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==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
Per RabbitSnore's whimsical " | Per RabbitSnore's whimsical "café/restaurant/bar" theming around "The Poop Tennis Café" thread and its staff, it's become something of a lighthearted tradition to imagine the tennis staff as caretakers, baristas, and any-sorta-food-service-worker-related-symbolism-you-can-think-of. They have always been recognized by yellow colored names and forum insignia, consistent through forum sites and the [[The Tennis Isles]] discord group. | ||
Besides just having subforum-specific moderation powers, the members of this staff over time have informally acquired a status and reputation of being "experts" at tennis, due to each member throughout its history having their own unique editing approaches, many having their own theories and perspectives on how different tennis matches play out, and usually having some of the greatest passion for the medium out of all tennis players. In recent years, members of this staff have been becoming seen as "role-models" for the community, effectively representing it through their respective eras past and present. This has also been becoming one of the deciding merits around which new members are selected. Besides this however, new members have almost always been traditionally chosen for their activity, knowledge, bonds with existing staff members, and/or their willingness to contribute. | Besides just having subforum-specific moderation powers, the members of this staff over time have informally acquired a status and reputation of being "experts" at tennis, due to each member throughout its history having their own unique editing approaches, many having their own theories and perspectives on how different tennis matches play out, and usually having some of the greatest passion for the medium out of all tennis players. In recent years, members of this staff have been becoming seen as "role-models" for the community, effectively representing it through their respective eras past and present. This has also been becoming one of the deciding merits around which new members are selected. Besides this however, new members have almost always been traditionally chosen for their activity, knowledge, bonds with existing staff members, and/or their willingness to contribute. | ||
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=List of Tennis Staff= | =List of Tennis Staff= | ||
There have been 31 total members to have served as part of the Tennis/ | There have been 31 total members to have served as part of the Tennis/Café Staff, 32 if Emperor Ing is counted amongst its ranks. | ||
Fun Fact, in this wiki, tennis staff will have a special label (which hasn't been decided yet) as a tooltip on their name. Look out for this! | Fun Fact, in this wiki, tennis staff will have a special label (which hasn't been decided yet) as a tooltip on their name. Look out for this! | ||
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! Name !! Active? !! Tenure !! Notes | ! Name !! Active? !! Tenure !! Notes | ||
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| {{Letycjusz S.}}|| Yes || 2025-present || First staff appointed on YellowTealPurple | | {{Letycjusz S.}}|| Yes || 2025-present || First staff appointed on {{YellowTealPurple}} | ||
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| {{AngryLuigi23}}|| Yes || 2024-present || | | {{AngryLuigi23}}|| Yes || 2024-present || | ||
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|{{Corruptionsound}} ||No || 2014-2019 || | |{{Corruptionsound}} ||No || 2014-2019 || | ||
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|{{dani}} || Yes || 2019-2020, 2024-present || First staff, along with infinitysnapz, to be a "Hybrid Fuck" since RabbitSnore | |{{dani}} || Yes || 2019-2020, 2024-present || First staff, along with {{infinitysnapz}}, to be a "Hybrid Fuck" since RabbitSnore | ||
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|{{TheFXexpert}} ||No || 2014-2018 || | |{{TheFXexpert}} ||No || 2014-2018 || | ||
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|{{Metroid998}}|| No|| 2016-2019 || Served as interim until October 8, 2022 | |{{Metroid998}}|| No|| 2016-2019 || Served as interim until October 8, 2022 | ||
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|{{Stuart K. Reilly}}||No || 2014 || Technically a "fuck by proxy"; was initially a Janitor on the | |{{Stuart K. Reilly}}||No || 2014 || Technically a "fuck by proxy"; was initially a Janitor on the YouChew Forums until the Tennis Staff and Janitors were combined to make the Café Staff. Never played a full tennis match of his own | ||
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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
(this will be a really cool piece of wiki tech that has the lines of every staff member and how long they served, though for now, it is just a screenshot of a spreadsheet) | (this will be a really cool piece of wiki tech that has the lines of every staff member and how long they served, though for now, it is just a screenshot of a spreadsheet) | ||
[[File:Tennisstafftimelinetemp.png]] | [[File:Tennisstafftimelinetemp.png]] | ||
=History= | =History= | ||
The chronology of the Tennis Staff has been organized by relatively arbitrary "generations" since 2019, with {{dew}} conceptualizing the original designations of generation. While dani originally organized these by a combination of relative group size (shooting for as close to seven members for each) and spans of time apart between additions, The generations were revised on February 27, 2025 by infinitysnapz, who organized them more by closeness in join dates for each group. This has additionally allowed the resignation of RabbitSnore and TINS from YouChew leadership to be better considered as a major pivot point between specified generations. | The chronology of the Tennis Staff has been organized by relatively arbitrary "generations" since 2019, with {{dew}} conceptualizing the original designations of generation. While {{dani}} originally organized these by a combination of relative group size (shooting for as close to seven members for each) and spans of time apart between additions, The generations were revised on February 27, 2025 by {{infinitysnapz}}, who organized them more by closeness in join dates for each group. This has additionally allowed the resignation of {{RabbitSnore}} and TINS from YouChew leadership to be better considered as a major pivot point between specified generations. | ||
==First Generation(2008)== | ==First Generation(2008)== | ||
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=Tennis Fuck Choice Award= | =Tennis Fuck Choice 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> | ||
The "Tennis Fuck Choice Award" was an award given by the staff "once a month" for outstanding tennis achievement. | The "Tennis Fuck Choice Award" was an award given by the staff "once a month" for outstanding tennis achievement. While it it known who got the award, few records exist on ''why''. Likely created around mid to late 2009<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/the-video-tennis-cafe-today-i-opened-the-gate-and-was-about-to-begin-modifications-when-a-figure-suddenly-appeared-on-the-other-side.30/post-25695</ref>, fifteen players received the award before it went defunct - many of whom were staff themselves. It was also potentially possible to win the award multiple times; this has complicated archival as award descriptions would overwrite in many cases. | ||
A list of all players who received this award can be seen below. Dates are not given as many had to be re-awarded following the Invision transition of the YouChew forums in late-July to early-August 2010, and much of the original data has remained lost. Note that many reasons are speculative. | A list of all players who received this award can be seen below. Dates are not given as many had to be re-awarded following the Invision transition of the YouChew forums in late-July to early-August 2010, and much of the original data has remained lost. Note that many reasons are speculative. | ||