Difference between revisions of "Begging"
(Added lore, added Season 4 info, cleaned up) Tag: 2017 source edit |
m (Beta Content - With UBI , this feature no longer exists.) |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''Begging''' is an action that participants can take | + | {{Beta Content}} |
| − | + | '''Begging''' is an action that participants can take with [[Concessions#Items|the Bread Crumbs snack]] when they have 0 or fewer coins. When they do so, the [[Blaseball Gods]] grant them coins so that they may continue gambling, in a random quantity between approximately 5-20. | |
<br /> | <br /> | ||
== Mechanics == | == Mechanics == | ||
| − | A player | + | A player can beg if they have 0 or less coins, and since the introduction of [[Concessions]], has required the Bread Crumbs snack to access. Before {{BetaSeason|12}}, a player with negative coins was not able to beg. <ref>u/stickysandals (30 Jul 2020). "I have -7 coins. Can't even beg the gods." [https://www.reddit.com/r/Blaseball/comments/i0q842/i_have_7_coins_cant_even_beg_the_gods/ (Post)] - via Reddit.</ref> |
It is widely considered optimal for players to bet until they have 0 coins, then beg, then bet, then beg, and so on until all active games have bets placed: this maximizes the total of coins earned, even in small increments. | It is widely considered optimal for players to bet until they have 0 coins, then beg, then bet, then beg, and so on until all active games have bets placed: this maximizes the total of coins earned, even in small increments. | ||
| − | It is unknown whether begging has long-term consequences. | + | The number of begs is viewable on a player's Account page. It is unknown whether begging has long-term consequences. |
| + | Begging was formerly accessible in the [[Shop]] without the need of an item before [[Concessions]] were introduced in {{BetaSeason|12}}. | ||
<br /> | <br /> | ||
{{Community Lore}} | {{Community Lore}} | ||
| Line 16: | Line 17: | ||
Here is one example of such a traditional Blaseball poem. (Author unknown.) | Here is one example of such a traditional Blaseball poem. (Author unknown.) | ||
| − | <blockquote>''In the splort that will take place,'' | + | <blockquote><poem>''In the splort that will take place,'' |
| − | |||
''Let us fill up ev'ry blase.'' | ''Let us fill up ev'ry blase.'' | ||
| − | |||
''And if this wish you'll refuse,'' | ''And if this wish you'll refuse,'' | ||
| + | ''May I have some coin to lose!''</poem></blockquote> | ||
| − | + | === Worship === | |
| − | + | Several organizations of participants & fans believe that begging itself is an act of dependence and worship that serves to make the Blaseball Gods more powerful. | |
| − | |||
| − | == Worship == | ||
| − | |||
| − | In an article for "[[Blaseball Worship Today]]," philosopher [[Hamilton Stilts]] wrote: <blockquote>"By succumbing our bodies to the act of panhandling, we likewise capitulate our ''souls'' to the state of dependency. If the Gods are to dictate our very fortunes — if they are to throw our games or cast into the void our hard earned wealth, only for us to come crawling back on hands and knees and entitled brows, day after seasonal day — then the control that the Gods have over our fate is immeasurable | + | In an article for "[[Blaseball Worship Today]]," philosopher [[Hamilton Stilts]] wrote: <blockquote>"By succumbing our bodies to the act of panhandling, we likewise capitulate our ''souls'' to the state of dependency. If the Gods are to dictate our very fortunes — if they are to throw our games or cast into [[Null Team|the void]] our hard earned wealth, only for us to come crawling back on hands and knees and entitled brows, asking for their favor yet again, day after seasonal day — then the control that the Gods have over our fate is immeasurable. I fear what they say is absolutely true: ''the Gods cannot be killed.''"</blockquote> |
<br /> | <br /> | ||
Latest revision as of 02:24, 30 March 2023
The following content pertains to earlier eras of Blaseball and may not be relevant to the current version of the game.
Begging is an action that participants can take with the Bread Crumbs snack when they have 0 or fewer coins. When they do so, the Blaseball Gods grant them coins so that they may continue gambling, in a random quantity between approximately 5-20.
Mechanics
A player can beg if they have 0 or less coins, and since the introduction of Concessions, has required the Bread Crumbs snack to access. Before Season β12, a player with negative coins was not able to beg. [1]
It is widely considered optimal for players to bet until they have 0 coins, then beg, then bet, then beg, and so on until all active games have bets placed: this maximizes the total of coins earned, even in small increments.
The number of begs is viewable on a player's Account page. It is unknown whether begging has long-term consequences.
Begging was formerly accessible in the Shop without the need of an item before Concessions were introduced in Season β12.
COMMUNITY REPORTSThe remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.
Culture
Poetry
There has been no conclusive study as to what factors affect the number of coins gifted by the gods. However, some players recite short poems as they bet, believing it to raise the average number of coins when recited with sufficient passion. Some players create their own poems. Fans of the Breckenridge Jazz Hands often sing them.
Here is one example of such a traditional Blaseball poem. (Author unknown.)
In the splort that will take place,
Let us fill up ev'ry blase.
And if this wish you'll refuse,
May I have some coin to lose!
Worship
Several organizations of participants & fans believe that begging itself is an act of dependence and worship that serves to make the Blaseball Gods more powerful.
In an article for "Blaseball Worship Today," philosopher Hamilton Stilts wrote:
"By succumbing our bodies to the act of panhandling, we likewise capitulate our souls to the state of dependency. If the Gods are to dictate our very fortunes — if they are to throw our games or cast into the void our hard earned wealth, only for us to come crawling back on hands and knees and entitled brows, asking for their favor yet again, day after seasonal day — then the control that the Gods have over our fate is immeasurable. I fear what they say is absolutely true: the Gods cannot be killed."
