Legendary Tetris Player Jonas Neubauer is dead, according to one statement on your Twitter account, after a “sudden medical emergency.” He died January 4, at 39 years old.
Neubauer was one of the greats of all time Tetris players, winning seven classics Tetris World Championships from 2010 to 2017. According to him Kotaku in a 2017 interview, began playing the classic version of NES Tetris when he was eight, he bought his first copy of the game after seeing it on the cover of Nintendo Power as a child. During his adolescence and early twenties, Neubauer continued to play Tetris to the NES. Finally, he started posting his scores on the Internet, where he gained some visibility and was able to win a seat at the first World Championships in 2010, held in Los Angeles. He won an amazing surprise against another top Tetris player, Harry Hong, beginning his ascent to Tetris fame.
Neubauer’s style of play might seem chaotic and wild, with him building high piles of blocks and creating clutter. Tetris before skillfully cleaning and scoring big points. All of this was part of his strategy; he said Kotaku that perfectionists “would be horrible to Tetris“.
He said Kotaku, “The main takeaway food from Tetris what people don’t realize is that it favors people who make very bold and very quick decisions and don’t run out of them ”.
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In addition to playing Tetris, Neubauer worked as a cork manager and a marijuana startup Vice in a 2018 profile who saw himself as “a kind of D-list celebrity.” At times, he kept playing his game Twitch. But for many players who watched him or competed against him, he was one Tetris Ten.
The organizers of the Classic Tetris The World Cup expressed its condolences on the competition website, write:
“Jonas, we miss you, we love you and we thank you for inspiring us to always be the best we can be. All the love for his wife Heather, his mother Sharry, his family and friends. Rest in peace, our powerful hero ”.
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