Chains
A Chain is a style of tennis that involves a very large (sometimes endless!) amount of players participating in the match. Unlike a Multi-Way Match, chains lack patterns or rotations in their layouts; everyone goes in whatever spot they pick, and it ends once a certain number is reached or the amount of people runs dry.
Layout
- A player serves in whatever way they see fit.
- A different player makes the next round.
- A third player makes round 3. For vanilla Vs. Everyone matches, every odd slot will be the starting player.
- ...and so on. Chains either continue forever or until a certain number is reached, usually at least ten.
History
Chains are usually endless ongoing matches with no specific order of players in which anyone who wants to volley the next round can do so. The first chain was started by BMATF in 2007 and ended after 51 Rounds. The second chain was started by ShadowWario/FancySanta in 2008, which ended after 53 rounds. Every subsequent chain is still ongoing at the present time, including the 3rd Chain started by 52ofem, the 4th Chain started by TheNeopreneJunebug, which is a specifically Pizza themed chain, the 5th chain started by GameBop, unlike the other chains GameBop's chain has no rules so you can feel free to edit anyone's video.
During 2014 the Snully Series began, an Unofficial Chain that was started by Kyoobur9000. It beats most other poop chains with a total of 100 rounds, and as of today is still ongoing.
Chain Types
There have been many types of chains, other than the simple "vanilla" ones:
- Vs. Everyone - A match where one player volleys off many different people
- Endurance Chain - A match where (usually) two players do a 1v1 as long as possible
- Pyramid Chain - Every round is volleyed by two people up to a halfway point, at which every two rounds then becomes volleyed by one person, in which a rotation starting with a single video also ends a single video. Every group of volleying people to a previous round is divided by Tiers, which is represented by letters typically.
Notable Chains
Canon Chains
These chains are considered the "original" chains.
Other Chains
This section is for one-off chains of notoriety.