Crash2991 vs. NS2: Difference between revisions

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<small>"Anyone who plays Crash is in for a match that will be legendary. That's what I felt during the whole of this match, and I realized this was true among others when even strong414bad felt legendary when playing him. I created some of my best [videos] in this match (specifically Round 8), and it literally blew my mind."<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/32-tennis-archives/4169-tennis-archive-crash2991-vs-ns2/1</ref></small>

~~Additionally, a key piece~~ of ~~early tennis community lore originates in this~~ match~~. In {{Crash2991}}~~'s ~~Round 7~~, "The Revolutionary Cat Army Take Down The Penguin King", a clip from the Telesuccess English dub of the 1977 mecha anime ''Voltes V'' is added, consisting of Kenichi Goh declaring while helping to pilot the titular robot, "WE'LL FINISH HIM OFF WITH OUR INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD!". The phrase "Incredible Laser Sword" is a mistranslation from the original more-accurate "Heaven Sword" ("Tenkuu-ken"), and was likely included into the match to ~~poke humorous fun at~~ it~~. Nonetheless, it appears that there was some affection for this phrase; a month later, on April 19, 2008, {{Crash2991}} announced in [[YouChew|YouChew's]] Tennis Café thread the formation of a~~ "~~team" with the name~~ of ~~Incredible Laser Sword consisting of the other regulars of the thread, which just so happened to include everyone~~ that ~~was to become~~ a part of the first generation of [[tennis staff]], including {{RabbitSnore}}. This would later extend to a separate YouTube channel created under the name IncredibleLaserSword, in which two collaborative videos created by the entire original staff (plus Markie) were uploaded in mid 2008. An elaborate [[Chewiki]] page detailing the made-up-for-fun origins of Incredible Laser Sword and the backstory and skills of each of its individual members was written by RabbitSnore, with ~~the non tennis staff members being listed as Markie, MAZZ0Murder,~~ and ~~Sonicnerd23. Furnessly added a section titled "The NEW INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD~~" ~~to the page in 2009, detailing~~ a ~~story involving the newer café regulars at the time, including {{ChrisGendo}} (as "Revolver ChrisGendolot"), {{Moogle}} (as "Mooglenova"), vvaluigi (as "VvaluigiAFox"), DaftPunkYoshi (as "D~~.~~P. Yoshi"), and himself (as "Furn McGuire~~"). During the [[Tennis Season]] in 2009, the name Incredible Laser Sword was used for a team consisting almost entirely of tennis staff members. This included three of its originals({{RabbitSnore}}, {{RAKninja}} and {{Crash2991}}), its newest member(DaftPunkYoshi) and a non-staff regular (vvaluigi).

Around the one-year anniversary of the match's beginning, Crash2991 referred to it as "probably one of my favorite tennis matches and one that holds a special place with me" and that "It started off a beautiful friendship that still exists today."

Crash2991 privated all of his videos in 2011; his full body of work was saved and uploaded to archive.org in December 2019, allowing for his matches to be seen in full again<ref>https://archive.org/details/ytchannel-crash2991</ref>. It was first compiled into a single video on the YouWouldBeWelcome account(then called "maniafax") in December 2019<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0_O6EmG9kE</ref>.

=INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD=

A key piece of early tennis community lore originates in this match. In {{Crash2991}}'s Round 7, "The Revolutionary Cat Army Take Down The Penguin King", a clip from the Telesuccess English dub of the 1977 mecha anime ''Voltes V'' is added, consisting of Kenichi Goh declaring while helping to pilot the titular robot, "WE'LL FINISH HIM OFF WITH OUR INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD!". The phrase "Incredible Laser Sword" is a mistranslation from the original more-accurate "Heaven Sword" ("Tenkuu-ken"), and was likely included into the match to poke humorous fun at it. Nonetheless, it appears that there was some affection for this phrase; a month later, on April 19, 2008, {{Crash2991}} announced in [[YouChew|YouChew's]] Tennis Café thread the formation of a "team" with the name of Incredible Laser Sword consisting of the other regulars of the thread, which just so happened to include everyone that was to become a part of the first generation of [[tennis staff]], including {{RabbitSnore}}. This would later extend to a separate YouTube channel created under the name IncredibleLaserSword, in which two collaborative videos created by the entire original staff (plus Markie) were uploaded in mid 2008. An elaborate [[Chewiki]] page detailing the made-up-for-fun origins of Incredible Laser Sword and the backstory and skills of each of its individual members was written by RabbitSnore, with the non tennis staff members being listed as Markie, MAZZ0Murder, and Sonicnerd23. Furnessly added a section titled "The NEW INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD" to the page in 2009, detailing a story involving the newer café regulars at the time, including {{ChrisGendo}} (as "Revolver ChrisGendolot"), {{Moogle}} (as "Mooglenova"), vvaluigi (as "VvaluigiAFox"), DaftPunkYoshi (as "D.P. Yoshi"), and himself (as "Furn McGuire"). During the [[Tennis Season]] in 2009, the name Incredible Laser Sword was used for a team consisting almost entirely of tennis staff members. This included three of its originals({{RabbitSnore}}, {{RAKninja}} and {{Crash2991}}), its newest member(DaftPunkYoshi) and a non-staff regular (vvaluigi).

=The Full Match=

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 <small>"Anyone who plays Crash is in for a match that will be legendary. That's what I felt during the whole of this match, and I realized this was true among others when even strong414bad felt legendary when playing him. I created some of my best [videos] in this match (specifically Round 8), and it literally blew my mind."<ref>https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/32-tennis-archives/4169-tennis-archive-crash2991-vs-ns2/1</ref></small>
-Additionally, a key piece of early tennis community lore originates in this match. In {{Crash2991}}'s Round 7, "The Revolutionary Cat Army Take Down The Penguin King", a clip from the Telesuccess English dub of the 1977 mecha anime ''Voltes V'' is added, consisting of Kenichi Goh declaring while helping to pilot the titular robot, "WE'LL FINISH HIM OFF WITH OUR INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD!". The phrase "Incredible Laser Sword" is a mistranslation from the original more-accurate "Heaven Sword" ("Tenkuu-ken"), and was likely included into the match to poke humorous fun at it. Nonetheless, it appears that there was some affection for this phrase; a month later, on April 19, 2008, {{Crash2991}} announced in [[YouChew|YouChew's]] Tennis Café thread the formation of a "team" with the name of Incredible Laser Sword consisting of the other regulars of the thread, which just so happened to include everyone that was to become a part of the first generation of [[tennis staff]], including {{RabbitSnore}}. This would later extend to a separate YouTube channel created under the name IncredibleLaserSword, in which two collaborative videos created by the entire original staff (plus Markie) were uploaded in mid 2008. An elaborate [[Chewiki]] page detailing the made-up-for-fun origins of Incredible Laser Sword and the backstory and skills of each of its individual members was written by RabbitSnore, with the non tennis staff members being listed as Markie, MAZZ0Murder, and Sonicnerd23. Furnessly added a section titled "The NEW INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD" to the page in 2009, detailing a story involving the newer café regulars at the time, including {{ChrisGendo}} (as "Revolver ChrisGendolot"), {{Moogle}} (as "Mooglenova"), vvaluigi (as "VvaluigiAFox"), DaftPunkYoshi (as "D.P. Yoshi"), and himself (as "Furn McGuire"). During the [[Tennis Season]] in 2009, the name Incredible Laser Sword was used for a team consisting almost entirely of tennis staff members. This included three of its originals({{RabbitSnore}}, {{RAKninja}} and {{Crash2991}}), its newest member(DaftPunkYoshi) and a non-staff regular (vvaluigi).
+Around the one-year anniversary of the match's beginning, Crash2991 referred to it as "probably one of my favorite tennis matches and one that holds a special place with me" and that "It started off a beautiful friendship that still exists today."
 Crash2991 privated all of his videos in 2011; his full body of work was saved and uploaded to archive.org in December 2019, allowing for his matches to be seen in full again<ref>https://archive.org/details/ytchannel-crash2991</ref>. It was first compiled into a single video on the YouWouldBeWelcome account(then called "maniafax") in December 2019<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0_O6EmG9kE</ref>.
+=INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD=
+A key piece of early tennis community lore originates in this match. In {{Crash2991}}'s Round 7, "The Revolutionary Cat Army Take Down The Penguin King", a clip from the Telesuccess English dub of the 1977 mecha anime ''Voltes V'' is added, consisting of Kenichi Goh declaring while helping to pilot the titular robot, "WE'LL FINISH HIM OFF WITH OUR INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD!". The phrase "Incredible Laser Sword" is a mistranslation from the original more-accurate "Heaven Sword" ("Tenkuu-ken"), and was likely included into the match to poke humorous fun at it. Nonetheless, it appears that there was some affection for this phrase; a month later, on April 19, 2008, {{Crash2991}} announced in [[YouChew|YouChew's]] Tennis Café thread the formation of a "team" with the name of Incredible Laser Sword consisting of the other regulars of the thread, which just so happened to include everyone that was to become a part of the first generation of [[tennis staff]], including {{RabbitSnore}}. This would later extend to a separate YouTube channel created under the name IncredibleLaserSword, in which two collaborative videos created by the entire original staff (plus Markie) were uploaded in mid 2008. An elaborate [[Chewiki]] page detailing the made-up-for-fun origins of Incredible Laser Sword and the backstory and skills of each of its individual members was written by RabbitSnore, with the non tennis staff members being listed as Markie, MAZZ0Murder, and Sonicnerd23. Furnessly added a section titled "The NEW INCREDIBLE LASER SWORD" to the page in 2009, detailing a story involving the newer café regulars at the time, including {{ChrisGendo}} (as "Revolver ChrisGendolot"), {{Moogle}} (as "Mooglenova"), vvaluigi (as "VvaluigiAFox"), DaftPunkYoshi (as "D.P. Yoshi"), and himself (as "Furn McGuire"). During the [[Tennis Season]] in 2009, the name Incredible Laser Sword was used for a team consisting almost entirely of tennis staff members. This included three of its originals({{RabbitSnore}}, {{RAKninja}} and {{Crash2991}}), its newest member(DaftPunkYoshi) and a non-staff regular (vvaluigi).
 =The Full Match=