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The Best Sports Game Nobody Played

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Intermediate 12 min read For: Gamers interested in retro gaming, Rockstar history, and sports game design. Also appeals to those who enjoy personal challenge narratives.
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The video explores Rockstar Table Tennis, a surprisingly high-quality table tennis simulation released by Rockstar Games in 2006. Despite being overshadowed by the company's controversial hits like GTA, this E-rated game showcased advanced physics and animations, serving as a tech demo for the RAGE engine. The creator shares his personal journey to beat the game on expert difficulty and calls for more players to join the online community.

[0:00]
Setting the Scene: 2006

The year is 2006, the seventh generation of gaming has begun with Xbox 360. Rockstar Games is at its peak with GTA San Andreas, which became the best-selling PS2 game.

[0:52]
Hot Coffee Controversy

A hidden mini-game (Hot Coffee) was found in GTA San Andreas, causing the ESRB to re-rate it AO (Adults Only). Stores pulled the game, and Rockstar patched it out to get an M rating back.

[2:36]
Rockstar's Surprise: Table Tennis

In 2006, Rockstar released a rated E table tennis game, shocking fans expecting another controversial title. It was developed by Rockstar San Diego, known for Midnight Club, and later Red Dead Redemption.

[3:38]
Not a Joke: Serious Simulation

The game is a full simulation with detailed ball physics, cloth/hair physics, impressive animations, satisfying audio, and a techno/house soundtrack. It was built on the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE).

[6:40]
Gameplay Mechanics

Controls: left stick moves athlete, right stick controls paddle and spin. Charge shots by holding direction, aim with left stick. Focus meter fills for faster/accurate shots; manual focus shot with right bumper.

[10:01]
Criticism: Lack of Content

Reviewers noted the $40 price tag offered only exhibition matches, tournaments, and online play. The game does one thing exceptionally well but lacks variety.

[10:28]
Wii Port Issues

The Wii version automated movement and used imprecise motion controls, losing the core experience of the 360 version.

[13:20]
The Expert Challenge

The creator attempts to beat the expert tournament using Yesper, a tall Swedish character with high power. He relies on a guide from TrueAchievements.com for an ace serve exploit.

[15:20]
Ace Serve Technique

To serve an ace: position Yesper 4/5 steps right, 1/2 steps back. Load the black bar to max on the third time, then up-down pattern four times, aim left. Works on most opponents.

[20:02]
Final Boss: Jurgen

After defeating Mark, the creator faces Jurgen. He initially uses the ace serve but then decides to win without it, relying on skill and determination.

[23:46]
Victory and Call to Play

The creator beats the expert tournament and celebrates by playing online with his friend Cameron. He announces live streaming events on April 18 and May 2, urging viewers to join.

Rockstar Table Tennis is a forgotten gem that delivers a pure, satisfying sports experience. The video is both a nostalgic tribute and a plea for more players to revive its online community.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 6:56 Use the right stick to apply spin to the ball; the direction determines spin type. Alternatively, use face buttons (A, B, X, Y) for spin.
2 7:09 Hold a direction on the right stick to charge the power of your shot. While charging, the left stick controls the direction (left/right and distance from net).
3 7:28 Fill the focus meter by successfully charging shots. Once full, you enter full focus mode for faster, more accurate shots. Manually consume focus by holding right bumper for a focus shot.
4 15:20 To serve an ace with Yesper: position 4/5 steps right, 1/2 steps back. Load the black bar to max on the third time, then perform up-down pattern four times. Aim to the left.
5 19:02 If the ace serve doesn't work against an opponent (e.g., Young Su), abandon it and rely on regular rallies and skill.
6 21:20 For the final boss (Jurgen), consider not using the ace serve for a more satisfying victory; focus on timing and placement.

Study Flashcards (10)

What year was Rockstar Table Tennis released?

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2006

What engine did Rockstar Table Tennis use?

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Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE)

4:21

What ESRB rating did Rockstar Table Tennis receive?

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E (Everyone)

2:55

Which Rockstar studio developed Table Tennis?

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Rockstar San Diego

4:59

What is the ace serve technique for Yesper?

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Position 4/5 steps right, 1/2 steps back. Load the black bar to max on the third time, then up-down pattern four times, aim left.

15:20

How does the focus meter work in Table Tennis?

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It fills by charging shots. Once full, you enter full focus mode for faster, more accurate shots. You can manually consume focus with right bumper for a focus shot.

7:28

What was the main criticism of Rockstar Table Tennis at launch?

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Lack of content for the $40 price tag (only exhibition, tournaments, and online).

10:01

Which character did the creator use to beat the expert tournament?

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Yesper, a tall Swedish man with high power.

13:33

What website provided the ace serve guide?

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TrueAchievements.com

14:51

How did the Wii version of Table Tennis differ from the 360 version?

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The Wii version automated movement and used imprecise motion controls, losing the core experience.

10:28

💡 Key Takeaways

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RAGE Engine Progenitor

Table Tennis was built on the Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE), which later powered Red Dead Redemption and GTA V, making it a technical milestone.

4:21
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Innovative Controls

The dual-stick control scheme (movement and paddle) was unique for a sports game at the time and influenced later titles like skate.

6:40
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Content vs. Quality Debate

The game's lack of content despite high quality highlights a common trade-off in game design: depth vs. breadth.

10:01
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Ace Serve Exploit

The discovery of a consistent ace serve demonstrates how dedicated communities can uncover hidden mechanics in older games.

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Community Revival Effort

The creator's call to play online shows the power of content creators to breathe life into forgotten multiplayer games.

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[00:00] The year

[00:03] is 2006.

[00:08] Bye-bye. Hello and welcome to my kitchen

[00:12] where it is 2006. The Xbox 360 just

[00:16] dropped in the seventh generation of

[00:18] gaming has officially begun. Ah, but

[00:21] when it comes to the previous

[00:23] generation, one company could easily be

[00:26] crowned as the titan of the industry,

[00:28] releasing hit after hit after hit. That

[00:31] company's name, Mad Cats Games. Just

[00:34] kidding. Rockstar Games. And their

[00:36] biggest hit, Grand Theft Auto San

[00:38] Andreas. A critically acclaimed boundary

[00:40] pushing cultural juggernaut that

[00:42] eventually became the bestselling PS2

[00:44] game of all time by like a lot. And then

[00:47] CJ was modded into every game ever made

[00:49] every time as well.

[00:52] >> All right.

[00:52] >> But San Andreas was also a magnet for

[00:55] controversy. Video game violence

[00:57] naysayers would be the least of

[00:59] Rockstar's concerns. Once a secret s

[01:03] I'm spelling it out because my small dog

[01:05] is in the kitchen right now. Miniame was

[01:07] found buried in the game's files known

[01:10] as the hot coffee mod. This shocking

[01:12] news caused the game's rating to be

[01:14] re-evaluated by the ESRB to AO, adults

[01:17] only. I'm spelling it out cuz my dog is

[01:19] afraid of adults, forcing stores to pull

[01:21] the game off shelves or keeping it, but

[01:23] with a slapped-on AO rating sticker. You

[01:25] can actually still find these online,

[01:27] but they are NOT CHEAP.

[01:30] Rockstar would patch this stuff out and

[01:31] quickly get an M-rated version back on

[01:33] store shelves, but the reputational

[01:35] damage was already done. Between the

[01:37] already controversial violence present

[01:40] in the GTA games, edgy releases like

[01:42] Manhunt, and now you're telling me

[01:44] there's an SSX tricky miniame, Rockstar

[01:47] was quickly becoming the coolest company

[01:50] in the world. At least according to

[01:51] Little Brothers Everywhere, Daily

[01:53] Magazine Global. Please let me watch you

[01:55] play. I'm going to need to see that

[01:57] game. I know you're saying it's not good

[01:59] for me, but I know it is. I know it's

[02:01] good for me, and I need it inside of me.

[02:02] I need it in my blood. I It's good for

[02:04] my livers. It's good for my eyes. So

[02:06] anyways, 2006, dawn of the seventh gen,

[02:08] and everyone is waiting with baited

[02:10] breath

[02:10] >> to see how Rockstar, notorious bad boy

[02:13] billionaire, is going to push the

[02:15] controversial boundary this time. Let's

[02:18] see.

[02:21] Okay,

[02:25] but

[02:27] Timothy Shal wasn't even born yet.

[02:36] I remember being a beautiful,

[02:39] precocious, gorgeous baby boy, waltzing

[02:42] into GameStop in the mall, seeing this

[02:44] game on display,

[02:46] and just waiting for some sort of

[02:48] punchline. Was Rockstar seriously making

[02:51] a rated E game about table tennis? To my

[02:54] knowledge, this is the only game ever

[02:55] developed by Rockstar to receive an E

[02:57] rating and one of only three games ever

[03:00] published by Rockstar to get an E.

[03:02] Accompanied, of course, by Monster Truck

[03:04] Madness 64 and Earthworm Gym 3D, also

[03:07] known as The Thinking Man's Blunt

[03:08] Rotation. Many people at the time

[03:10] theorized that table tennis was a joke,

[03:13] only made as a big FU to anyone who

[03:15] criticized Rockstar in their frequent

[03:17] reliance on all things controversial.

[03:20] Just listen to this quote from lead

[03:21] designer Benjamin Johnson regarding the

[03:23] game's reveal to the public.

[03:25] >> It was bizarre seeing people sit down

[03:27] and hold a controller and they're like

[03:29] they're waiting on somebody to run out

[03:31] from the crowd and mug me or mug one of

[03:34] the characters. I'm like, "No, dude.

[03:36] It's just a table tennis game. Chill the

[03:38] [ __ ] out."

[03:38] >> But years later in like 2012, pre-apoc

[03:41] apocalyptic events, obviously, I found

[03:43] this game in a bargain bin at Shopco,

[03:45] which yes, has a K in it. But unlike GTA

[03:48] or Shopco, table tennis does not have a

[03:50] K47

[03:52] anywhere to be seen or anything

[03:54] satirical or violent or controversial

[03:56] whatsoever. No flying cars cheat this

[03:59] time, Mom. Don't worry, the minivan is

[04:01] got all toes all toes down in the

[04:03] garage. You're okay. And once I actually

[04:05] played this game, I realized that maybe

[04:08] the punchline wasn't this game's

[04:09] existence, but that Rockstar was dead

[04:12] serious about making the best table

[04:14] tennis game this side of my kitchen has

[04:16] ever seen. Many at the time wrote off

[04:18] this $40 disc as a glorified tech demo

[04:21] for Rockstar's new Rockstar Advanced

[04:23] Game Engine, aka Rage, intrigued only by

[04:26] the concept of what a theoretical GTA in

[04:29] HD might look like. But Rockstar said,

[04:31] "No, no, no. This is not some half-ass

[04:34] demo. This is a fullon table tennis

[04:37] simulation with detailed ball physics

[04:40] and cloth physics and hair physics and

[04:42] some of the most impressive animations

[04:44] and models ever seen at the time that

[04:46] somehow still hold up 20 years later.

[04:48] All accompanied by supremely satisfying

[04:50] audio design and an incredible selection

[04:53] of like techno and house music that is

[04:55] all in service to put you into a peak

[04:57] rallyinduced flow state. Table Tennis

[04:59] was developed by Rockstar San Diego, who

[05:01] was really only known for the Midnight

[05:03] Club series, but would go on to make a

[05:05] little game called Red Dead Redemption.

[05:07] So, Table Tennis is really kind of the

[05:10] progenitor for all of Rockstar's biggest

[05:12] games. Oh, you love how beautifully

[05:14] rendered Arthur Morgan is as he emotes

[05:16] across the American frontier. Lu Ping

[05:18] slammed so that Arthur Morgan could ham

[05:20] it up and chinwag with every single

[05:23] person he meets. I talked to every

[05:25] single person in the video game world

[05:26] and not a lot of people in real life,

[05:28] you know? I told my therapist that one

[05:30] time and all he said was, "Chad, this is

[05:32] soing sad. Use code therapist for your

[05:35] first $500 deposit on gamble, gamble,

[05:38] gamble gamble gamble gamble gamble

[05:39] game. The title of this video is

[05:40] obviously a bit hyperbolic, but be

[05:42] honest with me for a second, Twitch

[05:43] chat. Have you ever played this game?

[05:45] Have you ever even heard of this game?

[05:48] Or are you per chance some sort of

[05:49] uncultured toad uh specimen? If the

[05:53] answer to any of those is no, or I guess

[05:56] yes, can I please teach you how to play

[05:58] this game so that someone other than me

[06:00] and my friend Cameron are playing it

[06:02] online? We literally only match with

[06:04] each other when we play online. Cuz yes,

[06:05] you could still play it online. Please

[06:07] play with us.

[06:09] Wait, why are you saying no? It's

[06:12] It's cuz the It's cuz the toad thing.

[06:14] It's cuz I literally called you a toad

[06:16] specimen like 5 seconds ago. That's on

[06:19] me and I hope to gain your trust back.

[06:24] Honestly, I I'm I'm a I'm a straight

[06:26] shooter. I call it like it is. I call

[06:28] you a toad specimen. You don't play the

[06:30] game with me. And I accept that. And I

[06:32] think honestly if we use code therapist,

[06:34] we can 10x skate

[06:37] is not this game. But it is a game I

[06:40] imagine a lot more of you have actually

[06:42] played. Well, you know how in skate the

[06:43] left stick controls your guy and the

[06:45] right stick controls your board? Table

[06:47] tennis is kind of like that except the

[06:48] board is your paddle. And well, you

[06:50] don't have a T-Mobile sidekick or P-

[06:52] rod, but you know what? You do have

[06:54] gratitude for your existence. The

[06:56] direction of the right stick will

[06:57] dictate the type of spin you apply to

[06:59] the ball. Uh the color correlating to

[07:00] the corresponding face buttons aby,

[07:03] which you can also use if you prefer to

[07:05] spell. Once the ball is heading your

[07:07] way, you can begin holding a direction

[07:09] to start charging the power of your

[07:11] shot. Once you begin charging, the left

[07:12] stick no longer controls your athlete,

[07:14] but controls the direction of the ball,

[07:17] both left to right and also distance

[07:19] from the net. As you are aiming the

[07:20] ball, the controller will begin to

[07:22] vibrate and will vibrate more violently

[07:24] the closer you are to the edge of the

[07:25] table or the net. As you successfully

[07:28] charge shots, your focus meter will

[07:29] begin to fill. Once full, you will

[07:31] automatically enter full focus mode,

[07:33] where your shots become faster and more

[07:35] accurate. You can also manually consume

[07:37] some of your bar by holding right bumper

[07:39] and doing a focus shot, which helps if

[07:41] you're trying to make a really desperate

[07:43] save, or if you just really want to slam

[07:45] that thing with a lot of accuracy and

[07:47] speed. Service starts quietly, but as

[07:49] the rally builds, the music fades in.

[07:52] And if both competitors reach max focus,

[07:55] the lights dim and the sounds begin to

[07:58] echo. This, my anonymous viewer, is

[08:01] Rockstar Table Tennis.

[08:13] The first time you successfully slam

[08:15] that ball to the edge of the table and

[08:17] make it spin off into the cosmos after a

[08:19] long rally, you will understand why this

[08:21] game is so beloved by those who have

[08:24] chosen to serve. But mostly just me and

[08:27] Cameron.

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[09:59] Many reviewers at the time, even those

[10:01] who loved the gameplay, criticized the

[10:03] game for a lack of content given the $40

[10:05] price tag. And honestly, I think that's

[10:07] pretty fair. You can do exhibition

[10:09] matches. You can do tournaments of

[10:11] varying difficulty. You could play

[10:13] online when people were actually

[10:14] playing. Please play with me. That's it.

[10:17] Much like me, struggling to maintain eye

[10:19] contact with the barista as I order my

[10:21] coffee, table tennis does one thing, but

[10:24] it does that one thing exceptionally

[10:26] well.

[10:28] Every time without fail. Table tennis

[10:31] was eventually ported to the Wii as

[10:32] well, which I know sounds great in

[10:34] theory, but I think it practically loses

[10:37] everything that makes this game so

[10:39] special and unique. With the default

[10:40] control scheme, your movement is

[10:42] automated. And because the regular Wii

[10:44] remote motion sensing isn't very

[10:47] advanced, you flick in the general

[10:49] direction of the table you want the ball

[10:51] to go in, but you control the spin by

[10:53] holding a direction on the D-pad. You

[10:55] can connect a nunchuk to control your

[10:57] athlete and guide your shots, but like

[10:59] at that point, why would you opt to

[11:01] shake plastic and look at ugly graphics

[11:04] when the 360 version is literally right

[11:06] there? I can literally see it. It's like

[11:08] peeking around the corner like it's

[11:09] doing some sort of stealth mission. Why

[11:11] is Why is it set up like that? In an age

[11:13] where so many games are trying to have

[11:15] hundreds of hours of bloated gameplay

[11:17] and every possible mechanic thrown into

[11:19] the kitchen sink. Shout out to my

[11:21] kitchen sink. Often resulting in just

[11:23] being kind of like a jack of all trades

[11:24] situation. Yes, I am referring to

[11:26] Crimson Desert, which I will probably be

[11:28] making a video about on my second

[11:30] channel, Ball Creative. If you don't

[11:31] know, we're over there. We're doing

[11:32] unscripted reviews. We're doing live

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[11:37] It's really refreshing to return to

[11:38] something so simple yet instantly

[11:41] engaging. It's a type of sports game

[11:42] that is unfortunately super uncommon

[11:45] nowadays with these copypaste

[11:46] microtransaction milk you for every

[11:49] penny inside of your body annual

[11:51] franchises. It's a game made with sauce.

[11:55] The way the replays look, the little

[11:58] emotes and unique personalities of each

[12:00] character, the way the game slows down

[12:03] cinematically for the focus shots, the

[12:05] way that back sweat slowly accumulates

[12:07] after intense rallies or me when I'm

[12:09] recording a video in a small hot room. I

[12:11] mean, for Chris sakes, the manual has a

[12:14] history of table tennis in it along with

[12:16] expanded details on every character's

[12:18] strengths and weaknesses. Just imagine

[12:20] if another revered AAA developer made a

[12:23] conventional sports game. Like imagine

[12:25] if Naughty Dog's next big game was a

[12:27] basketball simulation, but it had all

[12:29] the same production value and acting and

[12:31] writing that they're known for and like

[12:33] an actually good story in its campaign.

[12:36] I would be over the moon to play a

[12:38] sports game like that. Another thing

[12:39] about Table Tennis that I failed to

[12:40] mention yet is that it gets pretty damn

[12:43] hard. Like back when I used to play this

[12:45] game in high school, I could sometimes

[12:47] beat the CPU on hard difficulty, but

[12:49] expert, hell no, dude. These freaks are

[12:52] streamers. But this time, I'm not a

[12:55] 17-year-old with back zits and a

[12:58] beautiful smile and the heart of a

[12:59] gentle hustler. I'm a 31-year-old with

[13:02] back sits and a beautiful smile in the

[13:04] heart of a gentle hustler. And I am

[13:06] determined to beat this game on expert.

[13:09] This isn't just a video about Rockstar

[13:11] table tennis. This is a video about me

[13:14] trying to beat Rockstar table tennis.

[13:20] Tournaments are very arcadey and that

[13:21] you have to win two games to 11, but

[13:23] even if you lose, you can just rematch

[13:25] that same opponent like hitting a

[13:27] continue in Street Fighter. In order to

[13:29] play expert, I first had to complete the

[13:31] hard tournament. My athlete of choice,

[13:33] Yesper, is a gorgeously tall Swedish man

[13:35] with a wide reach and the highest power

[13:37] rating in the game. Remind you of anyone

[13:39] you know? Yesper's other stats are all

[13:41] pretty much ass, but his primary

[13:43] strength is his forehand top spin slams.

[13:46] So, this basically means my tactic most

[13:48] of the time is to just hit the ball as

[13:50] hard as I possibly can. I breeze through

[13:53] the first few opponents, experiencing

[13:54] some really fun rallies along the way.

[14:10] This game is so good. But my first real

[14:13] hurdle was Slayan. Oh my god, his

[14:16] backhand top spin is so crazy. His

[14:19] serves are diabolical and his reactions

[14:21] were so much faster than anything else I

[14:24] had experienced.

[14:26] Oh my god, he's so fast. It was

[14:28] abundantly clear at this point that my

[14:30] power level was nowhere near expert and

[14:33] I needed all the help I could get.

[14:34] Unfortunately, because apparently nobody

[14:36] plays this game anymore, my resources

[14:38] were pretty slim. But I did happen to

[14:40] find an extremely comprehensive guide on

[14:43] a familiar website. Where's our table

[14:45] tennis general hints and tennis? True

[14:49] true achievements.com.

[14:51] >> Trueievements.com.

[14:54] >> True achievements.com. Even when I was

[14:56] down, True Achievements picked me right

[14:59] back up. When I had no one else, TA was

[15:01] there. Dude, I might love TA. I might

[15:03] get TA tatted on my [ __ ] This detailed

[15:05] guide not only broke down every

[15:07] character, but exposed me to something

[15:08] that my brittle, inexperienced,

[15:11] juvenile gamer brain had had never even

[15:14] thought about. Serving an ace. How to

[15:17] serve an ace. Yesper. Standard position.

[15:20] Four/5 steps on the right. One/2 steps

[15:24] back. Load the black bar to when it hits

[15:26] the max for the third time. Up down. Up

[15:28] down. Up down. One, two, three, four.

[15:32] One two.

[15:34] Aim to the left.

[15:37] Okay, it wasn't quite max charge.

[15:44] No,

[15:45] >> I did feel somewhat conflicted about

[15:47] using this exploit, but also this kind

[15:49] of reminded me of the first time I

[15:50] played Dark Souls where I was just like,

[15:52] listen, man, I'm taking whatever help I

[15:55] can get. I'm using the best weapons. I'm

[15:56] duping Souls. We can leave the gamer

[15:58] pride for the other runs. I just want to

[16:00] get to the end of this thing. However,

[16:01] at least with Yesper, the service ace

[16:03] didn't always work against every

[16:06] opponent every time. Such as Kumi, who

[16:08] was sometimes able to hit it back, so I

[16:10] had to stay on my sweetest toes. I had a

[16:12] nice comeback during a close first game,

[16:14] but then I did this.

[16:43] Yes sir.

[16:44] >> Followed by a stomp in game two with

[16:46] this psycho finishing blow.

[16:52] >> Sweden takes the match. Young Su

[16:54] couldn't handle the ace. Jurgen wasn't

[16:56] much different. Hard tournament

[16:58] completed largely due to the help of

[17:00] sensei trueachchievements.com.

[17:02] But now it was time for the main event.

[17:04] I faced Lu Ping first which meant he was

[17:06] way easier and the ace worked and I just

[17:09] destroyed him. Haley was next and got

[17:11] completely destroyed as well as did

[17:13] Luke. And then I was thinking like man

[17:16] maybe this isn't going to be so bad

[17:17] after all. Even Sleman, my rival in the

[17:20] hard tournament, was surprisingly easy

[17:22] on expert in large part due to the A

[17:24] serve actually consistently working. But

[17:26] I was also consistently working him even

[17:29] during his serves. I was growing

[17:32] stronger, more resilient. My gamer body

[17:36] was becoming one with the table.

[17:42] All

[18:11] right. I got to tell you something,

[18:13] Daddy. All right? It's not intended to

[18:15] be me. I have a purpose. You don't. And

[18:19] if you think that's some sort of

[18:20] blessing, it's not. It puts me at a huge

[18:21] life disadvantage. It means I have an

[18:23] obligation to see a very specific thing

[18:25] through. And with that obligation comes

[18:26] sacrifice. Okay? My life is the product

[18:29] of all of the choices I've had to make.

[18:31] Your life is the product. I don't even

[18:32] know what your life is the product of.

[18:33] You're just kind of making it up as you

[18:34] go along because that's the kind of dog

[18:35] you are. That's not the kind of person I

[18:37] am. Okay. Carmen got freaking

[18:39] annihilated 11 to1 twice. Two times in a

[18:43] row. RETIRE. RETIRE. RETIRE. RETIRE.

[18:45] CASSIDY. BRO, are you guys sure you're

[18:48] experts? Young Su was more of what I

[18:51] expected. He beat my giant Swedish ass

[18:53] into the ground two games in a row.

[18:55] Young Su required such a specific spot

[18:57] on the serve meter for the ace to work

[18:59] that after many failed attempts, I

[19:01] eventually just gave up on doing it and

[19:02] decided to beat him the oldfashioned

[19:04] way. using my most valuable asset, my

[19:07] gaming mind.

[19:17] Nice. Game two required a crazy

[19:19] comeback, and brother, I aimed to meet

[19:22] the PC requirements to run this

[19:24] comeback. This was by far the most

[19:27] intense game of table tennis I had

[19:29] played up until this point.

[19:59] Let's go. Allow me to introduce you to

[20:02] Mark, the second to last boss in the

[20:05] expert tournament. That may as well have

[20:06] been the final boss. The ace serve just

[20:09] straight up does not work on Mark, no

[20:11] matter what you do. But you know what

[20:12] does work? Me. Except not really,

[20:15] because I threw the first game by

[20:16] hitting it into the net and had to

[20:18] immediately drogue to diffuse my

[20:20] burning intense fiery passionate

[20:22] gamer rage. Game two went to OT and I

[20:25] pushed that tiny white ball to the

[20:27] absolute freaking edges of the earth.

[20:44] Game three was like when Trunks

[20:46] teleported out of nowhere and just cut

[20:48] Frieza in half. I was operating on a

[20:50] higher plane of existence. I knew what

[20:52] Mark was going to do before he even did.

[20:55] I was becoming a fully sentient table

[20:58] tennis warrior.

[21:17] Let's go. Jurgen, the final boss.

[21:20] Everything led me to this moment. And I

[21:23] took game one very quickly because the

[21:25] ace serve worked without fail and it

[21:26] felt very antilimactic. So I says to

[21:29] myself, I says, "You know what? No, I do

[21:32] have gamer pride." And that sounds like

[21:34] something racist, but that's not what I

[21:35] mean. I got to do this without using the

[21:38] power invested in true achievements.com.

[21:40] I got to do this using the greatest

[21:42] resource of all, combining my gamer

[21:45] hands with my gamer mind, and using my

[21:48] gamer heart. Game two, unfortunately,

[21:50] was Jurgen City because my safety

[21:52] blanket of the ace serve was no longer

[21:54] there and I needed to adapt fast. My

[21:57] blade was sharp, but his steel was

[22:00] sharper, more agile, more rare jewels

[22:03] encrusted into the handle. But my gamer

[22:05] heart was resilient. And everybody knows

[22:08] when gamers are down, say it with me,

[22:10] chat, they don't stay down. Horses don't

[22:13] stop. And I don't stop either.

[22:50] match point. I had run away with a hefty

[22:53] lead. A lead that unfortunately was

[22:56] starting to slip through my hands.

[23:11] I just needed to lock in. I needed my

[23:14] gamer heart to work in perfect harmony

[23:16] with my gamer vessel, my beautiful,

[23:18] brave warrior, Yesper. I needed us to

[23:20] connect like when the tails infuse when

[23:23] they're doing it in Avatar. But could I

[23:25] do it?

[23:37] >> Sweden wins the match.

[23:46] >> I had done it. I had conquered a beast.

[23:49] that 17-year-old me couldn't even dream

[23:51] of. 17-year-old me could barely read the

[23:53] name tags. And to celebrate, I played

[23:55] online with the only other living

[23:57] competitor still playing this game, my

[24:00] friend Cameron. And we had an absolute

[24:02] blast. Which brings me to the whole

[24:04] inspiration for making this video.

[24:07] Please play with us. On April 18th,

[24:10] which is tomorrow if you're watching

[24:11] this video the day it came out, and May

[24:13] 2nd, I will be playing this game from 1

[24:16] to 5:00 p.m. roughly, EST, and live

[24:20] streaming it on the Ball Creative second

[24:22] channel. If you go to player match and

[24:24] choose time tournament, you will very

[24:26] likely be able to join one of the eight

[24:28] player lobbies that I will be running

[24:30] where it's a roundroin tournament, I

[24:32] think, to like games of five. But even

[24:34] if you can't join, you should be able to

[24:35] spectate because that's a thing. I don't

[24:37] know. I haven't been able to test it cuz

[24:39] no one's playing. Apparently, there's

[24:40] voice chat if you have an Xbox headset.

[24:42] That is likely going to be really

[24:44] problematic, but probably really funny.

[24:46] I'm going to try to get my headset

[24:47] working for that. So, please play with

[24:50] us if you want if you can. I'm pretty

[24:52] sure it's really cheap on the store.

[24:54] Thank you so much for watching my video.

[24:56] I love to make a video like this. I am

[24:58] having fun this year. I making more

[25:01] stuff more often. We are not existential

[25:03] crisising anymore. Anyways, I hope to

[25:06] see you over on Ball Creative for the

[25:07] table tennis tournaments and I hope that

[25:09] you're springing into spring and that

[25:11] you are filled with gratitude and love

[25:12] in your heart. Be well. Uh, farewell

[25:15] from 2006.

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