Tennis Staff Multiway: Difference between revisions

|STARTDATE=May 25th, 2009

The '''Tennis Staff Multiway''' is an ongoing [[tennis chain]] that began on May 25, 2009, conceived to be exclusive match played only by the [[Tennis Staff]] on the original [[YouChew|YouChew Forums]]. Originally started as a giant multi-way match between the active members of this staff of the time, it soon become part of a "rite of passage" tradition, where new rounds largely became made by the most recent additions to the staff as sort of a celebration of their promotion. Even so, any member of the staff past or present can volley, with second volleys being contributed by RAKninja and strong414bad. The match has continued following Youchew's closure, extending to the Tennis Staff of YTPMania, with the most recent round being by dani_phantump on April 2nd, 2020.

<small> ''"A legendary tennis match as old as time. Or, at least, as old as 2009. This decade long match and counting has long been written in stone by the Fucks of old and through successive generations of time and staff turnover. It weaves a multi-directional, evolving narrative of the warrior CHEN, born from the serve of the fabled Moogle, who has lived to survive 15 grueling tennis rounds of absurdity, complexity, humor, music, and NINJAS, which have been and continue to have been served only by those who have been presently or previously chosen by the Golden Bunny Breasted Racquet of Servitude, now represented equally by the Silver Racqueted Shield of the Knights of Justice (“We Don’t Care Who You Are, We’re Ready To Meet You”). CHEN The Warrior is themselves never seen until the fabled TheChutley's Round 15, but their immediately recognizable Battle Cry has pierced the heavens and cut through every tennis round gauntlet they have found themselves faced with, aided with by the awesome strength of their mighty weapon, The Incredible Laser Sword. Truly, nothing can stop The Warrior CHEN. In short, This is The Tennis Fuck Story. A theoretically endless multi-way in which only café staff may volley."''

Round 2 of this match, Crash2991's "Want Me to Play With the Very Fabric that is Your Life?"(2009) 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]]. RabbitSnore's long lost Round 6 was recovered after 7 years in lost media status from an archive previously made by {{Foghorn Scorpio}}, finally preserving the entire match intact. The first 18 rounds were first compiled into a single video on the [[YouWouldBeWelcome]] account in August 2026, immediately after its recovery.

Nuthead and NS2 are the only two members of the original staff to have not made a volley, although sources signature to them both were used in RAKninja's Round 3 and ChrisGendo's Round 12 respectively. Other members of staff who have not contributed to the match as of 2026 include trepmaws, CorruptionSound, Metroid998, LaVieCestLol, Biodegradable, VidTens443, as well as all staff appointed after dani_phantump.

{{Moogle}}'s nearly 5 minute serve, uploaded on May 25, 2009, utilizes many different sources associated with the different members of the active Tennis Staff at the time of its making, along with many of {{Moogle}}'s usual stylistic flourishes. These include:

''Ninja: Silent Assassin'' (RAKninja and Emperor Ing, with specific roots in [[Emperor Ing vs. RAKninja|this match]])<br>

''Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni'' (NS2 and theHappyFungus, with specific roots in [[theHappyFungus vs. NS2|this match]])<br>

The ''Chrono Trigger'' OVA (Crash2991)<br>

''Metal Gear Solid'' (NS2 and RabbitSnore)<br>

''Myst'' (MycroProcessor)<br>

Also included is a segment containing much of the original [[conradslater vs. Misselaineous10]] match sped up and treated with various color effects. In respect to the rest of the match's company, the serve edits all of these different sources in a mostly classic-based humor style, to leave room for any directions desired to be taken.

Crash's Round 2, uploaded on the same day as the serve, cuts out a good portion of the original source pool, preferring to focus just on largely Norm Augustinus, the ''Ninja: Silent Assassin'' Footage, the ''Chrono Trigger'' anime, ''Higurashi'' and much of Moogle's source representation, singling out the CHEEEEEN at a notable moment where Jim Kelly in the blaxploitation film ''Black Belt Jones''(1974) performs a judo chop on another's neck. The line "I'M GONNA KILL YOU LIKE I KILLED YOUR WIFE" is repeated from the serve, and the depiction of Adolf Hitler from ''Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo''(1978) appears for the first time very briefly. After the brief Gato's Theme interlude from the Chrono Trigger anime is shown, the full song from the original game plays over footage of Charles Gordone as the character "Preacherman" in one of ''Coonskin''(1975)'s live-action segments. The round ends with a brief coda following the THE END title card, with "EE-EE-EE-EE....BURRR-?" over Ninja Silent Assassin footage, immediately followed by a brief clip of Lupin smiling mischievously. A product of his "[[Windows Movie Maker|WMM]] year" of late 2008 to late 2009, this was the only time that Crash and Moogle shared a direct tennis exchange with each other.

theHappyFungus' Round 4, uploaded June 21, 2009, features probably the most inscrutable source additions in the match, almost entirely of live band footage both professionally and independently recorded. The previous round is given many simple juxtapositions and is probably the closest the match approaches at this stage to a style more "cutting edge" to the prevalent trends of the time, with quick visual moments, pitch shifting and other faster paced edits including the multiplying and replicating of the Hitler face. A main feature of this round is a british female vocalist speaking to the audience about what sounds like "trying to add to the fucking wheels puuuuuulllsating", before getting all the audience members from London to join in with a shout of "CHEEEEEEEN!" The song "Sweet Road" by Animal Collective underscores both the violent Higurashi sequence and the round's ending, featuring the first-mentioned added source with the rotating THE END added in multiple layers over the top. This was the third and final time after their first complete match and their aborted rematch that Happy and RAK shared a direct tennis exchange with each other.

Rabbit's Round 6, uploaded July 9, 2009, is notable for being edited with his trademark style of picture-in-picture layering, and for introducing ''Hotel Mario''(CD-i, 1994), ''Metal Gear Solid IV: Guns of the Patriots''(PS3, 2008) and ''Sonic The Hedgehog OVA'', the latter being one of Rabbit's signature sources, into the match's pool. Among notable moments are a repeated clip of Liquid Ocelot punching Old Snake, Tails' line "Oh Sonic, thank you!" with the frame proceeding to zoom in on Sonic winking at Tails with loud and distorted audio, along with Tails yelling "You're No HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!" The original upload was viewable until about early 2010, and then able to be viewed unlisted in the original [[YouChew]] thread from January 2013 until October 2019, when {{RabbitSnore}}'s YouTube account was deleted, subsequently spending 7 years in lost media status. {{Foghorn Scorpio}} delivered an old Macbook to {{dani_phantump}} in person in August 2026, where it was subsequently revealed that a saved copy of the round existed within his own archives. It was restored to YouTube upon its rediscovery.

strong414bad's Round 7, originally uploaded July 13, 2009, adds in James Earl Jones counting to 10 on ''Sesame Street'', the latter whom, true to the videos title, does proceed to recite 9 digits of pi interspersed throughout the response (3.14159265). CHEEEEEN is heard over a zoom in onto Mario's nose and over a screen-flipping of the "Gandolf Wizard Stare", and the "sleep will ease your mind" song is repeated over the word "problems", increasing in volume to the point where James Earl Jones reciting 2 and 6 is only barely audible. As the second WMM response of the match, much of the editing is simplistic yet effective, with many repetitions, stutters and and drastic speed ups of the previous round that were well received by the other participants. This was the second and final time after [[strong414bad vs. RabbitSnore|their Tennis League 2 match]] that strong and Rabbit had a direct tennis exchange with each other.

Gamebop's Round 8, uploaded July 16, 2009, serves as the first appearance of the second generation of tennis staff into the match, and marks the round number by duplicating the "8" from the James Earl Jones footage across the screen. Lots of Kukori Es Kotkoda footage is added to the round, including a clip of Kukori next to Kopasznyakú holding a microphone as "Sleep will ease-" is heard. The CHEEEEEN now players over a zoom in shot of James Earl Jones' chin, making for a clever visual pun. (WIP, more to be added soon). This was the third and final time that GameBop and strong had a direct tennis exchange with each other.

* "NO ONE WINS AT TENNIS EVER"<br>

* A depiction of RabbitSnore's persona, drawn by Black_Puffin circa 2008<br>

Round 15, uploaded October 26, 2014, almost four years after {{TheChutley}} was first promoted to staff, is a product of her now famous middle period (once referred to by {{dani_phantump}} as "Cool Mode") and is thusly edited in her much more humorous, irrelevant and stream-of-conscious driven style from that period. It was also the only time that TheChutley and strong414bad ever shared a direct tennis exchange. Chen makes her actual first on-screen appearance, sliding down the quill of a giant Sandslash to the sound of CHEEEEEEEN before being impaled by another, followed by the text "Loading Chen.... Please Wait" with a screen flipping gif of David Bowie (from his ''"Heroes"''(1977) album cover) that was being used by {{dew}} around this time. Following this, The Ninja: Silent Assassin clip of the phone being answered is redubbed with {{TheChutley}}'s own voice, with an image of an old woman appearing on the opposite half of the screen, voiced to say:

Also added in the video is "Monica"(1968) by The Kinks (very beginning), "Rain"(1966) and "Tell Me What You See"(1965) by The Beatles, "Astronomy Domine"(1967) by Pink Floyd (played over just "here." on screen) along with several other song snippets and several seemingly random and goofy images and gifs. The Silly Symphony short ''The Wise Old Hen''(1934) is added, with a rhythmic clip repeated with the caption "ytpmv" over the video. After a clip of TheChutley's voice saying "Whatcha doin at the club ON A THURSDAY", CHEEEEEEN is heard over a drawing of a Slyveon, interspersed with TheChutley's voice going "UUUUUUUUUUUUUU" with a 8^( face superimposed over it.