Which GOAT thread is GOATER?

[falstaff78]

(1) LAW OF 13s

Before the quarters of Wimbledon 2012, @merlinpinpin's thread the law of 13s predicted wins for Maestro in Wimbledon 2012 and USO 2015.

This thread was but one horror show of BP profligacy away from being the greatest contribution in the history of the internet. (Observation by @ZiggyStardust). As it stands, it's a solid contender for greatest contribution in TT history.



(2) REAL SLAM

On the other hand we have @sureshs' masterpiece, The Real Slam.

Which has transcended the dimensions of mere prediction and become a cultural icon. And which single-handedly got GOAT to care about a tournament

Before 2009, GOAT at Cincy:

• 2 QFs in 8 attempts / 2 titles
  
• Match record: 14-6 (70%)
• Record vs opp. ranked >20: 10-5 (67%)
• 31/49 (63%) in sets

2009-2015, GOAT at Cincy:

• 7 QFs in 7 attempts / 5 titles
  
• Match record: 28-2 (93%)
• Record vs opp. ranked >20: 13-0 (100%)
• 55-10 (85%) in sets

(3) SURESHS TRIBUTE

On a third hand we have @vanioMan's official sureshs tribute thread.

Just as no "greatest points" video can capture the full tennis genius of Federer, no tribute thread can capture the full trolling and baiting genius of sureshs. But the moon reflects the light of the sun, and this tribute is surely a goat contender.



(4) FORFEITERER

@90's Clay has had a late-career resurgence during AO 2017. First up, his masterclass in career management. Telling Fedr to forfeit the AO final....



(5) EXCUSERER

...and then the time he declared war on "excuses" and "nonsense horsecrap." Proclaiming that the AO 17 final would determine GOAT.

(Sadly the official proclamation has been lost, but the text of the edict is reproduced here)

Vote away! And suggest more threads!

 

[ZiggyStardust]

If Federer wins USO'15, merlinpinpins thread will forever stand as the greatest intellectual contribution ever made on this forum, and maybe on the entire internet.
Especially if (and I'm 80% sure of this), Sureshs is Federer himself, and made the thread to hype his own future achievements.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

merlinpinpin's if Federer winning the 2015 US Open happens...

Alas.

 

[nguyentuanson16792]

Actually I Like 'The Real Slam' But 'the law of 13s' is amazing

 

[Bukmeikara]

Can the new servers handle the forum if Federer wins the title?

 

[falstaff78]

Can the new servers handle the forum if Federer wins the title?

For a moment I didn't know whether you meant physical servers or the young guns like Kyrgios.

My guess is neither!

 

[sbengte]

The potential WIN in merlin's thread vs the realized ANTI-WIN in sureshs' thread on an absolute scale ? I think even merlin would vote for sureshs' thread. It is the undisputable GOAT quite like Fed

 

[tenisdecente]

sureshs's topic and for the same distance in Slams between Federer and Rosol!

 

[falstaff78]

The potential WIN in merlin's thread vs the realized ANTI-WIN in sureshs' thread on an absolute scale ? I think even merlin would vote for sureshs' thread. It is the undisputable GOAT quite like Fed

I am requesting you to make the mental adjustment between potential and realized by assuming a glorious victory for goodness and morality in uso 15

 

[Boom-Boom]

Nadal is FINNISH (sadly) deleted thread.

 

[sbengte]

I am requesting you to make the mental adjustment between potential and realized by assuming a glorious victory for goodness and morality in uso 15

It is the REAL SLAM thread, hands down.

But for the record, this is what I said on merlin's thread last year :

Should Fed pull off a USO '15 win by some crazy miracle, this will be the greatest thread ever in the history of TW

If Fed does indeed win USO 015, it would be the mother of all coincidences (or should we call it something else ?) and this would be the undisputed GOAT thread of TW

 

[stringertom]

Can the new servers handle the forum if Federer wins the title?

Not if SexiRogi employs the SABR!

 

[stringertom]

Nadal is FINNISH (sadly) deleted thread.

Buckethead's Classic "Poor Murray..." runs a close second in the deleted files.

 

[underground]

sureshs thread contributed to 5 THE REAL SLAM wins.

merlinpinpin will have contributed to 2 slam wins.

Either way 5 THE REAL SLAM is way bigger of an achievement, and sureshs is ultimately sureshs

 

[stringertom]

If Federer wins USO'15, merlinpinpins thread will forever stand as the greatest intellectual contribution ever made on this forum, and maybe on the entire internet.
Especially if (and I'm 80% sure of this), Sureshs is Federer himself, and made the thread to hype his own future achievements.

sureshs' pink Vapors in his YouTube clip and the amazing half-volley pickup in the gif are the dead giveaways that Poobs and SexiRogi are indeed the same person!

 

[Boom-Boom]

Buckethead's Classic "Poor Murray..." runs a close second in the deleted files.

Agreed

 

[PeteD]

I take responsibility for destroying a perfectly good thread congratulating Berdych on his marriage. All I did was post a publicity photo of his bride, who happens to be a model, and the Czechs have a more, let us say, advanced view on celebrating the beauty of the human form. First the mods killed my post but people had already responded and then the whole thread disappeared . . .

 

[stringertom]

I would like to nominate "The Official Sureshs Tribute Thread" by @vanioMan. Its GOATiness transcends the ATP calendar and keeps us on our toes even in the quietest moments of the year.

 

[Sentinel]

Especially if (and I'm 80% sure of this), Sureshs is Federer himself, and made the thread to hype his own future achievements.

The resemblance is uncanny, now that you mention it, and same for the deft movement and buttery strokes.

 

[Sentinel]

I would like to nominate "The Official Sureshs Tribute Thread" by @vanioMan. Its GOATiness transcends the ATP calendar and keeps us on our toes even in the quietest moments of the year.

That one has been flying under the radar for a long time, partly because it is above the intellectual level of most posters here. The competition is really for the second place, so far ahead is the Tribute thread.

 

[zagor]

Sureshs' "The Real Slam" thread. I'm too stupid/lazy (or likely both) to have any idea of what Merlinpinpin is actually talking about in his thread, not to mention that "The Real Slam" thread continues to be a spectacular failure far beyond the year of 2009.

 

[Bukmeikara]

Sureshs' "The Real Slam" thread. I'm too stupid/lazy (or likely both) to have any idea of what Merlinpinpin is actually talking about in his thread, not to mention that "The Real Slam" thread continues to be a spectacular failure far beyond the year of 2009.

Basically he predicted in 2012 that Federer would win Us Open 2015

 

[stringertom]

The resemblance is uncanny, now that you mention it, and same for the deft movement and buttery strokes.

Sureshs claimed many observers have said he "is like Federer, only smoother". Buttery smooth!

 

[falstaff78]

It is the REAL SLAM thread, hands down.

But for the record, this is what I said on merlin's thread last year:

Should Fed pull off a USO '15 win by some crazy miracle, this will be the greatest thread ever in the history of TW

If Fed does indeed win USO 015, it would be the mother of all coincidences (or should we call it something else ?) and this would be the undisputed GOAT thread of TW

This comment is what inspired the current thread.

 

[falstaff78]

sureshs thread contributed to 5 THE REAL SLAM wins.

merlinpinpin will have contributed to 2 slam wins.

Either way 5 THE REAL SLAM is way bigger of an achievement, and sureshs is ultimately sureshs

This logic is proving hard to counter! I'm still thinking about it...

 

[vanioMan]

I would like to nominate "The Official Sureshs Tribute Thread" by @vanioMan. Its GOATiness transcends the ATP calendar and keeps us on our toes even in the quietest moments of the year.

Bruer hords nave sever teen wpoken.

 

[falstaff78]

I would like to nominate "The Official Sureshs Tribute Thread" by @vanioMan. Its GOATiness transcends the ATP calendar and keeps us on our toes even in the quietest moments of the year.

Pls share link and I'll add to poll....

 

[stringertom]

Bruer hords nave sever teen wpoken.

Your skills at thread creation far surpass your mastery of the QWERTY keyboard.

 

[stringertom]

Pls share link and I'll add to poll....

You heard the man, @vanioMan!

 

[vanioMan]

Pls share link and I'll add to poll....






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http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/inde...hs-tribute-thread.527002/page-48#post-9579696

 

[falstaff78]

Lol I Googled my way out of ignorance and into the light.

 

[vanioMan]

Lol I Googled my way out of ignorance and into the light.

Lmao. More sureshs > less sureshs. Well played, good Sir. Well played.

By the way, sureshs doesn't know the meaning of the word "less"

 

[falstaff78]

I would like to nominate "The Official Sureshs Tribute Thread" by @vanioMan. Its GOATiness transcends the ATP calendar and keeps us on our toes even in the quietest moments of the year.

Now I must request you to write 1-2 sentences capturing it's essence for the OP...since I have not read any of the 53 pages of gloriousness which have issued forth in the last few months

 

[Krish872007]

Lmao. More sureshs > less sureshs. Well played, good Sir. Well played.

By the way, sureshs doesn't know the meaning of the word "less"

 

[stringertom]

That must be a picture of the adjustable sureshsian waistband on all of his shorts/pants to accommodate his frequent raids on AYCE buffets!

 

[stringertom]

Now I must request you to write 1-2 sentences capturing it's essence for the OP...since I have not read any of the 53 pages of gloriousness which have issued forth in the last few months

With your username, how could you have missed a tribute to TTW's closest character to the immortal Shakespearean foil???

 

[falstaff78]

With your username, how could you have missed a tribute to TTW's closest character to the immortal Shakespearean foil???

i know. how arrogant.

 

[merwy]

I'd nominate the W2012 Rosol vs. Nadal thread, started by the legend himself: The Dark Knight.
But I see this thread has unfortunately been deleted. At least, I can't seem to find it.

 

[Sentinel]

Now I must request you to write 1-2 sentences capturing it's essence for the OP...since I have not read any of the 53 pages of gloriousness which have issued forth in the last few months

The horror ! How dare you show such disrespect to the Great Poobah !

 

[The Green Mile]

The GOAT thread was the "Ban Maximagq" thread by that HAMMER poster. Out of these two, I like the "Real Slam" thread more...

 

[stringertom]

The GOAT thread was the "Ban Maximagq" thread by that HAMMER poster. Out of these two, I like the "Real Slam" thread more...

He got his wish, just not before he left the building himself.

 

[kOaMaster]

THE REAL SLAM wins so far. Expect Federer would win UO15. Then I'd go crazy. Just can't be.

on a completely different topic @falstaff78: I missed your "odds round up @ uo" thread that was such a great thing

 

[falstaff78]

THE REAL SLAM wins so far. Expect Federer would win UO15. Then I'd go crazy. Just can't be.

on a completely different topic @falstaff78: I missed your "odds round up @ uo" thread that was such a great thing

I'm not a coder so it was a significant time commitment every day! And I've been traveling a lot this summer.

If Roger is playing well and I get my act together at the start of the season we can do AO?

 

[stringertom]

Thanks for adding the sureshs tribute thread to the poll. Life inside the vortex is so much more pleasant today!

 

[Sentinel]

Thanks for adding the sureshs tribute thread to the poll. Life inside the vortex is so much more pleasant today!

OP should allow for people to change their votes since he has added a new option. I am sure most people will vote for the last option now.

 

[falstaff78]

Thanks for adding the sureshs tribute thread to the poll. Life inside the vortex is so much more pleasant today!

it was proposed, seconded and even thirded.

if you suggest 1-2 sentences of introduction, I'll add them to the OP!

 

[sbengte]

I'd nominate the W2012 Rosol vs. Nadal thread, started by the legend himself: The Dark Knight.
But I see this thread has unfortunately been deleted. At least, I can't seem to find it.

It wasn't the Dark Knight. It was our good old bullzie in one of his avatars (I think 1,3,0).

The best part of that OP for Nadal-Rosol was that he was talking about how Nadal will win the Olympic gold on grass since he already had Wimby in the bag.

 

[Micheal Federer]

(1)

@merlinpinpin's thread the law of 13s predicted, before the quarters of wimbledon 2012, that Floating-Stinging-Goating-Fed would win Wimbledon 2012 and USO 2015.

Let's say the Golden Eagle-GOAT pulls it off (~30% odds at the moment). This thread will have predicted, not one but two highly unlikely major victories for His Fedship across a 3 year span. And that too in 2012, two years into a seemingly terminal Major drought.

(2)

On the other hand we have @sureshs' masterpiece, The Real Slam. Which has transcended the dimensions of mere prediction and become a cultural icon.

So. If the law of 13s comes true, will it have more WIN than the Real Slam thread has ANTI-WIN, and be crowned the GOAT thread on TT?

(3)

And on a third hand we have @vanioMan's official sureshs tribute thread.

Vote away!

If you want to include other threads in the pantheon please mention and I'll add to poll! Following Stringer (Bell not Tom), we will observe Robert's Rules of Order and say that any suggestion proposed and seconded makes the poll? (And please...take care not to take notes on any criminal effing conspiracies.)

OP can you please add the No excuses thread and the Federer to forfeit match thread pls.

 

[chjtennis]

I think NO EXCUSES thread by 90's Clay is GOAT. That thread has cleared up who the real GOAT is.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

I think NO EXCUSES thread by 90's Clay is GOAT. That thread has cleared up who the real GOAT is.

The forfeiterer thread is the real GOAT!