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The '''Tennis Staff''' (also known as the '''Café Staff''' or more immaturely the '''Tennis F**ks''') as a concept initially stems from a subforum moderator staff created by RabbitSnore on the YouChew forums on May 7, 2008. | The '''Tennis Staff''' (also known as the '''Café Staff''' or more immaturely the '''Tennis F**ks''') are the '''de-facto'' leaders of the [[tennis]] community. | ||
[[File:Mako staff.png|thumb|right]] | |||
=Roles and Jobs= | |||
==Origins== | |||
The '''Tennis Staff''' as a concept initially stems from a subforum moderator staff created by RabbitSnore on the [[YouChew forums]] on May 7, 2008. Their initial purpose was to moderate the "Poop Tennis" section of these forums, which included: | |||
- moving match threads between the "Wanted", "In-Progress", "Completed" and "Failed" sections | |||
- posting and updating tennis rosters in the "Poop Tennis Roster Thread" | |||
- keeping friendly watch over the regulars in the section's long-running general chat thread, "The Poop Tennis Café". | |||
Their modern roles remain largely the same, easily adapting as new communication mediums like Discord became more prominent. | |||
==Culture== | |||
Per RabbitSnore's whimsical "cafe/restaurant/bar" theming around this 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 [[YouChew]], [[YTPMania]] 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. | ||
The staff have run all site sanctioned [[Tennis Tournaments]] | The staff have also run all site sanctioned [[Tennis Tournaments]] since 2008. While this has been historically inconsistent, all major tournaments run by staff are considered "canon". | ||
=List of Tennis Staff= | =List of Tennis Staff= | ||
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| infinitysnapz||Yes || 2023-present || | | infinitysnapz||Yes || 2023-present || | ||
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|{{mrdoognoog}} ||No || 2019-2022 || First staff appointed during the post-YouChew era | |{{mrdoognoog}} ||No || 2019-2022 || First staff appointed during the post-YouChew era. Runs this website! | ||
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|{{GameBop}} ||No || 2008-2018 || | |{{GameBop}} ||No || 2008-2018 || | ||
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|DaftPunkYoshi || No || 2009-2011 || Became a moderator for the Youchew Forums in 2011, serving until 2016 | |DaftPunkYoshi || No || 2009-2011 || Became a moderator for the Youchew Forums in 2011, serving until 2016 | ||
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|Biodegradable || No || 2018-2019 || | |Biodegradable || No || 2018-2019 || Currently the editor for the "Whang!" YouTube channel. | ||
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|AshcrementVII|| No || 2012-2014 || Holds record for oldest staff appointment (at 29) tied with RAKninja | |AshcrementVII|| No || 2012-2014 || Holds record for oldest staff appointment (at 29) tied with RAKninja | ||
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The following image documents all known staff-staff tennis matches: | The following image documents all known staff-staff tennis matches: | ||
<small>''(note: this image is currently flawed and incorrect. a new one is in the works.)''</small> | |||
[[File:Staffstaffmatches.png]] | [[File:Staffstaffmatches.png]] | ||
There have also been many staff-only chains and events, most prominently the [[Staff Multi-Way]]. | There have also been many staff-only chains and events, most prominently the [[Staff Multi-Way]]. | ||