ChrisGendo vs. TheChutley vs. trepmaws

ChrisGendo vs. TheChutley vs. trepmaws
Multi-Way; 3-Way
"食べるのだ"
Start Date	January 5, 2010
End Date	May 30, 2010
Rounds	9
Participants	ChrisGendo, TheChutley, trepmaws
Match Page	Archive Thread

ChrisGendo vs. TheChutley vs. trepmaws is a Youtube Poop/Video tennis match that took place between January 5 and May 30, 2010. Given the well known nickname of "The Touhou Three-Way", every source used throughout the match is pulled from the Touhou universe of games and media, utilizing many songs, musical flash videos, OVAs and humorous animated fan content known and enjoyed by the three participants, much of which was originally uploaded on the platform Niconico (formerly Nico Nico Douga). It was the second time that ChrisGendo and TheChutley played each other in direct volleying sequence in a match, the third time that TheChutley and trepmaws played each other in direct volleying sequence, the third match in which TheChutley and trepmaws faced each other in any configuriation and the fifth match involving them both entirely, and the first tennis encounter had between trepmaws and ChrisGendo. Touhou-themed sources used include Touhou Video #5: Hot Pockets and Touhou Video #7: Dyson by rozenmystica, IOSYS promo videos for Cirno's Perfect Math Class, Heartful Necromancer, Overdrive, Overdrive! (Full Remix Version), Captain Murasa's Ass Anchor, Blazing Heart, Bad Apple!!, Okuu's Nuclear Fusion Dojo, and 【Touhou IOSYS x TETLA】The Ultimate Yakiniku Restaurant! Orin's Restaurant of Hell!, The 3rd Touhou M-1 Glampuri "Pachepper Rapper", Kero ⑨ Destiny PV, Tetla Pot's Kero ⑨ Destiny PV, Chirumiru, 【Touhou PV】 Arc of Dream 【東方】, Moonlight Romance of Love, Sound Holic Touhou PV - Optical Cellophane (Full version), Innocent Key - The Homework Never Ends! Touhou M-1 Grand Prix - PatchuMeirin, gameplay footage from Touhou 1: Highly Responsive to Prayers(PC-98, 1997), a cover of "History of the Moon" from Imperishable Night (Eirin's theme) by Liverne, the Dream of the Eastern Project OVA, and the Touhou Project Side Story anime "Memories of Stars". Similar to certain other matches played by ChrisGendo in this period, all round titles are written very casually and off the cuff, as if to express amusing inner thoughts or observations about the match as of the round its connected to, making for almost literal conversation between players in this fashion.

It was the 28th match completed by ChrisGendo, the 42nd match completed by TheChutley and the eighth match completed by trepmaws, as well as the latter's only match ever completed that was not a part of a tennis tournament. All three players would go on to form the majority of the Third Generation of the tennis staff, with ChrisGendo and TheChutley being promoted in December 2010 and trepmaws being promoted alongside AshcrementVII in January 2012. With the influence of Touhou in the tennis community stretching back to Moogle's first appearances in mid-2008, this three-way match is known alongside Moogle's serve in the Tennis Staff Multi Way for helping to effectively crystallize it as a foundational part of the long-running inner culture of tennis, and has remained influential on subsequent generations of players, including later tennis staff members AshcrementVII, LaVie CestLol and Letycjusz S.. It was also enjoyed by contemporary viewers such as JakeSteel, vvaluigi and TorNis7, with particular praise going to trepmaws' performance across the match especially by his climactic and musical Round 9; ChrisGendo, TheChutley, Piodx, MorfGworfmim, and OMGulator all expressed praise for this final round in the video's comments, and it remains to date the most popular tennis round on his channel with over 5,000 views. trepmaws subsequently uploaded an HD 60fps remaster of his Round 3, "It took ⑨ attempts to upload this video"(2010), in August 2018, his last upload on his channel entirely until 2024. LaVieCestLol created a humorous "fandub" of Round 9, "Turns out I can have more than one instance of Vegas open at a time"(2010) in March 2016, featuring his voice attempting to recreate all of the sound of the original video, having been inspired by Nineroe originally creating such a "fandub" previously for Round 6 of GreatBritishTurd vs. MycroProcessor(2009).

All rounds continue to survive in their original uploads. It was first compiled by TheChutley in April/May 2011, during an unusual period in which TheChutley's account was briefly suspended, and was subsequently recompiled using the remastered Round 3 and uploaded on "TheChutley Archive" in October 2024.

The Full Match

Round 1

"i just got back from the thrift store" by ChrisGendo

Round 2

"Oh God I Hope that Picture of Cirno Gets in the Thumbnail" by TheChutley

Round 3

"It took ⑨ attempts to upload this video" by trepmaws

Round 4

"jeez i suck at editing audio sorry" by ChrisGendo

Round 5

"My Internet Died but then it Un-Died so I Can Upload this Now." by TheChutley

Round 6

"Thought I'd try using HD resolution for this one" by trepmaws

Round 7

"i guess this is my last round in this match =(" by ChrisGendo

Round 8

"It Took Me Way Too Long to Make this Round" by TheChutley

Round 9

"Turns out I can have more than one instance of Vegas open at a time" by trepmaws