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Video Tennis, also known interchangeably as Youtube Poop Tennis, YTP Tennis, Remix Tennis or simply Tennis, is a artistic medium derivative of [[Photoshop Tennis]] and [[Youtube Poop]] involving the back-and-forth editing of video projects, often absurdist in nature.

~~YTP~~ Tennis, also known as Youtube Poop Tennis, ~~Video~~ Tennis, Remix Tennis or simply Tennis, is a artistic medium derivative of [[Photoshop Tennis]] and [[Youtube Poop]] involving the back-and-forth editing of video projects, often absurdist in nature.

While starting mainly as a derivative of YouTube Poop, and in the early years much more embraced by the full Youtube Poop community, it has increasingly become its own thing as time went on and the community of mainline Youtube Poop and the community of tennis have grown largely seperate. Much of modern tennis is a completely different beast in comparison to [[Youtube Poop]], often veering into much more experimental, atmospheric, avant-guarde and generally much more overstimulating territory.

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==The Intitial "Freewheeling" Era (2007-2008)==

[[File:Introuble.png|thumb|right|A scene from round 5 of [[Conradslater vs. Misselaineous10]] (2007), the first match ever played.]]

At first, there was hardly any tennis community in a well defined sense to speak of; tennis was at the very beginning considered to be a straightforward extension of the main community for YTP itself, and would be considered an intricately connected part of YTP during the years in which the use of that branding for video remixes was at its strongest and most dedicated. Much of the tennis matches that were played following the first one was thus done so in a way that would be seen by modern standards as very disorganized; it was engaged with in the same relative loose, anarchic and "shitposty" spirit as YTP at large, being considered among the body of "contests" that included early collaborations as designated on conradslater's "Vanilla" YouChew forums. That being said, there were a handful of notable early names that became early fixtures in the world of tennis: BMATF played the second ever tennis match with Markie, and UncleChuckTH played the third ever tennis match with conradslater (the latter's second match), and both UncleChuckTH and BMATF would continue to exist in the world of tennis until the early 2010s. TangerineImpz vs. SeductiveBaz was played entirely start to finish on August 21, 2007, the day that the final round of the first tennis match was uploaded, and this was for a very long time the fastest tennis match ever played; SeductiveBaz would also be an early fixture and continued to tennis in some capacity until a full 12 years later. Second only to conradslater's early activity in tennis was that of {{MrDrunkenFox}}, who played multiple early games including with Tentor, plex14, PapaGonzales and Furnessly. This latter player, along with other such players such as InsinerateHymn, JazzDanceForChildren, TyrannosaurusReich, MelvanaInChains, dvariano, Luioigi, {{strong414bad}}, ADHDYoshi, GameCubeHero, Intenseowl, MVJ5197, 3inchhorse, ELPSteel, SushieBoy, Vorhias, sonicnerd23, and SesakaGenX would also serve to play their own individual roles in defining the nature of tennis at its earliest onsets. Tennis is considered to have reached one of its first peaks in its intersection with "Robotnik YTP" at the time - videos that focused entirely on remixing episodes of ''[[The Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog]]'' and its main antagonist - in particular the matches of [[Wikiwow vs. UncleChuckTH]](2007), the first ever match to reach ten rounds, UncleChuckTH vs. BMATF(2007), [[Stegblob vs. TyrannosaurusReich]](2007), and especially [[BMATF vs. UncleChuckTH vs. Wikiwow](2007). All of these would build a foundation for a strand of tennis that would eventually continue long separate from the main tennis community, which, although small, would localize and organize itself largely on the YouChew forums.

[[File:Unclechuckround10.png|thumb|right|A scene from round 10 of [[Wikiwow vs. UncleChuckTH]] (2007)]]

Aside from all of these other players however, one of the most important to come out of these first months was {{RabbitSnore}}, who played his first tennis match with real-life friend Thereisnospoon303, or TINS, in October 2007. Rabbit immediately came to develop a passionate and vested interest in tennis - the places that it could go and the ways in which it could develop - from the very offset of his entrance into it, and he sought to give the medium the attention and the analysis that it deserved through his initial position on the "Vanilla" YouChew forums as chief editor of the forum's "newsroom" - from October/November 2007 onward, Rabbit began his regular "Tennis Review" series of articles, with [[InsinerateHymn vs. PukingCyberman]] (2007), GameCubeHero vs. Intenseowl(2007) and [[Furnessly vs. MrDrunkenFox]] (2007) the first three matches he covered in this matter. He would contribute a "retrospective review" of conradslater vs. Misselaineous10 shortly thereafter, and it is from this point onward, largely through his insistence, that the importance and the nature of the first ever tennis match began to become recognized in the way it now is today.

His prominence in this activity and the quality of his articles for the time gained him the trust and admiration of Conrad himself, and he was able to use this sway to convince him to allow the tennis section to begin hosting its first [[tennis tournament]]s, with Gallers being the initial organizer of the first few to take place. After Rabbit had accumulated a respectable roster of completed matches including with YamiMario, SushieBoy, Miss10, and PapaGonzales, Rabbit took on Conrad himself in the now legendary match of [[RabbitSnore vs. conradslater]](2007). At a time when tennis usually came in the language of either "comedic" or of the extreme varieties conceived in the first match, this match was seen as a completely different third approach - of tennis as very much an art and of a thoughtful exchange in and of itself, even if this exchange was liable to get wild in other ways.

[[File:Milkr0undy2zeroframe.png|thumb|right|A frame from [[MilkR0und vs. Y2Zero]] (2007), the only one of which existed for years until the game was found during [[The Great Restoration]].]]

In January 2008, Rabbit had gained enough of an influence over tennis - having played further matches with MrDrunkenFox, pimpsahoy, strong414bad, and UncleChuckTH, that he was able to create some of the earliest foundational texts on how tennis was meant to be played and approached: the Observational and Recreational Guides to tennis. On January 28, Rabbit also created the first of the "Tennis Café" threads, a general chat for the tennis section that allowed for the community to begin to consolidate together and organize themselves properly for the first time. Around this time, newer members began to enter into the community or gain a greater degree of visibility in the section, including {{Crash2991}}, {{strong414bad}}, {{GameBop}}, and {{Nuthead}}. For much of the original Cafe thread's incarnation, only Rabbit and Crash would be doing the majority of the regular posting, and between them talked about tennis matches often, with RabbitSnore vs. conradslater, conradslater vs. Miss10 and [[MilkR0und vs. Y2Zero]](2007) receiving repeated reference and discussion as part of an early canon of foundational matches for the community. Somewhere in this period due to his enthusiasm and prolific activity, RabbitSnore even began being regarded by a few as "The King of Tennis" - a title he never was comfortable with.

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In terms of competitive tennis, all members of the staff would join the rest of the community in taking part in what would be subsequently seen as the first true major event for tennis, and the community's inaugural event under the tenure of Rabbit and TINS - The [[Tennis Cup]].

[[File:Somethingreallyexciting.png.png|thumb|right|A scene from [[Ishkibibl vs. NS2]] (2008), the final match of the [[Tennis Cup]]. Ishkibibl would go on to win the tournament.]]

While the previous Tennis Leagues had been "competition" in a much looser sense, the Tennis Cup was the first elimination-based tournament in tennis, though it was clearly not approached with any grand stakes or ambition, and Ishkibibl even expressed great disappointment when he eventually was revealed to be the events winner following [[Ishkibibl vs. NS2|the final match between him and NS2.]] Despite this, the event was nonetheless the source of multiple matches in all manner of statuses, from complete to incomplete to their present-day fragmentation, that served to be major influences on many sectors of tennis going forward. While only one half of MTB710 vs. Domorato(2008) remains preserved, for example, the frenetic energy of the MTB710's surviving side plus the surviving titles of the other side - including one "MR. CLEAN NUKES THE UNITED STATES"(2008) - have served to amaze subsequent viewers due the intensity contained within the rounds and the speculation upon what the missing rounds must have contained. [[ophios vs. RAKninja]](2008) ended up pioneering almost an entire subgenre of slower, more ambient and mysterious tennis styles that would be later explored in greater depth by GameBop, Luioigi, and RAKninja himself. GameBop themselves only played in one full match in this tournament, their Set 2 match with GreatBritishTurd - fondly remembered for reaching rare heights in both cleverness and the at-the-time rare complexity of the visual effects - but even their unfinished match with strong414bad would later be a cited influence on one player in particular who was just about to enter the tennis community.

In June 2008, GameBop would start a match with a player who was as of yet a complete unknown to tennis. They had just existed out of their original account MicroProcessor314, and had just established a more YTP-centric account under the name of {{MycroProcessor}}. MycroProcessor vs. GameBop(2008-2009) was played at a pace that was fairly long for its era, but it served to represent the beginning of multiple new elements in tennis at the same time: the debut of one of the medium's most defining, radical and most influential new voices, as Mycro would quickly establish themselves as verbose, articulate and intelligent when it came to all matters of tennis and video remixes and would soon develop a reputation of writing intricate feedback on every tennis match played in the tennis forums; the beginning of a very different school of thought around tennis that focused for the first time on maximizing the potential of editing and stylistic development and the aesethetic sensibilities that were to come with it; the beginning of a long creative friendship between GameBop and MycroProcessor that firmly established a different and contrasting social constituency away from much of the rest of the tennis community. Mycro's fast-paced, densely-edited, high-stimulation tennis style apparent even in their earliest tennis output would serve to have a galvanizing effect upon tennis and its community, and immediately he found himself swamped with match requests from all manner of eager player looking to either see their work get tackled by him in this cutting edge style or to try and see if they could either outdo or subvert this style in their own ways. RAKninja and Mycro, in many ways complete opposites in each other as people, nonetheless established something of a foil dynamic; while both players came from different constituencies, they shared a passion for intricate tennis discussion, as RAKninja had recently opened the first thread in the tennis subforum dedicated entirely to "Tennis Theory", and the two of them would wage discussion and compare contrasting viewpoints in tennis for years to come. A match between them was always teased, as RAK believed there were ways he could tackle Mycro's style that no one else was thinking of, but a match between them would never end up taking place.

[[File:Mycrobopr4.png|thumb|right|The opening scene of round 4 of [[MycroProcessor vs. GameBop]] (2008-2009). Round 3 appears heavily distorted in the viewport of the machine.]]

In June 2008, GameBop would start a match with a player who was as of yet a complete unknown to tennis. They had just existed out of their original account MicroProcessor314, and had just established a more YTP-centric account under the name of {{MycroProcessor}}. [[MycroProcessor vs. GameBop|MycroProcessor vs. GameBop (2008-2009)]] was played at a pace that was fairly long for its era, but it served to represent the beginning of multiple new elements in tennis at the same time: the debut of one of the medium's most defining, radical and most influential new voices, as Mycro would quickly establish themselves as verbose, articulate and intelligent when it came to all matters of tennis and video remixes and would soon develop a reputation of writing intricate feedback on every tennis match played in the tennis forums; the beginning of a very different school of thought around tennis that focused for the first time on maximizing the potential of editing and stylistic development and the aesethetic sensibilities that were to come with it; the beginning of a long creative friendship between GameBop and MycroProcessor that firmly established a different and contrasting social constituency away from much of the rest of the tennis community. Mycro's fast-paced, densely-edited, high-stimulation tennis style apparent even in their earliest tennis output would serve to have a galvanizing effect upon tennis and its community, and immediately he found himself swamped with match requests from all manner of eager player looking to either see their work get tackled by him in this cutting edge style or to try and see if they could either outdo or subvert this style in their own ways. RAKninja and Mycro, in many ways complete opposites in each other as people, nonetheless established something of a foil dynamic; while both players came from different constituencies, they shared a passion for intricate tennis discussion, as RAKninja had recently opened the first thread in the tennis subforum dedicated entirely to "Tennis Theory", and the two of them would wage discussion and compare contrasting viewpoints in tennis for years to come. A match between them was always teased, as RAK believed there were ways he could tackle Mycro's style that no one else was thinking of, but a match between them would never end up taking place.

As the Summer became the Autumn and Winter of 2008, more regulars still became augmented to the main community, namely in the form of players such as TheChutley, quax94 and Futures Passed. Moogle was the next to be promoted to the tennis staff, and RabbitSnore returned after a few months absence and began matches with both Crash2991 and NS2, the former of whom had now switched back to using [[Windows Movie Maker]] as their primary editing software, but notably with the most minimal editing style possible within it. RAKninja was now taking up the reigns for the next tournament, here in the form of the first [[Doubles Cup 1|Doubles Cup]], the first successful execution of a (modified) form of [[Doubles]] matches in tennis, in which both individual performance and collaboration provided ample merit. Players such as JackTron7000, trepmaws and SergeantBacon found their formal entrance into the community through this event, and other players still either found or began to develop their voice as players. MycroProcessor's initial strong influence upon tennis began to bear a lot fruit over these course of events; GameBop's style began to undergo significant evolution in technique and execution, beginning a "middle period" in which their classic style would become refined and finalized. Mycro themselves began to insert the first references to the pokemon Jolteon into their videos, TheChutley began to make I.M. Meen a central part of the identity of her videos, and trepmaws played his first matches entirely, immediately establishing for himself a unique and different kind of editing intensity that was rooted more in the speed and ferociousness of metal music. Aesaun and AjaxCubed both took on their own spirited derivatives from Mycro's style, with Aesaun doing so the most openly, and they would eventually win the tournament itself through a combination of this and the execution of never before seen visual effects, courtesy of AjaxCubed's use of [[Final Cut Pro]] providing him plugins that no one else in tennis had at the time, aside from GreatBritishTurd. From the Doubles Cup's final match onward, it seemed like a "meta" had been established for tennis for the first time - the quality of a match was now being increasingly defined by the way players edited the previous rounds in terms of utilizing complexity, intensity or visual inventiveness, with the ability to capture/hold attention and entertain in both being seen as paramount. The finalists of this tournament were made up of all the most cutting edge players in this mold by the Spring of 2009: GameBop, MycroProcessor, AjaxCubed and Aesaun. The former would continue to establish their collective influence across tennis, while the latter two would actually disappear from the community fairly quickly after this.

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"Several players have made it become competitive and made several others think that it was supposed to be the uptight thing, rather than just playing around with each other's videos and showing them to each other."

[[File:Gandalflordoftennis.png|thumb|right|A scene from [[Emperor Ing vs. theHappyFungus]] (2008), or "The Lord of the Tennis".]]

Even before this point, a general sentiment had begun to develop, namely between older players such as strong414bad and Rabbit, of weariness around "heavy/intense/destructive" editing, something that began to presage an influx of matches started by or participated in by this constituency that deliberately intended to invoke "classic" tennis stylings. Exchanges within these matches would generally pair down on the use of effects and put a larger focus on the sources used within, allowing their easily exploitable qualities to shine brighter with minimal subversion and have the match more steered by what material was added and the comedic potential across the source mix. [[RabbitSnore vs. Crash2991]](2008) was the first to be intentionally billed as a "classic style" match, but would be followed by similar matches such as [[Emperor Ing vs. theHappyFungus]](2008) and NS2 vs. WowComics(2008). RAKninja in particular would play many matches of this type and score hit after hit of memorable moments from nearly all that he played in this era. Futures Passed vs. RAKninja(2008) saw him bring the "ROBOT BUNNIE BOOBIES" meme to life, [[RAKninja vs. RetroTheRaccoon]](2008) saw him immediately follow up with "Love is Here.", and even in his own Doubles Cup, [[Moogle + RAKninja vs. McMANGOS + WowComics]](2008) saw him create "Guys in Nature." These in-jokes would sweep across the YouChew forums and the entire tennis section, cementing the power of his influence upon the inner community. On the outskirts, ChrisGendo vs. NS2(2008) was taking place, in which NS2 would find for themselves a new kindred spirit in the community, and soon to be another significant voice in tennis.

[[File:Guysinnaturerealimage.jpg|thumb|right|The "Guys in Nature" gag from [[Moogle + RAKninja vs. McMANGOS + WowComics]] (2008) during the first [[Doubles Cup 1|Doubles Cup.]]]]

Going into 2009, the new school of more intricate, technically creative complex editing now indirectly faced the old school of simpler, humor based, aesthetically creative classic editing in a schizm that seemed to compete for attention influence in tennis, with both having ironclad constituency and sway by this point. While many names would stick to one lane, those who were more open minded and embracing of all styles would find themselves treated to what some would consider the peak of tennis' "golden age", but it also showed signs that the ways of the early "Freewheeling" era, in which competition was engaged more playfully and without well defined metas, was becoming superseded.

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==The first matches==

The following is a list of the first played, listing very match from August to the start of November 2007. The timestamps are based on their time started/completed on the [[YouChew]] forums. As some matches are logged as completed despite only going to 3 rounds, matches logged in the early Tennis: Forfeited and Failed section with at least that many will also be included.

{{WIP|REASON=The timestamps here are in EST, but they really should be in UTC. This applies for everything here, as others were done in MST - a better way of approaching this should be discussed.)}}

The following is a list of the first played, listing very match from August to the start of November 2007. The timestamps are based on their time started/completed on the [[YouChew]] forums. Titles are based on serving order in most cases. As some matches are logged as completed despite only going to 3 rounds, matches logged in the early "Tennis: Forfeited and Failed" section with at least that many will also be included.

Matches are sorted by date ''started'', with the precise order going by when matches started sometimes by the hour and minute the first round of a match was posted if multiple matches start on the same day. Date format is MM-DD-YYYY.

Matches are sorted by date started, with the precise order going by when matches started sometimes by the hour and minute the first round of a match was posted if multiple matches start on the same day. Date format is MM-DD-YYYY.

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| [[BMATF vs. Markie]]

| 08-19-2007

| 08-19-2007 (3:18AM)

| 09-03-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79522-tennis-bigmarioandtailsfan-vs-markie/1.html YouChew]

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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIgVeim2Qp0 UncleChuckTH vs. conradslater]

| 08-19-2007

| 08-19-2007 (5:18PM)

| 08-29-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79721-tennis-unclechuckth-vs-conrad-slater/1.html YouChew]

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| TangerineImpz vs. SeductiveBaz

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnjfHHpeY7I TangerineImpz vs. SeductiveBaz]

| 08-21-2007

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| GameCubeHero vs. BMATF

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHS4q9lwPEs GameCubeHero vs. BMATF]

| 08-29-2007

| 08-31-2007

| 09-02-2007

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOCB3ed9HB8 YouTube], [https://web.archive.org/web/20071221100433/http://youtubepoop.com/full-index-by-date/ youtubepoop.com]

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| ZippZapp vs. ADHDYoshi

| 08-30-2007

| 08-30-2007 (5:35PM)

| 09-02-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79976-tennis-zippzapp-versus-adhdyoshi/1.html YouChew]

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| [[KingCornholio vs. Ophios]]

| 08-30-2007

| 08-30-2007 (6:56PM)

| 09-14-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79987-tennis-kingcornholio-vs-ophios/1.html YouChew]

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| MrDrunkenFox vs. ~~Tentor~~

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sptsu282WTQ MrDrunkenFox vs. Tentor521]

| 08-31-2007

| 09-02-2007

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| [[glitchboyadvance vs. conradslater]]

| 09-01-2007 (2:04PM)

| 10-19-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/80111-tennis-glitchboyadvance-vs-conradslater/1.html YouChew]

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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSONj5IwwRw UncleChuckTH vs. Yenehckcid]

| 09-01-2007

| 09-01-2007 (9:31PM)

| 10-07-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79883-tennis-unclechuckth-vs-yenehckcid/1.html YouChew]

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~~| [[glitchboyadvance vs. conradslater]]~~

~~| 09-01-2007~~

~~| 10-19-2007~~

~~| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/80111-tennis-glitchboyadvance-vs-conradslater/1.html YouChew]~~

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| seconteen13 vs. 1upclock

| 09-01-2007

| 09-01-2007 (10:15PM)

| 09-02-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/80149-ytp-tennis-seconteen13-vs-1upclock/1.html YouChew]

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| JazzDanceForChildren vs. TyrannosaurusReich

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_s5S-Fpp4E JazzDanceForChildren vs. TyrannosaurusReich]

| 09-22-2007

| 09-24-2007

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| ~~conradslater~~ vs. ~~Gnomebob~~

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdI6Rwcy93c Gnomebob vs. conradslater]

| 09-27-2007

| 10-04-2007

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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otQNk7rua_4 Bobomb99 vs. {{Miss10}}]

| 10-03-2007

| 10-03-2007 (3:07PM)

| 11-07-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82134-tennis-bobomb99-vs-miss10/1.html YouChew]

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| Luioigi vs. scimath12

| 10-03-2007

| 10-03-2007 (9:02PM)

| 10-10-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82201-tennis-luioigi89-vs-scimath12/1.html YouChew]

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| azsxdc vs. Y2Zero

| 10-06-2007

| 10-06-2007 (9:16AM)

| 10-12-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82303-poop-tennis-azsxdc-vs-y2zero/1.html YouChew]

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| [[Chain Poop]]

| 10-06-2007

| 10-06-2007 (4:08PM)

| 12-29-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/35-site-community-discussion/82403-chain-poop-game-over/1.html YouChew]

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| KittyGabyIMEANGOAT vs. MelvanaInChains

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inUvSnucwII KittyGabyIMEANGOAT vs. MelvanaInChains]

| 10-13-2007

| 10-12-2007

| 10-14-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82856-kittygabyimeangoat-vs-melvanainchains/1.html YouChew]

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| TantricNferno vs. {{Terrorist}}

| 10-17-2007

| 10-17-2007 (5:11PM)

| 10-19-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82937-tennis-tantricnferno-vs-terrorist/1.html YouChew]

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| MelvanaInChains vs. TyrannosaurusReich

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll5rvqajC9M MelvanaInChains vs. TyrannosaurusReich]

| 10-17-2007

| 10-17-2007 (11:19PM)

| 10-21-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83055-melvanainchains-vs-tyrannosaurusreich/1.html YouChew]

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~~| MetalAcid5 vs. Tentor~~

~~| 10-21-2007~~

~~| 10-25-2007~~

~~| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83350-tennis-tentor-the-hamster-vs-metalacid5-round-5-done/1.html YouChew]~~

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| Deepercutt vs Arufonzu

| 10-21-2007

| 10-24-2007?

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZt5XTMKo-Q Round 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llb_VRNnUq0 Round 7], unknown if round 8 ever made

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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zO9RGGxRKE MetalAcid5 vs. Tentor521]

| 10-22-2007

| 10-25-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83350-tennis-tentor-the-hamster-vs-metalacid5-round-5-done/1.html YouChew]

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| ~~ADHDYoshi~~ vs. ~~Ikwaylx~~

| Ikwaylx vs. ADHDYoshi

| 10-23-2007

| 10-23-2007 (11:26AM)

| 10-27-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83443-tennis-adhdyoshi-vs-ikwaylx-its-over-cast-your-vote/1.html YouChew]

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| [[Wikiwow vs. UncleChuckTH]]

| 10-23-2007

| 10-23-2007 (9:20PM)

| 11-18-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83030-tennis-wikiwow-vs-unclechuckth-aosth-only-first-ten-round-game/1.html YouChew]

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| Nimrodpowerz vs. MelvanaInChains

| 10-24-2007

| 10-24-2007 (10:20AM)

| 10-24-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83520-poop-tennis-nimrodpowerz-vs-melvanainchains/1.html YouChew]

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| [[RabbitSnore vs. Thereisnospoon303]]

| 10-24-2007

| 10-24-2007 (4:14PM)

| 10-30-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83396-poop-tennis-rabbitsnore-vs-thereisnospork303-complete/1.html YouChew]

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| {{cloggedone}} vs. hom906sar

| 10-24-2007

| 10-24-2007 (6:02PM)

| 10-28-2007

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| [~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIORk8Zoc9U~~ BMATF vs. strong414bad]

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|sexkitten094 vs. izlude

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| GameCubeHero vs. Intenseowl

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| 10-31-2007

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| Wizkid837 vs. UberPooper12

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| 10-27-2007 (5:01PM)

| 11-01-2007

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| heartlessmushroom vs. Razor64a

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| 10-27-2007 (7:45PM)

| 10-28-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83771-tennis-razor64a-vs-heartlessmushroom-vote-for-favorite-round/1.html YouChew]

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| [[Stegblob vs. TyrannosaurusReich]]

| 10-27-2007

| 10-27-2007 (???)

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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20071028143838/http://youchewpoop.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=5482&page=1#Item_0 Vanilla YouChew Archive~~], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CCMR3q2A8w Estimation based on Round 5's upload~~]

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| MVJ52197 vs. 3inchhorse

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| 10-28-2007 (9:58AM)

| 11-04-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83792-tennis-mvj52197-vs-3inchhorse-the-game-is-over-vote-now/1.html YouChew]

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| 10-28-2007

| 10-28-2007 (10:15AM)

| 11-05-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83799-mahsuginachicken-vs-seductivebaz-vs-hom906sar/1.html YouChew]

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| Lupo vs. {{BMATF}}

| 10-28-2007 (1:06PM)

| 10-28-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83833-tennis-lupo-vs-bmatf/1.html YouChew]

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| ~~BMATF~~ vs. ~~ELPSteel~~

| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTMKB9yarf4 ELPsteel vs. BMATF]

| 10-28-2007

| 10-28-2007 (4:12PM)

| 11-05-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83823-tennis-bmatf-vs-elpsteel/1.html YouChew]

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| SobmicSSBB vs. plex14

| 10-29-2007

| 10-29-2007 (1:12PM)

| 11-07-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83908-plex14-vs-sobmic/1.html YouChew]

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| [[~~InsinerateHymn~~ vs. ~~PukingCyberman~~]]

| [[PukingCyberman vs. InsinerateHymn]]

| 10-29-2007

| 10-30-2007 (12:03PM)

| 11-01-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83943-insineratehymn-v-pukingcyberman/1.html YouChew]

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| sonicnerd23 vs. Hoss1993/HossTehMaster

| 10-30-2007 (~7:09PM)

| 11-03-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83946-poop-tennis-sonicnerd23-vs-hoss1993/1.html YouChew]

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| RabbitSnore vs. SushieBoy

| 10-30-2007

| 10-30-2007 (7:28PM)

| 11-05-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83977-sushieboy-vs-rabbitsnore/1.html YouChew]

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~~| sonicnerd23 vs. Hoss1993/HossTehMaster~~

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~~| 11-03-2007~~

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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdHL0GXI8Ms Cortes vs. MelvanaInChains]

| 10-30-2007

| 10-30-2007 (10:03PM)

| 11-06-2007

| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83965-melvanainchains-vs-cortes/1.html YouChew]

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| DrKelexo vs. Vorhias

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| 10-31-2007 (8:38AM)

| 11-19-2007

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| UnlessItsAFarm vs. SesakaGenX

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| 10-31-2007 (~5:16PM)

| 11-03-2007

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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr0LdqGyXZ0 BMATF vs. conradslater]

| 10-31-2007

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| 11-5-2007

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=Typical Game Format + Etiquette=

<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Lf7zolg-U</youtube>

The rules of ~~YTP~~ Tennis are often customized to suit each pooper's needs. However, one of the original, and well known, formats is as follows:

The rules of Video Tennis are often customized to suit each pooper's needs. However, one of the original, and well known, formats is as follows:

* One player (P1) asks another, or in some cases the community as a whole, whether or not they would like to participate in a game. Here the number of videos to be made (or rounds, typically 4 or 6) is defined, as well as the length of each, and any other additional conditions. If an open challenge is made, a video is sometimes supplied. This is "Round 1", the serve of the tennis match.

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Often, 6 rounds in total is the conventional amount of rounds made that make a normal match considered "complete". However, in certain circumstances, especially if the players enjoy working off of each other, the number of rounds can often get extended to 8 or more. [[The 100 Round Tennis|{{TheChutley}} and vvaluigi began a match together]] with the intent of playing 100 rounds in total beginning in 2008, and have gotten as far as Round 75 in the present day, with a five year window of inactivity between 2011 and 2016. TheChutley is also known for often playing matches with various opponents that get extended to 8 rounds, having done so in her matches with {{GameBop}}, [[TheChutley vs. quax94|quax94]], [[TheChutley vs. ChrisGendo|ChrisGendo]], [[AbsoluteBillion vs. TheChutley|AbsoluteBillion]], JakeSteel, Rarenut59 and SesakaGenX, to name some. Her first match with Imaperson additionally extended all the way to 10 rounds, at a time when the only known instance of this otherwise was [[Wikiwow vs. UncleChuckTH]](2007), the first 1v1 match to go this far.

In some cases, especially in tennis's early years, matches could be declared "complete" at an odd number, as well as one under the conventional amount of 6. This usually came about as a mutual agreement between the players involved that the match had reached a natural end, if not exactly a conventional one. Matches such as Crash2991 vs. strong414bad(2008) and [[AshcrementVII vs. UncleChuckTH]](2012) were called complete at 5 rounds, and in another, much rarer instance, RabbitSnore vs. {{NS2}} (2008-2009) was given "honorary completion" after only 3 rounds. Other matches like [[RabbitSnore vs. conradslater]] (2007) and {{Kurkop}} vs. ~~LeSuperKoffee~~ (2010) were declared complete at the unusual amount of 9 rounds. These circumstances usually only happen when the last even round of a match is either unable or unwilling to be made by the volleying side, but there is not a desire to consider the match "failed" for sentimental reasons, usually due to the players being close as friends or the quality of the match as it stands being considered too great for failure.

[[File:LOL.png|thumb|right|A scene from [[Kurkop vs. superkoffee]] (2010).]]

In some cases, especially in tennis's early years, matches could be declared "complete" at an odd number, as well as one under the conventional amount of 6. This usually came about as a mutual agreement between the players involved that the match had reached a natural end, if not exactly a conventional one. Matches such as Crash2991 vs. strong414bad(2008) and [[AshcrementVII vs. UncleChuckTH]](2012) were called complete at 5 rounds, and in another, much rarer instance, RabbitSnore vs. {{NS2}} (2008-2009) was given "honorary completion" after only 3 rounds. Other matches like [[RabbitSnore vs. conradslater]] (2007) and [[Kurkop vs. superkoffee]] (2010) were declared complete at the unusual amount of 9 rounds. These circumstances usually only happen when the last even round of a match is either unable or unwilling to be made by the volleying side, but there is not a desire to consider the match "failed" for sentimental reasons, usually due to the players being close as friends or the quality of the match as it stands being considered too great for failure.

Additionally, matches can sometimes stall at an odd number with an even finishing round never being made and the match being considered neither completed nor failed due to a loss of communication. These include matches such as [[BMATF vs. Markie]](2007, the second ever tennis match), {{NS2}} vs. Markie(2012), {{dani_phantump}} vs. robochao1(2015-2016) and SushieBoy vs. guysafari(2010), all matches that never received a Round 6.

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-<youtube>md_OYyhPWUQ</youtube>
+<B>Video Tennis</B>, also known interchangeably as <b>Youtube Poop Tennis</b>, <b>YTP Tennis</b>, <b>Remix Tennis</b> or simply <b>Tennis</b>, is a artistic medium derivative of [[Photoshop Tennis]] and [[Youtube Poop]] involving the back-and-forth editing of video projects, often absurdist in nature.
-<B>YTP Tennis</B>, also known as <b>Youtube Poop Tennis</b>, <b>Video Tennis</b>, <b>Remix Tennis</b> or simply <b>Tennis</b>, is a artistic medium derivative of [[Photoshop Tennis]] and [[Youtube Poop]] involving the back-and-forth editing of video projects, often absurdist in nature.
 While starting mainly as a derivative of YouTube Poop, and in the early years much more embraced by the full Youtube Poop community, it has increasingly become its own thing as time went on and the community of mainline Youtube Poop and the community of tennis have grown largely seperate. Much of modern tennis is a completely different beast in comparison to [[Youtube Poop]], often veering into much more experimental, atmospheric, avant-guarde and generally much more overstimulating territory.
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 ==The Intitial "Freewheeling" Era (2007-2008)==
+[[File:Introuble.png|thumb|right|A scene from round 5 of [[Conradslater vs. Misselaineous10]] (2007), the first match ever played.]]
 At first, there was hardly any tennis community in a well defined sense to speak of; tennis was at the very beginning considered to be a straightforward extension of the main community for YTP itself, and  would be considered an intricately connected part of YTP during the years in which the use of that branding for video remixes was at its strongest and most dedicated. Much of the tennis matches that were played following the first one was thus done so in a way that would be seen by modern standards as very disorganized; it was engaged with in the same relative loose, anarchic and "shitposty" spirit as YTP at large, being considered among the body of "contests" that included early collaborations as designated on conradslater's "Vanilla" YouChew forums. That being said, there were a handful of notable early names that became early fixtures in the world of tennis: BMATF played the second ever tennis match with Markie, and UncleChuckTH played the third ever tennis match with conradslater (the latter's second match), and both UncleChuckTH and BMATF would continue to exist in the world of tennis until the early 2010s. TangerineImpz vs. SeductiveBaz was played entirely start to finish on August 21, 2007, the day that the final round of the first tennis match was uploaded, and this was for a very long time the fastest tennis match ever played; SeductiveBaz would also be an early fixture and continued to tennis in some capacity until a full 12 years later. Second only to conradslater's early activity in tennis was that of {{MrDrunkenFox}}, who played multiple early games including with Tentor, plex14, PapaGonzales and Furnessly. This latter player, along with other such players such as InsinerateHymn, JazzDanceForChildren, TyrannosaurusReich, MelvanaInChains, dvariano, Luioigi, {{strong414bad}}, ADHDYoshi, GameCubeHero, Intenseowl, MVJ5197, 3inchhorse, ELPSteel, SushieBoy, Vorhias, sonicnerd23, and SesakaGenX would also serve to play their own individual roles in defining the nature of tennis at its earliest onsets. Tennis is considered to have reached one of its first peaks in its intersection with "Robotnik YTP" at the time - videos that focused entirely on remixing episodes of ''[[The Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog]]'' and its main antagonist -  in particular the matches of [[Wikiwow vs. UncleChuckTH]](2007), the first ever match to reach ten rounds, UncleChuckTH vs. BMATF(2007), [[Stegblob vs. TyrannosaurusReich]](2007), and especially [[BMATF vs. UncleChuckTH vs. Wikiwow](2007). All of these would build a foundation for a strand of tennis that would eventually continue long separate from the main tennis community, which, although small, would localize and organize itself largely on the YouChew forums.
+[[File:Unclechuckround10.png|thumb|right|A scene from round 10 of [[Wikiwow vs. UncleChuckTH]] (2007)]]
 Aside from all of these other players however, one of the most important to come out of these first months was {{RabbitSnore}}, who played his first tennis match with real-life friend Thereisnospoon303, or TINS, in October 2007. Rabbit immediately came to develop a passionate and vested interest in tennis - the places that it could go and the ways in which it could develop - from the very offset of his entrance into it, and he sought to give the medium the attention and the analysis that it deserved through his initial position on the "Vanilla" YouChew forums as chief editor of the forum's "newsroom" - from October/November 2007 onward, Rabbit began his regular "Tennis Review" series of articles, with [[InsinerateHymn vs. PukingCyberman]] (2007), GameCubeHero vs. Intenseowl(2007) and [[Furnessly vs. MrDrunkenFox]] (2007) the first three matches he covered in this matter. He would contribute a "retrospective review" of conradslater vs. Misselaineous10 shortly thereafter, and it is from this point onward, largely through his insistence, that the importance and the nature of the first ever tennis match began to become recognized in the way it now is today.
 His prominence in this activity and the quality of his articles for the time gained him the trust and admiration of Conrad himself, and he was able to use this sway to convince him to allow the tennis section to begin hosting its first [[tennis tournament]]s, with Gallers being the initial organizer of the first few to take place. After Rabbit had accumulated a respectable roster of completed matches including with YamiMario, SushieBoy, Miss10, and PapaGonzales, Rabbit took on Conrad himself in the now legendary match of [[RabbitSnore vs. conradslater]](2007). At a time when tennis usually came in the language of either "comedic" or of the extreme varieties conceived in the first match, this match was seen as a completely different third approach - of tennis as very much an art and of a thoughtful exchange in and of itself, even if this exchange was liable to get wild in other ways.
+[[File:Milkr0undy2zeroframe.png|thumb|right|A frame from [[MilkR0und vs. Y2Zero]] (2007), the only one of which existed for years until the game was found during [[The Great Restoration]].]]
 In January 2008, Rabbit had gained enough of an influence over tennis - having played further matches with MrDrunkenFox, pimpsahoy, strong414bad, and UncleChuckTH, that he was able to create some of the earliest foundational texts on how tennis was meant to be played and approached: the Observational and Recreational Guides to tennis. On January 28, Rabbit also created the first of the "Tennis Café" threads, a general chat for the tennis section that allowed for the community to begin to consolidate together and organize themselves properly for the first time. Around this time, newer members began to enter into the community or gain a greater degree of visibility in the section, including {{Crash2991}}, {{strong414bad}}, {{GameBop}}, and {{Nuthead}}. For much of the original Cafe thread's incarnation, only Rabbit and Crash would be doing the majority of the regular posting, and between them talked about tennis matches often, with RabbitSnore vs. conradslater, conradslater vs. Miss10 and [[MilkR0und vs. Y2Zero]](2007) receiving repeated reference and discussion as part of an early canon of foundational matches for the community. Somewhere in this period due to his enthusiasm and prolific activity, RabbitSnore even began being regarded by a few as "The King of Tennis" - a title he never was comfortable with.
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 In terms of competitive tennis, all members of the staff would join the rest of the community in taking part in what would be subsequently seen as the first true major event for tennis, and the community's inaugural event under the tenure of Rabbit and TINS - The [[Tennis Cup]].
+[[File:Somethingreallyexciting.png.png|thumb|right|A scene from [[Ishkibibl vs. NS2]] (2008), the final match of the [[Tennis Cup]]. Ishkibibl would go on to win the tournament.]]
 While the previous Tennis Leagues had been "competition" in a much looser sense, the Tennis Cup was the first elimination-based tournament in tennis, though it was clearly not approached with any grand stakes or ambition, and Ishkibibl even expressed great disappointment when he eventually was revealed to be the events winner following [[Ishkibibl vs. NS2|the final match between him and NS2.]] Despite this, the event was nonetheless the source of multiple matches in all manner of statuses, from complete to incomplete to their present-day fragmentation, that served to be major influences on many sectors of tennis going forward. While only one half of MTB710 vs. Domorato(2008) remains preserved, for example, the frenetic energy of the MTB710's surviving side plus the surviving titles of the other side - including one "MR. CLEAN NUKES THE UNITED STATES"(2008) - have served to amaze subsequent viewers due the intensity contained within the rounds and the speculation upon what the missing rounds must have contained. [[ophios vs. RAKninja]](2008) ended up pioneering almost an entire subgenre of slower, more ambient and mysterious tennis styles that would be later explored in greater depth by GameBop, Luioigi, and RAKninja himself. GameBop themselves only played in one full match in this tournament, their Set 2 match with GreatBritishTurd - fondly remembered for reaching rare heights in both cleverness and the at-the-time rare complexity of the visual effects - but even their unfinished match with strong414bad would later be a cited influence on one player in particular who was just about to enter the tennis community.
-In June 2008, GameBop would start a match with a player who was as of yet a complete unknown to tennis. They had just existed out of their original account MicroProcessor314, and had just established a more YTP-centric account under the name of {{MycroProcessor}}. MycroProcessor vs. GameBop(2008-2009) was played at a pace that was fairly long for its era, but it served to represent the beginning of multiple new elements in tennis at the same time: the debut of one of the medium's most defining, radical and most influential new voices, as Mycro would quickly establish themselves as verbose, articulate and intelligent when it came to all matters of tennis and video remixes and would soon develop a reputation of writing intricate feedback on every tennis match played in the tennis forums; the beginning of a very different school of thought around tennis that focused for the first time on maximizing the potential of editing and stylistic development and the aesethetic sensibilities that were to come with it; the beginning of a long creative friendship between GameBop and MycroProcessor that firmly established a different and contrasting social constituency away from much of the rest of the tennis community. Mycro's fast-paced, densely-edited, high-stimulation tennis style apparent even in their earliest tennis output would serve to have a galvanizing effect upon tennis and its community, and immediately he found himself swamped with match requests from all manner of eager player looking to either see their work get tackled by him in this cutting edge style or to try and see if they could either outdo or subvert this style in their own ways. RAKninja and Mycro, in many ways complete opposites in each other as people, nonetheless established something of a foil dynamic; while both players came from different constituencies, they shared a passion for intricate tennis discussion, as RAKninja had recently opened the first thread in the tennis subforum dedicated entirely to "Tennis Theory", and the two of them would wage discussion and compare contrasting viewpoints in tennis for years to come. A match between them was always teased, as RAK believed there were ways he could tackle Mycro's style that no one else was thinking of, but a match between them would never end up taking place.
+[[File:Mycrobopr4.png|thumb|right|The opening scene of round 4 of [[MycroProcessor vs. GameBop]] (2008-2009). Round 3 appears heavily distorted in the viewport of the machine.]]
+In June 2008, GameBop would start a match with a player who was as of yet a complete unknown to tennis. They had just existed out of their original account MicroProcessor314, and had just established a more YTP-centric account under the name of {{MycroProcessor}}. [[MycroProcessor vs. GameBop|MycroProcessor vs. GameBop (2008-2009)]] was played at a pace that was fairly long for its era, but it served to represent the beginning of multiple new elements in tennis at the same time: the debut of one of the medium's most defining, radical and most influential new voices, as Mycro would quickly establish themselves as verbose, articulate and intelligent when it came to all matters of tennis and video remixes and would soon develop a reputation of writing intricate feedback on every tennis match played in the tennis forums; the beginning of a very different school of thought around tennis that focused for the first time on maximizing the potential of editing and stylistic development and the aesethetic sensibilities that were to come with it; the beginning of a long creative friendship between GameBop and MycroProcessor that firmly established a different and contrasting social constituency away from much of the rest of the tennis community. Mycro's fast-paced, densely-edited, high-stimulation tennis style apparent even in their earliest tennis output would serve to have a galvanizing effect upon tennis and its community, and immediately he found himself swamped with match requests from all manner of eager player looking to either see their work get tackled by him in this cutting edge style or to try and see if they could either outdo or subvert this style in their own ways. RAKninja and Mycro, in many ways complete opposites in each other as people, nonetheless established something of a foil dynamic; while both players came from different constituencies, they shared a passion for intricate tennis discussion, as RAKninja had recently opened the first thread in the tennis subforum dedicated entirely to "Tennis Theory", and the two of them would wage discussion and compare contrasting viewpoints in tennis for years to come. A match between them was always teased, as RAK believed there were ways he could tackle Mycro's style that no one else was thinking of, but a match between them would never end up taking place.
 As the Summer became the Autumn and Winter of 2008, more regulars still became augmented to the main community, namely in the form of players such as TheChutley, quax94 and Futures Passed. Moogle was the next to be promoted to the tennis staff, and RabbitSnore returned after a few months absence and began matches with both Crash2991 and NS2, the former of whom had now switched back to using [[Windows Movie Maker]] as their primary editing software, but notably with the most minimal editing style possible within it. RAKninja was now taking up the reigns for the next tournament, here in the form of the first [[Doubles Cup 1|Doubles Cup]], the first successful execution of a (modified) form of [[Doubles]] matches in tennis, in which both individual performance and collaboration provided ample merit. Players such as JackTron7000, trepmaws and SergeantBacon found their formal entrance into the community through this event, and other players still either found or began to develop their voice as players. MycroProcessor's initial strong influence upon tennis began to bear a lot fruit over these course of events; GameBop's style began to undergo significant evolution in technique and execution, beginning a "middle period" in which their classic style would become refined and finalized. Mycro themselves began to insert the first references to the pokemon Jolteon into their videos, TheChutley began to make I.M. Meen a central part of the identity of her videos, and trepmaws played his first matches entirely, immediately establishing for himself a unique and different kind of editing intensity that was rooted more in the speed and ferociousness of metal music. Aesaun and AjaxCubed both took on their own spirited derivatives from Mycro's style, with Aesaun doing so the most openly, and they would eventually win the tournament itself through a combination of this and the execution of never before seen visual effects, courtesy of AjaxCubed's use of [[Final Cut Pro]] providing him plugins that no one else in tennis had at the time, aside from GreatBritishTurd. From the Doubles Cup's final match onward, it seemed like a "meta" had been established for tennis for the first time - the quality of a match was now being increasingly defined by the way players edited the previous rounds in terms of utilizing complexity, intensity or visual inventiveness, with the ability to capture/hold attention and entertain in both being seen as paramount. The finalists of this tournament were made up of all the most cutting edge players in this mold by the Spring of 2009: GameBop, MycroProcessor, AjaxCubed and Aesaun. The former would continue to establish their collective influence across tennis, while the latter two would actually disappear from the community fairly quickly after this.
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 <small>"Several players have made it become competitive and made several others think that it was supposed to be the uptight thing, rather than just playing around with each other's videos and showing them to each other."</small>
+[[File:Gandalflordoftennis.png|thumb|right|A scene from [[Emperor Ing vs. theHappyFungus]] (2008), or "The Lord of the Tennis".]]
 Even before this point, a general sentiment had begun to develop, namely between older players such as strong414bad and Rabbit, of weariness around "heavy/intense/destructive" editing, something that began to presage an influx of matches started by or participated in by this constituency that deliberately intended to invoke "classic" tennis stylings. Exchanges within these matches would generally pair down on the use of effects and put a larger focus on the sources used within, allowing their easily exploitable qualities to shine brighter with minimal subversion and have the match more steered by what material was added and the comedic potential across the source mix. [[RabbitSnore vs. Crash2991]](2008) was the first to be intentionally billed as a "classic style" match, but would be followed by similar matches such as [[Emperor Ing vs. theHappyFungus]](2008) and NS2 vs. WowComics(2008). RAKninja in particular would play many matches of this type and score hit after hit of memorable moments from nearly all that he played in this era. Futures Passed vs. RAKninja(2008) saw him bring the "ROBOT BUNNIE BOOBIES" meme to life, [[RAKninja vs. RetroTheRaccoon]](2008) saw him immediately follow up with "Love is Here.", and even in his own Doubles Cup, [[Moogle + RAKninja vs. McMANGOS + WowComics]](2008) saw him create "Guys in Nature." These in-jokes would sweep across the YouChew forums and the entire tennis section, cementing the power of his influence upon the inner community. On the outskirts, ChrisGendo vs. NS2(2008) was taking place, in which NS2 would find for themselves a new kindred spirit in the community, and soon to be another significant voice in tennis.
+[[File:Guysinnaturerealimage.jpg|thumb|right|The "Guys in Nature" gag from [[Moogle + RAKninja vs. McMANGOS + WowComics]] (2008) during the first [[Doubles Cup 1|Doubles Cup.]]]]
 Going into 2009, the new school of more intricate, technically creative complex editing now indirectly faced the old school of simpler, humor based, aesthetically creative classic editing in a schizm that seemed to compete for attention influence in tennis, with both having ironclad constituency and sway by this point. While many names would stick to one lane, those who were more open minded and embracing of all styles would find themselves treated to what some would consider the peak of tennis' "golden age", but it also showed signs that the ways of the early "Freewheeling" era, in which competition was engaged more playfully and without well defined metas, was  becoming superseded.
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 ==The first matches==
-The following is a list of the first played, listing very match from August to the start of November 2007. The timestamps are based on their time started/completed on the [[YouChew]] forums. As some matches are logged as completed despite only going to 3 rounds, matches logged in the early Tennis: Forfeited and Failed section with at least that many will also be included.
+{{WIP|REASON=The timestamps here are in EST, but they really should be in UTC. This applies for everything here, as others were done in MST - a better way of approaching this should be discussed.)}}
+The following is a list of the first played, listing very match from August to the start of November 2007. The timestamps are based on their time started/completed on the [[YouChew]] forums. Titles are based on serving order in most cases. As some matches are logged as completed despite only going to 3 rounds, matches logged in the early "Tennis: Forfeited and Failed" section with at least that many will also be included.
-Matches are sorted by date ''started'', with the precise order going by when matches started sometimes by the hour and minute the first round of a match was posted if multiple matches start on the same day. Date format is MM-DD-YYYY.
+Matches are sorted by date started, with the precise order going by when matches started sometimes by the hour and minute the first round of a match was posted if multiple matches start on the same day. Date format is MM-DD-YYYY.
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 | [[BMATF vs. Markie]]
-| 08-19-2007
+| 08-19-2007 (3:18AM)
 | 09-03-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79522-tennis-bigmarioandtailsfan-vs-markie/1.html YouChew]
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 | 3
 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIgVeim2Qp0 UncleChuckTH vs. conradslater]
-| 08-19-2007
+| 08-19-2007  (5:18PM)
 | 08-29-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79721-tennis-unclechuckth-vs-conrad-slater/1.html YouChew]
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 | 4
-| TangerineImpz vs. SeductiveBaz
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnjfHHpeY7I TangerineImpz vs. SeductiveBaz]
 | 08-21-2007
 | 08-21-2007
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 |5
-| GameCubeHero vs. BMATF
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHS4q9lwPEs GameCubeHero vs. BMATF]
 | 08-29-2007
-| 08-31-2007
+| 09-02-2007
 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOCB3ed9HB8 YouTube], [https://web.archive.org/web/20071221100433/http://youtubepoop.com/full-index-by-date/ youtubepoop.com]
+|-
 |6
 | ZippZapp vs. ADHDYoshi
-| 08-30-2007
+| 08-30-2007 (5:35PM)
 | 09-02-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79976-tennis-zippzapp-versus-adhdyoshi/1.html YouChew]
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 |7
 | [[KingCornholio vs. Ophios]]
-| 08-30-2007
+| 08-30-2007 (6:56PM)
 | 09-14-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79987-tennis-kingcornholio-vs-ophios/1.html YouChew]
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 |8
-| MrDrunkenFox vs. Tentor
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sptsu282WTQ MrDrunkenFox vs. Tentor521]
 | 08-31-2007
 | 09-02-2007
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 |9
+| [[glitchboyadvance vs. conradslater]]
+| 09-01-2007 (2:04PM)
+| 10-19-2007
+| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/80111-tennis-glitchboyadvance-vs-conradslater/1.html YouChew]
+|-
+|10
 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSONj5IwwRw UncleChuckTH vs. Yenehckcid]
-| 09-01-2007
+| 09-01-2007 (9:31PM)
 | 10-07-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/79883-tennis-unclechuckth-vs-yenehckcid/1.html YouChew]
-|-
-|10
-| [[glitchboyadvance vs. conradslater]]
-| 09-01-2007
-| 10-19-2007
-| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/80111-tennis-glitchboyadvance-vs-conradslater/1.html YouChew]
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 |11
 | seconteen13 vs. 1upclock
-| 09-01-2007
+| 09-01-2007 (10:15PM)
 | 09-02-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/80149-ytp-tennis-seconteen13-vs-1upclock/1.html YouChew]
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-| JazzDanceForChildren vs. TyrannosaurusReich
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_s5S-Fpp4E JazzDanceForChildren vs. TyrannosaurusReich]
 | 09-22-2007
 | 09-24-2007
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 |17
-| conradslater vs. Gnomebob
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdI6Rwcy93c Gnomebob vs. conradslater]
 | 09-27-2007
 | 10-04-2007
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 |21
 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otQNk7rua_4 Bobomb99 vs. {{Miss10}}]
-| 10-03-2007
+| 10-03-2007 (3:07PM)
 | 11-07-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82134-tennis-bobomb99-vs-miss10/1.html YouChew]
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 |22
 | Luioigi vs. scimath12
-| 10-03-2007
+| 10-03-2007 (9:02PM)
 | 10-10-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82201-tennis-luioigi89-vs-scimath12/1.html YouChew]
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 |24
 | azsxdc vs. Y2Zero
-| 10-06-2007
+| 10-06-2007 (9:16AM)
 | 10-12-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82303-poop-tennis-azsxdc-vs-y2zero/1.html YouChew]
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 |25
 | [[Chain Poop]]
-| 10-06-2007
+| 10-06-2007 (4:08PM)
 | 12-29-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/35-site-community-discussion/82403-chain-poop-game-over/1.html YouChew]
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 |27
-| KittyGabyIMEANGOAT vs. MelvanaInChains
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inUvSnucwII KittyGabyIMEANGOAT vs. MelvanaInChains]
-| 10-13-2007
+| 10-12-2007
 | 10-14-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82856-kittygabyimeangoat-vs-melvanainchains/1.html YouChew]
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 |28
 | TantricNferno vs. {{Terrorist}}
-| 10-17-2007
+| 10-17-2007 (5:11PM)
 | 10-19-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/82937-tennis-tantricnferno-vs-terrorist/1.html YouChew]
 |-
 |29
-| MelvanaInChains vs. TyrannosaurusReich
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll5rvqajC9M MelvanaInChains vs. TyrannosaurusReich]
-| 10-17-2007
+| 10-17-2007 (11:19PM)
 | 10-21-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83055-melvanainchains-vs-tyrannosaurusreich/1.html YouChew]
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 |30
-| MetalAcid5 vs. Tentor
-| 10-21-2007
-| 10-25-2007
-| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83350-tennis-tentor-the-hamster-vs-metalacid5-round-5-done/1.html YouChew]
-|-
-|31
 | Deepercutt vs Arufonzu
 | 10-21-2007
 | 10-24-2007?
 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZt5XTMKo-Q Round 1], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llb_VRNnUq0 Round 7], unknown if round 8 ever made
+|-
+|31
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zO9RGGxRKE MetalAcid5 vs. Tentor521]
+| 10-22-2007
+| 10-25-2007
+| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83350-tennis-tentor-the-hamster-vs-metalacid5-round-5-done/1.html YouChew]
 |-
 |32
-| ADHDYoshi vs. Ikwaylx
+| Ikwaylx vs. ADHDYoshi
-| 10-23-2007
+| 10-23-2007 (11:26AM)
 | 10-27-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83443-tennis-adhdyoshi-vs-ikwaylx-its-over-cast-your-vote/1.html YouChew]
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 |33
 | [[Wikiwow vs. UncleChuckTH]]
-| 10-23-2007
+| 10-23-2007 (9:20PM)
 | 11-18-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83030-tennis-wikiwow-vs-unclechuckth-aosth-only-first-ten-round-game/1.html YouChew]
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 |34
 | Nimrodpowerz vs. MelvanaInChains
-| 10-24-2007
+| 10-24-2007 (10:20AM)
 | 10-24-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83520-poop-tennis-nimrodpowerz-vs-melvanainchains/1.html YouChew]
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 |35
 | [[RabbitSnore vs. Thereisnospoon303]]
-| 10-24-2007
+| 10-24-2007 (4:14PM)
 | 10-30-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83396-poop-tennis-rabbitsnore-vs-thereisnospork303-complete/1.html YouChew]
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 |36
 | {{cloggedone}} vs. hom906sar
-| 10-24-2007
+| 10-24-2007 (6:02PM)
 | 10-28-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83566-tennis-cloggedone-vs-hom906sar/1.html YouChew]
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 |37
 | SushieBoy vs. kiz038
-| 10-24-2007
+| 10-24-2007 (8:21PM)
 | 10-27-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83547-poop-tennis-sushieboy-vs-kiz038/1.html YouChew]
 |-
 |38
-| SpamNapkin vs. {{BMATF}}
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKJuYwWGkkA SpamNapkin vs. BMATF]
-| 10-24-2007
+| 10-24-2007 (~8:58PM)
 | 10-26-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83598-tennis-cheezspamstikanapkin-vs-bmatf/1.html YouChew]
 |-
 |39
-| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIORk8Zoc9U BMATF vs. strong414bad]
+| [[BMATF vs. strong414bad]]
 | 10-25-2007
 | 12-27-2007
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 | 10-26-2007
 | 11-03-2007
-| YouChew?
+| [https://web.archive.org/web/20180919132414/http://youchew.net/forum/index.php?/topic/83619-tennis-furnessly-vs-mrdrunkenfox/ YouChew]
 |-
 |41
 |sexkitten094 vs. izlude
-| 10-27-2007
+| 10-27-2007 (11:56AM)
 | 10-29-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83767-tennis-sexkitten094-vs-izlude/1.html YouChew]
 |-
 |42
+| GameCubeHero vs. Intenseowl
+| 10-27-2007 (12:55PM)
+| 10-31-2007
+| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83772-gch-vs-intenseowl-tennis-final-round-is-up-poll-plz/1.html YouChew]
+|-
+|43
 | Wizkid837 vs. UberPooper12
-| 10-27-2007
+| 10-27-2007 (5:01PM)
 | 11-01-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83668-poop-tennis-wizkid837-vs-uberpooper12-round-six-uploaded-game-over/1.html YouChew]
-|-
-|43
-| GameCubeHero vs. Intenseowl
-| 10-27-2007
-| 10-31-2007
-| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83772-gch-vs-intenseowl-tennis-final-round-is-up-poll-plz/1.html YouChew]
 |-
 |44
 | heartlessmushroom vs. Razor64a
-| 10-27-2007
+| 10-27-2007 (7:45PM)
 | 10-28-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83771-tennis-razor64a-vs-heartlessmushroom-vote-for-favorite-round/1.html YouChew]
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 |45
 | [[Stegblob vs. TyrannosaurusReich]]
-| 10-27-2007
+| 10-27-2007 (???)
-| 11-16?-2007
+| 11-16-2007
-| [https://web.archive.org/web/20071028143838/http://youchewpoop.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=5482&page=1#Item_0 Vanilla YouChew Archive], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CCMR3q2A8w Estimation based on Round 5's upload]
+| [https://web.archive.org/web/20071028143838/http://youchewpoop.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=5482&page=1#Item_0 Vanilla YouChew Archive]
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 |46
-| Lupo vs. {{BMATF}}
-| 10-28-2007
-| 10-28-2007
-| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83833-tennis-lupo-vs-bmatf/1.html YouChew]
-|-
-|47
 | MVJ52197 vs. 3inchhorse
-| 10-28-2007
+| 10-28-2007 (9:58AM)
 | 11-04-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83792-tennis-mvj52197-vs-3inchhorse-the-game-is-over-vote-now/1.html YouChew]
 |-
-|48
+|47
 | MesuginaChicken vs. SeductiveBaz vs. hom906sar
-| 10-28-2007
+| 10-28-2007 (10:15AM)
 | 11-05-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83799-mahsuginachicken-vs-seductivebaz-vs-hom906sar/1.html YouChew]
+|-
+|48
+| Lupo vs. {{BMATF}}
+| 10-28-2007 (1:06PM)
+| 10-28-2007
+| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83833-tennis-lupo-vs-bmatf/1.html YouChew]
 |-
 |49
-| BMATF vs. ELPSteel
+| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTMKB9yarf4 ELPsteel vs. BMATF]
-| 10-28-2007
+| 10-28-2007 (4:12PM)
 | 11-05-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83823-tennis-bmatf-vs-elpsteel/1.html YouChew]
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 |50
 | SobmicSSBB vs. plex14
-| 10-29-2007
+| 10-29-2007 (1:12PM)
 | 11-07-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83908-plex14-vs-sobmic/1.html YouChew]
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 |51
-| [[InsinerateHymn vs. PukingCyberman]]
+| [[PukingCyberman vs. InsinerateHymn]]
-| 10-29-2007
+| 10-30-2007 (12:03PM)
 | 11-01-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83943-insineratehymn-v-pukingcyberman/1.html YouChew]
 |-
 |52
+| sonicnerd23 vs. Hoss1993/HossTehMaster
+| 10-30-2007 (~7:09PM)
+| 11-03-2007
+| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83946-poop-tennis-sonicnerd23-vs-hoss1993/1.html YouChew]
+|-
+|53
 | RabbitSnore vs. SushieBoy
-| 10-30-2007
+| 10-30-2007 (7:28PM)
 | 11-05-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83977-sushieboy-vs-rabbitsnore/1.html YouChew]
-|-
-|53
-| sonicnerd23 vs. Hoss1993/HossTehMaster
-| 10-30-2007
-| 11-03-2007
-| [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83946-poop-tennis-sonicnerd23-vs-hoss1993/1.html YouChew]
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 |54
 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdHL0GXI8Ms Cortes vs. MelvanaInChains]
-| 10-30-2007
+| 10-30-2007 (10:03PM)
 | 11-06-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83965-melvanainchains-vs-cortes/1.html YouChew]
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 |55
 | DrKelexo vs. Vorhias
-| 10-31-2007
+| 10-31-2007 (8:38AM)
 | 11-19-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83853-ytp-tennis-drkelexo-vs-vorhias-voat-2day/1.html YouChew]
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 |56
 | UnlessItsAFarm vs. SesakaGenX
-| 10-31-2007
+| 10-31-2007 (~5:16PM)
 | 11-03-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/84031-unlessitsafarm-vs-sesakablargh/1.html YouChew]
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 |57
 | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr0LdqGyXZ0 BMATF vs. conradslater]
-| 10-31-2007
+| 10-31-2007 (5:29PM)
 | 11-5-2007
 | [https://archive.yellowtealpurple.net/youchew/forum/19-tennis-completed/83459-tennis-bmatf-vs-conrad-slater-please-vote/1.html YouChew]
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 =Typical Game Format + Etiquette=
 <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Lf7zolg-U</youtube><br>
-The rules of YTP Tennis are often customized to suit each pooper's needs. However, one of the original, and well known, formats is as follows:
+The rules of Video Tennis are often customized to suit each pooper's needs. However, one of the original, and well known, formats is as follows:
 * One player (P1) asks another, or in some cases the community as a whole, whether or not they would like to participate in a game. Here the number of videos to be made (or rounds, typically 4 or 6) is defined, as well as the length of each, and any other additional conditions. If an open challenge is made, a video is sometimes supplied. This is "Round 1", the serve of the tennis match.
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 Often, 6 rounds in total is the conventional amount of rounds made that make a normal match considered "complete". However, in certain circumstances, especially if the players enjoy working off of each other, the number of rounds can often get extended to 8 or more. [[The 100 Round Tennis|{{TheChutley}} and vvaluigi began a match together]] with the intent of playing 100 rounds in total beginning in 2008, and have gotten as far as Round 75 in the present day, with a five year window of inactivity between 2011 and 2016. TheChutley is also known for often playing matches with various opponents that get extended to 8 rounds, having done so in her matches with {{GameBop}}, [[TheChutley vs. quax94|quax94]], [[TheChutley vs. ChrisGendo|ChrisGendo]], [[AbsoluteBillion vs. TheChutley|AbsoluteBillion]], JakeSteel, Rarenut59 and SesakaGenX, to name some. Her first match with Imaperson additionally extended all the way to 10 rounds, at a time when the only known instance of this otherwise was [[Wikiwow vs. UncleChuckTH]](2007), the first 1v1 match to go this far.
-In some cases, especially in tennis's early years, matches could be declared "complete" at an odd number, as well as one under the conventional amount of 6. This usually came about as a mutual agreement between the players involved that the match had reached a natural end, if not exactly a conventional one. Matches such as Crash2991 vs. strong414bad(2008) and [[AshcrementVII vs. UncleChuckTH]](2012) were called complete at 5 rounds, and in another, much rarer instance, RabbitSnore vs. {{NS2}} (2008-2009) was given "honorary completion" after only 3 rounds. Other matches like [[RabbitSnore vs. conradslater]] (2007) and {{Kurkop}} vs. LeSuperKoffee (2010) were declared complete at the unusual amount of 9 rounds. These circumstances usually only happen when the last even round of a match is either unable or unwilling to be made by the volleying side, but there is not a desire to consider the match "failed" for sentimental reasons, usually due to the players being close as friends or the quality of the match as it stands being considered too great for failure.
+[[File:LOL.png|thumb|right|A scene from [[Kurkop vs. superkoffee]] (2010).]]
+In some cases, especially in tennis's early years, matches could be declared "complete" at an odd number, as well as one under the conventional amount of 6. This usually came about as a mutual agreement between the players involved that the match had reached a natural end, if not exactly a conventional one. Matches such as Crash2991 vs. strong414bad(2008) and [[AshcrementVII vs. UncleChuckTH]](2012) were called complete at 5 rounds, and in another, much rarer instance, RabbitSnore vs. {{NS2}} (2008-2009) was given "honorary completion" after only 3 rounds. Other matches like [[RabbitSnore vs. conradslater]] (2007) and [[Kurkop vs. superkoffee]] (2010) were declared complete at the unusual amount of 9 rounds. These circumstances usually only happen when the last even round of a match is either unable or unwilling to be made by the volleying side, but there is not a desire to consider the match "failed" for sentimental reasons, usually due to the players being close as friends or the quality of the match as it stands being considered too great for failure.
 Additionally, matches can sometimes stall at an odd number with an even finishing round never being made and the match being considered neither completed nor failed due to a loss of communication. These include matches such as [[BMATF vs. Markie]](2007, the second ever tennis match), {{NS2}} vs. Markie(2012), {{dani_phantump}} vs. robochao1(2015-2016) and SushieBoy vs. guysafari(2010), all matches that never received a Round 6.