How Does the Pro Tetris Scene Work, Exactly?

The Tetris community is so lucky to have someone like you who can make these excellent videos that can reach a wide audience!

man jonas streams were such a vibe. over a hundred people every stream who'd watch him and heather do literally anything in the world. it's something i hadn't seen anywhere else before, and maybe i never will again.

Just before he moved to Hawaii, I met with Jonas so he could autograph the cartridges for the Best of Five Kickstarter. When we were discussing where to sign, I pointed to the large blank area on the bottom of the cartridge. He declined. Instead, he went out of his way to sign in the smallest area possible so that the other past champions (Joseph and Harry at the time) had plenty of room to shine. That was Jonas in a nutshell. Everyone and everything he touched was better for it. I feel like that philosophy is still what defines the Tetris community today.

I never knew Jonas died and I’ve followed the scene for 7 months dang man rest in peace. His legacy will never be forgotten

Real Title: The Legacy of Jonas.

Thank you so much David for sharing the website! I truly appreciate it and hope everyone else enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it. Beautiful video and tribute to the goat Jonas Neubauer. It was him that inspired me to dive into the competitive NES Tetris scene and I just fell in love with the wonderful positive community. He is truly missed.

Jonas was so nice every time you entered his streams and he always said hi to anyone that chat in his chatbox. I still miss him because of that charisma and wanting to promote the game.

Rest In Peace, Jonas. You’d be proud of where this community would be at.

Fractal and Sidnev hugging in triumph after their phenomenal finale will always make me tear up.

I’m relatively new to the Tetris scene, hadn’t heard of Jonas until this video, seemed like a great guy.

I will never get over losing Jonas. Such a pure, pure soul.

I’m really glad to see this video coming from you, aGameScout. I was curious if SummoningSalt would touch on the death and legacy of Jonas, and I’m glad he had the restraint to let someone so integral to the community tell the story. Phenomenal video, and thanks for all you do!

OMG Scout, what an AMAZING video! A needed and befitting tribute to Jonas for whom it can't be stated enough is the pillar of this community which led us to the thriving scene that exists today. Connecting the professional aspect of what we do reminded me of how competing in NES Tetris myself at NWC back in the day paved the way to make video games my entire life spanning multiple parallel jobs in the industry - and follow my dreams. Diversifying and leveraging gained skills is key - and its nice that you highlighted the standout options in the modern era. Seeing these kinds of opportunities open up - especially for the new generation of players - is exactly the kind of thing I'm so proud of our community for making possible. We all built this together piece by piece... but it was Jonas Neubauer who showed us the best way to stack, leading by example! <3

Even if you're not YET a high visibility player Scout, thank you so much for moving the community in a positive direction. You continue to cement yourself as a pillar of our community, and we all couldn't be happier.

Thank you Jonas

For me, the intangible that Jonas Neubauer had was an amazing personality with an ability to welcome people sincerely to the community. I remember your memorial video Scout where you talked about his kindness to you when you first came to CTWC as a new person before you had produced any popular videos. I had my own share of that when I visited his live stream only one time and really enjoyed when he was talking about how much he enjoyed being married to his wife, so I gave him two dollars acknowledging the positive comments he was making. And when the game was over. He saw that I was a new contributor called out my name, toasted me and said thank you. I’ll never forget that.

Jonas passing always makes me cry. He was a dear friend and the greatest of all time of Tetris to me. 7x WC. Made the community what it is today.. I miss you Jonas

I definitely understand why Salt didn't entirely cover the full rise and tragedy of Jonas during his Tetris history. It was way more fitting to allow someone covering these tournaments in greater detail to be the one to really go at length on him. Salt is all about record progression and the people who made new strategies, this one is about the full community.

Just to name some communities: CTWC (World), CTEC (Europe), CTG (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Tetris Suomi (Finland), CTUK (UK), CTI (Italy), CTF (France), Classic Tetris Polska (Poland), Classic Tetris LATAM (Latin America), Classic Tetris BeNeLux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg), CT Iberia (Spain, Portugal), Singapore... feel free to add

man... i wasn't expecting to shed tears because of a tetris video, R.I.P Jonas Neubauer