Greatest Classic Tetris Match EVER! Greentea vs. Joseph EPIC 2019 CTWC Quarterfinal FULLSCREEN

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This Quarterfinal match of the 2019 Classic Tetris World Championship is widely considered the greatest CTWC match of all time! It was a confrontation for the ages between returning champ Joseph Saelee from California and multi-platform Tetris specialist and Grandmaster Greentea from Japan. In the original stream, Joseph and Greentea shared the screen with another concurrent match, so our editors reconstructed a fullscreen version to highlight this historic showdown. Commentary by James Chen and Chris Tang.

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[ClassicTetris]

Reconstructed FULLSCREEN version! We had to put this together for the ESPN show, so thought we'd share the whole thing here in all its glory here... enjoy!

[alcideblair]

Judging by Greentea's facial expressions you know he's having tons of inner monologue

[jolo]

When the two smartest kids in class have different answers.

[jesse_d_]

Greentea was smiling almost the entire time, he seems like such a nice guy

[Rufio]

This is incredible. I don’t play Tetris and I’m not even a gamer at all but my heart was pounding and I was somehow on the edge of my seat for this. Loved the commentators too.

[ML-mxmm]

My favorite thing about Classic Tetris compared to other esports is the genuine camaraderie between all of the top players. They all seem to be having fun and never seem to get too salty about losing. It just gives the whole event a really easygoing and cool vibe

[robscallon]

Watching this live was a rollercoaster haha

[JdMfX_]

Thanks for putting this together! This is amazing!

[TheKalashnidude]

I never thought a game like *Tetris* could be so freakin exciting.

[cookiechannel]

it's obvious that Greentea is a fan of Joseph, at the beginning of the game they do the same moves and he looks so happy, They're adorable 💖🥺

[Znorux]

This is clearly one of the best competition I’ve ever seen in my whole life, so precise, so fast and an insane depth in mechanics behind the bars.

Absolutely insane.

[JulienNeel]

The incredible skills and good vibes these two have going is just killer!

[bobbob]

28:36 - I think this is both my absolute favorite, and the single happiest, moment in competition I've ever seen. Honest to God, how often do you see a winner and a loser equally pumped about what the two of them have just accomplished?

I want Greentea to be my Patronus. Nothing dark could withstand the joy.

[MrEcted]

Greentea is precious and needs to be protected at all costs.

[MaggotDiggo]

If anyone is wondering why the commentators randomly stop for periods, it's because there is a second game going on at the same time as this one and the commentators are casting both games. The audio cuts out when they start focusing on the other game.

[kellyfreas]

5:30 Nice little episode: Greentea with a z spin. A single clapping and voice from the audience: "Nice!" Greentea: "Thanks!" Joseph's face.

[strumdynastygaming]

Greentea’s facial expressions give me LIFE

[NightFore]

This channel is the long bar that was missing in my life

[VangBill]

I don’t even watch or play Tetris but this shit had my palms sweating.

[Baekstrom]

Ahh. Do you remember those days when you could just spontaneously get up and hug people when you were happy? I miss that.