54,751
vertical long bar slide,
2826
01:21:54,752 --> 01:21:56,420
but it turns out
2827
01:21:56,421 --> 01:21:59,757
not to be enough to save him.
2828
01:22:06,931 --> 01:22:08,732
Harry has his first bad game
2829
01:22:08,733 --> 01:22:09,534
of the night
2830
01:22:09,535 --> 01:22:13,705
with a paltry 302,000 points.
2831
01:22:13,871 --> 01:22:15,739
Jonas wins round one,
2832
01:22:15,740 --> 01:22:16,608
making round two
2833
01:22:16,609 --> 01:22:20,311
a must-win situation for Harry.
2834
01:22:20,312 --> 01:22:22,347
Harry, come on!
2835
01:23:24,942 --> 01:23:25,710
Harry has taken
2836
01:23:25,711 --> 01:23:27,043
control of round two
2837
01:23:27,044 --> 01:23:28,780
with a 50,000-point lead.
2838
01:24:02,647 --> 01:24:04,047
Harry tops out with a score
2839
01:24:04,048 --> 01:24:06,583
of 517,000.
2840
01:24:06,584 --> 01:24:08,820
It's Jonas' game to lose now.
2841
01:24:29,474 --> 01:24:30,874
Jonas prevails,
2842
01:24:30,875 --> 01:24:31,975
surpassing Harry's score
2843
01:24:31,976 --> 01:24:34,478
of 517,000 with a Tetris
2844
01:24:34,479 --> 01:24:35,846
on level 23.
2845
01:24:38,583 --> 01:24:41,117
Jonas Neubauer!
2846
01:24:49,961 --> 01:24:51,528
Congratulations.
2847
01:24:51,529 --> 01:24:52,729
I've got to take this time
2848
01:24:52,730 --> 01:24:53,864
to thanks my uncle bill for
2849
01:24:53,865 --> 01:24:55,666
bringing me into Tetris when I
2850
01:24:55,667 --> 01:24:57,133
was the tender age of 10,
2851
01:24:57,134 --> 01:24:58,869
sending me down the path of
2852
01:24:58,870 --> 01:24:59,771
addiction.
2853
01:24:59,772 --> 01:25:04,675
...for $1,000!
2854
01:25:08,012 --> 01:25:09,446
I'm a little disappointed
2855
01:25:09,447 --> 01:25:10,514
that, uh,
2856
01:25:10,515 --> 01:25:11,648
Thor wasn't able to really show
2857
01:25:11,649 --> 01:25:12,649
what he's capable of,
2858
01:25:12,650 --> 01:25:14,751
but he just had an off day.
2859
01:25:14,752 --> 01:25:15,653
It was fantastic
2860
01:25:15,653 --> 01:25:16,588
being up there.
2861
01:25:16,588 --> 01:25:17,522
It was nerve-racking,
2862
01:25:17,523 --> 01:25:18,589
and it was very loud.
2863
01:25:18,590 --> 01:25:20,991
And it was very hot.
2864
01:25:20,992 --> 01:25:22,092
Oh, it was an amazing
2865
01:25:22,093 --> 01:25:22,794
experience.
2866
01:25:22,795 --> 01:25:24,094
Um, of course, I wanted to win.
2867
01:25:24,095 --> 01:25:25,429
But Jonas, you know,
2868
01:25:25,430 --> 01:25:26,597
he's phenomenal.
2869
01:25:26,598 --> 01:25:27,598
So, hopefully,
2870
01:25:27,599 --> 01:25:29,400
I'll try it again next year.
2871
01:25:29,401 --> 01:25:30,467
I really wish I'd have won
2872
01:25:30,468 --> 01:25:31,535
today.
2873
01:25:31,536 --> 01:25:32,036
So...
2874
01:25:32,037 --> 01:25:33,737
It's Tetris, man.
2875
01:25:33,738 --> 01:25:34,472
Yeah.
2876
01:25:34,472 --> 01:25:35,072
Anything can happen.
2877
01:25:35,073 --> 01:25:36,507
Turns out, it's pretty random.
2878
01:25:36,508 --> 01:25:37,941
Yeah.
2879
01:25:37,942 --> 01:25:39,410
Who knew?
2880
01:25:39,411 --> 01:25:40,477
Tetris, of all things,
2881
01:25:40,478 --> 01:25:41,812
is random.
2882
01:25:41,813 --> 01:25:43,146
Kind of rolled the decide a
2883
01:25:43,147 --> 01:25:44,681
little bit and tried to set up
2884
01:25:44,682 --> 01:25:46,082
the... set up the Tetris for the
2885
01:25:46,083 --> 01:25:47,083
win.
2886
01:25:47,084 --> 01:25:47,919
And I'm... and I'm glad
2887
01:25:47,919 --> 01:25:48,720
that that kind of...
2888
01:25:48,721 --> 01:25:52,656
I'm glad that that played out.
2889
01:25:52,657 --> 01:25:53,690
That was ballsy.
2890
01:25:53,691 --> 01:25:54,426
Look who it is.
2891
01:25:54,427 --> 01:25:56,059
I... I saw you do that.
2892
01:25:56,060 --> 01:25:57,193
That was ballsy.
2893
01:25:57,194 --> 01:25:58,462
I would not have done it.
2894
01:25:58,463 --> 01:25:58,963
I'm just saying
2895
01:25:58,963 --> 01:25:59,864
that Thor Aackerlund,
2896
01:25:59,865 --> 01:26:01,465
of all people, to die at...
2897
01:26:01,466 --> 01:26:02,533
I don't know
2898
01:26:02,534 --> 01:26:03,700
how many lines he died at,
2899
01:26:03,701 --> 01:26:06,870
but it... that's odd, to me.
2900
01:26:06,871 --> 01:26:07,971
I think he wanted to be able
2901
01:26:07,972 --> 01:26:09,940
to do well in score,
2902
01:26:09,941 --> 01:26:11,174
without having
2903
01:26:11,175 --> 01:26:12,909
to be afraid of winning,
2904
01:26:12,910 --> 01:26:15,145
because he didn't want to win.
2905
01:26:15,146 --> 01:26:16,113
Yeah.
2906
01:26:16,114 --> 01:26:17,748
He really has seemed like he
2907
01:26:17,749 --> 01:26:18,915
doesn't want to win this
2908
01:26:18,916 --> 01:26:21,918
tournament.
2909
01:26:21,919 --> 01:26:23,153
The next day,
2910
01:26:23,154 --> 01:26:24,688
Thor attempted to reach level 30
2911
01:26:24,689 --> 01:26:25,757
for the cameras.
2912
01:26:30,595 --> 01:26:31,695
His thumbs could not vibrate
2913
01:26:31,696 --> 01:26:32,564
as quickly as they had
2914
01:26:32,565 --> 01:26:36,733
in his world championship days.
2915
01:26:36,734 --> 01:26:38,535
After dozens of attempts,
2916
01:26:38,536 --> 01:26:41,472
he gave up.
2917
01:26:41,473 --> 01:26:42,139
That first round,
2918
01:26:42,140 --> 01:26:43,540
when I totally
2919
01:26:43,541 --> 01:26:45,809
glitched on the lines game, uh,
2920
01:26:45,810 --> 01:26:46,877
I was having trouble
2921
01:26:46,878 --> 01:26:48,879
with my controller, which,
2922
01:26:48,880 --> 01:26:51,114
that wasn't why I stacked up.
2923
01:26:51,115 --> 01:26:52,182
I stacked up because I was
2924
01:26:52,183 --> 01:26:53,717
taking too many risks.
2925
01:26:53,718 --> 01:26:54,218
But the controller
2926
01:26:54,219 --> 01:26:56,219
was distracting me.
2927
01:26:56,220 --> 01:26:57,721
And I mentioned this to,
2928
01:26:57,722 --> 01:26:58,855
uh, to Harry
2929
01:26:58,856 --> 01:27:00,491
after he was done with his game.
2930
01:27:00,492 --> 01:27:01,025
And he had brought
2931
01:27:01,026 --> 01:27:02,058
his own controller.
2932
01:27:02,059 --> 01:27:03,894
He still had his original
2933
01:27:03,895 --> 01:27:04,762
that was there,
2934
01:27:04,763 --> 01:27:05,929
provided for his station.
2935
01:27:05,930 --> 01:27:06,764
And he was like,
2936
01:27:06,764 --> 01:27:07,732
"here, you can use this one."
2937
01:27:07,732 --> 01:27:08,265
And I plugged in.
2938
01:27:08,266 --> 01:27:09,633
And sure enough,
2939
01:27:09,634 --> 01:27:10,201
it worked great.
2940
01:27:10,201 --> 01:27:11,168
And that's... the very next
2941
01:27:11,169 --> 01:27:12,202
round, I got the top score.
2942
01:27:12,203 --> 01:27:13,770
So, you know, he
2943
01:27:13,771 --> 01:27:15,706
was really classy and friendly.
2944
01:27:15,707 --> 01:27:16,907
When I watched Jonas,
2945
01:27:16,908 --> 01:27:17,842
I was really worried,
2946
01:27:17,842 --> 01:27:18,710
because I... I kept
2947
01:27:18,711 --> 01:27:19,976
for pulling for the person I was
2948
01:27:19,977 --> 01:27:20,545
watching.
2949
01:27:20,546 --> 01:27:21,645
I was going back and forth,
2950
01:27:21,646 --> 01:27:22,813
you know, just stressing out,
2951
01:27:22,814 --> 01:27:23,814
on the edge of my seat,
2952
01:27:23,815 --> 01:27:24,716
watching the finals.
2953
01:27:24,717 --> 01:27:25,882
Uh, like, at one point,
2954
01:27:25,883 --> 01:27:28,218
Jonas had this crazy, uh,
2955
01:27:28,219 --> 01:27:30,186
you know, like, double-well,
2956
01:27:30,187 --> 01:27:31,522
crazy canyon-looking thing
2957
01:27:31,523 --> 01:27:32,923
with all these weird gaps.
2958
01:27:32,924 --> 01:27:33,725
And I was, like,
2959
01:27:33,725 --> 01:27:34,659
about to pull my hair out.
2960
01:27:34,660 --> 01:27:35,660
I was, like, "oh, no!"
2961
01:27:35,661 --> 01:27:36,661
I could see it,
2962
01:27:36,661 --> 01:27:37,294
the way I was looking,
2963
01:27:37,295 --> 01:27:38,695
I was, like, "you need, like,
2964
01:27:38,696 --> 01:27:39,896
these seven or eight pieces
2965
01:27:39,897 --> 01:27:41,197
to come in a sequences
2966
01:27:41,198 --> 01:27:42,066
to make this work."
2967
01:27:42,067 --> 01:27:43,099
And nes Tetris
2968
01:27:43,100 --> 01:27:45,902
is infamously malicious.
2969
01:27:45,903 --> 01:27:47,871
But those pieces that he needed,
2970
01:27:47,872 --> 01:27:49,072
all came in a sequence,
2971
01:27:49,073 --> 01:27:50,807
and he locked them all together.
2972
01:27:50,808 --> 01:27:51,543
It's one thing
2973
01:27:51,544 --> 01:27:52,709
for the pieces to come,
2974
01:27:52,710 --> 01:27:54,244
but only a very select
2975
01:27:54,245 --> 01:27:55,779
few people in the world
2976
01:27:55,780 --> 01:27:57,080
can take those pieces and put
2977
01:27:57,081 --> 01:27:58,615
them where they need to go,
2978
01:27:58,616 --> 01:28:00,617
all in a line, at a high speed.
2979
01:28:00,618 --> 01:28:02,886
So, it was really impressive.
2980
01:28:02,887 --> 01:28:05,922
It's just been an absolute honor
2981
01:28:05,923 --> 01:28:08,625
and blast to meet all of y'all
2982
01:28:08,626 --> 01:28:10,026
and be involved in this.
2983
01:28:10,027 --> 01:28:10,995
And it's gonna be a memory
2984
01:28:10,996 --> 01:28:12,929
that I'll cherish, you know,
2985
01:28:12,930 --> 01:28:15,066
for decades.
2986
01:28:18,269 --> 01:28:20,971
Upon returning to Texas,
2987
01:28:20,972 --> 01:28:22,238
Thor vowed to officially break
2988
01:28:22,239 --> 01:28:23,774
or match all records
2989
01:28:23,775 --> 01:28:25,977
on nes Tetris in a year's time.
2990
01:28:47,231 --> 01:28:51,234
Thor starts on level 19.
2991
01:28:51,235 --> 01:28:52,736
Jonas is the only person
2992
01:28:52,737 --> 01:28:53,737
known to have maxed out
2993
01:28:53,738 --> 01:28:55,539
starting on this level.
2994
01:29:04,716 --> 01:29:05,816
Thor's renewed ability
2995
01:29:05,817 --> 01:29:07,183
to vibrate his left thumb
2996
01:29:07,184 --> 01:29:08,284
is evidenced in the rapid
2997
01:29:08,285 --> 01:29:09,220
side-to-side movement
2998
01:29:09,221 --> 01:29:11,088
of the pieces.
2999
01:29:28,673 --> 01:29:31,175
Thor is on pace to Max out.
3000
01:29:59,170 --> 01:30:01,071
Thor prepares a center
3001
01:30:01,072 --> 01:30:02,906
well in an attempt to survive
3002
01:30:02,907 --> 01:30:05,109
the level 29 kill screen.
3003
01:30:26,263 --> 01:30:28,699
Thor reaches every milestone
3004
01:30:28,700 --> 01:30:32,168
achievement in nes Tetris:
3005
01:30:32,169 --> 01:30:34,404
Max out starting on level 19,
3006
01:30:34,405 --> 01:30:40,143
level 30...
3007
01:30:40,144 --> 01:30:42,379
All in the same game.187918
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