The seven-time champion has died at the age of 39 due to a medical emergency, leaving behind a life model and several Guinness records.
A legend is leaving, and also we are leaving before our time. Jonas Neubauer, seven-time champion of the Classic Tetris World Championship, died on January 5 at the age of 39 “due to a medical emergency,” as his closest associates have announced through social networks and the Discord channel. Neubauer’s own.
It’s with a heavy heart that we deliver the terrible news that Jonas has passed away from a sudden medical emergency.
He was the absolute best. We are devastated, overwhelmed with grief, and we already miss him dearly.
Information to follow when it becomes available.– Jonas Neubauer (@neubsauce) January 9, 2021
The eternal champion had been playing Tetris since he was six years old and had been proclaimed the winner of the game’s top competition for four consecutive editions (2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013). In 2014 he was defeated for the first time and had to settle for second place, but far from collapsing and ending his career, Neubauer made a show of willpower, punched the table and on the basis of dedication he got another three peat, coming out the winner in 2015, 2016 and 2017. In 2018 he ended up losing the final with a promise of 16 years, and he took everything but bad, as the following video shows:
The Tetris World Championship page itself has referred to him as “an absolute benchmark of positivity and humility.” Since that loss, Neubauer has been setting Guinness records for the highest scoring game and the least time needed to reach 300,000 points. “I was always intrigued by the simplicity of Tetris,” he acknowledged to Tetris.com a few years ago. “And I always enjoyed the fact of playing against the game itself and not against other players. My older brothers were great at chess and I never really liked facing them. Tetris was my alternative ”.
The news has shocked the huge Tetris community, whose formula is still valid and has been revitalized with recent installments such as Tetris Effect: Connected, PuyoPuyo Tetris or Tetris 99. Jonas Neubauer was also a Twitch streamer for years, and on his channel (NubbinsGoody) shared some of his workouts and was followed by more than 25,000 people. Ibai Llanos himself has been devastated by the loss after the crossover between the two a few years ago. The FreeGameTips team joins in condolences. Goodbye, Jonas. Rest in peace.
@Neubsauce has passed away the man seven times world champion in Tetris who ended up traveling from Los Angeles to Albacete just because of a joke of mine.
I’ve been frozen. Rest in peace friend, strong hug for the whole family.
– Ibai (@IbaiLlanos) January 9, 2021
The loss of Jonas Neubauer has left me and many in the Tetris community speechless. I tried my best to put together my thoughts on the tragedy. Sorry if it’s hard to read– I’m threw this together quickly through all of the emotions (1/3) pic.twitter.com/mAZkXJJGoe
– Dani Sharkey (@ danidoodles8) January 9, 2021
