The Devil's Show - 2021 TTW Awards: All Nomination Categories *vote here*

[MichaelNadal]

I have absolutely no memory of Mother Marjorie but I'm thinking I would like her: she disparages one of the most humourless, angry posters on here. Good enough for me.

Right before your time lol, banned in Feb 2012. TTW was so epic back then

 

[PDJ]

Right before your time lol, banned in Feb 2012. TTW was so epic back then

I used to read posts a long time before I joined, but don't remember her. I do recall Joe Pike and his level of crazy. Although he's back now in a different guise.
A poster in search of a bunker to worship all things Graf.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

One week left.

Get the votes in before I start tagging...

 

[NoleFam]

Player of the year - ATP and WTA: Djokovic/Barty
Match of the year: Alcaraz/Tsitsipas USO
Tournament of the year: Roland Garros
Moment of the year: Djokovic winning #20 and 1st channel Slam
Breakout performance of the year: Karatsev at AO and Alcaraz at USO
Biggest upset/shock: Medvedev over Djokovic in USO final
Best rivalry on tour: Medvedev/Djokovic
Biggest False Dawn (biggest disappointment): Sinner

TTW poster awards

Best Federer fan on TTW: @TheFifthSet
Best Nadal fan on TTW: @Subway Tennis , @RaulRamirez
Best Djokovic fan on TTW: @TheAssassin
Best Murray fan on TTW: @Mainad
Best Non-Big Four fan (name player also) on TTW: @ForehandCross
Best tennis analyst on TTW: @TripleATeam , @Waspsting
Most dedicated TTW poster: @Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
Most objective on TTW: @RaulRamirez
Funniest on TTW: @vive le beau jeu !
Most sincere on TTW: @Subway Tennis
Toughest debater on TTW: @The Guru
Best gif describing a tennis or TTW moment:

Poster most wanted to return back to TTW: @USO and @Beckerserve
Best Avatar on TTW: Mine

 

[Sudacafan]

It’s interesting that in the cases of many posters nominated as the best fan of a given player, I haven’t had a clue that they were fans of that player.

 

[RaulRamirez]

It’s interesting that in the cases of many posters nominated as the best fan of a given player, I haven’t had a clue that they were fans of that player.

Good point.
I think this speaks to the better fans being fans of tennis, itself, and appreciating all the players. One could have rooting interests, even strong, passionate ones, but still be objective.

 

[Bubcay]

Player of the year - ATP and WTA: Djokovic and Barty
Match of the year: Djokovic vs Nadal at the Roland Garros
Tournament of the year: Roland Garros
Moment of the year: Djokovic almost winning the CYGS and winning YEC#1 for the 7-th time, also breaking the Masters 1000 record (37)
Breakout performance of the year: Karatsev at Australian Open
Biggest upset: Medvedev beating Djokovic in the US Open final
Best rivalry on tour: Zverev vs Djokovic
Biggest False Dawn (biggest disappointment): FAA

TTW poster awards

Best Federer fan on TTW: @mike danny
Best Nadal fan on TTW: @Spencer Gore
Best Djokovic fan on TTW: @Hitman
Best Murray fan on TTW: @Mainad
Best Non-Big Four fan (name player also) on TTW: @James P (Medvedev)
Best tennis analyst on TTW: @James P @Gary Duane
Most dedicated TTW poster: @Kralingen
Most objective on TTW: @Gary Duane
Best gif describing a tennis or TTW moment:

Poster most wanted to return back to TTW: @stringertom (been missing in action for a while)
Best Avatar on TTW: @Imperator

 

[King No1e]

Tennis awards

Player of the year - ATP and WTA: Djokovic/Barty
Match of the year: Tsitsipas vs Alcaraz
Tournament of the year: RG
Moment of the year: Djokovic giving his racquet to a young fan after RG
Comment of the year: Any of Medvedev's clay comments
Breakout performance of the year: Medvedev vs Djokovic at USO
Biggest upset/shock: Djokovic's entire RG run - defeating Nadal and coming back from 2-0 twice
Best rivalry on tour: Djokovic vs Medvedev
Biggest False Dawn (biggest disappointment): Thiem (not his fault though)

TTW poster awards

Best thread on TTW: NextGen FH thread

NextGen forehands have ceiling effects in terms of SW

Lorenzo Musetti is the latest youngster to capture the attention of tennis fans after his semi-final run in Acapulco last week. I caught some of the action and was impressed with his athleticism and tennis IQ. A modern-day athletic Gasquet comes to mind with his deep positioning, heavy strokes...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Most charismatic poster on TTW: @Hitman
Most helpful poster on TTW: @Waspsting
Best Federer fan on TTW: @MeatTornado
Best Nadal fan on TTW: @MichaelNadal
Best Djokovic fan on TTW: @Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
Best Murray fan on TTW: @Mainad
Best Non-Big Four fan (name player also) on TTW: @ForehandCross (Thiem)
Best tennis analyst on TTW: @NonP
Most dedicated TTW poster: @zill
Best newcomer to TTW: @The Big Foe fan
Best rivalry on TTW: @abmk stat wars vs Djokovic fans
Most objective on TTW: @NonP
Funniest on TTW: @vive le beau jeu !
Most sincere on TTW: @Gary Duane
Toughest debater on TTW: @NonP
Best derailer of a thread on TTW: @Aussie Darcy
Best gif describing a tennis or TTW moment: Medvedev dead fish celebration
Most creative thread title on TTW: Idk probably one of @stringertom's
Best catchphrase on TTW: Greek Era
Poster most wanted to return back to TTW: @TheNachoMan
Best artistic talent on TTW: @vive le beau jeu !
Best individual post of the year on TTW: (not sure)
The Rafa Nadal Most Humble Poster on TTW: @Tiki-Taka
Earth's Mightiest Poster (highest post count in the year): Probably MN?
Best Sh!tposter on TTW: @RS
Best Avatar on TTW: @aldeayeah
TTW Lifetime achievement award winner: @MichaelNadal
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Spoiler: 2020 winners

 

[Novichok]

It’s interesting that in the cases of many posters nominated as the best fan of a given player, I haven’t had a clue that they were fans of that player.

This. I didn't know @Poisoned Slice is a Murray fan. Also, I had no idea that @NoleIsBoat is/was not a Djo-covid fan.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Empress of talk tennis. lol

 

[Sudacafan]

Good point.
I think this speaks to the better fans being fans of tennis, itself, and appreciating all the players. One could have rooting interests, even strong, passionate ones, but still be objective.

Yes, but objectiveness shouldn’t be so exaggerated that you can be mistaken of which player you are his fan.
I’ve already seen some misappropriations like that.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Tennis awards

Player of the year - ATP and WTA: Djokovic/Barty
Match of the year: Tsitsipas vs Alcaraz
Tournament of the year: RG
Moment of the year: Djokovic giving his racquet to a young fan after RG
Comment of the year: Any of Medvedev's clay comments
Breakout performance of the year: Medvedev vs Djokovic at USO
Biggest upset/shock: Djokovic's entire RG run - defeating Nadal and coming back from 2-0 twice
Best rivalry on tour: Djokovic vs Medvedev
Biggest False Dawn (biggest disappointment): Thiem (not his fault though)

TTW poster awards

Best thread on TTW: NextGen FH thread

NextGen forehands have ceiling effects in terms of SW

Lorenzo Musetti is the latest youngster to capture the attention of tennis fans after his semi-final run in Acapulco last week. I caught some of the action and was impressed with his athleticism and tennis IQ. A modern-day athletic Gasquet comes to mind with his deep positioning, heavy strokes...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Most charismatic poster on TTW: @Hitman
Most helpful poster on TTW: @Waspsting
Best Federer fan on TTW: @MeatTornado
Best Nadal fan on TTW: @MichaelNadal
Best Djokovic fan on TTW: @Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
Best Murray fan on TTW: @Mainad
Best Non-Big Four fan (name player also) on TTW: @ForehandCross (Thiem)
Best tennis analyst on TTW: @NonP
Most dedicated TTW poster: @zill
Best newcomer to TTW: @The Big Foe fan
Best rivalry on TTW: @abmk stat wars vs Djokovic fans
Most objective on TTW: @NonP
Funniest on TTW: @vive le beau jeu !
Most sincere on TTW: @Gary Duane
Toughest debater on TTW: @NonP
Best derailer of a thread on TTW: @Aussie Darcy
Best gif describing a tennis or TTW moment: Medvedev dead fish celebration
Most creative thread title on TTW: Idk probably one of @stringertom's
Best catchphrase on TTW: Greek Era
Poster most wanted to return back to TTW: @TheNachoMan
Best artistic talent on TTW: @vive le beau jeu !
Best individual post of the year on TTW: (not sure)
The Rafa Nadal Most Humble Poster on TTW: @Tiki-Taka
Earth's Mightiest Poster (highest post count in the year): Probably MN?
Best Sh!tposter on TTW: @RS
Best Avatar on TTW: @aldeayeah
TTW Lifetime achievement award winner: @MichaelNadal
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Spoiler: 2020 winners

I'm probably not even top 10 highest post count this year lol. People have racked up thousands in just the last few months

Empress of talk tennis. lol

She was a trip lol

 

[spottishwood]

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Best individual post of the year on TTW:

"I don't dislike Djokovic, even though the man is a walking PR disaster." - @aldeayeah

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Best derailer of a thread on TTW: @Aussie Darcy

Oh well thank you, it’s been a very crazy year but the nomination makes all the vaccine stuff worth it <3

 

[Sudacafan]

Oh well thank you, it’s been a very crazy year but the nomination makes all the vaccine stuff worth it <3

You must be very exhausted for the impressive workload you experienced this year.
I just joined your army a couple of weeks ago, after I had enough of reading so much nonsense.
I know that we will not change anybody's minds at this point, but we are having some kind of fun anyway.

 

[Deleted member 748597]

You must be very exhausted for the impressive workload you experienced this year.
I just joined your army a couple of weeks ago, after I had enough of reading so much nonsense.
I know that we will not change anybody's minds at this point, but we are having some kind of fun anyway.

The Spencer chose Sputnik. Justice for Spencer.

 

[Sudacafan]

The Spencer chose Sputnik. Justice for Spencer.

Thanks for the update, I did not know about that.
Whatever immunizant concoction the Spencer picked is good for me, as long as we can keep seeing new gifs from her.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

You must be very exhausted for the impressive workload you experienced this year.
I just joined your army a couple of weeks ago, after I had enough of reading so much nonsense.
I know that we will not change anybody's minds at this point, but we are having some kind of fun anyway.

Right? I mean when people here nominate others for best rivalry I just think have you not seen the work I’ve done Anyway it has been fun, the anti vaxxers keep coming and others just don’t seem to care so the more the merrier!

 

[Deleted member 748597]

Thanks for the update, I did not know about that.
Whatever immunizant concoction the Spencer picked is good for me, as long as we can keep seeing new gifs from her.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Gonna call the next variant Apollo 16.

 

[The Big Foe fan]

Oh well thank you, it’s been a very crazy year but the nomination makes all the vaccine stuff worth it <3

What do you say about my idea?
R

 

[The Big Foe fan]

Gonna call the next variant Apollo 16.

I have names for all variants

Xi Jinping 19
Xi jinping 19 pro
Xi jinping 19 pro max
Xi jinping 19 ultra pro max

 

[Aussie Darcy]

What do you say about my idea?
R

What idea?

 

[The Big Foe fan]

What idea?

Anti vaxxers protesters should be shot with machine guns filled of vaccine dosage syringes instead of bullets, something like what they did in X-Men Last Stand (2006)...

So, we don't hurt anybody as well as vaccinating idiots.

 

[King No1e]

Oh well thank you, it’s been a very crazy year but the nomination makes all the vaccine stuff worth it <3

Keep fighting the good fight.

 

[Enceladus]

Now I'm adding votes for poster awards, today should be the last day to submit nominations.

TTW poster awards

Best thread on TTW: Threads about Shuai Peng and her disappearance, which are deleted or closed; for TTW mods obviously uncomfortable theme
Most charismatic poster on TTW: @Hitman
Best Federer fan on TTW: @zagor
Best Nadal fan on TTW: @Rafa.the.Magnificent
Best Djokovic fan on TTW: @Hitman
Best Murray fan on TTW: @Mainad
Best Non-Big Four fan (name player also) on TTW: @JamesP (Medvedev)
Best tennis analyst on TTW: @Waspsting
Most dedicated TTW poster: @Waspsting
Best newcomer to TTW: @Kralingen
Most objective on TTW: @zagor
Toughest debater on TTW: @Bartelby
Best gif describing a tennis or TTW moment:

Spoiler

I haven't seen this GIF in the nominations of others, which is a shame, because I consider it to be the most fun moment of the 2021 season.

Poster most wanted to return back to TTW: @Phoenix1983
Earth's most powerful poster (highest number of posts per year): @MichaelNadal has written 13k messages in the last year, a few hundred post more than @stringertom
Best Sh!tposter on TTW: @Nostradamus
Best avatar on TTW: Cat in @tennis_pro' avatar
Winner of the TTW Lifetime Achievement Award:
@stringertom, because this year he has broken the 100k published messages frontier

 

[Sentinel]

Strong era troll days with GrannyB, Chico, and MotherMarjorie

Mother Marj, lol.
I remember her alright. She used to bake cookies for the kids in her neighbourhood.

There was also @AngieB who was in a class of her own.

 

[Sentinel]

I used to read posts a long time before I joined, but don't remember her. I do recall Joe Pike and his level of crazy. Although he's back now in a different guise.
A poster in search of a bunker to worship all things Graf.

Joe Pike got along famously with Dedans. Is he back?

Chico was my guilty pleasure.

He was my best friend
Ain't no one gonna miss him more than me!

 

[Poisoned Slice]

At least Villa look to be on the up.

@Phoenix1983

 

[NonP]

Like I said last time yours truly should sweep every non-joke category by any objective measure, but since my genius is superseded only by my humility I did my best to spread the holiday cheers around. I also noticed that y'all like to stick to the boring same old categories, so I decided not to get too creative with the names unlike last year.

Now without further ado.... the definitive TTW Poster Awards of 2021.

Best Thread: I told y'all it ain't wise to make any best-of-the-year picks before the actual year-end, and here's the latest proof courtesy of @arvind13:

A poem dedicated to judy murray

Oh Judy baby you are so fine. My heart is thine. Thy smile makes me quiver, makes me want to eject a river I am smitten by thy fire. It turns my loins into a smouldering pyre. It would be my honour to be your buttress, for thou art a goddess I can be a good hub, but i would rather forever be...

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William McGonagall, eat your heart out! What can one say in the face of such sublime amalgamation of love and lust? Deliciano himself couldn't hope to compete with that!

Most Charismatic Poster: Not even sure what that means, so I'll return an earlier favor by nominating @Azure who's as sweet as one can be without crossing the line into enabling sh!tty behavior
Most Helpful Poster: Seriously, name anyone who dishes out half as much infallible wisdom, knowledge and analysis as moi

Still could do without the tribes, but since you insist:

Best Federer Fan: @zagor though he's not exactly part of the TMF Fan Club
Best Nadal Fan: this shall always belong to @vive le beau jeu ! until he breaks out of the closet
Best Djokovic Fans: @Biotic & @King No1e for recognizing my genius, with an honorary mention to @Martin J who doesn't post as much
Best Murray Fan: There are any left?
Best Non-Big Four Fan (name player also): @ForehandCross (the avatar is self-explanatory - yeah I'm throwing you a bone)

Best Tennis Analyst: @encyclopedia has yet to make his return and @urban rarely posts in this corner, so I win again by default
Most Dedicated Poster/Earth's Mightiest Poster aka the biggest loser: See my diplomatic (non)answer from last year
Best Newcomers: @Kralingen and @NAS for not only appreciating my genius dissertations but also for engaging in good-faith discussions amid the nonstop trolling and fanboying

"Best" Rivalry: Reality vs. the crackpots who have somehow deluded themselves into wishing that a once-in-a-century pandemic that has killed nearly 5.4 million people worldwide (almost certainly a gross underestimate, contrary to their psychotic talking point about comorbidities) is nothing but a totalitarian power grab by the globalist elites who are looking to further their hegemony over us hapless sheeple. The CCP apparatchiks might have made a last-minute push, but they've got a loooooooooooooong way to go before they can challenge these truly mental cases whose detachment from all logic, reason and (not-so-)common sense will be studied for years to come.

So in that vein, and in case this nom gets tossed out for lack of a particular face, I'll nominate @Aussie Darcy vs. the usual suspects for fighting the good if hopeless fight.

Most Objective: @Gary Duane until @krosero comes back (but then Kev is something of a robot, so still Gary)
Funniest: There was nothing to equal the "bald breed" howler from last year, so @Sudacafan gets the nod as the only one who makes me chuckle time after time
Most Sincere: Gary teased moi the other day about (not) mincing words, but since brutally honest/blunt ain't quite the same I'll again go with @Azure
Toughest Debater: Moi, again. The only reason I don't win this by a landslide is cuz the increasingly strict moderation prevents me from going full nuclear on said crackpots, frauds and poseurs.
Best Derailer of a Thread: all the candidates happen to be gits I don't care to acknowledge, so none
Best GIF: Not exactly a TTW nom but I'm with @NoleFam on the Med celebration

Most Creative (Troll) Thread Title:

Kicked my son out at 18 - And it was the best thing to ever happen to him

I've always been a believer in teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish. Sink or swim was my parenting style from day 1 and something I always advocated for in my parenting group. So I got some controversy a few years ago when I said I would kick my son out the door the day he...

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Best Catchphrase: Guess I'll hand it over to Triumph again, if only because this deserves to be seen over and over:

Posters Most Wanted Back: still @pc1 and @slice serve ace

Best Artistic Talent: Can any of you jokers bloviate on cinema, music (of all kinds), literature, (visual) art(s), anime and even video games with such authority? Yeah, didn't think so.
Best Individual Posts: more like 3 of 'em (will be 4 by tonight or tomorrow), starting with this one:

What was the last movie you watched?

Started a movie called Seberg.

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Probably my most ambitious dissertation/project since last year's "Greatest Living Filmmakers" thread. If we must stick to tennis, though, it's a tie between these two for my ongoing assault on the narrow definition of "peak" (the latter's focus on Novak nothwithstanding):

Federer v Borg on clay

Lol a prime Djokovic in red hot form lost to an older Federer in RG 11. If you call that an accident, then Wim 19 is also an accident. Agree? :p Prime Federer around 05-06 meeting prime Djokovic 2011 version won't be a whipping. If at all its a whipping, it would be the other way around - Fed...

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Highest quality match of the Federer-Djokovic Wimbeldon series?

What was the highest quality match?

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And this for my stab at "analytics" that goes beyond what passes for analysis among the dimmer fanatics and hizztorians:

TA’s Match Charting Stats Leaderboard Discussion

One of the hidden gems in tennis stat circles IMO: http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_last52.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_career.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_return_men_last52.html...

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The Rafa Nadal Most Humble Poster: see above (read: moi)
Best Sh!tposter: I might give this a try next year if someone explains to moi the difference between trolling and sh!tposting
Best Avatar: I don't like serial avatar hopping so I'll go with a tie between @MeatTornado and @Searchlight whose Eugene O'Neill mug is an instant classic
TTW Lifetime Achievement Award: I gave @Moose Malloy a shout-out last time so this year's honoree is... the one and only @MichaelNadal whose culinary cravings are nothing if not legendary!

That should be it for 2021. Congrats to all the true winners and Merry Merry Xmas, biatches!!!

 

[arvind13]

Like I said last time yours truly should sweep every non-joke category by any objective measure, but since my genius is superseded only by my humility I did my best to spread the holiday cheers around. I also noticed that y'all like to stick to the boring same old categories, so I decided not to get too creative with the names unlike last year.

Now without further ado.... the definitive TTW Poster Awards of 2021.

Best Thread: I told y'all it ain't wise to make any best-of-the-year picks before the actual year-end, and here's the latest proof courtesy of @arvind13:

A poem dedicated to judy murray

Oh Judy baby you are so fine. My heart is thine. Thy smile makes me quiver, makes me want to eject a river I am smitten by thy fire. It turns my loins into a smouldering pyre. It would be my honour to be your buttress, for thou art a goddess I can be a good hub, but i would rather forever be...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

William McGonagall, eat your heart out! What can one say in the face of such sublime amalgamation of love and lust? Deliciano himself couldn't hope to compete with that!

Most Charismatic Poster: Not even sure what that means, so I'll return an earlier favor by nominating @Azure who's as sweet as one can be without crossing the line into enabling sh!tty behavior
Most Helpful Poster: Seriously, name anyone who dishes out half as much infallible wisdom, knowledge and analysis as moi

Still could do without the tribes, but since you insist:

Best Federer Fan: @zagor though he's not exactly part of the TMF Fan Club
Best Nadal Fan: this shall always belong to @vive le beau jeu ! until he breaks out of the closet
Best Djokovic Fans: @Biotic & @King No1e for recognizing my genius, with an honorary mention to @Martin J who doesn't post as much
Best Murray Fan: There are any left?
Best Non-Big Four Fan (name player also): @ForehandCross (the avatar is self-explanatory - yeah I'm throwing you a bone)

Best Tennis Analyst: @encyclopedia has yet to make his return and @urban rarely posts in this corner, so I win again by default
Most Dedicated Poster/Earth's Mightiest Poster aka the biggest loser: See my diplomatic (non)answer from last year
Best Newcomers: @Kralingen and @NAS for not only appreciating my genius dissertations but also for engaging in good-faith discussions amid the nonstop trolling and fanboying

"Best" Rivalry: Reality vs. the crackpots who have somehow deluded themselves into wishing that a once-in-a-century pandemic that has killed nearly 5.4 million people worldwide (almost certainly a gross underestimate, contrary to their psychotic talking point about comorbidities) is nothing but a totalitarian power grab by the globalist elites who are looking to further their hegemony over us hapless sheeple. The CCP apparatchiks might have made a last-minute push, but they've got a loooooooooooooong way to go before they can challenge these truly mental cases whose detachment from all logic, reason and (not-so-)common sense will be studied for years to come.

So in that vein, and in case this nom gets tossed out for lack of a particular face, I'll nominate @Aussie Darcy vs. the usual suspects for fighting the good if hopeless fight.

Most Objective: @Gary Duane until @krosero comes back (but then Kev is something of a robot, so still Gary)
Funniest: There was nothing to equal the "bald breed" howler from last year, so @Sudacafan gets the nod as the only one who makes me chuckle time after time
Most Sincere: Gary teased moi the other day about (not) mincing words, but since brutally honest/blunt ain't quite the same I'll again go with @Azure
Toughest Debater: Moi, again. The only reason I don't win this by a landslide is cuz the increasingly strict moderation prevents me from going full nuclear on said crackpots, frauds and poseurs.
Best Derailer of a Thread: all the candidates happen to be gits I don't care to acknowledge, so none
Best GIF: Not exactly a TTW nom but I'm with @NoleFam on the Med celebration

Most Creative (Troll) Thread Title:

Kicked my son out at 18 - And it was the best thing to ever happen to him

I've always been a believer in teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish. Sink or swim was my parenting style from day 1 and something I always advocated for in my parenting group. So I got some controversy a few years ago when I said I would kick my son out the door the day he...

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Best Catchphrase: Guess I'll hand it over to Triumph again, if only because this deserves to be seen over and over:

Posters Most Wanted Back: still @pc1 and @slice serve ace

Best Artistic Talent: Can any of you jokers bloviate on cinema, music (of all kinds), literature, (visual) art(s), anime and even video games with such authority? Yeah, didn't think so.
Best Individual Posts: more like 3 of 'em (will be 4 by tonight or tomorrow), starting with this one:

What was the last movie you watched?

Started a movie called Seberg.

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Probably my most ambitious dissertation/project since last year's "Greatest Living Filmmakers" thread. If we must stick to tennis, though, it's a tie between these two for my ongoing assault on the narrow definition of "peak" (the latter's focus on Novak nothwithstanding):

Federer v Borg on clay

Lol a prime Djokovic in red hot form lost to an older Federer in RG 11. If you call that an accident, then Wim 19 is also an accident. Agree? :p Prime Federer around 05-06 meeting prime Djokovic 2011 version won't be a whipping. If at all its a whipping, it would be the other way around - Fed...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Highest quality match of the Federer-Djokovic Wimbeldon series?

What was the highest quality match?

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

And this for my stab at "analytics" that goes beyond what passes for analysis among the dimmer fanatics and hizztorians:

TA’s Match Charting Stats Leaderboard Discussion

One of the hidden gems in tennis stat circles IMO: http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_last52.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_career.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_return_men_last52.html...

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The Rafa Nadal Most Humble Poster: see above (read: moi)
Best Sh!tposter: I might give this a try next year if someone explains to moi the difference between trolling and sh!tposting
Best Avatar: I don't like serial avatar hopping so I'll go with a tie between @MeatTornado and @Searchlight whose Eugene O'Neill mug is an instant classic
TTW Lifetime Achievement Award: I gave @Moose Malloy a shout-out last time so this year's honoree is... the one and only @MichaelNadal whose culinary cravings are nothing if not legendary!

That should be it for 2021. Congrats to all the true winners and Merry Merry Xmas, biatches!!!

Thanks @NonP

 

[Deleted member 765728]

Like I said last time yours truly should sweep every non-joke category by any objective measure, but since my genius is superseded only by my humility I did my best to spread the holiday cheers around. I also noticed that y'all like to stick to the boring same old categories, so I decided not to get too creative with the names unlike last year.

Now without further ado.... the definitive TTW Poster Awards of 2021.

Best Thread: I told y'all it ain't wise to make any best-of-the-year picks before the actual year-end, and here's the latest proof courtesy of @arvind13:

A poem dedicated to judy murray

Oh Judy baby you are so fine. My heart is thine. Thy smile makes me quiver, makes me want to eject a river I am smitten by thy fire. It turns my loins into a smouldering pyre. It would be my honour to be your buttress, for thou art a goddess I can be a good hub, but i would rather forever be...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

William McGonagall, eat your heart out! What can one say in the face of such sublime amalgamation of love and lust? Deliciano himself couldn't hope to compete with that!

Most Charismatic Poster: Not even sure what that means, so I'll return an earlier favor by nominating @Azure who's as sweet as one can be without crossing the line into enabling sh!tty behavior
Most Helpful Poster: Seriously, name anyone who dishes out half as much infallible wisdom, knowledge and analysis as moi

Still could do without the tribes, but since you insist:

Best Federer Fan: @zagor though he's not exactly part of the TMF Fan Club
Best Nadal Fan: this shall always belong to @vive le beau jeu ! until he breaks out of the closet
Best Djokovic Fans: @Biotic & @King No1e for recognizing my genius, with an honorary mention to @Martin J who doesn't post as much
Best Murray Fan: There are any left?
Best Non-Big Four Fan (name player also): @ForehandCross (the avatar is self-explanatory - yeah I'm throwing you a bone)

Best Tennis Analyst: @encyclopedia has yet to make his return and @urban rarely posts in this corner, so I win again by default
Most Dedicated Poster/Earth's Mightiest Poster aka the biggest loser: See my diplomatic (non)answer from last year
Best Newcomers: @Kralingen and @NAS for not only appreciating my genius dissertations but also for engaging in good-faith discussions amid the nonstop trolling and fanboying

"Best" Rivalry: Reality vs. the crackpots who have somehow deluded themselves into wishing that a once-in-a-century pandemic that has killed nearly 5.4 million people worldwide (almost certainly a gross underestimate, contrary to their psychotic talking point about comorbidities) is nothing but a totalitarian power grab by the globalist elites who are looking to further their hegemony over us hapless sheeple. The CCP apparatchiks might have made a last-minute push, but they've got a loooooooooooooong way to go before they can challenge these truly mental cases whose detachment from all logic, reason and (not-so-)common sense will be studied for years to come.

So in that vein, and in case this nom gets tossed out for lack of a particular face, I'll nominate @Aussie Darcy vs. the usual suspects for fighting the good if hopeless fight.

Most Objective: @Gary Duane until @krosero comes back (but then Kev is something of a robot, so still Gary)
Funniest: There was nothing to equal the "bald breed" howler from last year, so @Sudacafan gets the nod as the only one who makes me chuckle time after time
Most Sincere: Gary teased moi the other day about (not) mincing words, but since brutally honest/blunt ain't quite the same I'll again go with @Azure
Toughest Debater: Moi, again. The only reason I don't win this by a landslide is cuz the increasingly strict moderation prevents me from going full nuclear on said crackpots, frauds and poseurs.
Best Derailer of a Thread: all the candidates happen to be gits I don't care to acknowledge, so none
Best GIF: Not exactly a TTW nom but I'm with @NoleFam on the Med celebration

Most Creative (Troll) Thread Title:

Kicked my son out at 18 - And it was the best thing to ever happen to him

I've always been a believer in teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish. Sink or swim was my parenting style from day 1 and something I always advocated for in my parenting group. So I got some controversy a few years ago when I said I would kick my son out the door the day he...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Best Catchphrase: Guess I'll hand it over to Triumph again, if only because this deserves to be seen over and over:

Posters Most Wanted Back: still @pc1 and @slice serve ace

Best Artistic Talent: Can any of you jokers bloviate on cinema, music (of all kinds), literature, (visual) art(s), anime and even video games with such authority? Yeah, didn't think so.
Best Individual Posts: more like 3 of 'em (will be 4 by tonight or tomorrow), starting with this one:

What was the last movie you watched?

Started a movie called Seberg.

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Probably my most ambitious dissertation/project since last year's "Greatest Living Filmmakers" thread. If we must stick to tennis, though, it's a tie between these two for my ongoing assault on the narrow definition of "peak" (the latter's focus on Novak nothwithstanding):

Federer v Borg on clay

Lol a prime Djokovic in red hot form lost to an older Federer in RG 11. If you call that an accident, then Wim 19 is also an accident. Agree? :p Prime Federer around 05-06 meeting prime Djokovic 2011 version won't be a whipping. If at all its a whipping, it would be the other way around - Fed...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Highest quality match of the Federer-Djokovic Wimbeldon series?

What was the highest quality match?

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

And this for my stab at "analytics" that goes beyond what passes for analysis among the dimmer fanatics and hizztorians:

TA’s Match Charting Stats Leaderboard Discussion

One of the hidden gems in tennis stat circles IMO: http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_last52.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_career.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_return_men_last52.html...

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The Rafa Nadal Most Humble Poster: see above (read: moi)
Best Sh!tposter: I might give this a try next year if someone explains to moi the difference between trolling and sh!tposting
Best Avatar: I don't like serial avatar hopping so I'll go with a tie between @MeatTornado and @Searchlight whose Eugene O'Neill mug is an instant classic
TTW Lifetime Achievement Award: I gave @Moose Malloy a shout-out last time so this year's honoree is... the one and only @MichaelNadal whose culinary cravings are nothing if not legendary!

That should be it for 2021. Congrats to all the true winners and Merry Merry Xmas, biatches!!!

FedFam here, but thanks, man!

I enjoy reading your analysis.

 

[Azure]

Like I said last time yours truly should sweep every non-joke category by any objective measure, but since my genius is superseded only by my humility I did my best to spread the holiday cheers around. I also noticed that y'all like to stick to the boring same old categories, so I decided not to get too creative with the names unlike last year.

Now without further ado.... the definitive TTW Poster Awards of 2021.

Best Thread: I told y'all it ain't wise to make any best-of-the-year picks before the actual year-end, and here's the latest proof courtesy of @arvind13:

A poem dedicated to judy murray

Oh Judy baby you are so fine. My heart is thine. Thy smile makes me quiver, makes me want to eject a river I am smitten by thy fire. It turns my loins into a smouldering pyre. It would be my honour to be your buttress, for thou art a goddess I can be a good hub, but i would rather forever be...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

William McGonagall, eat your heart out! What can one say in the face of such sublime amalgamation of love and lust? Deliciano himself couldn't hope to compete with that!

Most Charismatic Poster: Not even sure what that means, so I'll return an earlier favor by nominating @Azure who's as sweet as one can be without crossing the line into enabling sh!tty behavior
Most Helpful Poster: Seriously, name anyone who dishes out half as much infallible wisdom, knowledge and analysis as moi

Still could do without the tribes, but since you insist:

Best Federer Fan: @zagor though he's not exactly part of the TMF Fan Club
Best Nadal Fan: this shall always belong to @vive le beau jeu ! until he breaks out of the closet
Best Djokovic Fans: @Biotic & @King No1e for recognizing my genius, with an honorary mention to @Martin J who doesn't post as much
Best Murray Fan: There are any left?
Best Non-Big Four Fan (name player also): @ForehandCross (the avatar is self-explanatory - yeah I'm throwing you a bone)

Best Tennis Analyst: @encyclopedia has yet to make his return and @urban rarely posts in this corner, so I win again by default
Most Dedicated Poster/Earth's Mightiest Poster aka the biggest loser: See my diplomatic (non)answer from last year
Best Newcomers: @Kralingen and @NAS for not only appreciating my genius dissertations but also for engaging in good-faith discussions amid the nonstop trolling and fanboying

"Best" Rivalry: Reality vs. the crackpots who have somehow deluded themselves into wishing that a once-in-a-century pandemic that has killed nearly 5.4 million people worldwide (almost certainly a gross underestimate, contrary to their psychotic talking point about comorbidities) is nothing but a totalitarian power grab by the globalist elites who are looking to further their hegemony over us hapless sheeple. The CCP apparatchiks might have made a last-minute push, but they've got a loooooooooooooong way to go before they can challenge these truly mental cases whose detachment from all logic, reason and (not-so-)common sense will be studied for years to come.

So in that vein, and in case this nom gets tossed out for lack of a particular face, I'll nominate @Aussie Darcy vs. the usual suspects for fighting the good if hopeless fight.

Most Objective: @Gary Duane until @krosero comes back (but then Kev is something of a robot, so still Gary)
Funniest: There was nothing to equal the "bald breed" howler from last year, so @Sudacafan gets the nod as the only one who makes me chuckle time after time
Most Sincere: Gary teased moi the other day about (not) mincing words, but since brutally honest/blunt ain't quite the same I'll again go with @Azure
Toughest Debater: Moi, again. The only reason I don't win this by a landslide is cuz the increasingly strict moderation prevents me from going full nuclear on said crackpots, frauds and poseurs.
Best Derailer of a Thread: all the candidates happen to be gits I don't care to acknowledge, so none
Best GIF: Not exactly a TTW nom but I'm with @NoleFam on the Med celebration

Most Creative (Troll) Thread Title:

Kicked my son out at 18 - And it was the best thing to ever happen to him

I've always been a believer in teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish. Sink or swim was my parenting style from day 1 and something I always advocated for in my parenting group. So I got some controversy a few years ago when I said I would kick my son out the door the day he...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Best Catchphrase: Guess I'll hand it over to Triumph again, if only because this deserves to be seen over and over:

Posters Most Wanted Back: still @pc1 and @slice serve ace

Best Artistic Talent: Can any of you jokers bloviate on cinema, music (of all kinds), literature, (visual) art(s), anime and even video games with such authority? Yeah, didn't think so.
Best Individual Posts: more like 3 of 'em (will be 4 by tonight or tomorrow), starting with this one:

What was the last movie you watched?

Started a movie called Seberg.

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Probably my most ambitious dissertation/project since last year's "Greatest Living Filmmakers" thread. If we must stick to tennis, though, it's a tie between these two for my ongoing assault on the narrow definition of "peak" (the latter's focus on Novak nothwithstanding):

Federer v Borg on clay

Lol a prime Djokovic in red hot form lost to an older Federer in RG 11. If you call that an accident, then Wim 19 is also an accident. Agree? :p Prime Federer around 05-06 meeting prime Djokovic 2011 version won't be a whipping. If at all its a whipping, it would be the other way around - Fed...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Highest quality match of the Federer-Djokovic Wimbeldon series?

What was the highest quality match?

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

And this for my stab at "analytics" that goes beyond what passes for analysis among the dimmer fanatics and hizztorians:

TA’s Match Charting Stats Leaderboard Discussion

One of the hidden gems in tennis stat circles IMO: http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_last52.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_career.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_return_men_last52.html...

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The Rafa Nadal Most Humble Poster: see above (read: moi)
Best Sh!tposter: I might give this a try next year if someone explains to moi the difference between trolling and sh!tposting
Best Avatar: I don't like serial avatar hopping so I'll go with a tie between @MeatTornado and @Searchlight whose Eugene O'Neill mug is an instant classic
TTW Lifetime Achievement Award: I gave @Moose Malloy a shout-out last time so this year's honoree is... the one and only @MichaelNadal whose culinary cravings are nothing if not legendary!

That should be it for 2021. Congrats to all the true winners and Merry Merry Xmas, biatches!!!

Two nominations from brains? That makes my day! Thank you!

 

[arvind13]

Like I said last time yours truly should sweep every non-joke category by any objective measure, but since my genius is superseded only by my humility I did my best to spread the holiday cheers around. I also noticed that y'all like to stick to the boring same old categories, so I decided not to get too creative with the names unlike last year.

Now without further ado.... the definitive TTW Poster Awards of 2021.

Best Thread: I told y'all it ain't wise to make any best-of-the-year picks before the actual year-end, and here's the latest proof courtesy of @arvind13:

A poem dedicated to judy murray

Oh Judy baby you are so fine. My heart is thine. Thy smile makes me quiver, makes me want to eject a river I am smitten by thy fire. It turns my loins into a smouldering pyre. It would be my honour to be your buttress, for thou art a goddess I can be a good hub, but i would rather forever be...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

William McGonagall, eat your heart out! What can one say in the face of such sublime amalgamation of love and lust? Deliciano himself couldn't hope to compete with that!

Most Charismatic Poster: Not even sure what that means, so I'll return an earlier favor by nominating @Azure who's as sweet as one can be without crossing the line into enabling sh!tty behavior
Most Helpful Poster: Seriously, name anyone who dishes out half as much infallible wisdom, knowledge and analysis as moi

Still could do without the tribes, but since you insist:

Best Federer Fan: @zagor though he's not exactly part of the TMF Fan Club
Best Nadal Fan: this shall always belong to @vive le beau jeu ! until he breaks out of the closet
Best Djokovic Fans: @Biotic & @King No1e for recognizing my genius, with an honorary mention to @Martin J who doesn't post as much
Best Murray Fan: There are any left?
Best Non-Big Four Fan (name player also): @ForehandCross (the avatar is self-explanatory - yeah I'm throwing you a bone)

Best Tennis Analyst: @encyclopedia has yet to make his return and @urban rarely posts in this corner, so I win again by default
Most Dedicated Poster/Earth's Mightiest Poster aka the biggest loser: See my diplomatic (non)answer from last year
Best Newcomers: @Kralingen and @NAS for not only appreciating my genius dissertations but also for engaging in good-faith discussions amid the nonstop trolling and fanboying

"Best" Rivalry: Reality vs. the crackpots who have somehow deluded themselves into wishing that a once-in-a-century pandemic that has killed nearly 5.4 million people worldwide (almost certainly a gross underestimate, contrary to their psychotic talking point about comorbidities) is nothing but a totalitarian power grab by the globalist elites who are looking to further their hegemony over us hapless sheeple. The CCP apparatchiks might have made a last-minute push, but they've got a loooooooooooooong way to go before they can challenge these truly mental cases whose detachment from all logic, reason and (not-so-)common sense will be studied for years to come.

So in that vein, and in case this nom gets tossed out for lack of a particular face, I'll nominate @Aussie Darcy vs. the usual suspects for fighting the good if hopeless fight.

Most Objective: @Gary Duane until @krosero comes back (but then Kev is something of a robot, so still Gary)
Funniest: There was nothing to equal the "bald breed" howler from last year, so @Sudacafan gets the nod as the only one who makes me chuckle time after time
Most Sincere: Gary teased moi the other day about (not) mincing words, but since brutally honest/blunt ain't quite the same I'll again go with @Azure
Toughest Debater: Moi, again. The only reason I don't win this by a landslide is cuz the increasingly strict moderation prevents me from going full nuclear on said crackpots, frauds and poseurs.
Best Derailer of a Thread: all the candidates happen to be gits I don't care to acknowledge, so none
Best GIF: Not exactly a TTW nom but I'm with @NoleFam on the Med celebration

Most Creative (Troll) Thread Title:

Kicked my son out at 18 - And it was the best thing to ever happen to him

I've always been a believer in teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish. Sink or swim was my parenting style from day 1 and something I always advocated for in my parenting group. So I got some controversy a few years ago when I said I would kick my son out the door the day he...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Best Catchphrase: Guess I'll hand it over to Triumph again, if only because this deserves to be seen over and over:

Posters Most Wanted Back: still @pc1 and @slice serve ace

Best Artistic Talent: Can any of you jokers bloviate on cinema, music (of all kinds), literature, (visual) art(s), anime and even video games with such authority? Yeah, didn't think so.
Best Individual Posts: more like 3 of 'em (will be 4 by tonight or tomorrow), starting with this one:

What was the last movie you watched?

Started a movie called Seberg.

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Probably my most ambitious dissertation/project since last year's "Greatest Living Filmmakers" thread. If we must stick to tennis, though, it's a tie between these two for my ongoing assault on the narrow definition of "peak" (the latter's focus on Novak nothwithstanding):

Federer v Borg on clay

Lol a prime Djokovic in red hot form lost to an older Federer in RG 11. If you call that an accident, then Wim 19 is also an accident. Agree? :p Prime Federer around 05-06 meeting prime Djokovic 2011 version won't be a whipping. If at all its a whipping, it would be the other way around - Fed...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Highest quality match of the Federer-Djokovic Wimbeldon series?

What was the highest quality match?

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

And this for my stab at "analytics" that goes beyond what passes for analysis among the dimmer fanatics and hizztorians:

TA’s Match Charting Stats Leaderboard Discussion

One of the hidden gems in tennis stat circles IMO: http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_last52.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_career.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_return_men_last52.html...

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The Rafa Nadal Most Humble Poster: see above (read: moi)
Best Sh!tposter: I might give this a try next year if someone explains to moi the difference between trolling and sh!tposting
Best Avatar: I don't like serial avatar hopping so I'll go with a tie between @MeatTornado and @Searchlight whose Eugene O'Neill mug is an instant classic
TTW Lifetime Achievement Award: I gave @Moose Malloy a shout-out last time so this year's honoree is... the one and only @MichaelNadal whose culinary cravings are nothing if not legendary!

That should be it for 2021. Congrats to all the true winners and Merry Merry Xmas, biatches!!!

my thread the best thread of the year 2021 got deleted why? I didn’t violate rules. No spam. No inappropriate language

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

As I abuse hosting privileges and submit my own votes a few minutes past midnight...

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Tennis awards

Player of the year - ATP and WTA: Djokovic and Barty
Match of the year: Djokodal RG
Tournament of the year: RG
Breakout performance of the year: Alcaraz, Karatsev
Biggest upset/shock: USO final
Best rivalry on tour: Medovic
Biggest False Dawn (biggest disappointment): Thiem

TTW poster awards

Best thread on TTW: Dictionary corner part 2, TT Football Club
Most charismatic poster on TTW: @Poisoned Slice
Most helpful poster on TTW: @TripleATeam @Gary Duane
Best Federer fan on TTW: @zagor @Martin J @Federer and Del Potro @NatF
Best Nadal fan on TTW: @Bender @Tiki-Taka @Azure @RS
Best Djokovic fan on TTW: @TheAssassin @NoleFam @jm1980 @Enceladus @RF-18
Best Murray fan on TTW: @Poisoned Slice @Red Rick
Best Non-Big Four fan (name player also) on TTW: @Meles @ForehandCross
Best tennis analyst on TTW: @Waspsting @TheFifthSet @Gary Duane
Most dedicated TTW poster: @Waspsting @stringertom
Best newcomer to TTW: @Kralingen
Best rivalry on TTW: uninterested mods vs job responsibility
Funniest on TTW: @Federer and Del Potro @Poisoned Slice @Bender @Sysyphus
Most sincere on TTW: @InsideOut900
Toughest debater on TTW: @Bartelby
Best derailer of a thread on TTW: @RS @Nole Slam @Zara
Best gif describing a tennis or TTW moment: Medvedev USO celebration, Djokovic sweeping clay
Poster most wanted to return back to TTW: @ak24alive @TheNachoMan @Meles @ojo rojo @Lew II
Best artistic talent on TTW: @Nuclear
Best individual post of the year on TTW: Djokovic gold medal at racket throwing by @Sephiroth , toilet dimensions by @Poisoned Slice The Rafa Nadal Most Humble Poster on TTW: Sir/Ma'am Carl Thompson
Best Sh!tposter on TTW: @Nole Slam
Best Avatar on TTW: @aldeayeah @Poisoned Slice
TTW Lifetime achievement award winner: @MichaelNadal
---------------------------------------------------

...the voting is now closed.

Had even more of you on my mind so sorry for not tagging everyone during this hurry.

Ceremony will be held at some point during Sunday evening. In the meantime, Merry Christmas to everyone who is celebrating it!

 

[Bartelby]

 

[Gary Duane]

@Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
This made me laugh:

Best rivalry on TTW: uninterested mods vs job responsibility

That rivalry gets most heated late on Sat. night.

 

[Tennisfan339]

Since the deadline is Christmas Eve, I'll give my answers now.
I don't participate in the poster awards. I don't know the posters well enough, I would't even be able to say who are newcomers or who loves who, etc... and frankly I couldn't care less.

Player of the year
ATP : Djokovic
WTA: Krejcikova (also for her results in doubles and her deep progression)

Match of the year:
ATP: Djokovic-Nadal French Open
WTA: Krejcikova-Swiatek Rome (there were so many, but this one really fascinated me)

Tournament of the year
ATP: US Open
WTA: Australian Open

Moment of the year:
ATP: Zverev's comeback from 1-6 1-3 to 1-6 6-3 6-1 in Tokyo SF against someone who looked unbeatable
WTA: Serena's fall in her Wimbledon 1st round against Sasnovich... could be a career ending moment at this stage of her career

Comment of the year:
ATP: ?? I don't know. Tomic saying he is a better player than Kyrgios and Kyrgios' immediate answer. Too Funny.
WTA: Osaka announcing she is disqualifying herself from her RG 2nd round because she won't attend press conferences

Breakout performance of the year:
ATP: Alcaraz beating world number #3 and reaching QF at USO
WTA: Raducanu's 20/20 at USO

Biggest upset/shock:
ATP: Rublev beats Medvedev in Cincinnati. I was never more shocked by any other result this year
WTA: Rogers beats Barty at the USO

Best rivalry on tour:
ATP: Djokovic-Zverev (with a HUGE margin)
WTA: Sakkari-Andreescu (2 of the best WTA matches of the year in Miami and USO)

Biggest disappointment:
ATP: Shapovalov results after his Wimbledon SF... I really had HUGE expectations for him after this tournament
WTA: Kenin... became one of my favorite players in 2020 and dropped off the face of the Earth this year

 

[Bubcay]

@Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
This made me laugh:

That rivalry gets most heated late on Sat. night.

Saabratha vs. the mods (#onthepipe)

 

[NonP]

Since @Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil himself has nominated up to FIVE posters for select categories - though I'm not sure how one can have that many ties unless each of us is allowed ranked voting - I'll add to/modify a couple of my previous picks. I understand the poll is now officially closed, but it's still just after 11 pm in Seattle/Vancouver, 10 in Anchorage, and 9 in Honolulu and the OP never specified a particular time zone, which should in all fairness permit changes/new votes for another 1-3 hrs.

Besides Santa is still delivering his gifts. You dare go against St. Nick?

Official NORAD Tracks Santa

www.noradsanta.org

K, here goes:

Best Federer Fan: @zagor though he's not exactly part of the TMF Fan Club
Best Nadal Fan: this shall always belong to @vive le beau jeu ! until he breaks out of the closet
Best Djokovic Fans: @Biotic & @King No1e for recognizing my genius, with an honorary mention to @Martin J who doesn't post as much

As the forum's resident closet fan @vive le beau jeu ! ain't exactly forthright about his Bull fandom, so I'll add @aldeayeah for being another one to appreciate my infallible dissertations and @Bender for cracking jokes at VB's expense.

And as @Martin J has clarified he's (still) with geriatric Heidi. While I'm at it let moi also nominate @TheFifthSet for his own membership in the NonP Appreciation Society and @abmk for continuing to define what a fan can be without resorting to outright trolling.

One more thing:

Best Individual Posts: more like 3 of 'em (will be 4 by tonight or tomorrow), starting with this one:

What was the last movie you watched?

Started a movie called Seberg.

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Probably my most ambitious dissertation/project since last year's "Greatest Living Filmmakers" thread. If we must stick to tennis, though, it's a tie between these two for my ongoing assault on the narrow definition of "peak" (the latter's focus on Novak nothwithstanding):

Federer v Borg on clay

Lol a prime Djokovic in red hot form lost to an older Federer in RG 11. If you call that an accident, then Wim 19 is also an accident. Agree? :p Prime Federer around 05-06 meeting prime Djokovic 2011 version won't be a whipping. If at all its a whipping, it would be the other way around - Fed...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Highest quality match of the Federer-Djokovic Wimbeldon series?

What was the highest quality match?

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

And this for my stab at "analytics" that goes beyond what passes for analysis among the dimmer fanatics and hizztorians:

TA’s Match Charting Stats Leaderboard Discussion

One of the hidden gems in tennis stat circles IMO: http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_last52.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_career.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_return_men_last52.html...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

My picks still stand, though for my non-tennis nom I should've gone with or at least added this essay on the increasing outdatedness of Nielsen ratings, GDP and other established metrics:

TV Ratings for Olympics 2020-21 Tanking Badly!

This is great news! Ratings are circling the toilet for these fake Olympic Games. It turns out watching supposed heroes muzzled on the podium in front of empty grandstands isn't quite the entertainment spectacle advertisers had hoped for... "The primetime presentation of Friday’s opening...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Meant to expand on the theme shortly after the Oscars only to scrap it, but the delayed Tokyo Olympics came to the rescue. It ain't my most polished writing (I was absolutely binge-watching the Os and barely had time for anything else) which may be why it slipped my mind, but in terms of scope and relevance it's probably the best thing I wrote all year.

Now one reply:

my thread the best thread of the year 2021 got deleted why? I didn’t violate rules. No spam. No inappropriate language

The mods tend to nuke anything remotely political these days, that's why. Wish they'd simply removed the offending posts instead cuz your ode absolutely deserved to be preserved for all posterity. But most of it can still be seen in the boxed link, so don't feel too bad.

Anyhoo Merry Christmas 2 U again, and to everyone else including the crackpots who I sincerely hope will gain some measure of sanity in the coming year!

 

[Anurag Kashyap]

Like I said last time yours truly should sweep every non-joke category by any objective measure, but since my genius is superseded only by my humility I did my best to spread the holiday cheers around. I also noticed that y'all like to stick to the boring same old categories, so I decided not to get too creative with the names unlike last year.

Now without further ado.... the definitive TTW Poster Awards of 2021.

Best Thread: I told y'all it ain't wise to make any best-of-the-year picks before the actual year-end, and here's the latest proof courtesy of @arvind13:

A poem dedicated to judy murray

Oh Judy baby you are so fine. My heart is thine. Thy smile makes me quiver, makes me want to eject a river I am smitten by thy fire. It turns my loins into a smouldering pyre. It would be my honour to be your buttress, for thou art a goddess I can be a good hub, but i would rather forever be...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

William McGonagall, eat your heart out! What can one say in the face of such sublime amalgamation of love and lust? Deliciano himself couldn't hope to compete with that!

Most Charismatic Poster: Not even sure what that means, so I'll return an earlier favor by nominating @Azure who's as sweet as one can be without crossing the line into enabling sh!tty behavior
Most Helpful Poster: Seriously, name anyone who dishes out half as much infallible wisdom, knowledge and analysis as moi

Still could do without the tribes, but since you insist:

Best Federer Fan: @zagor though he's not exactly part of the TMF Fan Club
Best Nadal Fan: this shall always belong to @vive le beau jeu ! until he breaks out of the closet
Best Djokovic Fans: @Biotic & @King No1e for recognizing my genius, with an honorary mention to @Martin J who doesn't post as much
Best Murray Fan: There are any left?
Best Non-Big Four Fan (name player also): @ForehandCross (the avatar is self-explanatory - yeah I'm throwing you a bone)

Best Tennis Analyst: @encyclopedia has yet to make his return and @urban rarely posts in this corner, so I win again by default
Most Dedicated Poster/Earth's Mightiest Poster aka the biggest loser: See my diplomatic (non)answer from last year
Best Newcomers: @Kralingen and @NAS for not only appreciating my genius dissertations but also for engaging in good-faith discussions amid the nonstop trolling and fanboying

"Best" Rivalry: Reality vs. the crackpots who have somehow deluded themselves into wishing that a once-in-a-century pandemic that has killed nearly 5.4 million people worldwide (almost certainly a gross underestimate, contrary to their psychotic talking point about comorbidities) is nothing but a totalitarian power grab by the globalist elites who are looking to further their hegemony over us hapless sheeple. The CCP apparatchiks might have made a last-minute push, but they've got a loooooooooooooong way to go before they can challenge these truly mental cases whose detachment from all logic, reason and (not-so-)common sense will be studied for years to come.

So in that vein, and in case this nom gets tossed out for lack of a particular face, I'll nominate @Aussie Darcy vs. the usual suspects for fighting the good if hopeless fight.

Most Objective: @Gary Duane until @krosero comes back (but then Kev is something of a robot, so still Gary)
Funniest: There was nothing to equal the "bald breed" howler from last year, so @Sudacafan gets the nod as the only one who makes me chuckle time after time
Most Sincere: Gary teased moi the other day about (not) mincing words, but since brutally honest/blunt ain't quite the same I'll again go with @Azure
Toughest Debater: Moi, again. The only reason I don't win this by a landslide is cuz the increasingly strict moderation prevents me from going full nuclear on said crackpots, frauds and poseurs.
Best Derailer of a Thread: all the candidates happen to be gits I don't care to acknowledge, so none
Best GIF: Not exactly a TTW nom but I'm with @NoleFam on the Med celebration

Most Creative (Troll) Thread Title:

Kicked my son out at 18 - And it was the best thing to ever happen to him

I've always been a believer in teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish. Sink or swim was my parenting style from day 1 and something I always advocated for in my parenting group. So I got some controversy a few years ago when I said I would kick my son out the door the day he...

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Best Catchphrase: Guess I'll hand it over to Triumph again, if only because this deserves to be seen over and over:

Posters Most Wanted Back: still @pc1 and @slice serve ace

Best Artistic Talent: Can any of you jokers bloviate on cinema, music (of all kinds), literature, (visual) art(s), anime and even video games with such authority? Yeah, didn't think so.
Best Individual Posts: more like 3 of 'em (will be 4 by tonight or tomorrow), starting with this one:

What was the last movie you watched?

Started a movie called Seberg.

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Probably my most ambitious dissertation/project since last year's "Greatest Living Filmmakers" thread. If we must stick to tennis, though, it's a tie between these two for my ongoing assault on the narrow definition of "peak" (the latter's focus on Novak nothwithstanding):

Federer v Borg on clay

Lol a prime Djokovic in red hot form lost to an older Federer in RG 11. If you call that an accident, then Wim 19 is also an accident. Agree? :p Prime Federer around 05-06 meeting prime Djokovic 2011 version won't be a whipping. If at all its a whipping, it would be the other way around - Fed...

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Highest quality match of the Federer-Djokovic Wimbeldon series?

What was the highest quality match?

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And this for my stab at "analytics" that goes beyond what passes for analysis among the dimmer fanatics and hizztorians:

TA’s Match Charting Stats Leaderboard Discussion

One of the hidden gems in tennis stat circles IMO: http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_last52.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_career.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_return_men_last52.html...

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The Rafa Nadal Most Humble Poster: see above (read: moi)
Best Sh!tposter: I might give this a try next year if someone explains to moi the difference between trolling and sh!tposting
Best Avatar: I don't like serial avatar hopping so I'll go with a tie between @MeatTornado and @Searchlight whose Eugene O'Neill mug is an instant classic
TTW Lifetime Achievement Award: I gave @Moose Malloy a shout-out last time so this year's honoree is... the one and only @MichaelNadal whose culinary cravings are nothing if not legendary!

That should be it for 2021. Congrats to all the true winners and Merry Merry Xmas, biatches!!!

I think you are being unfair to yourself. Could have easily nominated yourself in a bunch of other categories.
One or both of these two for instance.

Two nominations from brains? That makes my day! Thank you!

 

[Red Rick]

TTW awards: exist



NonP

 

[Aussie Darcy]

"Best" Rivalry: Reality vs. the crackpots who have somehow deluded themselves into wishing that a once-in-a-century pandemic that has killed nearly 5.4 million people worldwide (almost certainly a gross underestimate, contrary to their psychotic talking point about comorbidities) is nothing but a totalitarian power grab by the globalist elites who are looking to further their hegemony over us hapless sheeple. The CCP apparatchiks might have made a last-minute push, but they've got a loooooooooooooong way to go before they can challenge these truly mental cases whose detachment from all logic, reason and (not-so-)common sense will be studied for years to come.

So in that vein, and in case this nom gets tossed out for lack of a particular face, I'll nominate @Aussie Darcy vs. the usual suspects for fighting the good if hopeless fight.

Most Objective: @Gary Duane until @krosero comes back (but then Kev is something of a robot, so still Gary)
Funniest: There was nothing to equal the "bald breed" howler from last year, so @Sudacafan gets the nod as the only one who makes me chuckle time after time
Most Sincere: Gary teased moi the other day about (not) mincing words, but since brutally honest/blunt ain't quite the same I'll again go with @Azure
Toughest Debater: Moi, again. The only reason I don't win this by a landslide is cuz the increasingly strict moderation prevents me from going full nuclear on said crackpots, frauds and poseurs.
Best Derailer of a Thread: all the candidates happen to be gits I don't care to acknowledge, so none
Best GIF: Not exactly a TTW nom but I'm with @NoleFam on the Med celebration

Most Creative (Troll) Thread Title:

Kicked my son out at 18 - And it was the best thing to ever happen to him

I've always been a believer in teaching a man to fish rather than giving him a fish. Sink or swim was my parenting style from day 1 and something I always advocated for in my parenting group. So I got some controversy a few years ago when I said I would kick my son out the door the day he...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Best Catchphrase: Guess I'll hand it over to Triumph again, if only because this deserves to be seen over and over:

Posters Most Wanted Back: still @pc1 and @slice serve ace

Best Artistic Talent: Can any of you jokers bloviate on cinema, music (of all kinds), literature, (visual) art(s), anime and even video games with such authority? Yeah, didn't think so.
Best Individual Posts: more like 3 of 'em (will be 4 by tonight or tomorrow), starting with this one:

What was the last movie you watched?

Started a movie called Seberg.

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Probably my most ambitious dissertation/project since last year's "Greatest Living Filmmakers" thread. If we must stick to tennis, though, it's a tie between these two for my ongoing assault on the narrow definition of "peak" (the latter's focus on Novak nothwithstanding):

Federer v Borg on clay

Lol a prime Djokovic in red hot form lost to an older Federer in RG 11. If you call that an accident, then Wim 19 is also an accident. Agree? :p Prime Federer around 05-06 meeting prime Djokovic 2011 version won't be a whipping. If at all its a whipping, it would be the other way around - Fed...

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

Highest quality match of the Federer-Djokovic Wimbeldon series?

What was the highest quality match?

tt.tennis-warehouse.com

And this for my stab at "analytics" that goes beyond what passes for analysis among the dimmer fanatics and hizztorians:

TA’s Match Charting Stats Leaderboard Discussion

One of the hidden gems in tennis stat circles IMO: http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_last52.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_serve_men_career.html http://tennisabstract.com/reports/mcp_leaders_return_men_last52.html...

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That should be it for 2021. Congrats to all the true winners and Merry Merry Xmas, biatches!!!

Thank you, glad to know my hard work hasn’t been missed curious seeing people voting for Bart in the rivalry category and for toughest debater. I didn’t go up against 30 anti vaxxers and 20 people who think Peng Shuai is safe just to lose to the guy who supports the CCP! Thanks again!

 

[NonP]

K kids, time for a fun Xmas factoid. I posted this almost 4 hrs ago:

Since @Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil himself has nominated up to FIVE posters for select categories - though I'm not sure how one can have that many ties unless each of us is allowed ranked voting - I'll add to/modify a couple of my previous picks. I understand the poll is now officially closed, but it's still just after 11 pm in Seattle/Vancouver, 10 in Anchorage, and 9 in Honolulu and the OP never specified a particular time zone, which should in all fairness permit changes/new votes for another 1-3 hrs.

Besides Santa is still delivering his gifts. You dare go against St. Nick?

Official NORAD Tracks Santa

www.noradsanta.org

I stopped at Honolulu cuz it was the one major city with the latest time per this list:

The World Clock — Worldwide

World time and date for cities in all time zones. International time right now. Takes into account all DST clock changes.

www.timeanddate.com

And you can see that Santa has stopped delivering as well. So it must be now officially Christmas everywhere, right?

Not so fast, cuz American Samoa, Midway, Niue/Alofi (New Zealand) and several other inhabited islands make up the UTC−11:00 time zone:

Which country celebrates New Year 2025 first and who celebrates it last - 12 hour format World Time Zone

Which country celebrates New Year 2025 first and who celebrates it last Samoa Apia Kiribati Christmas island Kiritimati and last inhabited places to observe New Year 2025 American Samoa Pago Pago Niue Alofi Midway Islands Jarvis island Kingman Reef Palmyra Atoll

www.worldtimezone.com

UTC−11:00 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Oh and there's an even later time zone consisting of the uninhabited Baker and Howland Islands:

The World Clock (extended version)

Current local time in an extensive selection of cities and countries worldwide, in all time zones with DST accounted for. Links to each city with extensive info on time, weather forecast, Daylight Saving Time changes, sunrise, sunset and moon times and phases.

www.timeanddate.com

UTC−12:00 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

We can disregard the latter for our deadline purposes, but @Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil, especially on this day you shouldn't neglect our brethren in Polynesia! So I suggest you add 6 hrs to EST (New York, DC) and (I think) another 6 to your own time going forward!

One more thing:

I think you are being unfair to yourself. Could have easily nominated yourself in a bunch of other categories.
One or both of these two for instance.

Good to see there are more than 5-6 people who actually read the whole thing, LOL. Welcome to TTW and Merry Christmas!

 

[Bartelby]

Not only are you "woke as", but you are also an "old fogey".

Thank you, glad to know my hard work hasn’t been missed curious seeing people voting for Bart in the rivalry category and for toughest debater. I didn’t go up against 30 anti vaxxers and 20 people who think Peng Shuai is safe just to lose to the guy who supports the CCP! Thanks again!

 

[arvind13]

Since @Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil himself has nominated up to FIVE posters for select categories - though I'm not sure how one can have that many ties unless each of us is allowed ranked voting - I'll add to/modify a couple of my previous picks. I understand the poll is now officially closed, but it's still just after 11 pm in Seattle/Vancouver, 10 in Anchorage, and 9 in Honolulu and the OP never specified a particular time zone, which should in all fairness permit changes/new votes for another 1-3 hrs.

Besides Santa is still delivering his gifts. You dare go against St. Nick?

Official NORAD Tracks Santa

www.noradsanta.org

K, here goes:



As the forum's resident closet fan @vive le beau jeu ! ain't exactly forthright about his Bull fandom, so I'll add @aldeayeah for being another one to appreciate my infallible dissertations and @Bender for cracking jokes at VB's expense.

And as @Martin J has clarified he's (still) with geriatric Heidi. While I'm at it let moi also nominate @TheFifthSet for his own membership in the NonP Appreciation Society and @abmk for continuing to define what a fan can be without resorting to outright trolling.

One more thing:



My picks still stand, though for my non-tennis nom I should've gone with or at least added this essay on the increasing outdatedness of Nielsen ratings, GDP and other established metrics:

TV Ratings for Olympics 2020-21 Tanking Badly!

This is great news! Ratings are circling the toilet for these fake Olympic Games. It turns out watching supposed heroes muzzled on the podium in front of empty grandstands isn't quite the entertainment spectacle advertisers had hoped for... "The primetime presentation of Friday’s opening...

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Meant to expand on the theme shortly after the Oscars only to scrap it, but the delayed Tokyo Olympics came to the rescue. It ain't my most polished writing (I was absolutely binge-watching the Os and barely had time for anything else) which may be why it slipped my mind, but in terms of scope and relevance it's probably the best thing I wrote all year.

Now one reply:



The mods tend to nuke anything remotely political these days, that's why. Wish they'd simply removed the offending posts instead cuz your ode absolutely deserved to be preserved for all posterity. But most of it can still be seen in the boxed link, so don't feel too bad.

Anyhoo Merry Christmas 2 U again, and to everyone else including the crackpots who I sincerely hope will gain some measure of sanity in the coming year!

who are these mods anyways. just remove the political posts and keep the thread

 

[Visionary]

What a surprise that this "Devils Show" thread keeps on rolling.

Let me cast my vote for the forums referees and their covert operations that keep the boards in one direction.

I hope my endorsement's alright with all; my donations are on the way.

Peace to all

 

[GabeT]

What a surprise that this "Devils Show" thread keeps on rolling.

Let me cast my vote for the forums referees and their covert operations that keep the boards in one direction.

I hope my endorsement's alright with all; my donations are on the way.

Peace to all

Resistance is futile

 

[Snafu23]

Tennis awards

Player of the year - ATP and WTA: Thiem for his ocean saving antics from his private jet and Osaka for teaching us how to live. No ok, Nole and Barty Farty
Match of the year: Tsitsipas vs Nadal AO
Tournament of the year: RG
Moment of the year: Nole crying at USO
Comment of the year: If you wanna roll in dirt like worm, be my guest
Breakout performance of the year: Alcaraz, though expected
Biggest upset/shock: Mega predictable year...Norrie winning a HC masters before Tsitsi is my choice here
Best rivalry on tour: Tsitsipas vs Zverev oozes real hatred
Biggest False Dawn (biggest disappointment): Mussetti but hopefully he will reverse that next year, or at least not get dumped FFS

TTW poster awards

Long time lurker but new poster here. You guys are about ten cuts above the reddit mugs