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It was the fifth match played by Luioigi<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/16-poop-tennis/30906-poop-tennis-roster-thread/1#post-934759</ref> and the fourth match played by Crash2991<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/16-poop-tennis/30906-poop-tennis-roster-thread/1#post-934751</ref><ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/14 While Crash's roster lists the first three matches in chronological order, the inclusion of RabbitSnore in the middle (his 13th match played) can potentially throw off uneducated viewers of his old roster. This page of the old Tennis: Completed section shows the matches he played with Luioigi, NS2 and RAK in order; his fourth, fifth and sixth matches played.</ref>. At the time of its occurrence the forums were in the thick of mass defections from the ongoing rule of Conrad Slater during this era to the side of RabbitSnore and TINS on the [[Planet Freedom]] offshoot forums. As a result, this match occurred during a period of low activity on the site itself and was initially seen only by the dedicated regulars of the original Tennis Cafe thread in the slowly developing tennis community. Due to Round 2 putting particular focus on a nonspecific rabbit pulled out of the original ''Teletubbies'' footage, {{RabbitSnore}} playfully became an avid watcher of the match("Layers, anime, and rabbits? Ho ho!"<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive//forum/19-tennis-completed/95163-luioigi-vs-crash2991/1#post-3738015</ref>) and posted at its conclusion, "I commend the both of you on making graceful, elegant noise. A fine match. *applauds*"<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/95163-luioigi-vs-crash2991/1#post-3756399</ref>. {{NS2}} considered the match to be an early classic, and added it to YouChew's early Tennis: Archives subforum in August 2008, one of the 25 matches chosen for inclusion into that section that came initially from the inaccessible-at-the-time Vanilla forums<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/32-tennis-archives/18541-tennis-archive-luioigi-vs-crash2991/1</ref>. | It was the fifth match played by Luioigi<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/16-poop-tennis/30906-poop-tennis-roster-thread/1#post-934759</ref> and the fourth match played by Crash2991<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/16-poop-tennis/30906-poop-tennis-roster-thread/1#post-934751</ref><ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/14 While Crash's roster lists the first three matches in chronological order, the inclusion of RabbitSnore in the middle (his 13th match played) can potentially throw off uneducated viewers of his old roster. This page of the old Tennis: Completed section shows the matches he played with Luioigi, NS2 and RAK in order; his fourth, fifth and sixth matches played.</ref>. At the time of its occurrence the forums were in the thick of mass defections from the ongoing rule of Conrad Slater during this era to the side of RabbitSnore and TINS on the [[Planet Freedom]] offshoot forums. As a result, this match occurred during a period of low activity on the site itself and was initially seen only by the dedicated regulars of the original Tennis Cafe thread in the slowly developing tennis community. Due to Round 2 putting particular focus on a nonspecific rabbit pulled out of the original ''Teletubbies'' footage, {{RabbitSnore}} playfully became an avid watcher of the match("Layers, anime, and rabbits? Ho ho!"<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive//forum/19-tennis-completed/95163-luioigi-vs-crash2991/1#post-3738015</ref>) and posted at its conclusion, "I commend the both of you on making graceful, elegant noise. A fine match. *applauds*"<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/95163-luioigi-vs-crash2991/1#post-3756399</ref>. {{NS2}} considered the match to be an early classic, and added it to YouChew's early Tennis: Archives subforum in August 2008, one of the 25 matches chosen for inclusion into that section that came initially from the inaccessible-at-the-time Vanilla forums<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/32-tennis-archives/18541-tennis-archive-luioigi-vs-crash2991/1</ref>. | ||
Crash2991 privated all of his videos in 2011; his full body of work was saved and uploaded to archive.org in December 2019 | Crash2991 privated all of his videos in 2011; his full body of work was saved and uploaded to archive.org in December 2019<ref>https://archive.org/details/ytchannel-crash2991</ref>, allowing for his matches to be seen in full again and making this the earliest of Luioigi's matches to remain fully preserved. It was first compiled into a single video on the YouWouldBeWelcome account in March 2023<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxbcKql9TUg</ref>. | ||
=Full Match= | =Full Match= | ||