Gamma 3
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Gamma 3 is the 2nd full Short Circuit. It began on December 6, 2021, and concluded on December 9, 2021 when the Microphone shorted out. It composed of 1 season lasting two weeks. It saw the introduction of A Shelled One, the Tutorial, Mild Cards, Snow, and a new schedule.
History
Since it began in Season 1, Gamma 3 ran for 1 Season.
Annoucement
Gamma 3 was annouced on the November 15, 2021 Inside a Blaseball livestream.[2][3]
Known Seasons
- Season 1 (December 6–19, 2021)
Ending
Notable Additions
Two Week Seasons
Previously, each in-game Season ran 1 real-life week. This was changed in Gamma 3, wherein each season ran for 2 real-life weeks. Teams would still play 99 game per regular Season, but the amount of Days in a regular Season was increased to 166. This meant that Teams would not play every hour. Likewise, an Election would continue to be held every real-life week, for a total of 2 Elections per season.[4] Additionally, no games where played on Saturdays, whereas previously Saturdays hosted Round 3 of the Postseason and the Internet Series. This resulted in the following schedule for Gamma 3:[4]
- Monday, Dec 6 through Friday, Dec 10 — Games 1 through 63
- Sunday, Dec 12 — Election 1
- Monday, Dec 13 through Wednesday, Dec 15 — Games 64 through 99
- Thursday, Dec 16 through Friday, Dec 17 — Postseason
- Sunday, Dec 19 — Election 2
In the Short Circuits Developer Log #2, The Game Band stated that the new Schedule was introduced to make Blaseball "less of a time commitment", more sustainable, and to allow them to "change the structure and schedule more often and more easily".[4]
Onboarding
See the main article on this topic: Tutorial
The Tutorial, also referred to as Onboarding, was a new feature that guided new and existing Fans through the process of choosing a Team, Betting, and Voting. The tutorial was initially only given 20% of new Fans,[5] but afterwards could accessed and replayed by any Fan from their Account page. The Tutorial also saw the first apperance of A Shelled One. In the Short Circuits Developer Log #2, The Game Band stated that they added a Tutorial because:
Blaseball, a notoriously obscure game, has never had a tutorial. How did we get away with this for so long? How does anyone figure out how to play this weird game?[4]
Snow
See the main article on this topic: Snow
Snow was a new weather condition that debuted as a result of 19x19px Circuit 00. During Snow games, there is a chance of a random number of snowflakes "modifying the field" to a varying extent, resulting in one or more players being given the Frozen modification for the remainder of the game, preventing them from playing in a way similar to Shelled or Elsewhere.Separately, players may also have snow fall on them, slightly changing all of their attributes in either direction.
Mild Cards
Mild Cards was a new rule that debuted as a result of 19x19px Circuit 00. It allowed an additional Runner Up in the Standings from each Conference to receive a Postseason Birth, regardless of Division.[6]
Sub-Leagues
Gamma 3 saw the introduction of new Sub-Leagues (simply named "Sky" and "Sea") and Divisons (named "Frozen" and Molten").
Sky
Frozen Sky
- Boston Flowers 🌹
- Breckenridge Jazz Hands 👐
- Canada Moist Talkers 🗣️
- Hades Tigers 🐅
- Kansas City Breath Mints 🍬
- New York Millennials 📱
Molten Sky
- Atlantis Georgias 🔱
- Dallas Steaks 🥩
- Mexico City Wild Wings 🍗
- Philly Pies 🥧
- San Francisco Lovers 💋
- Seattle Garages 🎸
Sea
Frozen Sea
Molten Sea
- Charleston Shoe Thieves 👟
- Chicago Firefighters 🔥
- Core Mechanics 🛠️
- Hellmouth Sunbeams 🌞
- Houston Spies 🕵️
- LA Unlimited Tacos 🌮
- ↑ BLASEBALL COMMISSIONER [@Blaseball]. (6 December 2021). "Season’s Greetings. 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific". (Tweet) - via Twitter
- ↑ Slugger Croms [bria#5537]. (15 November 2021). "The date for the next Circuit will be announced tonight at Inside a Blaseball". (Message) - via #announcements, Blaseball Discord.
- ↑ Inside a Blaseball Episode #9 - No Number November - November 15, 2021. (15 November 2021). (Video) - via Youtube
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Game Band. Short Circuits Developer Log #2. (6 December, 2021). (Website) - via Medium.
- ↑ Slugger Mountain [mt_quinn#1312]. (6 December 2021). "There is a new onboarding system! About 20% of users should be given the flow upon registration". (Message) - via #announcements, Blaseball Discord
- ↑ The Game Band. The Book of Blaseball. (6 December, 2021). "e. Mild Card: An additional Runner Up in the Standings from each Conference will receive a Postseason Birth, regardless of Division". (Website) - via Blaseball.com.