The Grey Tournament

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The Grey Tennis Tourney was a YouTube Poop Tennis Tournament started in collaboration between TheChutley and vvaluigi that ran between June 2009 and April 2010, with Gamebop emerging as its eventual winner. It is retrospectively recognized as being a rare occurrance in which all the participants were almost entirely seasoned players. Due to it's organization mirroring that of the Tennis Cup, it has also been alternatively been referred to as the Tennis Cup III, with the Windows Movie Master previous being referred to as the Tennis Cup II in a similar vein.

Development & Players

During a year that was made up largely up competitive events that utilized much specialization in form, with the Windows Movie Master being WMM only and The Tennis Season being a team-based ability-boosted event with 6 different match types to be played, the time seemed right to organize something much more simple; a standard easy elimination tournament that largely emulated the first Tennis Cup. The rules were as quoted directly from the original thread: - 6 Rounds Per Match - 32 Players (We have decided to extend the amount due to popularity of the tournament). - 3 Day Turnover (72 hours)

Sources that can be added per round (excluding round 1):

- 0 Sources Minimum - 3 Sources Maximum

Anything visual is considered a source. Such examples of that are:

- Any video media source - Any visual picture

In contrast, audio-only sources (songs, sound clips, etc.) do not count as a source.

However, say, for example, you used two separate episodes of AoStH. It only counts as one source because it's common to a source already used.

Time Requirements:

- 0:30 - 3:00

Penalties:

- 3 Votes for going over the 72 hour limit (We will be moderately lenient to those who can provide a legitimate reason as to why their serve/volley went over the time, but do not push it). - 2 Votes for incorrect source usage (using over 3 sources). - 2 Votes for incorrect time length (under 30 seconds, over 3 minutes).

Interestingly the tournament is known for the fact that of the 32 players that joined, only 6 (magmalord, Rice3, MrMosto, ferretfreak411, Christoph3r, and LordofBLTS) were newcomer players, with just 2 of whom that managed to play beyond the first match. As a result much of this is known for having matches almost entirely dominated by seasoned tennisers, some of whom in which the recently-ended Season (wwefan3333, crazythesecond, piodx, metroid998, Combuskenisawesome, LieutenantMiles, eletricalmonkss and AmiralMachin) was their previous competition. The oldest competitive veteran in this tournament was SushieBoy, who had been one of the four players that had played in the very first league, the first site-hosted tennis competition. Gamebop, Cristoph and BMATF had first played in the 2nd League, Luioigi, RAKninja, MAZZ0Murder and Fiddlesticks411 had first played in the Tennis Cup I, ThaNuke, Rillion and vvaluigi had both participated in the 3rd League, and trepmaws, TheChutley, TangerineImpz, Moogle, McMANGOS, quax, AjaxCubed and MycroProcessor had all played in the Doubles Cup I. Chrisgendo, DaftPunkYoshi and Futures Passed also originally signed up, but because of outside commitments were unable to play in the Tournament and were respectively replaced by MrMosto, ferretfreak111 and RAKninja. DaftPunk would however sign up as a replacement along with Jacktron7000, mYZterbattyX, OHGODWHAT, Hulio, MASTERFURRYX, bnnnnnnnxz, and pakasa43, all of whom would not actually take part in the tournament aside from signing up.

Matches

As of this writing the rounds of magmalord, LordofBLTs, feretfreak111, three rounds from Cristoph3r, one round by ThaNuke, all except one of AmiralMachin's Rounds and three rounds from vvaluigi remain lost, so the matches in which these missing videos correspond to will not have full analysis until possible discovery of the missing videos is clarified.

Set 1

While BMATF vs. magmalord is only half intact, it can be inferred from the thread that magmalord responded constructively/minimally to every round BMATF produced, although compared to BMATF didn't bring much of anything new to the table, with BMATF also responding to ideas with more effect. This would be one of the very few matches that he would win throughout his tennis career to date, beating magmalord 11 to 7.

TheChutley vs. Sushieboy would be the most recent match to be compiled into one video via TheChutley's "Yeltch" account, and therefore despite Sushie's original rounds being missing the match has stayed intact. The match would see the beginning of TheChutley playing at his most experimental, playing more at this time with composite effect combinations and newer audio effects, as well as sources like Kukori and Hulk Hogan which were better characterized by the work of other players. He would however also start the match with Tunak Tunak Tun, which at this time was very much a trademark source of his, all put together in a very curious serve. SushieBoy's Round 2 played with the serve in interesting ways using mostly minimalistic edits, by scrambling bits of the video around and reversing some of the more techincal parts of the serve, while also doings such as applying HSL adjust onto one of the dancing men in the Tunak Tunak Tun video and also using masking to isolate various characters onto other parts of the serve, like a wrestler from Rocky 3 on top of the BIG BLOW segment. Round 3 continued the effects/audio experimentation and also introduced a musical bit from a Pokemon Anime featuring Pichu. The masking concept was continued in the repetition of "NEXT" over the Hulk Hogan source, with the round ending in an unusual way, much of the video taken up by a smiley face (apparently TheChutley's old avatar) with rather gruesome dialogue from Bioshock playing in the background, with the edited round appearing upon every vocal emphasis. The entire video was then reversed upon composite layers of themselves to give a dynamic finish, which overall amped up the calibur of the match and gave SushieBoy now something more to work at. Round 4 on a technical aspect was weaker, but it was clever in starting a musical idea using the Pichu footage and hinting to a further development with a makeshift layered segment, as well as turning the smile of the smiley face upside down. The "NEXT" repetition was continued and "SHE WONT STAND STILL" was overdubbed onto added Ed Edd and Eddy footage, showing a great effort in responding to TheChutley's advanced style. Much of Round 5 was chroma-keyed inside of a TV screen from the game Obsidian, otherwise responding to every idea that SushieBoy presented with great fortitude and bring the match to a good close on his side. Round 6, with the exception of the duplication of the spinning cube, was edited very minimally with an abruptly different pace, closing off with Eddy remarking "THAT'S STUPID". The final score was TheChutley: 12 and SushieBoy: 3, although because Round 6 was delivered some hours late, adjusted his score to 0, giving TheChutley an essentially landslide victory.

Gamebop vs. Combuskenisawesome coincidentally occurred some months following a Season Wildcard match they had played each other in, and thusly this became both a rematch and something of a continuation from the original. Round 1 also used the Pichu source used in TheChutley vs. SushieBoy as well as Rounds from their previous match, edited in a way that had much potential in how it was to develop. Round 2 was edited considerably minimially(due in part to Combuskenisawesome being one of the few people to edit with an obscure program known as EditStudio) but touched off with Combusken's style of chroma keying the previous round through various ways into added footage to add humorous effect. Round 3 was edited much more intensely and was overall shorter ("...exactly half the length of round 2!...") but followed up well on things like the Pichu duplication and the 'cross' segment, almost deliberately dodging the humor presented in the previous round. Round 4 completely reversed the Pichu duplication to the point where it zoomed in all the way to the original frame, then proceeded to do many of the similar things done in Round 2, this time with Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei amongst its added footage. Round 5 was edited almost entirely as a YTPMV using a majority of sounds from the previous round, ending with it sped up in reverse and dissolving into color curves and a visually spectacular WAX vortex effect applied with a WAX shatter effect. Round 6 mostly chroma-keyed "Face" from Nick Jr. onto the previous round, overall a struggle to be able to effectively edit Gamebop's turnout. Gamebop would ensure victory in this match with an 11 to 2 score.

Luioigi vs. LieutenantMiles is a good example of Luioigi's transitioning style. While he would later be known for an incredibly ambient, slow and effect laden way of making videos it was at this time that he displayed a much more basic approach. Both players in this match played pretty evenly, with the serve starting with cartoons as the majority of source with more of the same being added onto the Rounds that followed. Round 2 would feature the addition of the Dilbert cartoon with a segment of the Boss saying "M", that in round 3 would be countered with a clip from Seseme Street focusing on the letter M, Continuing the layer sections in unusual ways and showing a few more traces of technical ability. "M" would be continued throughout the match in additional ways like focusing on the "M" on Mario's hat, with the rounds themselves continuing in the established pattern but overall providing a solid progression of ideas throughout. LieutenantMiles' ultamite downfall however would be attributed to his less technical use of Vegas, as many times some sections would have bare-basic manipulation compared to Luioigi in addition to over-reliance on added source, although with this match that did not hurt it much. While each player gained a late penalty, Luioigi would end up advancing with a score of 7 to 1, 10 to 4 when unaltered.

vvaluigi vs. MycroProcessor is a match that today is still considered rather infamous for its course of events and its outcome. vvaluigi's Round 1 was incredibly basic in presentation, an almost entirely AoSTH YTP, which left almost no hint as to how Mycro would respond to it. Round 2, uploaded onto Mycro's alt (and the second tennis round overall at this time to do so) is considered today to be one of Mycro's classic videos, as it took the match in an entirely unpredicted and contrasting direction to that of the serve. It's notable in that previous round only appears for a total of about 9 seconds, with the first 19 seconds being supposedly repeated throughout the video 4 times. The proceeding three repetitions all contain a slight difference to that of the first, intended by Mycro to be a control set, with 2 differences being accidentally included in the second repetition as opposed to one. The differences are:

Second segment: -The loud peice about 12 seconds into the first part is flipped and made slightly darker. -The peice almost 18 seconds in is stretched to fill the screen.

Third segment: -In the Grid, The pattern in which the Tails appears in the squares is completely mirrored.

Fourth segment: -Probably the most obvious, the ending cuts out slightly early and completely different audio is heard to close the video.

Round 3, which was delivered almost immediately, edited this round in a completely bare bones way, mostly repeating, stuttering and reversing many bits of the previous round while adding very little new sources, but having the stand out bits of chroma keying the grid segment onto the new footage, which Mycro commended. His Round 5 would be delivered just as fast and edited in much of the same way, this time adding footage from Sonic Heroes. Because of this rather polarizing approach Mycro for the rest of the match had great difficulty in finding ways to effectively respond to vvaluigi's style, becoming incredibly critical of his round 4 and round 6, which he claimed to have made both in less than 3 hours due to time constraints, and saying that the match was probably his worst in terms of his own rounds, due to them seeming like a "poorly done version of his usual style" as a result of continuous botched attempts to adapt to what vvaluigi presented. Some believed he was too harsh and still said overall he played well in the match despite his difficulties. RAKninja considered Round 6 to be reminiscent of his own videos, being that it was much slower and ambient than many of Mycro's other work. Many people were very surprised how less intense both players played in comparison to other matches they had done, and were especially surprised as to how well vvaluigi played under these circumstances, which became popular in opinion that he compensated best for the approach of it. As a result, vvaluigi by complete anomaly beat MycroProcessor 14 to 6, one of the few times in tennis history that basic editing won over more complex editing.

wwefan3333 vs. trepmaws was match in which just about every Round was rushed to some extent, something that would be replicated in their second meeting in the 3-Way Tournament in which NESfanboi would be the additional player. trepmaws's pace-driven style easily outdid that of wwefan's more humor-driven one, as much of the course of the match would dictated by whatever trep would do in his rounds, although the Kermit source remained prominant throughout. Despite delivering a Round 6 that was under the time limit and getting a 2 vote penalty, trepmaws would win by a longshot with a 9 to 1 score, 11 to 1 as a raw score.

quax vs. Piodx began with a serve made largely in WMM, featuring his signature material of Bill O'Reilly, in this video from an appearance he made on David Letterman. Piodx's Round 2 launched full-force into his highly energetic style although very much obscured much of the previous Round and added sources that took up the majority of most of the video, though much of the effects he used were commended. Round 3 saw quax reverting to his trademark style of heavy-editing in WMM by speeding up the entire previous round and then cutting and scrambling it throughout, which in this case worked better at editing the previous round in a way that the progression could easily be seen, but in technicality was behind piodx. Metroid998 commented though on its focus of editing the audio more than the video. Round 4 proceeded to once again tear the previous Round apart in a then-mindblowing sea of effects and ear-splitting audio, which piodx called the best 30 seconds he had ever made. Round 5 added a lot of sources but suffered from having a lossy frame rate during the sections that actually edited the previous round, so much of the videos potential ended up being lost. Round 6 ended the match rather definiteively and as expected from piodx, while also displaying the first bits of his trademark particle effects that would recieve much more use throughout his run in the tournament, as he would win this match with 7 votes to quax's 4.

Being that the serve for RAKninja vs. metroid998 currently remains blocked on Youtube, little is known about what happens in the video aside from it being one of the longest videos in the tournament at 2 and a half minutes long, and being prominantly made up of a source owned by FOX. RAKninja's Round 3 however, is a prime example of him at his creative best, working with Round 2, which was much shorter and buried much of the serve under effects, in ways that utilized much more of an atmosphere, reducing it to more of a background to things RAK added in. The reversed echo on the ninja dialogue was a particular highlight of this Round, in addition to its incredible contrast in pace. Round 4 continued to cover up much of the previous Round in effects, responding to old ideas only through the dupication of the ninja head, to the additional audio filter onto the audio, which otherwise was unedited. RAK continued to his advantage with a Round 5 that was a further extension of what he presented in Round 3, duplicating the ninja heads to a point where they took up almost the entire screen. The round also had a lot more reversed echoing which made the round's atmposphere intense, in addition to the addition of Macho Man over the previous round, which in these circumstances would benefit RAK incredibly well. TheChutley said that this was one his favorite responses that RAK has made. Round 6 ended the match much in the same way as Metroid had edited the other Rounds, leaving very little of the previous round seen or heard, which seemed to cement RAK's by-this-point obvious victory. He would win the match 8 to 5, in what would be his most recent competitive win as of currently.

Because of ferretfreak111's rounds being lost, the match of ferretfreak111 vs. MAZZOMurder(originally DaftPunkYoshi vs. MAZZ0Murder, another rematch) is difficult to determine exactly how the match progressed, although it can be inferred from the original thread that ferretfreak had difficulty responding to MAZZ's Rounds, comparing his style to that of SeargentBacon, but also considering the match, amongst a number of others to be evenly matched on both sides. MAZZ0Murder would win the match with 7 to 5 votes, or 7 to 2 when adjusted for ferretfreak's late penalty on Round 5.

Moogle vs. Fiddlesticks411 was a rare occurrance in which both players were female, and from the match's start progressed in an almost entirely humor-oriented way that mirrored very closely to the kind of matches that were very popular amongst the YTP community at the time. The Kingdom Hearts games were a source that were featured throughout every round and a running theme were musical segments that were created by both Moogle and even Fiddlesticks despite using WMM throughout the match. Moogle however proved to be more efficient at driving the course of the match because of this, as Fiddle's rounds for the most part utilized a lot of frame scrambling and what follow ups that it could with such an editor. The most memorable part of the match occurred in the last two rounds, with added in an incredibly silly "Live Action Hotel Mario" video as a featured source and a Jingle Bells YTPMV from both sides, since the match's end came in December. Even though Moogle won the match with 11 points to 3, both of them agreed that the match was still very fun and were good sports to each other.

Eletricalmonkss vs. McMANGOS would be one of the most watched matches of the first set due to the latters rather explosive popularity around this time, known more as a YTPMVer and a primary force in that field in addition to being a repetitive victim of copyright takedowns. Eletricalmonkss presented in his serve using Cave Christmas his trademark style of editing with vegas in a way that made it look like an entirely different editor, due to the basic-yet-complex-in-nature way in which he worked. McMANGOS's more musical style seemed to instantly capivate viewers, in addition to presenting humor by focusing on the "BROOOOOOKKKLLYYYNNNN" from the serve, to the point where it served as the theme for the video itself. AmiralMachin however was critical of this Round, saying while he enjoyed things like "ALL TOASTERS TOAST BROOKLYN" at the end, said that "75% is made by a lazy person with no really surprise. Too bad." Opinions toward it by others were mostly the opposite. Round 3 provided a very interesting volley including edits with such an off-kilter mirror keyframing that at one point the round was reduced to a very small square, with the audio sounding nothing like anything else being made during the tournament. Rounds 4 and 6 continued in the same direction as Round 2, with heavy musical segments and frequent utilization of WAX while continuing with a technical intensity that he was known for, with Round 5 also serving to continue in monkss' own direction, continuing in his own direction. MycroProcessor summarized this to be an overall close match, having positive things to say about every round. eletricalmonkss would end up with a penalty however with his last round, which would result in McMANGOS winning the match with a score of 10 to 4, or 10 to 1 when adjusted.

Rice3 vs. LordofBLTs remains only half complete as of currently although thread information shows the the match was apparently one that was very light on both effects and audio, with some comparing it to that of vvaluigi's style, although seemingly Rice3 was seen as the better player by a majority. This was echoes in the voting results as he would win his match 9 to 3.

originally Rillion vs. Chrisgendo, the latter eventually dropped out before the matches start after thinking it over and was replaced by MrMosto, unfortunately though Rillion vs. MrMosto only lasted for 2 Rounds. Rillion dropped out under the claim that he had been out of ideas since the Season and that Round 2 was edited much better than he ever could have done, choosing to take a break from tennis to work on other things for a time. As a result MrMosto automatically advanced to Set 2 without a vote taking place. AmiralMachin vs. Cristoph suffered a similar fate as Christoph retired from the tournament mid match having become very busy in addition to becoming sick.TangerineImpz vs. Crazythesecond and ThaNuke vs. AjaxCubed both ended with ThaNuke and Tang becoming disqualified, which automatically advanced both Ajax Cubed and Crazythesecond to the next Set.

vvaluigi vs. MycroProcessor

quax vs. piodx

Luioigi vs. LieutenantMiles

Ferretfreak111 vs. MAZZ0Murder

TheChutley vs. SushieBoy

wwefan3333 vs. trepmaws

Rice3 vs. LordofBLTs

eletricalmonkss vs. McMANGOS

ThaNuke vs. AjaxCubed

Moogle vs. Fiddlesticks411

Gamebop vs. Combuskenisawesome

TangerineImpz vs. Crazythesecond

MaRillion vs. MrMosto

BMATF vs. magmalord

RAKninja vs. metroid998

AmiralMachin vs. Cristoph