3-Way Tennis Tournament 2: Difference between revisions

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This is the first tournament to feature the participation of soundphaseytp, portaldash, {{foldername}}, hitori, mahify, ElijahStar and Media904. It is also a return tournament for multiple of its participants, leading some to term this event as creating a latter-day tennis renaissance; {{dew}} returned after having last played in the [[Doubles Cup 4]] in 2022, {{TheChutley}}, {{ThirtyTwelve}}, {{fiv95}} and TehShadzify returned after having last played in the [[Doubles Cup 3]] in 2017-2018, and {{CheeChee}} returned after having last played in the [[Match Voting Tournament 2]] in 2021. {{Sid}} and CRJ1_ both made guest appearances in Set 2(with the latter becoming a permanent replacement in Set 3), having not appeared in a tennis tournament since the Doubles Cup 3 and the Match Voting Tournament 2 respectively, and NESfanboi made a guest appearance in Set 3, having not appeared since the [[Doubles Cup 2]] in 2011-2012. {{GameBop}} also initially secretly joined under the name DisguisedSqueak43, revealing their true identity 10 days before Set 1 lineups were announced, also making their comeback after 2 years of no video activity period and their first tournament appearance since the Match Voting Tournament 2 as well. {{veritylarsen}} initially signed up, having last played in the [[Multi-Way Tennis Tournament]] in 2014, but then subsequently dropped out for personal reasons without having made any rounds. {{TheChutley}}, {{GameBop}} and NESfanboi were the only players returning from the original [[3-Way Tennis Tournament]]; Additional veteran {{trepmaws}} also started a "[https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/the-unofficial-3wtt2-lobby-shuffle-signups-open-shuffle-1-matches-posted.692/ Three-Way Lobby Shuffle]" parallel event to make up for all the player slots being filled but there being double the amount of players interested in participating. This marks {{trepmaws}}' own return to tennis after a roughly 7 year gap of any video activity in addition. All current members of the [[tennis staff]] except for {{AngryLuigi23}} were able to secure spots in the tournament.

There was discussion initially about possible ways to increase the player count from 27, but upon experimental calculations amongst the current tennis staff any possible number was deemed to be too unwieldy, especially for a competition on a new forum with a new burgeoning community. Consequently, signups filled very fast, and it eventually turned out that roughly twice the number of people were interested in participating in the tournament, which was less than what would have been required for a proper extension of signups but still far more than who could actually participate. {{trepmaws}}' parellel event thusly had no maximum limit of participants either, allowing everyone who had signed up as replacements to have something to do while they waited for a chance to participate in the official tournament.

==={{slabsten}} vs. {{BortLoco}} vs. RaymanChrome===

==={{system128}} vs. CheeChee vs. {{nm41}}===

slabsten dropped out before Set 3 began and was repalced by Yottifferent. {{mrdoognoog}} and {{fiv95}} worked in collaboration for round 6.

{{GameBop}} dropped out before Set 3 began and was replaced by Brick. portaldash dropped out without making any rounds and was replaced by pjfrix.

CheeChee won his Bracket A match, and was thusly allowed to sit out for the duration of this set as the first confirmed finalist of the tournament.

==={{dani_phantump}} vs. boundless_beta vs. {{nm41}}===