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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|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}} on April 2nd, 2020.

dani_phantump's Round 18 precipitated a five-year hiatus for the match due to VidTens443's protracted progress as the original intended creator for Round 19, the longest gap of time experienced for the match thus far. On July 19, 2025, the current staff members along with a small group of former ones organized plans for the chain to officially continue, with [[TheChutley]] taking over in VidTens' spot. Enough subsequent spots were then confirmed and/or taken to allow the match a clear path towards Round 30.  

Originally the match was planned to go to about 30 total rounds, with a proposed volleying order being "{{Moogle}} vs. {{Crash2991}} vs. {{RAKninja}} vs. {{theHappyFungus}} vs. Emperor Ing vs. {{RabbitSnore}} vs. {{strong414bad}} vs. {{Gamebop}} vs. {{MycroProcessor}} vs. {{DaftPunkYoshi}} vs. {{NS2}}". While {{NS2}} showed enthusiasm for contributing to this match, he never ended up making a Round 11 like originally planned, which eventually became RAKninja's second volley. Almost every round that has been submitted to the match since (with the exception of {{strong414bad}}'s Round 14) has been by a newly added member of the Tennis Staff.

Nuthead and NS2 are the only two members of the original staff to have not made a volley, although sources signature to them both were used in RAKninja's Round 3 and ChrisGendo's Round 12 respectively. Other members of staff who have not contributed to the match include {{trepmaws}}, {{CorruptionSound}}, {{Metroid998}}, {{LaVieCestLol}}, {{Biodegradable}}, {{VidTens443}}, as well as all staff appointed after {{dani}}.

''Ninja: Silent Assassin'' (RAKninja and Emperor Ing)<br>

Kukori Es Kotkoda ({{GameBop}})<br>

Ralph Bakshi's ''Lord of The Rings''(1978)(Emperor Ing)<br>

''Higurashi When They Cry'' (NS2 and theHappyFungus)<br>

The ''Chrono Trigger'' Anime pilot (Crash2991)<br>

Crash's Round 2, uploaded on the same day as the serve, cuts out a good portion of the original source pool, preferring to focus just on largely Norm Augustinus, the ''Ninja: Silent Assassin'' Footage, the ''Chrono Trigger'' anime, ''Higurashi'' and much of Moogle's source representation, singling out the CHEEEEEN at a notable moment where Jim Kelly in the blaxploitation film ''Black Belt Jones''(1974) performs a judo chop on another's neck. The line "I'M GONNA KILL YOU LIKE I KILLED YOUR WIFE" is repeated from the serve, and the depiction of Adolf Hitler from ''Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo''(1978) appears for the first time very briefly. After the brief Gato's Theme interlude from the Chrono Trigger anime is shown, the full song from the original game plays over footage of Charles Gordone as the character "Preacherman" in one of ''Coonskin''(1975)'s live-action segments. The round ends with a brief coda following the THE END title card, with "EE-EE-EE-EE....BURRR-?" over Ninja Silent Assassin footage, immediately followed by a brief clip of Lupin smiling mischievously. A product of his "[[Windows Movie Maker|WMM]] year" of late 2008 to late 2009, this was the only time that Moogle and Crash shared a direct tennis exchange with each other.

There also exists some "deleted scenes" for this round, albeit with extra editing made after:

* A Rabbit image that was often posted by RabbitSnore, usually accompanied by something like "Here's a Rabbit."<br>

* The POOP TENNIS CAFE image that adorned the OP of every Tennis Café thread from its inception in 2008 until the YTPMania Café thread in 2018<br>

Round 15, uploaded October 26, 2014, almost four years after {{TheChutley}} was first promoted to staff, is a product of her now famous middle period (once referred to by {{dani_phantump}} as "Cool Mode") and is thusly edited in her much more humorous, irrelevant and stream-of-conscious driven style from that period. It was also the only time that TheChutley and strong414bad ever shared a direct tennis exchange. Chen makes her actual first on-screen appearance, sliding down the quill of a giant Sandslash to the sound of CHEEEEEEEN before being impaled by another, followed by the text "Loading Chen.... Please Wait" with a screen flipping gif of David Bowie (from his ''"Heroes"''(1977) album cover) that was being used by dew around this time. Following this, The Ninja: Silent Assassin clip of the phone being answered is redubbed with {{TheChutley}}'s own voice, with an image of an old woman appearing on the opposite half of the screen, voiced to say:

Also added in the video is "Monica" by The Kinks (very beginning), "Rain" and "Tell Me What You See" by The Beatles, "Astronomy Domine" by Pink Floyd (played over just "here." on screen) along with several other song snippets and several seemingly random and goofy images and gifs. The Silly Symphony short ''The Wise Old Hen''(1934) is added, with a rhythmic clip repeated with the caption "ytpmv" over the video. After a clip of TheChutley's voice saying "Whatcha doin at the club ON A THURSDAY", CHEEEEEEN is heard over a drawing of a Slyveon, interspersed with TheChutley's voice going "UUUUUUUUUUUUUU" with a 8^( face superimposed over it.

Round 18, uploaded April 2, 2020, ended up as the longest round of the entire match, surpassing the first two rounds by over a full minute. It was the second time that dani and doog had shared a direct tennis exchange, occurring concurrently with the early stages of their separate match.

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