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[[File:Goldenrule.jpeg|thumb|alt=No one wins at tennis, ever!|The golden rule of tennis.]]

Forum sites will often have accolades for participating in tournament matches and a rarely-given one for if a tournament is won; on the [[YouChew]] forums it was usually a micro-sized render of a standard real-life tennis trophy, having been used in its most familiar form from July 2010 until September 2018. Since 2019, when {{dew}} designed a new version of the award for YTPMania<ref>https://ytpmania.net/t/tennis-badge-request-backlog-goes-here/4528/15</ref>, the "Golden Cube of Victor" has gone to the tournament winner. Expanding on a YouChew-era award of a "silver wreath" for completing 10 tournament matches, various "precious metal"-themed tennis racquet badges also go to players who have won (or later on, participated in) enough individual tournament matches, now accounting for 1, 10, 25, and 40 tournament matches played<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/29/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/30/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/31/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/32/awarded-list</ref>. Even if players end up winning more than a single tournament, every winner only ever receives one maximum.

Forum sites will often have accolades for participating in tournament matches and a rarely-given one for if a tournament is won; on the [[YouChew]] forums it was usually a micro-sized render of a standard real-life tennis trophy, having been used in its most familiar form from July 2010 until September 2018. Since 2019, when {{dew}} designed a new version of the award for YTPMania<ref>https://ytpmania.net/t/tennis-badge-request-backlog-goes-here/4528/15</ref>, the "Golden Cube of Victor" has gone to the tournament winner, with this being expanded into including "The Silver Cube of Second Best" for tournament finalists and "The Bronze Cube of Admirability" for tournament semifinalists, which were added to [[YellowTealPurple]] on June 17, 2025<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/forum-changelog.403/post-26907</ref>. Expanding on a YouChew-era award of a "silver wreath" for completing 10 tournament matches, various "precious metal"-themed tennis racquet badges also go to players who have won (or later on, participated in) enough individual tournament matches, now accounting for 1, 10, 25, and 40 tournament matches played<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/29/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/30/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/31/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/32/awarded-list</ref>. Even if players end up winning more than a single tournament, every winner only ever receives one maximum.

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 [[File:Goldenrule.jpeg|thumb|alt=No one wins at tennis, ever!|The golden rule of tennis.]]
-Forum sites will often have accolades for participating in tournament matches and a rarely-given one for if a tournament is won; on the [[YouChew]] forums it was usually a micro-sized render of a standard real-life tennis trophy, having been used in its most familiar form from July 2010 until September 2018. Since 2019, when {{dew}} designed a new version of the award for YTPMania<ref>https://ytpmania.net/t/tennis-badge-request-backlog-goes-here/4528/15</ref>, the "Golden Cube of Victor" has gone to the tournament winner. Expanding on a YouChew-era award of a "silver wreath" for completing 10 tournament matches, various "precious metal"-themed tennis racquet badges also go to players who have won (or later on, participated in) enough individual tournament matches, now accounting for 1, 10, 25, and 40 tournament matches played<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/29/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/30/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/31/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/32/awarded-list</ref>. Even if players end up winning more than a single tournament, every winner only ever receives one maximum.
+Forum sites will often have accolades for participating in tournament matches and a rarely-given one for if a tournament is won; on the [[YouChew]] forums it was usually a micro-sized render of a standard real-life tennis trophy, having been used in its most familiar form from July 2010 until September 2018. Since 2019, when {{dew}} designed a new version of the award for YTPMania<ref>https://ytpmania.net/t/tennis-badge-request-backlog-goes-here/4528/15</ref>, the "Golden Cube of Victor" has gone to the tournament winner, with this being expanded into including "The Silver Cube of Second Best" for tournament finalists and "The Bronze Cube of Admirability" for tournament semifinalists, which were added to [[YellowTealPurple]] on June 17, 2025<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/forum-changelog.403/post-26907</ref>. Expanding on a YouChew-era award of a "silver wreath" for completing 10 tournament matches, various "precious metal"-themed tennis racquet badges also go to players who have won (or later on, participated in) enough individual tournament matches, now accounting for 1, 10, 25, and 40 tournament matches played<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/29/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/30/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/31/awarded-list</ref><ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/ozzmodz-badges/32/awarded-list</ref>. Even if players end up winning more than a single tournament, every winner only ever receives one maximum.
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