Cornelius Games

Cornelius Games
Cornelius Games by @kyl_armstrong
Basic Information
Team	Charleston Shoe Thieves
Status	Active
Batting
Pitching
Defense
Running
Modifications	MildPitchers with Mild have a chance of throwing a Mild Pitch. The pitch is automatically a ball and all baserunners will advance.  SoundproofPlayer: This Player cannot be caught in Feedback's reality flickers. Team: Players on this Team cannot be caught in Feedback's reality flickers. See also: Glossary
Dates Active	Jul 20, 2020–present
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Personal Information
Item	None
Armor	Noise-Cancelling Headphones
Evolution	Base
Pregame Ritual	Swearing an oath
Coffee Style	Coffee?
Blood Type	AAA
Fate	31
Soulscream	IEEAEIEEAEIUAAUUUAAUUUAEAUEAEAUEAEAAEAEAAEAEXUAEIXUAEIXUAIEIUAIEIUIXAAEIXAAEIIEAAHIEAAHI
Biographical Details
Pronouns	He/Him
Nickname(s)	"Big Games Hunter", "WHIPpet", "Don't Play No"
Personal Relationships
Spouses	Richardson Games
Relations	King Weatherman (unknown, "a private matter")
Other Background Information
Signature Pitch(es)	3-9 Slider, The Bench
Dislikes	Tillman Henderson
Shoe-Stealing Specialty	Tuxedo Shoes

Cornelius Games is a pitcher for the Charleston Shoe Thieves, and has been with the team since Season 1.

Official League Records

Games in particular maintains one of the lowest ERAs and WHIPs in the league, including pitching an Immaculate Inning against the Hawai'i Fridays in Season Two ^{[citation needed]}.

During the Season 6 election, the Charleston Shoe Thieves received the Mutually Arising blessing that provided a 2% overall increase to stats, but it did not impact Games’s star rating.

On Season 7, Day 38, half a star of Games' pitching ability was siphoned by Curry Aliciakeyes.

In the Season 10 elections, Games received Noise-Cancelling Headphones, becoming Soundproof.

During the Coffee Cup, Games played for Inter Xpresso as a pitcher.

COMMUNITY REPORTS
The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.

Blaseball Career

Radiocarbon dating indicates that Games was born sometime in the Anteumperial Epoch, and almost immediately turned to a life of larceny. After building a successful career as Charleston's best-dressed footwear liberator, he set his sights on the ultimate heist: the large stockpiles of blaseball shoes held by the teams. As part of his plan, he (and others) formed the Shoe Thieves as a front organization, using connections made through his husband to gain a foothold into the blaseball world. The team surprised everyone, themselves included, by being somewhat competent blaseball players.

Also known as the "Big Games Hunter", Games is considered to be one of the Shoe Thieves' most valuable pitchers, displaying this value by pitching in a full three-piece seersucker suit. Games has a flair for the dramatic, and as such allows runs early in games to create tension in the later innings. Every run is intentional.

Games has a reputation for getting outs not by striking out opposing batters but by coaxing them into swinging at pitches that produce easy fielding outs for his teammates. Even experienced batters well known for their plate discipline may be neutralized with this tactic. Games's long time rival and former teammate Workman Gloom said of his pitching style:

The worst thing about batting against Corn is that you really oughta know better. Every time you walk up saying to yourself this time I'm gonna just stand there and take the walk, and every time you tell yourself that this time is different and he's made a mistake and you can get a decent hit off him. And every time, he makes a fool of you. I've known that man longer than almost anyone and somehow, I'm still falling for it, after all these years.

Some cigarette cards have been discovered that appear to depict Games pitching for Charleston as early as 1887, well before the Internet League was established. It is unclear what implications this might have for the history of the game, reality, or Cornelius himself.

Possible Umpire Conspiracy

During Season 3, a rumor began to circulate that Games had a role in orchestrating the incineration of the Boston Flowers' own Isaac Rubberman. Games had been spotted telling Rubberman quote "I will kill you" very shortly beforehand, and after Rubberman's death responded only with "oops." The altercation apparently originated due to the fact that Rubberman's lack of footwear made thievery very difficult. Games adamantly denied any connection to the incineration: "Don’t be ridiculous. If I had that kind of power, Prestige would still be playing today. If The Commissioner himself cannot control these umpires, what makes you think I can?"

After Feedback during Season 4 brought onboard former Flowers player Hotbox Sato, these rumors were put somewhat to bed. Sato, who had previously sworn to seek powerful retribution, came out with a public statement that Games had quote "convinced me that there were larger forces at play in Rubberman's death that I had not considered." As a show of good faith, Sato had been permitted to keep a stolen pair of Games's signature 1920s Nubok Whites, which are now floating lazily in its midsection.

Personal Life

Prior to joining Internet League Blaseball, Cornelius Games met former New York Millennials player Richardson Games at a fashion show. The two bonded over their love of designer suits, vintage footwear, and other clothing, and were soon wed. Cornelius and Richardson Games are both notoriously private, and do not often talk about their marriage. Regardless, a few more details can be gathered.

Shortly after their entry into the league, the couple began spending time together with Flowers pitcher King Weatherman. There are rumors that the three were spotted strolling arm in arm along Sunken Charleston's Memorial Boardwalk, but the fact that said boardwalk does not exist calls the veracity of these claims into question. When asked about their potential relationship, Richardson Games commented "Stay the [expletive] out of my marriage."

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Games specializes in stealing tuxedo shoes. Unlike most of the Shoe Thieves, Games proudly wears and flaunts his pilfered footwear. To combat theft of said kicks by his fellow teammates, Games wears multiple shoes nested inside of one another like a Matroyshka doll.

Gallery

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