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The '''Tennis Staff Multiway''' is an ongoing [[tennis chain]] that began on May 25, 2009, conceived to be exclusive match played only by the [[Tennis Staff]] on the original [[YouChew|YouChew Forums]]. Originally started as a giant multi-way match between the active members of this staff of the time, it soon become part of a "rite of passage" tradition, where new rounds largely became made by the most recent additions to the staff as sort of a celebration of their promotion. Even so, any member of the staff past or present can volley, with second volleys being contributed by {{RAKninja}} and {{strong414bad}}. The match has continued following Youchew's closure, extending to the Tennis Staff of YTPMania, with the most recent round being by ~~{{dani}}~~ on April 2nd, 2020.

The '''Tennis Staff Multiway''' is an ongoing [[tennis chain]] that began on May 25, 2009, conceived to be exclusive match played only by the [[Tennis Staff]] on the original [[YouChew|YouChew Forums]]. Originally started as a giant multi-way match between the active members of this staff of the time, it soon become part of a "rite of passage" tradition, where new rounds largely became made by the most recent additions to the staff as sort of a celebration of their promotion. Even so, any member of the staff past or present can volley, with second volleys being contributed by RAKninja and strong414bad. The match has continued following Youchew's closure, extending to the Tennis Staff of YTPMania, with the most recent round being by dani_phantump on April 2nd, 2020.

<small> ''"A legendary tennis match as old as time. Or, at least, as old as 2009. This decade long match and counting has long been written in stone by the Fucks of old and through successive generations of time and staff turnover. It weaves a multi-directional, evolving narrative of the warrior CHEN, born from the serve of the fabled Moogle, who has lived to survive 15 grueling tennis rounds of absurdity, complexity, humor, music, and NINJAS, which have been and continue to have been served only by those who have been presently or previously chosen by the Golden Bunny Breasted Racquet of Servitude, now represented equally by the Silver Racqueted Shield of the Knights of Justice (“We Don’t Care Who You Are, We’re Ready To Meet You”). CHEN The Warrior is themselves never seen until the fabled TheChutley's Round 15, but their immediately recognizable Battle Cry has pierced the heavens and cut through every tennis round gauntlet they have found themselves faced with, aided with by the awesome strength of their mighty weapon, The Incredible Laser Sword. Truly, nothing can stop The Warrior CHEN. In short, This is The Tennis Fuck Story. A theoretically endless multi-way in which only café staff may volley."''

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-{{dani}}, in the OP of the [[YTPMania]] continuation thread<ref>https://ytpmania.net/t/tennis-staff-multi-way-the-story-continues/5247</ref>, October 22, 2019 (revised as of the [[YellowTealPurple]] continuation thread<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/the-tennis-staff-multi-way.1730</ref> created on July 19, 2025</small>

dani_phantump's Round 18 precipitated a five-year hiatus for the match due to VidTens443's protracted progress as the original intended creator for Round 19, the longest gap of time experienced for the match thus far. On July 19, 2025, the current staff members along with a small group of former ones organized plans for the chain to officially continue, with {{TheChutley}} taking over in VidTens' spot. Enough subsequent spots were then confirmed and/or taken to allow the match a clear path towards Round 30.

dani_phantump's Round 18 precipitated a five-year hiatus for the match due to VidTens443's protracted progress as the original intended creator for Round 19, the longest gap of time experienced for the match thus far. On July 19, 2025, the current staff members along with a small group of former ones organized plans for the chain to officially continue, with TheChutley taking over in VidTens' spot. Enough subsequent spots were then confirmed and/or taken to allow the match a clear path towards Round 30.

Round 2 of this match, Crash2991's "Want Me to Play With the Very Fabric that is Your Life?"(2009) was one of the 33 Round 2's sampled in GameBop's "Seconds, Anyone?"(2010), their serve for [[GameBop vs. Sploltoen vs. MycroProcessor|their match with Sploltoen and MycroProcessor]] in the [[3-Way Tennis Tournament]].

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The match is your average chain, however many of the in-jokes and references pertain to the history of the staff themselves. Rounds are sometimes claimed in advance, and members can claim as many rounds as they want; however usually they only do one or two to allow space for others to participate, whether incoming or otherwise.

Originally the match was planned to go to about 30 total rounds, with a proposed volleying order being "{{Moogle}} vs. {{Crash2991}} vs. {{RAKninja}} vs. {{theHappyFungus}} vs. Emperor Ing vs. {{RabbitSnore}} vs. {{strong414bad}} vs. ~~{{Gamebop}}~~ vs. {{MycroProcessor}} vs. {{DaftPunkYoshi}} vs. {{NS2}}". While {{NS2}} showed enthusiasm for contributing to this match, he never ended up making a Round 11 like originally planned, which eventually became RAKninja's second volley. Almost every round that has been submitted to the match since (with the exception of {{strong414bad}}'s Round 14) has been by a newly added member of the Tennis Staff.

Originally the match was planned to go to about 30 total rounds, with a proposed volleying order being "Moogle vs. Crash2991 vs. RAKninja vs. theHappyFungus vs. Emperor Ing vs. RabbitSnore vs. strong414bad vs. GameBop vs. MycroProcessor vs. DaftPunkYoshi vs. NS2". While NS2 showed enthusiasm for contributing to this match, he never ended up making a Round 11 like originally planned, which eventually became RAKninja's second volley. Almost every round that has been submitted to the match since (with the exception of {{strong414bad}}'s Round 14) has been by a newly added member of the Tennis Staff.

Nuthead and NS2 are the only two members of the original staff to have not made a volley, although sources signature to them both were used in RAKninja's Round 3 and ChrisGendo's Round 12 respectively. Other members of staff who have not contributed to the match include {{trepmaws}}, {{CorruptionSound}}, {{Metroid998}}, {{LaVieCestLol}}, {{Biodegradable}}, {{VidTens443}}, as well as all staff appointed after ~~{{dani}}~~.

Nuthead and NS2 are the only two members of the original staff to have not made a volley, although sources signature to them both were used in RAKninja's Round 3 and ChrisGendo's Round 12 respectively. Other members of staff who have not contributed to the match include trepmaws, CorruptionSound, Metroid998, LaVieCestLol, Biodegradable, VidTens443, as well as all staff appointed after dani_phantump.

=Rounds=

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-The '''Tennis Staff Multiway''' is an ongoing [[tennis chain]] that began on May 25, 2009, conceived to be exclusive match played only by the [[Tennis Staff]] on the original [[YouChew|YouChew Forums]]. Originally started as a giant multi-way match between the active members of this staff of the time, it soon become part of a "rite of passage" tradition, where new rounds largely became made by the most recent additions to the staff as sort of a celebration of their promotion. Even so, any member of the staff past or present can volley, with second volleys being contributed by {{RAKninja}} and {{strong414bad}}. The match has continued following Youchew's closure, extending to the Tennis Staff of YTPMania, with the most recent round being by {{dani}} on April 2nd, 2020.
+The '''Tennis Staff Multiway''' is an ongoing [[tennis chain]] that began on May 25, 2009, conceived to be exclusive match played only by the [[Tennis Staff]] on the original [[YouChew|YouChew Forums]]. Originally started as a giant multi-way match between the active members of this staff of the time, it soon become part of a "rite of passage" tradition, where new rounds largely became made by the most recent additions to the staff as sort of a celebration of their promotion. Even so, any member of the staff past or present can volley, with second volleys being contributed by RAKninja and strong414bad. The match has continued following Youchew's closure, extending to the Tennis Staff of YTPMania, with the most recent round being by dani_phantump on April 2nd, 2020.
 <small> ''"A legendary tennis match as old as time. Or, at least, as old as 2009. This decade long match and counting has long been written in stone by the Fucks of old and through successive generations of time and staff turnover. It weaves a multi-directional, evolving narrative of the warrior CHEN, born from the serve of the fabled Moogle, who has lived to survive 15 grueling tennis rounds of absurdity, complexity, humor, music, and NINJAS, which have been and continue to have been served only by those who have been presently or previously chosen by the Golden Bunny Breasted Racquet of Servitude, now represented equally by the Silver Racqueted Shield of the Knights of Justice (“We Don’t Care Who You Are, We’re Ready To Meet You”). CHEN The Warrior is themselves never seen until the fabled TheChutley's Round 15, but their immediately recognizable Battle Cry has pierced the heavens and cut through every tennis round gauntlet they have found themselves faced with, aided with by the awesome strength of their mighty weapon, The Incredible Laser Sword. Truly, nothing can stop The Warrior CHEN. In short, This is The Tennis Fuck Story. A theoretically endless multi-way in which only café staff may volley."''
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 -{{dani}}, in the OP of the [[YTPMania]] continuation thread<ref>https://ytpmania.net/t/tennis-staff-multi-way-the-story-continues/5247</ref>, October 22, 2019 (revised as of the [[YellowTealPurple]] continuation thread<ref>https://yellowtealpurple.net/forums/threads/the-tennis-staff-multi-way.1730</ref> created on July 19, 2025</small>
-dani_phantump's Round 18 precipitated a five-year hiatus for the match due to VidTens443's protracted progress as the original intended creator for Round 19, the longest gap of time experienced for the match thus far. On July 19, 2025, the current staff members along with a small group of former ones organized plans for the chain to officially continue, with {{TheChutley}} taking over in VidTens' spot. Enough subsequent spots were then confirmed and/or taken to allow the match a clear path towards Round 30.
+dani_phantump's Round 18 precipitated a five-year hiatus for the match due to VidTens443's protracted progress as the original intended creator for Round 19, the longest gap of time experienced for the match thus far. On July 19, 2025, the current staff members along with a small group of former ones organized plans for the chain to officially continue, with TheChutley taking over in VidTens' spot. Enough subsequent spots were then confirmed and/or taken to allow the match a clear path towards Round 30.
 Round 2 of this match, Crash2991's "Want Me to Play With the Very Fabric that is Your Life?"(2009) was one of the 33 Round 2's sampled in GameBop's "Seconds, Anyone?"(2010), their serve for [[GameBop vs. Sploltoen vs. MycroProcessor|their match with Sploltoen and MycroProcessor]] in the [[3-Way Tennis Tournament]].
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 The match is your average chain, however many of the in-jokes and references pertain to the history of the staff themselves. Rounds are sometimes claimed in advance, and members can claim as many rounds as they want; however usually they only do one or two to allow space for others to participate, whether incoming or otherwise.
-Originally the match was planned to go to about 30 total rounds, with a proposed volleying order being "{{Moogle}} vs. {{Crash2991}} vs. {{RAKninja}} vs. {{theHappyFungus}} vs. Emperor Ing vs. {{RabbitSnore}} vs. {{strong414bad}} vs. {{Gamebop}} vs. {{MycroProcessor}} vs. {{DaftPunkYoshi}} vs. {{NS2}}". While {{NS2}} showed enthusiasm for contributing to this match, he never ended up making a Round 11 like originally planned, which eventually became RAKninja's second volley. Almost every round that has been submitted to the match since (with the exception of {{strong414bad}}'s Round 14) has been by a newly added member of the Tennis Staff.
+Originally the match was planned to go to about 30 total rounds, with a proposed volleying order being "Moogle vs. Crash2991 vs. RAKninja vs. theHappyFungus vs. Emperor Ing vs. RabbitSnore vs. strong414bad vs. GameBop vs. MycroProcessor vs. DaftPunkYoshi vs. NS2". While NS2 showed enthusiasm for contributing to this match, he never ended up making a Round 11 like originally planned, which eventually became RAKninja's second volley. Almost every round that has been submitted to the match since (with the exception of {{strong414bad}}'s Round 14) has been by a newly added member of the Tennis Staff.
-Nuthead and NS2 are the only two members of the original staff to have not made a volley, although sources signature to them both were used in RAKninja's Round 3 and ChrisGendo's Round 12 respectively. Other members of staff who have not contributed to the match include {{trepmaws}}, {{CorruptionSound}}, {{Metroid998}}, {{LaVieCestLol}}, {{Biodegradable}}, {{VidTens443}}, as well as all staff appointed after {{dani}}.
+Nuthead and NS2 are the only two members of the original staff to have not made a volley, although sources signature to them both were used in RAKninja's Round 3 and ChrisGendo's Round 12 respectively. Other members of staff who have not contributed to the match include trepmaws, CorruptionSound, Metroid998, LaVieCestLol, Biodegradable, VidTens443, as well as all staff appointed after dani_phantump.
 =Rounds=