/tv/ History

Being one of the original sixteen 4chan cup teams,  /tv/ ended up having quite the history in the cup, with unbelievable highs and lows.

Early History

The old /tv/ logo that was used since the 2012 Winter Cup.

During the cup's infancy, /tv/ was a weak team, and one of their most embarrassing losses at the time was a 2-1 loss to /x/, a team which had no medals or skill cards. Even if /tv/ managed to win a match, the team simply did not look convincing enough to have much hype behind them.

The 2012 4chan Summer Cup proved to be a major turning point for /tv/. While the team did get relegated early in the group stage, a new manager named Director stepped up to take over /tv/ and got an inspiring 4-1 victory over /ck/. For once, fans could expect /tv/ to become a winning team since they would not only be facing weaker opposition, but would also put on a great show in the rest of their matches in 2012.

2012 4chan Autumn Babby Cup

The team's preparation friendlies went very well as they won all 3 of their matches by scoring at least 3 goals in each of them.

This momentum carried into their group stage matches as they started the cup with a 3-0 victory over /s/, leaving them to wonder if pedophilia is the secret to their success. As /o/'s fans were thinking that this was their year due to them actually scoring goals, /tv/ rained on their parade in what some might call a clean match due to Jack bringing his vacuum in as a guest commentator. /tv/ would win 3-2 against /o/, with /o/'s goals coming after /tv/ had a 3-0 lead. Though complacency appeared to be an issue, their manager made sure that this was not a problem in their next match as /tv/ won 3-0 against /hr/, which put them on top of their group with 9 points.

In the round of 16, they faced /vp/ in the battle of pedos against furries, which would be decisively won by /tv/ with the final score being 3-1. They would go on to face another board with a notorious fanbase, and this time it would be the most hated of them all: /mlp/. Despite Faust's attempt to undo PoorlilWhiteGuy's efforts in the first half, /tv/ would go on to win 3-1 with Crab Legs and PoorlilWhiteGuy scoring in the second half while /mlp/ was simply unable to respond. There are rumors that the ref was bribed prior to the match as /mlp/'s goal was scored with Faust's arm hitting the ball before going into the goal, but the 4chan Cup Committee did not investigate this.

The next match had /tv/ facing /r9k/ after their dreadfully boring match against /adv/ that was decided on penalty kicks due to both teams being too beta to even try to score. Many were expecting /r9k/ to perform poorly as they were tired from how long their previous match went, but much to everyone's surprise, they defeated /tv/ decisively in a 4-2 victory with /r9k/'s last 2 goals coming in the last minutes of the match as the score was 2-2.

Despite suffering such a crushing defeat, /tv/ was able to send the fans off happily as they won 3-1 in the third place play-off against /vg/. PoorlilWhiteGuy ended up being the 2nd top goalscorer of the tournament with 10 goals. After such a great showing in the babby cup, the team looks on to the future with great expectations for their 2013 Winder Cup campaign.

Goals of the Cup

2013 4chan Winter Cup

Out of the top 4 teams in the previous babby cup, only one of them avoided relegation, and /tv/ was sadly not that team. Group D drew /tv/ together with familiar competition: /wg/, /trv/, and /y/. All of these teams were in the last babby cup with /tv/, and despite high expectations, /tv/ disappointed in their first match. /trv/ took advantage of their better conditioning with a powerful 4-1 win. Real Human Being got /tv/ a goal while PoorlilWhiteGuy unfortunately lived up to his name.

The loss sparked a hype video, but hopes mean nothing in a game of numbers, and devastation did not end there. /wg/ had almost 3 times the shots that /tv/ did in the next match, but they could only score twice. Real Human Being scored what would only be a consolation goal in a 2-1 loss for /tv/. Due to how the points were spread out after /trv/'s loss to /wg/, /tv/ could only advance with if they won against /y/ by 5 goals. /y/ played very defensively and only had one shot that was off target in the whole match. /tv/ tried their very best, but it was not simply enough as the match ended in a 0-0 draw that relegated /tv/. Real Human Being scored /tv/'s two goals in the cup and the team's final ranking was 26th place. Director would retire from management after this poor performance.

2013 4chan Spring Babby Cup

There weren't many signs of recovery for /tv/ in the Spring Babby Cup friendlies this year. Real Human Being continued to be the only player living up to the hype, scoring twice in a 2-2 draw against /lit/, and once in a 5-1 loss to /an/. SB stepped up to take over /tv/ around this time.

In the actual cup, /gif/ and /tv/ had the honor of being in the opening match of the Spring Babby Cup, but once again, there were no signs of recovery. Their dull 0-0 draw did nothing to hype up the viewers. Next, /tv/ finally showed shades of their famed Autumn 2012 run against the mighty >/vp/ in a 3-0 win with a Real Human Hat-trick. This would end up being the only win they needed to qualify for the Summer Cup. After a 2-1 loss to /po/, /tv/ finished the group with 4 points in second place of Group A, meaning the team had to face /3/ in the round of 16.

Real Human Being proved to be a real hero once again with another hat-trick. This time, it wasn't enough to put /3/ away as they scored 3 goals of their own. /tv/ would go on to win the penalty shoot-out that followed with Poorlilwhiteguy scoring the final shot. The next opponent would be an up-and-coming /lit/. Though some expected /tv/'s fatigue from their last game to affect them, it did not matter in this match as Real Human Being once again scored a heroic goal in a 1-0 win. The team seemed to have fully recovered from their awful form from the Winter Cup. In the semifinal game against /soc/, /tv/ once again overcame the odds with Poorlilwhiteguy finally scoring his first goal in 2013 and Real Human Being scoring the winner at the last second in a thrilling 2-1 win. However, the finals would bring much more anal devastation than anyone could have predicted.

/mlp/ easily won 4-0 against an exhausted /tv/ team. Due to people remembering that their manager at the time had a pony's name, many of them were furious at the loss with some fans even claiming the match was rigged in /mlp/'s favor. Though SB was willing to step down and let someone else manage the team, no one stepped up, since SB had gotten the best results for /tv/ up until the disastrous final. Little did anyone know that the 2013 4chan Summer Cup would be the last non-babby cup /tv/ would play.

2013 4chan Summer Cup

Before the cup, /tv/ had a 2-1 win against /hr/, but a point of concern was the 5-2 loss to /tg/ which showed that /tv/'s defense needed serious improvement if they wanted to avoid relegation. The team never did improve and sadly, /tv/ had one of the worst showings in their 4chan cup history. /po/ would demolish /tv/ 5-0, with the score being 4-0 at half time. /a/ would also win 5-0 against /tv/. The new dynamic duo of Real Human Being and For You did almost nothing in two whole matches, and with that, /tv/ was already relegated. Since there was nothing but pride at stake for /tv/ in the next match, the team had a good performance against /h/, but still lost 3-2. At the second half, >Boris made a substitution for /tv/ that was supposed to be for /h/. Knowing he would be sacked anyways, SB just let this slide.

2013 4chan Autumn Babby Cup

Another new manager named FwokinMwock had come in to try and help out during another tough period for the team, but once again, /tv/ was eliminated after losing the first two matches in the group stage. This time, it happened in a more heartbreaking fashion as the last minute goal from Taylor Swift against /tv/ sealed their fate. Then, as if they were out to follow a tradition, /tv/ won 4-0 against /s/. Cup host DrBorisG lost his mind at this result: it was very unlikely for /tv/ to win like this. So unlikely that Boris did not create a back-up save file in case it happened.

The reason this was necessary was because /tv/'s 4-0 win made it so /s/ and /gif/'s stats in the group stage were all the same: 4 points, 8 goals for, 9 goals against, with a -1 goal difference. >PES would choose to make /gif/ go through the group stage just because their name comes earlier in the alphabet than /s/, a situation that would have been avoided if /tv/ hadn't gotten the unexpected 4-0 win. This ultimately led to Boris screaming the following on the stream:

"Fuck you, /tv/!"

— DrBorisG

There's more to this: because /tv/ won 4-0 and Boris' decision to not make that back-up save, the match had to be replayed with /tv/ only scoring 3. The 4-0 win still stood as the official result, and /s/ went through the group stage as they had defeated /gif/ earlier on (this head-to-head tiebreaker was more logical than what PES had planned, which became known as alphabet abuse). So, while /tv/ caused one of the more hilarious blunders in cup history, they still had to settle for 6 months of pain while waiting for the next Babby Cup.

2014 - Babby Cup Mediocrity

Along with the new 5-team group setup in the 2014 4chan Spring Babby Cup, /tv/ also had to hope they adapted to PES 2014 well enough. Cemedygeld was managing the team for this year, and at first, it seemed like /tv/ adapted just fine to the new PES 2014 era with a 3-1 win over /vr/, but the team had to scratch and claw at the opposition to get 1-1 and 3-3 draws against /hr/ and /s4s/ respectively. As /tv/'s final match against /o/ came closer, /o/'s manager decided to boycott the match due to some anger directed at Gracen, who was hosting the majority of the group stage. Despite being managerless, /o/ shockingly won against /tv/, which kept /tv/ down in the babbies for another season.

For the Summer Friendlies, /tv/ used a roster completely made up of Baneposting players. The fun was over in Autumn, and /tv/ had to hope they sorted themselves out on the pitch. In their 2014 4chan Autumn Babby Cup match with /s/, /tv/'s defense was poor and spilled some spaghetti at the beginning with an own goal. In contrast, the offense showed some potential, and the match ended as a 3-3 draw. From then on, /tv/'s form took a turn for the worse and they proceeded to score no more goals in the remaining three matches against /v/, /adv/ and /lit/. The 3-0 loss to /adv/ already put /tv/ in a tough situation, and the 0-0 draw against /lit/ sealed /tv/'s fate, leaving them in the babbies for yet another season.