NS2 vs. RAKninja
 | This article is about a notable Tennis Match. This match was played during the following years: 2009 |
| NS2 vs. RAKninja | |
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 "Are we going to appall you with something confidential and disgusting? Let's hope so. Because that is what you really like...Unconfessed crimes of buried wickedness. If that is what brings you to us; the prospect of your inquiries, you shall not go unrewarded." | |
| Start Date | August 18, 2009 |
| End Date | October 9, 2009 |
| Rounds | 6 |
| Participants | NS2, RAKninja |
NS2 vs. RAKninja was a Youtube Poop Tennis match played between August 18 and October 9, 2009. Originally advertised as "GeneratorSN vs. RAKninja", with GeneratorSN initially jokingly spoken of as if to be an unknown figure, RAKninja started the initial match thread specifying "a longtime fan of mine from youtube challenged me, and i had to accept."[1] It was the second of seven matches that NS2 played on the GeneratorSN account, and the first match he played on that account in its entirety. He would subsequently announce at the match's conclusion this channel as his new home on YouTube.[2]
Initially a match themed around wrestling footage for its first third, including Hulk Hogan and Genichiro Tenriyu's December 12, 1991 NJPW match and other footage of The Iron Sheik and "Macho Man" Randy Savage, the match makes a very notable pivot at Round 3, shifting focus to be themed around minimally edited footage of classic 80s film trailers. These include Cinema Paradiso(1988) by Giuseppe Tornatore, Willow(1988) by Ron Howard, and Amadeus(1984) by Miloš Forman. Zardoz(1974) dominates the match's final round, being frequently used as a source by RAKninja in this era. Other sources to appear in the match include Citizen Kane(1941), Manos: The Hands of Fate(1966), Psych, C-SPAN footage of then-Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, the T-SQUARE songs "Because"(1988) and "Romantic City"(1991), the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song "The Message"(1982), the Prince song "Head"(1980), the W. Trytel composition "Saw Theme"(1961), the Fredric Bayco composition "Inferno", the Laurie Johnson compositions "Happy-Go-Lively" and "Blood in the Gutter", the Claude Debussy composition "Clair de Lune"(1905) as arranged by Helmuth Brandenburg and performed by the Deutches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and images of Miles Davis, Peter Jackson("FROM THE CREATOR OF STAR WARS"), Paul Reubens' 1991 mugshot ("AND THE DIRECTOR OF COCOON"), Bruce Willis, and the album cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra's 1983 album Naughty Boys.
It was the 21st match completed by NS2[3] and the 24th match completed by RAKninja.[4] The match was hailed by the community at the time as one of the best 1v1 tennis matches ever played, and to this day is still held in high regard by aficionados of classic tennis matches. The final round of the match, RAKninja's "NS2 IS MY NINJA BRO", was repeatedly cited by its creator as the best video he ever made for years after. NS2 commended it by saying:
"Incredible, Rak, you continue to blow my mind again and again, and again, and again, with each video you make. You innovate and inspire with your techniques and your new ways of taking familiar things and making them unfamiliar.
This match has been an honor and a cornerstone for the future of my work. I feel that we can really get a glimpse into the makers through the match, their ideals, and other cheesy stuff I always say when I try to analyze a match.
Thank you."[5]
Emperor Ing additionally praised the final round as being "as beautiful as a Koridian birdsong"[6], and it was also praised by MycroProcessor as "amazingly creepy and unique", calling it their "new favorite video by RAK"[7]. strong414bad, upon watching the match in full, considered it "probably my favorite ever"[8]. It was first compiled into a single video on the shared account "YouWouldBeWelcome" in December 2019.
The Full Match
Round 1
"Rak is a Bro, and So is the Square" by NS2
Round 2
"THE SQUARE IS OUT SO WE CAN START PRODUCTION ON THE GENERATOR" by RAKninja
Round 3
"A MOVIE THEATER IS BUILT ON THE GENERATOR" by NS2
Round 4
"A NINJA GOES TO THE MOVIE THAT THE GENERATOR CONSTRUCTED" by RAKninja
Round 5
"RAK LEAVES THE THEATER SATISFIED TO HAVE SEEN A NINJA MUSICAL" by NS2
Round 6
"NS2 IS MY NINJA BRO" by RAKninja
Sources
- ↑ https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/56635-generatorsn-ns2-vs-rakninja/1#post-2051321
- ↑ https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/56635-generatorsn-ns2-vs-rakninja/1#post-2220436
- ↑ https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/16-poop-tennis/30906-poop-tennis-roster-thread/1#post-934740
- ↑ https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/16-poop-tennis/30906-poop-tennis-roster-thread/1#post-934765 With RAK's later matches on his roster achieving some resolving chronology, this is a handful of matches easier to notate the order of completion.
- ↑ https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/56635-generatorsn-ns2-vs-rakninja/1#post-2220436
- ↑ https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/56635-generatorsn-ns2-vs-rakninja/1#post-2222675
- ↑ https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/56635-generatorsn-ns2-vs-rakninja/1#post-2220793
- ↑ https://ftlfw.net/archives/websites/youchew.net/archive/forum/19-tennis-completed/56635-generatorsn-ns2-vs-rakninja/1#post-2231013