STM November 2025
This is where you qualify for the Stupid Tetris Monthly NO BARS Championship!
If you're brand new, here's the overall CTM rules.
- Click 'Start Qualifier' when you're, like, ready to actually qualify.
- You'll be taken to a screen that gives you an AUTH WORD. This will be used to timestamp your qualifying session.
- You'll also see the form to submit your scores and your VOD link and stuff.
Don't click the button below unless you're really ready to stream and ready to qualify.
Tournament Format and Rules
QUALIFYING DEADLINE: October 31st. Your qualifying session must start while it is still October 31st or before in your local timezone. That means your timer must start on October 31st or before. It may extend past midnight, but must start on October 31st or before. October 31st. Or before.
STRUCTURE: STM Masters is a 32-player flat bracket. All other tiers are 16-player standard brackets.
SEEDING: Players are seeded in order of their qualifying averages.
FORMAT: All tournament matches are best-of-five, with the highest topout score winning each game.
GAME MODE: The format of this tournament is NO BARS. The DROUGHT mode should be set to "I" (the letter that rhymes with "eye"). To start a game in this mode, press START with DROUGHT selected in the main menu.
PLAYSTYLE: Any playstyle is allowed. Players may not "smurf" by qualifying with a less advanced playstyle (DAS->Hypertap->Rolling) than they play in the tournament.
KILLSCREEN: Masters players must use the 2xKS feature of Tetris Gym set to level 39. All other tiers: any player without Tetris Gym must "just stop playing" at level 39.
LEVEL: Masters, Futures, Hopefuls, Community T1: Level 18 starts for all games. Lowest tier every month: Levels 9, 12, 15, and 18 starts can be selected. 18 may only be chosen by mutual agreement, and either player may veto it. All other tiers: Levels 12, 15, and 18 can be selected. Lowest seed chooses first and then players will alternate. Qualifiers may start on any level.
SCHEDULING: Masters is scheduled in groups of 2 or 3 matches by a scheduler according to player and streamer availability. Futures, Hopefuls, and Community matches are scheduled individually among players, and will be streamed by a community restreamer.
PIECES: SAME PIECE SETS WILL NOT BE USED BECAUSE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE ACTUALLY.
PLAYER IDENTITY: Masters: Players must stream with both face and hands visible on camera. By participating in a tournament, players agree to be streamed on our various livestreaming platforms and to allow CTM to use the recorded footage in our public archives and other video content. Players must conform to the Terms and Conditions of the various platforms involved with the tournament (e.g. Twitch, Discord).
GAME INTEGRITY: Upon topping out, players should remain on the top out screen, and may be asked keep their hands in view and toggle the next box to demonstrate fair play. Players should not excessively "rage quit" back to the level select screen.