Piodx vs. GameBop

piodx vs. GameBop
Gray Tennis Tournament, Final Match (Standard)
Start Date	March 29, 2010
End Date	April 15, 2010
Rounds	6
Participants	Piodx, GameBop
Match Page	Thread
Winner
GameBop

Note: This page refers to the second match between these two players.

piodx vs. GameBop was a YouTube Poop/Video tennis match that took place between March 29 and April 15, 2010. It was the final match of the Grey Tennis Tournament, with piodx having previously defeated TheChutley and GameBop being automatically given a bye after AmiralMachin was disqualified from late penalties in the semifinal set. This was 5th consecutive rematch that GameBop found themselves in over the course of this tournament; they had previously faced Combuskenisawesome in the Tennis Season, AjaxCubed as one of their two opponants in the final match of the Doubles Cup 1, and had played vvaluigi, AmiralMachin and piodx all in casual matches over the course of 2009. Sources added in this match include Happy Tree Friends, Ovide and the Gang, "A Rivenese Discovery of an Ostinato That Never Repeats"(2009) by MycroProcessor, Kukori Es Kotkoda, Sgt. Frog, one of piodx's rounds with JackTron7000, and all 6 rounds from Piodx and GameBop's original match.

It was the 43rd match played by GameBop and the 30th match played by Piodx. Over the course of this match, piodx opted for the style that had served him best up to this point - a loud, fast blast of intense editing and cutting-edge effects for the time (notably, the heavy use of Particle Illusion) with Happy Tree Friends serving as his signature base for every one of his responses. However, as MycroProcessor wrote his regular feedback for every round published as the match took place, of recurring note was the fact that the previous round was only barely to not recognizable in Piodx's Round 3 and 5 due to the heaviness of his editing. GameBop, by comparison, was able to clearly show the previous round in all three of their responses without losing any momentum in the intense pace established from the serve onward, and was in fact able to take the match to new heights with each of their signature dissective responses to Piodx's output. Their final round of the match in particular is remembered for achieving the best of both of these worlds - a response that clearly showed evidence of and progression upon the previous round while being one of GameBop's most visually impressive videos made to date, though GameBop themselves was critical of the video's compression resulting in less-than-optimal pixelaton. With the final segment of the final round being an abstract collage of edits that drain in saturation by the video's end, SesakaGenX noted in the video's comments that "it all ends in gray, like the tournament itself."

This round became the subject of "Puzzle Pieces 0", the first in GameBop's own series of "Puzzle Pieces" type videos used to show the individually rendered segments that were used to arrive at the final product. The ending of this compilation also includes an alternate version of round 6 with the intent to improve the video's YouTube compression.

GameBop became the winner of this match and the Grey Tennis Tournament itself, defeating piodx with 7 votes to 5. This would be the farthest position that piodx would ever reach in any tennis tournament. It was the first of three tournaments GameBop would win over their long tennis career, but the only one of which was a solo win. Amongst the other congratulations given by community spectators, MycroProcessor commended this by saying:

"I have said multiple time that I consider GameBop to be better at tennis than any other user, not just my favorite (even though he is that also). I'm glad others were able to see the skill he has through his videos for the votes to actually allow him to win this, which I think he definitely deserved."

The reaction of GameBop themselves to their win was more apt, simply posting "Yay!" after the results were revealed. Many players and former participants took the opportunity to commend the quality of the tournament itself, as this match represented the quality of many of the matches that took place across its length. It was compiled into a single video on the YouWouldBeWelcome account in July 2021.

The Full Match

Round 1

"(Tennis) Neverland Pro-Created Fruit That Grows From KK Trees" by Piodx

Round 2

GameBop first made a "test" Round 2 with a lot more simple, experimental edits, which was then followed up by the "Real Round 2" quickly after.

"The fruit of the Kukuri-Kokoda Never Landed on the Creation Pros (TennisTennis)" by GameBop

Round 3

"Creating Kukuri-Kokoda Fruiters On (Tennis) Land" by Piodx

Round 4

"Kokoda lands among (Tens) of the Kukuri Craters" by GameBop

Round 5

"Kukuri Kokoda (Nets) Overload The Fruit On Our Landers (.FWMV)" by Piodx

Round 6

"Kokodi Kokoda! The fruits have Overgrown the (NEST) of the (.WEST)" by GameBop

Puzzle Pieces: