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We've hardly gotten started over here and already one of the players is hitting on me. It's shameless. I mean, OK, we GET it, I'm a USDA Choice slab of man meat, that's a matter of public record. But while giving me the eye and then treating me to a nice dinner at that Italian place we both like and then watching Pride & Prejudice with me even though I know it's not your favorite is the way to win my heart, it is certainly not the way to win this match. Jason. Jason with your dazzling blue eyes and insouciant wink.
Or maybe this encoded message is for Matt, not me. Maybe it's your little way of saying that this match will be filled with in-jokes that only you and Matt understand. That's cool. No one wants to be a part of your little love-in, anyway. [sobs gently into Skeletor pillow]
Or! Maybe you're saying: "I keep it real, schlemiel." No fancypants After Effects wankery for this kid. Rock it steady with old-school halftone animated GIFs—just like the porn we had to subsist on back when our baud rate was shabby. I'll admit it makes me nostalgic for the grubby dot-matrix printouts I kept under my bed, and curious for how your BFF Matt is going to respond. Probably with something nurturing and romantic. You two make me sick sometimes.
Play by play commentary for this match is provided, as it happens, by Joshua Allen.
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Today is your last chance to sound off about who won Friday's Layer Tennis Matches and to post your remix/contest entries too.
On the last Friday of the season we played two matches at the same time, Koxvold vs Hutchinson and Glass vs Inman. There was a lot of action on the court and a lot in the forums too.
All matches took place on Fridays, live at 2pm Chicago time or GMT-6.
January 25 - Match 1 | View Match
Chris Glass vs Shaun Inman*
Commentary by John Gruber | Forum
January 25 - Match 2 | View Match
Jason Koxvold* vs James Hutchinson
Commentary by Rosecrans Baldwin | Forum
January 11th | View the Match
Veerle Pieters* vs Cindy Li
Commentary by Kevin Guilfoile | Match Forum
December 14th | View the Match
Matt Owens vs Jason Gnewikow*
Commentary by Joshua Allen | Match Forum
December 7th | View the Match
Jason Koxvold* vs Bran Dougherty-Johnson
Commentary by Matt Haughey | Match Forum
Match was played using Adobe® After Effects®
November 30th | View the Match
Trevor Van Meter* vs James Hutchinson
Commentary by Bryan Bedell | Match Forum
This match was played using Adobe® Flash®.
November 16th | View the Match
Aaron Draplin* vs David Nakamoto
Commentary by Steven Heller | Match Forum
November 9th | View the Match
Scott Hansen* vs Rob Cordiner
Commentary by Alissa Walker | Match Forum
November 2nd | View the Match
Marian Bantjes* vs Armin Vit
Commentary by Heather Armstrong | Match Forum
Match was played using Adobe® After Illustrator®
October 26th | View the Match
Brian Taylor vs Jason Santa Maria*
Commentary by Matthew Baldwin | Match Forum
October 19th | View the Match
Naz Hamid vs Chris Glass*
Commentary by Rosecrans Baldwin | Match Forum
October 12th | View the Match
Steven Harrington* vs Chuck Anderson
Commentary by Jason Kottke | Match Forum
October 5th | View the Match
Neil Duerden vs Mathew Star Thomas*
Commentary by Debbie Millman | Match Forum
September 28th | View the Match
Kevin Cornell* vs Shaun Inman
Commentary by John Gruber | Match Forum
* =winner
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