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Andrew Artiaga
Andrew Artiaga, known online as P1xelAndy, is an American ''Tetris'' player from Texas. Competitively, Artiaga has placed second in the 2020 Classic Tetris World Championships (CTWC) and third in the 2022 CTWC. On January 4, 2024, Artiaga also became the third person to ever "beat" the game, only days after his competitors did so for the first time. From a young age, Andrew and his younger brother Michael Artiaga experimented in coding, computing, and gaming, with their father being a web developer. Practicing classic NES Tetris only occasionally before on their home Nintendo Game Boy, both brothers would be inspired to pursue the game further after 16-year-old Joseph Saelee's victory against the 37-year-old and previous champion Jonas Neubauer on YouTube in the 2018 CTWC, marking the beginning of a new generation of Tetris players to the competitive scene. Artiaga has continued to remain competitive since, placing high in his Seed (sports), seed for every CTWC since 2020. Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Tetris World Championship
The Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) is a video game competition series, hosted by the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. The competition launched in 2010, during the filming of '' Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters'' to determine the world's greatest ''Tetris'' player. In its first two years, the competition was held in Los Angeles, California, but was moved to Portland, Oregon, in 2012, and has been held there annually since (with the exceptions of the 2020 and 2021 tournaments, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The contestants play the 1989 Nintendo version of ''Tetris'' on actual Nintendo Entertainment System consoles and CRT televisions. The final rounds are streamed online with live-edited screens and heads-up display to improve viewer experience. The tournament was initially dominated by Jonas Neubauer, who reached the finals in the first nine iterations of the tournament and won seven titles. Since Neubauer's final win in 2017, the tournament has been do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
