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

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

-{{dani}}, in the OP of the YTPMania continuation thread October 22, 2019 </small>

[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLApT4ypNEuw3svdooA1nfrr8S6z4uLU8h&si=WH6l7OHs16U0U2kb Click here for the complete match playlist. RabbitSnore's round 6 is missing.]

'''"What, you want me to play with your tail?", by Moogle'''

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

Touhou Sources (Moogle)<br>

Norm Augustinus (TheHappyFungus)<br>

''Final Fantasy X'' (Moogle)<br>

Bono's World AIDS Day Promo (strong414bad)<br>

Kukori Es Kotkoda (GameBop)<br>

'''"Want Me to Play With the Very Fabric that is Your Life?", by Crash2991'''

'''"PLAY WITH ME AND EARN SILVER FABRIC", by RAKNinja'''

'''"Win Silver Tiger; Play Snares Now!!", by theHappyFungus'''

'''"The Thumbnail of this Video Only Tells Half the Tale", by RabbitSnore'''

'''"The Video's Thumbnail Tells Tales as James Earl Jones Reads Pi.", by Strong414bad'''

'''"I don't know what Tales this Thumbnail tells", by GameBop'''

'''"Your video's thumbnail tells the story of a duck who's name is Alfred Kwak.", by MycroProcessor'''

'''"Stories Of A Duck Only Bring Up Nothing More Than Happiness", by DaftPunkYoshi'''

'''"I'VE GOT A HAPPY STORY TO TELL", by RAKninja'''

'''"I'VE NEVER HEARD A HAPPY STORY BEFORE", by ChrisGendo'''

The third generation of staff makes its debut appearance into the match at this point, with ChrisGendo uploading her Round 12 only a day after being promoted, on December 11, 2010. Spawn Spencer from ''Psych'' opens the video, exclaiming "YEEEEAAAAAA" with a blue photo filter applied to him, something that would be done directly by fellow staff member NS2 in a similar fashion in "Luck, You Bluffer"(2010) the immediate day after, therefore acting as his indirect representation in this match. As this melts into a strobe, the following video proceeds in a music video fashion set to the Ling Tosite Sigure song "Sergio Echigo"(2004), editing the previous round in what had by then become ChrisGendo's signature style. Her staple of ''Welcome to the NHK'' is one of the main added sources featured, along with footage of Gendo Ikari from ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' from which her alias originates.

'''"TELL ME THE TENNIS FUCK STORY", by AshcrementVII'''

'''"The Tennis Fuck Story", by strong414bad'''

'''"John Lemon's Fuck Stpry", by TheChutley'''

'''"Michael Jacksonville's Funk Narrative", by theFXexpert'''

'''"NOW IT'S TIME TO GET FUNKY", by mrdoognoog'''

'''"The Funk of Christ, Or the Beat of Kurosawa's Island of Magical Tennis Dreams", by dani_phantump'''

Spot claimed by VidTens443, but remains unfinished.

Spot claimed by Metroid998.

Spot claimed by {{GameBop}}. This round, and the one after it, were claimed in reference to the game Alida.