3-Way Tennis Tournament 2

This article represents a currently ongoing event! Expect it to be updated frequently.

The 3-Way Tennis Tournament 2 is a currently ongoing YouTube Poop/Video Tennis tournament that started on December 1, 2024. It is the first tournament of the YellowTealPurple forums era and the first tournament since the Tennis League 4 to be mainly hosted by dani_phantump, making this also the first tournament hosted by an admin of the site it's hosted on since the Tennis Season in 2009. With the original 3-Way Tennis Tournament having started in early 2010, it is the first time this tournament variant has been played in almost 15 years. The tournament was a return to having unique, individual host accounts used for announcements and voting, and for this competition was "Jonathan Frakes", with dani_phantump theming the tournament and the unveiling of match lineups and votes around a typical episode of Beyond Belief.

This is the first tournament to feature the participation of soundphaseytp, portaldash, weegeesire, hitori, mahify, ElijahStar and Media904. It is also a return tournament for multiple of its participants, leading some to term this event as creating a latter-day tennis renaissance; dani_phantump returned after having last played in the Doubles Cup 4 in 2022, TheChutley, ThirtyTwelve, fiv95 and TehShadzify returned after having last played in the Doubles Cup 3 in 2017-2018, and CheeChee returned after having last played in the Match Voting Tournament 2 in 2021. Sid and CRJ1_ both made guest appearances in Set 2(with the latter becoming a permanent replacement in Set 3), having not appeared in a tennis tournament since the Doubles Cup 3 and the Match Voting Tournament 2 respectively, and NESfanboi made a guest appearance in Set 3, having not appeared since the Doubles Cup 2 in 2011-2012. GameBop also initially secretly joined under the name DisguisedSqueak43, revealing their true identity 10 days before Set 1 lineups were announced, also making their comeback after 2 years of no video activity period and their first tournament appearance since the Match Voting Tournament 2 as well. vel 17 initially signed up, having last played in the Multi-Way Tennis Tournament in 2014, but then subsequently dropped out for personal reasons without having made any rounds. TheChutley, GameBop and NESfanboi were the only players returning from the original 3-Way Tennis Tournament; Additional veteran trepmaws also started a "Three-Way Lobby Shuffle" parallel event to make up for all the player slots being filled but there being double the amount of players interested in participating. This marks trepmaws' own return to tennis after a roughly 7 year gap of any video activity in addition. All current members of the tennis staff except for AngryLuigi23 were able to secure spots in the tournament.

History

Announcement and reveal

The event was announced at around Midnight, on the 29th of November 2024, with an announcement video, in the same vain as that of those created for the Match Voting Tournament 2, and Doubles Cup 4. Two days later, on December 1st, the tournament was revealed to be the 3-Way Tennis Tournament 2.

Launch

The commencement of the tournament coincided with a surprising turn of events in the community, in which several veteran members suddenly made a comeback starting in August of that year, both before and after the launch of the YellowTealPurple forums, largely spearheaded by its two lead admins dani_phantump and infinitysnapz. It is sometimes seen, in more ways than one, as the potential beginning of a bright new era for tennis, parallel to how the original instance of this tournament ended up marking a transition of eras in and of itself.

Layout

Much of the structure of the original tournament was retained for this competition, with the major differences being the turnover times being updated from 3 days to 5, and the maximum round length being eliminated as was such in the first Match Voting Tournament, with a 20 second minimum limit. Conversely, trepmaws' "Three-Way Lobby Shuffle" established the inverse of this, with rounds deliberately having a 20 second Maximum limit in order to allow for quick, painless participation for all involved(and also happening to fit within a length that many of trepmaws' own previous videos have matched). This was subsequently doubled to 40 seconds.

There was discussion initially about possible ways to increase the player count from 27, but upon experimental calculations amongst the current tennis staff any possible number was deemed to be too unwieldy, especially for a competition on a new forum with a new burgeoning community. Consequently, signups filled very fast, and it eventually turned out that roughly twice the number of people were interested in participating in the tournament, which was less than what would have been required for a proper extension of signups but still far more than who could actually participate. trepmaws' parellel event thusly had no maximum limit of participants either, allowing everyone who had signed up as replacements to have something to do while they waited for a chance to participate in the official tournament.

While never officially defined and outlined in the original, the replacements system for this competition was modeled roughly after the replacement events of the previous iteration, highlighting a replacements ability to only need to play for a single round if need be, and to be potentially chosen by the player needing the replacement. Replacements would be selected by the staff from the top of the list down if no preference was given in the event of needing one.

Matches

Set 1

fiv95 vs. Media904 vs. Letycjusz S./False Flesh

zevio replaced Letyjusz S. in this match only for Round 3.

Set 2, Bracket A

fiv95 vs. TheChutley/CRJ1_ vs. CheeChee

Also known as te tocaré la quena: CRJ1_ replaced TheChutley in this match for (most of) Round 5; the submitted round featured roughly 30-ish seconds of material from the original player, augmented by material from the replacement.

Set 2, Bracket B

Diolary/Sid vs. hitori/Template:Piotrek117studios vs. infinitysnapz

piotrek117studios replaced hitori in this match only for Round 5, and Sid replaced Diolary in this match only for Round 7.

Boundless vs. Zekii/pjfrix vs. Letycjusz S.

pjfrix replaced Zekii in this match only for Round 8.

soundphase vs. portaldash vs. Mahify

Round 3 of this match is one of the first instances of the very wiki you're reading being referenced in a tennis video itself, specifically the page for Trails. Unfortunately, the capture used is from a very unfinished version of the page; but still a first!

Set 3, Bracket A

An "intermission" break in the tournament took place between between May and June 6, 2025, with the set starting shortly after.

Set 3, Bracket B

Yottifferent vs. TehShadzify vs. fiv95/mrdoognoog

slabsten dropped out before Set 3 began and was repalced by Yottifferent. mrdoognoog and fiv95 worked in collaboration for round 6.

Brick vs. TheChutley vs. pjfrix

GameBop dropped out before Set 3 began and was replaced by Brick. portaldash dropped out without making any rounds and was replaced by pjfrix.

CRJ1 vs. boundless_beta vs. Gabrielpika/NESfanboi

weegeesire dropped out before Set 3 began and was replaced by CRJ1_. Gabrielpika dropped out as well before finishing round 6, being replaced by NESfanboi.

Set 4

CheeChee won his Bracket A match, and was thusly allowed to sit out for the duration of this set as the first confirmed finalist of the tournament.