Emperor Ing vs. theHappyFungus

This article is about a notable Tennis Match.
This match was played during the following years: 2008

Emperor Ing vs. theHappyFungus
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"YOUUUU ARE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD JOIN WITH MO-MO- ???"
Start Date	November 12, 2008
End Date	December 27, 2008
Rounds	6
Participants	Emperor Ing, theHappyFungus
Match Page	link

Emperor Ing vs. theHappyFungus is YouTube Poop/Video tennis match that took place on the YouChew forums between November 12 and December 27, 2008. Dubbed by Emperor Ing as "The Lord of the Tennis", the entire match was themed strictly around material from adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series of books, and included material such as The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002), Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings(1978) and the Rankin-Bass adaptions of The Hobbit(1977) and The Return of the King(1980).

This was the second match played by Emperor Ing to be given an unofficial title, and follows a rough and loose silly storyline of "Frodo and Sass" attempting to take the "Gimli, Son of Gloin"(later turned into "Gloimly, Son of Gin" or simply "the Gloimly") to "Momo", running afoul of "ManSaru" and other unpleasant characters along the way. On Emperor Ing's side, this results in a match driven very heavily by its added footage, with responses to the previous round appearing at interstitials throughout, as was the trademark of Ing's earlier tennis style. He observed during this match, "I have noticed that all but one of my Tennis matches have a story behind them. In that I put the time to make a highly unnavigable story into my videos over the course of a tennis match." To further the match's theming, many posts made by Ing during its progress in reference to it invoke memes and playful lore regarding the Lord of the Rings universe, providing a decisive "Middle Earth" atmosphere.

It was the 4th complete match to be played by Emperor Ing and the 20th complete match to be played by theHappyFungus, as well as her third to last complete match entirely; theHappyFungus would become significantly more inactive over the following year and only make any signifigant tennis contributions during the Tennis Season. The match was praised by tennis regulars including RabbitSnore, RAKninja (who wished he would have taken up the serve when it was first offered), NS2, strong414bad, MAZZ0Murder, Moogle and guysafari, many of who around this period had been coming around to matches of a "classic nature" in general, of which this match very much was. Emperor Ing praised the performance of theHappyFungus in particular, considering it "perfection in its highest state" and saying of her Round 4: " Good lord, this is the best thing, tennis or not, I've seen in a while. You made everything used in the previous rounds and perfected them. You also added new material that is extremely funny on its own. I was laughing out loud throughout the whole thing." Moogle's Round 1 for the Tennis Staff Multiway, "What, do you want me to play with your tail?"(2009), features a segment dedicated to the Ralph Bakshi Lord of the Rings as one of a few direct references to theHappyFungus and Emperor Ing as a result of this match taking place.

Emperor Ing's odd rounds continue to survive in their original uploads. theHappyFungus' rounds have previously been lost since her channel was terminated by action from a third party (likely that of Norm Augustinus) in the mid-2010's, but were all restored through the efforts of The Great Restoration. It was first compiled into a single video on the YouWouldBeWelcome account in March 2026.

Background

Emperor Ing memorably opened the original match thread on YouChew with the following as the first post:

"One Match to rule them all,

One Match to find them.

One Match to bring them all,

And in the darkness, bind them.

So starts the most epic of tennis matches, spanning Middle Earth in a quest to save the land from evil! theHappyFungus and I bring you The Lord of the Tennis!

Here are the rules:

6 rounds

1:00 minimum length

Only Lord of the Rings media (movies, cartoons, etc)

Detailed knowledge of the Lords of the Noldor

Well, the last one is false. But anyhoo, here is the opening serve:

'The Lord of the Tennis: The Fellowship of Gimli'"

The Full Match

Round 1

"The Lord of the Tennis: The Fellowship of Gimli" by Emperor Ing

Round 2

"The Lord of the Tennis: The Two Gloimlys" by theHappyFungus

Round 3

"The Lord of the Tennis: The Treason of ManSaru" by Emperor Ing

Round 4

"The Lord of the Tennis: Gloimlys True Plan" by theHappyFungus

Round 5

"The Lord of the Tennis: The Battle of Lembas Deep" by Emperor Ing

Round 6

"The Lord of the Tennis jazz theater troupe presents:The return of the round" by theHappyFungus