“But in a certain circle, you’re pretty popular.”. The field’s getting bigger and better, and Neubauer knows it’s only a matter of time before he's eclipsed. “It’s kind of a D-list celebrity,” Neubauer laughs. Neubauer has won seven of them. As he puts it, the secret to playing the game is coming to terms with your decisions and making the best move based off your current situation. 7 time world champ of NES Tetris, Twitch partner, beertender, part-time 60-year-old man from Albacete. As blocks rain down his screen, Neubauer laughs at comments and casually responds to questions from viewers, sharing tips and strategies as he goes. © Coley Brown, Streaming his practice sessions on Tetris also means sharing his playbook. Last year’s tournament was the most nerve-racking competition Neubauer’s ever participated in. ", Saelee, the 15-year-old prodigy making his first appearance at the CTWC this year, is one of the many new players who learned Tetris strategy by watching Neubauer play online. The two make an entertaining pair. I do some speedruns and I won the 2019 Dr. Mario World Championship. Why didn’t you tell me?” Some days, when his hobby does come up, he signs autographs, takes pictures, and humors challengers at the bar with a quick game, rapidly and effortlessly stacking blocks. It’s put me on an adventure, that’s for sure.”. Ito was drawn to Neubauer’s self-described “obsessive” personality when they first met. This weekend, the reigning champ plays for his eighth world title against the largest and most competitive field he's ever faced. I try to play exactly like him for the most part.”, Neubauer and Ito often talk about how it would probably be best for someone else to win the tournament. But Tetris has left Neubauer trapped in an unconquerable loop since he was about ten. “It’s kind of a stressful way to play Tetris. Most days, Neubauer goes to work and comes home without discussing his niche fame. Neubauer uses a unique and chaotic approach to playing Tetris, stacking blocks high from left to right and quickly spinning pieces and tucking them into the right position at the very last second. Harry Hong is the only player to beat him in 2014. I saw a video of you playing. “Maybe I needed that first [win]. Neubauer remembers walking into the taproom one day and hearing a teasing voice yell out, “You bastard! By the time he was a teenager, no one wanted to play against him because they knew they'd lose. The Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is a video game competition series, hosted by the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. “They call it a ‘world championship,’ but really it’s just these two guys from LA who have won every year,” Ito says. Neubauer likens his playing style to a jazz pianist: chaotic, unpredictable, and always improvising without much of a plan. Neubauer has always been the best at Tetris, ever since he was a young kid playing against friends in his parents’ basement. He'd become so good at Tetris, his defeat is a bigger story than any of his wins.
“The way he plays Tetris, he never settles for a move,” Ito said. Watch Saelee's winning moment in the clip below: Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of VICE delivered to your inbox daily. It’s a hectic strategy that makes you believe he can’t find a way out, until he miraculously does. By signing up to the VICE newsletter you agree to receive electronic communications from VICE that may sometimes include advertisements or sponsored content. Eight Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) tournaments have been held since the competition’s inception in 2010. “You can’t grow something when you have the same dude [winning] the tournaments each year,” the champion says. For 362 days of the year, Neubauer may be a regular guy who wakes up late and works at a bar. "It’s basically the entire field vs. Jonas,” says Adam Cornelius, who organizes the CTWC tournament each year and directed the documentary Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters. Be sure to follow Shacknews for more coverage from the Classic Tetris World Championship, including … Neubauer describes navigating the roadblocks of life the same way he strategizes with the virtual blocks of Tetris. When Neubauer asked Ito to marry him, she replied, “Are you sure?” just to make sure he actually thought about it beforehand. Los Angeles, CA He talks about transitioning to being a teacher and ambassador of the sport as if it’s his duty—giving back to a video game that, in many ways, has shaped his life and helped get him through the toughest parts of it. Ito’s watched him play Tetris nearly every day for more than half a decade. My wife and our whiskey collection might make a few cameos here and there, as well. “You can’t control what happens to the people in your life, but you can control what comes after,” he says. “There’s always more. “I watch Jonas's Twitch channel every time I can,” says Saelee, who became the first player to ever reach Level 31 in Classic Tetris in late September—something even Neubauer hasn’t done. But during the CTWC tournament, he's the most respected man in the room. “I actually got burnt out playing that way for a while,” Neubauer says. My name is Jonas Neubauer and I'm the 7-time Classic Tetris World Champion.
The ones that came afterwards were icing on the cake.”. In the early days of the tournament, Neubauer would only play Tetris in the month leading up to the championship to dust off his skills.
The latest media Tweets from Jonas Neubauer (@neubsauce). “I’ll never have that kind of moment [of closure] with Tetris,” he says. “I’ve found it easier to deal with what’s in and out of my control because of Tetris,” Neubauer says. Spend most of my time on the @NubbinsGoody channel with the husband, but do my own streams when I can.
3,501 Followers, 145 Following, 78 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jonas Neubauer (@neubsauce) No one expected it. “[Tetris] used to not be a big part of my identity, but now it is.”, Jonas Neubauer and Heather Ito. But today the 37-year-old Los Angeles native rolled out of bed a little earlier, still groggy, to talk on the phone about his other life—his most prominent and public one—as the greatest Tetris player in the world. But no matter how long his reign as world champion lasts, Neubauer's influence will undoubtedly trickle down.
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