Ophios vs. RAKninja: Difference between revisions

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RAKninja expressly named conradslater's highly experimental entry for his own "Perfect YTP Contest" from the earlier in the year as a template for an approach he wished to try with a serve like ophios's, which served to formally introduce much of the defining characteristics of his best known style, especially with the match's use of delay, distortion and stretched audio across multiple rounds.<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-262439</ref> The contemporary community of the time recieved this match with great wonder, with NS2 opining "This is a very interesting match. It's something I definitely have not seen before."<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-277212</ref> and MAZZ0Murder considered it "a nice break from the spazzy stuff" that defined much of the rest of the Tennis Cup matches, and most tennis entirely, up to this point.<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-278004</ref> ophios' serve has been roundly celebrated as the best and most memorable round of the match, with RAKninja himself remarking at the time "lord, what ophios gave me was brilliant."<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/2289-ytp-tennis-cup-complete/12.html#post-262924</ref> {{GameBop}} considered ophios' Round 1 and 3 with high regard, writing after the latter was uploaded "I can't wait to see more."<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-272715</ref> Emperor Ing entered into the tennis community entirely with this match as his motivation, writing "I have never played a single game, but maybe over the summer i'll try."<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-278034</ref> [[Emperor Ing vs. RAKninja|He would later face RAKninja the following year.]] The pioneering style of this match was a direct influence on another similar one that followed in its wake, [[architect1 vs. GameBop]](2009), thus creating a chain that still sees the techniques and aesthetics demonstrated in this match surface into matches played in the present day, with latter-day examples including GnarpyFan4000 vs. TheChutley vs. ElijahStar(2025). Like all elimination-based tournaments that RAKninja would ever participate in, he would not progress farther than Set 2, and the Tennis Cup marks the first of six consecutive instances in which this would take place; despite ophios' concession that they "kinda ran out of steam on this tennis match", they still emerged as its winner. No vote totals were saved from this tournament sans the final match.<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/2289-ytp-tennis-cup-complete/13.html#post-304245 Gallers simply wrote "Ophios beat RAKninja" as the result, precise point scores were not yet the norm in tournament results posting.</ref>

All rounds continue to survive in their original uploads, though RAKninja's rounds were privated for a time in the early 2010s. It was first compiled into a single video on the [[YouWouldBeWelcome]] account in June 2021.

Round 2 of this match, RAKninja's "THE OTHER --------- THING (ROUND 2)"(2008), was one of the 33 Round 2's sampled in GameBop's "Seconds, Anyone?"(2010), their serve for [[GameBop vs. Sploltoen vs. MycroProcessor|their match with Sploltoen and MycroProcessor]] in the [[3-Way Tennis Tournament]]. All rounds continue to survive in their original uploads, though RAKninja's rounds were privated for a time in the early 2010s. It was first compiled into a single video on the [[YouWouldBeWelcome]] account in June 2021.

=The Full Match=

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 RAKninja expressly named conradslater's highly experimental entry for his own "Perfect YTP Contest" from the earlier in the year as a template for an approach he wished to try with a serve like ophios's, which served to formally introduce much of the defining characteristics of his best known style, especially with the match's use of delay, distortion and stretched audio across multiple rounds.<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-262439</ref> The contemporary community of the time recieved this match with great wonder, with NS2 opining "This is a very interesting match. It's something I definitely have not seen before."<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-277212</ref> and MAZZ0Murder considered it "a nice break from the spazzy stuff" that defined much of the rest of the Tennis Cup matches, and most tennis entirely, up to this point.<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-278004</ref> ophios' serve has been roundly celebrated as the best and most memorable round of the match, with RAKninja himself remarking at the time "lord, what ophios gave me was brilliant."<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/2289-ytp-tennis-cup-complete/12.html#post-262924</ref> {{GameBop}} considered ophios' Round 1 and 3 with high regard, writing after the latter was uploaded "I can't wait to see more."<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-272715</ref> Emperor Ing entered into the tennis community entirely with this match as his motivation, writing "I have never played a single game, but maybe over the summer i'll try."<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/6137-tennis-cup-bracket-2-ophios-vs-rakninja/1.html#post-278034</ref> [[Emperor Ing vs. RAKninja|He would later face RAKninja the following year.]] The pioneering style of this match was a direct influence on another similar one that followed in its wake, [[architect1 vs. GameBop]](2009), thus creating a chain that still sees the techniques and aesthetics demonstrated in this match surface into matches played in the present day, with latter-day examples including GnarpyFan4000 vs. TheChutley vs. ElijahStar(2025). Like all elimination-based tournaments that RAKninja would ever participate in, he would not progress farther than Set 2, and the Tennis Cup marks the first of six consecutive instances in which this would take place; despite ophios' concession that they "kinda ran out of steam on this tennis match", they still emerged as its winner. No vote totals were saved from this tournament sans the final match.<ref>https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/31-completed-games/2289-ytp-tennis-cup-complete/13.html#post-304245 Gallers simply wrote "Ophios beat RAKninja" as the result, precise point scores were not yet the norm in tournament results posting.</ref>
-All rounds continue to survive in their original uploads, though RAKninja's rounds were privated for a time in the early 2010s. It was first compiled into a single video on the [[YouWouldBeWelcome]] account in June 2021.
+Round 2 of this match, RAKninja's "THE OTHER --------- THING (ROUND 2)"(2008), was one of the 33 Round 2's sampled in GameBop's "Seconds, Anyone?"(2010), their serve for [[GameBop vs. Sploltoen vs. MycroProcessor|their match with Sploltoen and MycroProcessor]] in the [[3-Way Tennis Tournament]]. All rounds continue to survive in their original uploads, though RAKninja's rounds were privated for a time in the early 2010s. It was first compiled into a single video on the [[YouWouldBeWelcome]] account in June 2021.
 =The Full Match=