YTP Tennis

YTP Tennis, also known as Youtube Poop Tennis, Video Tennis, Remix Tennis or simply Tennis, is a artistic medium derivative of Photoshop Tennis and Youtube Poop involving the back-and-forth editing of video projects, often absurdist in nature.

While starting mainly as a derivative of YouTube Poop, and in the early years much more embraced by the full Youtube Poop community, it has increasingly become its own thing as time went on and the community of mainline Youtube Poop and the community of tennis have grown largely seperate. Much of modern tennis is a completely different beast in comparison to Youtube Poop, often veering into much more experimental, atmospheric, avant-guarde and generally much more overstimulating territory.

There are many different types of tennis that have evolved over the years, but the tried and true "vanilla" 6 round 1v1 has held steady just as much.

This wiki is dedicated to everything about the sport - so if you want to know more, you're in the right place!

If you know nothing at all, see the Getting Started page to... get started!

History

Origins

The idea of remixing another person's YTP video can be supposedly traced back as early as April of 2007, when dvariano uploaded a video called "Elated Chronological Junctures" that was supposedly the first repoop video, and thus considered to be technically the first "Round 2" ever made. However the original video that he edited, made by a user named bahbugandhum (known now in that a number of the sources he used started completely unknown but would find niches in many places in the years to come), has yet to be found again.

The first full match however was in the form of Conradslater and Misslaineous10 which started on August 11th, 2007 and ended on August 21st, with brought forth the full idea of someone doing a "repoop" of someone else's video, and having the original maker do the same back, creating a "Tennis" like pattern. From this match onward the concept greatly expanded to great - and at the beginning considerably unimaginable - lengths of development and refinement.

The first matches

The following is a list of the first 32 matches ever played. The timestamps are based on their time started/completed on the YouChew forums; they are also all considered "complete" (no failed matches).

	Match	Start Date	End Date	Verification
1	conradslater vs. Miss10			YouChew
2	BMATF vs. Markie			YouChew
3	UncleChuckTH vs. conradslater			YouChew
4	ZippZapp vs. ADHDYoshi			YouChew
5	KingCornholio vs. Ophios			YouChew
6	UncleChuckTH vs. Yenehckcid	9-1-2007	10-7-2007	YouChew
7	MrDrunkenFox vs. Tentor			YouChew
8	glitchboyadvance vs. conradslater			YouChew
9	seconteen13 vs. 1upclock			YouChew
10	strong414bad vs. MVJ52197			YouChew
11	Plex vs. MrDrunkenFox			YouChew
12	AimManEXE vs. Arufonzu			YouChew
13	Wikiwow vs. MetalAcid5			YouChew
14	TyrannosaurusReich vs. JazzDanceForChildren			YouChew
15	PapaGonzales vs. MrDrunkenFox			YouChew
16	conradslater vs. Gnomebob			YouChew
17	BMATF vs. Dhgriff9			YouChew
18	Idiotska vs. SoldierElerium			YouChew
19	strong414bad vs. hom906sar			YouChew
20	Bobomb99 vs. Misselaineous10			YouChew
21	Luioigi vs. scimath12			YouChew
22	UncleChuckTH vs. SeductiveBaz			YouChew
23	azsxdc vs. Y2Zero			YouChew
24	Chain Poop			YouChew
25	KittyGabyIMEANGOAT vs. MelvanaInChains			YouChew
26	TantricNferno vs. Terrorist			YouChew
27	MelvanaInChains vs. TyrannosaurusReich			YouChew
28	Cloggedone vs. MahsuginaChicken			YouChew
29	Tentor vs. MetalAcid5			YouChew
30	RabbitSnore vs. Thereisnospoon303			YouChew
31	ADHDYoshi vs. Ikwaylx			YouChew
32	BMATF vs. conradslater			YouChew

Typical Game Format

The rules of YTP Tennis are often customized to suit each pooper's needs. However, one of the original, and well known, formats is as follows:

• One player (P1) asks another, or in some cases the community as a whole, whether or not they would like to participate in a game. Here the number of videos to be made (or rounds, typically 4 or 6) is defined, as well as the length of each, and any other additional conditions. If an open challenge is made, a video is sometimes supplied. This is "Round 1", the serve of the tennis match.
• Another player (P2) accepts the challenge, and edits over P1's first video to make "Round 2". In addition to editing the video supplied, P2 can add new sources to mix in with it if they so choose.
• P1 follows through by remixing the new video to make "Round 3", adding sources of their own if they so choose. The game continues in a back and forth fashion like this until the round limit is met.
• It is always absolutely essential that the previous round always be used in some way to make each subsequent round, otherwise it is not considered true tennis.

For additional conditions to a match, they are usually outlined in these such ways:

• specific sources that are to be used for a match, like "video games only"(Furnessly vs. MycroProcessor(2008-2009)), "Final Fantasy only"(Moogle vs. Mazz0Murder(2009)) or having each round correspond to a sequential letter of the alphabet with added sources and time limit (CorruptionSound's "ABC" Tennis Multi-Way (2011-2014))
• the amount of sources that can be added (in the early years, it was commonly suggested that added sources be capped at a maximum of three per round; in Kurkop vs. Metzgorrre(2010), the condition was that No sources were to be added)
• specific software to be used, such as WMM (dew vs. Gamebop(2012-2014), CorruptionSound vs. Massivezephyr14 vs. Gamebop vs. BSP66c vs. Metroid998(2010-2012))
• editing restrictions, such as "no visual distortion/ear rape"(NS2 vs. ChrisGendo(2009))
• a nonstandard match type, such as Wildcard (RabbitSnore vs. Crash2991(2008)), Multiplied Time(quax94 vs. MycroProcessor(2009)) or Panic Tennis (dew vs. Gamebop vs. LeSuperKoffee(2012))

Often, 6 rounds in total is the conventional amount of rounds made that make a normal match considered "complete". However, in certain circumstances, especially if the players enjoy working off of each other, the number of rounds can often get extended to 8 or more. TheChutley and vvaluigi began a match together with the intent of playing 100 rounds in total beginning in 2008, and have gotten as far as Round 75 in the present day, with a five year window of inactivity between 2011 and 2016.

In some cases, especially in tennis's early years, matches could be declared "complete" at an odd number, as well as one under the conventional amount of 6. This usually came about as a mutual agreement between the players involved that the match had reached a natural end, if not exactly a conventional one. Matches such as Crash2991 vs. strong414bad(2008) and AshcrementVII vs. UncleChuckTH(2012) were called complete at 5 rounds, and in another, much rarer instance, RabbitSnore vs. NS2(2009) was given "honorary completion" after only 3 rounds. Other matches like RabbitSnore vs. conradslater(2007) and Kurkop vs. LeSuperKoffee(2010) were declared complete at the unusual amount of 9 rounds. These circumstances usually only happen when the last even round of a match is either unable or unwilling to be made by the volleying side, but there is not a desire to consider the match "failed" for sentimental reasons, usually due to the players being close as friends or the quality of the match as it stands being considered too great for failure.

Additionally, matches can sometimes stall at an odd number with an even finishing round never being made and the match being considered neither completed nor failed due to a loss of communication. These include matches such as BMATF vs. Markie(2007, the second ever tennis match), NS2 vs. Markie(2012), dew vs. robochao1(2016) and SushieBoy vs. guysafari(2010), all matches that never received a Round 6.

Ultimately though, a match is traditionally considered "failed" when one or both players have lost the desire to continue a match and the agreed number of rounds is not reached, and every player in tennis comes to play at least one, and often at least a few failed matches throughout their tennis career. There is however no definitive time limit to how long a tennis match must take. Metroid998 vs. AshcrementVII notably took an entire 5 years to complete, lasting from 2011's Round 1 to 2016's Round 6. dew vs. verity larsen(TheRazorEdge) additionally took 4 years to complete, lasting from 2012 to 2016. Whether or not a match fails depends entirely on the players involved and their willingness to continue the match.

Etiquette is generally recommended when it comes to starting matches with people - like the game itself, communication is key. In the early days of tennis a direct challenge to a specific player would sometimes be cast without any prior planning to ultimately spotty success, and it was generally considered not the most popular way to start matches with people. Throughout Tennis's history, it has seen some players such as HerpyWhooves and autumnithink who were notorious for their habit of uploading serves to whoever they wanted as an opponant with no prior (or subsequent) communication whatsoever. While most of these serves were not volleyed, they on occasion were and did in fact blossom into full matches, such as autumnithink vs. CorruptionSound(2011) and HerpyWhooves vs. Gamebop(2011). It is still overall highly discouraged that one start matches with anyone this way however.

Doubles Tennis

Doubles Tennis is the practice of teams of two going at it. See here for more.

Triples Tennis

Tennis with three! See here for more information.

Multi-Ways

Larger matches with more than two people, but still in a repeating pattern. See here for more information.

Poop Chains

A Poop Chain is a longer match where a different person makes each round. These are usually large, community-wide collaborative events. See here for more.

Tennis Café and Café Staff (Tennis Staff)

The Tennis Café is the great congregation place of the world of tennis. Historically started on YouChew before moving to YTPMania later on, it is where tennis is discussed, matches are born, and people generally have a good time. While it has become much less active due to services like Discord, it still exists and serves as an important resource to this day.

This Café (along with tennis as a whole) is overseen by the Tennis Staff, a group of individuals who strive for the success of the community and set an example of a great person... and a great player. If you ever need help with something in tennis and can't get answers elsewhere, they are the best people to ask.

See here for more!

Achievements

As stated above, the first tennis match took place in 2007, between Conradslater and Misslaineous10.

The longest accepted tennis round is "Vore. Unbirth. Dinner." by MycroProcessor, at a whopping six hours. While there are rounds longer, these are usually not counted due to lack of content or effort.

The longest self-match is the "idc r1k" by dillon, a match that is at over a thousand rounds long. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtz_UBFzs0Jg6EeYXbnq2hkEMFGVVAPh6

The longest 1v1 match is system128 vs. The British YTPer.

The longest tennis match is Missadaxio, at over 11000 rounds and counting. It isn't likely to be passed any time soon, as the match plan to go on forever.

Not a single player has won more than one individual tennis tournament. However, if counting collaborative matches, GameBop has the most wins with three: GTT, TTT, and MVT. For other tournament-related achievements, see here..

The first time two tennis staff played each other was strong414bad vs. Nuthead in December, 2007. The first time this happened in a tournament environment was in TL2 Gameweek 2, between strong414bad and RabbitSnore.