Beta/Season 12

Beta/Season 12
Subtitles	The Return
Dates	March 1-7, 2021
Champion	Hades Tigers
Timeline
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Season 12 began on March 1, 2021. The regular season concluded on March 5th, 2021, followed by the postseason and 12th Internet Series on March 6th, 2021. The Beta/Season 12 election will take place on March 7, 2021. The Hades Tigers defeated the Seattle Garages 3 wins to 2 to win their third Internet Series championship.

Notable Events

The Return

After a long Grand Siesta, Blaseball returned with a great deal of new systems and mechanics to mark the era of Peace & Prosperity. According to an issue of The Blaseball Beat, Blaseball has been gone for more than a decade. Fans speculate the absence of Blaseball is closer to 18 years, using the length of normal seasons as a measurement.

During its absence, new Ownership revamped several systems for Fans, seemingly in the interest of Fairness.

Concessions has replaced the old Shop, offering fans a new inventory called a Snack Pack. The Snack Pack can hold 8 items at once, such as votes, peanuts, and snacks that offer similar functionality to the Pendants previously sold. Fans can also purchase new items that allow them to look into the Shadows, participate in Wills, or draw Tarot Readings for the Earlsiesta. Fans can sell their items back to the Concessions as a reduced cost, thereby freeing up a slot in their Snack Pack. The Food and Beverage Director for Concessions is the Monitor.

Joining the typical Decrees and Blessings are a new system called Wills. Wills are voted on by teams, with two granted to each team each season. Wills allow Fans to enforce their will on Blaseball by specifically targeting players on their favorite teams or opponents to shuffle players all around the league.

Each Season will also contain two siestas: the Earlsiesta after Day 27, and the Latesiesta after Day 72. The first Earlsiesta brought with it a Tarot Reading of I The Magician, XII The Hanged Man, and XIII Temperance, granting two new modifications, Over Under to Curry Aliciakeyes and Under Over to Kennedy Rodgers. The events of the Latesiesta are still unknown.

The Feed was introduced to Blaseball in Season 12 as well, a feature which catalogs notable events directly in the game, including speeches from NPCs.

During The Return, the Tacos were renamed as well, from the Unlimited Tacos to the LA Unlimited Tacos.

Construction of the Crabitat

See the main article on this topic: Ballparks

Following the Season 11 elections, when Fans elected to "Close! ...the Forbidden Book...", the Election Results noted that ground was broken on the Crabitat. The first Earlsiesta brought with it the opportunity for Fans of the Baltimore Crabs to build the first Ballpark, which was funded in approximately 15 minutes. Construction was completed on the Latesiesta following Day 72. All other teams were able to view their Ballparks during the first Latesiesta, and were able to begin contributing to their construction following Season 13, Day 27.

The Crabs Descend

See the main article on this topic: Ascension#Descension

On days 71 and 72, Fans noticed that sometimes, the Black Hole weather event shown for the next game was being switched out for Flooding, a brand new weather type in Season 12. The weather forecast would return to Black Hole before the games started, however Fans were on alert.

At the end of the Day 72 games, an emergency alert went off, suggesting that a Breach was imminent. Boss arrived to reassure Fans that We are actively monitoring the situation. As a precautionary measure We have activated Expansion protocols ahead of schedule. The Crabs had returned from Blaseball 2, and they brought with them three new teams: Atlantis Georgias, Core Mechanics, and Ohio Worms. Each new team had several championships to their name already, suggesting that they too were participants in Blaseball 2 due to winning three championships, much like the Crabs did to Ascend in Season 10. Following these events and the start of the first Latesiesta, Fans were greeted with a game log, detailing the events of the day. Additionally, Boss declared Blaseball to be in the Expansion Era.

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RENOVATIONS

• Ground Broken
  
  • 1204999 Coins Spent
  • The Crabs break ground on Chesapeake Racetrack and Ballpark, selecting to build the Silverada prefab!
  • THE FLAG IS PLANTED
  • Emergency Alert
  • EMERGENCY ALERT
  • BREACH DETECTED
  • FLOOD WARNING
  • THE COIN FLIPS
  • OVER UNDER
  • UNDER OVER
  • IMMATERIA MATERIA
  • NEW CHALLENGERS SURFACE
• New Challenger
  
  • The Georgias have joined the ILB!
  • They will play in the Wild High division.
• New Challenger
  
  • The Worms have joined the ILB!
  • They will play in the Wild Low division.
• New Challenger
  
  • The Mechanics have joined the ILB!
  • They will play in the Mild High division.
• New Challenger
  
  • The Crabs have joined the ILB!
  • They will play in the Mild Low division.

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Ongoing Decrees

• Eat The Rich (Season 3): Funds from the top 1% of coin-havers will be redistributed to the remainder of Fans at the end of the postseason. This decree will remain in effect indefinitely.
• Enhanced Party Time (Season 6): When a team is in Party Time -- mathematically eliminated from the postseason -- they'll have a chance of receiving random permanent stat boosts during their games.
• Wild Cards (Season 8): Every Season, a random team from each Subleague will leave Party Time to become the 5th Playoff team. A best of 3 Wild Card series will happen on Fridays.

Standings

Wild League	Wins	Record	Mild League	Wins	Record
Wild High			Mild High
Hades Tigers 🐅*	74	72-27	Philly Pies 🥧*	59	59-40
Breckenridge Jazz Hands 👐*	57	55-44	Seattle Garages 🎸*	55	53-46
Chicago Firefighters 🔥*	53	53-46	New York Millennials 📱*	55	55-44
Mexico City Wild Wings 🍗†	47	46-53	San Francisco Lovers 💋	38	38-61
Tokyo Lift 🏋️‍	27	27-72	Dallas Steaks 🥩	35	37-62
Atlantis Georgias 🔱	0	0-0	Core Mechanics 🛠️	0	0-0
Wild Low			Mild Low
Hellmouth Sunbeams 🌞*	58	57-42	Hawai'i Fridays 🏝️*	58	59-40
Houston Spies 🕵️	49	49-50	Canada Moist Talkers 🗣️	54	55-44
Miami Dale 🚤	48	48-51	Kansas City Breath Mints 🍬	49	53-46
Boston Flowers 🌹	47	47-52	Yellowstone Magic ✨	46	47-52
LA Unlimited Tacos 🌮	41	38-61	Charleston Shoe Thieves 👟†	42	42-57
Ohio Worms 🐌	0	0-0	Baltimore Crabs 🦀	0	0-0

* Denotes teams that made it to the playoffs.
† Denotes Wild Card recipients.

Divine Favor

Ties:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Team:	👐	🍗	🌮	🐅	🎸	🥩	🚤	🍬	🌞	🔥	🏋️‍	🗣️	📱	🕵️	🌹	👟	💋	🏝️	🥧	✨	🔱	🐌	🛠️	🦀

Postseason

Four teams from each league advance to the post season: the winners of each division, and the next two best teams by win-loss record. As of Season 5, teams alternate home games with the higher seed hosting first. As of Season 9, a fifth team is chosen as a Wild Card. As of Season 11, the Wild Card and Division Series are played on Fridays and the Championship and Internet Series are played on Saturdays. The Wild Card round is a "first to two" wins series, while the other rounds are "first to three wins" due to the Black Hole and Sun 2 weather types.

	Wild Card Games					Division Series					Championship Series					Internet Series
						1	Philly Pies	1
	4	New York Millennials	1			5	Charleston Shoe Thieves	3
											3	Seattle Garages	3
	5	Charleston Shoe Thieves	2			Mild League
											5	Charleston Shoe Thieves	1
						2	Hawai'i Fridays	1
						3	Seattle Garages	3
																ML	Seattle Garages	2
																WL	Hades Tigers	3
						1	Hades Tigers	3
	4	Chicago Firefighters	1			5	Mexico City Wild Wings	1
											1	Hades Tigers	3
	5	Mexico City Wild Wings	2			Wild League
											2	Hellmouth Sunbeams	1
						2	Hellmouth Sunbeams	3
						3	Breckenridge Jazz Hands	1

Election Ballot

Decrees

The Decree with the most community votes will go into effect.

Icon	Name	Effect
	Title Belt	Win the Championship to claim the Belt, then Defend it in Title Matches next Season. The Holder of the Belt is protected from Steals and Swaps and guaranteed a Postseason Birth. Should the Holder win the Championship, they will claim a Title.
	Pennants	The Champion of each season will play the following season under Pennants, starting every game at a severe disadvantage. Win the Internet Series under Pennants in order to Repent.
	Based Evolution	Every Third Championship a Team wins will cause the Team and its Players to Evolve. Players that round the phylogenic Bases will get to go Home.

Wills

Each team is allowed to execute two wills per season.

Name	Effect
Plunder	Steal a Player from the Idols board. Send a random Player from your Team back.
Exchange	Swap a Player from a Team in the opposite Subleague with a Player from your Team.
Foreshadow	Swap a Player from your Shadows to your active roster.
Infuse	Boost a Player on your Team by 15% to 30%.
Trust	Receive a mystery Benefit for one of your Teams' Players.
Alternate	Call in an Alternate for a Player on your Team.
Revoke	Revoke a Player from your roster.
Enrich	Pick a modification for your Team next season.

Blessings

Each blessing will be awarded to a randomly selected player or team based. Votes from a team's fans increase the likelihood of that team receiving a blessing.

Name	Effect
Organ Replacements	Re-rolls your Team's 3 worst pitchers.
Uncle Indemnity	Recruit the Hardboiled Uncle Plasma to your Team.
The Big Sip	Recruit the Hardboiled Liquid Friend to your Team.
Summoning Circle	Re-roll your Team's 3 worst hitters.
Earlbirds	Your Team will play 5% better during next Season's Earlseason.
Late to the Party	Birds will unshell your players much more often.
Tag Team Pitching	Improve your team's pitching by 10%. The last place team in the opposite subleague also gets +10% team pitching.
Tag Team Hitting	Improve your team's hitting by 10%. The last place team in the opposite subleague also gets +10% team hitting.
Wind Sprints	Run. +15% Team Baserunning.
The Rack	[cartilage and bone snapping] +15% Team Defense
The Best Defense	Is good offense. Swap your best hitting pitcher into your lineup.
The Best Offense	Is good defense. Swap your best pitching hitter into your rotation.

Election Results

Decrees

(to be written)

Wills

(to be written)

Blessings

• The Best Defense blessed the Seattle Garages.
  
  • The Garages' best hitting pitcher and their worst hitter swapped positions.
  • Alaynabella Hollywood and Goodwin Morin swapped positions.
  • The Seattle Garages had 52% of the Votes. Seattle Garages were the highest bidders with 52% of the votes. 77,388 votes were cast.
• Uncle Indemnity blessed the New York Millennials.
  
  • Hard-boiled Uncle Plasma was recruited to join the New York Millennials's rotation!
  • The New York Millennials had 1% of the Votes. Houston Spies were the highest bidders with 29% of the votes. 181,285 votes were cast.
• Earlbirds blessed the Canada Moist Talkers.
  
  • The Moist Talkers will be Earlbirds next season.
  • The Canada Moist Talkers had 2% of the Votes. Kansas City Breath Mints were the highest bidders with 20% of the votes. 24,247 votes were cast.
• Tag Team Hitting blessed the Canada Moist Talkers.
  
  • The Moist Talkers' hitting was boosted.
    • Eugenia Garbage's hitting was boosted.
    • Ziwa Mueller's hitting was boosted.
    • Cedric Spliff's hitting was boosted.
    • Commissioner Vapor's hitting was boosted.
    • Jesús Koch's hitting was boosted.
    • Beans McBlase's hitting was boosted.
    • Alston Cerveza's hitting was boosted.
    • Lachlan Shelton's hitting was boosted.
    • Fish Summer's hitting was boosted.
    • York Silk's hitting was boosted.
  • The Worms' hitting was boosted.
    • Lenny Crumb's hitting was boosted.
    • Vessalius Sundae's hitting was boosted.
    • Scratch Deleuze's hitting was boosted.
    • Cantus Hojo's hitting was boosted.
    • Augusta Chadwell's hitting was boosted.
    • Pitching Machine's hitting was boosted.
    • Kaz Fiasco's hitting was boosted.
    • Muse Scantron's hitting was boosted.
    • Farrell Seagull's hitting was boosted.
  • The Canada Moist Talkers had 3% of the Votes. Hades Tigers were the highest bidders with 27% of the votes. 415,647 votes were cast.
• Organ Replacements blessed the Chicago Firefighters.
  
  • Kennedy Rodgers' pitching was re-rolled. 1.5 -> 2.1
  • Agan Harrison's pitching was re-rolled.
  • Agan Harrison's pitching was re-rolled.
  • The Chicago Firefighters had 21% of the Votes. Chicago Firefighters were the highest bidders with 21% of the votes. 124,401 votes were cast.
• Late to the Party blessed the Chicago Firefighters.
  
  • The Firefighters will be Late to the Party next season.
  • The Chicago Firefighters had 8% of the Votes. Kansas City Breath Mints were the highest bidders with 12% of the votes. 42,952 votes were cast.
• Tag Team Pitching blessed the Chicago Firefighters.
  
  • The Firefighters' pitching was boosted.
  • Agan Harrison's pitching was boosted.
  • Kennedy Rodgers' pitching was boosted.
  • Caleb Alvarado's pitching was boosted.
  • Rivers Rosa's pitching was boosted.
  • Wesley Poole's pitching was boosted.
  • The Crabs' pitching was boosted.
  • Brock Forbes' pitching was boosted.
  • Jacoby Podcast's pitching was boosted.
  • Adalberto Tosser's pitching was boosted.
  • Finn James' pitching was boosted.
  • The Chicago Firefighters had 4% of the Votes. Philly Pies were the highest bidders with 12% of the votes. 348,467 votes were cast.
• The Best Offense blessed the Mexico City Wild Wings.
  
  • The Wild Wings' best pitching hitter and their worst pitcher swapped positions.
  • The Mexico City Wild Wings had 23% of the Votes. Charleston Shoe Thieves were the highest bidders with 37% of the votes. 260,196 votes were cast.
• Summoning Circle blessed the Yellowstone Magic.
  
  • Chorby Short's hitting was re-rolled.
  • Chorby Short's hitting was re-rolled.
  • Wyatt Glover's hitting was re-rolled.
  • The Yellowstone Magic had 46% of the Votes. Yellowstone Magic were the highest bidders with 46% of the votes. 119,489 votes were cast.
• Wind Sprints blessed the LA Unlimited Tacos.
  
  • The Tacos' baserunning was boosted.
  • Halexandrey Walton's baserunning was boosted.
  • Mcdowell Mason's baserunning was boosted.
  • Valentine Games' baserunning was boosted.
  • Rat Mason's baserunning was boosted.
  • Basilio Mason's baserunning was boosted.
  • Basilio Fig's baserunning was boosted.
  • Vito Kravitz's baserunning was boosted.
  • The LA Unlimited Tacos had 10% of the Votes. Hades Tigers were the highest bidders with 25% of the votes. 426,334 votes were cast.
• The Big Sip blessed the San Francisco Lovers.
  
  • Hard-boiled Liquid Friend was recruited to join the San Francisco Lovers's lineup!
  • The San Francisco Lovers had 7% of the Votes. Boston Flowers were the highest bidders with 16% of the votes. 130,284 votes were cast.
• The Rack blessed the Baltimore Crabs.
  
  • The Crabs' defense was boosted.
  • Tot Fox's defense was boosted.
  • Luis Acevedo's defense was boosted.
  • Silvaire Roadhouse's defense was boosted.
  • Baldwin Breadwinner's defense was boosted.
  • Parker Parra's defense was boosted.
  • Pedro Davids' defense was boosted.
  • Evelton McBlase II's defense was boosted.
  • Forrest Best's defense was boosted.
  • Kennedy Loser's defense was boosted.
  • Squid Galvanic's defense was boosted.
  • Brock Forbes' defense was boosted.
  • Jacoby Podcast's defense was boosted.
  • Adalberto Tosser's defense was boosted.
  • Finn James' defense was boosted.
  • The Baltimore Crabs had 12% of the Votes. Yellowstone Magic were the highest bidders with 24% of the votes. 491,099 votes were cast.

Game Events

Incinerations

When any player is in a match during a Solar Eclipse, there is a chance they will be incinerated and killed by a Rogue Umpire. Known cases of this in Season 12 are listed below.

Day	Player	Replaced by	Team
79	Joshua Butt	Gita Sparrow	Chicago Firefighters
79	Case Sports	Roscoe Sundae	Mexico City Wild Wings

Feedback Swaps

When any player is in a game during Feedback weather, there is a chance reality will "flicker in the feedback" and two players will permanently swap team membership. Known cases of this in Season 12 are listed below.

Day	Player A	Team A	Player B	Team B
12	Jaylen Hotdogfingers	San Francisco Lovers	Yeong-Ho Garcia	Yellowstone Magic
31	Nathaniel Wilds	San Francisco Lovers	Fletcher Yamamoto	Hawai'i Fridays
50	Nathaniel Wilds	Hawai'i Fridays	Bates Bentley	New York Millennials
56	Jaylen Hotdogfingers	Yellowstone Magic	James Mora	Hawai'i Fridays
61	Edric Tosser	Chicago Firefighters	Agan Harrison	Broken Ridge Jazz Hands

Reverb Shuffles

When any team is in a game during Reverb weather, there is a chance that some portion of their roster will get shuffled. Reverb can change the order of the lineup, rotation, or the whole team. If the entire lineup is shuffled, there is a chance that batters will become pitchers and vice versa. Known cases of this in Season 12 are listed below.

Day	Team	Type
27	Chicago Firefighters	Rotation

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