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Rogers (L) with The Tetris Company’s CEO, Maya Rogers and Pajitnov
© The Tetris Company
More on how to play your best Red Bull Tetris®
In January 1988, I went to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and found Tetris… I was mesmerised by the game. Normally, I would stand in line to play each game for a couple of minutes and move to the next game, but with Tetris, I found myself standing in line for the fourth time and knew I was hooked – I had to go back and play more. So I brought Tetris back to Japan [where he had founded a successful software and gaming company]. Everybody went crazy playing it. In February of 1989, I met Alexey Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris. Boy, that was a match made in heaven!
Alexey Pajitnov and Henk Rogers
© The Tetris Company
The very, very best are dedicated. They’re like athletes – they practice, they analyse their game, they improve. That’s what the top Tetris players do. I’m positive the Red Bull Tetris finalists will embody that same level of dedication!
Put in the hours. Players should get to a point where your body is playing, not your mind. You basically need to short-circuit the path from your eye to your hand. If you can play while having a conversation or thinking about something else, that’s when it becomes automatic.
Most people have no idea what great Tetris truly looks like. I’ve met so many people who think they’re really good, but they haven’t seen what top-level play really is, so I’m looking for “Ooh, ahh.” I want people to react and say, “Oh my gosh, this is so amazing.”
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