We now have a provisional schedule for CTWC UK 2024 and CTUK Game Boy!

We now have all 32 qualification slots booked; we’re intending to run the tournament as a maximum 32-player flat bracket, however we are aware that there may be more people wishing to book a qual slot (including people who may just turn up on the day). So, we are considering opening up an extra hour-long slot, if there is demand for it – just be aware that this slot might slightly overlap with the Game Boy tournament. Also, if we do expand the qual slots beyond 32 players, it will mean that anyone who has already booked a qual slot will not necessarily be guaranteed a spot in the 32-bracket tournament.

Keep an eye on this page for updates regarding extra qual slots:
https://classictetrisuk.com/ctwc-uk-2024-rental-stations/

Just as a reminder, people wishing to come and be part of the audience don’t need to pay any entry fee, and also the Game Boy tournament on Saturday will be completely free to enter – the quals for this will be running at the same time as the NES quals, but you don’t need to book a slot, you can just turn up and have a go! The Game Boy tournament will be run as a 16-player bracket, and will be played on the link cable 2-player mode.

Also on Saturday, we are planning some fun surprise side events after the GB tournament – more info to come soon!

(The times on the schedule are estimates and possibly subject to change; we shall do our best to inform everyone of any changes as and when they might happen!)

P.S. if you’ve already booked a slot but haven’t yet completed your player sign-up form, it would be a great help if you could do so! https://bit.ly/ctwcuk2024-sign-up

Bookings for CTWC UK 2024 rental stations will go live tonight at 19:00 BST, at this link:

https://classictetrisuk.com/ctwc-uk-2024-rental-stations/

Booking a qual slot is necessary this year if you want to qual for the NES tournament (entry to the tournament and to qual for the Game Boy tournament will still be free)

• £20 per 1 hour qual slot
• Please only book 1 slot per person!
• Stations 1 to 4 will be streamed/recorded, and onstage
• Stations 5 to 8 will NOT be streamed/recorded, and will be on ground level (although we’ll do our best to create space around these stations to minimise distractions from people walking past, etc.)
• If you have a strong preference for the type of station you want to qualify on, then please double-check your selection before finalising your booking

If you need any help, please just contact the team on the CTUK Discord or at: classictetrisuk@gmail.com

Also, don’t forget to fill in the player sign-up form here (thanks everyone who’s already done it!):
https://bit.ly/ctwcuk2024-sign-up

RENTAL STATION BOOKINGS LIVE HERE AT 19:00 BST! 🥳
https://classictetrisuk.com/ctwc-uk-2024-rental-stations/

We are very excited to anonunce the dates for this year’s Classic Tetris UK tournament – CTWC UK 2024 will be held once again at the fantastic 1UP (Didsbury, Manchester) on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th August!

We will have further details coming soon but for now, stick the dates in your diary and we hope to see you there!

Rental stations for CTWC 2023 are now ready to be booked at this page:

[bookings are now closed]

• please only book one slot per person!
• slots open at 12:30pm and run for 1 hour each, with 10 mins changeover time
• slots are £18 each apart from slots beginning 7:30pm, which are £10 each (this is because these slots will run at the same time as CTUK GB and so there’ll be a bit of extra background distraction!)

With exactly a month to go now until CTWC UK 2023, we have put together a provisional schedule for the tournament (see below!).

As with last year, we’re going to go with a 24-player bracket. In an exciting new addition, we are also planning to host the very first CTUK Game Boy Tetris tournament! This will run alongside the main event on qualifying day (Saturday) and will be made up of a bracket of 8 players.

Stay tuned for more exciting info coming soon… !

Are you READY for some more CTUK ACTION!

After last year’s overwhelming success, we thought you guys might like some more, so here it is. This year’s championship will be in Manchester! 1UP in Didsbury to be precise. An awesome gaming bar in a lively part of town with retro consoles, pinball, arcade cabinets, ping pong and much more.

Check out more info about 1UP on their website: https://1updids.com/

🗓️ DATE: Sat 19 – Sun 20 August 2023
🏟️ VENUE: 1UP, 657 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 6RA
👤 INVITED: YOU!

Stay tuned, more details coming soon!

CTWC UK 2022 is now over, and what a weekend it was!

Congratulations to our champion DanV for winning CTWC UK 2022! (and retaining his UK champ status from last year’s online CTWC UK + IRL tournament). Commiserations to our runner up SV who put up a great fight, bringing it to a decider (also congrats to SV for a jaw-dropping 21 maxouts on qualifying day!)  

Thanks also to our amazing commentary team! In particular to Jakub and Bill, for pretty much carrying the commentary as well as doing some of the tournament announcements. 

Other legends in the commentary booth: BV, PISSARSE, DanV, 666_Tim, MrShadow and Archina.

Last but not least, a big thank you to our venue, Gemini Games, for being such a marvellous host!

We’ll be adding lots of photos to the website soon, so keep an eye out for those. In the meantime, from all of the CTUK team, thanks once again to everyone for coming, and we hope to see you all at the next one! 

CTUK Team:
Archina
BV
Kirjava
Lucy
666_tim

Each rental station time-slot is 1 hour in length and costs £12, and each person can only book one time-slot. Qualifying will run throughout the day on Sat 10 September, from 10:30am to 21:30pm.

(Remember that if you are unable to book a rental station, we will also have an open queuing system on the day for qualifying at free stations).

As we approach our forthcoming event (just shy of 6 weeks to go!) we will be dropping some more detailed information for the weekend of the tournament.

We’ve been working behind the curtain to gather as much information and get said information locked down, yet we’ve had a massive spanner thrown in the works. On the 22nd July we received a message from our originally planned venue Geek Retreat Huddersfield to tell us that they were closing down and that they would no longer be able to accommodate our event. However, we can now happily announce that we have moved the event a short distance over to the very accommodating Gemini Games in Huddersfield! This venue is very close to our original planned location and also a lot bigger!

We apologise for the delay in updating you about the event. Due to the change in venue we’ve had to re-consider various details which has caused our release to be far slower than we’d hoped yet we are still working on sorting this out as soon as possible. We can however update you on the following:

For qualifying there will be a standard queuing system. We’ve had a few questions about rental stations for qualifying. We can confirm that there will be rental stations available to book.

• We will initially have 4 stations (this may change depending on demand).
• You will be able to book one slot for one hour (£12), and there will be a 15 minute buffer period between starting times. So for example, the first 4 slots will begin at 10:30 am, the next 4 will begin at 11:45 am.
• The time slots will be open for booking here on our website from 18:00 pm on Thursday 1st of September
• Qualifying will run all day on Saturday 10th September and the tournament itself will run all day Sunday 11th September – exact times will be confirmed in the upcoming week.

We’re also excited to announce that we are now officially a CTWC qualifier event! The winner of this tournament shall be given free entry into this year’s Classic Tetris World Championship!

Thanks a ton for your patience and prepare for the stacking because this block train is NOT stopping!

Dates: Sat 10 – Sun 11 September 2022

We at Classic Tetris UK are very excited to announce that, at long last, we shall finally be making a return to live tournaments! After over 3 years since the last live tournament, CTUK will soon be occurring in person once again!

Whilst it is our intention to hold both a PAL and NTSC tournament every year going forwards, due to popular demand the upcoming tournament shall be on the NTSC version of NES Tetris

So, it is our pleasure to announce to everyone that CTWC UK 2022 will be occurring on the weekend of 10-11 September 2022! More details including location coming soon…