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|+ List of Tennis Staff, as of 4-12-2025
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| {{AngryLuigi23}}|| Yes || 2024-present ||
| {{AngryLuigi23}}|| Yes || 2024-present ||
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| {{system128}}||Yes || 2022-present ||
| {{system128}}||No || 2022-2026 || Transferred from Cafe Staff, to forum Creative Staff in 2026
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| {{Vidtens443}}||Yes || 2019-present||  
| {{Vidtens443}}||Yes || 2019-present|| The current longest tenured staff member
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| {{infinitysnapz}}||Yes || 2023-present || First staff, along with {{dani}}, to be a "Hybrid Fuck" since RabbitSnore
| {{infinitysnapz}}||Yes || 2023-present || First staff, along with {{dani}}, to be a "Hybrid Fuck" since RabbitSnore
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|{{mrdoognoog}} ||No || 2019-2022 || First staff appointed during the post-YouChew era. Runs this website!
|{{mrdoognoog}} ||No || 2019-2022, 2026-present || First staff appointed during the post-YouChew era. Runs this website!
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|{{Gamebop}} ||No  || 2008-2018 ||
|{{Gamebop}} ||No  || 2008-2018 ||
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|{{RabbitSnore}} ||No  || 2008-2010 || Formed the staff as admin of the [[YouChew]] Forums; moved to the tennis staff after retiring and held the position until the forum's closure
|{{RabbitSnore}} ||No  || 2008-2010 || Formed the staff as admin of the [[YouChew]] Forums; moved to the tennis staff after retiring and held the position until the forum's closure
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|{{Zekii}} ||No || 2020-2024 ||  
|{{Zekii}} ||No || 2020-2024 || Currently a moderator for YellowTealPurple
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|{{strong414bad}} || No || 2008-2012 || Holds record for youngest staff appointment (at 14)
|{{strong414bad}} || No || 2008-2012 || Holds record for youngest staff appointment (at 14)
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|{{TheChutley}} ||Yes  || 2010-2016, 2024-2025 ||
|{{TheChutley}} ||Yes  || 2010-2016, 2024-2025, 2025-present ||
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|{{RAKninja}} || No || 2008-2010 || Appointed staff at 27, remains the oldest ever member to serve
|{{RAKninja}} || No || 2008-2010 || Appointed staff at 27, remains the oldest ever member to serve
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|Emperor Ing || No || 2008-2010 || The "unofficial fuck", formally an early moderator and admin of the Youchew Forums, became very inactive in the 2010s
|Emperor Ing || No || 2008-2010 || The "unofficial fuck", formally an early moderator and admin of the Youchew Forums, became very inactive in the 2010s
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|{{Nuthead}} || No || 2008 || The only member of the staff to be banned from the YouChew forums
|{{Nuthead}} || No || 2008-2009 ||  
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|{{trepmaws}} || No || 2012-2018 ||
|{{trepmaws}} || No || 2012-2018 ||
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Members: {{Gamebop}}, {{Moogle}}, {{MycroProcessor}}, {{DaftPunkYoshi}}  
Members: {{Gamebop}}, {{Moogle}}, {{MycroProcessor}}, {{DaftPunkYoshi}}  
[[File:Stockguy staff.png|thumb|right|One of the earliest staff banners, used until 2013.]]


The staff has since undergone many changes in its lineup of members, beginning as soon as 5 days later when NS2 would be promoted by majority vote of YouChew staff to a moderator position. {{GameBop}} would become the next addition to the Staff on June 23, 2008 upon request for the purpose of managing the 2nd Tennis Chain and being able to edit the original post created by ShadowWario/FancySanta. During this era, the "Collaborations" subforum of YouChew would be created for the first time, and would be added to tennis staff jurisdiction. Moogle would join next on November 18, 2008. {{MycroProcessor}} would join by popular demand on February 27, 2009, essentially acting as the fill-in for Nuthead who left the staff around February 3, 2009, and would become the longest serving member of the staff with 10 years and 7 months in the position. {{theHappyFungus}} would become a moderator on March 1, 2009, though would revert her name back to tennis staff colors briefly during the [[Tennis Season]]. {{DaftPunkYoshi}} would also be added to the Staff on June 25th, 2009, later becoming a moderator of the forum on August 18, 2011. {{NS2}} would resign and return to being a moderator in April and October 2009 respectively, then resign permanently on August 6th, 2010 to return to being a full time Cafe Staff member, although activity wise would be very sparse. theHappyFungus would retire from her moderator position on the same day, and mysteriously vanish from the internet entirely.
The staff has since undergone many changes in its lineup of members, beginning as soon as 5 days later when NS2 would be promoted by majority vote of YouChew staff to a moderator position. {{GameBop}} would become the next addition to the Staff on June 23, 2008 upon request for the purpose of managing the 2nd Tennis Chain and being able to edit the original post created by ShadowWario/FancySanta. During this era, the "Collaborations" subforum of YouChew would be created for the first time, and would be added to tennis staff jurisdiction. Moogle would join next on November 18, 2008. {{MycroProcessor}} would join by popular demand on February 27, 2009, essentially acting as the fill-in for Nuthead who left the staff around February 3, 2009, and would become the longest serving member of the staff with 10 years and 7 months in the position. {{theHappyFungus}} would become a moderator on March 1, 2009, though would revert her name back to tennis staff colors briefly during the [[Tennis Season]]. {{DaftPunkYoshi}} would also be added to the Staff on June 25th, 2009, later becoming a moderator of the forum on August 18, 2011. {{NS2}} would resign and return to being a moderator in April and October 2009 respectively, then resign permanently on August 6th, 2010 to return to being a full time Cafe Staff member, although activity wise would be very sparse. theHappyFungus would retire from her moderator position on the same day, and mysteriously vanish from the internet entirely.
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Members: {{CorruptionSound}}, {{theFXexpert}}, Stuart K. Reilly, Metroid998, LaVieCestLol, Biodegradable
Members: {{CorruptionSound}}, {{theFXexpert}}, Stuart K. Reilly, Metroid998, LaVieCestLol, Biodegradable
[[File:Lupin staff.png|thumb|right|The next staff banner, designed by {{dani}} and used from 2015 up to [[YouChew]]'s closure in 2018. Stars Lupin from ''Lupin the Third''.<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/the-video-tennis-cafe-may-11-3-p-m-today-i-opened-the-gate-and-was-about-to-begin-modifications.30/post-49073</ref>]]


AshcrementVII retired from the staff after an almost 2-year period on January 1, 2014, and {{CorruptionSound}} was chosen as his effective replacement on January 10. With YouChew's collab subforum having fallen woefully behind upkeep in this period, {{theFXexpert}} was newly recruited on June 13, 2014 with almost the express purpose of helping out in this section. The following day, a major staff change occurred on YouChew in which the Janitors(moderators assigned to very specific sections, at the time it was strictly the "Poop Talk" section) and Tennis Café Staff were merged into one, thus creating the Café Staff. This change gained the staff equal control over the entire "YouTube Poop" section of the forums(Poop Talk, Media Library, Collaborations, and Poop Tennis), and by complete anomaly would transition then-current Janitor Stuart K. Reilly over to the Café Staff, although he would only maintain this position for 2 months and contribute very little. He would however later on develop a significant acquaintance with the staff and tennis regulars, even going as far as to finally produce a series of episodes of his signature "YouTube Poop News" series covering many aspects of YTP tennis in early 2015. On May 19, 2015, MrDrunkenFox left the Tennis Staff and rejoined as a Moderator after a hiatus of 5 years, the longest gap of time in-between service of any moderator so far. On May 31, 2016, {{TheChutley}} announced her retirement from the staff and was replaced by Metroid998 on June 8. Due to being short-handed by theFXexpert's sudden long absence during this time, LaVieCestLol was also added to the staff on the same day. On April 7, 2018, {{Trepmaws}} would step down from his position and was replaced by Biodegradable on the same day.
AshcrementVII retired from the staff after an almost 2-year period on January 1, 2014, and {{CorruptionSound}} was chosen as his effective replacement on January 10. With YouChew's collab subforum having fallen woefully behind upkeep in this period, {{theFXexpert}} was newly recruited on June 13, 2014 with almost the express purpose of helping out in this section. The following day, a major staff change occurred on YouChew in which the Janitors(moderators assigned to very specific sections, at the time it was strictly the "Poop Talk" section) and Tennis Café Staff were merged into one, thus creating the Café Staff. This change gained the staff equal control over the entire "YouTube Poop" section of the forums(Poop Talk, Media Library, Collaborations, and Poop Tennis), and by complete anomaly would transition then-current Janitor Stuart K. Reilly over to the Café Staff, although he would only maintain this position for 2 months and contribute very little. He would however later on develop a significant acquaintance with the staff and tennis regulars, even going as far as to finally produce a series of episodes of his signature "YouTube Poop News" series covering many aspects of YTP tennis in early 2015. On May 19, 2015, MrDrunkenFox left the Tennis Staff and rejoined as a Moderator after a hiatus of 5 years, the longest gap of time in-between service of any moderator so far. On May 31, 2016, {{TheChutley}} announced her retirement from the staff and was replaced by Metroid998 on June 8. Due to being short-handed by theFXexpert's sudden long absence during this time, LaVieCestLol was also added to the staff on the same day. On April 7, 2018, {{Trepmaws}} would step down from his position and was replaced by Biodegradable on the same day.
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==Fifth Generation(2019-2024)==
==Fifth Generation(2019-2024)==


Members: {{mrdoognoog}}, {{VidTens443}}, {{dew}}, {{Zekii}}, {{system128}}, {{Nubman41}}, infinitysnapz, AngryLuigi23
Members: {{mrdoognoog}}, {{VidTens443}}, {{dew}}, {{Zekii}}, {{system128}}, {{Nubman41}}, {{infinitysnapz}}, {{AngryLuigi23}}


With the YouChew forums about to close and the community set to split in two in August 2018, {{MycroProcessor}}, {{CorruptionSound}}, Biodegradable, Metroid998 and theFXexpert all agreed to migrate over to the more Youtube Poop-focused YTPMania forums, opened and run by Smonge, in order to build a new home for the Tennis Section. {{Gamebop}} opted not to immediately retain their staff position, effectively stepping down with the closing of the forum on September 30. LaVieCestLol also effectively departed from the community with the forums closing. The rest of the staff at the time eventually quietly retired after a slow, inactive first year on YTPMania; Biodegradable made a final statement on August 16, 2019, followed by Metroid998 on August 17, MycroProcessor on September 25, and CorruptionSound on October 11. theFXexpert also made his most recent post on the forum on December 6, 2018 and did not return to the community until years later, in late 2024.
With the YouChew forums about to close and the community set to split in two in August 2018, {{MycroProcessor}}, {{CorruptionSound}}, Biodegradable, Metroid998 and theFXexpert all agreed to migrate over to the more Youtube Poop-focused YTPMania forums, opened and run by Smonge, in order to build a new home for the Tennis Section. {{Gamebop}} opted not to immediately retain their staff position, effectively stepping down with the closing of the forum on September 30. LaVieCestLol also effectively departed from the community with the forums closing. The rest of the staff at the time eventually quietly retired after a slow, inactive first year on YTPMania; Biodegradable made a final statement on August 16, 2019, followed by Metroid998 on August 17, MycroProcessor on September 25, and CorruptionSound on October 11. theFXexpert also made his most recent post on the forum on December 6, 2018 and did not return to the community until years later, in late 2024.
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Members: {{Letycjusz S.}}, {{CRJ1_}}
Members: {{Letycjusz S.}}, {{CRJ1_}}


Together, {{dew}} and {{infinitysnapz}} were instrumental in the construction, opening and current leadership of the [[YellowTealPurple|{{YellowTealPurple}}]] forums, a site with which the tennis community served as an initial foundation of its active userbase. This has made them both technically the first since {{RabbitSnore}} to serve in an official capacity as both site admins and official tennis staff members. {{Letycjusz S.}} became the first member of the tennis staff to be added during the era of this site on March 1, 2025, as chosen by {{dew}} and {{TheChutley}}. {{TheChutley}} stepped down again from staff on April 12 followed by nm41 on May 29, the latter whom was then subsequently replaced by {{CRJ1}} on June 10.
[[File:Cafestaffbanner.png|thumb|right|The current staff banner on {{YellowTealPurple}}, designed in 2024 by {{dani}}. Stars Omiko Hakodate from ''Kill La Kill''.<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/the-video-tennis-cafe-may-11-3-p-m-today-i-opened-the-gate-and-was-about-to-begin-modifications.30/post-49102</ref>]]
 
Together, {{dew}} and {{infinitysnapz}} were instrumental in the construction, opening and current leadership of the [[YellowTealPurple|{{YellowTealPurple}}]] forums, a site with which the tennis community served as an initial foundation of its active userbase. This has made them both technically the first since {{RabbitSnore}} to serve in an official capacity as both site admins and official tennis staff members. {{Letycjusz S.}} became the first member of the tennis staff to be added during the era of this site on March 1, 2025, as chosen by {{dew}} and {{TheChutley}}. {{TheChutley}} stepped down again from staff on April 12, followed by nm41 on May 29, the latter whom was then subsequently replaced by {{CRJ1}} on June 10. However, {{TheChutley}} would return to tennis staff for the third time on October 18, which would technically be the first time since {{NS2}} that a former tennis staff would make a second return. {{system128}} transitioned from the tennis staff to YellowTealPurple's creative staff on February 16, 2026, the same day that {{mrdoognoog}} made a long awaited return to the tennis staff as well.


==The Café Today==
==The Café Today==


The active staff as it stands today is made up of {{VidTens443}}, Letycjusz S., infinitysnapz, AngryLuigi23, {{dew}}, CRJ1, and {{system128}}. On the Youchew archive, RabbitSnore remains displayed as a staff member in order to recognize the staff's roots of creation and his contributions to the tennis section overall during his active period on the forum.  
The active staff as it stands today is made up of {{VidTens443}}, {{Letycjusz S.}}, {{infinitysnapz}}, {{AngryLuigi23}}, {{dew}}, {{TheChutley}}, {{CRJ1}}, and {{mrdoognoog}}. On the [[YouChew]] archive, {{RabbitSnore}} remains displayed as a staff member in order to recognize the staff's roots of creation and his contributions to the tennis section overall during his active period on the forum.
 
The Poop Tennis Café as it stands today now exists on [[YellowTealPurple|{{YellowTealPurple}}]], referred to as the Video Tennis Cafe. At present, it maintains a bit under half OF the activity that the Tennis Cafes of old used to reach in their heyday, all in spite of the community being split between the forum, and various discord servers such as The Tennis Isles, which until its closure had acted as a refuge in lieu of [[YTPMania|{{YTPMania}}]] losing the interest of almost everyone.


The Poop Tennis Café as it stands today now exists on YellowTealPurple, referred to as the Video Tennis Cafe. While it still retains some activity, it reaches no where close to where the Tennis Cafes of old used to reach as the result of the community currently being split between the forum and the discord group The Tennis Isles, which previously acted as a refuge in lieu of YTPMania losing the interest of almost everyone. The Café thread had 4 original iterations on the Youchew Forums: the first opened on January 28, 2008 and was locked on March 31, 2008 after 104 pages due to the switch from the vanilla forums to the phpbb forums, marking the moment when site leadership was turned over to RabbitSnore and TINS. The second was opened on April 2, 2008 and closed on January 8, 2010 after 883 pages, the third opened on January 8, 2010 and closed on October 11, 2012 after 842 pages(with about 4 months of posts in early 2011 lost as a result of Youchew's infamous "Oz incident"), and the fourth and final iteration opened on October 13, 2012 and lasted until the closure of the YouChew Forums on September 29, 2018 after 494 pages. RabbitSnore upon briefly returning to the Youchew forums in January 2013 expressed his complete disbelief that the then current version of the thread continued to persist. The Café Thread on YTPMania was first opened on August 21, 2018, and lasted for 1999 posts before being closed with the rest of the site at the end of the year (there are no pages in this version due to the unusual interface of the YTPMania forums). The current cafe thread on the YellowTealPurple forums opened on November 18, 2024 (with its first post being made as early as November 5 in order to establish its presence with the site's opening), and has seen a respectable 31 pages as of present. Skype versions of the Café have also existed, which has at times seemed to subtract from the discussion of the original threads, but the Café thread proper remains with a reputation of being more relaxed, controlled, and easy to follow conversation-wise nature, being considered much more refreshing and comfortable.
The Café thread had 4 original iterations on the Youchew Forums: the first opened on January 28, 2008 and was locked on March 31, 2008 after 104 pages due to the switch from the vanilla forums to the phpbb forums, marking the moment when site leadership was turned over to RabbitSnore and TINS. The second was opened on April 2, 2008 and closed on January 8, 2010 after 883 pages, the third opened on January 8, 2010 and closed on October 11, 2012 after 842 pages(with about 4 months of posts in early 2011 lost as a result of Youchew's infamous "Oz incident"), and the fourth and final iteration opened on October 13, 2012 and lasted until the closure of the YouChew Forums on September 29, 2018 after 494 pages. {{RabbitSnore}} upon briefly returning to the Youchew forums in January 2013 expressed his complete disbelief that the then current version of the thread continued to persist. The Café Thread on YTPMania was first opened on August 21, 2018, and lasted for 1,999 posts before being closed with the rest of the site at the end of the year (there are no pages in this version due to the unusual interface of the YTPMania forums). The current café thread on the YellowTealPurple forums opened on November 18, 2024 (with its first post being made as early as November 5 in order to establish its presence with the site's opening), and has seen 150 pages (~4,500 replies as of Feb 23rd 2026) as of present, and it remains the only thread on YellowTealPurple to reach over 100 pages. Skype versions of the Café have also existed, which has at times seemed to subtract from the discussion of the original threads, but the Café thread proper remains with a reputation of being more relaxed, controlled, and easy to follow conversation-wise nature, being considered much more refreshing and comfortable.


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=Tennis Fuck Choice Award=
=Staff Choice Awards=
==Tennis Fuck Choice Award==
[[File:Tennischoiceaward.png|thumb|right|The badge for the award.]]
[[File:Tennischoiceaward.png|thumb|right|The badge for the award.]]
<small>"Once a month, each member of the Tennis Café Staff may issue this medal to the players of a match which he or she feels highlights the month." - Badge Description </small><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180919073301/http://youchew.net/forum/index.php?app=awards&module=awards&controller=awards</ref>
<small>"Once a month, each member of the Tennis Café Staff may issue this medal to the players of a match which he or she feels highlights the month." - Badge Description </small><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180919073301/http://youchew.net/forum/index.php?app=awards&module=awards&controller=awards</ref>
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| For [[Emperor Ing vs. Moogle]], Moogle vs. RabbitSnore, as well as likely for {{Piodx}} + AjaxCubed vs. {{ChrisGendo}} + {{Moogle}} during the [[Tennis Season]]
| For [[Emperor Ing vs. Moogle]], Moogle vs. RabbitSnore, as well as likely for {{Piodx}} + AjaxCubed vs. {{ChrisGendo}} + {{Moogle}} during the [[Tennis Season]]
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=Choice Awards=
Plans to revive the choice awards began as late as June 2025<ref>Private Staff Discussion thread on YellowTealPurple, paraphrase by {{mrdoognoog}}</ref>, and were eventually brought into fruition on 5 November 2025, alongside the similar [[Match of the Day]] program on November 2nd. The new Choice Awards were split into four categories, representing four corners of the site - art, music, video art, and of course, tennis.<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/forum-changelog.403/post-36506</ref> As of time of writing, nothing has been award for any of the four badges yet.


=Sources=
=Sources=