I unfortunately wasn't able to mention Fractal's previous score world record in the video, but Fractal just became the second person to crash the game, right after Blue Scuti! Check out that game here: th-cam.com/video/gGID9pD_-mU/w-d-xo.html
@@rorus9530 The Game reset to level 0 at level 255. Level 255 is an all-red color pallet and can crash at any corner. It would be insanely difficult for a human player to get passed or even get to that stage.
I love how calm and collected he is as he's playing this game. He doesn't seem to get stressed at all, even when he makes a few errors. Then when he beats the game his reaction was priceless. What a wonderful achievement - and he's only 13! What an awesome kid! Well done Scuti.
for comparison, Joseph Saelee considered by many to be the most important person in this game's history was sixteen at the time he won the 2018 CTWC which was shortly after he broke the killscreen curse. This boy is three years younger...
I think avoiding crashes all the way to level 255 is an ultimate challenge. We can still defying the game crash until the very last moment. Someone could do that in a few years I guess. Congrats to Blue Scuti for the greatest game ever played. Great video! Edit: Just watch agamescout's video and I just realize the game loop back to level 0 after level 255. That's cool.
@@tavernofheart If you check agamescout video, he says in there that for the last level you have to push down every piece because 5 of the seven pieces can crash the game by just falling normally and i'm pretty sure it's the case in other levels aswell. I can't see how you can push down whille rolling so just this show impossible the task is.
@@andrewzhang8512 I think the strat might be to quickly flash the next box off just before the pieces hit the ground and re-enable it when the next piece spawns, so you get a few frames of seeing the next piece. But that sucks Level 253 push down is mandatory, so I don't even know how that's going to work.
Normally having your game crash in the most intense moments of gaming is simply rage inducing and frustrating, on this unique case getting a game cash means you are too good for the game and it acknowledges defeat.
Great video! Scuti really clutched up after missing the first crash trigger at 155 then nearly topping out at 157 but that one line saved everything especially considering that its only a 73% chance to crash with a single at 157
Scootie is one of the best players in history probably. It's weird to think that the game is older than him, but still is able to crush it like nothing. Truly a genius.
I was born in 1979. The classic Atari and NES games were a huge part of my childhood. It's incredible to see the Tetris community "break" the game after 34 years. Congratulations!
I've been watching Classic Tetris since before the hypertapping revolution and it has been great to see the new generation bring so many things to the game. Not just two revolutions, but all of the other talents and personalities that they bring to the table has really warmed my heart.
@@SoyAntonioGaming Sorry? Where’s his unlawful use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or government, with the goal of furthering his political, social, or ideological objectives, in his ‘terrorist’ act of playing a game. 😂 Perhaps learn what words mean, before you engage in their *destruction.*
What an historic game for Blue Scuti (Willis Gibson), I'm so fulfilled with my heart to give some presents for him. I was playing Tetris Arcade since I was a champion in 1993. Now I'm married with two children. Greetings from Espoo (Finland).
I have no clue about all this intense and competitive Tetris stuff, but this documentary about this recent event was fascinating. I really enjoyed watching this and leaned a lot about this community.
I love how these records are often beaten by help of many other players before them whom found different usefull tools or shortcuts. Also very nice that the maker of these video gives hommage to these players as well. So cool that this was not only a succes by a single person (Blue Scuti) but also with the help and guidance of an entire community.
This was an outstanding video. Thank you for sharing Blue Scuti's accomplishment in such a passionate way. Never thought id tear up over a tetris video, but seeing his excitement really got me smiling.
Well done video man! I watched the original video on BlueSkuti’s channel but the commentary on your video helped me understand the gravity of the accomplishment that much better. Great editing throughout!
Great video all around - storytelling was awesome, hit all the key details to know why this was monumental, and sequenced the details (with changing screens - tables, slow-mo, replays) in ways to help process the information. Thank you!
As someone who doesn't play video games and only barely remembered playing tetris as a kid, this was riveting, you had me hooked from the start - great video man!
I knew absolutely nothing about professional Tetris before this hit the news, but I've been completely obsessed with it since. You all are amazing. Great video!
1) GG, Scuti! This kid is incredible. I'm so impressed by him. I've been a fan of his since he first came into the scene. 2) The tablet drawings were really nice. I liked them. 3) I think this video in combination with aGameScout's are excellent recaps of how big of a deal scuti's game breaking game was. PS: I personally think you should just refer to yourself in the first person when you're part of the story.
Saw the documentary by aGameScout, that this happened at the tail end of 2023 is quite astonishing! Wow. So much has happened in the last years. And it is lovely that you of all people make this for us to see, while trying to become the first one to crash the game.
Hey EricICX! It’s always great to see how the Tetris community, especially among the best players, help each other and cover other’s accomplishments! I enjoy your videos and the competitions I get to watch! Continue the great work!
At 15:15 I realized I knew the song being played. Very cool to hear old Skaven music in a new video. Thank you for that bit of nostalgia. The Tetris was pretty good too.
I loved the video! It is such a treat to be able to get three top quality videos about Blue Scuti's accomplishment in such short time! I truly think the next challenge is going to be 255? Avoiding all the pitfalls that can crash the game? I know people will try to grind for score before 29, and before Colors, and keep going down that path. But I am excited for the future of such a classic.
Super fun! As a gamer (not of Tetris, though ofc I love Tetris) myself (30 yo) who bonds over games with my nephew who's 11, I'm always excited to see young gamers just come in and do so amazing! Thanks for the great video!
Technically, Fractal was the first one to reach glitched colors. Yes, it was on a PAL version of NES Tetris, but you gotta give the current world champ that at the very least. Great Video! Keep up the great work.
I played it the day it came out.... and played it 150 times in the first week. Back then, this would have been something out of the future, impossibility.... So proud of this kid, great stuff man 🙌 !
I am 55, I have played this game on every system imaginable. I did not expect anyone to ever reach the kill screen. Maybe, just maybe we will see someone getting to the rebirth after all.
It's really insane how these guys can peek at the next piece while keeping under check the state of the board and place that piece at a specific location and orientation at that speed, it's just mindblowing to me.
In case you want some information on what tetris players are actually looking at, it's not really "peeking" at the next box. You're basically always looking at the top of your stack. During line clears, you have time to look at other useful information (like score and lines), but in general, you almost always want to be entirely focused on the shape of the top of your stack. From my experience, it took about a month or so of practice to "read" the next box. You basically just learn to subconciously see what the next piece is in your peripheral vision, and furthermore, you learn to completely subconciously determine good placements for your next piece. So while you are placing a piece (i.e. doing the movements on the controller), without even realising it, you are figuring out where the piece in the next box is going to be placed. So long story short, you never "look" at the next box; you just see it in your peripheral vision while looking at the top of your stack, and you know what the piece is and where it should go subconciously. The more concious thing that can happen is adjustments. In these cases, when your current piece was in the next box, you likely subconciously determined that there were a few good placements for it - some of these are better or worse depending on what piece you got afterwards. So now, while you are placing it, you can use the next box to adjust your placement to the best one you had thought of given this next piece. The helpful this is that this basically comes with a free placement for the next piece, because you've already worked that out from deciding to do the adjustment. It's also worth noting that doing spins especially is quite distracting from working out what to do with the next piece, because it requires such precise timing during the time that you are otherwise working out the next placement (especially on level 29 speeds). This is probably one of the most impressive things to do, because it requires not only seeing the spin within 1/3 of a second and getting a frame perfect input, but also at the same time as preparing for and doing the spin you need to work out what to do with the next piece.
Massive congrats to Scuti. What an incredible accomplishment, and I can't imagine the pressure of those final two levels. The way I see it, the ultimate goal is (now) the level rollover at 256. It may seem impossibly far away now with the minefield of crashes, but then again, so did so many of the milestones in this video once upon a time. I firmly believe that one day it will be done.
I swear, that music track Summoning Salt uses all the time (“We’re Finally Landing” - by HOME), which is also used at the end of this video, will forever be affiliated with video game world record achievements.
The kid's great enough to have three major channels cover him. Scuti, if you happen to pop by, _godspeed on your future runs._ A lot of us - even those of us that have put the idea of competition behind us - are absolutely cheering for you to absolutely crush it. You've done it once, you have everything it takes and more. If you need to take a break away from the sudden popularity, I get it, but most importantly, keep having fun with these attempts. Here's hoping your streaming platform of choice treats you well.
Traditional sports has a lot of stories of athletes honouring lost parents with a legendary performance. Now, e-sports has one. I just wish he wasn't 12. As amazing as his run was, he really has to be hurting on the inside.
fractal161 is OFFICIALLY become the second person to beat the game and also broke the WR for fastest speedrun. Within 2 weeks two people beat a game that was released nearly 35 years ago. INSANE!
Funny but kinda wholesome thing about it is that he's also in the middle of his own run but stopped when he read his chat saying that Blue Scuti was close to crashing the game. He and many other pros watched Blue Scuti's historic moment.
I find it quite fortuitous that boys haircut and the game have about the same release date. Tetris gods were waiting for the hair style to re emerge to crown it’s only victor
beating the game to me is rolling over the level counter all the way to 00 239 and 255 are gonna be nuts tho The first is an 800 line level of dark green The other is a case of “Playing Tetris Crashes Tetris”
idk, crashing the game because you’re so damn good that the game physically cannot continue counts as beating the game to me, that’s the next goal however seeing someone have to dodge literal crash triggers is gonna be fun
This is the explanation i wanted to see why Scuti's game crashed so soon because i knew final crash usually happens somewhere after level 235. And the explanation is that he played vanilla game without any modifications and the game mechanics simply couldnt handle the math anymore and decided to quit it even though after missing the earliest possible point to do so it was unknown when it will happen again (only that it was certain it will if you do the exact steps necessary to crash the game at the nearest available moment which if you miss again you just need to continue playing). Great video!
Really nicely put together video! I just have one small thing, referring to yourself in third person feels really odd. I would personally stick to first person but whatever suits you the best. Keep up the well researched and compiled videos Eric!
That's what these types of videos always do they refer to themselves in third person just like everybody else. Another good example is the blue yourself Mario Kart video.
@@bland9876summoning salt refers to himself in the first person in the “Mike Tyson’s punch out” videos he makes. I would say salt is the gold standard of these types of videos so I don’t think there is anything wrong with first person
@@johky interesting most of the speed run type videos I've seen the person refers to themselves in third person I'd have to see both styles and then try to judge for myself but I don't find any problem with third person.
I'm not sure what's more impressive. The content and explanation of this video or how quickly you turned it around after the record being broken. Excellent work! Great to watch.
i've been casually paying attention to tetris since Jonas was considered godlike unbeatable and then, a few year pass and Joseph shocked everyone. What a fantastic video & from an outsiders perspective - idk... it's "The Quest to Beat Matt Turk 2: Wholesome Edition". The game itself being Matt Turk. We're all SummoningSalt trying to beat it. Congrats on your personal achievements in Tetris, congrats on a great video, and thank you for yet another example of why NES Tetris is oddly one of the most active and nicest communities in all of gaming.
I am blown away by how far players has gotten to in this 40 year old game. I think the best direction to go for record holders is to reach what would be called _The Rebirth_ by using the original game on the original hardware, that being the NES. Much like arcades and consoles from the 1980s, they use an 8-bit system to assign these values with the max integer value being 255. It makes a lot of sense why Pac-Man has the infamous Level 255 crash where half of the screen is eaten. However, on the original Tetris, it also has a Level 255... but unlike Pac-Man, it can be beatened and what happens after that is that it resets and loops back to Level 1 which is what would be called _The Rebirth_ and I think that will be the *ULTIMATE* achievement for Tetris records. The Glitch Colours still continues up to Level 255, but the changes and the different ways that the game can crash gets a LOT more interesting and a lot more tricky to dodge. But once you reach Level 255, that is where the final challenge pops up. 5 of the 7 tetronimo pieces could cause a Game Crash if not done in the proper way AND *ALL* of the teronimo pieces are *completely coloured red* . Will _The Rebirth_ record be possible in Tetris? With the quick advancements in people finding ways to beat the system with the new techniques and the new discoveries about how Tetris works and what causes the Game Crashes, I think reaching Level 255 and beaten it to force the game to reset is DEFINITELY possible. Blue Scuti looks quite young when he became the first to Crash The Game. So whoever can beat Level 255 and cause _The Rebirth_ is definitely going to leave a MOMUMENTAL mark on the Tetris History Books or practically ANY Gaming Record History Books. I am surprised that the Guiness World Records didn't caught on to this. The only obstacle is that Levels 155 to 255 are going to get SO gradually difficult to the point that it is like walking on a mine field... a VERY Glitchy mine field.
I think the spaghetti code is part of what makes classic interesting. If you can *avoid* the specific crash triggers to beat every possible glitched level that seems like the ultimate goal
All's I can say is, there'd better be a sequel to Ecstasy of Order in the works. Love the tablet stuff and audio is fine. Happy New Year to almost everyone!
WTH? I still thought the maximum was around Level 29. And only within two years people reached these amazing new records on tetris. And now Blue scuti even beat the game. Great work also from You Eric
@@danielduvana do you see him actually playing the game? Most players that does this shows their hands on a separate screen. All of a sudden some nobody kid comes out of the blue, and does this, no.
What's more is that if you get far enough, you then reach the final level, which all red. After you beat the final level, the game just wraps around to the first level, which just brings even more to what people can do in the game.
I think we have a "The Last Starfighter" scenario here. Now that he has beaten Tetris, aliens will come down to recruit Blue Scuti for their great space war.
I'm glad to know that Tetris is still alive today's day and I actually love your analysis on the entire video, good work well done. Also, congratulations to you Blue scuti if you were able to read this comment.
Damn the evolution of this game over the years is crazy, from Neubauer's (RIP) contribution into making it a competitive sport to this 13 yr old with a glove that's mastered the NES control, it's been a great ride.
Great video. What I think you do very strongly is recount Blue Scuti’s amazing game. That was really fun. Sound quality is perfect. The only suggestion I would have would be not recording yourself on your bed. Once again. Great video.
There is something quite extraordinary about the millions of people who played Tetris from the 80s onward and a kid born 21 years after its release, becoming arguably the greatest player. This speaks to the power of video games, their challenge, and the absolute timelessness of certain games. Helluva job, Blue Scuti.
I unfortunately wasn't able to mention Fractal's previous score world record in the video, but Fractal just became the second person to crash the game, right after Blue Scuti!
Check out that game here:
th-cam.com/video/gGID9pD_-mU/w-d-xo.html
Nobody cares about Fractal. Blue Scuti is the ONE
Blue Scuti should become an AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
They are now 3 Andy got it tonight to
That kid doesn’t look 34.
They still got beaten by a 13-year-old boy 😂
This kid is so great he was able to beat a game that was impossible to beat.
Its impossible to beat, but it is possible to crash, which is a substitute for "beating the game"
@@amberlandball?
Theres another video which says that after you complete level 250, the game would reset to level 0.
@@rorus9530 255
@@rorus9530 The Game reset to level 0 at level 255. Level 255 is an all-red color pallet and can crash at any corner. It would be insanely difficult for a human player to get passed or even get to that stage.
I love how calm and collected he is as he's playing this game. He doesn't seem to get stressed at all, even when he makes a few errors. Then when he beats the game his reaction was priceless. What a wonderful achievement - and he's only 13! What an awesome kid!
Well done Scuti.
that's the secret to winning!
for comparison, Joseph Saelee considered by many to be the most important person in this game's history was sixteen at the time he won the 2018 CTWC which was shortly after he broke the killscreen curse.
This boy is three years younger...
I've been playing Tetris since 1989, albeit the Game Boy version. I never, _ever_ thought a human would accomplish this. This kid is incredible.
🕯still the best 1989
@@yukole6245 and blue scuti was born in 2010
@@ozzykey23 blessed alpha gen 🙌
Any person who values and enjoys what they do will achieve success. Blue Scuti is a legend!
@@yukole6245rare gen alpha w
This is honestly such a touching story, especially when you see his excitement when he got the crash. Awesome job dude.
I am sure his dad will be extremely proud of him. From the interview, his dad pass away a month ago.
@@xyse247 Holy crap I didn't hear about that. I lost my dad on July 24th and everyday is still so hard for me.
I think avoiding crashes all the way to level 255 is an ultimate challenge. We can still defying the game crash until the very last moment. Someone could do that in a few years I guess. Congrats to Blue Scuti for the greatest game ever played. Great video!
Edit: Just watch agamescout's video and I just realize the game loop back to level 0 after level 255. That's cool.
40 minutes of perfect block placing on highest speed. That doesn't sound possible unless your brain is supercomputer.
@@kormannn1 We will see. I firmly believe it will happen
@@tavernofheart If you check agamescout video, he says in there that for the last level you have to push down every piece because 5 of the seven pieces can crash the game by just falling normally and i'm pretty sure it's the case in other levels aswell. I can't see how you can push down whille rolling so just this show impossible the task is.
no next box also works but uhhh thats also kinda bad@@redshiiks
@@andrewzhang8512 I think the strat might be to quickly flash the next box off just before the pieces hit the ground and re-enable it when the next piece spawns, so you get a few frames of seeing the next piece. But that sucks
Level 253 push down is mandatory, so I don't even know how that's going to work.
18:16 My man drops the Summoning Salt music for added emphasis.
Normally having your game crash in the most intense moments of gaming is simply rage inducing and frustrating, on this unique case getting a game cash means you are too good for the game and it acknowledges defeat.
As a gamer, I can verify the validity of that comment!!!!!
Great video! Scuti really clutched up after missing the first crash trigger at 155 then nearly topping out at 157 but that one line saved everything especially considering that its only a 73% chance to crash with a single at 157
We get it you watched game scouts video too
When is 100% chance of crash inevitable?
@@kovacuator Level 155 single? It's a certain crash.
Or are you looking for a point where it doesn't matter what you do, it'll just crash?
@@kovacuatornever I think, scout said that it’s possible to go all the way to level 255, then it rests to 0
@@matheuscabral9618 So thats the next milestone then... :p
Scootie is one of the best players in history probably. It's weird to think that the game is older than him, but still is able to crush it like nothing. Truly a genius.
To be fair, the game is older that pretty much all competitive players nowadays.
Congratulations to Blue Scuti ! He is now part of History of Tetris and video game! 🙂
I was born in 1979. The classic Atari and NES games were a huge part of my childhood. It's incredible to see the Tetris community "break" the game after 34 years. Congratulations!
Arguable the greatest achievement in gaming.
Tidal Wave in Geometry Dash:
@@ItzHudson1tidal wave doesn’t compare to other levels in gd
Also, this is definitely more impressive
aaaaaaahhh, TheRelaxingEnd, it's you
@@noahthegod1267how so? Its literally the hardest GD level ever beaten.
I don't think you need more than 3 decades to beat that level
I've been watching Classic Tetris since before the hypertapping revolution and it has been great to see the new generation bring so many things to the game. Not just two revolutions, but all of the other talents and personalities that they bring to the table has really warmed my heart.
Crashing the game is means he Lost at the game. Never support Destruction, only terorists do that.
@@SoyAntonioGamingwhat the fuck are you talking about dude? 💀💀💀
@@Renni-kg6vf pls lern reed
ignorance is bliss i see@@SoyAntonioGaming
@@SoyAntonioGaming
Sorry? Where’s his unlawful use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or government, with the goal of furthering his political, social, or ideological objectives, in his ‘terrorist’ act of playing a game. 😂 Perhaps learn what words mean, before you engage in their *destruction.*
I love how respectful this video is. What a lovely tribute, well done 👏👏👏👏👏👏
The edits and humility kill me. Scuti is like someone foretold in Tetris lore 3000 years ago.
Tetris is chess.
@@ikaguraIf Tetris was Chess, this guy would be reaming Magnus’ asshole out. It’s not even CLOSE to Chess. But this certainly is impressive.
@@jrock2460 ... what?
@jrock2460 ... What?
@@jrock2460 Chess is harder than Tetris
What an historic game for Blue Scuti (Willis Gibson), I'm so fulfilled with my heart to give some presents for him. I was playing Tetris Arcade since I was a champion in 1993. Now I'm married with two children. Greetings from Espoo (Finland).
I have no clue about all this intense and competitive Tetris stuff, but this documentary about this recent event was fascinating. I really enjoyed watching this and leaned a lot about this community.
Dude this is true in depth journalism. The way you laid this out is fantastic and really tells a great story.
I love how these records are often beaten by help of many other players before them whom found different usefull tools or shortcuts. Also very nice that the maker of these video gives hommage to these players as well. So cool that this was not only a succes by a single person (Blue Scuti) but also with the help and guidance of an entire community.
Standing on the shoulders of giants
This was an outstanding video. Thank you for sharing Blue Scuti's accomplishment in such a passionate way. Never thought id tear up over a tetris video, but seeing his excitement really got me smiling.
Well done video man! I watched the original video on BlueSkuti’s channel but the commentary on your video helped me understand the gravity of the accomplishment that much better. Great editing throughout!
Great video all around - storytelling was awesome, hit all the key details to know why this was monumental, and sequenced the details (with changing screens - tables, slow-mo, replays) in ways to help process the information. Thank you!
I used to think I could beat Tetris 🥴 then here comes this beautifully dedicated 13 yr old 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Great vid, dude. I hope Scuti watches and enjoys this retrospective of his achievement. 😊
I approve of using the same soundtracks as Summoning Salt does.
As someone who doesn't play video games and only barely remembered playing tetris as a kid, this was riveting, you had me hooked from the start - great video man!
I knew absolutely nothing about professional Tetris before this hit the news, but I've been completely obsessed with it since. You all are amazing. Great video!
This kid is an absolute legend. Deserves ever bit of recognition he is getting. This is exactly what Jonas would have wanted.
18:17 The Summoning Salt banger soundtrack at the end is perfect. Great video and congratulations to Scuti for the achievement!
Nice to see a small youtuber put out great content like this!
Microphone and tablet drawings were good!
This has brought generations of people to their feet. I dont follow tetris comp but i respect you guys for advancing us to this point
1) GG, Scuti! This kid is incredible. I'm so impressed by him. I've been a fan of his since he first came into the scene.
2) The tablet drawings were really nice. I liked them.
3) I think this video in combination with aGameScout's are excellent recaps of how big of a deal scuti's game breaking game was.
PS: I personally think you should just refer to yourself in the first person when you're part of the story.
Saw the documentary by aGameScout, that this happened at the tail end of 2023 is quite astonishing! Wow. So much has happened in the last years. And it is lovely that you of all people make this for us to see, while trying to become the first one to crash the game.
super well made video man, great job! looking forward to everything new that'll happen in 2024
Buddy YOU happened in 2024 😂
it's crazy how much cheez changed the scene with rolling. great video eric!
Hey EricICX! It’s always great to see how the Tetris community, especially among the best players, help each other and cover other’s accomplishments! I enjoy your videos and the competitions I get to watch! Continue the great work!
I gotta say i really liked tour narrative choice in saying "Ericicx" instead of "me" good choice and great video
You really characterized yourself well in this history video! Oh, and happy new year! I’m excited to see what you guys can do in 2024!
At 15:15 I realized I knew the song being played. Very cool to hear old Skaven music in a new video. Thank you for that bit of nostalgia.
The Tetris was pretty good too.
I loved the video! It is such a treat to be able to get three top quality videos about Blue Scuti's accomplishment in such short time!
I truly think the next challenge is going to be 255? Avoiding all the pitfalls that can crash the game?
I know people will try to grind for score before 29, and before Colors, and keep going down that path. But I am excited for the future of such a classic.
Super fun! As a gamer (not of Tetris, though ofc I love Tetris) myself (30 yo) who bonds over games with my nephew who's 11, I'm always excited to see young gamers just come in and do so amazing! Thanks for the great video!
I can't believe I just watched a 20 minute Tetris documentary, and was engaged all the way through! This game is deeper than I thought it was.
Absolutely phenomenal video, @EricICX! Thanks for taking the time to put it together!
Great job on the video! Very informative and easy to follow.
Not been a Tetris fan but this video is awesome and I love the intro to the community
Technically, Fractal was the first one to reach glitched colors.
Yes, it was on a PAL version of NES Tetris, but you gotta give the current world champ that at the very least.
Great Video! Keep up the great work.
I remember that and I found it mind-blowing at the time
Technically he wasn't, he was the first person to do it on video.
PAL version does not count though coz it plays 20% slower than the NTSC tournament legal version
@@clint5406 Who makes up these rules?
@@TBMartinthe community as a whole.
I never thought i would watch a video commentary about tetris and it's history and be this engaged.
I played it the day it came out.... and played it 150 times in the first week. Back then, this would have been something out of the future, impossibility.... So proud of this kid, great stuff man 🙌 !
I only watch a little GDQ and Mario ROM hacks, but I guess the algorithm picked you up. Great vid! Editing and production are perfect.
I am 55, I have played this game on every system imaginable. I did not expect anyone to ever reach the kill screen. Maybe, just maybe we will see someone getting to the rebirth after all.
It's really insane how these guys can peek at the next piece while keeping under check the state of the board and place that piece at a specific location and orientation at that speed, it's just mindblowing to me.
Add in the insane shit they physically do with the controller and my brain hurts. Gz to this kid. It's insane.
In case you want some information on what tetris players are actually looking at, it's not really "peeking" at the next box.
You're basically always looking at the top of your stack. During line clears, you have time to look at other useful information (like score and lines), but in general, you almost always want to be entirely focused on the shape of the top of your stack.
From my experience, it took about a month or so of practice to "read" the next box. You basically just learn to subconciously see what the next piece is in your peripheral vision, and furthermore, you learn to completely subconciously determine good placements for your next piece. So while you are placing a piece (i.e. doing the movements on the controller), without even realising it, you are figuring out where the piece in the next box is going to be placed. So long story short, you never "look" at the next box; you just see it in your peripheral vision while looking at the top of your stack, and you know what the piece is and where it should go subconciously.
The more concious thing that can happen is adjustments. In these cases, when your current piece was in the next box, you likely subconciously determined that there were a few good placements for it - some of these are better or worse depending on what piece you got afterwards. So now, while you are placing it, you can use the next box to adjust your placement to the best one you had thought of given this next piece. The helpful this is that this basically comes with a free placement for the next piece, because you've already worked that out from deciding to do the adjustment.
It's also worth noting that doing spins especially is quite distracting from working out what to do with the next piece, because it requires such precise timing during the time that you are otherwise working out the next placement (especially on level 29 speeds). This is probably one of the most impressive things to do, because it requires not only seeing the spin within 1/3 of a second and getting a frame perfect input, but also at the same time as preparing for and doing the spin you need to work out what to do with the next piece.
@@stanleydodds9 yeah by peeking I'm referring to peripheral vision. Thank you for the deep insight on the full process.
I love the video edition, i rlly like the combination with the camera and the gameplay and i also loved the tables u used
Massive congrats to Scuti. What an incredible accomplishment, and I can't imagine the pressure of those final two levels.
The way I see it, the ultimate goal is (now) the level rollover at 256. It may seem impossibly far away now with the minefield of crashes, but then again, so did so many of the milestones in this video once upon a time. I firmly believe that one day it will be done.
I swear, that music track Summoning Salt uses all the time (“We’re Finally Landing” - by HOME), which is also used at the end of this video, will forever be affiliated with video game world record achievements.
yeah, it'll forever be iconic in speedrunning videos!
The kid's great enough to have three major channels cover him.
Scuti, if you happen to pop by, _godspeed on your future runs._ A lot of us - even those of us that have put the idea of competition behind us - are absolutely cheering for you to absolutely crush it. You've done it once, you have everything it takes and more. If you need to take a break away from the sudden popularity, I get it, but most importantly, keep having fun with these attempts. Here's hoping your streaming platform of choice treats you well.
Traditional sports has a lot of stories of athletes honouring lost parents with a legendary performance. Now, e-sports has one. I just wish he wasn't 12. As amazing as his run was, he really has to be hurting on the inside.
Dig the background music selections. I've been hooked on watching this community after stumbling upon it this weekend by a TH-cam rec.
fractal161 is OFFICIALLY become the second person to beat the game and also broke the WR for fastest speedrun. Within 2 weeks two people beat a game that was released nearly 35 years ago. INSANE!
Funny but kinda wholesome thing about it is that he's also in the middle of his own run but stopped when he read his chat saying that Blue Scuti was close to crashing the game. He and many other pros watched Blue Scuti's historic moment.
I can't believe you beat Summoning Salt, this was one very fast work you did here..
Happy new year Eric! Great video!
Thank you!
Also nice touch on using the summoning salt music. Great stuff
He is not a kid, he is a legend and his name is now inmortal
to me all 3 are legendary...i gladly contributed for them few nights ago when all 3 crashers played together,and i will support them in future as well
It is absolutely incredible the respect you have showed for your fellow gamer.
I find it quite fortuitous that boys haircut and the game have about the same release date. Tetris gods were waiting for the hair style to re emerge to crown it’s only victor
It genuinely amazes me how far NES Tetris has progressed in just a few years!
I don't even like Tetris but your storytelling made me enjoy this a lot. I'm subscribing for more videos like this one ❤
beating the game to me is rolling over the level counter all the way to 00
239 and 255 are gonna be nuts tho
The first is an 800 line level of dark green
The other is a case of “Playing Tetris Crashes Tetris”
*235 iirc
idk, crashing the game because you’re so damn good that the game physically cannot continue counts as beating the game to me, that’s the next goal however
seeing someone have to dodge literal crash triggers is gonna be fun
This is the explanation i wanted to see why Scuti's game crashed so soon because i knew final crash usually happens somewhere after level 235. And the explanation is that he played vanilla game without any modifications and the game mechanics simply couldnt handle the math anymore and decided to quit it even though after missing the earliest possible point to do so it was unknown when it will happen again (only that it was certain it will if you do the exact steps necessary to crash the game at the nearest available moment which if you miss again you just need to continue playing). Great video!
Really nicely put together video! I just have one small thing, referring to yourself in third person feels really odd. I would personally stick to first person but whatever suits you the best. Keep up the well researched and compiled videos Eric!
That's what these types of videos always do they refer to themselves in third person just like everybody else.
Another good example is the blue yourself Mario Kart video.
@@bland9876summoning salt refers to himself in the first person in the “Mike Tyson’s punch out” videos he makes. I would say salt is the gold standard of these types of videos so I don’t think there is anything wrong with first person
@@johky interesting most of the speed run type videos I've seen the person refers to themselves in third person I'd have to see both styles and then try to judge for myself but I don't find any problem with third person.
I'm not sure what's more impressive. The content and explanation of this video or how quickly you turned it around after the record being broken. Excellent work! Great to watch.
the greatest game in tetris history on it's way to happen every other month
i've been casually paying attention to tetris since Jonas was considered godlike unbeatable and then, a few year pass and Joseph shocked everyone. What a fantastic video & from an outsiders perspective - idk... it's "The Quest to Beat Matt Turk 2: Wholesome Edition". The game itself being Matt Turk. We're all SummoningSalt trying to beat it.
Congrats on your personal achievements in Tetris, congrats on a great video, and thank you for yet another example of why NES Tetris is oddly one of the most active and nicest communities in all of gaming.
I just watched the 42 minute run and I’m blown away. How do you concentrate for that long without messing up?
I am blown away by how far players has gotten to in this 40 year old game. I think the best direction to go for record holders is to reach what would be called _The Rebirth_ by using the original game on the original hardware, that being the NES. Much like arcades and consoles from the 1980s, they use an 8-bit system to assign these values with the max integer value being 255. It makes a lot of sense why Pac-Man has the infamous Level 255 crash where half of the screen is eaten. However, on the original Tetris, it also has a Level 255... but unlike Pac-Man, it can be beatened and what happens after that is that it resets and loops back to Level 1 which is what would be called _The Rebirth_ and I think that will be the *ULTIMATE* achievement for Tetris records. The Glitch Colours still continues up to Level 255, but the changes and the different ways that the game can crash gets a LOT more interesting and a lot more tricky to dodge. But once you reach Level 255, that is where the final challenge pops up. 5 of the 7 tetronimo pieces could cause a Game Crash if not done in the proper way AND *ALL* of the teronimo pieces are *completely coloured red* .
Will _The Rebirth_ record be possible in Tetris? With the quick advancements in people finding ways to beat the system with the new techniques and the new discoveries about how Tetris works and what causes the Game Crashes, I think reaching Level 255 and beaten it to force the game to reset is DEFINITELY possible. Blue Scuti looks quite young when he became the first to Crash The Game. So whoever can beat Level 255 and cause _The Rebirth_ is definitely going to leave a MOMUMENTAL mark on the Tetris History Books or practically ANY Gaming Record History Books. I am surprised that the Guiness World Records didn't caught on to this. The only obstacle is that Levels 155 to 255 are going to get SO gradually difficult to the point that it is like walking on a mine field... a VERY Glitchy mine field.
Seeing documentary like this made me appreciate his achievement so much more. Thank you for the amazing video and grats to Blue Scuti, Legend.
It took him 34 years? But why is he so young? Man I don't want to see his electric bill.
He just started and did it
Very well explained for someone unfamiliar with the Tetris competitive scene. And nice Summoning Salt reference with that music.
I think the spaghetti code is part of what makes classic interesting. If you can *avoid* the specific crash triggers to beat every possible glitched level that seems like the ultimate goal
What do you think spaghetti code is?
All's I can say is, there'd better be a sequel to Ecstasy of Order in the works.
Love the tablet stuff and audio is fine. Happy New Year to almost everyone!
>never shows his controller
>does better in Tetris than AI
WTH? I still thought the maximum was around Level 29. And only within two years people reached these amazing new records on tetris. And now Blue scuti even beat the game. Great work also from You Eric
Hypertapping showed what was possible, rolling made it routine. It's absolutely bonkers where the community has taken the game since Jonas' passing.
He used TAS, stop this bullshit
Why do you think that?
@@danielduvana No video of his hands make me suspicious.
@@danielduvana do you see him actually playing the game? Most players that does this shows their hands on a separate screen. All of a sudden some nobody kid comes out of the blue, and does this, no.
@@kingmiller1982this "nobody kid" got third place in the 2023 ctwc
This is incredible filmmaking!!! Thank you for sharing the inside story!!! 🎉
...To be honest - He is the living argument that the Universe comes out of a little Failure in the Singularity. Well done.
This video doesn't have enough views - more people need to see it!!!
Happy new year Eric! Go scuti!!!!
What's more is that if you get far enough, you then reach the final level, which all red. After you beat the final level, the game just wraps around to the first level, which just brings even more to what people can do in the game.
That EricICX sounds like a legend himself.
He doesn’t quit playing Tetris, Tetris quit playing him!
Great video. Really shows what a huge achievement this was. Well done blue scuti!
I think we have a "The Last Starfighter" scenario here. Now that he has beaten Tetris, aliens will come down to recruit Blue Scuti for their great space war.
I'm glad to know that Tetris is still alive today's day and I actually love your analysis on the entire video, good work well done. Also, congratulations to you Blue scuti if you were able to read this comment.
Damn the evolution of this game over the years is crazy, from Neubauer's (RIP) contribution into making it a competitive sport to this 13 yr old with a glove that's mastered the NES control, it's been a great ride.
Great video. What I think you do very strongly is recount Blue Scuti’s amazing game. That was really fun. Sound quality is perfect. The only suggestion I would have would be not recording yourself on your bed.
Once again. Great video.
What an awesome achievement for the community. Congrats yall
Great video, Eric. I'll link to this one when I try to explain to people how momentus Scuti's achievement was.
There is something quite extraordinary about the millions of people who played Tetris from the 80s onward and a kid born 21 years after its release, becoming arguably the greatest player. This speaks to the power of video games, their challenge, and the absolute timelessness of certain games. Helluva job, Blue Scuti.
Great coverage of this amazing feat!